San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. Nuclear Regulatory Com'n

449 F.3d 1016 SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS FOR PEACE; Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club; Peg Pinard, Petitioners, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Intervenor, v. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; United States of America, Respondents. No. 03-74628. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 17, 2005. Filed June 2, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Diane Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for the petitioners. Charles E. Mullins, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for the respondents. David A. Repka, Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for respondent-intervenor PG & E. Sheldon L. Trubatch, Esq., Offices of Robert K. Temple, Esq., Chicago, IL, for amicus San Luis Obispo County. Kevin James, California Department of Justice, Oakland, CA, for amicus States of California, Massachusetts, Utah and Washington. Jay E. Silberg, Shaw Pittman, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for amicus Nuclear Energy Institute. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. NRC No. CLI-03-01; CLI-02-23. Before REINHARDT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges,…