ML19309E336

Discovery Rept for Mar 1980.Deposed Ja Bruggeman,Jt Wenders, Aj Wood & DA Springs.Moved to Compel NRC Deposition of Nd Lerner.Responded to DOJ Motion to Compel Supplemental Answers to First Interrogatories.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19309E336
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	04/08/1980
From:	Franklin W HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO., LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL
To:	Glaser M, Mark Miller, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8004210147
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Davio a masstem Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 RE: Houston Lighting and Power Company South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (Docket Nos. 50-498A and 50-499A )

Gentlemen:

This is the March 1980 discovery report of Houston Lighting and Power Company.

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

J. A. Bruggeman CSR Services, Inc.

Jack T. Wenders Department of Economics, Univer-sity of Arizona Allen J. Wood Power Technologies, Inc.

John W. Wilson J. W. Wilson & Associates 9

George Knowles Diamond Shamrock Corporation David A. Springs Tex-La Electric Cooperative Houston's counsel also attended certain depositions noticed by the Department of Justice (" Department"), the NRC Staff ("S taf f") ,

and the Public Utilities Board of Brownsville, Texas (" PUB").

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, LowEnsrEin, NEWM AN, NEIE, AXELCCAn O TOLL Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire '

April 8, 1980 Page 2 On March 5, 1980, Houston filed a motion to compel with res-pect to the deposition of the NRC Staff's expert witness, Dr.

Norman D. Lerner. Pursuant to the March 13 Board Order, on March 17 the NRC Staff produced additional documents in response to Houston's Second and Fourth Sets of Interrogatories.

Houston is working informally with the Staff as to further required production.

On March 18, Houston supplemented its answers to the NRC Staff's First and Third Sets of Interrogatories and Document Requests.

On March 6, HLP responded to the Department's motion to com-pel supplementation of its First Set of Interrogatories, by stat-ing that the supplemental answers had already been submitted.

On March 13, Houston informally wrote to the Departkaent, seeking clarification of the Department's intent to use Mr. Carl Stover as an expert witness, and requesting Mr. Stover's studies and work papers. Although Houston attempted to use informal communication, and asked for an expedited reply, the Department has never responded substantively, and Houston remains unable to productively depose Mr. Stover.

On March 14, upon Houston's request, the Board issued a sub-poena for the deposition of Mr. F. George Arey, of the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

On March 26, Houston filed two separate motions to compel production of documents subpoenaed from the files of the Midwest Electric Cooperative and its General Manager, Mr. Parker Wetzel; and of documents subpoenaed from the files of the Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative and its General Manager, Mr. Elton McGinnis.

Houston has agreed to a two-week extension of time in which to reply to these motions.

During the month, Houston also informally received or pro-duced documents with the Department, the NRC Staff, and PUB.

Respectfully submitted, johf . 9., '

William J. Fr nklin Of Counsel: A rney r uston Lighting and Power Company 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 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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(South Texas Project, Units 1 )

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) )

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

March 1980 Discovery Report of Houston Lighting & Power Company were served upon the following persons, by hand *, or by deposit '

in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 8th day of April, 1980.

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Marchall E. Miller, Esquire Fredric D. Chcntnia, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Ragulatory Commicsion Michael.B. Blume, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esquire t

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Roff Hardy Chairman and Chief Executive Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Officer U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Central Power and Light Company Washington, D.C. 20555 Post Office Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel G.K. Spruce, General Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission City Public Service Board Washington, D.C. 20555 Post Office Box 1771 San Antonio, Texas 78203

• Chase R. Stephens, Supervisor (20)

Docketing and Service Branch Mr. Perry G. Brittain U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission President Washington, D.C. 20555 Texas Utilities Generating Company 2001 Bryan Tower Mr. Jerome D. Saltzman Dallas, Texas 75201 Chief, Antitrust and Indemnity Group G.W. Oprea, Jr.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Executive Vice President Washington, D.C. 20555 Houston Lighting & Power Company Post Office Box 1700 J. Irion Worsham, Esquire Houston, Texas 77001 Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire R.L. Hancock, Director Worsham, Forsyth & Sampels City of Austin Electric Utility 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Post Office Box 1086 Dallas, Texas 75201 Austin, Texas 78767 Jon C. Wood, Esquire Joseph Gallo, Esquire Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane Robert H. Loeffler, Esquire

& Barrett David M. Stahl, Esquire 1500 Alamo National Building Isham, Lincoln & Beale San Antonio, Texas 78205 1120 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 325 Washington, D.C. 20036 Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Lsquire 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 Martha E. Gibbs, Esquire 3000 One Shell Plaza Isham, Lincoln & Beale Houston, Texas 77002 One First National Plaza Suite 4200 R. Gordon Gooch, Esquire Chicago, Illinois 60603 Steven R. Hunsicker, Esquire Baker & Botts 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20006 i

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Kenneth M. Glazier, Esquire Don R. Butler, Esquire David A. Dopsovic, Esquire 211 East Seventh Street Frederick H. Parmenter, Esquire Austin, Texas 78701 Susan B. Cyphert, Esquire Nancy A. Luque, Esquire Mr. William C. Price Robert Fabrikant, Esquire Central Power & Light Company Energy Section Antitrust Division Post Office Box 2121 U.S. Department of Justice Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 P.O. Box 14141 Washington, D.C. 20044 Mr. G. Holman King West Texas Utilities Company Morgan Hunter, Esquire Post Office Box 841 Bill D. St. Clair, Esquire Abilene, Texas 79604 McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore Fifth Floor Jerry L. Harris, Esquire Texas State Bank Building Richard C. Balough, Esquire 900 Congress Avenue City of Austin Austin, Texas 78701 Post Office Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 W.S. Robson General Manager Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esquire South Texas Electric Cooperative, Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esquire Inc.

C. Dennis Ahearn, Esquire Route 6, Building 102 Debevoise & Liberman Victoria Regional Airport 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Victoria, Texas 77901 Washington, D.C. 20036 Robert C. McDiarmid, Esquire Don H. Davidson George Spiegel, Esquire City Manager Robert A. Jablon, Esquire City of Austin Marc R. Poirier, Esquire P.O. Box 1088 Spiegel & McDiarmid Austin, Texas 78767 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.

Suite 312 Jay Galt, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20037 Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hays 219 Couch Drive Kevin B. Pratt Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 Texas Attorney General's Office Post Office Box 12548 Knolant J. Plucknett Austin, Texas 78711 Executive Director Committee on Power for the South- William H. Burchette, Esquire west, Inc. Frederick H. Ritts, Esquire 5541 East Skelly Drive Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Watergate 600 Building Washington, D.C. 20036 John W. Davidson, Esquire Sawtell, Goode, Davidson & Tioili Tom W. Gregg, Esquire 1100 San Antonio Savings Building Post Office Box Drawer 1032 San Antonio, Texas 78205 San Angelo, Texas 76902 Douglas F. John, Esquire McDermott, Will and Emery Leland F. Leatherman, Esquire McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A.

1101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 711 West Third Street Suite 1201 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Washington, D.C. 20036

5 Paul W. Eaton, Jr., Esquire Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley 600 Henkle Building Post Office Box 10 Roswell, New Mexico 88201 Robert M. Rader, Esquire '

Conner, Moore & Corber 174 7 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

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