ML19256F962

Discovery Rept for Nov 1979.Fifteen Depositions Taken.Third Supplemental Response to Util Second Set of Interrogatories Filed.Doj Filed 791130 Request for Mod of 790724 ASLB Order

ML19256F962
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	12/07/1979
From:	Cyphert S JUSTICE, DEPT. OF
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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD,__

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In the Matter of

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER

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Docket Nos. 50-498A CO, et al (South Texas

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50-499A Project, Units 1 and 2)

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING

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Docket Nos. 50-445A COMPANY (Comanche Peak Steam

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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - NOVEMBER, 1979 Pursuant to the Order dated June 21, 1978, issued by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

(" Board"), the Department of Justice (" Department") hereby submits this Report on the progress made in completing discovery during the month of November, 1979.

During the month of November the Department was involved in a heavy deposition schedule.

The Department deposed:

Name Date Place F. R. Woerner November 14, 1979 Dallas, Texas Wesley Taylor November 16, 1979 Dallas, Texas Barney Phillips November 16, 1979 Houston, Texas In conjunction with the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission the Department deposed:

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Bradley November 9, 1979 Da13as, Texas William Marquardt November 12, 1979 Fort Worth, Texas Jerry Robertson November 13, 1979 Dallas, Texas Si Holt November 28, 1979 Dallas, Texas Louis Fikar November 29, 1979 Dallas, Texas The Department also participated in depositions jointly noticed by Houston Lighting and Power Company ("HL&P") and s

Texas Utilities Generating Company:

Name Date Place Walter Bowers November 1, 1979 Tulsa, Oklahoma R.

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Hartley November 2-3, 1979 Washington, D.C.

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Roundtree November 12, 1979 Brownsville, Texas L.

R. Gawlik November 12, 1979 Brownsville, Texas H.

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Hastings November 13, 1979 Brownsville, Texas I.

Liska November 15, 1979 Brownsville, Texas John H.

Butts November 29, 1979 Tyler, Texas In addition the Department reviewed some of the documents of A. Gerber, HL&P's expert economist, in New York on November 13, 1979 and some of the documents of H. Woodson, HL&P's expert engineer, in Austin, Texas on November 20, 1979 in preparation for their upcoming depositions.

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On November 27, 1979 the Department filed its Third

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Supplemental Response of the Department of Justice to the Second Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents from Houston Lighting and Power Company to Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.

On November 30, 1979, the Department. filed a Motion of the Department of Justice For Modification of the July 24, 1979 Order of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and s

Application for Issuance of Subpoenas.

Throughout the month of November the Department also continued to analyze discovery material previously received and to prepare for trial.

Respectfully submitted, M

/ Susan B.

Cyphert Frederick H.

Parmenter David A. Dopsovic Nancy Luque Attorneys Energy Section Washington, D.C.

(Telephone:

(202) 724-6667)

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