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{{#Wiki_filter:'HAS DOCKETED USNRC UNITD STTESJanuary 25, 2007 (7:50amn)NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND.Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ADJUDICATIONS STAFF in the matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271 -LR and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLB No.06-849-03-LR (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))NEW ENGLAND COALITION, INC.'S (NEC) OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NEC'S MOTION TO COMPEL. AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTING SUCH MOTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), New England Coalition, Inc. (NEC) opposes the motion of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.("Entetigy")
{{#Wiki_filter:'HAS                                                                                   DOCKETED USNRC UNITD STTESJanuary                           25, 2007 (7:50amn)
to stay proceedings related to NEC's January 16, 2007 Motion io Compel.NEC seeks disclosure of documents and data relevant to NEC's Contention
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION                                   OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND.
: 1. NEC further objects to the Board's Order of January 23, 2007, granting Entergy's.
Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board                     ADJUDICATIONS STAFF in the matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC                                   )         Docket No. 50-271 -LR and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.                                 )         ASLB No.06-849-03-LR (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))
Motion to Stay before the deadline for NEC's opposition to this motion, 1 and without considering NEC's opposition and common-sense approach to this issue.It is possible, if not likely, that the Commission will not decide Entergy's interlocutory appeal of NEC's Contention 1 until several months from now. It is also possible, and NEC anticipates,:
NEW ENGLAND COALITION, INC.'S (NEC) OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NEC'S MOTION TO COMPEL. AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTING SUCH MOTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), New England Coalition, Inc. (NEC) opposes the motion of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
that the Commission (or the Court of Appeals) will uphold, Contention l's admission.
("Entetigy") to stay proceedings related to NEC's January 16, 2007 Motion io Compel.
Without a change in the schedule that either stays all proceedings, or sets Contention I on a separate and significantly delayed schedule, this Stay is highly prejudicial to NEC. Entergy is inappropriately withholding hundreds, of documents and a large amount of data. Time for NEC to review and evaluate this'Entergy filed its Motion to Stay on January 18, 2007. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the deadline for NTEC's opposition to this motion was January 29, 2007. NEC's counsel did not receive notice that the Board had established a different deadline for NEC's opposition.
NEC seeks disclosure of documents and data relevant to NEC's Contention 1. NEC further objects to the Board's Order of January 23, 2007, granting Entergy's. Motion to Stay before the deadline for NEC's opposition to this motion,1 and without considering NEC's opposition and common-sense approach to this issue.
Te~mtaf.=Sa~fs/-0A11, enormous amount of information prior to the deadlines for (1) summary disposition, (2)*final witness lists, (3) statements of position, etc. is now unfairly curtailed.2 In sum, this stay is likely to require either two sets of hearings -a wasteful and unnecessary endeavor --or a complete stay of proceedings.
It is possible, if not likely, that the Commission will not decide Entergy's interlocutory appeal of NEC's Contention 1 until several months from now. It is also possible, and NEC anticipates,: that the Commission (or the Court of Appeals) will uphold, Contention l's admission. Without a change in the schedule that either stays all proceedings, or sets Contention I on a separate and significantly delayed schedule, this Stay is highly prejudicial to NEC. Entergy is inappropriately withholding hundreds, of documents and a large amount of data. Time for NEC to review and evaluate this
Neither alternative.
        'Entergy filed its Motion to Stay on January 18, 2007. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the deadline for NTEC's opposition to this motion was January 29, 2007. NEC's counsel did not receive notice that the Board had established a different deadline for NEC's opposition.
makes sense. NEC suggests. (and. offered to Entergy during mutual efforts to resolve this issue)*that proceedings on Contention 1 be stayed after Entergy's production of all non-privileged documents.
Te~mtaf.=Sa~fs/-0A11,
NEC can. then engage exp-erts as necessary to assess this information and commence preparation with minimal, if any,, disruption to the, established schedule in the event, that Contention I's ad mission is upheld.-January 24, 2007 New England Coalition by: A1 Ronald A. Shems Karen Tyler SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAUNDERS PLLC For the firm Attorneys for NEC 2Moreover, based on Entergy' s practice to date, NEC may find it necessary to file additional motions to compel concerning Entergy's supplemental disclosures between now and issuance of the Commission's decision.
 
Entergy has produced hundreds of pages of privilege logs with each of its supplemental disclosures.
enormous amount of information prior to the deadlines for (1) summary disposition, (2)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))))))Docket No. 50-271 -LR ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Clara Cavitt, hereby certify that copies of the NEW ENGLAND'COALITION, INC'S_OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NE C'S MOTION TO COMPEL, AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTTNG SUCH MOTION in the above-captioned proceeding were served on the persons listed below, by U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid; by Fed Ex overnight to Judge Elleman; and,:where indicated by an e-mail address below, by electronic mail, on the 24th day of January, 2007.Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear, Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-000.1 E-mail: ask2p2lnrc.azov Administrative Judge Thomas S.* Elleman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 Raleigh, NC 27612 E-mail: ellemari~eos.ncsu.edu Office of Commission Appellate.Adjudicat~ion Mail Stop: 0-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comimission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAmail(inrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: rew(knrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: 0-16CI U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket~dinrc.gov Sarah Hofmnann, Esq.*Director of Public Advocacy Department of Public Service 112 State Street, Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: sarah.hofmann~dstate.vt.us Mitzi A. Young, Esq.Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0- 15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail: may(-nrc.gov; schl (.nrc.gov Marcia Carpentier, Esq.Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail -Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail mxc7(dnrc.gov; Jmr3@.nrc.2ov I.Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Road Lyme, NH 03768 E-mail: aroismanj(ýnationallegalscholars.com David R. Lewis, Esq'.Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 NStreet NW 'Washington, DC 20037-1128
*final witness lists, (3) statements of position, etc. is now unfairly curtailed.2 In sum, this stay is likely to require either two sets of hearings         - a wasteful and unnecessary endeavor       -- or a complete stay of proceedings. Neither alternative. makes sense. NEC suggests. (and. offered to Entergy during mutual efforts to resolve this issue)
*E-mail: david.lewis(~pillsburvlaw.com matias.travieso-diaz~dpillsburylaw.com Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.Senior Assistant Attorney General.Environmental Protection Bureau.33 Capitol Street Concord, NiH 03301 Jennifer.Patterson@doj .nh.gov SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAU.N.DERS, PLLC Clara Cavitt, Administrative Ron Shemns Karen Tyler 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 802 860 1003 802 860 1208 (fax)rshems@sdkslaw.com ktyler(~sdkslaw.com Assistant for for the firm Attorneys for New England Coalition, Inc.}}
*thatproceedings on Contention 1 be stayed after Entergy's production of all non-privileged documents. NEC can. then engage exp-erts as necessary to assess this information and commence preparation with minimal, if any,, disruption to the, established schedule in the event, that Contention I's ad mission is upheld.
-January 24, 2007                   New England Coalition by:               A1 Ronald A. Shems Karen Tyler SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAUNDERS PLLC For the firm Attorneys for NEC 2Moreover, based on Entergy' s practice to date, NEC may find it necessary to file additional motions to compel concerning Entergy's supplemental disclosures between now and issuance of the Commission's decision. Entergy has produced hundreds of pages of privilege logs with each of its supplemental disclosures.
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of                                       )
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC                     )       Docket No. 50-271 -LR and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.                    )        ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR
                                                        )
(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)                  )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Clara Cavitt, hereby certify that copies of the NEW ENGLAND'COALITION, INC'S_
OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NEC'S MOTION TO COMPEL, AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTTNG SUCH MOTION in the above-captioned proceeding were served on the persons listed below, by U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid; by Fed Ex overnight to Judge Elleman; and,:where indicated by an e-mail address below, by electronic mail, on the 24th day of January, 2007.
Administrative Judge                                 Office of the Secretary Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair                         Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board                   Mail Stop: 0-16CI Mail Stop T-3 F23                                   U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear, Regulatory Commission                  Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-000.1                          E-mail: hearingdocket~dinrc.gov E-mail: ask2p2lnrc.azov Sarah Hofmnann, Esq.
Administrative Judge                                *Director of Public Advocacy Thomas S.* Elleman                                  Department of Public Service Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel              112 State Street, Drawer 20 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101                            Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Raleigh, NC 27612                                    E-mail: sarah.hofmann~dstate.vt.us E-mail: ellemari~eos.ncsu.edu Mitzi A. Young, Esq.
Office of Commission Appellate.Adjudicat~ion        Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.
Mail Stop: 0-16C1                                    Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comimission                  Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001                            U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: OCAAmail(inrc.gov                            Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail: may(-nrc.gov; schl (.nrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel              Marcia Carpentier, Esq.
Mail Stop T-3 F23                                    Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission                  Mail -Stop T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001                            U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: rew(knrc.gov                                Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail mxc7(dnrc.gov; Jmr3@.nrc.2ov
 
I.
                                                  *E-mail: david.lewis(~pillsburvlaw.com Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.                           matias.travieso-diaz~dpillsburylaw.com National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Road                             Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.
Lyme, NH 03768                                     Senior Assistant Attorney General.
E-mail: aroismanj(ýnationallegalscholars.com       Environmental Protection Bureau
                                                  .33 Capitol Street David R. Lewis, Esq'.                             Concord, NiH 03301 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz                           Jennifer.Patterson@doj .nh.gov Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 NStreet NW '
Washington, DC 20037-1128 SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAU.N.DERS, PLLC Clara Cavitt, Administrative Assistant for Ron Shemns Karen Tyler 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 802 860 1003 802 860 1208 (fax) rshems@sdkslaw.com ktyler(~sdkslaw.com for the firm Attorneys for New England Coalition, Inc.}}

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2007/01/24-New England Coalition, Inc.'S (NEC) Opposition to Entergy'S Motion to Stay Nec'S Motion to Compel, and Objection to Board Order Granting Such Motion
ML070310135
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 01/24/2007
From: Tyler K
New England Coalition, Shems, Dunkiel, Kassel, & Saunders, PLLC
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 12946
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'HAS DOCKETED USNRC UNITD STTESJanuary 25, 2007 (7:50amn)

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND.

Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ADJUDICATIONS STAFF in the matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271 -LR and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLB No.06-849-03-LR (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

NEW ENGLAND COALITION, INC.'S (NEC) OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NEC'S MOTION TO COMPEL. AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTING SUCH MOTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), New England Coalition, Inc. (NEC) opposes the motion of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

("Entetigy") to stay proceedings related to NEC's January 16, 2007 Motion io Compel.

NEC seeks disclosure of documents and data relevant to NEC's Contention 1. NEC further objects to the Board's Order of January 23, 2007, granting Entergy's. Motion to Stay before the deadline for NEC's opposition to this motion,1 and without considering NEC's opposition and common-sense approach to this issue.

It is possible, if not likely, that the Commission will not decide Entergy's interlocutory appeal of NEC's Contention 1 until several months from now. It is also possible, and NEC anticipates,: that the Commission (or the Court of Appeals) will uphold, Contention l's admission. Without a change in the schedule that either stays all proceedings, or sets Contention I on a separate and significantly delayed schedule, this Stay is highly prejudicial to NEC. Entergy is inappropriately withholding hundreds, of documents and a large amount of data. Time for NEC to review and evaluate this

'Entergy filed its Motion to Stay on January 18, 2007. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the deadline for NTEC's opposition to this motion was January 29, 2007. NEC's counsel did not receive notice that the Board had established a different deadline for NEC's opposition.

Te~mtaf.=Sa~fs/-0A11,

enormous amount of information prior to the deadlines for (1) summary disposition, (2)

  • final witness lists, (3) statements of position, etc. is now unfairly curtailed.2 In sum, this stay is likely to require either two sets of hearings - a wasteful and unnecessary endeavor -- or a complete stay of proceedings. Neither alternative. makes sense. NEC suggests. (and. offered to Entergy during mutual efforts to resolve this issue)
  • thatproceedings on Contention 1 be stayed after Entergy's production of all non-privileged documents. NEC can. then engage exp-erts as necessary to assess this information and commence preparation with minimal, if any,, disruption to the, established schedule in the event, that Contention I's ad mission is upheld.

-January 24, 2007 New England Coalition by: A1 Ronald A. Shems Karen Tyler SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAUNDERS PLLC For the firm Attorneys for NEC 2Moreover, based on Entergy' s practice to date, NEC may find it necessary to file additional motions to compel concerning Entergy's supplemental disclosures between now and issuance of the Commission's decision. Entergy has produced hundreds of pages of privilege logs with each of its supplemental disclosures.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271 -LR and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. ) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Clara Cavitt, hereby certify that copies of the NEW ENGLAND'COALITION, INC'S_

OPPOSITION TO ENTERGY'S MOTION TO STAY NEC'S MOTION TO COMPEL, AND OBJECTION TO BOARD ORDER GRANTTNG SUCH MOTION in the above-captioned proceeding were served on the persons listed below, by U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid; by Fed Ex overnight to Judge Elleman; and,:where indicated by an e-mail address below, by electronic mail, on the 24th day of January, 2007.

Administrative Judge Office of the Secretary Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: 0-16CI Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear, Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-000.1 E-mail: hearingdocket~dinrc.gov E-mail: ask2p2lnrc.azov Sarah Hofmnann, Esq.

Administrative Judge *Director of Public Advocacy Thomas S.* Elleman Department of Public Service Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 112 State Street, Drawer 20 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Raleigh, NC 27612 E-mail: sarah.hofmann~dstate.vt.us E-mail: ellemari~eos.ncsu.edu Mitzi A. Young, Esq.

Office of Commission Appellate.Adjudicat~ion Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.

Mail Stop: 0-16C1 Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comimission Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: OCAAmail(inrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail: may(-nrc.gov; schl (.nrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Mail Stop T-3 F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail -Stop T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: rew(knrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-000 1 E-mail mxc7(dnrc.gov; Jmr3@.nrc.2ov

I.

  • E-mail: david.lewis(~pillsburvlaw.com Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq. matias.travieso-diaz~dpillsburylaw.com National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Road Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.

Lyme, NH 03768 Senior Assistant Attorney General.

E-mail: aroismanj(ýnationallegalscholars.com Environmental Protection Bureau

.33 Capitol Street David R. Lewis, Esq'. Concord, NiH 03301 Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Jennifer.Patterson@doj .nh.gov Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 NStreet NW '

Washington, DC 20037-1128 SHEMS DUNKIEL KASSEL & SAU.N.DERS, PLLC Clara Cavitt, Administrative Assistant for Ron Shemns Karen Tyler 91 College Street Burlington, VT 05401 802 860 1003 802 860 1208 (fax) rshems@sdkslaw.com ktyler(~sdkslaw.com for the firm Attorneys for New England Coalition, Inc.

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