ML19309B196

Response in Opposition to Schedule Proposed by NRC for Reply to Motion to Quash 800221 Subpoena Directed to R Frame.Merit of NRC Argument Will Be Better Evaluated After Lerner Deposition.Suggests 800321 for Reply.W/Certificate of Svc

ML19309B196
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas, Comanche Peak
Issue date:	03/12/1980
From:	Knotts J TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8004030258
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 97 fAAR 1219933 $

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER CO., ) Docket Nos. 50-448A

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(South Texas Project, Units 1 )

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

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(Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

TUGCO'S OPPOSITION TO SCHEDULE FOR RESPONSE PROPOSED BY NRC STAFF IN ITS MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA OF MR. RODNEY FRAME

1. The NRC Staff served on TUGCO Counsel at about 4:00 p.m.

on March 11, 1980 a motion to quash the subpoena issued on our application on February 21, 1980 and served on February 22, 1980.

2. The Staff proposes that the ordinary schedule for responding to such a motion be modified to require a reply by 11:00 a.m.

Friday, March 14, 1980. The only reason given for the acceler-ation in schedule is ". . . the present discovery schedule and obligations of Counsel for the month of March are extraordinarily heavy." It should be noted that the appearance of Mr. Frame at a deposition is not required until March 26, 1980. In the circumstances, there is no good reason to accelerate the schedule.

3. There is good reason on the contrary, given the time until Mr. Frame's deposition, to adhere to a more reasonable schedule.

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,' [ The parties concerned and this Board will be better able to evaluate the merits of the NRC Staff argument after the depo-sition of Norman Lerner, of the same firm as Mr. Frame.

Mr. Lerner's deposition is scheduled to begin March 17, 1980.

Moreover, the TUGCO Counsel are presently engaged in (a) pre-paring a petition for directed certification of the Board's ruling on settlement documents; (b). preparing for on Wednesday, March 12, 1980 and taking the deposition of Tex-La's only designated expert in Atlanta on Thursday, March 13, 1980; and (c) preparing for Dr. Lerner's deposition on March 17 and 18, 1980. Since Dr. Gordon Taylor's deposition has been rescheduled, March 19-21, 1980 are now open days and TUGCO would be prepared to file its response on the morning of March 21, 1980 and participate in a conference call,. if needed, on the afternoon of that date.

Respectfully submitted, O q TfQ&bY

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DEBEVOISE & LIBERMAN 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Date: March 12, 1980 I - . ,

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

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HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER CO., ) 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 ) Docket Nos. 50-445A COMPANY, _e t _al . ) 50-446A (Comanche Peak Steam Electric )

Station, Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "TUGCO's Opposition to Schedule for Response Proposed by NRC Staff in its Motion to Quash Sutpoena of Mr. Rodney Frame" in the above captioned matters, ,/ere served upon the following persons by deposit in the United States mail, first class postage prepaid this 12th day of March, 1980, and by hand delivery to those indicated by an asterisk.

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

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

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

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Spencer C. Relyea, Esq.

Commission Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels Washington, D.C. 20555 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Atomic Safety and ricensing Appeal Board Panel Jon C. Wood, Esq.

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

Commission Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane &

Washington, D.C. 20555 Barrett 1500 Alamo National Building Chase R. Stephens , San Antonio, Texas 78205 Docketing and Service Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Dick Terrell Brown, Esq.

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

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

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

Baker & Botts 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Jerry L. Harris, Esq.

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

R.Gordon Gooch, Esq. City of Austin John P. Mathis, Esq. P.O. Box-1088 Baker & Botts Austin, Texas 78767 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.

Michael B. Blume, Esq. Douglas G. Green, Esq.

Fredric D. Chanania, Esq. Lowenstein, Newman, Reis, Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq. Axelrad and Toll U.S. Nuclear 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 Dcuglas F. John, Esq.

McDermott, Will and Emery Mr. Perry G. Brittain 1101 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

President Suite 1201-~

Texas Utilities Generating Washington, D.C. 20036 Company 2001 Bryan Tcwer Bill D. St. Clair, Esq.

Dallas, Texas 75201 Morgan Hunter, Esq.

McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore R.L. Hancock, Director Fifth Floor, Texas State City of Austin Electric Utility Bank Building P.O. Box 1086 900 Congress Avenue ,

Austin, Texas 78767 Austin, Texas 78701 G.W. Oprea, Jr. i Executive Vice President i Houston Lighting & Power , David M. Stahl, Esq.

Company Isham, Lincoln & Beale l P.O. Box 1700 1050 17th Street, N.W.

Houston, Texas 77001 Suite 701 Washington, D.C. 20036 Susan B. Cyphert, Esq.

Frederick H. Parmenter, Esq.

David A. Dopsovic, Esq.

Nancy Luque, Esq.

U.S. Department of Justice -

Antitrust Division P.O. Box 14141 Washington, D.C. 20044 i l

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

James A. Carr9y, Esq. P.O. Box 841 Isham, Lincoln & Beale Abilene, Texas 79604 One First National Plaza Suite 4200 Kevin B. Pratt, Esq.

Chicago, Illinois 60603 Attorney General's Office State of Texas Don H. Davidson P.O. Box 12548 City Manager Austin, Texas 78711 City of Austin P.O. Box 1088 Frederick H. Ritts, Esq.

Austin, Texas 78767 William H. Burchette, Esq.

Northcutt Ely W. S. Robson Watergate 600 Building General Manager Washington, D.C. 20037 South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Route 6, Building 102 Victoria Regional Airport Victoria, Texas 77901 W

/r du-y George Spiegel, Esq. /

Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq.

Robert Jablon, Esq.

Marc Poirier, Esq.

Spiegel & McDiarmid 2600 Virginia Ave., N.W. Ste. 312 Washington,. D.C. 20037 W.N. Woolsey, Esq.

Dyer and Redford 1030 Petroleum Tower Corpus Christi, Texas 78474

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

P.O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403