Opinion
No. 79-7311.
July 12, 1979.
James S. Reed, Reed, Samuel Remy, Sacramento, Cal., for petitioners.
John F. Downey, Downey, Brand, Seymour Rohwer, Herman Sillas, U.S. Atty., Francis N. Goldsberry II, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for respondents.
Petition for review from the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Before ELY, TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges.
AMENDED ORDER
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.