ML20094E574

Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Applicant Motion to Compel Designation of Witnesses & Availability for Depositions &/Or Dismiss Proceeding.Certificate of Svc Encl. Related Correspondence

ML20094E574
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/03/1984
From:	Remis S NEW JERSEY, STATE OF
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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OL, NUDOCS 8408090255
Download: ML20094E574 (5)

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Q f-F Intervenor's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Applicant's Motion Prelmunary Statement On ' July 31,1984, the Department of the Public Advocate of the State of New Jersey, the only intervenor in the Hope Creek Generating Station's operating license proceeding, received a motion from the appli-

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. Their_ ' Availability for Depositions and/or Dismiss the Proceeding." -In

'this motion, the applicant requests that the Licensing Board compel the L

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'. Public Advocate to disclose the identities of the Public Advocate's expert n

witnesses on the contentions and require that such individuals be made available~ for depositions no later than the week of August 13, 1984.

The applicant also requests in its motion that the Licensing Board dis-b .miss4he operating license proceeding if the Public Advocate fails to meet the applicant's artificially-set deadline.

B Pur'suant to 10 C.F.R. 62.730, unless the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or presiding officer authorizes-an extension of time, the h Public Advocate must file his answer to the applicant's motion ten days after service of the written notice, which is, in this case, August 10, 1984. 'In this motion, the Public Advocate respectfully requests an extension of time from this deadline.

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[ The Department of. the Public Advocate fully intends to identify

. our expert witnesses on the three' contentions at issue in the, Hope V n 1 '

Creek Generating Station operating license proceedings. We'aiso fuup

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-we pl,an to' meet the applicant's, expert witness, requests.

4 However, as the Licensing Board is already aware, William Feuer,

-the lead counsel who represented the Public Advocate in the Hope Creek proceedir.gs, is no longer working at the Department of the Public Advocate. On ~ June 29, 1984, Mr. Potter officially withdrew as counsel

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" ' Commissioner Rodriguez is now in the process of assigning counsel

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• proceedings, t' but to date, nol counsel

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A nesses and having them. prepare for depositions has been delayed.

~ .t I am,- tb,eiefore, respectfully requesting a sixty (60) day extension h W allow the -Public Advocate to assign' counsel, . select and consult with 1

o ;pxpert witnesses, 'and allow the expert witnesses time to familiarize o -

!bef$skives with'th pecifics of this proceeding. Once T$ attorney is

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prompt % provide the names of these experts to the applicant. ' There-

'f5ce, we' anticipate / hat applicant's motion will soon become moot.

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f expected to*be ori-line for* operation until December 1986. A two . months extension tohidgn counkel and select expert witnesses should not in f Q) 1 0 any way delay the operational date of this facility.

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-extension to. respond to applicant's Motion to Compel Designation of

.IWitnesses and Their Availability for Deposition and/or to Dismiss the

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Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH H. RODRIGUEZ PUBLIC ADVOCATE

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-Susan C. Remis Ass't. Deputy Public Advocate

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby! certify that copies of "Intervenor's Motion for Extension i

of Time to Respond to Applicant's Motion," dated August 3,1984, in

'the above-captioned matter, have been served upon the following by deposit in the United States mail on this 3rd day of August,1984:

i Marshall E. Miller, Esquire t '

Chairman, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel N U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

.e Dr. Petar A. Morris S .' Atomic' Safety and Licensing Board Panel

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5 Dr. David R. Schink Atomic- Safety and Licensing Board U.' S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission y Washington, JJ 20555

- Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel U. S. ' Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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' Washington, DC 20555 "g  : Richard Fryling, Jr. , Esquire

. . Associate General Counsel Public Service' Electric & Gas Company

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Troy B . Conner, Jr. , Esquire

- Conner & .Wetterhahn 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006 Carol Delaney, Esquire

• Deputy Attorney General Department of Justice L: State Office Building - 8th Floor P

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