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Pre-hearin~Conference <br />In response to filings by Orange County and CP&L, the NR.C has appointed an administrative <br />hearing board to evaluate Orange County's petition to intervene. The NRC's administrative hearing <br />board has ordered that a pre-hearing conference be convened to determine if Orange County meets <br />the criteria (primarily related to legal standing and legitimacy of technical contentions) that are <br />required to qualify it to initiate an intervention. If the administrative hearing board determines that <br />the County has met the standing and contention criteria, it will set a date and location for public <br />hearings. The pre-hearing conference has been tentatively scheduled for two days during the week <br />of May 10, 1999. Orange County has petitioned the NRC to hold the pre-hearing conference as a <br />noticed public meeting ~in Orange County. <br />Public Information Forum <br />At 7:00 PM on April 7`~, 1999, in the Council Chambers at the Chapel Hill Town Hall, Orange.. <br />County will be hosting a public forum to inform the public about Gordon,Thompson's findings and <br />report relative to Shearon Harris fuel storage expansion. safety issues, concerns and alternatives. In <br />addition to Dr. Thompson's presentation, David Lochbaum, a noted nuclear safety engineer <br />representing the Union of Concerned Scientists, will be on hand. to discuss the fuel storage <br />expansion issue. Elected officials and members of the public who attend will have the opportunity... <br />to address questions to Gordon Thompson and David Lochbaum. <br />