ML18302A328
| ML18302A328 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | HI-STORE |
| Issue date: | 10/29/2018 |
| From: | Vietti-Cook A L 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
_________________________________________ )
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
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Don't Waste Michigan
316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520
Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
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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.
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Robert V. Eye Law Office, LLC 4840 Bob Billings Parkway Lawrence, KS 66049
Robert V. Eye, Esq.
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Turner Environmental Law Clinic 1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 Mindy Goldstein, Esq.
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Jason G. Shirley
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Carlsbad, NM
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555 13 th Street NW Washington, DC 20004
Sachin S. Desai, Esq.
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[Original signed by Brian Newell] Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 29 th day of October, 2018