Order from DC Circuit Court of Appeals sets briefing schedule in DWM, et al. v. NRC

The United States Court of Appeal has issued an Order in the case of Don't Waste Michigan, et al. versus United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal appeal against NRC's licensing of the Interim Storage Partners, LLC consolidated interim storage facility in Andrews County, Texas, on the New Mexico state line.

The first deadline, for Petitioners' Opening Briefis, is on Friday, March 18, 2020.

This deadline had previously been set for January 20, 2020, but a week prior, the court had suspended the proceeding, in order to address newly filed aspects of the federal appeal.

Parties opposing ISP in this federal appeal in the second highest court in the land include the eponymous Don't Waste Michigan, et al. -- a seven-organization and one-individual national grassroots environmental coalition. Terry Lodge, a Toledo, OH attorney, serves as legal counsel.

Another party opposing ISP is Sierra Club. Cedar Rapids, IA attorney Wally Taylor serves as legal counsel.

Yet another party opposing ISP is Beyond Nuclear. Our legal counsel includes Diane Curran, of Harmon Curran in Washington, D.C., as well as Mindy Goldstein and Geoff Toy of the Turner Environmental Law Clinic at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Finally, Fasken Land and Mineral, Ltd. and Permian Basin Land and Royalty Owners also opposes ISP in this case.