ML071210528

LB Order (Granting Amergen'S Request for Leave to File Motion to Strike)

ML071210528
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	05/01/2007
From:	Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 13553
Download: ML071210528 (4)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION RAS 13553 DOCKETED 05/01/07 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD SERVED 05/02/07 Before Administrative Judges:

E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta In the Matter of Docket No. 50-0219-LR AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC ASLBP No. 06-844-01-LR (Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) May 1, 2007 ORDER (Granting AmerGens Request for Leave to File Motion to Strike)

On April 30, 2007, AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen), submitted to the Licensing Board in the above-captioned proceeding a request for leave to file a motion to strike1 portions of Citizens April 26 Answer2 to AmerGens March 30 Motion for Summary Disposition.3 The motion is granted. AmerGen may submit no later than Friday, May 4, 2007, a motion not to exceed ten (10) pages in length. The motion shall identify with precision those portions of Citizens Answer that AmerGen believes should be stricken and provide an accompanying explanation of why, in AmerGens view, the material should not be considered.

In no circumstance may AmerGen use its motion as an opportunity to attempt to address or rebut the substance of the assertions in Citizens April 26 Answer.

1 Notice of, or in the Alternative, Request for Leave to File Motion to Strike Portions of Citizens Answer to AmerGens Motion for Summary Disposition (Apr. 30, 2007).

2 Citizens Answer Opposing AmerGens Motion for Summary Disposition (Apr. 26, 2007).

3 AmerGen Energy Company, LLC Motion for Summary Disposition on Citizens Drywell Contention (Mar. 30, 2007).

Citizens and the NRC Staff may respond to AmerGens motion no later than Friday, May 11, 2007, and their responses may not exceed ten (10) pages in length.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD4

/RA/

E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 1, 2007 4

Copies of this Order were sent this date by e-mail to counsel for: (1) AmerGen; (2) Citizens; (3) the NRC Staff; and (4) New Jersey.

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

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AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC ) Docket No. 50-219-LR

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(Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB ORDER (GRANTING AMERGENS REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO STRIKE) have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.

Office of Commission Appellate Administrative Judge Adjudication E. Roy Hawkens, Chair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mitzi A. Young, Esq. Richard Webster, Esq.

Mary C. Baty, Esq. Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic Office of the General Counsel 123 Washington Street Mail Stop - O-15 D21 Newark, NJ 07102-5695 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul Gunter, Director Donald J. Silverman, Esq.

Reactor Watchdog Project Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Nuclear Information Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.

and Resource Service Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404 1111 Pennsyvlania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 Washington, DC 20004

2 Docket No. 50-219-LR LB ORDER (GRANTING AMERGENS REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO STRIKE)

Bradley M. Campbell, Commissioner Jill Lipoti, Director New Jersey Department of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Protection P.O. Box 402 Division of Environmental Safety and Health Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 P.O. Box 424 Trenton, NJ 08625-0424 Ron Zak J. Bradley Fewell, Esq.

New Jersey Department of Exelon Corporation Environmental Protection 4300 Warrenville Road Nuclear Engineering Warrenville, IL 60555 P.O. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Suzanne Leta John A. Covino, Esq.

NJPIRG Ellen Barney Balint, Esq.

11 N. Willow St. Valerie Anne Gray, Esq.

Trenton, NJ 08608 Caroline Stahl, Esq.

Deputy Attorneys General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Environmental Permitting &

Counseling Section Division of Law Hughes Justice Complex P.O. Box 093 Trenton, NJ 08625

[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of May 2007