ML20212H774

Responds to Re Petition Filed by Orange County Board of Commissioners Re Proposed Expansion of Sf Storage Capacity at Shearon Harris Npp.Public Meeting Will Be Held at Later Date.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 990624

ML20212H774
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	06/23/1999
From:	Vietticook A NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
To:	Price D HOUSE OF REP.
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CON-#299-20566 LA, NUDOCS 9906280137
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June 23,1999

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ADJit T-The Honorable David Price United States House of Representatives ,

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Dear Congressman Price:

I am responding to your letter dated June 4,1999, addressed to Chairman Shirley' Ann Jackson regarding a petition filed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners (Orange County) in connection with the proposed expansion of spent fuel storage capacity at the Shearon Harris facility. Presently, this proposalis the subject of an adjudication involving Orange County as a petitioner to intervene and potential party. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) for j I

the Shearon Harris proceeding (Docket No. 50-400-LA) must decide the question of Orange County's standing and the admissibility of the contentions that it has submitted. Under NRC procedural rules for adjudications, the Commission has an appellate role in proceedings commenced before its Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards. Because of that role, I trust that you will understand that Commissioners must remain impartial during the pendency of a case, whether it is before a Licensing Board or on appeal to the Commission.

I With respect to your request that the Commission provide a public forum through which I concems about Carolina Power & Light's application can be expressed by citizens in the region, I have enclosed a May 11,1999 Order of the ASLB which indicates that should standing be 4 granted to Orange County and one or more of its contentions accepted for litigation, the ASLB willissue a notice of hearing and will afford members of the public an opportunity to provide 1 written or oral limited appearance statements'on the issues under adjudication. Also, the NRC I staff intends to hold a public meeting in the vicinity of the Shearon Harris plant in the next few months to discuss the status of its ongoing technical review of the application and to provide I members of the public an opportunity to express their concems. Details on this meeting will be provided to the public when they are finalized. j A copy of your letter and this response will be placed in the Shearon Harris hearing docket and served on the parties to the proceeding.

Sincerely, I

/A~bb Annette L. Vietti-Cook

Enclosure:

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Cig j.; , t g NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION '5 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman O'-

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In the Matter of Docket No. 50-400-LA CAROLINA PGW2R & LIGHT COMPANY ASLBP No. 99-762-02-LA (Shearon Harris Nuclear May 11, 1999 Power Plant)

NOTICE (Changing Location and Starting Time for Initial Prehearing Conference)

After consultation with the participants, the Licensing Board has decided to change the location of the initial prehearing conference, scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 13, 1999, to provide additional space for members of the public who wish to attend. The new location for the conference is Southern Human Resources Center, Main Meetina Room. 2505 Homestead Road, Chacel Hill, North Carolina.

Further, to accommodate those who may need additional time to locate this new venue, the starting time for the May 13 session of the prehearing conference has been moved back

.one-half hour to 10:00 a.m.

As was noted in the Board's April 21, 1999 order regarding the prehearing conference location, this I

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prehearing conference is being convened so that the' Board can hear arguments from counsel for petitioner Board of Commissioners of Orange County (BCOC),_ applicant Carolina Power and' Light Co. (CP&L), and the NRC staff regarding the

' issues of;BCOC's standing and the admissibility of its submitted contentions.

If BCOC subsequently is found to have standing and to have submitted one or more litigable contentions, the Board will issue a notice of hearing that, in'accordance with 10 C.F.R. S 2.715(a), will afford members of the public an opportunity to provide written or, as appropriate, oral limited appearance statements on the issues. The Board will issue.a ^'rther notice outlining the times,_ places, and conditions of participation in the event the coard provides an' opportunity for oral limited appearance statements.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD *

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G. Paul Bollwerk, III ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE i

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Copies of this notice were sent this date by Internet-e-mail transmission to_ counsel for (1) applicant CP&L; (2) intervenorLBCOC; and (3) the staff.

.v UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Docket No.(s) 50-400-LA (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NOTICE.(CHANGING LOCATION...)

have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, except

-as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Sec. 2.712.

Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Frederick J. Shon Peter S. Lam Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop.- T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555- Washington, DC 20555 Marian L. Zobler, Esq.

Richard G. Bachmann, Esq. Diane Curran, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Harmon, Curran, Spielberg Mail Stop 15 B18 & Eisenberg, L.L.P.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20036 William D. Johnson .

John H. O'Neill, Jr., Esq.

Vice President and Senior Counsel William R. Ho11away, Esq.

Carolina Power & Light Company. Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge P. O. Box 1551 2300 N Street, NW Raleigh, NC 27602 Washington, DC 20037

1 Docket No (s)50-400-LA NOTICE (CIN GING LOCATION...)

Dated at Rockville, Md. this 11 day of May 1999 e Office of the Secretarf of the Codhission 4

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT' COMPANY Docket No.(s) 50-400-LA (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant) i CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE i

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have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, except as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Sec. 2.712.

l Administrative Judge i Office o/ Commission Appellate G. Paul Bo11werk, III, Chairman Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel )

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555 l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge {

Frederick J. Shon Peter S. Lam j Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel l Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 ]

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Washington,.DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Marian L. Zobler, Esq.

Richard G. Bachmann, Esq.. Diane Curran, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Harmon, curran,.Spielberg

-Mail Stop 15 B18 & Eisenberg, L.L.P.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20555- Washington, DC 20036 William D. Johnson John H. O'Neill, Jr., Esq.

Vice President and Senior Counsel William R. Ho11away, Esq. j Carolina Power & Light company Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (

P. O. Box 1551 2300 N Street, NW Raleigh, NC .27602 Washington, DC 20037

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