ML19338C075
| ML19338C075 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Midland |
| Issue date: | 07/15/1971 |
| From: | Bauer J, Groening W, Wessel M DOW CHEMICAL CO., KAYE, SCHOLER, FIERMAN, HAYS & HANDLER |
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| NUDOCS 8007310657 | |
| Download: ML19338C075 (8) | |
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) Docket Nos ( 750-329 CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY )
) .. 50-330 Midland Plant, Units 1 and 2 )
7 ~ DOW MEMORANDUM REGARDING FURTHER CROSS EXAMINATION OF BRUCE F. WATSON On Wednesday, July 14, 1971, when the other parties state'-that they were not ready to proceed with their cross- - examinations of the Mapleton witness, Bruce F. Watson, Dow commenced cross-examination (Tr. 3575-3625). The fo'llowing morning the other parties were ready to proceed and Dow stated that it would submit a memorandum summarizing the
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facts which it would have sought t'o elicit from Mr. Watson had it c'ontinued. This is that memorandum. Dow's cross-examination was designed to elicit the following:
- 1. That the witness was a paid professional witness (Tr. 3601; see Tr. 3557-5fs), whose
~_ hostility _was so great that he would not per-mit'the baces of the conclusions to which he testified on direct examination to be tested on crosc-examination, 3n time honored tradition (See, e.g., Tr. 3622). --
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- -2.--That4 thsfwitness'1 background and qualifications
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lsignificant' weight?t'o .us' conclusions. 3 Thatfthe:? witness'iconclusions on direct.
,examinat' ion wer'e not: based:upon a proper study; J
(of.jthe; facts-in.this case. Subsequent dirbet~and' cross-examination of Drs. - ;Epstein and. Van derHoven in fact-brought out.most of the
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material facts, so that this memorandum.will only bring
- together the' record r~eferences showing that the allegedly ,
- " useless" Dow data 'was not in ' fact "used": for any purpose
- for- whic.h ittis unsuitable, and - brisfly discusr the nature of-the' cross-examination as~to biasiand hostility.
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.l.. The Allegedly 7" useless"
/ Data Was Not! Improperly-Used~
_- Mr. Watson 5s' crucial-testimony on direct examina-
-tioniwas;thatEthe Dow data-(and the Tri-City Airport' data,-
'. (to. a J1 esser extent )1were " meaningless and incompetent"
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, (br1ng7outithat-such termsfare relative land significant only LinLrelationship;toitheir: purpose. -Thus, the Dow data
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jusefullin' predicting the path o'r a, vapor:. release even if~not-
" "EdentIat esfor)do s e s calculat ion' purpo s e s . This the-witness 2
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Lducted',Mouldlhave' sought'to bring out~:first, that the Dow.- , datalwas::<used onlysin a. limited fashion by applicant ,- and, s second,<that the AECl staff limited.its use.(and the' airport l data 6sd): even ffurtlier. (a) *LimitationsL by. . -
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The i*ollowing references _are all to pages of the Prell' minary Saf4ty Analyses Report '(PSAR): - lPageT2A--2',L"The Dow data -were not ' amenable . to -
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iPage 2A 4, " Wind: velo' city andidirection'are measured.with a'.USWB TypeiF-420eC cupfanemometer:
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Dow-Bendix aerovane? instrument'.which'the. witness stestifieditoisomelextent "ove'rshoots" L(Tr Q3435, d 3575-77 ).]"- -
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-Page3 2h49, '.'Thef significantidifference between'.
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i Tables.2A-3 and?2A-4;isMin the windjspeedLand.
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? PagcJi 2 A-32 ', q."Neverthe'le s's , theLDow .. data : as ;
7p , l M' ,Ere'c'ordediby4the i;uard-observer:are not,suita5' JforNeither1 me.t,hodiforsthe; .- following reasons-:
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- 2. TheTDow dataihave incompletetdetail
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. assign 'a- Sladet or - Pasquill category .
4 3. : 'J he raw?Dow: data care too ' incomplete co<use1Slade'.s method.'" Pagec2A-36c, "The data from-Dow Building-4171 Jat.-Midland-were notzused-'to develop-the-two- _ fhour model-" Page_2A'-42c, "The~ data now available from. ,
' Building No. 47'are.inadequatecbecause they.
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'AEC Staff' i Amendmen't No. 5,? November 3,.1969,'PSAR Pages.3-1
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andL3-2, refersTto the.AEC Staff, evaluation, sets'forth'the-- meterological _ba~ses for the-Stgff-calculations, and.. sets
. iforth theLresulting conclusion, accepted:by Applicant, that thefexclusioneboundaryfis' extended fromJ400 meters-to 500 meters.;
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-Amenckmentf32 May'28,J 1969, PSAR 2 A-42c , states
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~thatr" Continuo'usimeterologicalidata.(wind direction and'
- velocity)iare ;being; recorded 'and will continue until -a year's s
- history (isiobtained.from theiweather station at the Dow.
r e , Building'No.147." Amendmenti6,-(December 26,.1969,.PSdR 2-1,cmakes.
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H reference?t.ojthe4AEC iStarf obj ection to cApplicant 's proposal..
' 'that-preoperational meterological measurements be made at-JBuildingcNo.c47 within-.theiDow . complex. Applicant; con-tended:thattthefStaff(conclusion sas wrong,istati'ng that. .
w '"the buildingi47 Imeterological data are not 'only adequate and ~ Wslid sut ilno? conservatively representative or the site meterology;
= - as reflected, 41niAmendment510_,iApril ~AECi staff obj ections' 10, 197.0,wereand ' successful'at reported ' page 10 forithe"Starfl Safety. Evaluation Report'which reads'in'part:-
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("The s,applicantn::hase agreed ::tos conduc t ' on ? site : meterological --
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iAlso,-~at.pages.3-10 of the,StarfiSafety _ EvaluationiReport , . appears tra Staff conclusion "that; b - the Lavailablej meterological = info .,ation ' present.ed .by'
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ifromLthe:standardfmeterological.model we use'..." ISafety ;5 valuation Report ', . pag'es. 64-6 sets
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- Seesalso AEC counsel. comment that the Staff has not relied'onithe Applicant's meterologicali data [in the
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LDr.;HallL'.slQuestion 14 (Tr.-2490).
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Staff ' Safety : Evaluation . Report , - Appendix C ,- 1contains theDReports; of the Staff consultant , Air' Resources Environmental:. Laboratory, Environmental Science. Services Administration,.: dated FebruaryL3 and. July '2B, 1969'and January 5.and. February 4, 1970'. These four Reports (appearingHat pages.101-7)'contain numerous references-to theninadequate' data.such as "In: addition to the r.cservations~statedjby'the applicant-with regard to the - use of Dow-: data ... we feel that ..." (page 107). 3 The? Uature'of
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-Comments by-the-Board during cross-examination-
'ofz Mr.zWatsonE 'suggest'that the Board may not agree with
- us;as'toithehapplicableilegal principals.
There is;no perfect'way to test a witness' con-clusions,lbut commonLl'aw experience' dating;fa'r back intocour English?heritageLdemonstrateslthat cross-examination is
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_ ief fectivel; fcertainly.1t9 is ' the,- best - method. we know. Its l purpose <is'onlyftoTtest'the value of-what-the: witness has
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$ iseeksjs'implyftbifindjoutlwhether the1 witness has: accumulated' ithe:;necessaryLinformation to support?his. testimony (Did;he
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fhave? tiis glasses #ont whenithe - accidentihap' p ened?); orlis
' qualified: to' speak: (Haslhe~ taken a graduate course 'in the -
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relevant' specialty?); on.isl pre.judicedEor biased (IsOthe
-' plaintiff your': employer?--Anyone whd.has tridd P" accident.
case knows that .10: witnesses who see the accident from the samelvantagerpointTmay-eachitestify differently without necessarily lying, because the witnesses each heard, saw, ,
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. smelled,stouched l or tasted differently based'upon the-totali'ty of their experience).
These.1.rinciples are equally applicthle-to any witness, expert'or otherwise. .It}is[ entirely groper to bring. s
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favorable testimony to his client. Thus our cross-examinationLbEginning at Tr. 3620:regarding the Pasquill-Categories'.-twas not~toJshow. ignorance--any beginning meter- ._ clogy1 student- knows. these t cctegorice and Mr. h'ntcon had.
.tostified at.many points in his direct examination with.
2 regard to Pasquill category F:(See e.g.,-3461, 3464, 3510, ~ 4 l3523,03533, 3537,535411andL3552). 'Rather, it was designed to'show the: witness':hostilit'yfand refusal to permit ~ cross-
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?andShisisubsequenth shouting;, even ' at the Chairman ?(Tr.13623) .
Would7Mr.~Tlsdalefhave acted-in such a fashion?
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witness' compensation L(Tr. 3601-), or 'of the documents in Lhis .
-possession whichimight,have^showed conclusions contrary'to his/ testimony-or'been-otherwise helpful in=. obtaining-informa-.
1: (tion- to wh'ich :he refused .to respond on examination were.: , l
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Butito'suggestLthat' seeking.suchiinformation is?
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.~of;his-affidaviki(Mapleton',JEx.23)and'or'whichhehad
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proceedings but =in :theEhalls off Congress - and elsewhere. j(See remarksLof Myron M. Cherry b'efore-Joint Subcommittee, .
' July'14/ 1971,-pp. 13-15; Dow' Exhibit 1, footnote 27, referring .
,to testimony of?Dr.: Hall.)- For'this' reason-we regard lit 7
m as'especially important i that'st'atements.'which are contro-tverted :be.- made the. subj ect of ' argument., as'herein. (Seetalso
'Tr.13628-30, citing opinion.of' Chairman Jensch in' Indian Point No.'2).
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Respectfully submitted,- y '
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' ? Of f_ Counsel, C 4" [Mi,ltonlR.(Wesseli Joseph-P. Bauer,.
s m. Land. , W1311amlA. Jroening,i.Jr.,-
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