ML19209D252
| ML19209D252 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak, South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 09/18/1979 |
| From: | Blume M, Chanania F, Lessy R NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Glaser M, Mark Miller, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7910220178 | |
| Download: ML19209D252 (2) | |
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. 'tuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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20555 4..chael L. Glaser, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington D.C.
2003C Re: Houston Lighting & Power Company, South Texas Project, Unit Nos.1 & 2, NRC Dkt. Nos. 50-498A, 50-499A Texas Utilities Generating Company, et al., Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, NRC Docket Nos. 50-445A, 50-446A Gentlemen :
This is the current Discovery Status Report of the NRC Staff.
During the month of July the NRC Staff deposed Mr. Roy Parks of Texas Utilities Services, Inc. The previously scheduled deposition of Mr. T.
Sweatman of the Texas Public Utilities Commission was costponed by agreement of counse'.
In addition, the deposition of Mr. B.G. Bradley, formerly of Texas Utilities Services, Inc., and now with Chaco Energy Company, a sub-sidiary of Texas Utilities Company, was postponed due to an alleged defect of service.
Staff notified counsel for HL&P and TV that the Staff had no current plans to call either Carolyn Smith of J.W. Wilson and Associates, nor Milton T. Potts of Sam Houston Ele:tric Cooperative, as Staff witnesses.
Staff supplied counsel for HL&P with copies of prior testimony of Dr.
Norman Lerner, Staff's expert economic witness, a list of Dr. Lerner's prior publications and documents consisting of cocmunications between Staff counsel and Dr Lerner, pursuant to the Board's Order of June 1,1979.
The latter were also delivered to counsel for TU. Staff supplied, in addition, a list of publicrtions by Staff's expert engineering witness, Mr. Robert Hartley.
Cepies of Mr. dartley's prior testimony have also been mailed to counsel for HL&P.
During the month of July, Staff also received from Gulf States Utilities Company copies of documents selected by Staff counsel during the conth of June.
Review of these cocuments is proceeding. Staff awaits the receipt of further documents which were in June the subject of GSU's then on-going negotiations with the City of Liberty and with Sam Rayburn Dam Electric Cooper-ative.
Tha latter documents involve negotiations regarding access by that
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During the month of August, Staff deposed the following persons:
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R. Raymond, Kaufman County Electric Cooperative; 2)
J. Lytle, Farmers Electric Cooperative; 3)
T. Hatcher, Texas Power & Light Co.;
4)
J.B. Robuck, Texas Power & Light Co. (retired).
In addition, Staff obtained the documents called for by the subpoenas duces tecum of Messrs. J.B. Sw.nk (New Era Elec. Cooperative), E.D. Scarth (Texas Elec. Service Co.), and W.G. Marquardt (Texas Elec. Service Co.), as well as those :'sted above.
The following depositions; all involving personnel of Texas Utilities Co.,
were postponed for the following reasons:
1)
C.D. Montgomery - on vacation; 2)
M. Tanner - jury duty; 3)
W.M. Taylor - unavailability of TU co, sel, with agreement of NRC couns el ;
4)
E.D. Scarth - unavailability of TV counsel, with agreement of NP.C counsel ;
5)
W.G. Marquardt - unavailability of TU counsel, with agreement of NRC counsel.
In addition, the deposition of Herbert Woodson, expert engineering witness for HLLP, was postponed due to his longstanding personal commitments.
Counsel for Staff, Houston, and the Department of Justice are attempting tc reschedule this deposition for November.
Counsel for IU has agreed to endeavor to reschecule the postponed depositions of TU personnel for sometime during the next two to three months.
Respectfully submitted, U
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Counsel for NRC Staff cc: All Parties on Certificate of Service