ML19331A352

Opposes Saginaw Intervenors' 710511 Request for Indefinite Hearing Postponement.Suggests Hearing Commence 710601 & Only Areas Needing Info Be Postponed

ML19331A352
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	05/13/1971
From:	Wessel M DOW CHEMICAL CO., KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYS & HANDLER
To:	Murphy A Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8007160920
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• N Arthur W. Murphy, Esq., Chairman  ;

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Columbia University School of Law TH.IS DOCUMENT CONTAIN 435 West 116th Street P00R QUAUTY PAGES New York, N.Y; 10027 In the Matter of Consumers Power .

j Company Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2

' Docket Nos. 50-329 and 50-330 l

Dear Chairman Murphy:

l This is in opposition to the Saginaw May 11, 1971

. letter requesting a further and indefinite postponement

. of the Hearing.

The Power Reactor case makes very clear that

! continued development is a touchstone of present nuclear

! power production technology. If inquiry is to be post-

- poned every time there is a possibility of something new or better, inquiry may never start.

Moreover, it is clear that Saginaw will seize on'

, any new fact to demand delay, just as they recently did I when they were furnished the Applicant-Dow contract and other i Applicant documents available,beginning De,cembe,r 1,1970.

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- Indeed, one' f the reasons Dow has opposed improper Saginaw discovery dem' ds rather than simply furnish the information to get on, is our belief that production of j one irrelevant piece of paper will serve only to stimulate

! demand for production of a second irrelevant document referred to in it, and on and on ad, infinitum, accompanied

'! by charges that disclosure of the first constitutas ad-mission of g gnificance and precludes later objection. 4 "h60 97y 9.:mA

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- KAYE SCHoLER, FIERMAN, HAvs & HANDLER Arthur W. Murphy, Esq. May 13, 1971 In view of the Saginaw use of procedural dis-.

cretion for tactical advantage, we believe thi- Hearing' can proceed to a fair final determination only if procedural '

, regularity is adhered to with strict rigor, and the pro-ceedings are confined tightly to the issues and related discovery and evidence as defined by the AEC Regulations and the law. Informality and good faith negotiations will not work.

We believe the Hearing should commence on June 1, i 1971, and proceed from day to day thereafte.. Areas in

! which new information is needed can be postponed while other matters are heard. A requirement that all be done .

before we startj effectively means no beginning. .

Respectfully, M

Milton R. Wessel MRW: ski cc: Dr. Clark Goodman '

l Dr. David B. Hall ,

Myron M. Cherry, Esq.

' Thomas F. Engelhardt, Esq.

William J. Ginster, Esq.

! Jamps A. Kendall, Esq.

Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq. *

• ichard G. Smith, Esq.

/ Secretary, Atomic Energy Commission, 9

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