ML20004B632

Response to G Fernos & Citizens for Conservation of Natural Resources Notice of Appeal & Request for Extension of Time to File Brief.Opposes Delay in Filing.Leave to File Appeal Granted Earlier.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20004B632
Person / Time
Site:	05000376
Issue date:	05/21/1981
From:	Shea K LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL, PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY
To:	NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
References
NUDOCS 8105290206
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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket No. 50-376

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PUERTO RICO EI2CTRIC POWER )

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North Coast Nuclear Plant, ) May 21, 1981 (Unit 1) )

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AUTHORITY'S RESPONSE TO INTERVENOR'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEF Gonzalo Fernos and Citizens for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc. ("Intervenors") have filed a docu-ment entitled " Notice of Appeal and Request for an Extension l

of Time to File Brief Thereof" (" Pleading").

1 The document is apparently intended to identify the ex-ceptions taken to the Licensing Board's Memorandum and Order of February 18, 1981, in accordance with the requirements of the first two sentences of 10 C.F.R. S 2.762 (a) . In addition,

• j We shall of course respond to the exceptions on whatever merits they may have in accordance with 10 C.F.R. S 2.762 (b) .

For now, we only note that the stated exceptions are virtually unintelligible and appear to have been drafted with little regard for the requirements of the first two sentences of 10 C.F.R. S 2.762(a).

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Intervenors make two requests of the Appeal Board:

(1) - To accept the above Appeal as timely filed and thus, to acknowledge its jurisdiction to deal with thereof.

(2) - To hold in abeyance the thirty (30) day pericd to file a Brief in support of the foregoing exceptions until thirty (30) days af ter such time that the Department of Justice and Legislative Investigations, already underway, of Applicant's alleged corrupt operations will be made available to Intervenors.

(Pleading, pp. 2-3.)

With respect to request "(1) ," since the Appeal Board -

granted Intervenors leave to file their appeal on May 15, we assume that the Pleading will not be rejected as untimely.

We do not understand Intervenors' request "to acknowledge

[the Appeal Board's) jurisdiction to deal with thereof" and therefore cannot respond to it.

Applicant opposes request "(2)" for a further and in-determinant delay in filing the brief required by the third sentence of Section 2.762(a). The delay is sought primarily because of the " investigation of Applicant's operations re-ferred to in our pleading of April 25th, 1981 . . . .

(Pleading, p. 2. ) However, the alleged connection between the "investigacion" and the question on appeal from the Licensing Board's February 13 order is too attenuated to merit

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3-consideration. We urge the Appeal Board to deny the request and direct Intervenor to file the required brief 30 days after service of the May 12 Pleading, Respectfully submitted, m \

%ehW Kdthleen H. Shea h

LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS

& AXELRAD 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. ~

Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 862-8400

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UNITED STATES OF ARERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE' ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket No. 50-376

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PUERTO RICO ELTCTRIC POWER )

AUTHORITY )

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North Coast Nuclear Plant, ) May 21, 1981 (Unit 1) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the Authority's Response to Intervenor's Request for an Extension of Time to File Brief, dated May 21, 1981, was served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class and postage prepaid, this 21st day of May, 1981.

Alan S. Rosenthal, Esq. Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chairman ~

Chairman Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Lice.ising l

l Appeal Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory l Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. John H. Buck

! Member Dr. Richard F. Cole

! Atomic Safety and Licensing Administrative Judge Appeal Board Atomic Safety and Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comr. 3 ion Board Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory i

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! Atomic Safety and Licensing Washington, D.C. 20555 l Appeal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulacory Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger l Administrative Judge Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Atomic Safety end Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 i

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Secretary of the Commission Gonzalo Fernos U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman Commission Citizens for the Conservation Washington, D.C. 20555 of Natural Resources, Inc.

(Original and 2 copies) 503 Barbe Street Santruce, PR 00912 Attention: Docketing and Service Section Dr. Thocas Morales-Cardona Department of Pharmacology Henry J. McGurren, Esq. School of Medicine Office of the Executive Legal University of Puerto Rico Director GPO Box 5067 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory San Juan, PR 00936 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Eng. Francisco Jimenez Box 1317 German A. Gonzalez Mayguez, PR 00708 Mission Industrial GPO Box 20434 Rio Piedras, PR 00925 German A. Gonzalez Suite 501 Condominio Le Mans .

Avenida Munoz Rivera 602 Hato Rey, PR 00919 /

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Ka thleen 'H . Shea Lowenstein, Newman, Reis

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Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 862-8400 Attorneys for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority l

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