ML19323B710

Discovery Rept by Public Util Board of City of Brownsville, Tx for Apr 1980.Deposed JW Wilson.Participated in G Stagg Deposition.Responded to Houston Lighting & Power Motion to Compel Production of Documents.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19323B710
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	04/30/1980
From:	Poirier M SPIEGEL & MCDIARMID, TEXAS, STATE OF
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law OF7sC:s SPIEGEL & McDIAR3fID 800514o //3 BONNIE S. SLAIR CECRGE SPIEGEL. P C.

DR Is"TRg 2600 VIRGINIA AVENUE, N.W. THO SC7 UGER RO!ERT AlJABLON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037 JOHN MICHAEL ADRAGNA JAMES N. HORWOOD CYNTHIA S. 80GORAD t.LAN J. ROTH TELEPHONE (202) 333-4500 GARY J. NEWELL FRANCES E. FRANCIS MARC R. PotRIER DANIEL 1. DAVIDSON TELECOPIE R (202) 333-297A MARTA A. MANILDI THOM AS N. MCHUGH. JR. . JOSEPH L VAN EATON DANIEL J. GUTTM AN PsTER x. MATT April 30, 1980 DAVID R. STRAUS l

Marshall E. Miller, Esquire, Chairman Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe , Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Re: Houston Lighting & Power Company, et al.,

(South Texas Project, Units 1 & 2),

NRC Docket Nos. 50-498A, 50-499A; Texas Utilities Generating Company, et al.,

(Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Units 1 & 2),

NRC Docket Nos. 50-445A, 50-446A Gentlemen:

This is the monthly discovery report of the Public Utilities Board of the City of Brownsville for the months of March and April, 1980.

Brownsville's potential expert economic witness for antitrust issues, Dr. John W. Wilson, was deposed on March 24-26. Brownsville also participated on March 31 in the deposition of Glenn Stagg, an economic expert witness for Houston Lighting & Power Company ("HL&P").

The deposition of Mr. William R. Mayben, Brownsville's potential expert engineering witness, was postponed by agreement and has not been rescheduled.

Brownsville did not participate in the deposition of Central and South West ("C&SW") employee James Bruggeman, c which had been scheduled for March 7, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois. Although Brownsville expressed its interest in participating in this deposition to counsel for C&SW and HL&P (which noticed the deposition), it was unable to participate because of a misunderstanding between counsel, in that Brownsville was not timely informed that Mr. Bruggeman's deposition had been moved from March 7 to March 6.

Brownsville still has ' not received a complete copy from Central Power & Light Company ("CP&L") of the November 29, 1968 internal memorandum describing a) negative responses by several members of the Texas Interconnected System to

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Brownsville's 1968 request for admission to TIS, and b)

CP&L's discussions with the Comision Federal de Electricidad regarding Brownsville's interest in interconnection with Mexico and consequent transmission of power from the Amistad Dam to Brownsville. This item is in abeyance pending settle-ment discussion.

Brownsville has provided to counsel for HL&P (and to other counsel as requested) documents relating to the pre-paration for deposition of Dr. John W. Wilson.

During April, HL&P filed a Motion to Compel Production of Documents, to which Brownsville responded.

Brownsville has not yet received answers to its Second Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents to Central and South West Corporation. The Board required C&SW to respond fully in an Order dated March 18, 1980. Counsel for C&SW, in a letter dated April 16, 1980, had stated that responses "are being prepared." C&SW and l CP&L are in default on this item.

During March Brownsville received supplemental reports from the C&SW companies.

Although Brownsville has now received a number of docu-

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ments from Texas Utilities and its subsidiaries, it has no' yet received all of the documents it requested in November, 1979.

Brownsville continues to analyze documents, supplemental answers and deposition testimony as it receives them.

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Marc R. Poirier  ;

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Utilities Board of the City of j Brownsville, Texas '

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY LICENSING BOARD In the hatter of' )

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

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

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have caused copies of the foregoing MONTHLY DISCOVERY REPORT OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FOR THE MONTHS OF MARCH AND APRIL, 1980, to be served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, postage paid, this 30th day of April, 1980.

Marshall E. Miller, Chairman Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Panel Nuclea. Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Washington, D. C. 20555 4 Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Joseph Rutberg, Esquire l 1150 17th Street, N. W. Antitrust Counsel l Washing ton , D. C. 20036 Nuclear Regulatory Commission  ;

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Washington, D. C. 20555 l Fredric D. Chanania, Esq.

Michael B. Blume, Esq. R. Gordon Gooch,-Esquire Ann Hodgdon, Esq. John P. Mathis, Esquire Nuclear Regulatory Commission Baker & Botts Washington, D. C. 20555 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. . C. 20006

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Jerome Saltzman, Chief Antitrust.& Indemnity Group Robert Lowenstein, Esquire Nuclear Regulatory Commission J. A. Bouknight, Jr., Esquire '

Washington, D. C. 20555 William J. Franklin, Esquire Lowenstein, Newman, Reis ,

Chase R. Stephens, Chief Axelrad & Toll Docketing & Service Section 1025 Connecticut Avnue, N. W.

Office of the Secretary Washington, D. C. 20036 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washing ton, D. C. 20555 Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire .

I Law Offices of Northcutt Ely David M. Stahl, Esquire Watergate 600 Building l Sarah F. Holzsweig, Esquire Washington, D. C. 20037 l Isham, Lincoln & Beale  ;

1120 Connecticut Avenue , N.W. Wheatley & Wolleson l Suite 325 1112 Watergate Office Building )

Washing ton , D.C. 20036 2600 Virginia Avenue, N. W. ,

Washington, D. C. 20037  !

Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire l Antitrust Division Willaim Sayles, Chairman and  ;

Department of Justice Chief Executive Of ficer  !

P. O. Box 14141 Central Power & Light Company l Washing ton , D.C. 20444 P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Joseph Knotts, Esquire i Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire G. K. Spruce, General Manager  !

Debevoise & Liberman City Public Service Board 1200 17th Street, N. W. P. O. Box 1771 Washing ton , D. C. 20036 San Antonio, Texas 78201

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Douglas F. John, Esquire Jon C. Wood, Esquire i McDermott, Will & Emery W. Roger Wilson, Esquire  :

1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane l Suite 1201 & Barrett  !

Washington, D.C. 20036 1500 Alamo National Building San Antonio, Texas 78205 i Robert O'Neil, Esquire i Miller, Balis & O'Neil Perry G. Brittain, President )

776 Executive Building Texas Utilities Generating Co.  !

1030 Fifteenth Street, N.W. 2001 Bryan Tower i Washing ton , D.C. 20005 Dallas, Texas 75201 j i

Joseph I. Worsham, Esquire 1

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Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels 2001 Bryan Tower Suite 2500 l Dallas, Texas 75201 i

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G. W. Oprea, Jr.

City of Austin Electric Utility Executive Vice President Department Houston Lighting & Power Co.

P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 1700 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas. 77001 Jerry L. Harris, Esquire W. S. Robson, General Manager Richard C. Balough, Esquire South Texas Electric Coop. , Inc.

City of Austin P. O. Box 151 P. O. Box 1088 Nursery, Texas 77976 Austin, Texas 78767 Don H. Davidson Michael I. Miller, Esquire City Manager Isham, Lincoln & Beale City of Austin One First National Plaza P. O. Box 1088 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Austin , Texas 78767 Donald Clements, Esquire Don R. Butler, Esq. Gulf States Utilities Co.

Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman P. O. Box 2951

& Perry Beaumont, Texas 77074 P. O. Box 1409 Austin, Texas 78767 Knoland J. Plucknett Executive Director Morgan Hunter, Esquire Committee on Power for the McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore Southwest, Inc.

900 Congress Avenue 5541 Skelly Drive Austin, Texas 78701 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Kevin B. Pratt, Esquire Jay M. Galt, Esquire Linda Aaker, Esquire Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes P. O. Box 12548 219 Couch Drive Capital Station Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101 Austin , Texas 78761 E. W. Barnett, Esquire Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esquire J. Gregory Copeland, Esquire Theodore F. Weiss, Jr., Esquire Baker & Botts 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 I

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Maynard Human, General Manager Western Farmers Electric Coop.

P. O. Box 429 Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005 James E. Monahan Executive Vice President and General Manager Brazos Electric Power Coop. , Inc.

P. O. Box 6296 Waco, Texas 76706 Robert M. Rader, Esquire Conner, Moore & Corber 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20006 W. N. Woolsey, Esquire  !

Dyer and Redford 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Mr. G. Holman King West Texas Utilities Co.

P. O. Box 841 Abilene, Texas 79604

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