ML19319C526
| ML19319C526 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Davis Besse, Perry  |
| Issue date: | 09/19/1975 |
| From: | Duflo M NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| ALAB-290, NUDOCS 8002190956 | |
| Download: ML19319C526 (9) | |
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In the Matter of
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Docket No. 50-346A (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station)
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THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING
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COMPANY, et al.
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Docket No. 50-440A (Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 & 2)
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50-441A
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Mr. David C. Hjelmfelt, Washincton, D.
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(with whom Messrs. Reuben Goldberc, Michael D.
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Davis and Robert D. Hart were on the brief)
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for the appellant, City of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Pm. Bradford Revnolds, Washincton, D.
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(with whom Mr. Gerald Charnoff was on the brief) for the applicants, Toledo Edison Co.,
et al.
Mrs. Janet R.
Urban, Washincton, D.
C.
(with whom Assistant Attornev General Thoras E.
Eauner and Messrs. Josech J.
Saunders, heven M.
- Charno, Melvin G.
Eercer, and Anthony G.
Aiuvalasit, Jr. were on the brief) for the United States Department of Justice.
Mr. Benjamin H. Vocler (with whcm Mr. Rov P.
Lessv, Jr.
was on the brief) for the NRC Staff.
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Nk j
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We issue this order today because the scheduled j
commencement of the evidentiary hearing before the Licensing l
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Board in this antitrust proceeding is relatively close at hand.
An opinion elaborating upon our determinations
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On full consideration of the briefs and oral arguments of the parties to the pending appeal of the City of Cleveland, this Board has determined that:
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The City's appeal is addressed exclusively to interlocutory rulings of the Licensing Board and of the "Special
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it therefore must be dismissed as impermissible under the Commission's Rules of Practice.
l'0 C.F.R. 32.730(f).
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Treating Cleveland's papers as alternatively seeking certification, the question of the validity of the role played by the "Special Master" in this case warrants our consideration and, accordingly, its certification is appropriate under the authority of 10 C.F.R. 52.718(i).
Cf. Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Seabrcok Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-271, NRCI-75/5 478 (May 21,
'1975).
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The voluntary agreemen' of the parties "to be bound by determinations of the [Speciu1] Master", memori-alized in the Licensing Board's order of December 10, 1974, 1/
The " Master" was called upon only to determine whether certain documents.were privileged from disclosure under the " attorney-client" and " work-product" rules.
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must be taken as precluding the parties from seeking review, now or in the future, of his rulings made within the scope of the jurisdiction conferred upon him by the agreement.
'On its face, the agreement admits of no other reasonable interpretation.
The record before us presents neither any valid basis for varying its terms nor any good reason for relieving the parties from the observance of their voluntary undertaking.
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So construed, the agreenent does not violate Section O'4 of Chacter 0106 of the AEC Manual, which pro-scribes the redelegation of the authority conferred ucon the licensing boards.2/That section must be interpreted light of the provisions of the Commission's Rules of Practice; it may not be fairly read as circumscribing the ptrties' rights there provided for.
Those Rules authorize, if not encourage, parties to enter voluntarily into binding stipulations governing resolution of procedural matters --
discovery procedures not excepted -- subject, o.' course,
.to the licensing board's approval of the stipulation.
See 10 C.F.R. 52.753 and compare Rule 29, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure..
Moreover, Manual'Section 034 would appear plainly not to bar the parties from stipulating to select an impartial arbiter to resolve discovery disputes.
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, would exalt form over substance to' hold that provision to bar use of an impartial arbiter simply because the parties voluntarily stipulated to leave it to the Licensing Board to select him.
In this connection, we see no significance attaching to the fact that the person.so selected is denom-inated a "Special Master" or that he is a member of the NRC Licensing Board Panel.-3/
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Assuming that the parties' voluntary agreement does not bar the Licensing Board or this Board from exercising its discretion to review the "Scecial Master's" discovery rulings sua socnte, there is insufficient reason for us to undertake that review function.
Therefore, we decline to direct the certification of the-merits of the "Scecial Master's" rulings and, accordingly, we intimate no opinion on their correctness.
Appeal dismissed; certification directed, limited to
-the question of the validity of the use made of a "special master" in this case, and the certified question determined as set forth above.
3/ Were the reference to a "special master" other than by voluntary stipulation, or had.the agreement purported-to
' confer a right to appeal his d. terminations to us, different cuestions would be cresented.
In the circum-stances of this case we do no't reach those questions.
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It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING IPPEAL EOARD
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCI. EAR RECUI.ATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY, ET AL.)
Docket No. (s)
'9-346A CLEVEIK D ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING )
50-440A COMPANY
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50-441A
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(Davis-Besse Nucicar Power
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Station, Unit No. 1; Perry
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Nucicar Power Plant, Units 1&2))
CERTIFICATE OF SERS.' ICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document (s) upon cach person designated on the official service list compiled by the Of fice of the Secretary of the Commission in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2-Rules of Practice, of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and
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Dated at Washington, D.C. this
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NUCLEAR REGULATCRY COM.'!ISSION In the Mat.cr of~
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Docke. No. (s) 50-346A (Davis-3csse Unit 1)
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- CLEVELAND ELECTRIC *.LLUMINATI;;c
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50-441A (Perry Units 1 and 2)
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50-500A (Davis-3 esse Units 2 and 3)
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50-501A SERVICE LIST Douglas Rigler, Esq., Chairman Joseph Rutberg, Esq.
Foley, Lardner, Hollabaugh & Jacobs Antitrust Counsel 815 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Counsel for NRC Staff Washington, D. C.
10006 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
. Washington', D.
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20555 Ivan W. Smith, Esq.
Office of Antitrust & Indemnity Atomic Safety and Licensing Beard Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washing:en, D.-
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20555 Washington, D. C.
20555 John M. Frysiak, Esq.
Senjamin H. Vogler, Esq.
Atomic Safety' and Licensing Board Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq.
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Antitrust Counsel
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Washington, D. C.
20555 Counsel for NRC Staff U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alan S. Rosenthal, Esq., - Chairman Washington; D. C.
20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Donald H. Hauser, Esq.
U.- S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Victor F. Greenslade, Jr., Esq.
Washington, D. C.
205,55 Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company Mr. Michsel C. Farrar P. O. Box 5000 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Cleveland, Ohio ~4101 Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Joseph J. Saunders, Esq.,' Chief Washington, D. C.
20555 Public Counsel and Legislative Section Richard R. Salzman, Esq.
Antitrust rivicion Atomic Safety and Licensing Appdal U. S. Department of Justice Board Washington, D. C.
20530 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, n.
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- s Gerald Charnoff, Esq.
Honorab?. Edward A. Matto Shaw,-Pittman, Potts, Trowbrf.dge Assistant Attorney General and Madden Chief, Antitrust Fection
-910 -17th Street, N. W.
30 East Broad-St aet, 15th Floor Washington, J. C.
20006 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Lee C. Howley, Esq., Vice President Honorable Deborah P. Highsmith and General Counsel Assistant Attorney General Cleveland Electric Illuminating Antitrust Section Company 30 East Broad Street, 15th Floor P.l0. Pox 5000 Columbus,0hio 43215 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Honorable Christopher R. Schraff
' David C. Hjelmfelt, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General Michael Oldak, Esq.
Environ = ental Law Section 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
351 East Broad Street Washington, D. C.
20006 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Reuben Goldberg, Esq.
Duncan, Brown, Weinberg & Palmer Arnold Fieldman, Esq.
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W.
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
20006 Washington, D. C.
20006
-John Lansdale. Jr., Esq.
Steven M. Charno, Esq.
Cox, Langford & Brown Melvin G..-Berger, Esq.
21 Dupont Circle. N. W.
Antitrust Division Washington. D. C.
20036
.U. S. Department of Justice Washington,.D. C.
20530 Leslie Henry, Esq.
W. Snyder, Esq.
Honorable Thomas E. Kauper Fuller. Henry, Hodge & Snyder Assistant Attorney General 300 >bdison Avenue Antitrust Division Toledo, Ohio 43604 U. S. Department of Justice Washington, D. C.
20530 Mr. George B. Crosby Director of Utilities John C. Engle, President Piqua, Ohio 45350 AMP-0, Inc.
Municipal Building William M. Lewis, Jr.
20 High Street W. M. Lewis & Associates Ha=ilton, Ohio 45012 P. O. Box 1383 Portsmouth, Ohio 45662 Honorable Richard M. Firestone Assistant Attorney General Robert D. Hat't, Esq.
Antitrust Section Assistant Law Director 30 East Broad Street, 15th Floor City Hall Columbus, Ohio 43215 Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Honorable William'J. Brown Anthony G. Aiuvalasit, Jr., Esq.
Attorney General Antitrust Division State.of Ohio Department of Justice
-Columbus, Ohio 43215 P,. 0. Box 7513
. Washington, D. C.
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- Susan B. Cyphet, Esq.
Antitrust Division Department of Justice 727 New Federal Building 2140 East Ninth Street Cleveland, Ohio 44199
-David M. Olds, Esq.
- Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay P. O. Ber 2009 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -15230 Thomas A. Kayuha, Esq.
47 North Main Street Akron,.Chio 44308 Perry Public Library 3753 Main Street-Perry, Ohio 44081 Director Ida Rupp Public Library 301 Madison Street Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 i,
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