ML19209C342

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Motion to File Instanter Response to Intervenor League of Women Voters of Rockford,Il Contentions Re Application for Ol.Inadequate Time to Respond in Writing to Amended Contentions
ML19209C342
Person / Time
Site: Byron  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 08/20/1979
From: Bielawski A, Mark Miller, Murphy P
COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:
References
NUDOCS 7910150109
Download: ML19209C342 (2)


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c- ,y h UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) Docket Nos.

Commonwealth Edison Company ) 50-454 (Byron Station, Units 1 and 2) ) 50-455 MOTION OF COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY FOR LEAVE TO FILE INSTANTER ITS ANSWER TO THE CONTENTIONS OF THE LEAGUI; OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Commonwealth Edison Company (hereinafter cited as

" Edison" or " Applicant"), pursuant to 10 CFR 52.711(a),

moves to file instanter its answer to the contentions sub-mitted by the League of Women Voters of Rockford, Illinois (hereinafter cited as " Petitioners") on Edison's application for an operating license for Byron Station, Units 1 and 2.

ARGUMENT Petitioner filed amended contentions in late Julyf 1979 and answers from Applicant to those contentions were due August 14, 1979. Because of the gross deficiencies in the form of Petitioner's Amended Contentions, attorneys for Applicant contacted Mrs. Johnson on August 9, 1979 to attempt to arrange a meeting between Petitioners, Applicant and the NRC Staff to revise Petitioner's contentions. At

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that time, it was agreed in principle to meet, and only the time and place of the meeting were left open. On August 10, 1979, a firm date and location for the meeting were agreed on. However, on August 13, 1979, Mrs. Johnson informed Applicant that the mea. ting would have to be cancelled because Petitioner's representatives would be unaole to attend the meeting. This cancellation was on the day before answers were due to Petitioner's Contentions.

As a result of Petitioner's last minute cancella-tion of the meeting to revise Petitioner's Contentions, Applicant was not afforded adequate time to respond in writing to Petitioner's Amended Contentions. Therefore, Applicant requests that the Board authorize Applicant to file instanter its " Answer of Commonwealth Edison Company to the Contentions of the League of Women Vaters of Rockford, Illinois."

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A1&n P. B1sla'wski ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE Attorneys for Applicant One First National Plaza Suite 4200 Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 558-7500 )Jfgf ngg u c