ML20053E609

Motion to Dismiss Licensee Motion to Impose Sanctions for Default & to Strike Contentions.Intervenor Has Acted in Good Faith & Should Not Be Subj to Sanctions.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20053E609
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	06/04/1982
From:	Scheiner C WESTCHESTER PEOPLES ACTION COALITION, INC.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8206090068
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In the Matter of )

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x y Westchester Peoples' Action Coalition, Inc. (WESPAC's) Motion to Dismiss Licensees ' b motion to impose sanctions for default and to strike contentions a

WESPAC respectfully moves that the licensees' motion to impose sanctions for default and to strike contentions be dismissed by the atomic safety and licensing M Board (Board) . -

The licensees' motion incorrectly states the facts and is without merit..

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I. WESPAC HAS COMPLIED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE BOARD'S ORDER The licensees create the impression that WESPAC simply did not bether to send the gj licensees any sort of response to it derelict in meeting its obligations.y interrogatories and that WISPAC had been g

%s This is not correct. WESPAC did send answers to the licensees but the answers were g to interrogatories posed by the NRC staff. M q

WESPAC believes that the NRC staff's interrogatories accurately reflected the $

Board's order that interrogatories be " direct and to the point, aimed at obtaining _

useful information with minimal effort, and in no way designed to harass",2 while 7 most of the licensees interrogatories did not follow the Board's directive. L 8

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1. See " Licensees' motior to impose sanctions for default and to strike contentions". pp3-4 (May 28, 1982) g 3

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2. Memorandum and Order (formulat.ing contentions, assigning intervenors, and j

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The licensees' interrogatories document consisted of six pages of definitions, i two pages of instructions, and 184 interrogatories. The licensees made no attempt to specify what cuestions WESPAC was to answe r. In fact, most of the

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e interrogatories were not relevant to WESPAC'S care. To require WESPAC to repeat h l each interrogatory and then state that the questi.cn is not relevant requires iir more than a minir.al effort for WESPAC. and is construed by WESPAC to be a form of [

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Because the Board stated in its above cited order on page 21 that it expected an E..

absolute minimum of legal maneuvering, WESPAC refrained from seeking a protective [

orde'r or from filing a protest with the Board concerning the licensees' tactics. E is WESPAC did, however, provide the licensees with all the information they were I cntitled to in the form of answers to the NRC staff interrogatories. WESPAC E answered these questions as fully as it was able to at the time as per the Board's order. WESPAC is now in the process of supplementing these answers with a list of witnesses, and the nature of their testimony II. WESPAC HAS FA'.TUAL BASES FOR ITS CONTENTIONS h5 c

It is improper for the licensees to allege that WESPAC has no factual bases for b its contentions w^1en the licensees have yet to read our testimony. [

c WESPAC believes that the testimony of our witnesses will adequately set forth our E factual bases and respectfully suggest to the licensees that they read the testimony [i before jumping to any conclusions. ~

h III. RELIEF REQUESTED WESPAC believes it has acted in good faith and has not done anything that would m; subject it to sanctions by the Board. E b.

WESPAC respectfully moves that the licensees' motion be denied in total.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE u

I hereby certify that copies of WESPAC'S motion to dismiss Licensees' motion to icpose sanctions for default ard to strike contentions in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, gg g5 first class, this 4th day of Jtme, 1982, except an asterik denotes service by Express Mail. fil

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