ML20009C870

Requests Reconsideration of Decision to Hold Sept 1981 Project Hearings in Houston,Tx Rather than in Austin

ML20009C870
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	07/11/1981
From:	Van Coppenolle AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Bechhoefer C Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
NUDOCS 8107220068
Download: ML20009C870 (1)

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Dear Chairman Bechhoefer:

' W mj, ", T.TI am~wr.iting to ask you to reccnsider your decision to hold September hearings

on the'SoQth Texas Nirlaar Project in Houstcn rather than in Austin, as request-bi- - 'ed by Citizens Concerned About Nirlear Power, one of the intervenors in the pro-Ffa c ceedings, and by the City of Austin.

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E Frm all appearances the decision was an arbitrary one, the reasons for holding

.' the hearings in Austin far outweighing those in favor of Houston. And it ap-1 pears that the decision once made has been maintained merely for reasons of ob-stinacy.

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( In statements I and others have made during these proceedings it has been pointed

' out that the Nuclear Regulatory Ccmnission is often incapable of adjudicating nuclear issues because of its tremendous bias toward the industry. In a matter such as'the one I am addressing now, this would appear to be no less true. Hold-i ing the September hearings in Houston would be greatly advantagecus to Houstcn I

Lighting and Power, wbose character and ccanpetence are being decided. E is is true not only for the September hearings but for most of the hearings up until then. Of the time so far scheduled (including September) 6 out of 8 weeks of hearings will have taken place in Houston. If this is not overt favoritism I .

do not know what is.

Despite the apparent obstinacy in the maintenance of this decision, I have de-cided nonetheless to write and appeal to your sense of fair play. You are aware of low crippling a blow it would be to our continuation in the intervention if the hearings are rot held in Austin or at least San Antonio in Septembar. I therefore ask that you rule they be held in one of +hcse two cities at that time. In addition I ask, for the same reason, tbt you hold October hearings, if any,in one of those same two cities. I beliere to do otherwise would be to seriously lay open to question your objectivity ard your sincere interest in learning all that can be learned about the very serious issues being discussed dxing these hearings. h is stat ment applies equally to your fellow board Ng msnbers, Doctxs Lamb and Hill, to whczn I am sending eqoies of this letter. 5 Yours sincerely, /0

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