ML20011A616

Notice of Appeal from Paragraph 1 of ASLB 810805 Order as Modified & Affirmed on 811002,denying Petition to Intervene

ML20011A616
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Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	10/26/1981
From:	Hulme J, Kucik G, Sward E PARSONS & WHITTEMORE, RESOURCES RECOVERY (DADE COUNTY), INC.
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INC. IN SUPPORT OF TIIEIR APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF THEIR INTERVENTION PETITION AND REQUEST FOR IIEARING GEORGE R. KUCIK

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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-389A (St. Lucie Plant, Unit No. 2) ) Dated: October 26, 1981 .

NOTICE OF APPEAL Notice is hereby given that Parsons & Whittemore, Inc.

and Resources Recovery (Dade County), Inc. appeal from paragraph (1) of the' Licensing's Board August 5, 1981, Order, as modified and affirmed on October 2, 1981, denying their petition to intervene. Petitioners were granted an extension of time until October 26, 1981 to file this appea2.. A brief in support of the appeal accompanies this notice.

Respectfully submitted, GEORGE R. KUCIK A

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JAMES H. flUM V icent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn 1815 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 857-6000 Counsel for Petitioners

E TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I.. . INTRODUCTION . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . 1 II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-A. The Factual Background . . .-. . . . . . . . . . 2 B. The Intervention Petition and the Decision Delow . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . 6 III.

SUMMARY

OF ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 IV. ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 17 A. The Standard of Review -- A Licensing

. Board Decision Must Be Reversed When.It Is Based Upon An Erroneous. View:Of The

. Law Or Incorrect Hypotheses of Fact . . . . 17 B. Nexus - RRD's Interests Will Be Adversely Affected By This Proceeding . . . . . . . . 18 C. Good Cause -- The Licensing Board Based Its " Good Cause" Decision Upon An Erroneous View Of The Facts And An

. Unwarranted Denigration Of The Legal Significance Of RRD's Claine . . . . . . . . 24 D. Other Means --- The Licensing Board Erred In Holding That RRD Could Protect Its Legitimate Interests Before Forums Other Than The NRC . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . 37

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E. The Ongoing Proceeding -- The Licensing Board Erred In Holding That .RRD's Intervention-Would Unduly Delay The Proceeding Without' Contributing To The Record, And That RRD's Interests Could Be Adequately Protected;By The Intervenor

-Cities Or By RRD's Participation As Amicus

.Curtae - At The Relief Stage .. . . . . . . .46 1F. PURPA -- .The Licensing. Board Misunderstood PURPA And Its Relationship To RRD's Petitior To Intervene In.This Proceeding. . . 51

.J. CONCLUSION . . . . . . - . . . . . . .. . . . . . 58 i-

r TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page A. CASES

1. NRC Opinions -

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York (Indian Point Station, Unit 2), ALAB-369, 5 NRC 129 (1977). . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 51 Cbnsumers Power Co. (Midland Plant, Units 1 & 2), ALAB-452, 6 NRC 892 -(1977) . . . . . 17 Detroit Edison Co. (Greenwood Energy Centar, Units 2 & 3) , ALAB-476, 7 NRC 759 (1978). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Duke Power Co. (Perkins Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 & 3) , ALAB-4 3 3, 6 NRC 469 (1977). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Duke Power Co. (Oconee Nuclear Station) ,

ALAB-528, 9 NRJ 146 (1979). . . . . . . . . 34 Duquesne Light Co. (Beaver Valley Power -

Station, Unit 1), ALAB-109, 6 AEC 243 (1973). . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Florida Power and Light Co. (St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2) , ALAB-4 20, 6 NRC 8 (1977). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Florida Power and Light Co.(St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2) , CLI-78-12, 7 NRC 939 -(1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 35, 41, 48, 50 Houston Lighting and Power Co. (South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2) , AT AB-5 4 9, 10 NRC 563 (1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,37,39,40, 45,46 Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. (Duane Arnold Energy Center), ALAB-108, 6 AEC

-195 (1973). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Kansas Gas and Electric Co. (Wolf Creek Generating Station, UnitD , LBP-75-13, 1 NRC 268, vacated and remanded on other grounds, ALAB-279, 1 NRC 559 (1975)

[ Wolf Creek I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,22,23

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Page Kansas Gas and Electric Co. (Wolf Creek Generating Station, Unit 1), LBP-75-52, 2 NRC 469, reversed and remanded on

. other grounds, ALAB-299, 2 NRC 740 (1975)

[ Wolf Creek II]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Kansas Gas and Electric Co. (Wolf Creek I Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1),

CLI-77-1, 5 NRC 1 (1977) . . . . . . . . . 58 Louisiana Power and Light Co. (Waterford Stea.n Electric Generating Station, Unit 3), CLI-73-007, 6: AEC 48 ~(1973)

) [Waterford I]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 19 Louisiana Power and Light Co.-(Waterford S eam Electric Generating Station, Unit

3) , CLI-7 3-025, 6'AEC 619 (1973)

[Waterford II] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /20 I

Metropolitan Edison Co. (Three Mile Island Nuclear ~ Generating Station, Unit

2) , ALAB-4 5 4 , 7 NRC 39 (1978). . . . . . . 51 Mississippi Power and Light Co. (Grand

) Gulf Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2),

ALAB-130, 6 AEC 423 (1973) . . . . . . . . 35 Northern States Power Co. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 & 2) , ALAB-104, 6 AEC 179 (1973) . 57

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Nuclear Engineering Co. (Shef field, Illinois, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site), ALAB-473, 7 NRC 737 (1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

) Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (West Valley Reprocessing Plant) , CLI-75-4, 1 NRC 273 (1975) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 50 Portland General Electric Co., (Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2),

) CLI-76-027, 4 NRC 610 (1976) . . . . . . . 10 Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc.

(Marble Hill Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 & 2), ALAB-339, 4 NRC 20 (1976). , l?

I. Public Service Co. offIndiana,.Inc.

(Marble Hill Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1& 2) , CLI-80-10, 11 NRC 438 (1980) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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i Page Public Service Co. of New Hampshire (Seabrook Station, Units 1 & 2) , ALAB-422, 6 NRC 33 (1977). . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Public Service Co. of New Hampshire (Seabrook Station, Units 1 & 2),

CLI-78-1, 7 NRC 1 (1978). . . . . . . . . . 18 South Carolina Electric and Gas Co..

(Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Etation, Unit 1) , ALAB-G42, NRC (1981) [Nuc. Reg. Rep. (CCH) 130,591] . . . 13, 17 Tennessee Valley Authority (Hartsville Nuclear Plant, Units lA, 2A, 1B & 2B), ,

ALAB-367, 5 NRC 92 (1977) . . . . . . . . . 18 Toledo Edison Co. (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Units 1, 2 & 3) , ALAB-560, 10 NRC 265 (1979). . . . . . . . . . . 14,- 39 4

Virginia Electric and Power Co. -(North

- Anna Power Station, Units 1 & 2), ALAB -

342, 4 NRC 98 (1976). . . . . . . . . . . . 17,41,56

2. Judicial Opinions 4

Arkansas-Best Freight System v. United

, States, 399 F. Supp. 157 (W.D. Ark.

1975), aff'd sub. nom, Bowman Trans-portation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc., 425 U.S. 901 (1976) . . . . . 54 Association of Data Processing Service Organizations v. Camp, 397 U.S. 150 (1970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Coates v. Califano, 474 F. Supp. 812 (D. Colo. 1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Crowell v. Denson, 285 U.S. 22 (1932) . . . 29 Gonzales v. United States, 34S'U.S._407 (1955). . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . 27, 28 I' Gulf States Utilities v. FPC, 411 U.S.

747 (1973). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Kelly v. Herak, 252 F. Supp. 289' (D. Mont. 1966), aff'd, 391 F.2d i 216 (9th Cir. 1968). . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

) Klor's , . Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., 359 U.S. 207 (1959). . . . . . . . . 36' Liesen.v.. Louisiana Power & Light Co.,

636 F.2d 94 (5th Cir. 1981) . . . . . . . . 38

)' Natural Resources Defense Counci. v..

Costle, 561 F.2d 904 (D.C. Cir. 1977). . . 16, 55 New York State. Electric & Gas Corp.

v. FERC, 638.F.2d 388 (2d Cir. 1980) ,

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) cert. pending, (Sup. Ct. No. 80-1858),

49 U.S.L.W. 3865 (docketed,.May 5, 1981) . 16,22,43,52  ;

Safir v. Gibson, 417 F.2d 972 (2d Cir.

1969), cert.. denied, 400.U.S. 850, later appeal, T37 F.2d 137'(2d Cir.), cert. ,

denied, 400 U.S. 942 (1970). . . . . . . . 57 L

Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Federal l Maritime Commission, 653 F.2d 544 (D.C.

Cir. 1981) . . .- . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 54,55 p Susquehanna Valley Alliance v. Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor, 619 F.2d 231 (3d Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1096 (1981) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 L System Federation, No. 30,. Railroad

) Employees Department v. Braidwood, 284 >

F. Supp. 611 (N.D. Ill. 1968). . . . . . . 57 ,

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Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

Pub. L. No.95-617, 92 Stat. 3144'(1978). . . . . . . passim C. REGULATIONS 10 C.F.R. S2.714, . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . 12,19,34

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10 C.F.R. 52.715(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . 51 10 C.F.R. 52.740. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 18 C.F.R. Part 292, Subpart B . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 18 C.F.R. 5292.303(b) . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 21

) D. MISCELLANEOUS H.R. Rep. No.95-496 (IV), 95th Cong., 1st'Sess.

(1977), reprinted in [1978] U.S. Code Cong. &

Admin. News pp. 8593-94 . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 52

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) S. Rep. No.94-442, 95th Cong. 1st Sess. (1977),

reprinted in [1978] U.S. Code Cong. & Admin News pp. 7903-7929. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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