ML19331B312

Responds to Applicant 770929 Request for Discovery Rulings. Reserves Right to Assert Claims of Privilege Re Requested Priority 5 Documents.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19331B312
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	10/05/1977
From:	Pribila L DOW CHEMICAL CO.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8007280914
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THE DW CHEMICAL C08. PAT. !'S h7NSE TD CONSUMERS POER COMPANY'S REQUEST FOR DISCQYERY RULINGS

. s on Septe:rber 29, 1.977. Consumers. Power Ca::;rany (." Consumers") fiTed a document entitled " Consumers Power Company's Response to Board's Request Regarding Discovery Rulings and Re=and Hearing Schedules" with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ("the Board").. The Dow Che=ical g.~. -

Company ("Dow") wishes to respond to that portion of Consumers' document -

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which pertains to certain discovery requests made by Consu=crs' in-house l

counsel J_ L Bacon to Dcw in a letter dated January 18,'1977.- Daw's

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objections to this request were set forth in L. F. Nute's letter of .

. January 25, 1977, to David J. Rosso,. a copy. of which is tbached hereto as Exhibit A, and Dcit reiterates those chfections at this time. Apparently Consu:nces has recognized the validity of Dow's objections because it is now asking the Board' to rule on a sodified discovery request which appears

.to have little resesblance to the request set forth in Mr. Bacon's l carlier letter.- To illustrate, Consumers is now requesting specific l ,

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i documents in that it states: "Specifically Licensee would require ha dc-wnts.' pertaining to the alternatives indicated in. the document c:arked (anf ad::titted into evidence) as Midland Intervenors Exhibit 25 and to- anyt. alternatives. being. considered' at the present ' time."

Dow is prepared' to furnish the doc.= ants requested in- ar r nrdance with Consumers' skidified request and in. fact has probabTy already done so through documents previous 3y furnished to the parties. Sinca '

C5nsu=ers* modified discovery request shouTd properly have bce' n befa in accordance with the procedure set fort.4 in- 10: CFR 2'.741 rather thm in: a. request f.si- a: rul.ing: to the BoarA Dow is. prepared to waive any procedural objecti'o ns. it :ay have in this regard -

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speciYically, Dcw will, review its listing of *Rriority 5 Doctments" previously suhaitted to the parties by letter of L_ F. Flute dated ..

Decer.:ber 17, 1976, and provide: .

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t. Those dowts pertaining to the- alternatives.

iddicatediity K1diamt Intervenors' Exhibit 2S and .

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. Those. doc: rents pertaining. to altensatives being .

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considered. at the present time. . . m_

Door n. serves the right to- assert any claims of privilege which attach ta the requested dsciments when said docu:aents have been identified and reviewed- . '

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L. W. Pribila,. Attorney -

The Dew Cn~ ecical Coc:pany Legal Depart =ent .

CATED: October 5,1977 .

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CBRTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document (s)

upon each person designated on the official service list. compiled by the. 0f fice of ' the Secretary of. the Cc

aission -in this proceeding in-

-accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2-Rules of Practice, of the I;uclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and Regulations. .

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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CONSUNZRS POWER COMPANY ) Docket No.(s) 50-329 ,'

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SERVICE LIST Frederic J. Coufal, Esq., Chairman }

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .

Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke James A. Kendall, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Currie and Kendall U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 135 North Saginaw Road Washington, D.C. 20555 Midland, Michigan 48640 Dr. J. Venn Leeds ,' Jr. Judd L. Bacon, Esq.

10807 Atwell Consumers Power Company Houston, Texas 77096 212 West Michigan Avenue

. Jackson, Michigan 49201 Office of the Executive Legal Director Counsel for NRC Staff William J. Ginster, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Merrill Building, Suite 4 Washington, D.C. 20555 Saginaw, Michigan 48602 i

Myron M. Cherry, Esq.

One IBM Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60611 , {

t i Harold F. Reis, Esq.  !

Lowens.ein, e Newman, Reis & Axelrad Honorable Curtis G. Beck 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Assistant Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20036 State of Michigan Seven Story Office Building Honorable Charles A. Briscoe 525 West Ottawa -

Assistant Attorney General Lansing, Michigan 48913 State of Kansas ropeka, Kansas 66612 Lee Nute, Esq.

Michigan Division Irving Like, Esq. The Dow Chemical Coepany Reilly, Like and Schneider 47 Building 200 West Main Street Midland , Michigan ' 48640 Babylon, New York 11702 r

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50-329, -330 page 2 Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.

Natural.Resou?rces Defense Council 917 - 15th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005 Joseph Callo, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale:

1050 - 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 s

Michael I. Miller, Esq.

Caryl A. Bartelman, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale One First National Bank Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Ms. Mary Sinclair 5711 Summerset Street-Midland, Michigan 48640 Mr. Steve Gadler, P.E.

2120 Carter Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Grace Dow Memorial Library 1710 West St. Andrew Road Midland, Michigan 48640 a