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No. 8921218
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Friends of Earth, Inc. v. United States
No. 8921218 · Decided July 12, 1979
No. 8921218·Ninth Circuit · 1979·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
July 12, 1979
Citation
No. 8921218
Disposition
See opinion text.
Full Opinion
AMENDED ORDER Before ELY, TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges. Petitioners’ motion to stay the June 21, 1979 order of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) captioned, In the Matter of Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, Docket No. 50-132, is denied. We interpret the NRC’s order of June 21, 1979, when read together with its May 7, 1979 order and the various exhibits submitted by both the petitioners and respondents, as a determination by the NRC that the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station presently can be operated with reasonable safety. We must defer to the expert judgment of the NRC unless, based on the record before us, we find that the NRC’s order of June 21, 1979 is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law. 5 U.S.C. § 706 (2)(A). We cannot so find. DENIED.
Plain English Summary
Petitioners’ motion to stay the June 21, 1979 order of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) captioned, In the Matter of Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, Docket No.
Key Points
01Petitioners’ motion to stay the June 21, 1979 order of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) captioned, In the Matter of Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, Docket No.
02We interpret the NRC’s order of June 21, 1979, when read together with its May 7, 1979 order and the various exhibits submitted by both the petitioners and respondents, as a determination by the NRC that the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating S
03We must defer to the expert judgment of the NRC unless, based on the record before us, we find that the NRC’s order of June 21, 1979 is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law.
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Petitioners’ motion to stay the June 21, 1979 order of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) captioned, In the Matter of Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, Docket No.
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