ML24075A199
| ML24075A199 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/2024 |
| From: | Curran D, Leary C, Templeton H Environmental Working Group, Friends of the Earth, Harmon, Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 56955, 50-275-LR, 50-323-LR-2 | |
| Download: ML24075A199 (0) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the matter of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Docket Nos. 50-275-LR, 50-323-LR Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant March 15, 2024 Units 1 and 2 PETITIONERS NOTICE OF PREFERENCES FOR ORAL ARGUMENT Pursuant to Section IV of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards Memorandum and Order (Initial Prehearing Order) (March 13, 2024), Petitioners San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, and Environmental Working Group hereby notify the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of their preferences for a possible oral argument on standing and contention admissibility in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRCs) adjudicatory proceeding regarding Pacific Gas and Electric Companys (PG&Es) license renewal application for the Diablo Canyon reactors.
Petitioners and their experts are available on all of the dates set forth in the Memorandum and Order, although Petitioners request the Board to avoid May 1 and 2 because it would require one of Petitioners counsel to reschedule a relatively urgent medical procedure. Among the April dates, Petitioners would prefer to schedule the oral argument on April 25 as the most conducive date for maximizing attendance by Petitioners members and supporters.
In order to allow their members and supporters to attend in person, Petitioners prefer holding the oral argument in the vicinity of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.
Petitioners also note that there is a great deal of public interest in this proceeding, and that holding the oral argument near the plant will facilitate in-person attendance by the press and by local and state government officials. Finally, holding the oral argument in
2 the Diablo Canyon area is warranted because, in the event that Petitioners hearing request is denied, it may be the NRCs only adjudication-related public meeting regarding PG&Es license renewal application to be held in the local area.
As with oral arguments in previous adjudicatory proceedings regarding the Diablo Canyon reactors and independent spent fuel storage installation, Petitioner San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace would be happy to assist the Board in finding a location for the oral argument that meets the Boards specifications.
Respectfully submitted,
__/signed electronically by/___
Diane Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P.
1725 DeSales Street N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 240-393-9285 dcurran@harmoncurran.com
__/signed electronically by/___
Hallie Templeton Friends of the Earth 1101 15th Street, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005 434-326-4647 htempleton@foe.org Counsel to Friends of the Earth
__/signed electronically by/___
Caroline Leary Environmental Working Group 1250 I St N.W.
Washington, DC 20005 202-667-6982 cleary@ewg.org Counsel to Environmental Working Group March 15, 2024
3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on March 15, 2024, I posted PETITIONERS NOTICE OF PREFERENCES FOR ORAL ARGUMENT on the NRCs Electronic Information Exchange.
___/signed electronically by/__
Diane Curran