ML20237E875
| ML20237E875 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 12/17/1987 |
| From: | Esbin B BOSTON EDISON CO., SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| CON-#487-5127 CPA, NUDOCS 8712290239 | |
| Download: ML20237E875 (7) | |
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{{#Wiki_filter:_ _ _ _ _ ______ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _. _ _ _ q f//'/ 1 4 4 DOCKETED USHRC 37 EC 21 P4:06 1 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.%.. OFFICE 0? n m " Before the Atomic Safety and Lice NfE1 A5k8aYb In the Matter of ) ) TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY, ) Docket No. 50-445-CPA et al., ) ) (Comanche Peak Steam Electric ) Station Unit 1) ) RESPONSE OF BRAZOS ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE, INC., TO CONSOLIDATED INTERVENERS' MOTION TO COMPEL APPLICANTS TO SUPPLY c COMPLETE ANSWERS (9/15/87) Applicant Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. ,'Brazos"), hereby respectfully submits its Response to the above described Motion to compel. 1/ In its Motion to compel, CASE raises certain general objections to the response of Brazos to CASE's Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents (6/19/87), as well as a specific concern regarding the response of Brazos indicating that a number of documents produced to the three Comanche Peak minority owners by Texas Utilities Electric Company ("TU Electric") in the Texas state court litigation should, in the judgment of Brazos, be produced to CASE in the i 1/ Pursuant to agreement between counsel for Brazos, Tex-La and i TMPA and counsel for Consolidated Interveners Citizens Association for Sound Energy (" CASE") and Meddie Gregory (hereafter referred to only as " CASE"), the time for the minority 1 owner / Applicants response to CASE's motion was extended pending resolution of Brazos' Motion for Declaratory Order, and was subsequently extended by agreement of the parties. Sla22;ggg; g;aggjg3 w o) o - - - - - - - - - - - - ------- a
% 4 1 licensing proceedings. Brazos will address those general 1 I objections and specific concerns in this Response. l l CASE has submitted a number of detailed interrogatories which request information and documents of which Brazos is aware concerning the design and construction of Comanche Peak. Brazos' knowledge of the design and construction of Comanche Peak is based almost exclusively upon Project documents controlled by TU Electric, TU Electric's responses to discovery requests in the various NRC proceedings, TU Electric's independent reporting obligations to the NRC, its Staff and its Boards, and o'n information produced to the minority owners pursuant to discovery in the Texas state court litigation. Responsive documents not already part of the record in the operating license proceedings or construction permit proceedings should be provided to CASE by 1 TU Electric, which has sole responsibility and control over the design, construction and licensing of the plant under the parties' Joint ownership Agreement ("JOA"). 2/ As to information disclosed during depositions conducted in the Tex &n state court litigation which is responsive to CASE's interrogatories, TU Electric is in possession of full sets of deposition transcripts, exhibits thereto and documents produced pursuant to subpoena duces tecum at deposition by TU Electric and third-party 2/ TU Electric has computerized both the Project documents and the documents which have been exchanged during discovery by the parties in the Texas state court litigation, and therefore can generate indices to facilitate CASE's review of the documents responsive to its requests.
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-3 organizations evaluating Comanche Peak for prudency and design and construction issues and these may also be obtained from TU Electric. CASE has also produced interrogatories requesting information on criticisms of the Unit 1 QA/QC program of which Brazos is aware. Brazos, Tex-La and TMPA have experts working on reports due to be turned over to TU Electric in the Texas state court litigation on February 1, 1988. Brazos shall turn these reports over to CASE at the same time they are turned over to TU O Electric. Brazos has fhformed TU Electric that it believes certain documents should be disclosed to CASE and the NRC in the licensing proceedings. TU Electric has asserted various privileges as to a category of documents into which the documents in question may fall, and the legal sufficiency and applicability of those privileges is currently before the trial court in the Texas state ccur'c litigation. Contrary to this Board's order of May 4, 1987, 'IU Electric has failed to withdraw its threat against Brazos of retaliatory legal action if Brazos discloses i the disputed documents prior to resolution of its claims of privilege and exemption from discovery, thereby preventing
G l I.Brazos from fulfilling its NRC discovery obligations pending resolution of certain disputed discovery issues in the Texas state courts. As to these documents, TU Electric should produce them directly to CASE. Respectfully submitted, rb Robert A. Jablon Barbara S. Esbin Appearing Specially e Law offices of: Spiegel & McDiarmid 1350 New York Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-4798 (202) 879-4000 Joseph Robert Riley Law offices of: l Joseph Robert Riley 500 RepublicBank Tower 501 Franklin Avenue Waco, Texas 76701 (817) 754-5456 Attorneys for Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. December 17, 1987 l
DOCKETED CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE USNRC I, Barbara S. Esbin, certify that on DecWgheEE D M h,6 I made service of the foregoing letter and attachments, by mailing copies thereof, postage prepaid, to: j g g y. OCKEllHG A 2:Ei"l BRANCH l Secretary Dr. Walter H. Jordan U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Administrative Judge Washington, D.C.' 20555 c/o Carib Terrace Motel ATTN: Chief, Docketing and 522 N. Ocean Blvd. Service Section Pompano Beach, FL 33062 Dr. Walter H. Jordan Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom Administrative Judge Administrative Judge l c/o Carib Terrace Motel. 1107 West Knapp l 522 N. Ocean Blvd. Stillwater, Oklahoma 74075 Pompano Beach, FL 33062 Elizabeth B. Johnson Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory 1107 West Knapp P.O. Box X, Bldg. 3500 Stillwater, Oklahoma 74075 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Elizabeth B. Johnson Renea Hicks, Esq. Administrative Judge Assistant Attorney General Oak Ridge Nat'l Laboratory Environmental Protection Div. P.O. Fox X, Bldg. 3500 P.O. Box 12548 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Capitol Station E Austin, Texas 78711 Mr. W.G. Counsil, Exec. V.P. ' Texas Utilities Generating Co. Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq. L.B. 81 Suite 600 400 North Olive. Street 1401 New York Avenue, N.W. Dallas, Texas 75201 Washington, D.C. 20005 Peter B. Bloch, Esq., Chairman Billie P. Garde, Esq. Atomic Safety and Licensing Government Accountability Board Project U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. 104 East Wisconsin Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 Appleton,. Wisconsin 54911 Bureau of Radition Control State of Texas 1100 West 9th Street Austin, TX 78756 I
n, 4 Dr. Nancy Williams Mr. Lanny A. Sinkin Cygna Energy Services, Inc. Christic Institute Suite 390 1324 North Capitol Street 2121 N. California Blvd. Washington, D.C. 20002 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 David R. Pigott, Esq. Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., Esq. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe R.K. Gad III, Esq. 600 Montgomery Street Williams S. Eggeling, Esq. San Francisco, CA 94111 Kathryn Selleck, Esq. Ropes & Gray George A. Parker, Chairman l 225 Franklin Street Public Utility Committee Boston, MA 02110 Senior Citizens Alliance of Tarrant County, Inc. Robert A. Wooldridge, Esq. 6048 Wonder Drive Worsham, Forsythe, Samples Fort Worth, TX 76133 & Wooldridge Suite 3200 Mr. Jack Redding 2001 Bryan Tower c/o Bethesda Licensing Dallas, Texas 75201 Texas Utilities Electric Company L 3 Metro Center, Suite 610 Mr. Homer C. Schmidt Bethesda, MD 20814 Director of Nuclear Services Texas Utilities Generating Co. Regional Admin., Region IV L.B. 81 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 400 North Olive Street Commission i Dallas, Texas 75201 611 Ryan Plaza Dr., Suite 1000 Arlington, TX 76011 Roger D. Walker Manager, Nuclear Licensing Jack R. Newman, Esq. Texas Utilities Generating Co, Maurice Axelrad, Esq. L.D. 81 George L. Edgar, Esq. 400 North Olive Street Alvin H. Gutterman, Esq. Dallas, Texas 75201 Newman & Holtzinger, P.C. Suite 1000, 1635 L St., N.W. Mr. Robert E. Ballard, Jr. Washington, D.C. 20036 Director of Projects Gibbs and Hill, Inc. Chairnan 11 Penn Plaza Atomic Safety and Licensing New York, NY 10001 Appeal Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Mr. R.S. Howard Washington, D.C. 20555 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Ellen Ginsberg, Esq. P.O. Box 355 Atomic Safety and Licensing Pittsburgh, PA 15230 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Washington, D.C. 20555
O q Colleen P. Woodhead, Esq. Janice E. Moore, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Mitzi A. Young, Esq, Maryland National Bank Bldg. Office of General Counsel 7735 Old Georgetown Road U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Washington, D.C. 20555 Mr. James E. Cummins Mr. William L. Clements Resident Inspector Docketing & Service Branch Comanche Peak S.E.S. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory c/o U.S. NRC Commission P.O. Box 38 Washington, D.C. 20555 Glen Rose, Texas 76043 Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq. Mrs. Juanita Ellis William A. Horin, Esq. President, CASE Bishop, Liberman, Cook, 1426 S. Polk Street Purcell & Reynolds Dallas, Texas 75224 1200 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Joseph Gallo, Esq. Isham, Lincoln & Beale Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq. 1150 Connecticut Ave., NW Wright & Talisman, P.C. Suite 1100 Suite 600 0 Washington, D.C. 20036 1050 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5566 Stuart A. Treby, Esq. Geary S. Mizuno, Esq. Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccamission Washington, D.C. 20555 b & & N a.- k ' Barbara S. Esbin l Law Offices Of: Spiegel & McDiarmid suite 1100 1350 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-4798 (202) 879-4000 l i l I 1 =}}