ML19257B852

Response in Opposition to DOJ Request for Extension Until 800201 to Answer Applicant Third Set of Interrogatories. Date Implied Is Too Late to Permit Effective Discovery. Wj Franklin 791218 Ltr to DOJ & Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19257B852
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Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	01/03/1980
From:	Franklin W BAKER & BOTTS, HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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

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.Jouth Texas Project, Units 1

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and 2) )

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

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

RESPONSE OF HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME For the second time within a twelve day period, the Department of Justice has moved for an extension of time seeking to defer answering various Houston Lighting & Power Company

[" Houston") interrogatories until the final four weeks of factual discovery. The Department has previously so moved with respect to supplementing Houston's first set of interrogatories (Motion dated December 14, 1979.) Now, the Department wants an extension until February 1 in which to answer Houston's Third Set of Interrogatories. b!

-1/ Department of Justice Motion for Extension cf Time to Answer Third Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents from Houston Lighting & Power Company, dated December 26, 1979.

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k The Department's answers to those interrogatories are due January 2 and its responsive documents are due January 17.

Houston has already offered the Department an extension to

! but the Department January 17 for those interrogatories, now indicates that it wants still more time.

As set out in Houston's December 20, 1979 Response to the Department's request for an extension of time to provide substantive answers to Houston's First Sec of Interrogatories, February 1 is simply too late to permit Houston to effectively conduct further discovery on the basis of any information disclosed for the first time in the Department's answers. The Department should not be permitted to postpone providing Houston with the important information sought in its interrogatories until the final weeks of discovery. Therefore, Houston requests that the Department be ordered to provide answers and documents in response to Houston's Third Set of Interrogatories by January 17, 1980.

Dated: January 3, 1980 Respectfully submitted, 4 -

Attorney fo.t Houston Lighting

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

Washington, D.C. 20036 f773 II3 2/ December 18, 1979 letter from William J. Franklin, Esquire, Counsel for HL&P to Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire, Counsel for Department of Justice (enclosed as attachment A) .

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DouOhat G O.t g es Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire Energy Section, Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice P.O. Box 14141 Washington, D.C. 20044

Dear Ms. Cyphert:

This is to confirm our telephone conversations on December 18 regarding a possible extension of time for the Department of Justice to respond to Houston's Third Set of Interrogatories, et al. to the Department.

You requested an extension from January 2, 1980, until February 1, 1980, in which to respond. Given the limited number and narrow focus of our interrogatories, a thirty-day extension is not reasonable. Our position is that we would consent to an extension until January 17, the date when the Department's documents are due. No agreement was reached.

Under the current schedule discovery closes on February 29, and production on February 1 simply does not allow sufficient time for Houston to resolve potential problems in your responses and to take follow-up discovery based on your responses and document production.

Sincerely, (Original signed by William J. Franklin)

William J. Franklin WJF:cfw 1773 114

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

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, ) Docket Nos. 50-49GA et al. ) 50-499A

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(South Texas Project, Units 1 )

and 2) )

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

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that copies of the foregoing:

REQUEST OF HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY FOR CONFERENCE CALL CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT'S POSITION THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO REVEAL ITS BASIC ANTITRUST CONTENTIONS UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSE OF DISCOVERY and, RESPONSE OF HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME were served upon the follcwing persons, by hand *, or by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 3rd day of January, 1980.

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• Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Frederic D. Chanania, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Michael B. 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 Hardy

• Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Chairman and Chief Executive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Officer Washington, D.C. 20555 Central Power and Light Company Post Office Box 2121 Atomic Safety and Licensing Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Appeal Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G.K. Spruce, General Manager Washington, D.C. 20555 City Public Service Board Post Office Box 1771

• Chase R. Stephens, Supervisor (20) San Antonio, Texas 78203 Docketing and Service Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mr. Perry G. Brittain Washington, D.C. 20555 President Texas Utilities Generating Company Mr. Jerome D. Saltzman 2001 Bryan Tower Chief, Antitrust and Indemnity Dallas,' Texas 75201 Group U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission G.W. Oprea, 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. Wood, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane. Joseoh Gallo, Esquire

& Barrett Robert H. Loeffler, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Isham, Lincoln & Beale San Antonio, Texas 78205 1050 17th Street, N.W., Suite 701 Washington, D.C.

20036 Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire E.W. Barnett, Esquire Michael I. Miller, Esquire Theodore F. Weiss, Esquire James A. Carney, Esquire J. Gregory Copeland, Esquire Sarah Welling, Esquire Baker & Botts Isham, Lincoln & Beale 3000 One Shell Plaza One First National Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Suite 4200 Chicago, Illinois 60603 R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire Steven R. Hunsicker, Esquire David M. Stahl, Esquire Baker & Botts Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue 1050 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Suite 701 Washington, D.C. 20036

}JJ) }lb Martha E.'Gibbs, Esquire Isham, Lincoln & Beale One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603

5 Don R. Butler, Esquire

• David A. Dopsovic, Esquire Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman Frederick H. Parmeter, 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. Box 14141 Central Power & Light Company Washington, D.C. 20044 P.O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Morgan Hunter, Esquire Bill D. St. Clair, Esquire Mr. G. Holman King McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore West Texas Utilities Company Fifth Floor P.O. Box 841 Texas State Bank Building Abilene, Texas 79604 900 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire Richard C. Balough, Esquire W.S. Robson City of Austin General Manager P.O. Box 1088 South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Austin, Texas 78767 Route 6, Building 102 Victoria Regional Airport

.Toseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esquire Victoria, Texas 77901 Nicholas S. Peynolds, Esquire Debevoise & Liberman Robert C. McDiarmid, Esquire 1200 17th Street, N.W. Robert A. Jablon, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20036 Marc R. Poirier, Esquire 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 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 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 San Angelo, texas 76902 John W. Davidson, Escuire Leland F. Leatherman, Esquire Saw 11, Goode, Davidson & Tioili McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A.

1100 ;an Antonio Savinsg Building 711 West Third Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Douglas F. John, Esquire Paul W. Eaton, Jr., Esquire Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 600 Henkle Building Suite 400 P.O. Box 10 Washington, D.C. 20036 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 1773 117

Robert M. Rader, Esquire Conner, Moore & Corber 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 W.N. Woolsey, Esquire Kleberg, Dyer, Redford & Weil 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christ, Texas 78474 Donald M. Clements, Esquire Gulf States Utilities Company P.O. Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704 Dick Terrell Brown, Esquire 800 Milam Building San Antonio, Texas 78205 C. Dennis Ahearn, Esquire Debevoise & Liberman 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 I

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