ML19344D575

Response in Opposition to Public Utils Board of City of Brownsville,Tx 800317 Comments Requesting Admittance as Party in Consolidated Proceeding.Statement of Interest Untimely & Vague.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19344D575
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/25/1980
From:	Ahearn C DEBEVOISE & LIBERMAN, TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
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NUDOCS 8004250049
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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- HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., ) Docket Nos. 50-498A  !

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(South Texas Project, Units )

1 and 2) )

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l TEXAS UTILITIES GENERATING ) Docket No. 50-445A COMPANY, - --et al. ) 50-446A

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Station, Units 1 and 2) .) l RESP _ON_SE OF TEXAS UT_ILITIES GEN.ERATING COMPANY {

TO THE REQUEST OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF THE CITY OF  ;

BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS THAT IT BE ADMITTED TO THE COMANCHE PEAK PROCEEDING AS A PARTY j i

i On March 17, 1980, the Public Utilities Board of the City [

of Brownsville, Texas (" PUB") filed its " Comments. . . On  :

Consolidation of Proceedings" pursuant to the March 7, 1980 l 4 j Licensing Board request. Although PUB took no position on the issue of consolidation, it did request that its right to " cross-examine any witness as to any matter relevant to the South  !

Texas proceeding, regardless of which 'p' arty is sponsoring the  !

witness" be preserved if the proceedings were consolidated l (Comments at pp. 1-2). PUB also requested, in the alternative, f that if the Board should rule that cross-examination should be j restricted in a consolidated proceeding, that Brownsville be l

I admitted as a party to the Comanche Peak proceeding.

TUGCO believes that the request should be considered moot, in that it has no objection to cross-examination by PUB on  ;

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any relevant matter (including allegations of concerted action) and subject to the Rules of Practice, as stated more generally in our filing of March 17, 1980 regarding consolidation at page

3. Since Brownsville seeks only the right to cross-examinr, and did not timely seek all the attributes of party status, that should end the matter.

However, construing PUB's alternative request for party status as a petition for intervention Texas Utilities Generating  !

Company ("TUGCO") opposes it on the grounds that it is untimely,

' that it fails to satisfy the requirements for the acceptance of untimely petitions for intervention under 10 CFR S2.714 (a) (1) ,

and that it fails to " set forth with particularity the interest of the petitioner in the proceeding" as required by S4 714 (a) (2) .

Since it is clear that this " petition for intervention" is untimely, this Licensing Board must consider the five factors set forth in 10 CFR S2.714 (a) (1) to determine whether the non-  :

timely filing should be entertained. See Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (West Valley Reprocessing Plant) , CLI-75-4,1 NRC 273 (1975). The first of these factors is a requirement that

" good cause" be shown for the late filing. The only reason which PUB offers for its late petition is that it had thought i

the issue of a full right of cross-examination had been fully l

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resolved at the December 5, 1978 prehearing conference and that ,

it was not until the March 7, 1980 hearing that it became aware j that it might not be allowed the full scope of cross-examination that it desired to protect its interest in the South Texas proceeding.

1 TUGCO asserts that this reason hardly constitutes a good cause for an untimely ~ petition for intervention in the Comanche Peak proceeding. The transcript of the December 5, 1978 prehearing conference reveals that the hearing board admonished Brownsville {

l to intervene then or not at all. j

Mr. Glaser: If you have any idea about intervening, you better do it now, because I can assure you you j will have one vote against you if you file a petition  ;

to intervene in the middle of a case, and that vote  ;

will be mine. (Tr. at p. 62). l In circumstances where no good excuse is tendered for the tardiness of a filing, the petitioners' demonstration on the other factors in 10 CFR S2.714 (a) (1) must be particularly strong.

Duke Power Company (Perkins Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2 and 3) , -

ALAB-431, 6 NRC 460, 462 (1977). Brownsville has not addressed I

these factors, so there is nothing for TUGCO to respond to.

i PUB claimed its interest in the Comanche Peak proceeding was set forth in its " Supplemental Petition For Leave To

Intervene," dated June 28, 1978, which it incorporated by {

reference, and which related to TUGCO in the vaguest of ways.

This statement of interest completely fails to satisfy the requirements of 10 CFR S2.714 (a) (2) that the interest of the l

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i petitioner must be set out with particularity. Indeed, the interest alleged is so vague that TUGCO is not quite sure exactly ,

what it is supposed to respond to.

Since those filing tardy petitions "have a heavy burden 1 of persuasion" Florida Power & Light Company (St. Lucie  :

Plant, Unit No. 2), CLI-78-12, 7 NRC 939, 943 (1978), and since for the foregoing reasons it is clear that PUB has failed to satisfy this burden, TUGCO respectfully requests this Licensing Board to deny PUB's request for intervention in the Comanche Peak proceeding.

Respectfully submitted, L 0 avnnu'o C. Dennis Ahearn

., Couase3 for Texas Utilities Gener ating Company DEBEVOlSE & LIBERMAN 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036  :

(202) 857-9800 1

March 25, 1980

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA L NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

} i HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER CO., ) Docket Nos. 50-498A i

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(South Texas Project, Units )

1 and 2) 1

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

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(Comanche Peak Steen Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) ) , j l

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE f I hereby certify that copies of " Response Of Texas Utilities Generating Company To The Request Of The Public Utilities Board  !

Of The City Of Brownsville, Texas That It Be Admitted To The  !

Comanche Peak Proceeding As A arty" in the above captioned matters,.were served upon the .ollcwing persons this 26th day of March, .1980.lar deposit in the United States mail, first  :

class postage prepaid, and hand-delivered to those persons l indicated by an asterisk. (

• Marshall E. Miller Esq. Mr. Jerome D. Saltzman p U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chief, Antitrust and Commission Indemnity Group i Washington, D.C. 20555 Nuclear Reactor Regulation (

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory  !

• Michael L. Glaser, Esq. Commission l 1150 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 i Washington, D.C. 20036 l J. Irion Worsham, Esq. l j

• Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq. Merlyn D. Sampels, Esq.  !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Spencer C. Relyea, Esq. i Commission Wo rsham, Forsythe & Sampels l Washington, D.C. 20555 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 l Dallas, Texas 75201  ;

Atomic Safety and Licensing  !

Appeal Board Panel Jon C. Wood, Esq. '

U,.S. Nuclear Regulatory W. Roger Wilson, Esq.

Commission Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane & l Washington, D.C. 20555 Barrett l

• 1500 Alamo National Building i Chase R. Stephens ,

San Antonio, Texas 78205 Docketing and Service Branch i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Dick Terrell Brown, Esq. )

Commission 800 Milam Building Washington, D.C. 20555 San Antonio, Texas 78205 i l l

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i Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esq. Don R. Butler, Esq.

E.W. Barnett, Esq. 211 East Seventh Street i Theodore F. Weiss, Esq. Austin, Texas 78701 l J. Gregory Copeland, Esq.  ;

Baker & Botts

! 3000 One Shell Plaza l

Houston, Texas 77002 Jerry L. Harris, Esq.

i Steven R. Hunsicker, Esq. Richard C. Balough, Esq.

l R.Gordon Gooch, Esq. City of Austin g John P. Mathis, Esq. P.O. Box 1088 r

- Baker & Botts Austin, Texas 78767  ;

I 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

. Washington, D.C. 20006 Robert Lowenstein, Esq. [

J.A. Bouknight, Jr., Esq. [

. Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq. William J. Franklin, Esq. i Michael B. Blume, Esq. Douglas G. Green, Esq.

Fredric D. Chanania, Esq. Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, [

Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq. Axelrad and Toll U.S. Nuclea" Regulatory 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

!, Commission Washington, D.C. 20036 -

Washington, D.C. 20555 [

John W. Davidson, Esq.

Roff Hardy Sawtelle, Goode, Davidson &

Chairman and Chief Executive Tioilo Officer 1100 San Antonio Savings Bldg.

Central Power and Light Company San Antonio, Texas 78205 P.O. Box 2121

Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Douglas F. John, Esq. i

• McDermott, Will and Emery i I

Mr. Perry G. Brittain 1101 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

President Suite 1201 -

Texas Utilities Generating Washington, D.C. 20036  !

Company

( 2001 Bryan Tower Bill D. St. Clair, Esq.

Dallas, Texas 75201 Morgan Hunter, Esq.  ;

McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore l R.L. Hancock, Director Fifth Floor, Texas State  !

City of Austin Electric Utility Bank Building I P.O. Box 1096' 900 Congress Avenue ,

l Austin, Texas 78767 Austin, Texas 78701 j G.W. Oprea, Jr.

Executive Vice President Houston Lighting & Power , David M. Stahl, Esq.

Company Isham, Lincoln & Beale P.O. Box 1700 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Houston,. Texas 77001_ Suite 325 Washington, D.C. 20036 Susan B. Cyphert, Esq.

l Frederick H. Parmenter, Esq.

l David A. Dopsovic, Esq.

Robert Fabirkant, Esq.

Nancy Luque, Esq. -

Kenneth M. Glazier, Esq.

U.S.. Department of Justice Antitrust Division P.O. Box 14141 Washington, D.C. 20044 .

Sara Welling, Esq. Mr. G. Holman King l Michael I. Miller, Esq. West Texas Utilities Co.

James A. Carney, Esq. P.O. Box 841  ;

Isham, Lincoln & Beale Abilene, Texas 79604 f One First National Plaza Suite 4200 Kevin B. Pratt, Esq. l Chicago, Illinois 60603 Attorney General's Office State of Texas Don H. Davidson P.O. Box 12548 f City Manager Austin, Texas 78711 i City of Austin ,

P.O. Box 1088 Frederick H. Ritts, Esq.  ;

Austin, Texas 78767 William H. Burchette, Esq. l Northcutt Ely W. S. Robson Watergate 600 Building  ;

General Manager Washington, D.C. 20037  ;

South Texas Electric  ;

Cooperative, Inc.

Route 6, Building 102 i Victoria Regional Airport l Victoria, Texas 77901  ;

• G,eorge Spiegel, Esq. [

Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq. A  !

Robert Jablon, Esq. L h ,

Marc Poirier, Esq. l Spiegel & McDiarmid i I

2600 Virginia Ave., N.W. Ste. 312 Washington,. D.C. 20037 l W.N. Woolsey, Esq.  ;

Dyer and Redford 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 i

Donald M. Clements Gulf States Utilities Company Post Office Box 2951 Beaumont, Texas 77704  !

I Marc J. Wetterhahn, Esq.

Robert M. Rader, Esq.

Conner & Moore 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 Mr. William C. Price

! Central Power & Light Co.

l P.O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 l

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