ML19343B677
| ML19343B677 | |
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| Site: | Oconee, Mcguire, Comanche Peak, McGuire  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/1974 |
| From: | Leckie D, Levin M, Vogler B JUSTICE, DEPT. OF, US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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l emergency and scheduled maintenance bulk power, uith such power to be provided to the fullest extent available and desired, end the coordination to be premised upon a minimum installed reserve of 157, of a participant 's estimated peak load responsibility; (2) sale and exchange of short-term power cnd energy, limited term p:wcr and energy, economy energy, non-displacement energy and emergency capacity and energy:
(2) selc of parti:1 requirements lirm power and energy to accc :cCnte systems who may choose to generate nower to suppi.y part or c11 of their own requirements; (4) scle of full requirements electric power to nee municipc1 distributien systcas; (5) transmission (wheeling) of electric pc.:er over,
I its trensn.ission facilitic: betuner and for other cicetric systems, including the plcnning F.nd construction of new facilities necessary to accommodate such transmission; and (6) discussion of load projections and system development plans with other systems, including notification of the pro-posed construction of nuclear units.
Neighboring systems are entitled to call upon Applicant to engage in these trans-actions so long as Applicant recovers the cost of the transceticn and suffers no demonstrabic net detriment therefrom..The commitments, of course, speak for themselves.
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These are proce=petitive committents.
The Department believes their implerentction would serve to preserve and pro =cte competitier. in electric power markets in the Piedmont Ccrolinas.
They would provide electric systems who are no.:
full-requirements wholesale custo=crs of the Applicant accesr i
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Those systems could then chcase to avcil ther '1ves of these arrangements cnd i
enter into the business of producing part or all of their own power supply, or they might seek to buy part er all of their requircrents from other suppliers.
They vould no lorger need to depend on Applicant for their full pcwcr requirements, and i
Appliccnt 's full-requirements wholesale rcte would then ne longer be the sole possible deten,inent of their power nupply costs.
Implementctica of these commitments is consistent with our representatien of the public interest in the cpplication of antitrust law and policy to the licensing of nuclear power plant s under the-Atomic Energy Act.
4 In cecordance with Section 105c(1) cf that Act, t l.2 Departtent had previously advised the.tomic Energy Commission that antitrust hecrings would be required on Duke Power Company's Ocenec, McGuire and Catawba license applications.
In view of Applicant 's undertaking of the instanc cct=ittent s,
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antitrust hearings should be withdrawn, and we so advised Mr. Howard K. Shapar, Associate General Counsel of the Co==ission, in a supplemental letter of advice dated April 26.
1974.
A copy of that letter is also attached hereto.
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Fursuant to Sectica 2.730 of the Commission's Rules, the d
Department now coves the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issue an order' directing that the licenses (i.e., operating licenscs and/or construction permits as applicable) for Oconce Units 1, 2 and 3 and McGuire Units 1 and 2 be amended to attcch the ec7.mittents included with Applicant 's April 26, 1974, letter to the Depart =ent as conditions to those licenses. */
The Atemic Energy Cc mission Staff joins in this motien.
Applic an t, pe: its April 26, 1974, letter, has cgreed tb the attach =cnt of these co==itments as conditions to the Oconec and McGuire licenses, while ct the same time reserving the right to oppose the i=positien of any different or cdditional i
conditions by the Board in the event an avidentiary hearing subscquently would occur.
The cunicipal Intervenors have not joined in this notien, and we do not undertake to state their position here.
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note, houever, that our motion does not affect any right those Intervenors may have to an antitrust hearing on the Oconec and McGuire applications, including the right to rOtain any relief to which they may be found entitled-by the Board af ter such a hearing.
Just as Applicant may oppose the imposition
- / ' The instant motion er. braces oniv the attachment-of conditiens To theb.*Oc onee.ano.McGu ire. l ic enses.'. At if any, action tne D.30~riare tira, M ce ti:e anarca lJ aV e,s i:'a lis t C CP u lt 10n 5 1 C C.A C J in tnc un'..~*. si, ~
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to further recommendations in our supplet. ental lettbr of pursuant advice is still under consideration.
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- hearing, he Intervenors are free to endeavor to establish that issuance of the Ocence and McGuire licenses would create or umintain a situation inconsistent with the antitrust laws and to seek the imposition of whatever relief they may desirc' following a hearing.
This is no: a cotion for surmary dis-position of the Oconee-McGuire proceedings, the granting cf which would settle the rights of all partics thercin.
SettJc-cent here would be partial, limited to the clai=
cf the AEC staff and the Department for relief against tha.\\pp?icant.
Accordingly, the fundamental question for the Board in determining whether to grant this cetion cust be:
Would atendment of the Ocenes and McGuire licenses to attcch the cgreed-upon license conditions at this time prejudice cny rights of a party who does not choose to agree to these conditions te have its claims heard?
We believe the answer is clearly "no," and we urge the Board to require any party opposing thic cotion to show af ~irmatively hou it would be prejudiced in this proceeding by the ' granting of the motion.
We believe this position is in accord with Secrion 2.759 of the AEC Rules of Practice which states:
The Cc mission receqnizes that the public interest may be served through settlement of particulcr issues in : proceeding er the entire procecding.
Therefore, to the extent that it is not inecnsistent with _ hearing require =ents in section 189 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 2239), the fair and reason.cble 5
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settlement of contested initial licensinc proceedings is encourcsed.
It is expected that the presidine officer and all of the parties 'o those proceedings will take appropriate steps to carry out this purpose.
The granting of our motien would terminate the prosecu-tion-! role of.the AEC staff and the Department in this proceeding; we would neither present evidence nor seek the l
imposition of any different er adcitional license conditions by the Eccrd.
Heuever, because of our statutory responsibili-ties in the administration and coforcement of Section 103c of the Atom:c Energy Acc and because this is one cf the initial proceedings under th:t section, so long as th' proceeding remains pending and it is uncertain whct issues may arise.
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4-becessary thct the AEC staff and the Department t
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made known to the Board if. appropriate.
The rcles of Applicant
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and Intervenors in the proceeding would, of course, remain unchanged.
We strongly urge the granting of this motien.
Respectfully submitted, n pl w I '.. l; q,.,, ',
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i UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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l HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY
) NRC Docket Nos. 50-492A PUBLIC SERVICE BOAR 3 0F SAN ANTONIO
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50-499A l
CITY OF AUSTIN
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CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMFANY
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(South Texas Project, Unit Nos.
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1 and 2)
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TEXA3 UTILITIES GENERATING
) NRC Decket Nos. 50-445A COMPANY, et al.
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50 446A (Comanche Peak Steam Electric
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Station, Units 1 and 2)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I
6 I hereby certify that copies of NRC STAFF COMMENTS ON AND MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT LICENSE CONDITIONS in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, i
first class, or. as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal nail systen, this 3rd day of i^
Decerber 1980.
Marshall E. Miller, Esq., Chairman Robert Fabrikant, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Donald A. Kaplan, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Concission Nancy A. Luque, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20555 Frederick H. Parmenter, Esq.
David A. Dopsovic, Es4 Michael L. Glaser, Esq. _
Rangeley Wallace, Esq.
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Mildred L. Calhoun, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20036 Nancy H. McMillen, Esc.
P.O. Box 14141 Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20044 4
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cgmmission Mr. William C. Price Washington, D.C.
20555 Central Power & Light Co.
F.0. Box 2121 Docketing and Service Section Corpus. Christi, Texas 78403 Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G.W. Oprea, Jr.
4 Executive Vice President Washington, D.C.
20555
- Houston Lighting & Power Company R.L. Hancock, Director P.O. Box 1700 City of Austin Electric Utility Houston, Texas 77001 P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Robert E. Bathen R.W. Beck & Associates Atomic Safety and Licensing Board P.O. Box 6817 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Orlando, Florida 32803 Washington, D.C.
20555
- Somervell County Public Library P.O. Box 417 Glen Rose, Texas 76043
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', R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.
Robert Lowenstein, Esq.
John P. Mathis, Esq.
J.A. Bouknight, Esq.
Steven R. Hunsicker, Esq.
William J. Franklin, Esq.
Baker & Botts Peter G. Flynn, Esq.
Suite 300 Douglas G. Green, Esq.
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Axelrad Washington, D.C.
20006
& Toll 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
J.K. Spruce, General Manager Washington, D.C.
20036 City Public Service Board P.O. Box 1771 Jerry L. Harris San Antonio, Texas 78296 Richard C. Balough Dan H. Davidson, City Manager Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq.
City of Austin Robert A. Jablon, Esq.
P.O. Box 1088 George Spiegel, Esq.
Austin, Texas 78767 David A. Giacalone, Esq.
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Marc R. Poirier, Esq.
Jay Galt Esq.
Alan J. Roth, Esq.
Jack P. Fite, Esq.
Spiegel & McDiarmid Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.
219 Couch Drive Washington, D.C.
20037 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Jon C. Wood, Esq.
Merlyn D. Sampels, Esq.
l W. Roger Wilson, Esq.
Jos. Irion Worsham, Esq.
Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Spencer C. Relyea, Esq.
& Barrett Robert A. Wooldridge, Esq.
1500 Alamo National Building 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Dallas, Texas 75201 Mr. W.N. Woolsey Morgan Hunter, Esq.
Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore 1030 Petroleum Tower Fifth Floor, Texas State Bank Building Corpus Christi, Texa's 78474 900 Congress Avenue i
Austin, Texas 78701 Dick Terrell Brown, Esq.
800 Milam Building Joseph B. Knotts, Esq.
San Antonio, Texas 78205 Nicholas S. Reynolds - Esq.
C. Dennis Ahearn, Esq.
E. William Barnett, Esq.
Leonard W. Belter, Esq.
Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esq.
Debevoise & Liberman Melbert D. Schwarz, Esq.
1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Theodore F. Weiss, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20036 J. Gregory Copeland, Esq.
l Baker & Botts Douglas F. John, Esq.
3000 One Shell Plaza-McDermott, Will and Emery Houston, Texas 77002 1850 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1201 Jerome Saltzman, Chief-Washington, D.C. 20006 Utility Finance Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Don R. Butler, Esq.
Washington, D.C.
20555.
John W. Davidson, Esq.
Mr. G. Holman King Sawtelle, Goode, Davidson & Troilo West Texas Utilities Co.
1100 San Antonio Savings Building P.O. Box 841 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Abilene, Texas 79604 Linda Aaker Robert A. O'Neil Esq.
Attorney General's Office Miller, Balis & 0'Neil. P.C.
State of Texas 776 Execut ve Building P.O. Box 12548 1030 Fi ft**th Street, N.W.
Austin, Texas 78711 Washington, D.C.
20005 Janes E. Monahan Leon J. Barish Executive Vice President and Assistant Attorney General 1
Ceneral Manager P.O. Box 12548 Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Austin, Texas 78711 Inc.
P.O. Box 6296 Peter Thornton, Esq.
Waco, Texas 76706 Isham, Lincoln & Beale 4200 One First National Plaza Frederick H. Ritts, Esq.
Chicago, Illinois 60603 William H. Burchette, Esq.
Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Watergate 600 Building Washington, D.C.
20037 Michael I. Miller, Esq.
James A. Carney, Esq.
Sarah N. Welling, Esq.
Isham, Lincoln & Beale 4200 One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 David M. Stahl, Esq.
i Isham, Lincoln & Beale Suite 325 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20036 i
Maynard Human, General Manager Western Farmers Electric Cooperative P.O. Box 429 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 Donald M. Clements, Esq.
Gulf States Utilities Company P.O. Box 2951 Beaumnt Texas 77704 Robert M. Rader, Esq.
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Conner, Moore & Corber redric D. Chanania t
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Counsel for NRC Staff Washington, D.C.
20006
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