ML20033B295
| ML20033B295 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1981 |
| From: | Mcdonough C COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20033B283 | List: |
| References | |
| ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8112010198 | |
| Download: ML20033B295 (3) | |
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EXHIBIT 4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
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In the Matter of
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' COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
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Docket Nos. 50-454-OL
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50-455-OL (Byron Nuclear Power Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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State of Illinois
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County of Cook
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SS AFFIDAVIT OF CHARLES L. MCDONOUG11 Charles L. McDonough, being first duly sworn on i
oath deposes and states as follows:
1)
My name is Charles L. McDonough.
I am employed by Commonwealth Edison Company as Director of Environmental Assessment.
This position involves the overall supervision of the preparation of environmental reports submitted by Commonwealth Edison Company on proposed nuclear generating facilities.
2)
In line with my responsibilities, I was asked by Paul Murphy, an attorney with Isham, Lincoln & Beale, the law firm representing Commonwealth Edison Company in ti? NRC operating license proceeding for Byron, to attend a meeting in the offices of Mr. Myron Cherry on the morning of K
September 26, 1979 to discuss the contentions of the League of Womer troters of Rockford, Illinois, concerning the Byron Station operating license proceeding.
3)
The meeting took place as scheduled, and was attended by Ms. Carol Wies and Ms. Betty Johnson, of the.
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League of Women Voters of Rockford, Illinois, Mr. Dick Goddard and Mr. Calvin Moon, of the NRC, Mr. Paul Murphy and Mr. Alan Bielawski, of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Ms. Leslie Bowen of Commonwealth Edison Compar.y, Mr. Myron Cherry and 1
myself.,I was informed that Mr. Cherry had at that time been asked to represent the League of Women Voters of Rockford, Illinois for the purposes of negotiating contentions.
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The meeting was opened by Mr. Cherry.
He first made a statement to the effect that the meeting was i
useless in the sense that no matter what he or the League did, the Byron Station would be completed and placed into i
He then stated that his purpose in representing service.
the Rockford League of Women Voters would be to delay the licensing of the Byron Station, in order to increase the cost of the Byron Station.
He explained that if he and others were successful in achieving delays in the licensing of nuclear facilities, these actions would eventually deter utilities from proposing to construct new nuclear facilities because of cost considerations and uncertainties concerning i
projected service dates.
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Throughout this discussion, the members of the League of Women Voters of Rockford, Illinois did not state that their motives were any different from those p6t forth by Mr. Cherry, but on the contrary seemed quite pleased with Mr. Cherry's performance.
I do not recall that any subs,tantive issues were resolved during the course of the meeting.
The foregoing affidavit is based on my own personal knowledge and is true in fact and in substance.
Dated:
November 20, 1981
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