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{{#Wiki_filter:USCA Case #21-1104    Document #1894902          Filed: 04/14/2021  Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT SIERRA CLUB,                          )
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Petitioner,        ) No. 21-1104
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                                        ) PETITION FOR REVIEW UNITED STATES NUCLEAR                )
REGULATORY COMMISSION and )
the UNITED STATES OF                  )
AMERICA,                              )
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Respondent.        )
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2239, 28 U.S.C. § 2344, 5 U.S.C. § 702, 42 U.S.C. § 10139, Fed. R. App. P. 15(a), and D.C. Cir. Rule 15(a), Petitioner Sierra Club hereby petitions for review of the following orders entered by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission):
the Commissions Memorandum and Order CLI-20-04, issued on April 23, 2020, and February 18, 2021, attached as Exhibits A and B.
Sierra Club seeks review of Orders CLI-20-04 and CLI-21-04 on the grounds that the Commission wrongfully and unlawfully applied the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.; the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 10101 et seq.; and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), § 706.
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USCA Case #21-1104      Document #1894902          Filed: 04/14/2021  Page 2 of 4 Petitioners further maintain that in Order CLI-21-04, the NRC wrongfully and unlawfully applied the AEA, NWPA, APA and/or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq when it ruled that Sierra Club failed to plead any contentions that were admissible into the aforementioned proceeding. Specifically, Sierra Club seeks review of the Commissions rulings on the following contentions:
Contention 1: The AEA and NWPA prohibit the licensing of the proposed CIS facility.
Contention 4: Transportation Risks Contention 8: Decommissioning Funds Contention 9: Impacts From Beyond Design Life and Service Life of Storage Containers Contention 11: Earthquakes Contentions 15-19: Groundwater Impacts Contention 26: Material False Statement Contention 30: Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Report Therefore, Sierra Club respectfully requests this Court to review, reverse and vacate Orders CLI-20-04 and CLI-21-04, order the dismissal of 2
 
USCA Case #21-1104      Document #1894902          Filed: 04/14/2021  Page 3 of 4 the license application under review, and grant such other and further relief as may be warranted, at law and in equity.
This Petition is timely because it is filed within the 60-day period established by the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2344, for bringing a petition for judicial review of an agency action. Order CLI-21-04 was issued on February 18, 2021.
Further, venue is appropriate within the D.C. Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2343.
                                        /s/ Wallace L. Taylor WALLACE L. TAYLOR AT0007714 4403 1st Ave. S.E., Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 319-366-2428;(Fax)319-366-3886 e-mail: wtaylorlaw@aol.com ATTORNEY FOR SIERRA CLUB 3
 
USCA Case #21-1104      Document #1894902        Filed: 04/14/2021  Page 4 of 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 14, 2021, I served a copy of the Petition for Review that I filed this date upon the following persons of record in the underlying agency proceeding before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
paul.ryerson@nrc.gov, nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov, gary.arnold@nrc.gov, sheldon.clark@nrc.gov, sara.kirkwood@nrc.gov, mauri.lemonceclli@nrc.gov, patrick.moulding@nrc.gov, carrie.safford@nrc.gov, thomas.steinfeldt@nrc.gov, alana.wase@nrc.gov, brian.newall@nrc.gov, stacy.schumann@nrc.gov, meghan.hammond@pillsburylaw.com, anne.leidich@pillsburylaw.com, michael.lepre@pillsburylaw.com, jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com, timothy.walsh@pillsburylaw.com, sidney.fowler@pillsburylaw.com, dcurran@harmoncurran.com, magolds@emory.edu, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, rhelfrich@nacintl.com, sachin.desai@hoganlovells.com, allison.hellreich@hoganlovells.com, monicap@forl.com, a.kanner@kanner-law.com, a.tennis@kanner-law.com, 4}}

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Petition for Review (DC Cir.)(Case No. 21-1104).pdf
ML21110A696
Person / Time
Issue date: 04/14/2021
From: Andrew Averbach, Taylor W
NRC/OGC, Sierra Club
To:
NRC/OCM, US Federal Judiciary, Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit
References
1894902, 21-1104
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