ML20092J812
| ML20092J812 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 06/20/1984 |
| From: | Berwick B TEXAS, STATE OF |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| OL, NUDOCS 8406270135 | |
| Download: ML20092J812 (4) | |
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Docket Nos. 50-498 OL POWER COMPANY, ET AL.
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~x STATE OF TEXAS RESPONSE TO CCANP'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ASLB'S MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DATED MAY 22, 1984 By memorandum of June 11, 1984, the ASLB invited other par -
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ties to respond to CCANP 's June 6,1984, Motion for Reconsideration of:the Board's May 22, 1984, Memorandum and Order.
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asky.the Board to " alter its Memorandum and Order to provide the following:
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Discovery not limited,as to any aspect of the Quadrex Report.
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Such discovery to commence after the filing of the briefs l-on notification and reportability by all parties or alternatively an order-to the Applicants that such questions are to be answered re-gardless of whether the briefs have been filed or not.
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No defining of the issues to be litigated until after the E"
discovery and the prehearing conference, i.e. recission of the Board's limitations on the issues set forth in the Memorandum and l
l Order."
l-The State of Texas supports the CCANP motion, with the qualification that the additional discovery would be,non-duplicative.
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3 In its June 24, 1982, Memorandum, the Board memorialized its decision not to admit 20 contentions (proposed by CCANP) on the Quadrex Report. The parties agreed that the contentions could be con-sidered within the existing issues or within the scope of examination outlined in the Fourth Prehearing Conference Order, dated December 16, 1981-(at p. 5)..
The State of Texas discovery conducted last year was based on'a much broader interpretation than the Board now seems to have about the scope of Phase II.
That discovery included, but was not limited to:
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the history of design and engineering problems as reflected in the project audits,
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the definition of the tasks given to,0uadrex as the tasks evolved over time, c.
the meaning of Quadrex terminology, the categorization of deficiencies, and the overall assessment, d.
-the causes of the deficiencies found by Quadrex, e.
the Bechtel analysis of the Quadrex deficiencies, f.
the NRC response to discovery of the Quadrex Report, g.
the NRC analysis of'the Quadrex deficiencies, and h.
whether deficiencies in the design and engineering process at STP would change either the evaluation of the serious-ness of any defects in HL&P's character and competence or the explanation of the reasons for any such defects.
The restrictions on Phase II contained in the Board's Ma'y 22 order are severe.
They do not seem to flow naturally from the PID.
For example, inexperience may explain some of the problems, but l
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I there has been no litigation specifically on that point to date--
so such a conclusion is premature.
The Board seems to take the position that because Brown and Root is no longer on the job, noth-ing B & R did is worth litigating (other than whether the deficien-cies were fixed).
This would seem to fall short of the Issue A mandate to determine the character and competence of HL&P based on the past acts of HL&P and its agents, without regard to the remedial steps taken.
A key question under the recent Memorandum and Order is whether HL&P should have notified the NRC of any Quadrex findings or turned the entire report over to the NRC.
For the Board to make definitive findings, there must be either an agreement or a full-blown determi-nation of the validity of the Quadrex findings.
The State of Texas sought discovery relevant to the notifica-tion and reportability of the Quadrex findings.
However, HL&P ob-jected because the briefs on the issue were not in.
The discovery provided in the May 22 order appears to close discovery prior to having available the briefs on the scope of the issue.
Therefore, the State of Texas supports CCANP's Motion for
-Reconsideration.
Respectfully submitted, i
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BRIAN E.
BERWICK Assistant Attorney General Environmental Protection Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 475-1101 l
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION g
BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
'84 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of State of Texas Response to y"'
CCANP's Motion'for Reconsideration of ASLB's Memorandum and Order
.g Dated May 22, 1984, were served by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage paid to the following individuals and entities
..on.the-20th' day of-June, 1984.
Charles Bechhoefer,.Esq.
William S. Jordan, Esq.
Chief.. Administrative Judge Harmon, Weiss & Jordan
" Atomic Safety and Licensing 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 Board. Panel Washington, D.C.
20009 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
. Washington, D.C.
20555 Jack R. Newman, Esq.
Lowenstein, Newman, Reis &
Dr.xJames C.. Lamb, III.
.Axelrad Administrative Judge 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
313 Woodhaven Road Washington, D.C.
20036 Chapel Hill,'NC 27514 Robert G.
Perlis Ernest E.-Hill Office of'the Executive
-Administrative Judge Legal Director Hill Associates U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 210 Montego Driv'e.
Washington, D.C.
20555 Danville, California 94526
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Ms._ Peggy Buchorn U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission' Executive' Director Washington, D.C.
20555 Citizens for Equitable Utilities Route 1, Box 1684' Atomic Safety and Licensing Brazoria,- Texas' 77422 Appeal Board
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lernny Sinkin Washington, D.C.
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' Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary Melbert Schwartz U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Baker &'Botts Washington, D.C.
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