# Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Pursuant to delegation by the Commission, *see* 37 FR 28710 (Dec. 29, 1972), and the Commission's regulations, *see e.g.,* 10 CFR 2.104, 2.105, 2.300, 2.309, 2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding:
**Pacific Gas & Electric Company (Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2)**
This proceeding arises from the Commission's May 21, 2015 decision in CLI-15-14, which refers to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel a limited portion of a hearing request submitted by Friends of the Earth (FoE) “to determine whether [FoE] has identified an NRC activity [involving the operating licenses held by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for Diablo Canyon Power Plant Units 1 and 2] that requires an opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to section 189a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA).” Slip op. at 2; *see also id.* at 7 (“The scope of the referral is limited to whether the NRC granted PG&E greater authority than that provided by its existing licenses or otherwise altered the terms of PG&E's existing licenses, thereby entitling [FoE] to an opportunity to request a hearing pursuant to AEA section 189a.”). The Commission's referral “includes such threshold issues as standing, timeliness, and satisfaction of admissibility standards” ( *id.* at 8), and the Commission directed the Board “to rule on whether [FoE's] hearing request should be granted within 140 days of the date of this decision.” *Id.* at 8-9.
The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:
Paul S. Ryerson, Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Dr. Gary S. Arnold, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Nicholas G. Trikouros, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule. *See* 10 CFR 2.302.
Dated: May 21, 2015.
E. Roy Hawkens,
Chief Administrative Judge, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel.