San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS No. 23-852

FOR PEACE; FRIENDS OF THE

NRC-2023-0043

EARTH; ENVIRONMENTAL

Nuclear

WORKING GROUP,

Regulatory Commission Petitioners, v. OPINION

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR

REGULATORY

COMMISSION; UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA,

Respondents,

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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC

COMPANY,

Intervenor.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Argued and Submitted January 10, 2024 Pasadena, California Filed April 29, 2024

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Gary S. Katzmann, Judge. *

Opinion by Judge Callahan

SUMMARY **

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The panel denied a petition for review of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”)’s decision granting Pacific Gas & Electric (“PG&E”)’s request for an exemption to the deadline for a federal license renewal application for the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. In 2022, the California Legislature directed PG&E to pursue any actions…