[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3569-3570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1538]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-26-ISFSI; ASLBP No. 02-801-01-ISFSI]


Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Pacific Gas and Electric Co.; 
(Diablo Canyon Power Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage 
Installation); Notice (Notice of Opportunity To Make Oral or Written 
Limited Appearance Statements)

January 16, 2003.
    Before Administrative Judges: G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman, Dr. 
Jerry R. Kline, Dr. Peter S. Lam.
    The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hereby gives notice that, in 
accordance with 10 CFR 2.715(a), the Board will conduct sessions to 
provide the public with an opportunity to make oral limited appearance 
statements in connection with this proceeding regarding the December 
21, 2001 application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under 
10 CFR part 72 for permission to construct and operate an independent 
spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) at its Diablo Canyon Power 
Plant (DCPP) site near San Luis Obispo, California.

A. Date, Time, and Location of Oral Limited Appearance Statement 
Sessions

    These sessions will be on the following dates at the specified 
location and times:
    1. Date: Sunday, March 23, 2003.
    Time: Afternoon Session (if there is sufficient interest)--3 p.m. 
to 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
    Location: Embassy Suites Hotel, San Luis Obispo Room, 333 Madonna 
Rd., San Luis Obispo, California 93405.
    2. Date: Monday, March 24, 2003.
    Times: Morning Session (if there is sufficient interest)--10 a.m. 
to Noon PST, Afternoon Session--1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. PST, Evening 
Session--6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. PST.
    Location: Same as Session 1 above.

B. Participation Guidelines for Oral Limited Appearance Statements

    Any person not a party, or the representative of a party, to the 
proceeding will be permitted to make an oral statement setting forth 
his or her position on matters of concern relating to this proceeding. 
Although these statements do not constitute testimony or evidence, they 
nonetheless may help the Board and/or the parties in their 
consideration of the issues in this proceeding.
    Oral limited appearance statements will be entertained during the 
hours specified above, or such lesser time as may be necessary to 
accommodate the speakers who are present. In this regard, if all 
scheduled and unscheduled speakers present at a session have made a 
presentation, the Licensing Board reserves the right to terminate the 
session before the ending time listed above. The Licensing Board also 
reserves the right to cancel the Sunday afternoon and/or Monday morning 
sessions scheduled above if there has not been a sufficient showing of 
public interest as reflected by the number of preregistered speakers.
    The time allotted for each statement normally will be no more than 
five minutes, but may be further limited depending on the number of 
written requests to make an oral statement that are submitted in 
accordance with section C below and/or the number of persons present at 
the designated times. In addition, although an individual may request 
an opportunity to speak at more than one session, the Licensing Board 
reserves the right to defer an additional presentation by the same 
individual until after it has heard from speakers who have not had an 
opportunity to make an initial presentation.

C. Submitting a Request To Make an Oral Limited Appearance Statement

    Persons wishing to make an oral statement who have submitted a 
timely written request to do so will be given priority over those who 
have not filed such a request. To be considered timely, a written 
request to make an oral statement must be mailed, faxed, or sent by e-
mail so as to be received by close of business (4:30 p.m. EST) on 
Friday, March 14, 2003. The request must specify the date (March 23 or 
March 24) and the session on that day (morning, afternoon or evening) 
during which the requester wishes to make an oral statement. Based on 
its review of the requests received by March 14, 2003, the Licensing 
Board may decide that the Sunday afternoon and/or Monday morning 
sessions will not be held due to lack of adequate interest in those 
sessions.
    Written requests to make an oral statement should be submitted to:
    Mail: Office of the Secretary, Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff, 
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-1101 (verification (301) 415-1966).
    E-mail: [email protected].
    In addition, using the same method of service, a copy of the 
written request to make an oral statement should be sent to the 
Chairman of this Licensing Board as follows:
    Mail: Administrative Judge G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Atomic Safety and 
Licensing Board Panel, Mail Stop T-3F23, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
    Fax: (301) 415-5599 (verification (301) 415-7550).
    E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected].

D. Submitting Written Limited Appearance Statements

    As the Board noted previously in its December 27, 2002 notice of 
hearing (68 FR 391 (Jan. 3, 2003)), a written limited appearance 
statement can be submitted at any time. Such statements should be sent 
to the Office of the Secretary using

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the methods prescribed above, with a copy to the Licensing Board 
Chairman.

E. Availability of Documentary Information Regarding the Proceeding

    Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public 
inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room (PDR), located at 
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 
Maryland, or electronically from the publicly available records 
component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from 
the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the 
Public Electronic Reading Room). Persons who do not have access to 
ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in 
ADAMS should contact the NRC PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-
397-4209 or 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    It is so ordered.

    Dated: January 16, 2003.

    For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.\*\
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    \*\ Copies of this notice were sent this date by Internet e-mail 
transmission to counsel for (1) applicant PG&E (2) petitioners San 
Luis Obispo Mother For Peace, et al.; (3) San Luis Obispo County, 
California, the Port San Luis Harbor District, the California Energy 
Commission, the Avila Beach Community Services District, and the 
Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee; and (4) the NRC staff.
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G. Paul Bollwerk, III,
Administrative Judge.
[FR Doc. 03-1538 Filed 1-23-03; 8:45 am]
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