Environmental and Resources Conservation Organization v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com'n

996 F.2d 1224 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCES CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Intervenor-Respondent. No. 92-70202. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 13, 1993. Decided June 30, 1993. Before: REINHARDT, TROTT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The sole issue before us is whether the Respondent United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") erred in ruling that Petitioner Environmental Resources and Conservation Organization ("ECO") lacked standing to intervene in a proceeding relating to an application by Intervenor-Respondent Sacramento Municipality District ("SMUD") to change its license for the Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant from an operating license to a "Possession Only License ("POL"). Because we find that the NRC committed no reversible…