ML20072N099

Informs That Applicants Considering Filing Second Motion to Compel Discovery on Interrogatory 2 Per Unsuccessful Negotiations W/Eddleman.Discusses Eddleman 830625 Response

ML20072N099
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	07/12/1983
From:	Baxter T CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Bright G, Carpenter J, Kelley J Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8307150201
Download: ML20072N099 (4)

Text

.

.- e a s hCYN A WZ SHAWe PITTMANs PoTTs & TROWBRIDGE 4 A PARTMERSMep or PeorESSeoNAL CORPORATIONS 1 JUL ^' 1983 > -

teco w STREET, N. W. C" M cf (MSIC, ((

wAsHtNGTON, D. C. 20036 202) e22 ioco

%hb mAMSAv O. poTTS. P C JOHN A. McCuLLOuGM. p C Jg,,g,yu ,,ogo , . ,,hEwoJLu @

CTIWANT L MTTMAN. P C J PATRICM McCMEY. P C. - JACM MCRAY R8CMANO A4SAMP CJOmOE P. TmOweniOGE. P C GEORGE P M*CMAELv. JR , P c TMomeas M MCComoseCA NOMAS E.CROCh R LTEPteEN O NOTTS p C J. THOMAS LENMART, p C TELECopqER JOMesL CAmm JR WgNDgyM A WWTTE GERALO CaeARNOFP P C STEVEN L MELTZER. P C PMeup J seARVEY STANLEY me. SARG PM*Lua 0, eOSTweCn. P C. DE AN O. AuuCn. P C. (202) ensose t. e22 tese RO*E *T M GOROOa* maiSTs t uMoo

m. TiMoTMv MANLoN.

• C. JoMN E NG E L P C. "" Samsama4 MONGEN ggSyg et gusyM GionGE M seOGE RS, JR , y C CMARLES e TEMueN. 8 C somessig S. Govyugg VIRGINSA S. AUTLEDGE s NE LANDE R. P C. NT P N 88 TOWN P C. g g yg g g g,gg seuCE w CMustCHILL PC JAMES 3. MAMuN. p C.

(20218224072 SCOTT A ANENet880 LE SLIE A. NIC8 0LSON. JR., P C. illANDALS RELL WC TmAVIS T, enOWN. JR.

gag,gggg g,ggg,ggg " " L MARTIN O. amALL p C. nosERT E. ZAMLE R, p C. -

SETMM MCCGAS4AN UWMSMMM 2CMimo J. elENOALL P C ROeERT s. mOselNS. P C. gag,g,uce manygy JAT E. SILDE teG.

• C. STEVENM LUCAS.PC. TELEm NOAAL SRUSCA' SameARA ** WOSSOTTI. P C. DAvec M pu SE N STEIN. P C. OEuSSA A. RfDGWAY EILEEN L e OWNELL GT 800E V ALLEN. JR , P C RICHARO E. GALE N 89. SS3(SMA# LAW WSM) RENNETM J. MAuTMAN pAMELA M. ANDE RSON m3 NL ESS ER #C. MAT A F AV E D AZ E " " " po g NATMANoEL P SREEO. am., P C veCTORfA J. PE RMIN S -

EYIVE'8 * "TLE" MamM AuGENeboCM, P C MCMARO4Pamm*eo WCMRASg p JOMee M O NEfLL JR.

E RNIST L Shame. JR, P C. JAY A. EPSTIEN ELLEN A FREDEL* Eb'E" OM M'F CARL 2TO86 S. Jose t S. P C RAND L. ALLEN sggg7,DEALy. MANNAM E. M M SW AN MN 4 NM THOMAS A. samTE R. P C TIMOTMY a MesesOE SANOmA E. roLSOM EILEEN M GLEIMER J.LMIS M GustGE R. P C ELISAGETH M. PENOLETON COWNSEL JuOfTMA.SANDLEn DAVID m SAMR SMILOON J WElSEL p C MARRY M. GLASSpeEGEL EDWARO O. VouesG. Its C. ~.-m.

mowCC4N TRAIN. e wervER S DiaECT O AL Nu esEn July 12, 1983 822-1090 James L. Kelley, Esquire Mr. Glenn O. Bright Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. James H. Carpenter Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light Company and North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) ,

Docket Nos. 50-400 and 50-401 OL Administrative Judges Kelley, Bright and Carpenter:

This is to inform the Board that Applicants consulte'd with Mr. Eddleman today by telephone on the deficiencies Applicants per-ceive to exist in Mr. Eddleman's response of June 25, 1983 (in the form of a letter to the undersigned) to Applicants' letter of June 16, 1983, which restated Applicants' General Interrogatory No. 2 in light of the~ rulings made in the Board's Memorandum and Order (Ruling on Cost Savings Contentions, Discovery Disputes, and Scheduling Matters). The negotiations were unsuccessful, and Applicants now will consider the filing of a second motion to l compel discovery on this interrogatory. (The first motion, filed I

i 8307150201 830712 PDR ADOCK 05000400 0 PDR -

SHAw, PITTMAN, POTTs 6. TROWBRIDGE A pamfestateser Oer WWOFESetoseAL Compo#AftOtes James L. Kelley, Esquire Mr. Glenn O. Bright Dr. James H. Carpenter

, July 12, 1983 Page Two I

on April 18, 1983, gave rise to the Board's decision of May 27.)

Any such motion will be filed within the next ten days.

There are several procedural points raised in Mr. Eddleman's letter which, while not material to the disputes, call for a response.

First, Mr. Eddleman states that we are erratically going "on the record" and "off the record" for negotiation discussions. These are Mr. Eddleman's characterizations of our requests that, in certi-fications to the Board, the parties merely summarize the efforts made and results reached. In early certifications, Mr. Eddleman was attemping to report specific statements made by him or Applicants during the conversations. This approach was leading either to the need for detailed written rebuttal to Mr. Eddleman's certifications (a waste of time) or to an inhibition in the dialogue which would severely j limit the opportunities for success. At any point, however, it is appropriate for a party to go "on the record" with its own positions, as I did in the June 16 letter, and negotiations need not always '

be oral.

Mr. Eddleman also states that my letter is not timely. First, he ignores the fact that the Board's Memorandum and Order was served on May 31. Second, the Board's ruling was not a discovery response within the meaning of 10 C.F.R. 2.740 (f) which triggers a schedule for filing a motion to compel. Third, my letter of June 16 was not a motion to compel. Finally, it is arguable that Mr. Eddleman had an independent obligation, on his own initiative, to supplement his earlier responses to General Interrogatory No. 2 since the Board

, in part granted Applicants' motion to compel.

- Finally, my letter of June 16 was not an improper vehicle for tolling the time for any motion to compel since the letter itself

)

communicated Applicants' positions and thereby initiated negotiations.

This contrasts with a written communication which merely announces i that negotiations purportedly have begun.

i' Respectfully submitted, Thomas A. Baxter Counsel for Applicants TAB:jah cc: Service List attached

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

)

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-400 OL and NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN ) 50-401 OL MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY )

)

(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power )

Plant, Units 1 and 2) )

SERVICE LIST James L. Kelley, Esquire John D. Runkle, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Conservation Council of North Carolina U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 307 Granville Road Washington, D.C. 20555 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Mr. Glenn 0. Bright M. Travis Payne, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Edelstein and Payne U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 12643 Washington, D.C. 20555 Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 Dr. James H. Carpenter Dr. Richard D. Wilson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 729 Hunter Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Apex, North Carolina 27502 Washington, D.C. 20555 Charles A. Barth, Esquire (4) Mr. Wells Eddleman Myron Karman, Ecquire 718-A Iredell Street Office of Executive Legal Director Durham, North Carolina 27705 U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Richard E. Jones, Esquire Vice President and Senior Counsel Docketing and Service Section (3) Carolina Power & Light Company Office of the Secretary Post Office Box 1551

. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Phyllis Lotchin Mr. Daniel F. Read, President 108 Bridle Run -

Chapel Hill Anti-Nuclear Group Effort Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Post Office Box 524 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Deborah Greenblatt, Esquire 1634 Crest Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 e v- y ywa -y + ,e.y-gy-r=---y gmpw w-y-'ve e r'+--- -" ' ' ' " " ---*

Service List Page Two Bradley W. Jones, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marrietta Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Ruthanne G. Miller, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Karen E. Long, Esquire Public Staff - NCUC Post Office Box 991 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 t

l

.