ML19305E583

Settlement Status Rept by Public Utils Board of City of Brownsville,Tx.Presentation of Three Tx Companies Is Not Sufficiently Detailed to Provide Basis for Successful Settlement.Urges Early Trial Schedule.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19305E583
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	05/09/1980
From:	Spiegel G SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID, TEXAS, STATE OF
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8005200076
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8005200076 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board-In the Matter of  :

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, et al.  : Docket Nos. C -498A

50-499A (South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2)  :

TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY, et al. : Docket Nos. 50-445A

50-446A (Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station,  :

Units 1 and 2)  :

BROWNSVILLE's SETTLEMENT ~ STATUS REPORT

1. The attorneys for the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville, Texas, attended a meeting in which the three Texas companies presented a general explanation of the proposed settlement items to the representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Conrnission, Department of Justice and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission attending as observer. Brownsville also met separately with representatives of NRC, Justice and FERC.

2. Brownsville views the presentation as not in sufficient detail as to provide a basis for determining whether the proposed settlement has a reasonable prospect of success, _

i_.e_., that all parties can accept it, and that it can be demonstrated to the above agencies to be in the public interes t. We do note that the proposed settlement does not cover improved coordination or pooling of the Texas electric utilities interconnected systems, nor of the Southwest Region, inter alia.

3. Brownsville's attorneys met with C&SW attorneys (David Rosso and Michael I. Miller of Isham, Lincoln & Beale) in Chicago on Friday, May 2nd, and commenced what appear to be meaningful negotiations with

• ] Central and South West Corporation Houston Lighting and Power Company Texas Utilities Generating Company

reference to Brownsville's direct interests, although the parties are far apart on some substantial items. Brownsville cannot at this time predict whether these negotiations will be successful.

4. Brownsville believes that an early trial schedule should be adhered to by the Board, but it would not object to one final 30-day postponement in order to give the parties time to explore the possibility of settlement. Brownsville's position as to settlement prerequisites has not changed. Respectfully submitted, orge Spiegel Attorney for the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville, Texas May 9, 1980 Law Offices Spiegel & McDiarmid 2600 Virginia Avenue, N. w.

Washington, D. C. 20037

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of  :

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, et al.  : Docket Nos. 50-498A

50-499A (SouthTexas Project, Units 1 and 2)  :

TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY, et al. : Docket Nos. 50-445A

50-446A (Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station,  ;

Units 1 and 2)  :

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have caused copies of the foregoing BROWNSVILLE'S SETTLEMENT STATUS REPORT to be served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, postage paid, this 9th day of May, 1980.

Mr. Samuel J. Chilk, Secretary Frederic D. Chanania, Esq.

Office of the Secretary of Michael B. Blume, Esq.

the Comission Ann Hodgdon, Esq.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Marshall E. Miller, Chairman R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.

Atomic Safety & Licensing Board John P. Mathis, Esq.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Baker & Botts Washington, D. C. 20555 1701 Pennsylvania, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20006 Michael L. Glaser, Esq.

1150 - 17th Street, N. W. Jerome Saltzman, Chief Washington, D. C. 20036 Antitrust & Indemnity Group Nuclear Regulatory Comission Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq. Washington, D. C. 20555 Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chase R. Stephens, Chief Washington, D. C. 20555 Docketing & Service Section Office of the Secretary Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 l i

Robert M. Rader, Esq. Wheatley & Wolleson Conner, Moore & Corber Suite 1112 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. 2600 Virginia Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20006 Washington, D. C. 20037 David M. Stahl, Esq. William Sayles, Chainnan Sarah F. Holzsweig, Esq. Central Power & Light Company Isham, Lincoln & Beale P. O. Box 2121 Suite 325 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 G. K. Spruce, General Manager City Public Service Board Susan B. Cyphert, Esq. P. 0. Box 1771 Antitrust Division San Antonio, Texas 78201 Department of Justice P. O. Box 14141 Jon C. Wood, Esq.

Washington, D. C. 20444 W. Roger Wilson, Esq.

Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Joseph Knotts, Esq. & Barrett Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq. 1500 Alamo National Building Debevoise & Liberman San Antonio, Texas 78205 1200 - 17th Street, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Perry G. Brittain, President Texas Utilities Generating Co.

Douglas F. John, Esq. 2001 Bryan Tower McDermott, Will and Emery Dallas, Texas 75201 1101 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. -

Suite 1201 R. L. Hancock, Director Washington, D. C. 20036 City of Austin Electric Utility Department J. Irion Worsham, Esq. P. O. Box 1088 Merlyn D. Sampels, Esq. Austin, Texas 78767 Spencer C. Relyea, Esq.

Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels Jerry L. Harris, Esq.

2001 Bryan Tower Richard C. Balough, Esq.

Suite 2500 City of Austin Dallas, Texas 75201 P. O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Robert Lowenstein, Esq.

J. A. Bouknight, Jr. , Esq. Mr. Don H. Davidson William J. Frankon, Esq. City Manager - Austin Doug Green, Esq. P. O. Box 1088 Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Austin, Texas 78767 Alexrad & Toll 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Don Butler, Esq.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman & Perg P. O. Box 1409 Frederick H. Ritts, Esq. Austin, Texas 78767 Northcutt Ely, Esq.

Watergate 600 Building Morgan Hunter, Esq.

600 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W. McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore Washington, D. C. 20037 900 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Kevin B. Pratt, Esq. Maynard Human, General Manager Linda Aaker, Esq. Western Farmers Electric Coop.

P. 0. Box 12548 P. O. Box 429 Austin, Texas 78767 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 E. W. Barnett, Esq. James E. Monahan Charles G. Thrash, Jr. , Esq. Executive Vice President and J. Gregory Copeland, Jr. , Esq. General Manager Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Esq. Brazos Electric Power Coop., Inc.

Baker & Botts P. O. Box 6296 3000 One Shell Plaza Waco, Texas 76706 Houston, Texas 77002 Mr. G. Holman King G. W. Oprea, Jr. West Texas Utilities Co.

Executive Vice President P. O. Box 841 Houston Lighting & Power Co. Abilene, Texas 79604 P. 0. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 Robert 0!Neil, Esq.

Miller, Balis & 0'Neil W. S. Robson, General Manager 776 Executive Building South Texas Electric Coop., Inc. 1030 Fifteenth Street, N. W.

P. O. Box 151 Washington, D. C. 20005 Nursery, Texas 77976 W. N. Woolsey, Esq.

Michael I. Miller, Esq. Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1030 Petroleum Tower One First National Plaza Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Joseph Rutberg, Esq.

Donald Clements, Esq. Antitrust Counsel Gulf States Utilities Co. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 2951 Washington, D. C. 20555 Beaumont, Texas 77074 Ms. Evelyn H. Smith Knoland J. Plucknett Route 6, Box 298 Executive Director Gaffney, South Carolina 29340 Committee on Power for the Southwest, Inc. Robert E. Cohn, Esq.

5541 Skelly Drive Richard J. Leidi, Esq.

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook and Knapp 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Jay M. Galt, Esq. Washington, D. C. 20006 Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes 219 Couch Drive Paul W. Eaton, Jr. , Esq.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield and Hensley Somervell County Public Library P. O. Box 10 P. O. Box 417 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Glen Rose, Texas 76403 Leland F. Leatherman, Esq. Dick T. Brown, Esq.

McMath, Leatherman and Woods, P. A. 800 Milam Building 611 West third Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 John W. Davidson, Esq.

Maurice V. Brooks, Esq. Sawtelle, Goode, Davidson & Troilo Brooks, Gordon, Long & Shahan 1100 San Antonio Savings Building P. O. Box 118 San Antonio, Texas 78204 Abilene, Texas 79604

- M George Spieg~el cy May 9, 1980

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