ML20077D119

Advises That Util Does Not Accept W Eddleman 830625 Reply as Conforming to ASLB 830527 Holdings on General Interrogatory 2 Re Identification of Experts or Witnesses. Svc List Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20077D119
Person / Time
Site:	Harris
Issue date:	07/22/1983
From:	Baxter J CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO., SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
To:	Bright G, Carpenter J, Kelley J Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8307260360
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-WITE A . ..NECT 04A6 MW GC R July 22, 1983 822-1090 James L. Kelley, Esquire Mr. Glenn O. Bright Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. James H. Carpenter Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 In the Matter of Carolina Power & Light Company and North

' Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2)

! Docket Nos. 50-400 and 50-401 OL Administrative. Judges Kelley, Bright and Carpenter:

On April 18, 1983, Applicants filed a motion to compel discovery of'intervenor Wells Eddleman, which sought an order directing Mr.

Eddleman to respond in full to Applicants' General Interrogatory No. 2. That interrogatory, which has been included in each of Applicants' discovery requests to Mr. Eddleman and other parties, I

states:

2 (a) . State the name, present or last known .

address, and present or last employer of each person, other than affiant, who provided infor-mation upon which you relied in answering each l

o interrogatory herein.

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A 36Rtgetagesse gF pegr$6 gggggmaflOteS James L. Kelley, Esquire i

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'Dr. Jamas H. Carpenter July 22 1983 Page Two-(b). Identify all such information.which was provided by each such person and the specific interrogatory response in which such information is contained.

In its Memorandum and Order (Ruling on Cost Savings Contentions, Discovery Disputes, and Scheduling Matters), May 27, 1983, the Licensing Board granted in part and denied in part Applicants' motion to compel. The Board ruled that the identity of non-witness '

experts who assist Mr. Eddleman in preparation for hearing, whether informally consulted, retained, or specially employed, is not subject to discovery except upon a showing of exceptional circum-  :

stances. The Board also held that the protection afforded by  :

Rule 26 (b) (4) (B) , Fed. R. Civ. ~ P. , : extends only to " experts" and not to all persons, that Mr. Eddleman's objections to General Interrogatory No. 2 are overly broad, and that he must either disclosefthe identity of any person he consulted who.is not an expert, or demonstrate the applicability of another privilege.

Memorandum and Order . . ., at 15-10 (May 27, 1983).

Since Mr.-Eddleman's previous pleadings did not include sufficient information from which to confirm that Mr. Eddleman qualifi'de for the protection provided inJthe Board's Memorandum and-Order of May 27, 1983, Applicants wrote to-Mr. Eddleman on 1 June 16, 1983, seeking-the identity of any person not an expert with,whom Mr. Eddleman consulted,.and requesting that Mr. .

j- .Eddleman-demonstrate the expertise of-the persons whose identities are being withheld, the need.to withhold each person's identity, and the applicability of any other-privilege..

l In his reply of June 25, 1983, Mr. Eddleman refused to demonstrate-the expertise of any. person' identified by him as an expert, summarily classified as experts all but~one of the

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j. persons who assisted him, and refused to identify anyone. The

, situation in which Applicants are placed as a result of this ,

! obstructive response to discovery presents two alternatives:

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-(l) the~ filing of a second motion to compel seeking, among in camera Board assessment of.the " expertise" i

.other claimed; or (2 acceptance of Mr. Eddleman's unilateral things, T L

determination.of expertise and relinquishment of any capability to confirm that the twenty-one expertsl/ hidden now as non-witnesses ,

1/ In the attachment to his June 25, 1983 letter, Mr. Eddleman L

. Identifies by pseudonym twenty-one experts who provided information on which he relied in answering interrogatories. Cf. Memorandum and

-Order, May 27, 1983, at 12 (Eddleman argument that intervenors i "have access 'to a very . limited pool of experts") .

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James L.-Kelley,. Esquire Mr. Glenn'O. Bright' Dr. James H. Carpenter July 22, 1983 Page Three Llater become witnesses.on Mr. Eddleman's behalf.2./

Based'upon a t'ime-consuming ~and' difficult assessment of the. '

cryptic supplement Mr. Eddleman provided to previous. interrogatory answers.'(see' attachment to Mr. . Eddleman's ' letter of June 25, .1983) , :

Applicants have decided that the effort required by'the Board toi  !

resolve Applicants' disagreements with Mr. Eddleman may not be warranted at'this time. General. Interrogatory No. 2 continues to be: posed'in Applicants' discovery requests to Mr. Eddleman,

- however, and a future pseudonym: response may yet justify a motion '

to compel discovery. For this reason, Applicants wish to make. )

it clear that*they do not accept Mr. Eddleman's-reply of June 25, 1983 as conforming to the. Board's holdings on General Interrogatory No. 2.

Respectfully submitted, Thomas A. Baxter Counsel for Applicants TAB:jah, cc: Service' List attached l

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2_/ It.is assumed here (and apparently by the Board) that since Mr. Eddleman' argued _the law applicable to non-witness experts,

.he is declaring that he does not expect to call any of these

' experts as a witness.

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

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CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-400 OL and NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN ) 50-401 OL

MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY )

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(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power )

Plant, Units 1 and 2) )

SERVICE LIST James L. Kelley, Esquire John D. Runkle. Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Conservation Council of North Carolina U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 307 Granville Road Washington, D.C. 20555 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Mr. Glenn O. Bright M. Travis Payne, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Edelstein and Payne U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post Office Box 12643 Washington, D.C. 20555 Raleigh,. North Carolina 27605 Dr. Jambs H. Carpenter Dr. Richard D. Wilson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 729 Hunter Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ~ Apex, North Carolina 27502 Washington,-D.C. 20555 Mr. Wells Eddleman Charles A. Barth, Esquire (4) 718-A Iredell Street Myron Karman, Esquire Durham, North Carolina 27705 Office of Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Richard E. Jones, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Vice President and Senior Counsel Docketing and Service Section (3) Carolina Power & Light Company Office of the Secretary Pos! "ffice Box 1551 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, North. Carolina 27602 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Phyllis Lotchin Mr. Daniel F. Read, President' 108 Bridle Run Chapel Hill Anti-Nuclear Group Effort Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Post Office Box 524 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514

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i Bradley W. Jones, Esquire U.S. Nuclear -Regul. tory Commission Region-II-101.Marrietta Street Atlanta, Georgia' -30303 ,

Ruthanne G. ; Miller, Esquire t Atomic Safety and. Licensing Board Panel '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.' 20555 Karen' E. Long, Esquire -

Public Staff NCUC Post-Office Box 991 Raleigh,_ North Carolina 27602' 4

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