ML19289C835

Responds to Memo Concerning Schedules.Believes Schedule for Decision Described in 780914 Ltr Is Still Appropriate.W/Encl 780914 Ltr from or Dept of Justice

ML19289C835
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Site:	05000514, 05000515
Issue date:	12/28/1978
From:	Sandvik R OREGON, STATE OF
To:	Yore J Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 7901250280
Download: ML19289C835 (3)

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Mr. James R. Yore, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-514 and 50-515 D e.* t- Chairman Yore:

This letter is ! esponse to your Memorandum concerning Schedules, received by this office on December 14, 1978.

The hearing record in the EFSC prcce.eding in the above-captioned matter closed on December 6, 1978.

Simultaneous opening briefs (in the form of a recommended order) are d?te on February 5, 1979, with replies due en March 5, 1975.

I believe the scher?ule for a decision described by Mr. Rhodes on September 14, 1978 (attached to my letter to the parties of October 2, 1978) is still appropriate.

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The Energy Facility Siting Council has requested me to inform you of the anticipated schedule of the' remaining events in the Pebble Springs contested case proceeding.

At the present time, nearly all of the safety and technical issues have been completed. It is anticipated that the economic issues (need for power and economic prudence) will

. be heard starting about September 18, 1978 and will continue until sometime in late November or early December.

At the conclusion of the hearing itself, the hearings officer will require at least two months to prepare a proposed order for the Council's consideration. I anticipate that the

,s hearings officer will have a proposed order ready by early i March, 1979.

The parties will then file their exceptions to the proposed order and the parties will need at least a month or six weeks to accomplish this.

I anticipate that the Council will begin final consideration of the Pebble Springs Site Certificate appli-cation sometime in May, 1979. It will not be possible for the Council to reject, adopt, or modify this order in any reasonably short period of time. I anticipate that another month to six weeks will be necessary for final EFSC action on the site certificate. Therefore, an optimistic date for a Council decision.would probably be mid June to early July, 1979.

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The Honorable Robert Straub September 14, 1978 Page Two I have no doubt that if the application is rejected, the applicants will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court. If the site certificate is issued, the intervenors will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court. This will add at least five or six months to the process and nothing will be " final" until the appeal process is finished. ,

I should state that I consider the above-described schedule an optimistic one and many cf the participants in the proceeding also consider these dates quite optimistic.

Sincerely, Jan s C. Rhodes ty Attorney General JCR:cm cc: Janet McLennan Fred Miller EFSC Members

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