ML19305C273

Submits Houston Lighting & Power Comments on Schedule Set in NRC & DOJ Joint Motion Re Protection of Settlement Discussions.Proposes Accelerated Schedule.W/Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19305C273
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	02/29/1980
From:	Franklin W LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
To:	Glaser M, Mark Miller, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8003260454
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. .. o. o.u Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Hand-delivery U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Houston Lighting & Power Company (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-498A, -499A Texas Utilities Generating Company (Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station; Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-445, -446A Gentlemen:

At approximately 6 p.m. last night counsel from Houston Lighting & Power Company (Houston) received a Joint Motion of the Department of Justice and the Nuclear Regulatory Staff for Modification of Board Orders Regarding Protection of Settlement Discussions and for an Order to Compel Production of Certain Documents and Testimony. Accompanying that Motion were a cover letter and proposed order requesting that Houston respond on the merits by March 3, with a conference call on March 4.

Although Houston agrees in principle to an accelerated briefing schedule in connection with the disposition of the Motion, the proposed schedule is simply too short to prepare an adequate response. The Motion seeks testimony concerning and production of highly confidential documents which Houston and/or other affected utilities have prepared in the course of negotiations attempting to resolve the dispute underlying this proceeding.

Thus, counsel for Houston will have to coordinate its reply with responsible corporate officials. Moreover, senior counsel for Houston has irrevocable engagements out of the city which neces-sarily prevent him from working on Houston's response within the schedule proposed by the Movants.

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For.these reasons, Houston requests followingacceleratedbriefingschedule:-gpattheBoardorderthe '

March 7, 1980 - Responses to Motion hand-delivered to Board and Movants March 10, 1980 - Telephone Conference call With Board To Be Scheduled at the Board's Convenience by the Department of Justice A proposed order implementing this schedule,is attached.

Sincerely, s

William J. Franklin Attorney for Houston Lighting & Power Company Enc.

cc: All counsel of record ,

l_/ -In its February 12 Motion to compel further production from

.the Department of Justice, Houston requested, and the Board approved, an accelerated briefing schedule substantially equivalent to that requested here.

UNITED STATED OF AMERICA tiUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER )

COMPANY, et al. (South ) Docket Nos. 50-498A Texas Project, Units 1 ) 50-499A and_2) )

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING )

COMPANY, et al. (Comanche ) Docket Nos. 50-445A Peak Steam Electric ) 50-446A Station, Units 1 and 2 )

ORDER ACCELERATING RESPONSES TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF 'S MOTION TO COMPEL (February 29, 1980)

On February 28, 1980, the Department of Justice and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff ("Movants") filed their Motion for Modification. Copies of that motion and an accom-panying cover letter were hand-delivered to the Board, Houston Lighting & Power Company and Texas Electric Utilities Generating Company on that date. Houston delivered a response to the Board on February 29, saying that the briefing schedule proposed by the Movants was insufficient to prepare a meaningful response.

The Board finds that Movants have stated good cause for an

. acceleration of the time within which responses should be filed to this matter. However, the Board feels that Houston should be afforded the same time to reply which it earlier sought for the Department of Justice. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR S2.711(a) ,

The Board orders the following schedule be adopted: i

< March 7, 1980 Responses hand-delivered to Board and Movants.

March 10,1980 Conference call.

1 Counsel for the Department shall be responsible for arranging the conference call among the Board, any party responding to the motion, and itself.

It is so Ordered.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 29_th day of February 1980.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the. Matter ~of )

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HOUSTON LIGHTING &' POWER ) Docket Nos. 50-498A COMPANY, et al. ) 50-499A

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-(South '?exas Project, )

Units 1 and 2) )

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TEXAS UT2LITIES GENERATING ) Docket Nos. 50-445A COMPANY, et al. ) 50-446A

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that copies of the foregoing:

Letter to Board from William J. Franklin with attached proposed order dated February 29, 1980 was served uoon the followina persons, by hand *, or by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 29th day of February, 1980.

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OMarshall E. Miller, Esquire

• Roy P . Lessy, Jr., Esquiro U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Frederic D. Chanania, Esquire

-Washington, D.C. 20555 Michael B. Blume, Esquire Ann P. Hodgdon, Esquire l eMichael L. Glaser, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,

Washington, D.C. 20555

. 1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Roff Hardy oSheldon J.-Wolfe, Esquire Chairman and Chief Executive i U.S. Nuclear Regu'latory Commission Officer Fashington, D.C. 20555 Central Power and Light Company Post Office Box 2121 Atomic Safety and Licensing Corpus Christi, Texas 78403

Appeal Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G.K. Spruce, General Manager Washington, D.C. 20555 City Public Service Board Post Office Box 1771

• Chase R. Stephens, Supervisor (20) San Antonio, Texas 78203 Docketing and Service Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Perry G. Brittain

. Washington, D.C. 20555 President Texas Utilities Generating Company Mr.-Jerome D.'Saltzman 2001 Bryan Tower Chief,-Antitrust and Indemnity Dallas, Texas 75201 Group U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G.W. Oprea, Jr.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Executive Vice President j

Houston Lighting & Power Company J. Irion~Worsham, Esquire

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Post Office Box 1700 Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire Houston, Texas 77001 Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire Worsham, Forsyth & Sampels R.L. Hancock, Director

-2001' Bryan Tower,-Suite 2500 City of Austin Electric Utility Dallas, Texas 75201 Post Office Box 1086 Austin, Texas 78767 Jon C. Wood, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane *Joseoh Gallo, Esquire

& Barrett Robert H. Loeffler, Esquire 1500 Alamo. National Building Isham, Lincoln & Beale San' Antonio, Texas 78205 1050 17th Street, N.W. , Suite 701 Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire E.N. Barnett, Esquire -Michael I. Miller, Esquire Theodore F. Weiss, Esquire James A. Carney, Esquire J. ~ Gregory Copeland, Esquire Sarah Welling, Esquire i Baker'& Botts Isham, Lincoln & Beale l

3000 One Shell Plaza One First National Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Suite 4200 Chicago, Illinois 60603

-R.-Gordon Gooch, Esquire Steven R. Hunsicker, Esquire

• David M. St. 1, Esquire .

Baker & Botts Isham, Lincs .n & Beale 1701' Pennsylvania Avenue 1050 17th Street, N.W.

I Washington, D.C. 20006 Suite 701 l Washington, D.C. 20036 Martha E. Gibbs, Esguire Isham, Lincoln & Beale i One First National Plaza  : i Chicago, Illinois 60603 j l

Don R.. Butler, Esquire

• David A. . Dopsovic, Esquire Snsed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman Frederick H. Parmenter, Esquire

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Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire Post Office Box 1409 Nancy A. Luque, Esquire Auctin, Texas 78768 Energy Section Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice Mr. William C. Price P.O. Box 14141 C ntral Power & Light Company Washington, D.C. 20044 P.O. Box 2121-Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Morgan Hunter, Esquire Bill D. St. Clair, Esquire Mr. G. Holman King McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore W3st Texas Utilities Company Fifth Floor P.O. Box 841 Texas State Bank Building

. Abilene, Texas 79604 900 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire Richard C. Balough, Esquire W.S. Robson City of Austin General Manager P.O. Box 1088 South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Austin, Texas 78767 Route 6, Duilding 102 Victoria Regional Airport

• Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esquire Victoria, Texas 77901 Nicholas S. Peynolds, Esquire Dabevoise & Liberman Robert C. McDiarmid, Esquire 1200 17th Street, N.W. Robert A. Jablon, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20036 Marc R. Poirier, Esquire Spiegel & McDiarmid Don H. Davidson 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

Cit, Manager Washington, D.C. 20037 City of Austin P.O. Box 1088 Kevin B. Pratt Austin, Texas 78767 Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 Jay Galt, Esquire Austin, Texas 78711 Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hays 219 Couch Drive William H. Burchette, Esquire Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Knoland J. Plucknett Watergate 600 Building Executive Director Washington, D.C. 20036 Committee on Power for the South-west, Inc. Tom W. Gregg, Esquire 5541 East Skelly Drive P.O. Box Drawer 1032 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 San Angelo, Texas 76902 John W. Davidson, Escuire Leland F. Leatherman, Esquire Sawtell, Goode, Davidson & Tioili McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A.

1100 San Antonio Savings Building 711 West Third Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Douglas F. John, Esquire Paul W. Eaton, Jr., Esquire Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley

.1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 600 Henkle Building Suite 400 P.O. Box 10 Washington, D.C. 20036 Roswell, New Mexico 88201

Robert M. Rader, Esquire Conner, Moore & Corber-1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 W.N.-Woolsey, Esquire Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christ, Texas 78474 Donald M. Clements, Esquire Gulf States Utilities Company P.O. Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Dick Terrell Brown, Esquire 800 Milam Building San Antonio, Texas 78205 C. Dennis Ahearn, Esquire Debevoise & Liberman

-1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

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