ML19274E974
| ML19274E974 | |
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| Site: | South Texas, Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 05/16/1979 |
| From: | Rader R, Wetterhahn M CONNER, MOORE & CORBER |
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| NUDOCS 7906070046 | |
| Download: ML19274E974 (7) | |
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BEFORE.THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOT om In the Matter of 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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50-446A Electric Station, Units 1
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and 2)
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MOTION BY RESPONDENT GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY BRIEF Pursuant to 10 C.F.R.
S2.730 (c), Respondent Gulf States Utilities Company
(" Gulf States") hereby requests leave to file a brief in response to the answers filed by the Department of Justice and the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas ("Brownsville") to Gulf States' motion and supplemental motion for a protective order.
In the interest of avoiding unnecessary delay, Gulf States will file its reply brief within five business days after receiving per-mission to file.
The short period of time requested will not substantially delay the proceedings and will enable Gulf States to correct the erroneous assertions and inferences of the answering parties.
Specifically, both Justice and Brownsville attribute to Gulf States a lack of good faith in responding to the subpoena.
The reply which Gulf States proposes to submit would demonstrate 790607osq its good faith in complying with the subpoena issued by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
(" Board"), by explaining the procedure by which documents have been assembled for produc-tion, the efforts involved, the natur, and bulk of the docu-ments to be produced, and the cost attributable to these efforts.
Since the documents had not been completely gathered until the submission by Gulf States of its Motion for a Protective Order, it simply was not possible to provide an
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accurate and contemporaneous discu:sion of the efforts in-volved.-1/
Moreover, while Brownsville has been unable to cite any controlling precedent whatever to disallow the reim-bursement of production costs in their entirety, its 55 page discussion on areas of law to which it analogizes requires further discussion to make important distinctions.
Also, Gulf States would like an opportunity to clarify its position with regard to those documents it possesses which have been generated by Houston Lighting & Power ("HL&P") within the context of HL&P's settlement negotiations.
Gulf States wishes to clarify its intentions with regard to its proposed protective
- order, i.e.,
that Gulf States merely intends to avoid 1,/
On the one hand, Brownsville criticizes Gulf States for proceeding forthwith to comply with the subpoena demands for documents regardless of burdensomeness, thereby de-ferring the issue of reimbursement for costs incurred until later.
Elsewhere, Brownsville argues that Gulf States has insufficiently documented its costs and expenses and is therefore not entitled to any reimbursement whatsoever.
Obviously, this " heads I win, tails you lose" argument warrants further discussion.
circumvention of the Licensing Board's prior ruling disallow-2./j ing the production of certain settlement documents.
In sum, Gulf States simply requests a brief period within which to clarify its status as a disinterested third party that wishes to cooperate fully with the Licensing Board and the parties by complying with the Board's subpoena, while at the same time protecting its right to protect confidential informa-tion and to recoup costs and expenses or a reasonable portion thereof for its document production.
Respectfully submitted, CONNER, MOORE & CORBER Mark J. Wetterhahn h
Robert M. Rader Counsel for Respondent Gulf States Utilities May 16, 1979 2]
'roward this end, the reply brief would offer to provide the Licensing Board with a list of documents in camera to confirm the appropriateness of non-disclosEe, or any other form of assistance requested by the Licensing Board.
i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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Houston Lighting & Power Company
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Docket Nos. 50-498A The City of San Antonio
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and 50-499A
. 'phe City of Austin
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Central Power & Light. Company
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(South Texas Project, Unit Nos
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1 and 2)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereb'y certify that copies of " Motion by Respondent Gulf States Utilities Company for Leave to File a Reply Brief," dated May 16, 1979, in the captioned matter, have been served upon the following by deposit in the United States mail this 16th day of May, 1979:
Marshall E. Miller, Chairman Joseph J.
Saunders, Esquire Atomic. Safety & Licensing Board Chief, Public Counsel &
Legislative Section Panel Nuclear Regulatory Commission Department of Justice Washington, D.
C.
205S5 P. O. Box 14141 Washington, D. C.
20044
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Sheldon J. Wolfo, Esquire Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Joseph Gallo, Esquire Richard D. Cudahy, Esquire Panel Nuclear Regulatory C0mmission Robert S.
Loeffler, Esquire Washington, D.
C.
20555 Isham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 701 Michael L. Glaser, Esquire 1050 17 th Street, N.
W.
1150 17 th Street, N. W.
Washington, D.
C.
20036.
Washington, D. C.
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I, John D.
Whitler, Esquire Joseph Rutberg, Esquire Ronald Clark, Esquire Antitrust Counsel Department of' Justice Counsel for NRC Staff P.
O. Box 14141 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.
C.
20044 Washington, D.
C.
20555 Joseph '.snotts, Esquire Chase R.
Stephens, Chief Nicholas S.
Reynolds, Esquire Docketing and Service Section Debevoise & Liberman Office of the Secretary 1200 17th Street., '.L W.
Nuclear-Regulatory Commission Washington, D C.
20036 Washington, D. C.
20555 Esquire Joseph [..Worsham Esquire-Douglas F. John r
e Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feid Merlyn D.
Sampels, Esquire 1100 Madison office Building-Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels
.1155 15th Street, N. W.
2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Washington, D. C.
20024 Dallas, Texas 75201 R.
Gordon Gooch, Esquire Spencer C..Relyea, Esquire John P.
Mathis, Esquire Wor 3 ham, Forsythe E Sampels Baker & Botts 2001 Bryan Tower Suite 2500 r
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W Dallas, Texas 75201 Washington, D C
20006 R. L Hancock, Director Robert Lowenstein Esquire City of Austin Electric e
J. A. 3cuknight, Jr, Esquire Utility-Department Lowensteine Newman, Reis &
P. O. Box.1088 Axelrad Austin, Texas 78767 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D.
C.
20036 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire
. City Attorney Willia n J.
Franklin, Esquire City of Austin Lowenstein, Newman, Reis &
P. O. Box 1088 Axelrad Austin, Texas 78767 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.
W.
Washington, D.
C.
20036 Richard C. Balough, Esquire Assistant City Attorney Frederick E.
Ritts, Esquire City of Austin Law Offices of Northcutt Ely P.
O... Box 1088 Water ~ gate 600 Building Austin, Texas 78767 Washington, D. C.
20037 Dan H.
Davidson Wheatley &.Wolleson City Manager 1112 Watergate Office Building City of Austin 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.
W.
P.
O. Box 1088 Washington, D.
C.
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'Reff Hardy, Chairman and Chief Don R.
Butler, Esquire Executive officer Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman Central Power & Light Company
& Perry P.
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Box 2121 P.
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Box 1409 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Austin, Texas 78767 G.
K.
Spruce, General Manger Morgan Hunter, Esquire City Public Service Board ~
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore P. O.
Bor 1771 900 Congress Avenue San Antonio, Texas.
787.03 Austin, Texas 78701 Jon CL Wood, Esquire Kevin B.,Pratt, Esquire W. Roger Wilson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane P. O.
Box 12548
& Barrett Capital Station 1500 Alamo National. Building Austin, Texas 78711 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Linda L. Aaker, Esquire Perry G.
Brittain, President Assistant Attorney General Texas Utilities Generating P.
O. Box 12548 Company Capital Station 2001 Bryan Tower Austin, Texas 78711 Dallas, Texas 75201 H. W. Barnett, Esquire John E. Mathews, Jr., Esquire Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, Baker & Botts McNatt, Gobelman & Cobb 3000.One Shell Pla=a 1500 American Heritage Life Bldg Houston, Texas 77002 Jacksonville, Florida 32201 J.
Gregory Copeland, Esquire Robert E.
Bathen Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Esquire R.
W.
Beck & Associates
. Baker & Botts P.
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Box 6817 3000 One Shell Plaza Orlando, Florida 82803 Houston, Texas 77002.
Somervell County Public Library G. W.
Oprea, Jr.
P. O.
Box 417 Executive Vice President Glen Rose, Texas 76403 Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O.- Box 170 0 Maynard Human, General Manager Houston, Texas 77001 Western Farmers Electric Coop.
P. O.
Box 429 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 e
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Robson, General Manager W.
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South Texas Electric Cooperative, Monahan James E.
Executive Vice President and Inc.
Route 6, Building 102 General manager Victoria Regional Airport Brazos Electric Power Coop., Inc.
77901 P. O. Box 6296 Victoria, Texas Waco, Texas 76706 Michael I. Miller,, Esquire Richard E. Powell, Esquire Judith Harris, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Department of Justice One First National Plaza P. O. Box 14141 20044 60603 Washington, D. C.
Chicago, Illinois Stahl, Esquire Jerome Saltzman, Chief David M.
& Indemnity Group Thomas G. Ryan, Esquire Antitrust Isham, Lincoln & Beale Nuclear Regulatory Commission One First National Plaza Washington, D. C.
20555 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Jay M. Galt, Esquire Knoland J. Plucknett Looney, Nichols, Johnson &
Executive Director Bayas Committee on Power for the 219 Couch Drive 73101 Southwest, Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 5541 Skelly Drive
- I 74135 Tulsa, Oklahoma Marc R. Poirier, Esq.
Spiegel & McDiarmid 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.
C.
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