ML20069F003

Responds to Petitioner Transmitting Oregonian Article.Article Appeared in 830303 & 04 Editions,Not 830226 Edition as Petitioner Implied

ML20069F003
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Site:	Washington Public Power Supply System
Issue date:	03/18/1983
From:	Reynolds N DEBEVOISE & LIBERMAN, WASHINGTON PUBLIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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m Nk?dED LAW OFFICES OF DEBEVOISE & LIBERMAN 12 0 EV C#frE DW H STREET.N.W WASHI O

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TELEPHONE (202) S57-9800 March 18, 1983

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Herbert Grossman, Esq.

Dr. Jerry Harbour Chairman, Atomic Safety and Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Licensing Board U.

S. Nuclear Regulatory U.

S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Washington, D.

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20555 Washington, D. C.

20555 Mr. Glen O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.

S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

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20555 Re:

Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1)

Docket No. 50-460 OL Gentlemen:

On March 7, 1983, petitioner in-the captioned pro-ceeding forwarded to the Board an article which appeared in the Oregonian.

The date of "2/26/83" was handwritten on the article.

While normally we do not feel obliged to respond to letters of this nature, we wish to bring to the attention of the Board the fact that this article appeared at page B-8 of the March 3, 1983 Oregonian and not the February 26, 1983 edition of that newspaper as implied by petitioner.

It was also published in the Oregonian on March 4, 1983 at B-3, although the last paragraph of the March 3 edition of i

the article was deleted.

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.- In any event, we have enclosed a copy of both articles reflecting their true and correct dates of publication and request they be included on the docket in this proceeding.

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Coverage of minorities rippedi Panel says media perpetuates racist views F

'By SCOTTA CAW.lSTER found in Battle Ground, Wash., on Dec.

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Washington a ghost of a eaance" tamb

. The American Print and electronic Alexander said local television sta-said. People in Chicast s black Tom-med!a, through a lack of education and tions were particularly slow in picking munity were not at al surpriseep awareness, pe@etuate racist views of up on the story, following it oily after Washington's easy victo'y, however*

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minorities, members of a panel told a newspaper accounts ore published.

Iamb said that the Mporting bgfore t group of journahsts Wednesday in Port-De fuD coverage of the combined Ireal the election erroneously implied-th'at land.

stations probably amounted to no nK+:

Washington was not as quahfied asihe

" Raise your standards," urged Art than two minutes from December to the other canddates and that blacks do mt n; '

Alexager, a cable television producer present,he said.

vote, he said, and a founder of the Portland Black "It gave the distinct impressien that "We do vote, ani we vote 5ver-Meda Coahtlon.

there is no concern for the death of a whelmingly - wien we hav%e"a He and other panelists stressed the black girlfrom Portland,"he said, choice" Lamb said.

.N need for joumalists to be better versed Chehak also charged that meda cov-C la cultural and historical backgrounds erage of Indian affairs was inadequate, Draft energy plani ;

of minority populations in Portland,in port aying Indians as either noble or 8-Oregon and across the nation,.

warlike savages. "I think some folks The panel, appearing at a meeting of still view us as people who run around Up fQf d,QCUS$lQ@t

tht Society of Professional Journalists' in feathers ar.d beads and leather" she

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Willamette Valley chapter, included said.

The Northwest Power Plan'ning Alexander; Gall Cheham, public educa-Chehak displayed a large stack of Councu's draft 20. year regional eneigy tion c!!icer for the Columbia River In-clippings from Northwest newspapers plan will be discussed Monday at a)to-ter-Tribal Fish Commission; Robert concerning alleged poaching of ftsh by gram sponsored by the Oregon chapter Lamb, director of the U1 Justice De-Indians aki a small handful of cEppings of the Sierra Club and the North' wept.

partment's Community Relations Ser-discussing poaching by non-Ind!ans. In-Conservation ActCoaHtion

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i vice in Seattle; and moderator Linda ter Tribal commission reports, howeve",

Roy Hem =ingway, one of Oredii !

Williams, a reporter for The Oregonian. Indicated that the majority of the poach-two representatives on the coundicand

. A better understanding of minority ing cases involved non-Indians, she said.

state Rep. Darlene Hooley, a WestUnn culturcs would not mean an end to the "Yet the Indians are getting more of Democrat who serves as chairwoman of racism pervading American society, the bad press," she said.

the House Environment and Entr'gy AlexaMer said. It would, bowever, aid Lamb echoed such conc' erns, stating Committee, will speak at the meeting,

.I reporters and assignment editors in that minorities are rarely interviewed which is aimed at explaining the: con-i identifying racist elements in both news for news stories that do not involve r. e tent of the draft plan.

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events and news coverage,he said.

._ or civu rights issues.

Issues to be discussed include tow On the local level, Alexander and He said he hears increasing com-electric rates will be affected t@ lear the energy plan, the exclusion of nuc Chehak both expressed concern about plaints that mino:ities generally are-the amount and type of coverage afford-portrayed as "more violent, less intelli-power from the draft, the role of zonL cd to minority issues.

gent and less hard-working than they servation and several other aspects of

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the counciPs energy program.

y-b ack community members experienced Lamb cited coverage of the recent The program, which is open to't$e,

la drawing the media's attention to the election of Harold Washington as mayor public,is scheduled for 720 p.m. at the j murda of 17-year-old Trina Hunter..a of Chicago as an example of alienation Willamette Center Auditorium.*121 i

Northeast Portlander whose body was of the media from minority cultures.

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(Volid Thru 3/6/83) not subject to the Washington open meetings law. :..

RH De committees asked the staff to draft a 1983 84 ie S*l budget for Plant I that would reduce the current work ull

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next fiscal year. Petersen said supply system officials

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would exhaust those funds by October 1984. How

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4. -.7efm. -ancmg plans o.ffered for termi I

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%((L'*he=mmasm8 ~ 43 4.h6,. ' ^Q next 30 years, boosting their total SAN 0ftAu N [pmgg;g,.

The 43 electr e cooperatives that that were shared beto

. % ob!!sttion to 87 billion. Several unlices backed the plants' construction would 5 and their " twin" prw

d..ACasMattaa multtygroupWade have challenged their obligations to pay borrow $270 million through the !ederal 3 respecuvely.The pl.r TdayJeleas,ed tifree debt WW op. I art and most refused to make their Rural Electrification Assocation for Plants I and 3 pay PL t.

9puld'gedag, t)e debt.fragt f Ayments to WPPSS in January, their share of the refinancing effort. million over the next agtog's swo.terminstgd nuclear at the speculation that WPPSS may The plan envisons an interest rate of 5 interest rate of 13.5 pr9jec14 by upto 75perge4 c.. -ti! : faust on its multibillion-dollar debt. It percent to 6 percent.

would pay about one.f.

04The retinanMag plans wery devised' would be the largest municipal bond Finally, the 11 Oregon PUDS and service on the currer (hy.the Resok,tions Committee,a spedal liefaultin history.

municipal utilities and the five Idaho said.

!, pans!' established by the. Washington The three plans devised by the Reso-municipal utilities involved in the cos-na4 the plan c.

7,A;bULUtility District Assodation to~ lutions Committee include a "regionali. struction project would be responsible

1. 'idy ways of ' easing the multibullar L '" of the plants' debt through for raising about $100 million.although

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Odouar debt left after terminadon of the Bona ville Power Administration rates, the plan does not specify how that

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%adington. Pub!!c Power Supply Sys-a buy oack of the outstanadg bonds would be accomplished.

"Qe:n's ruclear power Plants 4 and 5.

frtun their individual owners at reduced The status of those utilities in the M P "" ** '"""

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WPPSS financing arena is uncertain. An

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and t?e Idaho Supreme Court is stud-Squ}d choose,lts preferred option at considered the ri= = c=* at wau= anaty of m an=nzas

',tpatteeting paving'ths.way for the the contracts signed by utilities in that having the BPA esse:

g'assacation's financial consultant to be, CQ@ph,C3{gd p($Q$

m W dd im PLatu gin working on the *mata planJ About $1 billion of the money raised it to all of the Northwi 2, Dadd Be!!er, the Seattle Northwat lQQQ-shots throush the utiiities would be piaced in Parers throuin ihe

%, ', Rfa:.s for.the Resolutions Commit-high-yield investrcents, possibly even rates. Ur. der the p6 ecuri::es Corp, president who devised v

t bonds from WPPSS Plants 2 and 3.

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[.*[efsaltbe hoped to have the deta!!s of-vaines or a " debt reduction" plan.

The plan counts on Investments dead Pebble Sprtags n.

e The preferred plan appears to be the yielding at least 13.5 percent interest. the endangered Stagit p%petinal plan worked out by late March.

hat a reandag plan'sould be fully debt reduction option, which Beller said Since that investment would carry in-projects in Washingtot rcpiemented by July /h4w M.:.5 could cut the 37tinion debt by 50 per-terest rates higher than the rates paid That plan probabt b.2 fforeverg whilg the 'three options t

cent to 75 percent. That pla's depends by the utilities on the loans they secured on!d. substantially' redpoo..the debC upon the Washington Legislamre estab-to accomplish the refinancing effort,the. congrusaonal approva!

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,1 fid:m 4 and 5, many sources considered could help the 29 Washington PUDS and The profit would be used to pay debt t.-thi tomplicated refinandng plans long. municipal utilities involved in the service on the outstanding bonds for Under the buy b.

";ghets' Tha skeptidsm le caused largely. WPPSS plants borrow $680 ci!: ion for Plants 4 and 5, covering about two-would issue "refic My the factthattwo of the three options, their portion of the refinancing effort. thirds of the total debt.,In this plan the backed by their indm j 4epend upon the culities' being able to The plan assumes that the loan, which outstanding bonds would be fully re-repurchase the outst.

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@e utilities face repayment of 32.25 utilities, would carry interest rates of 9 for settling. In some unspecified man-tion by the individual i in bonds plus Interest over the percent to 10 percent.

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torcuid laa month nat such a larse nte boost would

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a p towerie: a. potentsat inenue. includinn a nduction C othes, cook your

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-Q out' f the next BPA rate per.iod, which will run from thousand.j. bs electric-o l

o yan i annou.no.0.1. n na me-ae BPA i., P@haveiocou ity can do, you'd simp 1y v.gw@.

new n-cina tosu from ae d,',.e..p.=P=esgg'.e, cgo to your cupboard.~,

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