ML19326A582
| ML19326A582 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Davis Besse, Perry  |
| Issue date: | 08/10/1977 |
| From: | Berger M, Urban J JUSTICE, DEPT. OF |
| To: | NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8002250901 | |
| Download: ML19326A582 (6) | |
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m UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD s~ IUt i)
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The Toledo Edison Company and
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The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
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Docket Nos. 50-346A Company
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50-500A (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station,
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50-501A Units 1, 2 and 3) i
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The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
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Docket Nos. 50-440A Company, et al.
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50-441A (Perry Nuclear Power Plant,
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Units 1 and 2)
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MOTION TO STRIKE Pursuant to Section 2.730 of the Commission's Rules of Practice (10 C.F.R. 2.730) the Department of Justice hereby moves the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board to strike the last sentence of footnote 9 on page 13 and all of Appendix B of Applicants' Reply Brief.
On August 4, 1977 Applicants in the above-styled proceed-ing filed their Reply Brief with this Atomic Safety and Licens-ing Appeal Board.
Referred to in footnote 9 and attached as Appendix B of that Reply Brief are three documents which Applicants assert contradict the statement of the Department's witness Mr. Lewis that an affidavit prepared by him (NRC 127) was not prepared for then pending litigation (Tr. 5618-19).
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The Department moves to strike footnote 9 and Appendix B on the grounds that the documents constitute evidentiary materials, which materials should have been introduced prior to the close of the record when the Department would have had the oppor-tunity for cross examination and the presentation of rebuttal documents or witnesses.
To permit the introduction of these documents during the final briefing of this appeal will deny the Department its right of procedural due process.
Applicants have not shown good cause for their untimely introduction of evidentiary materials.
See Locklin v. Switzer Brothers, Inc., 299 F.2d 160 (9th Cir. 1961), cert. den. 369 U.S. 861.
Nor could they do so.
All of the documents included in Appendix B were turned over to Applicants on November 27, 1974 (Response of Department of Justice to Applicants' First Request For Production of Documents and Answers to Interroga-tories, at 9-11, items 34, 48 and 50) more than one year p'rior to Mr. Lewis' appearance at the hearing and more than two and one half years before Applicants' present submission to the Appeal Board.
Applicants' had a full and fair opportunity to cross examine Mr. Lewis on the origins of his affidavit and to offer these documents into evidence.
The Department specifically asked Mr. Lewis if he recalled why the affidavit 4
was prepared (Tr. 5617), thus clearly opening the topic to cross examination.
Nevertheless, Applicants, despite repeated reference to the affidavit (see, e.g., Tr. 5635, 5637 and 5643),
failed to cross examine Mr. Lewis as to its origins or introduce the documents which they now present.
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s On their face the subject documents raise questions which directly af fect their probative value.
The documents do not indicate whether Mr. Ardery contacted Mr. Lewis and requested the affidavit or whether the affidavit was obtained from an independent source.
They do not indicate what information was conveyed to Mr. Lewis if he was contacted by Mr. Ardery.
These questions cannot be answered without introduction of additional evidence into the record.
For the foregoing reasons, the Department of Justice respectfully moves the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board to strike the last sentence of footnote 9 on page 13 and all of Appendix B of Applicants' Reply Brief.
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Respectfully submitted, bY d h24h Melvin G. Berger/
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J,,d n e t R. Urban Attorneys, Antitrust Division Department of Justice Washington, D.C.
20530 August 10, 1977
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD In the Matter of
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The Toledo Edison Company and
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The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
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Docket Nos. 50-346A Company
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50-500A (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power S tation,
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50-501A Units 1, 2 and 3)
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The Cleveland Electric Illuminating
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Docket Nos. 50-440A Company, et al.
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50-441A (Perry Nuclear Power Plant,
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Units 1 and 2)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE i
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I hereby certify that copies of MOTION TO STRIKE-have been served upon all of the parties listed on the attachment hereto by deposit in the United States mail, first class, airmail or by hand this 10th day of August 1977.
CbM Melvin G. Berger#
Attorney, Antitrust Division Department of Justice
r UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board In the Matter of
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THE TOLEDO EDISON COMPANY and
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THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING
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Docket No. 50-346A COMPANY
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(Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station,
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Unit 1)
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THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING
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Docket Nos. 50-440A (Perry Nuc.l ear Power Plant,
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50-441A Units 1 and 2)
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THE TOLt.OO EDISON COMPANY, ET AL.
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(Davis-Besse Fuclear Power Station,
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Docket Nos. 50-500A Uni '.: 2 aad
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50-501A SERVICE LIST
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Ivan W.
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J.S. Nucl. ear Rcgulatory Commission Washington, D.
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20555 John M.
Frysiak, Esq.
Jero.n F,. SL Sc.an, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Bua.
Atc..ai.e Sa
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Nuclear Regulatory Commie-1.
Appeal 6 card Washington, D. C.
20555 U.S. Nucl. ear Regula' tory Commission Washi.igtoa, D.
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20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Richard S.
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commisd.on Atoatic Safa y and Licensing Washington, D.
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Appeal' 3celd U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Docketing & Service Section Washington, D.
C.'20555 Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatorv Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Washington, D.
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20006 Appeal Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Joseph Rutberg, Esq.
Washington, D.
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20555 Benjamin H. Vogler, Esq.
Roy P.
Lessy, Jr., Esq.
Douglas V.
Rigler, Esq.
Office of the Executive Chairman, 7.t amic Safety and Legal Director Licensi J Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CoK ns n on Foley, Lud';, Hollabaugh and Jacobs Washington, D._ C. 20555 Chan,ia ' Bu '.' c' '...,. Suite 206 815 Conr.~.
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Edward Grashof, Esq.
Gerald Charnoff, Esq.
Steven A.
Berger, Esq.
Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Esq.
Steven B.
Peri, Esq.
Robert E.
Zahler, Esq.
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts Jay H. Bernstein, Esq.
40 Wall Street Shaw, Pittman, Potts &
Trowbridge New York, New York 10005 1800 M Street, N.W.
Thomas J. Munsch, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20036 General Attorney Duquesne Light Company Reuben Goldberg, Esq.
435 Sixth Avenue David C. Hjelmfelt, Esq.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Michael D.
Oldak, Esq.
Goldberg, Fieldman & Hjelmfelt David McNeil Olds,.Esq.
Suite 650 Reed Smith Shaw & McClay 1700 P,ennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Union Trust Building Washi::g' on, D. C.
20006 Box 2009 Pittsburgh, PA 15230
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James R.
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S"ncial Asn't '.orney General Secretary and General Counsel Rt.x 219 Pennsylvania Power Company T w e 7Iouca Alirucents One East Washington Street 3arri.sburg, 9A 17105 New Castle, PA 16103 i.:ald H.
Ha.'.se.c, Esq.
John Lansdale, Esq.
V'.ctor F.
Greenslade, Jr.. Esq.
Cox, Langford & Brown William J. Ke."rer, Esq.
21 Dupont Circle, N.W.
The Cleveland E.'.tetric Washington, D.
C.
20036 Illuminatinc Comoany
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Alan P.
Buchmann, Esq.
55 Public Square Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1800 Union Commerce Building Michael M. Briley, Esq.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Paul M.
Smart, Esc.
Edward A. Matto, Esq.
Fuller, Henry, Hodae & Snyder Richard M.
Firestone, Esq.
P. O. Box 2088 Karen H. Adkins, Esq.
Toledo, Ohio _43603 Antitrust Section 30 E.
Broad Street, 15th Flcor Russell J. Spatrino, Esq.
Thomas A.
F'yrN, Esq.
Columbus, Ohio 43215 Ohio Edison C.qcTny Christopher R.
Schraff, Esq.
47 North Ma i $... ee t Assistant Attorney General Akron,'uhic '.4303 Environmental Law Section 361 E.
Broad Street, 8th Floor l,
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