ML19305C772

Public Utils Board of Brownsville Motion for Leave to File Affidavit as Amicus Curiae.Brownsville Is Party to Proceeding But Has Not Formally Appeared in Appellate Proceeding.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19305C772
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/31/1980
From:	Spiegel G BROWNSVILLE, TX, SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD In the Matter of )

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

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(South Texas Project, Units )

1& 2) )

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In the Matter of ) -

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. TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING ) NRC Docke t Nos. 50-445A  ;

50-446A COMPANY, et al., )

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 & 2) )

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AFFIDAVIT BY BROWNSVILLE AS AMICUS CURIAE j The Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas ("Brownsville") hereby moves the Board for leave to file the annexed affidavit by Mr. Robert E. Round tree , its General Manager, to be given such effect as may appear meet;  !

and in support thereof avers:

1. Brownsville is a party to the proceeding below, but has not formally appeared in this appellate proceeding,

although it supports the position of the Department of .

Justice and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staf f in opposition to the petition of the three companies.1/ Upon extraordinary motion granted at oral argument on March 27, 1980, Brownsville was permitted, as amicus curiae, to raise 1/ Central and South West Corporation ("C&SW"); Houston Lighting & Power Company ("HL&P"); Texas Utilities Company

("TUGCO").

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t in the interests of judicial efficiency, the question of whether these Company-appellants had already substantially consummated a negotiated settlement, thus rendering it unnecessary for the Board to further consider as an issue that the Order below, requiring the production of documents, might jeopardize the reaching of such settlement. The responses by these companies at the oral argument are a matter of records, and, in accordance with Bronwsville counsel's oral statements, the annexed affidavit is submitted.

2. Based upon the statements of a responsible official of Central Power & Light Company, a C&SW subsidiary, it appears that the companies have reached agreement of settle-ment on the basic issue of interstate interconnection; that the proposed settlement has been reviewed with Governors' offices and regulatory commissions of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and received favorable comment a, that the federal regulatory agency staff had been contacted with favorable reactions, and that complete settlement is anticipated during the first two weeks of April. This information came to Brownsville's attention after the date for written pleadings, f

two days before oral argument scheduled pursuant to Board Orders, and was not clarified until the next day.

3. Review of the briefs submitted in the above-styled proceeding disclose that a principal position relied upon by

the Company-appellants is that the Licensing Board's con-tested order of production might jeopardize the possibility i

of successful conclusion of the negotiations among the com-panies looking to the settlement of the pending cases.1/ This position was argued extensively.

4. Accordingly, it would appear that, in the interests of judicial efficiency, the Board should consider whether the arguments advanced in connection with the aforesaid issue need be given any substantial weight.

Accordingly Brownsville prays that the Board will enter an order accepting the annexed af fidavit 2/ into the record of j this appellate proceeding.

Respectfully submitted,

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George Spi ~egelL/

Marc Poirier Attorneys for the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas Law offices of:

SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID ,

2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

Suite 312 Washington, D.C. 20037

- March 31, 1980 1/ TUGCO Petition, pp. 5, 7, 9; C&SW Petition, p. 6; HL&P Petition, pp. 2, 4, 8, 13; Ct. DJ Memorandum, pp. 6-11; NRC Staff Memorandum, p. 8.

2/ The annexed af fidavit is a telecopy of the original, which original has not yet been received due to dispatch problems. The. original will be filed upon receipt.

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

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, ) Docke t Nos . 50-498A et al. ) and 50-499A

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(South Texas Project, Unit Nos. )

1 and 2) )

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In the Matter of )

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY, ) Docket Nos. 50-445A e t al. ) and 50-446A

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have caused copies of the foregoing MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AFFIDAVIT BY BROWNSVILLE AS AMICUS CURIAE to be served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, postage paid, this 31st day of March, 1980.

Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Michael C. Farrar Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Appeal Board Panel Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Was.iington, D.C. 20555 Thomas S. Moore Marshall E. Miller, Chairman

. Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Board Panel Panel Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Atomic Safety & Licensing Board 1150 17th Street, N.W.

Panel Washington, D.C. 20036 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

Jerome Saltzman, Chief Douglas G. Green, Esquire Antitrust & Indemnity Group Robert Lowenstein, Esquire Nuclear Regulatory Commission J. A. Bouknight, Jr., Esquire Washington, D. C. 20555 William J. Franklin, Esquire Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Chase R. Stephens, Chief Axelrad & Toll Docketing & Service Section 1025 Connecticut Avnue, N. W.

Office of the Secretary Washing:on, D. C. 20036 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Watergate 600 Building Joseph R. Saunders, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20037 Chief, Public Counsel &

Legislative Section Robert O'Neil Antitrust Division Wheatley & Wolleson Department of Justice 1112 Watergate Office Building P. O. Box 14141 2600 Virginia Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20444 Washington, D. C. 20037 David M. Stahl, Esquire Roff Hardy, Chairman and Sarah F. Holzsweig, Esquire Chief Executive Officer Isham, Lincoln & Beale Central Power & Light Company 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. P. O. Box 2121 Suite 325 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Washington, D.C. 20036 G. K. Spruce, General Manager Bob Fabrikant, Esquire City Public Service Board Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire P. O. Box 1771 Antitrust Division San Antonio, Texas 78201 Department of Justice P. O. Box 14141 Jon C. Wood, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20444 W. Roger Wilson, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane C. Dennis Ahearn, Esquire & Barrett Joseph Knotts, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire San Antonio, Texas 78205 Debevoise & Liberman 1200 17th Street, N. W.

Wa sh ing ton , D. C. 20036 Perry G. Brittain, President Texas Utilities Generating Co.

Douglas F. John, Esqu' ire 2001 Bryan Tower McDermott, Will & Emery Dallas, Texas 75201 1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1201 Joseph I. Worsham, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20036 Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels 2001 Bryan Tower Suite 2500 Dallas, Texas 75201

R. L. Hancock, Director G. W. Oprea, Jr.

City of Austin Electric Utility Executive Vice President Department Houston Lighting & Power Co.

P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 1700 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77001 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire W. S. Robson, General Manager Richard C. Balough, Esquire South Texas Electric Coop., Inc.

City of Austin Route 6, Building 102 P. O. Box 1088 Victoria Regional Airport Austin, Texas 78767 Victoria, Texas 77901 Dan H. Davidson Michael I. Miller, Esquire City Manager Isham, Lincoln & Beale City of Austin One First National Plaza P. O. Box 1088 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Austin, Texas 78767 Donald Clements, Esquire Don R. Butler, Esq. Gulf States Utilities Co. .

Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman P. O. Box 2951

& Perry Beaumont, Texas 77074 P. O. Box 1409 Austin, Texas 78767 Knoland J. Plucknett Executive Director Morgan Hunter, Esquire Committee on Power for the McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore Southwest, Inc.

900 Congress Avenue 5541 Skelly Drive Austin, Texas 78701 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Xevin B. Pratt, Esquire Jay M. Galt, Esquire Linda Aker, Esquire Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes P. O. Box 12548 219 Couch Drive Capital Station Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 Austin, Texas 78767 John E. Mathews, Jr., Esquire E. W. Barnett, Esquire Mathews, Osborne, Ehrlich, McNat Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire Gobelman & Cobb J. Gregory Copeland, Esquire 1500 American Heritage Life Bldg-Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Esquire Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Baker & Botts 30J0 One Shell Plaza Robert E. Bathen Houston, Texas 77002 R. W. Beck & Associates P. O. Box 6817 Orlando, Florida 82803

Somervell County Public Library David Dopsovic, Esquire P. O. Box 417 Fred Parmenter, Esquire i Glen Rose, Texas 76403 Nancy Lugal, Esquire Antitrust Division Department of Justice Maynard !!uman, General Manager P. O. Box 14141 Western Farmers Electric Coop. Washington, D. C. 20444 P. O. Box 429 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 Frederic D. Chanania, Esq.

Josheph Rutberg, Esq.

Michael B. Blume, Esq.

Jamas E. Monahan Ann Hodgdon, Esq.

Executive Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Commission and General Manager Washington, D.C. 20555 L**zos Electric Power Coop., Inc.

1- . Box 6296 Wact. 9,xas 76706 Robert M. Rader, Esquire Conner, Moore & Corber 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20006 W. N. Woolsey, Esquire Dyer and Redford 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Mr. G. Holman King West Texas Utilities Co.

P. O. Box 841 Abilene, Texas 79604

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George Spiegel (/

Attorney for the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas March 31, 1980 l

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