ML20151U679

Response to Ha Stiner Request to Intervene late.Late-filed Petition Should Be Denied.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20151U679
Person / Time
Site:	Comanche Peak
Issue date:	02/05/1986
From:	Gad R ROPES & GRAY, TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
CON-#186-031, CON-#186-31 OL, NUDOCS 8602110081
Download: ML20151U679 (6)

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USNRC 16 FEB 10 A10:32

, ' UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION- f0C IIt e.

BHu9 before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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-In-the Matter of )

TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING

) Docket Nos. 50-445()[__

) 50-446 COMPANY et al. )

) (Application for'an

.(Comanche Peak Steam Electric ) Operating License)

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

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APPLICANTS' ANSWER TO STINER REQUEST TO INTERVENE LATE By its memorandum of Jan;.ary 22, 1986, the Board transmitted to the parties the undated and unserved 1

' letter to it of Mr. Henry A. Stiner. That letter contains the sentence "Please consider this a request to become a party to the hearing in accordance to 10CFR," and thus might have been intended as an untimely' request for leave to intervene.

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w If-the document was thus intended, the petition should be denied, on the grounds, inter alia, that it makes no attempt to demonstrate standing as required by

~ 10 C.F.R..$ 2.7142 and that it also makes no attempt to.

demonstrate that the requirements for late-filed petitions have been met. Boston Edison Co. (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), LBP-85-24, 22 NRC 97, 98, aff'd, ALAB-816, 22 NRC 461, 466 (1985).2 t It appears from Mr. Stiner's letter that his residence, at Horatio, Arkansas, is considerably more than 50 miles from the CPSES site.

2 To the extent that certain assertions contained in Mr. Stiner's letter might be construed to be-an attempt to establish " good cause" for late filing premised upon a misplaced reliance by him upon CASE to represent his interest, the attempt. fails as a matter of law. "A party or potential party cannot sit back and watch.the performance of another party (including the Staff), and then, if dissatisfied, be granted the right to come in late or have late-filed contentions accepted." Consumers Power Co. (Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2), LBP-82-63, 16 Nrc 571, 586 (1982). Accord:

South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. (Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Unit 1), ALAB-642, 13 NRC 881, 887 n.4 (1981); Gulf States Utilities Co. (River Bend Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-444, 6 NRC 760, 796-98 (1977);

Duke Power Co. (Cherokee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2&

.3 ) , ALAB-440, 6 NRC 642, 645 (1977); Houston Lighting &

Power Co. (South Texas Pr.oject, Units 1 and 2), LBP 91, 16 NRC 1364, 1368-69 (1982); Consolidated Edison Co. (Indian Point Station, Unit No. 2; ) , LBP-82-1, 15 NRC 37,.39-40 (1982).

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.b Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, the' late-filed

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petition of Henry-A. Stiner for leave to intervene

should - be : denied.

By its attorneys, Robert A. Wooldridge Worsham, Forsythe,'Sampels &

Wooldridge .

2001 Bryan Tower - Suite 3200 -

Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephor_a: (214) 979-3000 Nicholas S. Reynolds William A. Horin Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell & Reynolds 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

' Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 857-9800 Roy P. Lessy, Jr.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1800 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. -20036 Telephone: (202)872-5000 3

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Thomas G. Dignan, Jr.

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R. K. Gad III

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t-DOLMETEf' CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE U9PC 86 FEP 10 A10 :37 I, Robert K. Gad III, one of the attorneys for the Applicants herein, hereby certify that on February 5, h 654.inadeiservice of BR A NC*i the.within " Applicants' Answer to Stiner Request to Intervene Late," by mailing copies thereof, postage prepaid, to:

Peter B. Bloch, Esquire Mr. James E. Cummins Chairman Resident Inspector Administrative Judge Comanche Peak S.E.S.

Atomic' Safety and Licensing c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory.

Board Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory P.O. Box 38 Commission Glen Rose, Texas 76043 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Walter H. Jordan Mr. William L. Clements Administrative Judge Docheting & Services Branch 881 W. Outer. Drive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oak' Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Washington, D.C. 20555 Chairman Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Stuart A. Treby, Esquire Mrs. Juanita Ellis Office of the Executive President, CASE Legal Director 1426 S. Polk Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Dallas, Texas 75224 Commission 7735 Old Georgetown Road Room 10117 Bethesda, Maryland 20814

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Renea Hicks, Esquire Ellen Gir.-sberg, Esquire Assistant. Attorney General Atomic Safety and Licensing Environmental Protection Division Board Panel

'P.O. Box 12548,. Capitol Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Austin, Texas 78711 Washington, D.C. 20555 Anthony Roisman, Esquire Joseph Gallo, Esquire Executive Director Isham, Lincoln & Beale

~ Trial. Lawyers for Public Justice 1120 Connecticut Avenue,-N.W.

2000 P Street, N.W., Suite 611 Suite 840 Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, D.C. 20036 Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom Mr. Lanny A. Sinkin Administrative Judge Christic Institute Dean, Division of Engineering, 1324 North Capitol Street Architecture and Technology Washington, D.C. 20002 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 Ms. Billie Pirner Garde Mr. Robert D. Martin Citizens Clinic Director Regional Administrator, Government Accountability Project Region IV 1901 Que Street, N.W. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20009 Suite 1000 611 Ryan Plaza Drive Arlington, Texas 76011 Elizabeth B. Johnson Geary S. Mizuno, Esquire Administrative Judge . Office of the Executive Oak Ridge National Laboratory Legal Director P.O. Box X, Building 3500 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Maryland National Bank Bldg.

Room 10105 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Nancy Williams Henry A. Stiner Cygna Energy Services, Inc. P.O. Box 252 101 California Street Horatio, AR 71842 Suite 1000 San Francisco, California 94111 RGb %;

Robert K. Gad III

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