public participation in nrc regulatory decision· making
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN
NRC REGULATORY
DECISION· MAKING
January 31, 2013
Philip R. Mahowald
General Counsel
Prairie Island Indian Community
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Photo By: Mark Fredrickson
PINGP & PIIC Aerial View
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PIIC & PINGP Aerial View
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Photo By: Mark Fredrickson
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NUREG-1350, Appendix U - 50-Mile Radius
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1, 2 & 3 Mile Radius
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0.5 and 1 Mile Radius
1-Mile
½-Mile
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Archaeological and Cultural Resources
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Burial Mounds, Sacred Sites, Ancient Villages
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Ancestral Lands and Ceded Territory
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Usufructuary Rights
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Evolving Tribal Standing Analysis
• Compare Northern States Power Co.
(Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation), LBP-96-22, 44 NRC 138
(1996) with Northern States Power Co.
(PINGP Units 1 and 2), LBP-08-26, 68
NRC 905 (2008) and Northern States
Power Co. (PINGP ISFSI), LBP-12-24
(December 20, 2012).
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Agency Tribal Relationships -
the Environmental Context (1) • The Indian Trust doctrine
• Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments – The United States has a unique legal relationship
with Indian Tribal governments
– Recognizes the right of Indian Tribes to self-government and tribal sovereignty
– Each agency shall have an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory policies which affect the Tribe
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Agency Tribal Relationships -
the Environmental Context (2)
• Environmental justice analysis
• Agency Tribal Policies
• Cooperating agencies in the
development of EIS
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NRC Policies and Protocols
• MOU with the Prairie Island Indian
Community of the preparation of the EIS on
the license renewal of the Prairie Island
Nuclear Generating Plant and the EA for the
PINGP ISFSI.
• No overall Native American Policy but
recently issued Native American Tribal
Protocols
• NRC organizational structure specifically
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Consultation
• Government-to-Government
– Tribal Protocols
– Tribal Councils
– Tribal staff
• Early in the NEPA process
– Not at the “public” meeting stage
• Meaningful involvement
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Tribal Participation in NRC
Regulatory Decision-Making
• Depends on the Tribe
• Competing interests
• Resources may be an issue
– Financial
– Human
– Technical
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Tribal View of NEPA
• Mitakuye oyasin (All things are related)
• Integrated and cumulative impacts
• Holistic view
– Power plant complex is one entity
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Tribal Expectations
• Meaningful involvement in process
• More than “consideration” of concerns
• Fullest protection of human health, the
environment, natural and cultural
resources
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