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APPLICANTSL.j40 TION"THAT THE CUNTENTIONS OF HAMPTON BEACE? AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BE                                                                          _-
DISMISSEDJAND'THAT IT BE                                                                      .
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: 1. On September 13, 1982, the Board admitted CCCNH as a party to this proceeding and accepted three of the contentions advanced by CCCNH. Order of September 13,
_        1982.
: 2. On December 8, 1982, the Applicants filed and served its first set of interrogatories to CCCNH. No objections to those interrogatories were filed.
: 3. On January 14, 1983, no answers to its interrogatories having been filed and served by CCCNH, the Applicants moved for an order compelling answers to its interrogatcries.    (On February 4, 1983, no answers having been filed and served by CCCNH to interrogatories propounded to it by the Staff, the Staff moved for an order compelling answers or, in the alternative, to dismiss CCCNH as a party.)
: 4. CCCNH filed no response to the foregoing motions.
: 5. On February 16, 1983, the Board granted the motions for orders compelling CCCNH to answer the interogatories propounded to it by the Applicants and by the Staff, directing that:    "[CCCNH] is directed to answer Applicants' and the Staff's interrogatories and to ensure Applicants and Staff receive (in hand) those l
1 answers no later than ten days after service of this memorandum and order."            Order of February 16, 1983 at l
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: 6.        The foregoing Order was served on February 16, 1983.
: 7.        On February 25, 1983, CCCNH filed and served a document entitled " Answer to Memorandum and Order of Hampton Beach Area Chamber of Commerce."            That document did not contain answers to any of the Applicants interrogatories, and            it could be interpreted as saying that CCCNH did not intend to (or regarded itself as unable to) answer those interrogatories.            It sought nc, relief other than:
                      "[CCCNH] would like to continue with its intervention on the Emergency Planning as well as, if possible on its three contentions."
: 8.        As of February 26, 1983, and as of today, no answers to the interrogatories propounded to it by the i    Applicants have been filed or served by CCCNH and no such answers have been received by the Applicants.
(          9.        In its Order, the Board denied the Staff's motion to dismiss CCCNH as a party, but provided that, l
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in the event of CCCNH's failure to comply with that order, it would be dismissed:
              "However, failure to comply with this order compell!.ng answers to interrogatories will result in dismissal of [CCCNH's] contentions."
In the event of a dismissal of all of its contentions, CCCNH has no standing to proceed as admitted party and must be dismissed from this proceeding.
: 10. As a result of the foregoing, the Applicants have received no discovery whatsoever as to the nature of the evidence that CCCNH intends to offer in support of its contentions, nor of the points of fact or law that CCCNH intends to urge in support thereof, nor of the relief or other action that CCCNH intends to seek on account thereof. In essence, what CCCNH seeks is to be permanently excused from answering wholly unobjectionable interrogatories directed to its contentionswhile at the same time be allowed all the rights and benefits of a full party intervenor. This is a request that, even if it had been timely made, this Board may not and ought not to accede to. To permit CCCNH to continue to litigate its contentions while avoiding entirely its obligations to reveal the basis therefore, the evidence to be adduced in support thereof, and the legal and factual assertions that the Applicants will face thereunder would be completely inconsistent with the Rules of Practice of the Commission, inconsistent with the Commission's
    " Statement of Policy on Conduct of Licensing Proceedings," CLI-81-8, 13 NRC 452 , 454 (1981) ("While a board should endeavor to conduct the proceeding in a manner-that takes account of the special circumstances faced by any participant, the fact that a party may have personal or other obligations or possess [es] fewer resources than others to devote to the proceeding does not relieve that party of its hearing obligations"),
and unfair to the Applicants.
 
WHEREFORE the Applicants move that the contentions of CCCNH be dismissed and that CCCNH be dismissed as a party to these proceedings.
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Ropes & Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Telephone:          423-6100 Dated:        March 11, 1983
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE                          I I, R. K. Gad III, one of the attorneys for the Applicants herein, hereby certify that on March 11, 1983, I made service of the within " Applicants' Motion that the Contentions of Hampton Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Be Dismissed and that it be Dismissed as a Party" by mailing copies thereof, postage prepaid, to:
Helen Hoyt, Chairperson                  Rep. Beverly Hollingworth Atomic Safety and Licensing              Coastal Chamber of Commerce Board Panel                          209 Winnacunnet Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission      Hampton, NH    03842 Washington, DC    20555 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke                    William S. Jordan, III, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing            Harmon & Weiss Board Panel                          1725 I Street, N.W.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission      Suite 506 Washington, DC    20555                Washington, DC 20006 Dr. Jerry Harbour                      E. Tupper Kinder, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing            Assistant Attorney General Board Panel                          Office of the Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission      208 State House Annex Washington, DC    20555                Concord, NH  03301 Atomic Safety and Licensing            Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esquire Board Panel"                        Office of the Executive Legal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission        Director Washington, DC    20555                U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC  20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal      Robert A. Backus, Esquire Board Panel                          116 Lowell Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission      P.O. Box 516 Washington, DC    20555                Manchester, NH  03105
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General                          408 Lafayette Road Augusta, ME 04333                                                    l Hampton, NH 03842 David L. Lewis                    Jo Ann Shotwell, Esquire          j Atomic Safety and Licensing        Assistant Attorney General        '
Board Panel                      Environmental Protection Bureau U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Department of the Attorney General '
Rm. E/W-439                        One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor
        #ashington, DC  20555            Boston, MA 02108 dr. John B. Tanzer                Ms. Olive L. Tash Designated Representative of      Designated Representative of the Town of Hampton                  the Town of Brentwood 5 Morningside Drive                R.F.D. 1, Dalton Road Hampton, NH 03842                  Brentwood, NH 03833 Roberta C. Pevear                  Patrick J. McKeon Designated Representative of      Selectmen's Office the Town of Hampton Falls        10 Central Road Drinkwater Road                    Rye, NH 03870 Hampton Falls, NH 03844 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis.              Calvin A. Canney Designated Representative of      City Manager the Town of Kensington            City Hall RFD 1                              126 Daniel Street East Kingston, NH 03827            Portsmouth, NH 03801 Ruthanne G. Miller, Esquire Law Clerk to the Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i
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Motion for Dismissal of Hampton Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (Cccnh) 820913 Contentions & of Cccnh as Party to Proceedings,Due to Cccnh Failure to Participate in Discovery.Certificate of Svc Encl
ML20069C830
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook  NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/11/1983
From: Dignan T, Gad R
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8303180151
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1. On September 13, 1982, the Board admitted CCCNH as a party to this proceeding and accepted three of the contentions advanced by CCCNH. Order of September 13,

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2. On December 8, 1982, the Applicants filed and served its first set of interrogatories to CCCNH. No objections to those interrogatories were filed.
3. On January 14, 1983, no answers to its interrogatories having been filed and served by CCCNH, the Applicants moved for an order compelling answers to its interrogatcries. (On February 4, 1983, no answers having been filed and served by CCCNH to interrogatories propounded to it by the Staff, the Staff moved for an order compelling answers or, in the alternative, to dismiss CCCNH as a party.)
4. CCCNH filed no response to the foregoing motions.
5. On February 16, 1983, the Board granted the motions for orders compelling CCCNH to answer the interogatories propounded to it by the Applicants and by the Staff, directing that: "[CCCNH] is directed to answer Applicants' and the Staff's interrogatories and to ensure Applicants and Staff receive (in hand) those l

1 answers no later than ten days after service of this memorandum and order." Order of February 16, 1983 at l

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6. The foregoing Order was served on February 16, 1983.
7. On February 25, 1983, CCCNH filed and served a document entitled " Answer to Memorandum and Order of Hampton Beach Area Chamber of Commerce." That document did not contain answers to any of the Applicants interrogatories, and it could be interpreted as saying that CCCNH did not intend to (or regarded itself as unable to) answer those interrogatories. It sought nc, relief other than:

"[CCCNH] would like to continue with its intervention on the Emergency Planning as well as, if possible on its three contentions."

8. As of February 26, 1983, and as of today, no answers to the interrogatories propounded to it by the i Applicants have been filed or served by CCCNH and no such answers have been received by the Applicants.

( 9. In its Order, the Board denied the Staff's motion to dismiss CCCNH as a party, but provided that, l

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in the event of CCCNH's failure to comply with that order, it would be dismissed:

"However, failure to comply with this order compell!.ng answers to interrogatories will result in dismissal of [CCCNH's] contentions."

In the event of a dismissal of all of its contentions, CCCNH has no standing to proceed as admitted party and must be dismissed from this proceeding.

10. As a result of the foregoing, the Applicants have received no discovery whatsoever as to the nature of the evidence that CCCNH intends to offer in support of its contentions, nor of the points of fact or law that CCCNH intends to urge in support thereof, nor of the relief or other action that CCCNH intends to seek on account thereof. In essence, what CCCNH seeks is to be permanently excused from answering wholly unobjectionable interrogatories directed to its contentionswhile at the same time be allowed all the rights and benefits of a full party intervenor. This is a request that, even if it had been timely made, this Board may not and ought not to accede to. To permit CCCNH to continue to litigate its contentions while avoiding entirely its obligations to reveal the basis therefore, the evidence to be adduced in support thereof, and the legal and factual assertions that the Applicants will face thereunder would be completely inconsistent with the Rules of Practice of the Commission, inconsistent with the Commission's

" Statement of Policy on Conduct of Licensing Proceedings," CLI-81-8, 13 NRC 452 , 454 (1981) ("While a board should endeavor to conduct the proceeding in a manner-that takes account of the special circumstances faced by any participant, the fact that a party may have personal or other obligations or possess [es] fewer resources than others to devote to the proceeding does not relieve that party of its hearing obligations"),

and unfair to the Applicants.

WHEREFORE the Applicants move that the contentions of CCCNH be dismissed and that CCCNH be dismissed as a party to these proceedings.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I I, R. K. Gad III, one of the attorneys for the Applicants herein, hereby certify that on March 11, 1983, I made service of the within " Applicants' Motion that the Contentions of Hampton Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Be Dismissed and that it be Dismissed as a Party" by mailing copies thereof, postage prepaid, to:

Helen Hoyt, Chairperson Rep. Beverly Hollingworth Atomic Safety and Licensing Coastal Chamber of Commerce Board Panel 209 Winnacunnet Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hampton, NH 03842 Washington, DC 20555 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke William S. Jordan, III, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Harmon & Weiss Board Panel 1725 I Street, N.W.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suite 506 Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20006 Dr. Jerry Harbour E. Tupper Kinder, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Assistant Attorney General Board Panel Office of the Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 208 State House Annex Washington, DC 20555 Concord, NH 03301 Atomic Safety and Licensing Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esquire Board Panel" Office of the Executive Legal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Director Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Robert A. Backus, Esquire Board Panel 116 Lowell Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 516 Washington, DC 20555 Manchester, NH 03105

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Philip Ahrens, Esquire Edward J. McDermott, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Sanders and McDermott ,

Department of the Attorney Professional Association  :

General 408 Lafayette Road Augusta, ME 04333 l Hampton, NH 03842 David L. Lewis Jo Ann Shotwell, Esquire j Atomic Safety and Licensing Assistant Attorney General '

Board Panel Environmental Protection Bureau U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Department of the Attorney General '

Rm. E/W-439 One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor

  1. ashington, DC 20555 Boston, MA 02108 dr. John B. Tanzer Ms. Olive L. Tash Designated Representative of Designated Representative of the Town of Hampton the Town of Brentwood 5 Morningside Drive R.F.D. 1, Dalton Road Hampton, NH 03842 Brentwood, NH 03833 Roberta C. Pevear Patrick J. McKeon Designated Representative of Selectmen's Office the Town of Hampton Falls 10 Central Road Drinkwater Road Rye, NH 03870 Hampton Falls, NH 03844 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis. Calvin A. Canney Designated Representative of City Manager the Town of Kensington City Hall RFD 1 126 Daniel Street East Kingston, NH 03827 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Ruthanne G. Miller, Esquire Law Clerk to the Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

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