ML19256E967
| ML19256E967 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 11/01/1979 |
| From: | Mark Miller Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
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| PROJECT-564M NUDOCS 7911160149 | |
| Download: ML19256E967 (2) | |
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PACIFI; GAS AND EECIRIC CITANY
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Docket No. P-564A
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(St@laus Nuclear Project,
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CRER REGARDDU wrION OF PGSE TO CEMPEL CTFLIANCE BY NCPA (Novemoer 1,1979)
On July 19, 1979, Pacific Gas and Electric Ccepany (PG&E) moved to ccepel the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) to produce documents fran the files of the latter's med:ers in a parHmle manner, assertedly cottparable to the procedure followed previously as to PG&E's file search and docunent proAWm.
NCPA filed an answer in opposition to this moticn on August 3, 1979.
A stipulaHm concerning document production entered April 25, 1978, pro-vides at page 6 that before the procedures for docunent proA+m by the Intervenors were finalized, "PG&E reserves the right to a pre 14minnvy inspection of these parties' filing arrangenents to detee to dat extent the above outlined procedures are adaptable tFareto." Tra parties subsequently develcped a so-called " green dotting" procedure whereby certain PG&E files were marked with green dots by representatives of the Staff and Intervencrs, and the contents were then ecpied.
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The Board does not desire to make a ca: plicated study of all the ccuplexities of the parties' volunimous files, or the nuances of the procedures which evolved frem the " green dotting" methcxi. In fairness, PG&E should be entitled to use its personnel to make a pra14Mnnry inspection of the filing arrangenents of the m ebers of NCPA, and to " green dot" the files whose contents it wishes to have copied. The docunent discovery process inwiving thousands of files has been Tarcus and ttne-constmi.ng for all. We do not believe that tra rules should be changed in mid-stream. Accordingly, the motion of PG&E is granted, and its representatives shall be permf.tted by NCPA and its msnbers to conduct within 15 (fifteen) days a pre 14Mnary inspection of their filing arrangeanta and to
" green dot" file folders located in the central files of relevant de p w is other than law departments.
It is so ordered.
MR HE ATOfIC SAFEIY AND LIGNSI!G I! CARD Marshall E. Miller, Cbn * =
Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 1st day of Noveber 1979.
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