ML18302A328

Order of the Secretary

ML18302A328
Person / Time
Site:	HI-STORE
Issue date:	10/29/2018
From:	Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY
To:
SECY RAS
References
HI-STORE Fuel Storage, RAS 54582, Holtec International
Download: ML18302A328 (5)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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In the Matters of )

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) HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL ) Docket No. 72-1051 )

(HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage )

Facility) )

) ) INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS LLC ) Docket No. 72-1050

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(WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility) ) ) _________________________________________ )

ORDER On July 16, 2018, the NRC provided notice in the Federal Register of Holtec International's application to construct and operate a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel.

1 Separately, on August 29, 2018, the NRC provided notice in the Federal Register of Interim Storage Partners' application to construct and operate a consolidated interim

storage facility for spent nuclear fuel.

2 On September 14, 2018, Beyond Nuclear, Fasken Land and Minerals, and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners filed motions to dismiss both the Holtec and Interim Storage Partners applications.

3 These groups argue that the NRC cannot, as a threshold matter, issue 1 Holtec International HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, 83 Fed. Reg. 32,919 (July 16, 2018).

2 Interim Storage Partner's Waste Control Specialists Consolidated Interim Storage Facility, 83 Fed. Reg. 44,070 (Aug. 29, 2018), corrected, 83 Fed. Reg. 44,608 (Aug. 31, 2018) (noting that the correct deadline to file intervention petitions is October 29, 2018). Interim Storage Partners is a joint venture of Orano USA and Waste Control Specialists.

3 Beyond Nuclear filed its own motion to dismiss. Beyond Nuclear, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss Licensing Proceedings for Hi-Store Consolidated Interim Storage Facility and WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Violation of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Sept. 14, licenses to Holtec or Interim Storage Partners because both applications are contrary to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). Specifically, the groups argue that both applications contemplate the storage of Department of Energy-titled spent fuel in violation of various NWPA provisions.

The NRC's regulations allow interested pers ons to file petitions to intervene and requests for hearing in which they can raise concerns regarding a particular license application.

These regulations do not, however, provide for the filing of threshold "motions to dismiss" a license application; instead, interested persons must file petitions to intervene and be granted a hearing. I therefore deny both motions to dismiss on procedural grounds, without prejudice to the underlying merits of the legal arguments embedded within the motions. Beyond Nuclear also filed hearing petitions in the Holtec and Interim Storage Partners proceedings that incorporated by reference the NWPA arguments that it raised in its motion to dismiss and identified those arguments as proposed contentions.

4 I am separately referring these hearing requests-as well as other hearing requests challenging the applications-to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP) for the establishment of a Board to consider all hearing requests in accordance with the hearing procedures set forth in 10 C.F.R. §2.309. And, in accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.346(i), I am referring the motion from Fasken Land and 2018) (ADAMS Accession No. ML18257A318). Fasken Land and Minerals joined with Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners to file a motion to dismiss that is substantially similar to Beyond

Nuclear's motion. Motion of Fasken Land and Minerals and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners to Dismiss Licensing Proceedings for Hi-Store Consolidated Interim Storage Facility and WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (Sept. 14, 2018) (ML18257A330). Both the NRC Staff and respective applicants filed oppositions to the motions, and Beyond Nuclear, Fasken Land and Minerals, and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners then filed replies.

4 Beyond Nuclear, Inc.'s Hearing Request and Petition to Intervene (Sept. 14, 2018) (ML18257A324) (Holtec docket); Beyond Nuclear, Inc.'s Hearing Request and Petition to Intervene (Oct. 3, 2018) (ML18276A242) (Interim Storage Partners docket). Fasken Land and Minerals and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners have not filed related hearing petitions in either docket. Minerals and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners to the ASLBP for consideration under

§ 2.309. This Order is issued under my authority in 10 C.F.R. § 2.346(c), (g), (i), and (j). IT IS SO ORDERED.

For the Commission NRC SEAL

/RA/ ____________________ Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 th day of October 2018 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 72-1051

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HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL )

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) (HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage ) Facility) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER OF THE SECRETARY have been served upon the following persons by Elec tronic Information Exchange (EIE).

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

Sarah Ladin, Law Clerk

E-mail: sarah.ladin@nrc.gov Joseph McManus, Law Clerk E-mail: joseph.mcmanus@nrc.gov

Taylor A. Mayhall

E-mail: taylor.mayhall@nrc.gov

Office of Commission Appellate

Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov

Holtec Counsel Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1200 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036

Jay Silberg, Esq.

E-mail: jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com Timothy J. Walsh, Esq.

E-mail: timothy.walsh@pillsburylaw.com

Anne Leidich, Esq.

E-mail: anne.leidich@pillsburylaw.com

Michael Lepre, Esq.

E-mail: michael.lepre@pillsburylaw.com

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

Patrick Moulding, Esq.

E-mail: patrick.moulding@nrc.gov Sara B. Kirkwood, Esq.

E-mail: sara.kirkwood@nrc.gov

Mauri Lemoncelli, Esq.

E-mail: mauri.lemoncelli@nrc.gov

Christopher Hair, Esq.

E-mail: christopher.hair@nrc.gov

Joseph I. Gillespie, Esq.

E-mail: joe.gillespie@nrc.gov

Krupskaya T. Castellon, Paralegal

E-mail: krupskaya.castellon@nrc.gov

OGC Mail Center: Members of this office have received a copy of this filing by EIE service.

Don't Waste Michigan

316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520

Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Terry J. Lodge, Esq.

E-mail: tjlodge50@yahoo.com

Sierra Club

4403 1 st Avenue SE, Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Wallace L. Taylor, Esq.

E-mail: wtaylor784@aol.com

Docket No. 72-1051 ORDER OF THE SECRETARY 2Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP 1725 DeSales Street NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036

Diane Curran, Esq.

E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com

Robert V. Eye Law Office, LLC 4840 Bob Billings Parkway Lawrence, KS 66049

Robert V. Eye, Esq.

E-mail: bob@kauffmaneye.com Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq.

E-mail: tijay1300@gmail.com

Turner Environmental Law Clinic 1301 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30322 Mindy Goldstein, Esq.

E-mail: magolds@emory.edu

City of Carlsbad, NM 1024 N. Edward Carlsbad, NM 88220

Jason G. Shirley

E-mail: jgshirley@cityofcarlsbadnm.com Eddy County, NM 101 W. Greene Street

Carlsbad, NM

Rick Rudometkin E-mail: rrudometkin@co.eddy.nm.us Hogan Lovells LLP

555 13 th Street NW Washington, DC 20004

Sachin S. Desai, Esq.

E-mail: sachin.desai@hoganlovells.com Allison E. Hellreich, Esq.

E-mail: allison.hellreich@hoganlovells.com

Law Office of Nancy L. Simmons

120 Girard Boulevard SE Albuquerque, NM 87106

Nancy L. Simmons, Esq.

E-mail: nlsstaff@swcp.com

Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance

102 S. Canyon

Carlsbad, NM 88220 John A. Heaton

E-mail: jaheaton1@gmail.com

City of Hobbs, NM 2605 Lovington Highway Hobbs, NM 88242

Garry A. Buie

E-mail: gabuie52@hotmail.com Lea County, NM 100 N. Main Lovington, NM 88260

Jonathan B. Sena E-mail: jsena@leacounty.net

[Original signed by Brian Newell] Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 th day of October, 2018