ML20148H903
| ML20148H903 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | New England Power |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1978 |
| From: | Cutchin J NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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| NUDOCS 7811150040 | |
| Download: ML20148H903 (5) | |
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November 1,1978 h }fff UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .
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NUCLEAPs REGULATORY COMMISSION E <\ $
,f hD BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD h ?
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NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY, et al. ) Docket Nos. STN 50-568
) STN 50-569 (NEP-1 and NEP-2) )
l AU5WER OF THE NRC STAFF IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND I FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATI0f{ l 1
1 On October 13, 1978, the State of Rhode Island filed a motion 1/ orf an order directing New England Power Company to provide, as part of its Environ-mental Report, additional data and information about the Westerly and Rome Point alternate sites.
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In reality the motion is a request for discovery and forbidden at the present l l
time by the Board's Order of February 21, 1978, concerning commencement of l 1
discovery in this proceeding. Therefore, the motion should be denied. l d/ eThmotion was signed by R. Daniel Prentiss, Chief Legal Counsel of the Rhode Island Departme Lt of Environmental Management, as attorney for the State of Rhode Island. Staff Counsel is not aware of a notice of appearance having teen filed by Mr. Prentiss or of his having been designated to represent the State of Rhode Island in this proceeding. In then Governor Noel's petition for admission as an interested state a person in the Energy Office was designated to receive service. Persons in the Energy Office appeared for the State of Rhode Island at both prehearing conferences, in addition, the Board indicated in its order regarding intervention dated May 25, 1978, that in the future only Counsel . who have filed appearances or have been designated would be permitted to address the Board. l l
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a Moreover, under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), it is the Conynission's (as a practical matter the Staff's) and not the Applicant's responsibility to conduct an environmental analysis. Thus, it is for the Staff and not for the Board to determine whether the Environmental Report
' contains sufficient data to aid in the preparation of an Environmental ,
Statement (which includes an analysis of alternative sites). The Board is-an adjudicatory tribunal and serves as an independent check on whether the Staff's NEPA' responsibilities have been satisfied.I Respectfully submitted,
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James M. Cutc'hin, IV 4
Counsel for NRC Staff l
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 1st day of November,1978.
l N eeS Boston Edison _ Company (Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2),
l ALAB-479, 7 NRC 774, 792-794 (May 25, 1978).
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ,
_BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) ;
NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY, et al. Docket Nos. STil 50-568
) STN 50-569 (NEP-1 and NEP-2) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " ANSWER OF THE NRC STAFF IN OPPOSITION TO ,
THE MOTION OF THE STATE OF RH0DE ISLAND FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION" in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the fol- i lowing by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or as indicated by I an asterisk by deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission internal mail l system, this 1st day of November,1978:
- Marshall E. Miller, Esq. , Chainnan
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555
- Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi.ssion U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555
- Dr. Oscar H. Paris
- Docketing and Service Section Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission :
Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 i l
Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., Esq. Rhode Islanders for Safe Power l John A. Ritsher, Esq. c/o Ms. Emma Sacco R. K. Gad III, Esq. Box 69 Ropes and Gray Wakefield, Rhode Island 02880 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Ms. Katherine Spencer Doherty Aquidneck Island Ecology Box 573 Newport, Rhode Island 02840 l
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t Richard A. Poirier, President' Physicians Concerned About Rhode Island Association of Nuclear Power Conservation Cormiissioners c/o Robert L. Conrad
' Pole 95, Stillwater Road 130 Kenyon Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917 Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879 Eric D. Schneider V. James Santaniello, Esq.
Solicitor, Town of West Greenwich Claudine C. Schneider Manriing,' West, Santaniello & Pari 56 Central Street 711 Industrial Bank Building Narraganset, Rhode Island 02882 Providence, Rhode Island 02903 John T. Scanlon, Executive Director :
.. S. Arlene Violet, Esq. Save the Bay, Inc.
Violet and Rosin 655 Main Street 187 Westminster Mall, Suite 507 East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818 Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Edward H. Newman, Esq.
Harrison A. Fitch, Esq. Solicitor, Town of Richmond Peter D. Kinder, Esq. 42 Granite Street New England Legal Foundation Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 110 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 Raymond L. Thorp, Jr.
Chairman for Intervention Philip W. Noel, Esq4 The Taxpayers and Voters of Coffey, McGovern, Noel and Charles town Novogroski RFD 15 Westminster Street _
Bradford, Rhode Island 02808 Providence, Rhode Island 02913 James D. Thornton, Esq.
Henry J. Shelton, Director Thornton & Thornton, Inc.
Coalition for Consumer Justice Trustees of the Thomas Lyman 410 Broad Street Arnold Trust Central Falls, Rhode Island 02803 Washington Trust Building Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 Cynthia Collins, Esq.
Doorley, Gifford & Paci Dante Ionata, Esq.
,- 40 Westminster Street Sean Kelleher, Esq.
i Providence, Rhode Island 02903 State Energy Office 80 Dean Street Archibald B. Kenyoq, Jr. , Esq. Providence, Rhode Island 02903 1
' Solicitor, Town of South Kingstown 51 Tower Mill Road John P. Toscano, Jr., Esq.
Wakefield, P,hode Island 02879 Solicitor, Tcwn of Charlestown !
23 Canal Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 I
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Karin P. Sheldon, Esq, J. Peter Doherty, Esq.
Sheldon, Harmon & Roi; man Special Assistant Attorney General 1025 15th S treet, il ',l. , Suite 500 56 Pine Street Washington, D.C. 20005_ Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Anthony J. Brosco, Esq. '
R. Danici Prentiss, Esq.
Solicitor, Town of Exeter Chief Legal Counsel 293 South Main Street Rhode Island Department of Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Environmental Management 83 Park Street Barry fl. Capalbo, Esq. . Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Solicitor, Town of Hopkinton Hopkinton, Rhode Island 02883 Samuel Seeley, President Concerned Citizens of Rhode Vincent J. fiaccarato, Esq. Island Solicitor, Town of Westerly Box 525 Suite 209, Washington Trust Bldg. Charlestown, Rhode Island 02813 Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 C
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