ML16126A453

Federal Respondents' Status Report (D.C Cir.) 5-2-16

ML16126A453
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	05/02/2016
From:	Averbach A P, Cruden J C, Hansen-Young T, Mullins C E NRC/OGC, US Dept of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div, US Dept of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
To:	US Federal Judiciary, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Mullins C E, OGC/LC, 415-9156
References
14-1213, 1611441
Download: ML16126A453 (3)

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ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 14-1213 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, Petitioner,

v. U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondents, and PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Intervenor.

________ FEDERAL RESPONDENTS' STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's Order of March 1, 2016, the Federal Respondents hereby file this status report. The Petitioner's appeal of the decision of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), LBP 27 (September 28, 2015), has been fully briefed and is now pending before the Commission.

USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 1 of 3 2 Respectfully submitted,

__s/Andrew P. Averbach___

JOHN C. CRUDEN ANDREW P. AVERBACH Assistant Attorney General Solicitor

__s/Thekla Hansen-Young__ __s/Charles E. Mullins__

THEKLA HANSEN

-YOUNG CHARLES E. MULLINS Attorney Senior Attorney Appellate Section Office of the General Counsel Environment and Natural U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resources Division 11555 Rockville Pike U.S. Department of Justice Rockville, Maryland 20852 PO Box 7415, Ben Franklin Station (301) 287

-9156 Washington, D.C. 20044 charles.mullins@nrc.gov (202) 307

-2710 thekla.hansen

-young@usdoj.gov May 2, 2016 USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 2 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify under penalty of perjury that on May 2, 2016, I filed "Federal Respondents' Status Report" in Case No. 14

-1213 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by filing it with the Court's CM/ECF system.

That method is calculated to serve:

Richard E. Ayers

Jessica L. Olson John H. Bernetich Ayers Law Group

1707 L Street, N.W. Suite 850 Washington, D.C. 20036

David A. Repka Winston & Strawn, LLP 1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Thekla Hansen

-Young Attorney, Appellate Section Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 7415, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044

Respectfully submitted,

__s/Charles E. Mullins__

CHARLES E. MULLINS Senior Attorney Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 287

-9156 charles.mullins@nrc.gov USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 3 of 3 ORAL ARGUMENT NOT YET SCHEDULED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 14-1213 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, Petitioner,

v. U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondents, and PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Intervenor.

________ FEDERAL RESPONDENTS' STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's Order of March 1, 2016, the Federal Respondents hereby file this status report. The Petitioner's appeal of the decision of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), LBP 27 (September 28, 2015), has been fully briefed and is now pending before the Commission.

USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 1 of 3 2 Respectfully submitted,

__s/Andrew P. Averbach___

JOHN C. CRUDEN ANDREW P. AVERBACH Assistant Attorney General Solicitor

__s/Thekla Hansen-Young__ __s/Charles E. Mullins__

THEKLA HANSEN

-YOUNG CHARLES E. MULLINS Attorney Senior Attorney Appellate Section Office of the General Counsel Environment and Natural U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resources Division 11555 Rockville Pike U.S. Department of Justice Rockville, Maryland 20852 PO Box 7415, Ben Franklin Station (301) 287

-9156 Washington, D.C. 20044 charles.mullins@nrc.gov (202) 307

-2710 thekla.hansen

-young@usdoj.gov May 2, 2016 USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 2 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify under penalty of perjury that on May 2, 2016, I filed "Federal Respondents' Status Report" in Case No. 14

-1213 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by filing it with the Court's CM/ECF system.

That method is calculated to serve:

Richard E. Ayers

Jessica L. Olson John H. Bernetich Ayers Law Group

1707 L Street, N.W. Suite 850 Washington, D.C. 20036

David A. Repka Winston & Strawn, LLP 1700 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Thekla Hansen

-Young Attorney, Appellate Section Environment and Natural Resources Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 7415, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044

Respectfully submitted,

__s/Charles E. Mullins__

CHARLES E. MULLINS Senior Attorney Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (301) 287

-9156 charles.mullins@nrc.gov USCA Case #14-1213 Document #1611441 Filed: 05/02/2016 Page 3 of 3