ML19338C187

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Order Declining Referral as Inappropriate Appeal of 771007 Order Rejecting Licensee Request That Discovery of Certain Documents Be Allowed Only Under Protective Order.Certificate of Svc Encl
ML19338C187
Person / Time
Site: Midland
Issue date: 10/20/1977
From: Duflo M
NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
ALAB-438, NUDOCS 8008050637
Download: ML19338C187 (4)


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and referred its. ruling to us on its own initiative;

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.'(3)' stayed the effectiveness - of. the discovery. order pen

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-losing party had not indicated it_could not live uith-the that ruling is not. novel; it Ecard's ruling.

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to the facts'before it.

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Units :1 - and '2), ALAB-116, 6 AEC 258-(1973).

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are not inclined.to become embroiled in discovery disputes in the absence of a. strong showing by an aggrieved part1.

that the impact of-the order upon that party or upon the See Kansas Gas and public interest is indeed " unusual."

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decline the referral as inappropriate.

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a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAD FIGULATORY CO:OIISSION In the Matter of

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document (s) upon each person designated on the official service list co= piled by the.Of fice of the Secretary of the Commission in this proceeding in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.712 of 10 CFR Part 2-Rules of Practice,'of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Rules and' Regulatio,ns.

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

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Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke James A. Kendall, Esq.

Atomic Safety and1 Licensing Board Currie and Kendall

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20555 Midland, Michigan 48640 Dr. J.' Venn Leeds, Jr.

Judd L. Bacon, Esq.

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' Houston, Texas 77096 212 West Michigan Avenue l

Jackson, Michigan 49201 Office of the Executive Legal Director 1

Counsel'for NRC Staff William J. Ginster, Esq.

I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Merrill Building, Suite 4 Washington, D.C.

20555 Saginaw, Michigan 48602 t

1 Myron M. Cherry,~Esq.

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. I Chicago, Illinois 60611 Harold F. Reis, Esq.

Lowense.ein, Newman, Reis & Axelrad

' Honorable Curtis G. Beck,

1025. Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Assistant Attorney General

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20036-State of Michigan Seven Story.0ffice Building-e l Honorable Charles A.-Briscoe 525' West Ottawa'

. Assistant Attorney General-Lansing, Michigan 48913

" State of Kansas-Topeka, Kansas ~ 66612

. Lee Nute, Esq.

Michigan Division

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. Natural Resou'rces Defense Council 917 - 15th Street,1N.W.

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20005 Joseph Gallo, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1050 - 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

20036 Michael-I. Miller, Esq.

Caryl A. Bartelman, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale-One First National Bank Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 3

M. Mary Sinclair s

5711 Summerset Street Midland,' Michigan 48640 Mr. Steve.Gadler, P.E.

2120 Carter Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Grace Pow Memorial Library 1710 West St. Andrew Road Midland,'Mich4.gan 48640 e

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