ML19323H766

Motion to Establish Trial & Procedural Dates.Proposes 800609 for Settlement repts,800610 for prehearing,800613 for Witness Lists & briefs,800627 for Responding Parties & 800701 for Final Prehearing Conference.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19323H766
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	05/21/1980
From:	Cyphert S, Dopsovic D, Parmenter F, Wallace R JUSTICE, DEPT. OF
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8006160163
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, 1 i DOCKETE0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USNRC NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION t MAY 2 31980 > r Offico cf the h:ctut Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board { 0;;ht:ng & Qnice Enr.ch

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In the Matter of ) ~ N HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER )

COMPANY, et al. (South ) Docket Nos. 50-498A Texas Project, Units 1 ) 50-499A and 2) )

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING )

COMPANY, et al. (Comanche ) Docket Nos. 50-445A Peak Steam Electric ) 50-446A Station, Units 1 and 2) )

MOTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO ESTABLISH A TRIAL DATE AND OTHER PROCEDURAL DATES The Department of Justice (" Department") hereby respect-fully requests that the Atomic Safety and Licersing Board

(" Licensing Board") establish a trial date and othcr procedural dates in order to facilitate final pre-trial preparation and determination of the issues in the above-captioned proceedings.

On April 10, 1980, the Licensing Board granted a limited 30-day extension of time pursuant to the April 2, 1980 Joint Motion of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff, Texas Elec-tric Generation Company ("TUGCO"), Houston Lighting and Power Company ("HL&P"), City of Austin, City Public Service Board of San Antonio, South Texas Electric Cooperative, Medina Electric Cooperative, and Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc.,

requesting time to explore the possibility of settlement. All parties utilized that 30-day period, pursuant to the Licensing IJoard's Order, to explore settlement and filed reports of these

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efforts on May 9, 1980. On May 13, 1980, the Licensing Board ,

issued an Order Extending Procedural Dates to Accomodate Settlement Negotiations and Notice.of Prehearing Conference.

In its May 1980 Order, however, the Licensing Board did not set a new trial date and procedural dates, as it did in its April 10, 1980 Order.

Since the filing of the Department's Settlement Status Report on May 9, 1980, the Department has continued to have telephone conferences with counsol for TUGCO and HL&P and has participated in a day-long meeting on May 14, 1980, in Washing-ton, D. C. in an attempt to reach a basis for a potential settlement of these proceedings. On May 19, 1980, however, the Department was informed by counsel for TUGCO that a potential.

settlement on the basis of the May 14,.1980, meeting was not presently possible. On May 20, 1980, the Department was also informed that HL&P's position is essentially the same as TUGCO on this issue. Therefore, based on these recent developments, the Department believes that g trial date'and other procedural dates should be established promptly in order to expedite final trial preparation in these proceedings and to enhance the settlement process.

These proceedings were initiated pursuant tx) the Attorney General's Advice-Letter on August ~1, 1978. Since then, the Li-censing Board has. closely supervised discovery,_other pretrial phases of this proceeding, and the exploration of settlement

should be sufficiently prepared at this point to commit to the commencement of trial within the time period set forth in the proposed schedule set forth below.

June 9, 1980 Written Settlement Status Reports June 10, 1980 Prehearing Conference June 13, 1980 Filing of Witness Lists, Concise Summaries of Testimony, initialed exhibits, trial briefs by Depart-ment and other complaining parties June 27, 1980 Filing of Witness Lists, Concise Summaries of Testimony, initialed exhibits, trial briefs by TUGCO, HL&P and other responding parties July 1, 1980 Final Prehearing Conference pursu-ant to 10 C.F.R. $2.752 July 8, 1980 Commencement of Evidentiary Hearing Wherefore, the Department respectfully requests the Board 1

adopt the foregoing schedule for a trial date and other proced-ural dates.

Respectfully submitted, M 8 --

Susan Braden Cyphert V C-Fr ericE Pa'rment"er ~n_"' "

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David A. Dopsovic /

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Washington, D. C. Attorneys May 21, 1980 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Energy Section (telephone 202-724-6667) ,

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e O UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER )

COMPANY, et al. (South ) Docket Nos. 50-498A Texas Project, Units 1 ) 50-499A and 2) )

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING )

COMPANY, et al. (Comanche ) Docket Nos. 50-445A Peak Steam Electric ) 50-446A Station, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that service of the foregoing Motion of the Department of Justice to Establish a Trial Date and Other Procedural Dates has been made on the following parties listed hereto this 21st day of May, 1980, by depositing copies thereof i in the United States mail, first class, postage prepaid.

Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Alan S. Rosenthal, Esquire Chairman Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Michael C. Farrar, Esquire Panel Thomas S. Moore, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission Appeal Board Panel Washington, D. C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20555 1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Jerome E. Sharfman, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Washington, D. C. 20555 Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chase R. Stephens, Secretary Commission Docketing and Service Branch Washington, D. C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Samuel J. Chilk, Secretary Washington, D. C. 20555 Office of the Secretary of the Commission Jerome Saltzman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chief, Antitrust and Commission Indemnity Group Washington, D. C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington,.D. C. 20555

o Mr. William C. Price Michael Blume, Esquire Central Power & Light Co. Fredric D. Chanania, Esq.

P. O. Box 2121 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq.

Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G. K. Spruce, General Manager Washington, D. C. 20555 City Public Service Board P.O. Box 1771 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire San Antonio, Texas 78203 City Attorney, Richard C. Balough, Esquire Perry G . Brittain Assistant City Attorney Presid ent City of Austin Texas Utilities Generating P.O. Box 1088 Company Austin, Texas 78767 2001 Bryan Tower Dallas, Texas 75201 Robert C. McDiarmid, Esquire Robert A. Jablon, Esquire R.L. Hancock, Director . Spiegel and McDiarmid City of Austin Electric 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

Utility Department Washington, D. C. 20036 P. O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Dan H. Davidson City Manager G. W. Oprea, Jr. City of Austin Executive Vice President P. O. Box 1088 Houston Lighting & Power Austin, Texas 78767 Company P. O. Box 1700 Don R. Butler, Esquire Houston, Texas 77001 1225 Southwest Tower Austin, Texas 78701 Jon C. Wood, Esquire I W. Roger Wilson, Esquire Joseph Irion Worsham, Esquire I Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire

& Barrett Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Robert A. Wooldridge '

San Antonio, Texas 78205 Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 David M. Stahl, Esquire Dallas, Texas 75201 Isham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 325 Joseph Knotts, Esquire 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20036 Leonard W. Belter Debevoise & Liberman Michael I. Miller, Esquire 1200 17th Street, N.W.

James A. Carney, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20036

Sarah N. Welling, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Douglas F. John, Esquire 4200 One First National Plaza McDermott, Will and Emery Chicago, Illinois 60603 1101 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

Suite 1201 Washington, D.C. 20036 I

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Morgan Hunter, Esquire E. W. Barnett, Esquire McGinnis , Lochridge & Kilgore Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire 5th Floor, Texas State Bank J. Gregory Copeland, Esquire Building Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Esquire 900 Congress Avenue Baker & Botts Austin, Texas 78701 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Jay M. Galt, Esquire Looney, Nichols, Johnson Kevin B. Pratt, Esquire

& Hayes Assistant Attorney General 219 Couch Drive P.O. Box 12548 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 Capital Station Austin, Texas 78711 Knoland J. Plucknett Executive Director Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire Committee on Power for the Law Of fices of Northcutt Ely Southwest, Inc. Watergate 600 Building 5541 East Skelly Drive Washington, D.C. 20037 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Donald M. Clements , Esq.

John W. Davidson, Esquire Gulf States Utilities Company Sawtelle, Goode, Davidson P.O. Box 2951

& Ticilo Beaumont, Texas 77704 1100 San Antonio Savings Building Mr. G. Holman King San Antonio, Texas 78205 West Texas Utilities Co.

P. O. Box 841 W. S. Robson Abilene, Texas 79604 General Manager South Texas Electric W. N. Woolsey, Esquire Cooperative, Inc. Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil Route 6, Building 102 1030 Petroleum Tower Victoria Regional Airport Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Victoria, Texas 77901 Robert A. O'Neil Robert M. Rader, Esquire Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C.

Conner, Moore & Corber 776 Executive Building 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 1030 Fifteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Washington, D.C. 20005 R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire John P. Ma this , Esquire Steven R. Hunsicker Baker & Botts fusan B. Cyphe46,' Attorney 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. / Energy Section Washington, D. C. 20006 Antitrust Division Robert Lowenstein, Esquire J. A. Bouknight, Esquire William J. Franklin, Esquire Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Axelrad & Toll

' 025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

2 Washington, D. C. 20036