ML20098E739

Responds to L Bernabei Posing Informal Questions to E Blake in Hope of Avoiding Need to Take Deposition.Informal Questioning of E Blake Unprofitable.Svc List Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20098E739
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	09/26/1984
From:	Trowbridge G GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Bernabei L GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
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CON-#484-123 SP, NUDOCS 8410010336
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m,CMAmo 5,SEATTY COWNSEL weeTE R S DimECT 0iAL NJMcE g (202) 822-1026 September 26, 1984 Lynne Bernabel, Esquire Government Accountability

. Project Suite 202 1555 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 In the Matter of Metropolitan Edison Company (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-289 Y

Dear Lynne:

This is in response to your letter to me dated September 24 posing informally a number of questions to Ernie Blake in the hope of avoiding the need to take his deposition.

In our discussions on Friday, September 21, I informed you that in any deposition you might take we intended to assert wherever apprcpriate the attorney-client privilege with respect to cliec communications and that I was unwilling to have Ernie 0410010336 840926 POR AIV1CK 05000289 l 0 PDR l j

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SHAw, PITTMAN, PoTTs & TROWBRIDGE A PARTNERSMep OF PROFCes#0NAL CQApORATIONS Lynne Bernabei, Esquire September 26, 1984

.Page 2 Blake answer informal questions, however innocuous his re-sponses, which risked a broader waiver of that privilege. I thought it possible, however; that Ernie might be able to sup-ply certain factual information without breaching or waiving the attorney-client privilege.

I have discussed your letter with our litigation depart-ment and I am advised that disclosure not only of privileged communications but of facts imparted to Ernie in the course of such communications can result in a broad waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Virtually all of the questions in your September 24 letter seek information which is privileged.

Many of the questions inquire directly into communications be-tween Ernie Blake and GPU and are not confined to facts. Oth-ers seek facts or information which could only have been im-parted to Ernie Blake in communications to him by GPU.

Under these circumstances I do not think it is profitable to pursue further the process of informal questioning of Ernie Blake. I regret that my unfamiliarity with the ground-rules of attorney-client privilege and waiver may have led to greater expectations on both our parts.

Sincerely Georg F. Trowbridge cc: Service List

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

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METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-289 SP

) (Restart Remand on Management)

(Three Mile Island Nuclear )

Station, Unit No. 1) )

SERVICE LIST Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Administrative Judge John H. Buck

(' ' Washington, D.C. 20555 Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Thomas M. Roberts, Commissioner Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissior Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 205SS James K. Asselstine, Commissioner Administrative Judge Christine N. Kohl U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Washington, D. C. 20555 Board Frederick Bernthal, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Woshington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Ivan W. Smith, Chairman Lando W. Zeck, Jr., Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Washington, D.C. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Gary J. Edles, Chairman Sheldon J. Wolfe Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

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Administrative Judge Mr. Henry D. Hukill Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr. Vice President Atomic Safety & Licensing Board GPU Nuclear CorporatAon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 480 Washington, D.C. 20555 Middletown, PA 17057 Docketing and Service Section (3) Mr. and Mrs. Norman Aamodt Office of the Secretary R.D. 5 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Coatesville, PA 19320 Washington, D.C. 20555 Ms. Louise Bradford Atomic Safety & Licensing Board TMI ALERT Panel 1011 Green Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Harrisburg, PA 17102 Washington, D.C. 20555 Joanne Doroshow, Esquire Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal The Cnristic Institute Board Panel 1324 North Capol Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C 20002 Washington, D.C. 20555 Lynne Bernabei, Esq.

Jack R. Goldberg, Esq. (4) Government Accountability

l. Office of the Executive Legal 15 C nnecticut Avenue U.S N c ear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20009 i Washington, D.C. 20555 Ellyn R. Weiss, Esq.

Harmon, Weiss & Jordan Thomas Y. Au, Esq. 2001 S Street, N.W., Suite 430 Office of Chief Counsel Washington, D.C. 20009 Department of Environmental Resources Michael F. McBride, Esq.

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Harrisburg, PA 17120 Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20036 William T. Russell Deputy Director, Division Michael W. Maupin, Esq.

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