ML081000379
| ML081000379 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/2008 |
| From: | Wagner S State of NY, State Assembly |
| To: | Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY/RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-45 | |
| Download: ML081000379 (7) | |
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AZs 6, q-5 Is THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY DOCKETED USNRC April 1, 2008 (8:00am)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF RICHARD L. BRODSKY Assemblyman 92ND District Westchester County March 31. 2008 CHAIRMAN Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop-T-3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Dr. Kaye Lathrop Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 190 Cedar Lane E.
Ridgway, CO 81432 Richard E. Wardell Administrative Judge Atomic Safety~and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Mail Stop--T-3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Re: License Renewal Application submitted by Entergy Indian Point Unit 2, LLC, Entergy Indian Point Unit 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 and 3 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR/50-286-LR; ASLB No. 07-858-03-LR-BDO1
Dear Administrative Judges:
We write to bring to your attention the decision of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLB) canceling oral arguments for Petitioners over the admissibility of contentions in the license renewal of Indian Point's nuclear reactors. This decision undermines 0
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the very reasoning for holding public hearings - to ensure the concerns of interested parties and individuals are heard and considered.
Petitioners WestCAN, Sierra Club, RCCA, PHASE and Assemblyman Richard Brodsky
("WestCAN") have submitted numerous, unique contentions or contention with different arguments and/or support for its contentions. WestCAN is the only Intervenor who was not given an opportunity for oral argument to address the admissibility of their contentions.
On April 7, 2008 ASLB initially scheduled oral argument for the ASLB to direct questions to the attorneys representing WestCAN, the NRC Staff, and Entergy in order to determine if these contentions are admissible. Yet on March 25, 2008 the ASLB no longer had any questions for WestCAN. Consequently, we seek clarification of the following concerning the Order.
- Please explain when, from whom, and what information the ASLB obtained and used that rendered its earlier decision to accept oral testimony "would not be materially assisted by oral argument."
- Why was the April 1, 2008 hearing for WestCAN never placed on the ASLB calendar?
- Did the ASLB decision rest in part or full on issues related to scheduling conflicts that' prevented WestCAN from participating in the admissibility hearings on, March 10-12, 2008?
This decision cast serious doubts about the commitment of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to an open and public
process for considering Entergy's license renewal application for Indian Point.
Therefore, we request that the ASLB immediately schedule a hearing to be held in Westchester County on WestCAN's contentions, with all appropriate public and official notice, including sufficient microphones and audio equipment to accommodate public participation.
Respectfully submitted, cc: Senator Hillary Clinton '
Senator Charles Schumer Congressman John Hall Congressman Eliot Engel Congresswoman Nita Lowey Congressman Maurice Hinchey Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Assistant Attorney General John Sipos Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee Roy Hawkens - NRC - ASLB
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating)
Units 2 and 3)
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Docket Nos. 50-247/286-LR ASLBP No. 07-853-03-LR-BDO1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing letter to the ASLB from Petitioners' WestCAN et. al dated March 31, 2008, has been served upon the following by electronically as shown to the address below, this 31st day of March, 2008. Hard copies have been mailed to the ASLBP members and the Office of the Secretary per the ASLB Order of February 1, 2008.
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop-T-3 F23 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: LGM1(,nrc.qov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop-T-3 F23 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: REW(o.nrc.gov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E.
Ridgeway, CO 81432 E-mail: KDL2(anrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Email: OCAAMAIL~anrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16G4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Email: HEARINGDOCKET(ýnrc.gov Zachary S. Kahn, Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Email: ZXK1 (anrc.qov
2 William C. Dennis, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Email: wdennis(aentergy.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.
Paul M. Bessette, Esq.
Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: ksutton(amorqanlewis.com E-mail: pbessette(amorqanlewis.com E-mail: martin.o'neill(cmorqanlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
Vice President - Energy Department New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCDEC) 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 E-mail: mdelaney(cnvcedc.com John LeKay FUSE USA 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, NY 10566 E-mail: fuse usa(*yahoo.com Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (AREA) 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 New York, NY 10016 E-mail: aikremer rmfp.com kremer(aarea-alliance.org Diane Curran, Esq.
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Manna Jo Greene Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
112 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: Mannaio(aclearwater.orq Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.
Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: jdp3(@westchesterqov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor James Seirmarco, M.S.
Village of Buchanan Municipal Building Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 E-mail: vob(,bestweb.net John J. Sipos, Esq.
Charlie Donaldson, Esq.
Assistants. Attorney General New York State Department of Law Environmental Protection Bureau The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: iohn.sipos(oaq.state.ny.us Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.
Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of the General Counsel 625 Broadway, 1 4th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe(,qw.dec.state.ny.us
3 Washington, D.C. 20036 E-mail: dcurran(ýharmoncurran.com Robert Snook, Esq.
Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 E-mail: robert.snookiPo.state.ct. us Daniel Riesel, Esq.
Thomas F. Wood, Esq.
Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.
460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 E-mail: driesel(asprlaw.com jsteinberQ(dsprlaw.com Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06876 E-mail: nancyburtoncttcaol.com Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: kimberlV.sexton (nrc.qov Sherwin.turk(anrc.qov christopher.chandler()nrc.qov Beth.Mizuno(Dnrc.qov David.Roth()nrc.qov Lloyd.Subindnrc.gov Office of the Secretary*
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Sixteenth Floor One Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 Victor Tafur, Esq.
Phillip Musegaas, Esq.
Riverkeeper, Inc.
828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 E-mail: PhilliD('*.riverkeeper.org vtafurtcriverkeeper.orq Elise N. Zoli, Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 E-mail: ezoli(.qoodwinProcter.com Janice A. Dean, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway, 2 6 th Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.dean(ooaq.state.ny.us Mylan L. Denerstein Executive Deputy Attorney General Office of the N.Y. Attorney General 120 Broadway, 2 5 th floor New York, New York 10271 E-mail: Mvlan.Denersteine.oaa.state.nv.us
4 John Louis Parker, Esq.
Regional Attorney Office of General Counsel, Region 3 NYS Dep't of Envt'l Conservation 21 S. Putt Corners Road New Paltz, New York 12561-1620 jlparker(,qov.dec.state.ny.us Marcia Carpentier, Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3 E2B U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Marcia.Carpentier(cnrc.qov Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.
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