Native Americans granted party status in Yucca Mountain licensing

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
Before Administrative Judges:
Thomas S. Moore, Chairman
Paul S. Ryerson
Richard E. Wardwell
In the Matter of
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(High Level Waste Repository)
Docket No. 63-001-HLW
ASLBP No. 09-892-HLW-CAB04
August 27, 2009
ORDER
(Granting Party Status to the Native Community Action Council)
On May 11, 2009, CAB-02 ruled that the Native Community Action Council (NCA) would
have been admitted as a party to this proceeding, except for its failure to demonstrate
substantial and timely compliance with Licensing Support Network (LSN) requirements.1 The
Board further ruled that NCA might be admitted as a party upon a showing of subsequent
compliance.
The Board based its ruling on “NCA’s admission in its reply that it ‘may possess some
documents not in the record, and within the scope of the regulation.’”2 The Board
acknowledged, however, that NCA had filed a new Certification of LSN compliance on May 5,
2009,3 which would be appropriately addressed after time had expired for other parties to
respond.
1 U.S. Dep’t of Energy (High Level Waste Repository), LBP-09-06, __ NRC __, __ (slip op. at
99-100) (May 11, 2009).
2 Id. at 99.
3 Id. at 99 n.470; see also Certification of Availability of Native Community Action Council LSN
Document Collection (May 5, 2009).
2
On July 7, 2009, NCA filed a Notice of Compliance, in which it referenced again its
May 5, 2009 LSN Certification and reported that it had filed timely supplemental certifications for
each subsequent month.4 NCA asserted that “no party has responded or objected to [NCA’s]
subsequent certification of compliance with LSN requirements.”5
NCA has now certified compliance with LSN requirements. No party has objected to
NCA’s demonstration of subsequent LSN compliance. Accordingly, this Board now grants
NCA’s intervention petition and admits NCA as a party to this proceeding. Pursuant to
10 C.F.R. § 2.1012(b)(2), NCA’s admission as a party “is conditioned on accepting the status of
the proceeding at the time of admission.”
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY
AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
_____________________________
Paul S. Ryerson
ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE6
Rockville, Maryland
August 27, 2009
4 Notice of Native Community Action Council’s Compliance with LSN Requirements (July 7,
2009).
5 Id. at 1.
6 By delegated authority, in the absence of Thomas S. Moore, Chairman.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
In the Matter of )
)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ) Docket No. 63-001-HLW
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(High-Level Waste Repository) )
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Granting Party Status to the Native Community Action
Group), dated August 27, 2009, have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information
Exchange.
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[ Original Signed by Linda D. Lewis ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission
Dated at Rockville, Maryland
this 27th day of August 2009