ML13331B487
| ML13331B487 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/27/2013 |
| From: | Lawrence Mcdade Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Hudson River Sloop Clearwater |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 25358 | |
| Download: ML13331B487 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) November 27, 2013 ORDER (Denying Clearwaters Request for Judicial Notice)
On November 15, 2013, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. (Clearwater) filed a request that the Board take judicial notice of certain facts contained in the judicial opinion in Brooklyn Ctr. for Indep. of the Disabled v. Bloomberg, 1:11 Civ 6690 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 7, 2013),
finding that New York Citys evacuation plans violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.1 The NRC Staff and Entergy have filed motions opposing Clearwaters request for judicial notice. 2 The Board finds that the facts detailed in Appendix A of Clearwaters request are outside the scope of this proceeding, as Brooklyn Ctr. for Independence of the Disabled dealt with emergency planning3 and CW-EC-3A dealt with environmental justice issues.4 Furthermore, the 1
See Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc., Request for the Board to Take Judicial Notice of a Recent Judicial Finding (Nov. 15, 2013).
2 See Entergys Answer Opposing Hudson River Sloop Clearwaters Request for the Board to Take Judicial Notice of a Recent Judicial Finding (Nov. 22, 2013). See also NRC Staffs Answer Opposing Hudson River Sloop Clearwaters Request for the Board to Take Judicial Notice of a Recent Judicial Finding (Nov. 25, 2013).
3 See generally Brooklyn Ctr. for Indep. of the Disabled, 1:11 Civ 6690 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 7, 2013).
Board will not take judicial notice of legal holdings under 10 C.F.R. § 2.337(f)(1).5 Thus, Clearwaters request is denied.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFEY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland November 27, 2013 4
See generally Revised Initial Statement of Position for Clearwaters Contention EC-3A (Dec.
22, 2011) (Ex. CLER00002).
5 10 CFR § 2.337 states that [t]he commissionmay take official notice of any fact of which a court of the United States may take judicial notice or of any technical or scientific fact within the knowledge of the Commission as an expert body.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Denying Clearwaters Request for Judicial Notice) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Edward L. Williamson, Esq.
Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M David E. Roth, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
Mary B. Spencer, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anita Ghosh, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission John Tibbetts, Paralegal Mail Stop O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Office of the General Counsel hearingdocket@nrc.gov Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel edward.williamson@nrc.gov Mail Stop T-3F23 beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 david.roth@nrc.gov; mary.spencer@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; john.tibbetts@nrc.gov Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Administrative Judge OGC Mail Center lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell William C. Dennis, Esq.
Administrative Judge Assistant General Counsel richard.wardwell@nrc.gov Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue Michael F. Kennedy White Plains, NY 10601 Administrative Judge wdennis@entergy.com michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Carter Thurman, Law Clerk Organization: Entergy carter.thurman@nrc.gov 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 wglew@entergy.com Kathleen E. Oprea, Law Clerk Kathleen.Oprea@nrc.gov
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Denying Clearwaters Request for Judicial Notice)
Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Phillip Musegaas, Esq.
Goodwin Proctor, LLP Deborah Brancato, Esq.
Exchange Place, 53 State Street Ramona Cearley, Secretary Boston, MA 02109 Riverkeeper, Inc.
ezoli@goodwinprocter.com 20 Secor Road Ossining, NY 10562 phillip@riverkeeper.org; dbrancato@riverkeeper.org Daniel Riesel, Esq. rcearley@riverkeeper.org Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq.
Adam Stolorow, Esq.
Jwala Gandhi, Paralegal Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.
Counsel for Town of Cortlandt Assistant County Attorney Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Office of Robert F. Meehan, 460 Park Avenue Westchester County Attorney New York, NY 10022 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com White Plains, NY 10601 astolorow@sprlaw.com; jgandhi@sprlaw.com; mjr1@westchestergov.com nduncan@sprlaw.com Clint Carpenter, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Bobby Burchfield, Esq.
Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Matthew Leland, Esq.
Martin J. ONeill, Esq. McDermott, Will and Emergy LLP Raphael Kuyler, Esq. 600 13th Street, NW Lena Michelle Long, Esq. Washington, DC 20005 Laura Swett, Esq. ccarpenter@mwe.com; bburchfield@mwe.com Lance Escher, Esq. mleland@mwe.com Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Antoinette Walker, Legal Secretary Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Covington & Burling LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Washington, DC 20004 mswinehart@cov.com ksutton@morganlewis.com martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Edward F. McTiernan, Esq.
rkuyler@morganlewis.com; New York State Department llong@morganlewis.com; of Environmental Conservation lswett@morganlewis.com Office of General Counsel lescher@morganlewis.com 625 Broadway mfreeze@morganlewis.com 14th Floor awalker@morganlewis.com Albany, NY 12233-1500 dcalhoun@morganlewis.com efmctier@gw.dec.state.ny.us 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Denying Clearwaters Request for Judicial Notice)
Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Steven C. Filler Assistant Attorney General Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Office of the Attorney General 724 Wolcott Ave. State of Connecticut Beacon, NY 12508 55 Elm Street mannajo@clearwater.org; P.O. Box 120 stephenfiller@gmail.com Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us Richard Webster, Esq.
Public Justice, P.C. Janice A. Dean, Esq.
For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Kathryn Liberatore, Esq.
1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20006 Office of the Attorney General rwebster@publicjustice.net of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 Michael J. Delaney, Esq. janice.dean@ag.ny.gov Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs kathryn.liberatore@ag.ny.gov NYC Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Sean Murray, Mayor Flushing, NY 11373 Kevin Hay, Village Administrator mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Village of Buchanan Municipal Building John J. Sipos, Esq. 236 Tate Avenue Charles Donaldson, Esq. Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Assistant Attorneys General smurray@villageofbuchanan.com Office of the Attorney General administrator@villageofbuchanan.com of the State of New York Elyse Houle, Legal Support The Capitol, State Street Albany, New York 12224 john.sipos@ag.ny.gov charlie.donaldson@ag.ny.gov elyse.houle@ag.ny.gov
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 27th day of November, 2013 3