Appeal of Hollingworth

These cases present the question whether the chairman of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) acted properly in approving certain requests for assessment of costs, pursuant to RSA chapter 107-B (Supp. 1981), in connection with the preparation of a nuclear emergency evacuation plan for the Seacoast area surrounding the site of the Seabrook nuclear power plant. We affirm.

Beverly Hollingworth and Roberta Pevear, State representatives from Hampton and Hampton Falls, respectively, brought this appeal challenging assessments made by PUC Chairman Michael Love for the cost of preparing…