ML19309C262

Discovery Rept for Feb 1980.Deposed J Wilson,Gc Campbell & V Robertson Et Al.Attended DOJ & NRC Depositions.Served 800201 First Set of Interrogatories to Nrc.Received Addl Responses to Interrogatories.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19309C262
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/14/1980
From:	Franklin W BAKER & BOTTS, HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
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Washington, D.C. 20555 ,y RE: Houston Lighting and Power Company

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South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (Docket Nos. 50-498A and 50-499A)

Gentlemen:

This is the February 1980 discovery report of Houston Lighting & Power Company.

During the month of February, counsel for Houston 2 deposed the following individuals:

T Dr. John Wilson Expert witness for City of Brownsville George C. Campbell City of Weatherford Val Robertson City of Hearne Elton McGinnis Southwest Texas Electric Coop Morris Howard City of Commerce Parker Wetzel Midwest Electric Coop Martin Fate Public Service Co. of Oklahoma John McKelvey , Esq. Attorney for City of Electra, Texas R. A. Yarbrough Formerly with Gate City Electric Coop 80040 sos're

LoscNsTess, Newsw. Reis AXELif AD Os YOLL Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire March 14, 1980 Page 2 Houston's counsel also attended many of the depositions noticed by the Department of Justica ("Depar tme nt") , the NRC Staff (" Staff"), and the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville, Texas (" PUB") .

On February 1, 1980 Houston served its Fourth Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Requests for Production of Documents on the NRC Staff, and requested issuance of a subpoena duces tecum to Transcomm, Inc. Pursuant to agreement of counsel, the Staff filed responses thereto on February 25.

Also on February 1, Houston received supplemental responses to its First, Second, and Third Sets of Inter-rogatories and Requests for Production from the Department cf Justice. On February 12, Houston filed a motion to compel with respect to the responses to the First Set.

Issues raised therein were resolved informally by Houston and the Department, and Houston's motion was withdrawn.

On February 6, Houston served its Second Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents to Central & South West Corporation, et al. (C&SW). On February 25 Houston served its Third Set of Requests for Production of Documents on C&SW.

On February 11, Houston received the updated re-sponse of the NRC Staff to Houston's First Set of Inter-rogatories and Requests for Production of Documents.

Issues relating thereto are under discussion between the parties at this time.

On February 19, Houston received answers relating to West Texas Utilities from its First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents addressed to all C&SW subsidiaries.

On February 27, Houston supplemented its interroga-tory answers to the Department's First set of Interroga-tories, the Staff's Initial Interrogatories, and CP&L's First and Second Set of Interrogatories.

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.l Locexsters. NewxAN, Reis. AxetnAD & Tor.L Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire March 14, 1980 Page 3 During the month Houston also informally received or produced documents with the Department, PUB, and Gulf States Utilities.

Respectfully submitted, William J., Franklin Attorney.for Houston Lighting and Power Company Of Counsel:

Baker and Botts 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Axelrad & Toll 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

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

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER ) Docket Nos. 50-498A COMPANY , et al. ) 50-499A

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(South Texas Project, )

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TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING ) Docket Nos. 50-445A COMPANY, et al. ) 50-446A

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that copies of the foregoing March 1980 discovery report of Houston Lighting & Power Company dated March 14,1980 were served upon the follcaing persons, by hand *,

or by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 14th day of March, 1980.

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-1 Marshall E. Miller, Esquire U .~ S . Nuclear _ Regulatory Commission Frederic D. Chanania, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Michael 1B. Blume, Esquire Ann P. Hodgdon, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1150 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Roff Hardv Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Chairmana'nd Chief Executive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Officer Pashington, D.C. 20555 Central Power and Light Ccmpany Post Office Box 2121

, Atomic Safety and Licensing Corous Christi, Texas 78403 3 Aopeal Board Panel U.S. Muclear Regulatory Commission G.K. Soruce, General Manager Washington, D.C. 20555 _ City Public Service Board Post Office Box 1771 78203

• Chase R. Stephens, Supervisor (20) San Antonio, Texas i

Docketing and Service Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Perry G. Brittain Washington, D.C. 20555 President i Texas Utilities Generating-Company Mr. Jerome D. Saltzman 2001 Bryan Tower

! Chief, Antitrust and Indemnity Dallas," Texas 75201 Group i U.S. Nuclear Pegulatory Commission G.W. Oorea, Jr.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Executive Vice President Houston Lighting & Power Comoany J. Irion Worsham, Esquire Post Office Box 1700 Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire Houston, Texas 77001 Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire Worsham, Forsyth & Sampels R.L. Hancock, Director 2001 Bryan Tower, suite 2500 City of Austin Electric Utility Dallas, Texas 75201 Post Office Box 1086 Austin,_ Texas 78767 Jon C. Food, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Joseoh Gallo, Esquire j & Barrett Robert H. Loeffler, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building David M. Stahl, Esquire San Antonio, Texas 78205 Isham, Lincoln ~& Beale-1120 Connecticut Ave.

_ Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire Washington, D.C.- 20036

_E.M. Barnett, Esquire Theodore'F. Weiss, Esquire Michael I. Miller, Esquire J. Gregory Copeland, Esquire James A. Carney, Esquire Baker & Botts Sarah Welling, Esauire 3000 One Shell Plaza Martha E. Gibbs, Esquire-1 Houston, Texas 77002 Isham, Lincoln & Beale

< .One First National Plaza R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire Suite 4200 Steven R. Hunsicker, Esquire Chicago, Illinois 60G03 Baker & Botts 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20006 l

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Don R. Butler, Esquire David A. Dopsovic, Esquire

'Sneed,~ Vine, Wilkerson, Selman Frederick H. Parmenter,-Esquire

&_ Perry Susan'B. Cyphert, Esquire Post Office Box 1409 Nancy A. Luque, Esquire Austin, Texas 78768 Energy Section Antitrust Division

'U.S. Department of Justice Mr. William C. Price P.O. Scx 14141 Central Power-& Light Company Washington,-D.C. 20044 P.O. Box 2121 Corous Christi, Texas 78403 Morgan Hunter, Esquire i Bill'D. St._ Clair, Esquire j Mr. G. Holman King McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore

West Texas Utilities Company Fifth Floor P.O. Box 841 f Texas State Bank Building '

Abilene, Texas 79604 900 Congress Avenue -

Austin, Texas 78701 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire Richard C. Balough, Esquire W.S. Robson i City of Austin General Manager P.O. Box 1088 South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Austin, Texas 78767 Route 6, Building 102 Escuire Victoria Regional Airport Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Victoria, Texas 7.7901 Nicholas _S. Reynolds, Esquire C. Dennis-Ahearn, Esquire Robert C. McDiarmid, Esquire Debevoise & Liberman, .

Robert A. Jablon, Esquire 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Marc R. Poirier, Esquire ,

Washington, D.C. 20036

Spiegel & McDiarmid Don H. Davidson 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

City Manager Washington, D.C. 20037 City of Austin P.O. Box 1088 Kevin B. Pratt Austin, Texas 78767 Texas Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 Jay Galt, Esquire" Austin, Texas- 78711 Looney, Nichols,. Johnson & Hays '

219 Couch Drive William H. Burchette, Esquire Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire Law Offices of Northcutt Ely_ l 3

j Knoland J. Plucknett. Watergate 600 Building Executive Director Washington, D.C. 20036 Committee on Power for the South-west, Inc. Tom W. Gregg, Esquire 5541 East Skelly Drive P.O.' Box Drawer 1032 i- Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 San Angelo, Texas 76902 John W. Davidson, Escuire Leland F. Leatherman, EsquAre '

Sawt' ell, Goode,'Davidson & Tioili McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A.

1100 San Antonio Savings Building 711 West Third Street 72201 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Little Rock, Arkansas

! Douglas F. John, Esquire Paul W. Eaton, Jr.,' Esquire-

! 1 Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld Hinkle, Cox,- Eaton, Coffield & Hensley l' 1333 New Hamnshire. Avenue, N.W.

600 Henkle Building Suite 400 P.O. Box 10 Washington,-D.C. 20036 Roswell, New Mexico 88201

Robert M. Rader, Esquire ,

Conner, Moore & Corber 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, M.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 W.N. Woolsey, Esquire Kleberg, Dyer. Redford & Weil 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christ, Texas 78474 Donald M. Clements, Es, quire Gulf States Utilities Company P.O. Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Dick Terrell Brown, Esquire 800 Milam Building San Antonio, Texas 78205

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