NRC-2018-0231, 11-12-21 Petition for Review (DC Cir.)(Case No. 21-1230)
| ML21322A313 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Consolidated Interim Storage Facility |
| Issue date: | 11/12/2021 |
| From: | Andrew Averbach Beyond Nuclear, Emory Univ, Harmon, Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP, Turner Environmental Law Clinic |
| To: | Andrew Averbach NRC/OGC, US Federal Judiciary, Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| References | |
| 1922345, 21-1230, 86FR51926, NRC-2018-0231 | |
| Download: ML21322A313 (8) | |
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USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 1 of 8 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
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BEYOND NUCLEAR, INC., )
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Petitioner, )
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- v. ) 21-1230 Case No. ____
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR )
REGULATORY COMMISSION and the )
UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Respondents. )
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PETITION FOR REVIEW Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2239, 28 U.S.C. § 2344, 5 U.S.C. § 702, 42 U.S.C. § 10139, Fed. R. App. P. 15(a), and D.C. Cir. Rule 15(a), Petitioner Beyond Nuclear, Inc., through its undersigned counsel, seeks review of the issuance by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC or Commission) of a license to build and operate the WCS Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (License Issuance). The NRC issued the license on September 13, 2021, and published a notice at 86 Fed. Reg. 51,926 (Sept. 17, 2021).1 The License Issuance constitutes the NRCs last action consummating its consideration of a license application by Interim Storage Partners (ISP) for 1
A copy of the Federal Register notice is attached.
USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 2 of 8 construction and operation of a facility to store spent or used nuclear reactor fuel. Petitioner seeks review of the License Issuance on the grounds that by approving the issuance of a license to ISP, and by refusing to dismiss the licensing proceeding at its inception, the NRC violated the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 10222(a)(5)(A) and 10143, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 706(2)(A) and (C).2 Accordingly, Petitioner respectfully requests this Court to review, reverse, and vacate the License Issuance and grant any other remedies that may be appropriate.
This filing is timely because it is made within the 60-day period established by the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2344, for bringing a petition for judicial review of a final agency action. The License Issuance was noticed within the last 60 days, and 2
Petitioner notes that this Petition for Review is intended to substitute for an Amended Petition for Review of the same License Issuance, filed by Petitioners on November 4, 2021 in Beyond Nuclear v. NRC, No. 21-1056 (consolidated with Nos. 21-1048, 21-1055, and 21-1179 under the caption Dont Waste Michigan, et al. v. NRC, No. 21-1048). This Petition for Review is being filed in an abundance of caution, in response to a question raised by the court in Dont Waste Michigan, et al. of whether a new Petition for Review of the License Issuance is necessary to obtain review of that decision. Order at 1 (Nov. 10, 2021). In light of the statutory 60-day limit on petitions for review in the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2344, Petitioners are submitting this Petition for Review now. In a separate notice, Petitioner will withdraw the Amended Petition for Review from that proceeding.
In the coming week, Petitioner also plans to seek consolidation of this Petition for Review with Dont Waste Michigan, et al.
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USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 3 of 8 renders final and ripe all other orders issued against Beyond Nuclear in the underlying proceeding. Venue is appropriate within the D.C. Circuit pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2343.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Diane Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P.
1725 DeSales Street N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 240-393-9285 Email: dcurran@harmoncurran.com
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Mindy Goldstein Turner Environmental Law Clinic Emory University School of Law 1301 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30322 404-727-3432 Email: magolds@emory.edu Counsel for Petitioner November 12, 2021 3
USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 4 of 8 USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 5 of 8 USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 6 of 8 USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 7 of 8 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Diane Curran, hereby certify that on November 12, 2021, I posted Petitioners Petition for Review and Rule 26.1 Disclosure Statement on the Courts ECF website. I also sent copies of those documents to the following by first-class mail:
Merrick B. Garland, Atty. Genl. (by registered mail, return receipt requested)
United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Marian Zobler, General Counsel Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary (by registered mail, return receipt requested)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Paul Bessette, Esq.
Ryan Lighty, Esq.
Timothy Matthews, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, L.L.P 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004 Terry J. Lodge, Esq.
316 N. Michigan Street, Suite 520 Toledo, OH 43604-5627 Wallace L. Taylor, Esq.
4403 1st Avenue, Suite 402 Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
USCA Case #21-1230 Document #1922345 Filed: 11/12/2021 Page 8 of 8 Monica R. Perales, Esq.
6101 Holiday Hill Road Midland, TX 79707 Allan Kanner, Esq.
Annemieke M. Tennis, Esq.
Kanner & Whiteley, LLC 701 Camp Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Karen D. Hadden, Executive Director, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition 605 Carismatic Lane Austin, TX 78748 Diane DArrigo Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) 6930 Carroll Avenue Suite 340 Takoma Park, MD 20912 Chris Hebner, Esq.
City of San Antonio, TX P.O. Box 839966 San Antonio, TX 78283 Respectfully Submitted,
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Diane Curran Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P.
1725 DeSales Street N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 240-393-9285 Email: dcurran@harmoncurran.com 2