ML17212A252

Responds to Parsons & Whittemore,Inc 810611 Ltr to Nrc. Parsons & Whittemore,Inc Has No Valid Basis,Procedurally or Substantively,Upon Which to Participate in Antitrust Proceeding.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML17212A252
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	06/22/1981
From:	Green D FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO., LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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ISSUANCES-A, NUDOCS 8107010415
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LAW OFFICES LOWENSTEIN> NEWMAN, REIS 8c "AXELRAD IO2d CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W. ~

ROBERT LOWCNSTCIH WASHINGTON, D. C. 20036 JACK R. NEWMAN HAROLD I; RCIS MAURICC AXCLRAD 202 862-8400

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KATHLCEH H. 5HCA J. A. BOUKNIOHT, JR.

MICHACL A. BAUSCR DOUOLA5 O. ORCCN June 22, 1981 E. ORCOORY B*RNCS ALBERT V. CARR, JR.

ANNE W. COTTINOHAM KA'THLCEN A. COX 9

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PETER O. FLYNN STEVEN P. FRANTZ

,r~ 'i FREDERIC S. BRAY ALVIN H. OUTTCRMAN @gIBB ~g DAVID O POWCILa DAVID B. RASKIN DONALD J. 5ILVERMAN aABH. KEN

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Mr. Samuel J. Chilk Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Dear Mr. Chilk:

I am in receipt of a letter of June 11, 1981, addressed to you by counsel for Parsons & Whittemore, Inc. As Mr.

Bouknight is on vacation, and I have been out of town, we have been able to turn our attention to this letter only today. It merits only the following brief response.

1. This exchange of letters began when Parsons &

Whittemore's President transmitted a letter to the Commissioners themselves. That letter was not a pleading, was not submitted in the context of any proceeding pending before the Commission or in accordance with any of the Commission's rules. What prompted FPL's response to statements about FPL, and it the was the inclusion of condemnatory omission of facts which FPL believes must be considered before the Commission can reach P~ o<

any judgment on either the legal or equitable merits of S Parsons &

counsel's June Whittemore's ll position.

letter, it If anything is clear is that those facts, particularly '.

from the underlying contractual disputes involving Parsons & /pe Whittemore, Dade County, and FPL, are at the heart of any objective evaluation of Parsons & Whittemore's claims. 3 4)4?Q TODU 5)g p/

2. This is not the place to respond to the rhetoric in Parsons & Whittemore's June ll, 1981 letter. That the facts are subject to interpretations less benign that that suggested oxovoloO/P

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LOwENSTEINp NE~JLÃ REZS BAD OO Mr . Samuel J. Chilk June 22, 1981 by Parsons & Whittemore's counsel is quite apparent. 1/

It is FPL's belief that when those facts are brought Eefore the Commission in a proper context, it will be plain that Parsons & Whittemore has no valid basis, procedurally or substantively, upon which to participate in any antitrust proceeding before the NRC. 2/

Respectfully submitted, o as G. Green Counsel for Florida Power &

Light Company cc: Service List Whether or not Dade County has made payment to Parsons Whittemore, FPL's prior letter did not so suggest.

did quote from a passage in a recent Complaint filed It against P&W by the County in which Dade County alleges that: (1) the entire contract purchase price of the facility and equipment, $ 128 million, has been placed in an escrow account by the County, to be paid upon receipt of adequate assurance of performance by P&W; (2) P&W has failed to meet performance conditions which are an agreed precondition to any payment, and has repudiated its contractual obligations; and (3) apparently P&W has refused to honor its legal commitments until and unless someone agrees to pay P&W more money than the contract provides. E.g., Complaint, paras. 33, 38-40.

2/ Parsons Whittemore has adamantly resisted FPL's efforts to obtain these facts. For example, in Docket No. 50-389A, Parsons & Whittemore has even resisted the issuance of subpoenas for the pertinent documents contained in its files.

UNITED STATES OF 2QKRICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC. SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ~ ~ )

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FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-389A

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(St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant )

Unit No. 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of letter to Mr. Samuel J. Chilk, Secretary of the Commission, dated June 22, 1981, was served upon the following persons by hand delivery* or by deposit in the U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid this 23d day of June 1981.

Ivan W. Smith, Esquire Richard S. Salzman, Esquire Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Appeal Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Robert M. Lazo, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensiqg Board Joseph Rutberg, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lee Scott Dewey, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Fredric D. Chanania, Esquire Counsel for NRC Staff Michael A. Duggan, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory College of Business Administration Commission University of Texas Washington, D.C. 20555 Austin, Texas 78712 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esquire Docketing and Service Station Office of the Executive Legal Office of the Secretary Director U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commi s sion Washington, D.C. 20555 Jerome Saltzman, Chief Antitrust & Indemnity Group Thomas Gurney, Sr., Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 203 North Magnolia Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 Orlando, Florida 32802 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Robert E. Bathen U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fred Saffer Washington, D.C. 20555 R.W. Beck & Associates P. O. Box 6817 Orlando, Florida 32803

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George Spiegel, Esquire Donald A. Kaplan, Esquire Robert Jablon, Esquire Robert Fabrikant, Esquire Daniel Guttman, Esquire Antitrust Division Spiegel & McDiarmid U.S. Department of Justice 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Washington, D.C. 20037 1g Charles R.P. Brown, Esquire William C. Wise, Esquire Brown, Paxton and Williams Suite 500 301 South 6th Street 1200 18th Street, N.W. P. O. Box 1418 Washington, D.C. 20036 Fort Pierce, Florida 33450 William H. Chandler, Esquire George R. Kucik, Esquire Chandler, O'Neal, Avera, Mare Gary, Esquire Gray 6 Stripling Ellen E. Sward, Esquire Post Office Drawer 0 Arent, Fox, Kintner., Plotkin &

Gainesville, Florida 32602 Kahn 1815 H Street, N.W.

Janet Urban, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20006 U.S. Department of Justice P. O. Box 14141 Benjamin H. Vogler, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20044 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 as . Gree Lowe tein, Newman, Reis 6 Axelrad

, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 862-8400

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