ML111430828

Memorandum (Notice Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 2.309(i))

ML111430828
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	05/23/2011
From:	Spritzer R M Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-498-LR, 50-499-LR, ASLBP 11-909-02-LR-BD01, RAS 20349
Download: ML111430828 (4)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Larry R. Foulke In the Matter of SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY

(South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-498-LR and 50-499-LR ASLBP No. 11-909-02-LR-BD01

May 23, 2011

MEMORANDUM (Notice Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i))

Pending before the Board is a Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing (Petition) filed by the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition. The Petition challenges the Application filed by the South Texas Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses associated with its two nuclear power reactors, STP Units 1 and 2, located near Wadsworth, Texas. SEED Coalition filed its Petition on March 14, 2011.

1 On April 7, 2011, STPNOC and the NRC Staff filed answers opposing the Petition.

2 SEED Coalition did not file a reply. Therefore, under 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i), the Board's decision granting or denying the Petition appears to be due on Monday, May 23, 2011.

1Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing of SEED Coalition and Susan Dancer (Mar. 14, 2011).

2 [STPNOC's] Answer Opposing Request for Hearing and Petition for Leave to Intervene (Apr. 7, 2011); NRC Staff's Answer to Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing of SEED Coalition and Susan Dancer (Apr. 7, 2011).

Subsequently, however, SEED Coalition filed an Amended Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing (Amended Petition).

3 Seed Coalition also filed a Request for Oral Argument on the Contentions Raised on Relicensing.

4 Although the Amended Petition and the Request for Oral Argument are both dated May 8, 2011, SEED Coalition filed certificates of service for those pleadings on May 11, 2011, indicating that they had both been served and filed on May 11. The Board has scheduled oral argument for June 27, 2011. The Board hereby provides notice pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(i) that it expects to issue its ruling on the original and amended petitions within 45 days of the due date (June 13, 2011) for any reply in support of the Amended Petition. Thus, the Board anticipates issuing a decision on the original and amended petitions on or before July 28, 2011.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

________________________________ Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 23, 2011

3 Petitioners' Proposed Amended Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing of SEED Coalition and Susan Dancer (May 8, 2011).

4 Intervenors Request for Oral Argument on Contentions Raised on Relicensing (May 8, 2011).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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STP NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-498-LR and 50-499-LR

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) (South Texas Project Electric Generating Station ) ASLBP No. 11-909-02-LR-BD01 Units 1 and 2) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing MEMORANDUM (NOTICE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.309 (i)) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair

Administrative Judge E-mail: ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov

Nicholas G. Trikouros

Administrative Judge E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov

Larry R. Foulke

Administrative Judge

E-mail: larry.foulke@nrc.gov

Jonathan C. Eser, Law Clerk

E-mail: jonathan.eser@nrc.gov

Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Andrea Jones, Esq.

Maxwell Smith, Esq.

Edward Williamson, Esq.

Brian Newell, Paralegal E-mail:

axj4@nrc.gov maxwell.smith@nrc.gov edward.williamson@nrc.gov brian.newell@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center :

OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket

E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

Docket Nos. 50-498-LR and 50-499-LR MEMORANDUM (NOTICE PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.309 (i))

2 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Counsel for the Applicant Steven P. Frantz, Esq.

Stephen J. Burdick, Esq. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Mary Freeze, Assistant

E-mail:

sfrantz@morganlewis.com

sburdick@morganlewis.com ksutton@morganlewis.com mfreeze@morganlewis.com Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition 1303 San Antonio, #100 Austin, Texas 78701 Robert V. Eye, Esq. Kauffman & Eye E-mail

bob@kauffmaneye.com

[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea ]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission

Dated at Rockville, Maryland

this 23rd day of May 2011.