ML19324A046

Discovery Rept for Apr 1980.Participated in Gtc Taylor Deposition.Responded to Houston Lighting & Power Motion to Compel Production of Documents.Undertook Settlement Discussions & Trial Preparation.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19324A046
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	05/19/1980
From:	Cyphert S JUSTICE, DEPT. OF
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NUDOCS 8006200142
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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA d EgetsnD A ggggO NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION -

Il- g 21,bg y -5 Before the Atomic Safety and Licensino Boar hh 35 I In the Matter of ) kb, HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER )

C O M i' A N Y , 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) )

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - deril, 1980 Pursuant to the Order, dated June 21, 1978, issued by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (" Board"), the Department of Justice (" Department") hereby submits this Report on the pro-gress made in completing discovery during the month of April, 1980.

During the month of April, the Department participated in the deposition, jointly noticed by Houston Lighting & Power Com-pany ("HL&P") and Texas Utilities Generating Company ( TUGCO"),

of the Department's expert economic witness:

Name Date Place Dr. Gordon T. C. Taylor April 3-5, 1980 Washington, D.C.

On April 7, 1980, the Department filed " Department of Justice's Response to Houston Lighting & Power Company's Motion to Compel Production of Documents Subpoenaed from the Files of the South West Texas Electric Cooperative" . On April 23, 1980, the Department also filed " Department of Justice's Response to Houston Lighting & Power Company's Motion to Compel Production 8006200/ % .. -

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l of Documents Subpoenaed from the Files of Midwest Electric Coop-erative". The Department has recently been informed by counsel l

for South West Texas Electric Cooperative and Midwest Electric Cooperative that the documents sought by the aforementioned mo-tions are now being copied for all interested counsel and will soon be available for inspection.

By agreement among counsel, the Department has not yet re-sponded to HL&P's April 23, 1980 Motion relating to the proposed testimony of Carl Stover due to ongoing settlement discussions.

While a limited amount of discovery remains to be completed by all parties, the Department has agreed with counsel from HL&P, TUGCO and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff not to pursue further discovery until present settlement discussions reach an impasse.

Pursuant to the Board's April 10, 1980 Order, the Department utilized the majority of April in settlement discussions and trial preparation. The settlement meetings and discussions in which the Department participted were itemized in the Department's status report filed on May 9, 1980.

Respectfully submitted, Susan Braden Cyph6ft i

Washington, D.C. Attorney May 19, 1980 U.S. Department of Justice l

Antitrust Division Energy Section (telephone 202-724-6667)

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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 Report of the Department of Justice - April, 1980 has been made on the following parties listed hereto this 19th day of May, 1980, by depositing copies thereof 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 j Commission Appeal Board Panel i

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 Washir.9t cre 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

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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 President 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 a 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 W. Roger Wilson, Esquire Joseph Irion Worsham, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire

& Barrett Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Buildin9 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.

I James A. Carney, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20036 Sarah N. Welling, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale Douglas F. John, Esquire i

4200 One First National Plaza McDermott, Will and Emery Chicago, Illinois 60603 1101 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

l' Suite 1201 Washington, D.C. 20036 l

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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, Jchnson 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 Offices 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

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

P. O. Box 841 '

I 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 l 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 l R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire ven R ush. eke Baker & Botts usan B. Cyphlfi't , Attorney 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. [ Energy Section Washington, D. C. 20006 Antitrust Division Department of Justice Robert Lowenstein, Esquire l J. A. Bouknight, Esquire William J. Franklin, Esquire i Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, l Axelrad & Toll 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 .

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