ML18023B154

Susquehanna Units 1 and 2 - Applicant'S Answer to Petition for Leave to Intervene and Request for Hearing Submitted by the Susquehanna Environmental Advocates

ML18023B154
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	09/21/1978
From:	Silberg J E Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Pennsylvania Power & Light Co, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICANUCLEARREGULATORYCO~IISIONfgfPgIntheMatterofPENNSYLVANIAPOWER6LIGHTCOMPANYandALLEGHENYELECTRICCOOPERATIVEgINC~(SusquehannaSteamElectricStation,Units1and2)DocketNos.50-38750-388APPLICANTS'NSWERTOPETITIONFORLEAVETOINTERVENEANDREQUESTFORHEARINGSUBMITTEDBYTHESUSQUEHANNAENVIRONMENTALADVOCATESOnAugust.9,1978,theNuclearRegulatoryCommission("NRC")publishedintheFederalRegistera"NoticeofReceiptof.Appli-cationforFacilityOperatingLicenses;AvailabilityofAppli-cant'sEnvironmentalReport;andConsiderationofIssuanceofFacilityOperatingLicensesOpportunityforHearing".43Fed.Reg.35406.ThisNoticestatedthattheNRC,followingcompletionofspecifiedactions,willconsidertheissuanceofoperatinglicensestoPennsylvaniaPowersLightCompanyandAlleghenyElectricCoop-erative,Inc.(collectively"Applicants")fortheSusquehannaSteamElectricStation,Units1and2("SSES").TheNoticepro-videdthatanypersonwhoseinterestmaybeaffectedbythepro-ceedingmayfile,bySeptember8,1978,apetitiontointervene.InafilingdatedSeptember7,1978,theSusquehannaEnviron-mentalAdvocates("SEA")requestedahearingandpetitionedforleavetointervene.Thetestsforpetitionsforleavetointervenearesetforthin10CFR52.714andweredescribedintheNRC'sAugust9,1978

>eFederalRegisternotice..Thepetitionmust.set'orthwithpar-ticularitythepetitioner'sinterestintheproceeding,howthatinterestmaybeaffectedbytheresultsoftheproceeding,andthespecificaspectoraspectsofthesubjectmatterofthepro-ceedingastowhichthepetitionerwishestointervene.Thepetitionshouldalsoaddressthenatureofthepetitioner'srightundertheAtomicEnergyActtobemadeaparty,thenatureandextentofthepetitioner'sinterest,intheproceeding,andthepossibleeffectofanyorderwhichmaybeenteredinthepro-Iceedingonpetitioner'sinterest.Undertherecentrevisionsto10CFR52.714,43Fed.Reg.17801(April26,1978),apetitionerhasuntil15dayspriortothefirstprehearingconferencetosub-mit,thecontentionswhichheseekstolitigate.SEA'spetitionwouldappeartosatisfytheserequirements.ApplicantwouldagreethatSEAhasadequatelydemonstrateditsinterestinthisproceeding.SEA'spleadingalsoincludesaSupplementalPetitionforAttorneysFees,CostsofExpertWitnessesand.MiscellaneousCosts.INRChasruledagainstsuchdirectfinancialassistanceandthatrulingmandatesdenialofSEA'srequest.SeeNuclearReulatorCommission(FinancialAssistancetoParticipantsinCommissionProceedings),CLI-76-23,4NRC494(1976);DetroitEdisonCo.(GreenwoodEnergyCenter,Units2and3),ALAB-376,5NRC426,428(1977).

Respectfullysubmitted,SHAW~PITTMANgPOTTS6TROWBRIDGEDated:September21,1978ByJay/E.S'ilbergCounseld'orApplicants'~1800MStreet,N.W.Washington,D.C.20036(202)331-4100 UNITEDSTATESOFAMERICANUCLEARREGULATORYCOMMISSIONIntheMatterofPENNSYLVANIAPOWER6LIGHTCOMPANYandALLEGHENYELECTRICCOOPERATIVESIN'SusquehannaSteamElectricStation,'nits1and2))))))))DocketNos.50-38750-388CERTIFICATEOFSERIVCEThisistocertifythatcopiesoftheforegoing"Applicants'nswertoPetitionforLeavetoInterveneandRequestforHearingSubmittedbytheSusquehannaEnvironmentalAdvocates"wereservedbydepositintheU.S.mail,first.class,postageprepaid,this'I21stdayofSeptember,1978,to:SecretaryoftheCommissionU,S.NuclearRegulatoryCommissionwashington,D.C.20555JamesM.Cutchin,IV,EsquireOfficeoftheExecutiveLegalDirectorU.S.NuclearRegulatoryComma',ssion5'ashington,D.C.20555SusquehannaEnvironmentalAdvocatesc/oGeraldSchultz,Esquire500RiverStreetWilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania18702Dated:September21,1978