ML022410036
| ML022410036 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry, Watts Bar, Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 08/22/2002 |
| From: | Marquand B Tennessee Valley Authority |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| Byrdsong A T | |
| References | |
| +adjud/rulemjr200506, -RFPFR, 05000259-CivP, 05000260-CivP, 05000296-CivP, 05000327-CivP, 05000328-CivP, 05000390-CivP, ASLBP 01-791-01-CIVP, EA-99-234, RAS 4794 | |
| Download: ML022410036 (7) | |
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DOCKETED USNRC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA August28, 2002 (1:15PM)
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF IN THE MATTER OF
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Docket Nos. 50-390-CivP;
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50-327-CivP; 50-328-CivP; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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50-259-CivP; 50-260-CivP;
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50-296-CivP (Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1;
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ASLBP No. 01-791-01-CivP Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2;
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Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant,
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EA 99-234 Units 1, 2 & 3)
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S MOTION TO COMPEL The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) moves to compel the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Staff to pay the full witness fees and cost due to Wilson C.
McArthur. As grounds for this motion, TVA would show that the Staff served a subpoena upon Dr. McArthur to appear and testify, that he did in fact appear to testify, but that the Staff refuses to pay his fees and mileage as required by law.
As the Board knows, the Staff requested the issuance of a subpoena to compel Dr. McArthur to testify at the hearing in this proceeding in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In order to comply with the subpoena, Dr. McArthur had to travel from his residence in Provo, Utah, to Chattanooga. When the Staff served the subpoena on Dr. McArthur, they did not tender any fees or mileage, nor did the Staff send him an airline ticket, offer to prepay his ticket, or even provide him any travel instructions.
Instead, the Staff left Dr. McArthur entirely on his own in terms of how to travel to Chattanooga. Since the Staff had provided neither an airline ticket nor money with which to purchase one, Dr. McArthur redeemed his own frequent flier miles to obtain an airline ticket. After he had appeared and testified, Dr. McArthur submitted his
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receipts with his request for travel reimbursement. A copy of the Staff's official travel authorization is attached hereto as Exhibit A. A copy of the travel voucher is attached as Exhibit B. The Staff initially valued Dr. McArthur's airline ticket at $702. See Exhibit A, box 13B, and Exhibit B, box 16B. However, the Staff only paid him $5 on account of that ticket. See Exhibit B, box 16B, and page 2.
The valuation of Dr. McArthur's airline ticket at $702 is more than reasonable in light of the Staff's own comparison (Exhibit B at page 2) of the cost of a roundtrip between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Chattanooga at $1,599.
The Staff is legally required to pay Dr. McArhur's fees and mileage.
NRC regulations expressly provide that witnesses are to be paid the same fees and mileage as "paid to witnesses in the district courts of the United States" (10 C.F.R.
§ 2.720(d) (2002)). The United States Code provides that a witness who travels by common carrier is entitled to be paid for those expenses "at the most economical rate reasonably available" (28 U.S.C. § 1821 (c)(1) (2000)). That statute further requires a "receipt or other evidence of actual cost" (emphasis added). The purpose, of course, is to substantiate that an item of expense was actually incurred. Here, Dr. McArthur submitted a copy of his ticket, and there is no question that he used his own personal assets (frequent flier mileage) to obtain a ticket with a readily ascertainable value.
Moreover, there is no question that the amount of reimbursement sought is the most economical rate, i.e., the $702 rate determined by the Staff is substantially less than the comparison cost determined by the Staff. Furthermore, the Staff cannot be heard to argue that Dr. McArthur should have used his own personal funds and sought reimbursement when the Staff failed to prepay any ticket, advance mileage expenses, or to even provide any instructions.
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For the foregoing reasons, the Staff should be ordered to pay Dr. McArthur the full value of the airline ticket he used to comply with the Staffs subpoena.
Respectfully submitted, August 22, 2002 Maureen H. Dunn General Counsel Office of the General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1401 Facsimile 865-632-6718 Of Counsel:
David A. Repka, Esq.
Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20005 Thomas F. Fine Assistant General Counsel John E. Slater Senior Litigation Attorney Brent R. Ma quand Senior Litigation Atto ry Telephone 865-632-4251 Attorneys for Tennessee Valley Authority 003697385 3
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing motion to compel has been served by regular mail on the persons listed below. Copies of the motion, less the exhibits have also been sent by e-mail to those persons listed below with e-mail addresses.
Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 e-mail address: cxb2@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 e-mail address: amy~nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 e-mail address: rfcl~nrc.gov Dennis C. Dambly, Esq.
Jennifer M. Euchner, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 e-mail address: dcd~nrc.gov e-mail address: jme~nrc.gov Mr. William D. Travers Executive Director of Operations U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 This 22d day of August, 2002.
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