ML20126C867
| ML20126C867 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | South Texas, Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 03/26/1980 |
| From: | Green D BAKER & BOTTS, HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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l UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- .; CLEAR PIOULATORY CCMMISSIO::
DEFCFE THE ATCMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING EOARD In the V.attcc of
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j HCU3TC:: LIGHTING &
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Docket Nos. 50-498A PCNER COMPANY, ET AL
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50-499A
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(South Texas Project,
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Units 1 and 2)
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TE:-:AS UTILITIES
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Docket Nos. 50-445A GENERATING CO., ET AL )
50-446A
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(Comanche Peak Steam
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Electric Station,
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Units 1 and 2)
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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY'S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SUBPOENAED FROM THE FILES OF THE MIDWEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Houston Lighting & Power Company (Houston) moves the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (the Board) to issue an Order compelling the Midwest Electric Cooperative (Mid-west) and its General Manager, Mr. Parker Wetzel, to produce for inspection and copying the documents responsive to the subpoena served on Mr. Wetzel in this matter.
On February 1, 1980, the Department of Justice (the Department) filed its Fourth Supplemental Response to Houston's Second Set of Interrogatories, adding to its witness list the name of Mr. Parker Wetzel, General Manager 2_v.f 8004100 1
cf the Midwes: Electric Cooperative in Roby, Texas.
Houston 77u::tod arf the Ectrd 1saued a subpoena ' Attachment i'
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appear cn Jecruary zz, isc0, and br ng documents responsive to the ducpoena.
3 hor:17 ce:cre his depcsitica, Mr. Netzel notified counsel for Houston that he was to undergo an operation and had been advised by his doctor not to travel to Dallas for his deposition on the 22nd.
Counsel for Houston contacted counsel for the Department and obtained an agreement from the Department that Mr. Wetzel's deposition could be re-scheduled after the formal close of factual discovery in this matter in return for Houston's agreement not to press for Mr. Wetzel's deposition on the 22nd.
Counsel for Houston is currently negotiating the re-scheduling of Mr. Wetzel's deposition with the Depart-ment.
However, counsel for Houston has been notified by Mr.
Wetzel's attorney, Mr. Robert O'Neil, that Mr. Wetzel will not comply with the subpoena issued to him with respect to the production of documents at his deposition.
Mr. O'Neil has taken the same position with respect to documents sub-poenaed from another of the Department's witnesses, Mr.
Elton McGinnes, whose deposition was taken on February 21, 1980.
Mr. McGinnes' refusal to produce documents at his l
deposition, and his counsel's subsequent refusal to produce any documents with or without a Protective Order, is the
subject af a separate T.ction to acr.usi f;ied by Houston.
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2c_;u;ti:n of Occuments Suh,0cen;2-fr:r tha Files of th3 Scuthwest T 2::2 3 Electric CCcperative.]
It is Houston's position that the documents Mr.
Wetcel intends to withhold go to tne heart of the testimoni that the Department intends to elicit from him.
This was certainly true in the case of Mr. McGinnes' testimony, and Houston believes that Mr. Wetzel's testimony will be virtually identical to that of Mr. McGinnes.b./
Houston's right to cross-examine and obtain dis-covery from Mr. Wetzel will be severely impaired unless Mr.
Wetzel is compelled to produce the documents requested in the subpoena served upon him.
No witness in this proceeding has been permitted to ignore the subpoenas of the parties, nor should such behavior be countenanced.
Consequently, Houston requests that the Board enter an Order requiring the Midwest Electric Cooperative immediately to produce the documents responsive to the subpoena served upon Mr. Parker Wetzel.
In the alternative, Houston requests that the Board order that if such documents are not produced, Mr. Wetzel 1/
Houston has attempted to negotiate the production of the subpoenaed documents under a Protective Order with counsel for both of the recalcitrant witnesses, to no avail.
Neither of the witnesses have sought to quash their sub-poenas or to otherwise seek protection beyond their flat refusal to produce any of the subpoenaed documents.
and all other members or representatives of the Mid*. cast Electric Cceperative ma-
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. 2r:ng, and th c. : :;. 2 d:positi:n :;;;imony of Mr..70::;1 cc stric:;2n frcm the record in this matter.
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Attorney for Houston Lighting
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Saker & Botts 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Lowenstein, Newman, Reis Axelrad & Toll 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.
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20036 Dated:
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,,y ATTACHMENT A CMITED STATES CF Ay. ERICA MCCLEAR REGULATORY CC:1MISSIO:I l
EEFORE THE ATCMIC S AFETY A::D LICE:;SI::G 3 CARD In the Macter of
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HCCSTI:: LIG:iTI::G & PCEER CC::P.1::Y,
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00'cket Mcs. 50-493A et al.
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50-499A
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(South Texas Project,
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Units 1 and 2)
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TEXAS UTILITIES GE::ERATI:;0
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Dochet Mos. 50-445A COMPANY, et al.
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50-446A
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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric
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Station, Units 1 and 2)
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SUBPCENA TO:
Parker Wetzel Midwest Electric Coop P.O.
Box 518 Roby, Texas 7954.
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED, pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 C.F.R. 52.720, to appear at the (2500) Bryan 'Ibwer, 2001 Bryan Street.In the City of. Dallas,
. day of. February,1980 Texas 22nd on the 9:00 A.M.
at (and thereafter frcm day to day, if necessary) to testify by deposition on oral examination in the above-entitled action, and to bring with you the document (s) or objects described in the attached schedule.
Your testimony will be required as to the testimony you may give in the trial of this action, all j
matters relating thereto, and all subject matters covered in the i
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Washington, D.C.
20036 (202) 862-8400 10 C.F.R. 2.720(f)
On motion made promotly, and in any event at or before the time specified in the subpoena for compliance by the person to whom the subpoena is directed, and on notice to the party at whose instance the subpoena was issued, the presiding officer or, if he is unavailable, the Commission may (1) quash or modify the subpoena if it is unreasonable or' requires evidence not relevant to any matter in issue, or (2) condition denial of the motion on just and reasonable terms.
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S 2ECULE TO SUBPOE"A ill dccuments which set forth, contain information abcut, refar m.
phase cf tha els;tri:
c21::; -' i. stances of competition u _ _ _ :. ; in n str; ir 101'/ing :
(1) Houston L:.ghting L Pr ver Ccr.pany and ' r
(:: Texas Power nr Light Company and/or (3) Texas Electric Service C:n-p ny and/or H) Ch la s c c..e and Light Ccmpany; Or
- any cc =unicatirn:
between Midwest Electric Cccp, it; agents, or employees and any of the aforeman.1cned entities.
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All documents provided to or received from the U.S.
Depart-ment of Justice or the U.S. Suclear Regulatory Commission or any of their censultants or desig.ated witnesses in connection with this pro-ceeding, or the licensing cf any nuclear powered electric generacion plant.
All documents referring or relating to or setting forth meet-ings or conzersations with any attorney, consultant, or designated wit-ness for or empicyee of the U.S. Department of Justice or U.S. Nuclear j
Regulatory Commission.
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All documents provided to or received from an attorney for or an employee of:
(1) the Public Utilities Board of the City of Browns-ville, Texas; (2) Tex-La Electric Cooperative, Inc.; (3) the Committee cn Power for the Southwest; (4) Tex-La of Texas, Inc.; (5)
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Corporation; (6) Central and Southwest Corporation and/or any of its subsidiaries including without limitation Central Power and Light Com-pany, West Texas Utilities Company, Public Service Company of Oklahcma and Southwestern Electric Power Company; (7) any other party to this proceeding; (8) any municipality, cooperative, government agency, or entity which operates or proposes to operate electric generation, trans-mission, or distribution facilities in any of the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana or in the Republic of Mexico; and (9) any designated witness in this proceeding.
Any documents refer-ring or relating to or setting'forth meetings or conversations with any of the aforementioned entities or individuals.
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All documents referring or relating to or setting forth evalua-tions as to the benefits or detriments of ownership, or any other form of participation, in any nuclear powered electric generating plant by any electric utility, municipal system, electrical cooperative, or com-bination thereof.
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All documents referring or relating to or setting'forth the desirability, feasibility, benefits or detriments of interconnecting the electric systems in the Texas Interconnected Systems and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and (1) the Southwest Power Pool, and/or (2) Western Systems Coordinating Council.
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All documents referring or relating to or setting forth any adverse effects resulting from the present lack of interconnections between the Texas Interconnected Systems and/or the Electric Reliability Council of Texas with (1) the Southwest Power Pool and/or (2) the Western Systems Coordinating Council.
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Instructions The pericd cf time for 'hicP f:curents are recuesteS in-
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Mcuston Lighting & Pcwer Company recuests that the Keeper cf the Records identify the specific reauest or recuests to which each document is resconsive.
Where possible, the Keeper of the Records is recuested to maintain the intecrity of its filing and recordkeecinc svstems by producing tocether dccuments responsive to this subpoena which are found together in the Keeper of the Records' files.
If you claim that any document recuested hereunder is privileged, with respect to each such document, please provide the following:
(a) date; (b) type of document; (c) identity of author and addresses; (d) present location and custodian; (e) any other description necessary to enable the custodian to locate the particular document; (f) the basis for the claimed privilege; and (g) a detailed description of the nature of any judicial protection alleged to be necessary to protect the privilege or confidential nature of any such document.
" Documents" means, without limiting the generality of its meaning, all or original (or copies where oriainals are unavailable) and non-identical cooies (whether dif ferent from originals by reason of notation made on such copies or otherwise) of all written, recorded or graohic matter, however produced or reproduced, whether or not now in existence, however produced or reproduced, whether or not now in existence, of correscondence, telegrams, notes or sound recordings of any type of conversation, meeting or conference, minutes of directors' or committee meetings, memoranda, inter-office communications, studies, analyses, notes, books, records, reports, summaries and results of investigations and tests, reviews, contracts, agreement, pamphlets, diaries, calendar or diary entries, macs,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that copies of the foregoing:
HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY'S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SUBPOENAED FROM THE FILES OF THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE and HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY'S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS SUBPOENAED FROM THE FILES OF THE MIDWEST ELECTRIC COOPERA-TIVE were served upon the following persons, by hand or by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 26th day of March 1980.
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Miller, Esquire Frederic D.
Chanania, Esquire U.S.
uclear Regulatory Commission Michael B.
Blume, Esquire Washington, D.C.
20555 Ann P.
Hodgdon, Esquire U.S.
Nuclear Reculatorv Cor=:ssion
- Michael L.
Glaser, Esquire
'Ja shin g t on, D. C.'
20555 1150 17th Street, N.W.
'7a s hin gton,
D.C.
2033:
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" Sheldon J.
'cifa, Escu;re Cfficer U.S.
Nuclear Regula:cr*f Commission Central P wer ann La.: :::7 3--
Nashington, D.C.
2:555 Pcst Office 30: 21::
Corpus Christi, Ta::as 78403 Atomi: Eaf27 and L1:3nsing Appeal Board Panel G.K.
Spruca, General.'ana ga_
U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission City Public Service 3:ard
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D.C.
20555 Post Of fice ac:' 1771 San Antonio, Te::as 78203
- Chase R.
Stephens, Supervisor (20)
Cocketing and Service Branch Mr. Perry G.
Brittain U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission President Washington, D.C.
20555 Texas Utilities Generating Ccmpany 2001 Bryan Tower Mr. Jerome D.
Saltzman Dallas, Texas 75201 Chief, Antitrust and Indemnity Group G.W.
Oprea, Jr.
U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Vice President Washington, D.C.
20555 Houston Lighting & Power Company Post Office Box 1700 J.
Irion Worsham, Esquire Houston, Texas 77001 Merlyn D.
Sampels, Esquire Spencer C.
Relyea, Esquire R.L.
Hancock, Director Worsham, Forsyth & Sampels City of Austin Electric Uti)ity 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Post Office Box 1086 Dallas, Texas 75201 Austin, Texas 78767 Jon C.
Wood, Esquire Joseph Gallo, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Robert H.
Loeffler, Esquire
& Barrett David M.
Stahl, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Isham, Lincoln & Beale San Antonio, Texas 78205 1120 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 325 Washington, D.C.
20036 Charles G.
Thrash, Jr.,
Esquire E.W.
Barnett, Esquire Michael I.
Miller, Esquire Theodore F.
Weiss, Esquire James A.
Carney, Esquire J.
Gregory Copeland, Esquire Sarah Welling, Esquire Baker & Botts Martha E.
Gibbs, Esquire 3000 One Shell Plaza Isham, Lincoln & Beale Houston, Texas 77002 One First National Plsza Suite 4200 R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire Chicago, Illinois 60603 Steven R.
Hunsicker, Esquire Baker & Botts 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C.
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Butler, Esquire David A.
Dopsovic, Esquire 211 East Seventh Street F r ede r i c}. ::. Parmenter, Esquire
- ustin, Ta.
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Cyphert, Erquire Sancy A.
Luque, Esquire
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Holnan Kinc Uest Texas Utill:1es Corgany Morgan Hunter, Esquire Post Of fice Bo:: 341 Bill D.
St.,C. lair, Esquire Ab;1ane, Texas 79604 McGinnis, Lc;2 ridge & Kilqcre Fifth Flecr Jerry L.
Harris, Esquire "exas State Bank Building Richard C.
Balough, Esquire 900 Congress Avenue City of Austin Austin, Texas 78701 Post office Box 1083
.m.us t in, Te::as 78767 W.F, Robson General Manager Joseph B.
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Esquire South Texas Electric Cccperative, Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Inc.
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Dennis Ahearn, Esquire Route 6, Building 102 Debevoise & Liberman Victoria Regional Airport 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Victoria, Texas: 77901 Washington, D.C.
20036 Robert C.
McDiarmid, Esquire Don H. Davidson George Spiegel, Esquire City Manager Robert A.
Jablon, Esquire City of Austin Marc R.
Poirier, Esquire P.O.
Box 1088 Spiegel & McDiarmid Austin, Texas 78767 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.
Suite 312 Jay Galt, Esquire Washington, D.C.
20037 Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hays 219 Couch Drive Kevin B.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Texas Attorney General's Office Post Office Box'12548 Knolant J.
Plucknett Austin, Texas 78711 Executive Director Committee on Power for the South-William H.
Burchette, Esquire west, Inc.
Frederick H.
Ritts, Esquire 5541 East Skelly Drive Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Watergate 600 Building Washington, D. C '.
20036 John W.
Davidson, Esquire Sawtell, Goode, Davidson & Tioili Tom W.
Gregg, Esquire 1100 San Antonio Savings Building Post Office Box Drawer 1032 San Antonio, Texas 78205 San Angelo, Texas 76902 Douglas F.
John, Escuire Leland F.
Leatherman, Esquire McDermott, Will and Emery McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A.
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711 West Third Street Suite 1201 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Washington, D.C.
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