ML20058G708

Requests Hearings Be Deferred Until Const Plans Are More Certain in Response to ASLB 820707 Memorandum & Order. Deferral Would Not Prejudice Rights of Parties.Related Correspondence

ML20058G708
Person / Time
Site:	05000599, 05000600
Issue date:	07/28/1982
From:	Bielawski A COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
NUDOCS 8208030402
Download: ML20058G708 (2)

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_ BRANCH-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFE'.'Y AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges John F. Wolf, Chairman Robert L. Holton -

Glenn O.' Bright In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-599

) 50-600 COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, )

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(Carroll County, Units 1 and 2) ') July 28, 1982

Dear Administrative Judges:

This letter is in response to the Board's " Memorandum and Order" dated July 7, 1982. The Order requires that Commonwealth Edison Company (" Edison") inform the Board that it is prepared to continue the early site review for the Carroll County site'in the immediate future or face dis-missal of its application. For the reasons set forth below, Edison respectfully requests that its application not be dismissed.

As we notified the Board earlier this year,' the current scheduled in-service dates for Carroll County Units 1 and 2 are 1999 and 2000 respectively. Given these revised in-service dates, the Company sees no need to expend sub-stantial resources on the Carroll County Station at this time.

On the other hand, while it is conceivable that the Company may ultimately decide not to construct and operate the Carroll County Station as presently planned, the Company has not made any decision'to terminate the project. Finally, the Company has been informed that one of its prospective joint owners wishes to withdraw from the project, and dis-cussiens are underway in this regard which may take some tir.e 8200030402 820728 PDR ADOCK 05000599 gs03

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• Robert L. Holton Glenn O. Bright July 30, 1982

_ Page Two to conclude. While this does not directly affect the project itself, it may affect some issues in the early site review process. As a consequence, the Company would prefer that hearings on its application be deferred until its plans are somewhat more certain. Deferring hearing would avoid dupli-cation of effort associated with resubmitting the applica-tion. Moreover, such action would not appear to prejudice the rights of any of the parties to the proceeding.

Edison recognizes the Board's interest in the orderly and efficient handling of docketed cases. Should the Board grant Edison's request, we would of course con-tinue to apprise the Board and the parties of Edison's plans regarding Carroll County, so that the Board can take appro-priate action with respect to Edison's application and the scheluling of hearings.

We appreciate the Board's courtesy in soliciting our views on these matters.

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A( n P e wski One of the Attorneys for Commonwealth Edison Company APB:ldj l cc: Service List l

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