ML20148T154

Applicant Hlp'S Response to Nlgh'S Objection to Order Scheduling Special Prehearing Conf & to Nlgh'S Suppl to Nlgh'S Petition to Intervene. Asserts That Petition Does Not Show Standing,Objection Should Be Dismissed.Cert of Svc Encl

ML20148T154
Person / Time
Site:	Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png
Issue date:	11/22/1978
From:	Copeland J, Culp R, Newman J BAKER & BOTTS, LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
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NUDOCS 7812040331
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IIdqtrs. PDR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

) i HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-466 i

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(Allens Creek Nuclear Generating )

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Station, Unit 1) )

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APPLICANT'S RESPONSE TO OBJECTION i TO ORDER SCHEDULING SPECIAL PRE-liEARING CONFERENCE AND TO SUPPLE-MENT A PETITION TO INTERVENE OF PETITIONER, HOUSTON CHAPTER, NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD, INC.

At the special prehearing conference held in this proceeding, the National Lauyers Guild, Inc., Houston Chapter (Petitioner) filed on November 17, 1978: (1) an objection to the Board's Order scheduling the special prehearing con-ference and (2) a supplement to its petition for leave to intervene. Both the Applicant and the NRC Staff orally re-sponded on the record to the petitioner's filings. (Tr. 623-24; 627-28) and both stated that with respect to the supplemental petition, nothing in the filing cured the defects noted earlier in Applicant and Staff responses to the petition for leave to intervene. As Applicant noted on the record, the petitioner's t

. untimely filing added nothing of substance to its previous allegations relating to interest and contentions (Tr. 623).

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4- The filing'is untimely; the-petitioner lacks interest and fails i to articulate a. single acceptable contention.

4 One additional point ahould be noted with respect to petitioner's objection to cue scheduling of the special pre-hearing conference: ' Petitioner cites several sections of

.10'CFR Part'2 to support its argument that at least 30 days t

notice is necessary for the scheduling of the special pre-  ;

hearing conference,. referring specifically to Section 2.104.

t That section refers only to an original notice of hearing on ,

a construction permit application (in this case, published on December 28, 1973 ( 38 F.R.35521))

Footnote 1 to Section 2.104 (a) cpecifically states that:

"The thirty (30) day requirement of this paragraph is not applicable to a notice  ;

of the. time and place of hearing published by the presiding officer after the notice of hearing described in this section has been published." (emphasis added)

Petitioner's' reference to Section 2. 604 (b) is equally inapposite. Section 2.604(b) relates to the Commission's regulations for special proceedings in connection with early review of site suitability issues. Obviously, this provision has no relevance to the ACNGS proceeding.

Finally, the provisions of Section 2.705 cited by peti-tioner relate 1to answers to notices of hearing which again have no relevance to the subject of petitioner's objection.

The Board should dismiss petitioner's objections to the ,

N , scheduling of the prehearing conference since under the i

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Commission's regulations set forth in'10 CFR SS 2.751a and 2.718,.the Board properly exercised the authority delegated I

'to it by the Commission.in setting the date for the special prehearing conference.

< 1 Respectfully submitted,  ;

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/DpckR. Ncwmhn Robert H. Culp

'025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. l Washingten, D. C. 20036 l J

J. Gregory Copeland I Charles G. Thrash, Jr. 1 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002

l trorneys for Applicant HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY OF COUNSEL:

LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL' 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 BAKER & BOTTS

-3000 One Shell Plaza

. Hous ton , Texas 77002 4

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t UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i

> NUCLEAR REGULATORY cob 1 MISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING EOARD In the Matter of ) [

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER COMPANY )

) Docket No. 50-466 >

(Allens Creek Nuclear Generating )

Station, Unit- 1) ')

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ,

I hereby certify that copies of Applicant's Response  ;

to Objection to Order Scheduling Special'Prehearing Con-forence.and to Supplement a Petition to Intervene of Petitioner, Houston Chaptor, "ational Lawyers Guild, Inc.,

were, served on the following by depccit in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, or by hand delivery this 22nd day of-November, 1978:

Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chairman Richard Lowerre, Esq.

5 Atomic Safety and-Licensing . Assistant Attorney General l Board-Panel for the State of Texas U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 12548  ;

Washington, DC 20555 Capitol Station ]

Austin, Texas 79711 Dr. E. Leonard Cheatum. )

Route 3, Box 350-A Hon' Jerry Sliva, Mavor Watkinsville, Georgia 30677

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City of Wallis, Texas 77485 Mr. Gl'enn O.' Bright  !

Atomic Safety and Licensing Gregory J. Kainer Board' Panel U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission

. . 11118 Wickwood j

, Houston, Texas 77024 Washington', DC 20553 A om c Sa et D et r$gan NerviceSecton i

,g~ oard Office of the' Secretary of the

, U.S.' Nuclear Regulatory 3 . Commission . ,

mmission U.S.'Huclear Regulatory Commission W s a ington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555

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.' =i R. Gordon Gooch, Esq. Atomic Safety and Licensing I Baker and Botts Board Panel [

- 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Washington,'DC 20006 Commission

• Washington, DC 20555 ISteve Schinki, Esq. .

Staff Counsel T. Paul Robbins i UiS. Nuclear Regulatory C/O AFSC Commission 600 West 28th Street, #102 Washington, DC 20555 Austin, Texas 78705 John F. Doherty Wayne E Rentfro Armadillo Coalition of Texas P. O. Box 1335 4438 1/2 Leeland Resenberg, Texas 77471 Houston, Texas 77023  ;

Brenda McCorkle James Scott, Jr. 6140 Darnell 9302 Albacore Houston, Texas 77074 Houston, Texas 77074 Emanuel Baskir t Carro Hinderstein 5711 Warm Springs Road ,

8739 Link Terrace Houston, Texas 77035 Houston, Texas 77025 Steven Gilbert, Esq.

Jean-Claude De Bremaecker 122 Bluebonnet 2128 Addison Sugar Land, Texas 77478 Houston, Texas 77030 Brent Miller Edgar Crane 4811 Tamarisk Lane 13507 Kingsride Bellaire, Texas 77401 Houston, Texas 77079 John V. Anderson  ;

Patricia L. Day 3626 Broadmead .

2432 Nottingham Houston, Texas 77025 i Houston, Texas 77005 John R. Shreffler Lois H. Anderson 5014 Braeburn 4

3626 Broadmead Bellaire, Texas 77401 Houston, Texas 77025 Robert S. Framson David Marker 4822 Waynesboro Drive Solar Dynamics, Ltd. Houston, Texas 77035 3904 Warehouse Row Suite C Madeline Bass Framson Austin, Texas 78704 4822 Waynesboro Drive 7,

Houston, Texas 77035 J

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i Shirley Caldwell Mrs. R. M. Bevis 14501 Lillja 7706 Brykerwoods Houston, Texas 77060 Houston, Texas 77055 Ann'ilharton Kathryn Hooker 1424 Kipling 1424 Kipling )

Houston, Texas 77006 Houston, Texas 77006 i

Joe Yelderman, MD John Renauld, Jr.

Box 303. 4110 Yoakum Street Needville, Texas 77461 Apartment 15 Houston, Texas 77006 +

D. Michael McCaughan 3131 Timmons Ln. Allen D. Clark Apartment 254 5602 Rutherglenn Houston, Texas 77027 Houston, Texas 77096 Lee Loe D. Marrack 1844 Kipling 420 Mulberry Lane '

Houston, Texas 77098 Bellaire, Texas 77401 Alan Vomacka, Esq. George Broze Houston Chapter, National 1823-A Marshall Street Lawyers Guild Houston, Texas 77098 4803 Montrose Blvd.

Suite 11 Charles Michulka, Esq.

Houston, Texas 77006 P. O. Box 882 Stafford, Texas 77477 Hon. John R. Mikeska Austin County Judge P. O. Box 310 Bellville, Texas 77418 Joe Archer, Esq.

Combs, Archer & Peterson 1220 Americana Building l 811 Dallas Street  ;

Houston, Texas 77002 l

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