ML19316A842
| ML19316A842 | |
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| Site: | Comanche Peak, South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/1980 |
| From: | Mark Miller Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8005270628 | |
| Download: ML19316A842 (3) | |
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HOUSTON LIGHTING i POWER COMPANY, et al.
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A TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING COMPANY, et al.
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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station,
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ORD'ER EXTENDING PROCEDURAL DATES TO ACCOMMODATE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, AND NOTICE OF PREHEAP.ItlG CONFERENCE (May 13, 1980)
By its Order of April 10, 1980, the Licensing Boa'rd extended the scheduled procedural dates in this proceeding to permit and encourage settlement negotiations among the parties.
A written status report was directed to be filed by each party on or before May 9, 1980.
These status reports have been filed, and they indicate that numerous and intensive settlement meetings have been held among the parties and with other appropriate governmental agen-cies.
For example, the status report filed by the Department of Justice (Justice) describes 14 such meetings held between April 15 and May 5,1980, as well as 6 telephone conferences (Settlement Status Report, pp. 2-4).
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2 Regulatory Staff (FERC Staff) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Staff) are involved in proceedings in their respective agencies which concern some issues and parties in the instant consolidated proceeding.
It appears from the filed status reports that substantial and good faith efforts have been made by the parties to nego-tiate their differences and to reach voluntary settlements, as encouraged by this Board and the Appeal Board.
Some progress has been made in narrowing issues in dispute.
In fact, Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc. (Tex.La) and Texas Power
& Light Company (TP&L) have signed a letter of intent signify-ing understandings which have been reached to settle their controversies in the Comanche Peak portion of this proceeding.
Although the other parties cannot make firm commitments at this time, most of them indicate that settlement is a reason-able possibility if a limited extension of time is granted.
Accordingly, the present schedule is extended to June 9, 1980, to encourage continued settlement discussions.
All parties are directed to file written status reports, which shall be in the hands of the members of this Licensing Board by or before 4:00 p.m.,
Monday, June 9, i980.
Please take note notice that a prehearing conference will be held on Tuesday, June 10,1980, at 10:00 a.m., at 4350
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3 East-West Highway, 5th Floor, Bethesda, Maryland, both to consider the status of settlement negotiations, and to adopt a revised or amended schedule to govern the evidentiary hearing and other procedural aspects of this proceeding.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD l
Marshall E. Miller, Chairman Dated at Bethesda, Maryland, this 13th day of May, 1980.
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