ML20072N067

Response Opposing Deponent Motion to Quash Subpoenas of L Clark,T Devine,Bp Garde & L Hallberg Re Identity of Anonymous Whistleblowers.Appropriate Protective Order Should Be Entered as Alternative.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20072N067
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	07/11/1983
From:	Proctor S CONSUMERS ENERGY CO. (FORMERLY CONSUMERS POWER CO.), ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ISSUANCES-OL, ISSUANCES-OM, NUDOCS 8307150195
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In the Matter of: Docket'Nos. 29 OM /

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-329 OL (Midland Plant, Units 1 & 2) ) 50-330 OL .

RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENAS Consumers Power Company (" Consumers Power") , by its attorneys, submits its Response in Opposition to the Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Louis Clark, Thomas Devine, -

Billie Pirner Garde and Lucy Hallberg. The deponents' motion is premised upon the contention that Consumers Power is seeking to expose the identity-of the anonymous " whistle- _

blowers" in order to deter other potential whistleblowers.

Their position is, as the record makes manifestly clear, false.~sj The motion should, therefore,' be denied. In the alter.7ative, however, an appropriate protective order should be entered. ,

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curate, Consumers Power did not address the legal arguments set forth in the motion. Moreover, the entry of a pro-tective order would also obviate the need to reach the issues raised by the movants. Should, however, the Board deem it necessary to consider these issues e Consumers would request the opportunity to supplement its response.

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1. In its Application for Deposition Subpoenas, Consumers Power stated, at paragraph 5:

Applicant is not attempting to discover the iden-tities of the GAP at;iants. The "Schedulelof Documents Requested" attached to the deposition I subpoenas requests copies of the GAP affidavits l with the identities of affiants and identifying information regarding them deleted. Moreover, Applicant will not ask for the names of the af-fiants during the requested depositions. There is ,

no need, therefore, 'to issue a protective order protecting against disclosure of the GAP affiants' l I

identities. .

2. As noted above, in the Schedule of Documents Requested, at paragraph 1, Consumers Power included the .

provision that "the affiant's name and any information which would disclose the affiant's identity" should be deleted ,

from the requested statements.and affidavits.

3. By letter of April 6, 1983,. a copy of which is attached, Mr. David M. Stahl,,one of the attorneys for -

Consumers Power, communicated with one of the attorneys at GAP, seeking to reach an agreement concerning disclosure of the affiant's identity in order to resolve these matters be-fore the depositions. Mr. Stahl repeated, however, that absent such an agreement, Consumers Power would consider

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itself bound by the self-imposed limitation.cohtained in the application.

4. No response of any kind was ever received from GAP to Mr. Stahl's re, quest.

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5. It is clear that, contrary to GAP',s spurious e

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t assertions, the scope of discovery has been limited and the affiants' anonymity will be preserved. The motion to quash

'should, accordingly, be dismissed and the deponents com-pelled to appear.

6. In the alternative, Consumers Power would suggest entry of a protective order providing the following:

a. that a lettering system be adopted for each of the Affiant's requesting anonymity and utilized during the depositions and document ,

productions; _ .

b. that should the identity- of or identifying information concerning any Affiant, through error or inadvertence, become known during the depositions or document productions, the parties agree not to disclose such infor-mation;

c. that the identity of or identifying infor-mation concerning any affiant inadvertently disclosed during a deposition shall be de-leted from the transcript;

d. that any documents',' and all cop'ies, inad-vertently produced revealing the identity of or any identifying infjormation concerning an affiant shall,have that name or information

, deleted; and

e. that the term " identifying information" shall mean employer's name, affiant's job title and similar information and shall be construed so as to protect the-identity of the affiant but consistent with applicant's need for in-

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s for affiants' allegations. -

7. Attorneys for Consumers Power again attempted to resolve this matter informally but were unable to elicit a response from movants' attorney, despite placing several

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telephone calls.

WHEREFORE, Consumers Power Company requests entry of an order dismissing the Motion to Qtiash and compelling the deponents to appear or, in the alternative, entry of such protective order as the Board may deem just and proper.

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/ One,of the Attorneys For Consumers Power Company David M. Stahl, Esq.

j Susan D. Proctor, Esq.

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Dear Lynne:

As I mentioned to you yesterday during our conversation, and again during the conference call with -

the Licensing Board and other parties, we now need to proceed with the depositions of Thocas Devine, Lewis Clark, Billie P. Garde and Lucy Halberg (the " GAP Depo-sitions") pursuant to the subpoenas issued by the Board in its Order dated July 8, 1982. It is our understanding, based on the ruling of the Board during our conference

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after the hearings which are now scheduled for the Weeks of April 25 and May 2, and I will be happy to discuss the details of scheduling with you or whoever else will be* handling these depositions. We also would like to T 2.. . - y -

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depositions will undoubtedly be expedited if we have the information. We are, however, willing to live with the constraints we imposed upon'ourselves in our Application for Subpoena and the Schedule in this respect if we cannot reach agreement prior to the GAP Depositions. This is,

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In the Matter of: ) Docket Nos. 50-329 OM

) 50-330 OM CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-329 OL (Midland Plant, Units 1 & 2) ) 50-330 OL

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Susan D. Proctor, one of the attorneys for ,

Consumers Power Company, hereby certify that a copy of Consumers Power Company's Response In Opposition To Motio_n To Quash subpoenas was served,upon all persons shown in the attached service list by deposit in the United States mail, first class. An original and two. copies were Federal Ex-pressed to Charles Bechoefer, Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory"Commi.ssion, Washington, DC, 20555, and a copy of the same was rederal Expressed to John W. Karr of Karr & Lyons, 625 Washington Building, 15th

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Street & New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC, 20005, this lith day of July, 1983. ,

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DATED: July 11, 1983 ,

SERVICE LIST Frank J. Kelley, Esq. Steve Gadler Attorney General of the 2120 Carter Avenue State of Michigan St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 Carole Steinberg, Esq.

' Assistant Attorney General .

Environmental Protection Div. Atomic Safety & Licensing 720 Law Building Appeal Board Lansing, Michigan 48913 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Washington, DC 20555 Cherry & Flynn Suite 3700 Mr. Scott W. Stucky Three First National Plaza Chief, Docketing & Services Chicago, Illinois 60602 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Office of the Secretary Washington, DC 20555 Mr. Wendell H. Marshall 4625 S. Saginaw Road .

Midland, Michigan 48640 Ms. Mary Sinclair 5711 Summerset Street Midland, Michigan 48640 Charles Bechoefer, Esq.

Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel William D. Paton, Esq.-

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Counsel for the NRC Staff Washington, DC 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

Washington, DC 20555 Dr. Frederick P. Cowan -

6152 N. Verde Trail Atomic Safety & Licensing Apt. B-125 Board Panel Boca Raton, Florida U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

33433,7 Washington, DC 20555 James E. Brunner, Esq. ,

Consumers Power Company Jerry Harbour 212 West Michigan Avenue Atomic Safety & Licensing

, Jackson, Michigan 49201 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm.

. Washington, DC 20555

- Mr. D. F. Judd- -

, Babcock & Wilcox ,

- P.O. Box 1260 Ms. Lynne Bernabei Lynchburg, Virginia 24505 Mr. Thomas Devine Mr. Louis Clark Government Accountability Barbara Stamiris Project of the Institute 5795 North River Road -

for Policy Studies Route 3

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Freeland, Michigan 48623 Washington, DC- 20009 l -

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