ML19323F607

Correction to Apr 1980 Discovery Rept by Public Utils Board of City of Brownsville,Tx.Failure to Depose J Bruggeman Was Due to Counsel Independent Decision to Attend ASLB 800307 Hearing.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19323F607
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	05/01/1980
From:	Stahl D ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE, TEXAS, STATE OF
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UsnRC A ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE ,3 6 MAY 1 1980 * {3 COUNSELORS AT LAW ' Office of the Secretary 1120 CON NECTICUT AVENU E. N. W. I WA S HI N T N O. C. 2 OO36 T ELE PHON E 202-833 9730 ,c c ONE FimST NATION AL Pu2A

1. C HIC AG .lbINOS60603 T ELEPHON C 312*888*7500 TELEX:2 5288 Marshall E. Miller, Esquire, Chairman Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Re: Houston Lighting & Power Company, et al.,

(South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2) ,

NRC Docket Nos. 50-498A, 50-499A; Texas Utilities Generating Company, et al.,

(Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 & 2),

NRC Docket Nos. 50-445A, 50-446A Gentlemen:

I am writing to correct a misstatement of fact contained in the April 30, 1980 discovery report for the months of March and April, 1980 filed by counsel for the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville, Texas.

Counsel inaccurately states that Brownsville "was unable to participate in James Bruggeman's deposition because of a misunderstanding between counsel, in that Brownsville was not timely informed that Mr. Bruggeman's deposition had i been moved from March 7 to March 6." On the afternoon of March 6, I called Spiegel and McDiarmid and asked Mr. Poirier whether he intended to attend the deposition of Mr. Bruggeman on the 7th, since I would have made Mr. Bruggeman available on the 7th to accommodate counsel for Brownsville.* Mr. Poirier was, however, unable to tell me whether he could attend Mr. Bruggeman's deposi-tion on the 7th since Mr. Spiegel wanted Mr. Poirier to attend the hearing before the Licensing Board concerning the Staff and Justice Department motion relating to settlement documents. I requested Mr. Poirier to call me

• Mr. Bruggeman was questioned by counsel for Houston Lighting and Power Company and Texas Utilities Company for an entire day on the 6th.

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back if he subsequently learned that he could attend the Bruggeman deposition on the 7th. I did not receive a subsequent call from Mr. Poirier or any other Spiegel and McDiarmid attorney concerning the Bruggeman deposition.

The transcript of proceedings before the Licensing Board on March 7 demonstrates that Mr. Poirier attended those proceedings on that day. At no time did counsel for Brownsville request that the Bruggeman deposition be re-scheduled so that counsel could attend the March 7 pro-ceedings and have the opportunity to question Mr. Bruggeman.

In sum, Brownsville's failure to participate in Mr. Bruggeman's deposition was not due in any way to any

" misunderstanding" between counsel or any failure to inform counsel of any change in the deposition date. Mr. Bruggeman was available on the originally scheduled date and could have been deposed by Brownsville at that time. Failure of Brownsville to der se Mr. Bruggeman is due exclusively to its counsel's independent decision to attend the Licensing Board's hearing on March 7.

V y truly o ,

David M. tahl DMS/tjh cc: All parties

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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of: S S

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER S NRC DOCKET NOS. 50-498A COMPANY, THE CITY OF SAN S 50-499A ANTONIO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN,5 and CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT S COMPANY S (South Texas Project, S Unit Nos. 1 and 2) S S

TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING S NRC DOCKET NOS. 50-445A .

COMPANY, et al. S 50-446A (Comanche Peak Steam S Electric Station, S Unit Nos. 1 and 2) S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, David M. Stahl, hereby certify that copies of

• the foregoing document were served upon the following listed persons either by hand delivery or by deposit in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid on this 1st day of May, 1980.

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David'M. Stahl

MAILING LIST Marshall E. Miller, Esq. Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Michael B. Blume, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Michael L. Glaser, Esq.

1150 17th Street, N. W. William C. Price Washington, D. C. 20036 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq. Central Power & Light Co.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 2121 Washington, D.C. 20555 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Atomic Safety and Licensing G. K. Spruce, Gen. Manager Appeal Board Panel City Public Service Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 1771 Washington, D. C. 20555 San Antonio, Texas 78203 Chase R. Stephens (20) Mr. Perry G. Brittain Docketing and Service Section President U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Texas Utilities Generating Co.

Washington, D. C. 20555 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201 Jerome D. Saltzman Chief, Antiitrust and Indemnity Group R. L. Hancock, Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission City of Austin Electric Utility Washington, D C. 20555 P. O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 J. Irion Worsham, Esq. .

Merlyn D. Sampels, Esq. G. W. Oprea, Jr.

Spencer C. Relyea, Esq. Executive Vice President Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels Houston Lighting & Power Co.

2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 P. O. Box 1700 Dallas, Texas 75201 Houston, Texas 77001 Jon C. Wood, Esq. Michael I. Miller, Esq.

W. Roger Wilson, Esq. James A. Carney, Esq.

Matthews) Nowlin, Macfarlane & Barrett Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1500 Alamo National Building One First National Plaza San Antonio, Texas 78205 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Morgan Hunter, Esq.

J. A. Bouknight, Esq. Bill D. St Clair, Esq.

Bill Franklin, Esq. McGinnin, Lockridge & Kilgore Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Axelrad Fifth Floor, Texas State

& Toll Bank Building 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. 900 Congress Avenue Washington,.D. C. 20036 Austin, Texas 78701 R. Gordon Gooch, Esq. Don R. Butler, Esq.

Baker & Botts 1225 Southwest Tower 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Austin, Texas 78701 Washington, D. C. 20006

Jerry L. Harris, Esq.

Richard C. Balough, Esc. W.S. Robson City of Austin South Texas Electric P. O. Box 1088 Cooperative, Inc.

Austin, Texas 78767 Sam Rayburn Power Plant Complex Post Office 151 Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esq. Nursery, Texas 77976 Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq.

Debevoise & Liberman Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq.

1200 17th Street, N. W. Robert A. Jablon, Esq.

Washington, D. C. 20036 ~~

Marc R. Poirier Speigel & McDiarmid Don H. Davidson 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

City Manager Washington, D. C. 20036 City of Austin P. O. Box 1088 Kevin B. Pratt Austin, Texas 78767 Texas Attorney General's Office

- P. O. Box 12548 Jay Galt, Esq. Austin, Texas 73711 Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hays 219 Couch Drive William H. Burchette, Esq.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Frederic H. Ritts, Esq.

Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Knoland J. Plucknett Watergate Building Executive Director Washington, D. C. 20037 Committee on Power for the Southwest, Inc. Wheatley & Wolleson 5541 East Skelly Drive 1112 Watergate Office Bldg.

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20037 John W. Davidson, Esq.

Sawtelle, Goods, Davidson & Tiolo Joseph Rutberg, Esq.

1100 San Antonio Savings Building Antitrust Counsel San Antonio, Texas 78205 Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. NRC Washington, D. C. 20555 Douglas F. John, Esq. Linda L. Aaker, Esq.

Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld Asst. Attorney General 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W. P. O. Box .12548 Suite 400 Capitol Station Washington, D. C. 20036 Austin, Texas 78711 W. N. Woolsey, Esq. Robert M. Rader Dyer and Redford Conner, Moore & Corber 1030 Petroleum Tower 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Washington, D.C. 20006 Donald Clements Melvin G. Berger, Esq.

Gulf States Utilities Company Ronald Clark, Esq.

P. O. Box 2951 Antitrust Division, Energy Beaumont, Texas 77704 Section Room 8308 414 lith Street, N.W.

Washington,.D.C. 20530

Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esq. Joseph J. Saunders, Esq.

E. W. Barnett, Esq. Chief, Public Counsel &

Theodore F. Weiss, Esq. Legislative Section J. Gregory Copeland, Esq. Antitrust Section Baker & Botts U.S. Department of Justice 3000 One Shell Plaza P. O. Box 14141 Houston, TX 77002 Washington, D.C. 20044 Donald A. Kaplan, Chief Robert E. Bathen Robert Fabrikant, Asst. Chief R. W. Beck & Associates Energy Section P. O. Box 6817 Antitrust Division Orlando, Florida 82853 U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Mr. G. Holman King West Texas Utilities Company Nancy Luque P. O. Box 841 Susan B. Cyphert Abilene, TX 79604 Ronald H. Clark .

Frederick H. Parmenter John Carney, Esq.

Antitrust Division Weil, Gotshal & Manges Energy Section 767 Fifth Avenue U. S. Department of Justice New York, NY 10022 Room 8413 414 lith Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.'20530 i

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