ML18012A644

M990302B - Affirmation Session - Public Meeting

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Issue date:	03/02/1999
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S- 1 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 3

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 5

6 AFFIRMATION SESSION 7

8 PUBLIC MEETING 9

10 Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11 One White Flint North 12 Building 1, Room IF-16 13 11555 Rockville Pike 14 Rockville, Maryland 15 Tuesday, March 2, 1999 16 17 The Commission met in open session, pursuant to 18 notice, at 12:05 p.m., the Honorable SHIRLEY A. JACKSON, 19 Chairman of the Commission, presiding.

20 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:

21 SHIRLEY A. JACKSON, Chairman of the Commission 22 NILS J. DIAZ, Member of the Commission 23 EDWARD McGAFFIGAN, JR., Member of the Commission 24 GRETA J. DICUS, Member of the Commission 25 JEFFREY S. MERRIFIELD, Member of the Commission ANN RILEY & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

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S- 2 1 STAFF PRESENT:

2 KAREN D. CYR, General Counsel 3 ANNETTE L. VIETTI-COOK, Assistant Secretary 4

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S- 3 1 P R 0 C E E D I N G S 2 [12:05 p.m.]

3 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: Good morning. This is an 4 affirmation session.

5 We have two items to come before us this morning.

6 Before I ask the Secretary to lead us through the items for 7 affirmation, do any of my colleagues have any opening 8 comments they would like to make?

9 COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD: No.

10 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: If not, Madam Secretary, please 11 proceed.

12 MS. VIETTI-COOK: The first item is on 13 Commonwealth Edison Company. The Commission is being asked 14 to act on a memorandum and order related to LBP-98-27 in 15 which the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board denied the 16 petition for intervention and hearing filed by Mr. Edwin 17 Dienethal.

18 The Commission has voted to approve the memorandum 19 and order which affirms the Licensing Board's decision in 20 LBP-98-27. Would you please affirm your votes?

21 COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD: Aye.

22 COMMISSIONER DIAZ: Aye.

23 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: Aye.

24 COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN: Aye.

25 COMMISSIONER DICUS: Aye.

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S- 4 MS. VIETTI-COOK: The second item is on Kansas Gas

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1 2 and Electric Corporation.

3 The Commission is being asked to act on a 4 memorandum and order which solicits views of the parties on 5 the question of whether the NRC should continue to conduct 6 any form of antitrust review in connection with license 7 transfer applications.

8 The Commission has voted to approve a memorandum 9 and order which solicits views of the parties with respect 10 to continued antitrust review in connection with the license 11 transfer applications.

12 Would you please affirm your votes?

13 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: Aye.

14 COMMISSIONER DICUS: Aye.

15 COMMISSIONER DIAZ: Aye.

16 COMMISSIONER McGAFFIGAN: Aye.

17 COMMISSIONER MERRIFIELD: Aye.

18 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: Is there anything else to come 19 before us?

20 MS. VIETTI-COOK: No.

21 CHAIRMAN JACKSON: If not, we are adjourned.

22 Thank you.

23 [Whereupon, at 12:10 p.m., the affirmaion session 24 was concluded.]

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CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the attached description of a meeting of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission entitled:

TITLE OF MEETING: AFFIRMATION SESSION PUBLIC MEETING PLACE OF MEETING: Rockville, Maryland DATE OF MEETING: Tuesday, March 2, 1999 was held as herein appears, is a true and accurate record of the meeting, and that this is the original transcript thereof taken stenographically by me, thereafter reduced to typewriting by me or under the direction of the court reporting company Transcriber: Martha Brazil Reporter:_Mark Mahoney.