ML17317A631
| ML17317A631 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | River Bend  |
| Issue date: | 11/13/2017 |
| From: | Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-458-LR, ASLBP 17-956-01-LR-BD01, RAS 54046 | |
| Download: ML17317A631 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Docket No. 50-458-LR In the Matter of ASLBP No. 17-956-01-LR-BD01 ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
November 13, 2017 (River Bend Station, Unit 1)
NOTICE AND ORDER (Scheduling and Providing Instructions for Oral Argument)
Pending before this Licensing Board is a Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing submitted on October 12, 2017 by Sierra Club.1 After reviewing the Petition and the subsequently filed related pleadings,2 the Board has determined that oral argument will assist it in resolving the issues presented. The Board will hold a telephonic oral argument concerning standing and contention admissibility on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at 2:00 P.M. EST.
The Board will hear argument from counsel for the parties in the following order:
(1) Sierra Club; (2) Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy); and (3) the NRC Staff. Sierra Club will have 60 minutes of argument time, and it may reserve up to 15 minutes of that time for rebuttal.
Entergy and the NRC Staff will each have 30 minutes of argument time. The parties should be prepared to discuss the issues raised in the Petition.
1 See Petition to Intervene and Request for Adjudicatory Hearing by Sierra Club (Oct. 12, 2017).
2 See Entergys Answer Opposing Sierra Clubs Petition to Intervene and Request for Adjudicatory Hearing (Nov. 6, 2017); NRC Staffs Response to Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing Filed by Sierra Club (Nov. 6, 2017); Sierra Clubs Reply to Answers Opposing Sierra Clubs Petition to Intervene (Nov. 13, 2017).
On or before Tuesday, November 21, 2017, the parties shall provide by e-mail to the Boards law clerk, Joe McManus (Joseph.McManus@nrc.gov), the name of the attorney who will present oral argument. Mr. McManus will provide the dial-in number and passcode to be used by counsel for the oral argument. No witnesses, other representatives of the parties, or members of the public will be heard during the argument.
Individuals who wish to hear the oral argument live on the listen-only telephone line may do so, and should contact Mr. McManus at the above email address or (301) 415-5356 for the dial-in number and passcode. The oral argument will be transcribed, and the transcript will be accessible to the public in the NRCs electronic hearing docket.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
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E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland November 13, 2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
) Docket No. 50-458-LR ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. )
)
(River Bend Station, Unit 1 - License Renewal )
Application) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NOTICE AND ORDER (Scheduling and Providing Instructions for Oral Argument) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O-16B33 Mail Stop: O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
David E. Roth, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Joe I. Gillespie, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission E-mail: Sherwin.Turk@nrc.gov Mail Stop: O-16B33 David.Roth@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 Joe.Gillespie@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Counsel for Entergy Operations, Inc.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20004 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Stephen Burdick, Esq.
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, Administrative Judge E-mail: Stephen.Burdick@morganlewis.com Dr. Richard E. Wardwell, Administrative Judge Kathryn.Sutton@morganlewis.com Joseph D. McManus, Law Clerk Nicole L. Simmons, Law Clerk Counsel for Sierra Club E-mail: Roy.Hawkens@nrc.gov Wallace L. Taylor Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov 118 3rd Avenue, S.E., Suite 326 Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 Joseph.McManuc@nrc.gov E-mail: wtaylorlaw@aol.com Lindsay.Simmons@nrc.gov
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, This 13th day of November, 2017