ML19338B959

Reviews Mm Cherry 730326 Ltr to as Rosenthal.Fact,Document & Ref Request Has Been Used to Present New,Untimely, Unjustified & Unsupported Contentions.Cpc Will Comply W/Aslap Directives Re 730326 Ltr.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19338B959
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	04/09/1973
From:	Reis H LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
To:	Buck J, Parler W, Rosenthal A NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
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April 9,-1973-

.v Alan S. Rosenthal,i Esq. , Chairman Dr. John H. _ Buck,. Member william C. Parler, Esq. , Member

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U.' S. Atouic Energy Commission Washington, D. C. .

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Re: Consumers Power Company Midland Docket Nos. Plants %ts 1 50-329,, and 2 50-330 ,

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This ' refers to the letter to Chairman. Rosenthal, dated March 26,?1973, from Myron M. Cherry, Esq. . counsel for thetSaginawiIntervenors in this proceeding. - In that

-letter, Mr. Cherry purports to supply _information- which Dr. Buck requested' of._ him in the course of oral ' argument before the Appeal Board-on March 14, 1973.. (AB Tr. 58-60)

It- will be' recalled - that it .was made clear that what was

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-being requested.of Mr. Cherry was " facts or documents"., -

" transcript ; references . and documents . . . and that is ' all, not' argumentation . . ..;"_ and that the Board would not consider anything supplied by Mr. Cherry outside the record withoutlgiving other parties an opportunity "to address

' that material" . ( AB Tr. ;113) - ~ In the light of these-limi-

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tations = and- the actual contents of the 1etter of March 26, 1973, zwe believe that' brief comment - by counsel ' for the

- Applicant'in this; proceeding is. appropriate.

Under . the heading " Question No. l" , the March 26 letter discusses Dr." Buck's request relating to information

'which the Saginaw Intervenors claimed to have . acquired-

~ "sometime ' in the summer of ~ 1972, prior to the ' conclusion

.of the hear ng, i and pr ori toct e- hn t ai i i l' decision of this

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( AB Tr.r58; = =see . also , ~ Saginaw Escernion II .F. ,

p. 25) .Dr.; Buck stated:

"There is 'no reference - given;as - to what this-

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information 'is or where it -is.< ;Can you en-

, lighten : us i on that , please?."- :(AB Tr.7 59) s f n 1

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He also asked- Mr. ' Cherry whether- he has "a topical reference

?to that?" (Ibid) .

- Mr.1 Cherry state'd .that the information "comes from rgf activities - in- Bethesda ' at the ECCS Hearings. " However, he. stated that he does "not have a document reference . . ., "

but that- he would "make some effort this week to try to docu-ment that' . . - . . " (Ibid) He also indicated that "Mr. Ford may . . . " have such a document in his; possession. (AB Tr. 60)

- In his March 26 letter, Mr. Cherry admits that: "We have searched our records and cannot find any documentation."

This - should end' the matter, particularly in light. of the Board's clear statement 'that it wished only "fects,""trans-cript references . and documents" and "not argumentation. "

-(AB Tr. 113) Nevertheless, on the -basis of his own representa-tion' of ' the truth ~ of the statements he cannot document, Mr. Cherry now requests that 'this ; Appeal Board order Mr. Kartalia to "re-

-spond to this issue . ..

In effect, this is a- request for ' discovery and argu-mentation in support of'the' request. The discovery is requested

.with respect to matters:which were within the knowledge of .the Saginaw Intervenors or their counsel-well before the termination of theLHearing below. (See.Brieflof Applicant, Consumers-Power Company, .in Opposition to Exceptions Filed by the Saginaw Vall'ey ,

~ Intervenors ,. p. 29. n . 12; see also AEC -Regulatory staff's j Brief in Oppositiori to ' Exceptions of Saginaw- Intervenors, p.19,

n. 40.) The contention and the request should therefore be ignor'ed.

I The materials. referred to.in the March 26,.1973, letter '

under the headings " Question No. 2"' and " Question No. 3" osten-sibly:rulate-to record references. During-the' oral argument

' Dr. Buck noted "that .a reference ' to p. 2624-25 of the hearing I

~ transcriptncontained on p. 53-25.of the Saginaw Exceptions H "is obviously an incorrect ~ reference. . . . " and requested "the j correct one"=(AB.Tr.s 58) . Dr. Buck . also noted that a reference l containedLon p;.53-24 of the Saginaw Exceptions was to "a-mix'd e

~ bag of? cross-examination". consisting of more than 300 pages.-

~He stated "I would 'like to know what -it is in those 300. odd pages? that you are' referring to." ' L (Ibid)  ;

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'c -. contained under the headings :" Question No. 2" and " Question 4 JNo'.D3" in?the March' 26 -letter makes it clear' that f ar more than l

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" facts or, documents" or " references.and documents" have been

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supplied. Thus',- with respect to " Question No. 3" the March 26 ,

-letter lists -12. " areas _ succinctly", labelled A through L.

Each makes a: contention of alleged " fact" or refers to an

- admission and cites allegedly-supporting-hearing transcript

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However, the reference in the originally filed Saginaw Exceptions to :"a mixed bag of cross-examination" reported in over 300. pages of the transcript -was . a clear violation of the provision - of 10 CFR 2.762 (a) which requires that exceptions "shall- specify precisely the portions of .the record relied

' upon . . . ." It was,- of course, Jmore than a technical viola--

tion', for the Saginaw Exceptions did not refer to the allegations of " fact" subsequently made 'in ' items A through L, and, therefore, a reply; to those allegations was impossible. Had the allegations of. fact" now contained in the March 26 letter been included in

. - the originally filed- Saginaw Exceptions, the Applicant's Brief

-in Opposition would have treated -them expressly and in detail.

- In this context we believe the items -labelled A' through L in

- the March 26 letter constitute either a supplement to Saginaw's '

original exceptions-or contentions in support of wholly new exceptions.. 'No good cause has been shown for filing such new or _ supplemental exceptions at this late date. Accordingly, we

. assume they will not.be considered by this Board.

, .Nevertheless,.the opportunity to supply " facts",

" documents" and " references" has-been seized _upon to make new,

- untimely,_' unjustified and unsupported contentions. We therefore-

-believe we are at least entitled to point out that our failure to _ reply in detaili does not constitute an admission of the accuracy of any,of the " facts" alleged. To the contrary, each

- of the listed-items"contains either argumentation, editon. liza-tionf or a statement -oficonclusion not supported by the cited transcript references"or which stretch the facts contained in

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those references l(the material cited.under the heading

" Question 1No. 2" also f alls' within this'_ category) - or which are outiof context-_'orl wh_ich ignore axplanatory. or -quz.12.fying -

material elsewhere inithe record .or. which appear to be refer-ences to materialinot of record at all. Many 'of- the items

contain two' or more of1 the foregoing characteristics.

?IfLthis Board desires the parties further'to address themselves'toLany of the material contained in the March 26, h

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Page 4 1973', letter, the Applicant will, of~cours'e,' comply with any l- . direction to that effect.-

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' CERTIFICATE OF ~ SERVICE:

"Ii hereby certidyLthatecopies "of' the attached letter, dated April 9,-

'1973,-fin the cabove-captioned matter, have been= served on the -

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following ini person f or by deposit in the : United States mail ~ n, first-

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s class: or ~airnail, ' this - 9th ' day ,of April, 1973.

' Alan S.;Rosenthal,'Esq.,7 Chairman . David E. ~ Kartalia,: Esq.

~ Atomic'LSafetyEand Licensing ;U.-S." Atomic Energy' Commission' q Appeal, Board" _

.W ashington, D.~C.- 20545 U. - S. : Atomic : Energy . Commission Washington, . D... C. :20545, JMilton R. Wessel, Esq.

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Dr.! John H.. Buck,-Member:~ and Handler Atomic' Safety .and Licensing _ 425. Park Avenue' 1 1

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"U. S / Atomic Energy: Commission Washington,, D.' C.. ~20545' James N. O'Connor,.Esq.-

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William.C. Parler,1Esq., Member 2030'Dow Center Atomic; Safety,and Licensing '

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U. S. At(omic Energy. Commission; Myron M.' Cherry, Esq. ~(2) 20545

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