ML21320A219

Order (Establishing Briefing Schedule Associated with Applicant Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCs Motion to Strike)

ML21320A219
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	11/16/2021
From:	Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	Gary Arnold, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-269-SLR, 50-270-SLR, 50-287-SLR, ASLBP 22-973-01-SLR-BD01, RAS 56305
Download: ML21320A219 (5)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL

Before the Licensing Board:

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Gary S. Arnold

In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-269-SLR, 50-270-SLR, and 50-287-SLR DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC ASLBP No. 22-973-01-SLR-BD01 (Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3)

November 16, 2021

ORDER (Establishing Briefing Schedule Associated with Applicant Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCs Motion to Strike)

Upon consideration of the November 15, 2021 motion of applicant Duke Energy

Carolinas, LLC, (Duke) to strike portions of the November 5, 2021 reply pleading filed by

petitioners Beyond Nuclear, Inc., and the Sierra Club, Inc. (collectively Petitioners), 1 it is

ORDERED, that

1. As is the case with the subjects of Petitioners standing, the admissibility of their first

contention, and Dukes November 8, 2021 information notification, 2 this is not a matter the

Licensing Board plans to hear argument on or otherwise explore at the scheduled

November 16, 2021 oral argument;

1 See [Dukes] Motion to Strike Portions of the Reply Filed by [Petitioners] (Nov. 15, 2021) [hereinafter Duke Motion to Strike].

2 See Licensing Board Memorandum and Order (Schedule for Responses to Applicant

[Dukes] Information Notification (Nov. 10, 2021) at 2 (unpublished).

2. Within two business days of the E-Filing notice indicating the transcript of the

November 16, 2021 oral argument has been submitted to the agencys Electronic Hearing

Docket (EHD),3 applicant Duke may submit a pleading of no more than five pages in length

supplementing its motion to strike relative to any discussion at the oral argument that might be

encompassed by its claims regarding secti on II.B.4 of Petitioners reply pleading; 4

3. Within five business days of the E-Filing notice indicating the transcript of the

November 16, 2021 oral argument has been submitted to the agencys EHD, the NRC Staff may

file a response to Dukes motion and any supplement thereto; and

4. Within seven business days of the E-Filing notice indicating the transcript of the

November 16, 2021 oral argument has been submitted to the agencys EHD, Petitioners may

3 For the purpose of this order, a business day is considered to be any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, federal legal holiday, or other day in which Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Headquarters does not open for business. See 10 C.F.R. § 2.306(a).

4 See Duke Motion to Strike at 4-7. On the other hand, if at or prior to the time specified above for the filing of a motion supplement Duke submits a pleading indicating it does not plan to submit a supplement, then the NRC Staffs response to Dukes motion to strike shall be due on or before Monday, November 29, 2021, and Petitioners response to Dukes motion to strike and any NRC Staff response shall be due on or before Wednesday, December 1, 2021.

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file a response to (a) Dukes motion and any supplement thereto, and (b) any NRC Staff

response to Dukes motion and any supplement thereto. 5

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

/RA/

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE

Rockville, Maryland

November 16, 2021

5 Absent some other Board issuance, for the purpose of calculating the 45-day period for issuance of the Boards decision on Petitioners intervention request and the admissibility of their contentions, that period will commence with the filing of Petitioners response both to Dukes motion to strike/motion supplem ent and any NRC Staff response to Dukes motion/motion supplement. See 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(j).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

In the Matter of )

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DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, ) Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 & 50-287-SLR DUKE ENERY )

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(Oconee Nuclear Station )

Units 1, 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the ORDER (Establishing Briefing Schedule Associated with Applicant Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCs Motion to Strike) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop - O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Susan Vrahoretis, Esq.

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman David E. Roth, Esq.

Administrative Judge Megan A. Wright, Esq.

Mary F. Woods, Esq.

Nicholas G. Trikouros Joseph M. Azeizat, Esq.

Administrative Judge Brian Newell, Senior Paralegal Georgiann E. Hampton, Paralegal Dr. Gary S. Arnold Amanda Black, Paralegal Administrative Judge E-mail: susan.vrahoretis@nrc.gov david.roth@nrc.gov Ian Curry, Law Clerk megan.wright@nrc.gov mary.woods@nrc.gov Brooke Taylor, Law Clerk joseph.azeizat@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov Allison Wood, Law Clerk georgiann.hampton@nrc.gov amanda.black@nrc.gov E-mail: paul.bollwerk@nrc.gov nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov gary.arnold@nrc.gov ian.curry@nrc.gov brooke.taylor@nrc.gov allison.wood@nrc.gov Oconee Power Station (Units 1, 2 and 3)

Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270 and 50-287-SLR ORDER (Establishing Briefing Schedule Associated with Applicant Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCs Motion to Strike)

Duke Energy

Tracey LeRoy, Esq.

550 South Tryon Street, 45A Charlotte, NC 28202 tracey.leroy@duke-energy.com

Counsel for Duke Energy

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Paul Bessette, Esq.

Ryan Lighty, Esq.

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: paul.bessette@morganlewis.com ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com

Beyond Nuclear

Paul Vernon Gunter, Esq.

7304 Carroll Avenue #182 Takoma Park, MD 20912 paul@beyondnuclear.org

Counsel for Beyond Nuclear

Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg and Eisenberg 1725 DeSales Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 dcurran@harmoncurran.com

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of November 2021.

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