ML21106A297

Applicants' Motion to Strike Late Responses

ML21106A297
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades, Big Rock Point  File:Consumers Energy icon.png
Issue date:	04/16/2021
From:	Gill W, Glew W, Leidich A, Doris Lewis, Lovett A, Raimo S, Tompkins J Balch & Bingham, LLP, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Entergy Nuclear Palisades, Entergy Services, Holtec Decommissioning International, Holtec, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To:	NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
License Transfer, RAS 56059, Palisades & Big Rock Point-LT-2
Download: ML21106A297 (4)

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April 16, 2021 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission In the Matter of )

)

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., )

Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, ) Docket Nos. 50-255-LT Holtec International, and ) 50-155-LT Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC ) 72-007-LT

) 72-043-LT (Palisades Nuclear Plant and )

Big Rock Point Site) )

Applicants Motion to Strike Late Responses Pursuant to 10 CFR §§ 2.323 and 2.1325, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, Holtec International, and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC (collectively, Applicants) submit this motion to strike the responses of Beyond Nuclear et al. 1 and Mr. Mark Muhich2 to Applicants Motion to Strike Portions of Beyond Nuclear et al.s Reply and Second Declaration of Robert Alvarez.3 Applicants motion was filed and served on April 5, 2021. Pursuant to 10 CFR

§§ 2.1325(b) and 2.306(a), responses were due no later than April 12, 2021. Beyond Nuclear et al.

filed and served their response on April 14, 2021, and Mr. Muhich filed and served his response on April 15, 2021. Neither requested an extension prior to the filing deadline or retroactively 1

Reply of Beyond Nuclear, Michigan Safe Energy Future and Dont Waste Michigan in Opposition to Applicants Motion to Strike Portions of Beyond Nuclear et al.s Reply and Second Declaration of Robert Alvarez (April 14, 2021) (ADAMS Accession No. ML21104A427).

2 M. Muhich Submission Opposing Holtec Motion to Strike (April 15, 2021) (ADAMS Accession No. ML21105A377).

3 Applicants Motion to Strike Portions of Beyond Nuclear et al.s Reply and Second Declaration of Robert Alvarez (April 5, 2021) (ADAMS Accession No. ML21095A342).

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requested leave to file after the deadline, and neither has supplied any explanation, much less good cause, for their lateness.

The Commission expects adherence to its rules of procedure and recognizes that applicants are entitled to prompt resolution of disputes concerning their applications.4 Thus, extensions from the normal filing deadlines are granted only when warranted by unavoidable and extreme circumstances.5 This is especially true when the parties are proceeding under the Commissions Subpart M procedures.6 The petitioners here have not requested an extension, even retroactively, and have not provided any justification for acceptance of their filings after the deadline.

Accordingly, both responses should be stricken from the record.

Pursuant to 10 CFR § 2.323(b), Applicants counsel certifies that Applicants made a sincere effort to contact the other parties in this proceeding to resolve the issues raised in this Motion and that Applicants efforts to resolve the issues have been unsuccessful.

4 Policy Statement, Update, Statement of Policy on Conduct of Adjudicatory Proceedings, 63 Fed. Reg. 41,872, 41,873 (Aug. 5, 1998).

5 Id. at 41,874. See also Baltimore Gas & Elec. Co. (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2), CLI 25, 48 NRC 325, 342 (1998), petition for review denied sub nom., Natl Whistleblower Ctr. v. NRC, 208 F.3d 256, 264 (D.C. Cir. 2000); Tennessee Valley Authority (Bellefonte Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2), CLI-10-26, 72 NRC 474, 476 (2010).

6 See Final Rule, Streamlined Hearing Process for NRC Approval of License Transfers, 63 Fed. Reg. 66,721, 66,722 (Dec. 3, 1998) (explaining the Commissions reasons for adopting the efficient process enshrined in the Subpart M procedures).

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Respectfully submitted,

/signed electronically by Alan Lovett /

William F. Gill IV Alan D. Lovett Holtec International Jason P. Tompkins Holtec Technology Campus Balch & Bingham LLP 1 Holtec Boulevard 1710 Sixth Avenue North Camden, NJ 08104 Birmingham, AL 35203-2015 Tel. 856-797-0900 Tel. 205-251-8100 Email: w.gill@holtec.com Email: alovett@balch.com Email: jtompkins@balch.com Counsel for Holtec International and Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC Susan H. Raimo Anne Leidich Entergy Services, LLC Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 101 Constitution Avenue, NW 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 200 East Washington, DC 20036-3006 Washington, DC 20001 Tel. 202-663-8707 Tel. 202-530-7330 Email: Anne.Leidich@pillsburylaw.com Email: sraimo@entergy.com William B. Glew, Jr. David R. Lewis Entergy Services, LLC Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 639 Loyola Avenue, 22nd Floor 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

New Orleans, LA 70113 Washington, DC 20036-3006 Tel. 504-576-3958 Tel. 202-663-8474 Email: wglew@entergy.com E-mail: David.Lewis@pillsburylaw.com Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. and Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC April 16, 2021 3

April 16, 2021 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission In the Matter of )

)

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., )

Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC, ) Docket Nos. 50-255-LT Holtec International, and ) 50-155-LT Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC ) 72-007-LT

) 72-043-LT (Palisades Nuclear Plant and )

Big Rock Point Site) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Applicants Motion to Strike Late Responses has been served through the E-Filing system on the participants in the above-captioned proceeding this 16th day of April 2021.

/signed electronically by Alan Lovett/

Alan D. Lovett Balch & Bingham LLP 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203-2015 Tel. 205-226-8769 Email: alovett@balch.com