ML19210E062

Discovery Rept for Oct 1979.Deposed Wc Price,J Durham,W Sieglin,D Hart,H King & G Taylor.Participated in Depositions Conducted by DOT & Nrc.Received Documents from Public Util Board of Brownsville,Tx.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19210E062
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	11/06/1979
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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Gentlemen:

This is the October 1979 discovery report of Houston Lighting & Power Company.

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

W. C. Price Central Power & Light Company Joe Durham Central Power & Light Company Wayne Sieglin Central Power & Light Company Donald Hart Taylor Electric Co-op Holman King West Texas Utilities Gordon Taylor Department of Justice (witness}

Counsel for Houston also attended the various depositions of Houston and other utilities' personnel that were conducted by the De'partment of Justice and the NRC Staff. In connection with tTe deposition of Mr. Gene Simnons, one of Houston's Vice Presidents, Houston obtained a protective order of confidentiality on October 12, 1979.

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LOWENSTEIN, NEWM AN, REls, AXELHAD & TOLL Marshall E. Miller, Esq., et al.

Page Two November 6, 1979 During the month, Houston inspected the files of West Texas Utilities ("WTU"), Southwestern Electric Power Company

("SWEPCO"), and Public Service Company of Oklahoma ("PSO") .

These utilities are all operating subsidiaries of Central &

Southwest Corporation ("C&SW"). Houston has yet to receive from C&SW attorneys the documents it selected for copying from the files of WTU and PSO. Most documents selected from SWEPCO's files have been received.

The depositions of R. O. Newman, Merle Marchbanks, Lamar Stall, John Turk, and R. L. Watt were postponed indefinitely, as a result of C&SW's representation that these persons are not expected to be called as witnesses. Houston retains the right to depose these individuals should C&SW decide to call any of them as witnesses in this proceeding or if Houston decides, on the basis of documentary discovery, to reschedule any such deposition. The deposition of Dr. John T. Wenders was postponed until mid-December.

During the month, Houston also received certain documents from the files of the Public Utility Board (" PUB") of Brownsville, Texas. Attorneys for PUB and Houston are continuing to work informally to resolve production in advance of Houston's depositions of PUB personnel.

Through agreement with attorneys for PUB, depositions of H. E. Hastings, R. E. Roundtree, Al Cisneros, Israel Liska, and L. R. Gawlik were rescheduled for mid-November. PUB also agreed to make Brownsville's mayor, Ruben Edelstein, available for depori tion. On the basis of PUB's representation that George Lindsey i, not expected to be called as a witness, Houston postponed nis deposition indefinitely. PUB agreed that its expert witnesses, Dr. John W. Wilson and William R. Mayhen, will be deposed in mid-December.

Depositions of J. L. Johns and John H. Butts were rescheduled for the end of November.

Finally, in a related proceeding, the Supreme Court denied petitioner's motion to file a bill of complaint in New Mexico v. Texas, U.S. , 48 U.S.L.W. 3240 (No. 82 Orig., October 9, 1979). The State of New Mexico was seekir.g to challenge on constitutional grounds the order of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in Docket No. 14.

Respectfully submitted, QE 7, -

William J. Franklin AttorneyforHob Liht]ing

& Power Company cc: Per Service List

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION b

BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER ) Docket Nos. 50-498A CCMPANY, 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, 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:

( Discovery Report of Houston Lighting & Power Company for October, 1979 was served upon the following persons by deposit in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, this 6th day of November, 1979.

Itarshall E. Miller, Esquire Mr. Jerome D. Saltzman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief, Antitrust and Indemnity Washington, D.C. 20555 Group U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Michael L. Glaser, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 1150 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 J. Irion forsham, Esquire Merlyn D. Sampels, Esquire She'ldon J. Wolfe, Esquire Spencer C. Relyea, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Worsham, Forsyth & Sampels Washington, D.C. 20555 2001 Bryan Tower, Suite 2500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel Jon C. Wood, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission W. Roger Wilson, Esquire Washington, D.C. 20555 Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane

& Barrett Chase R. Stephens, Supervisor (20) 1500 Alama National Building Docketing and Service Branch San Antonio, Texas 78205 ~

( U.S. Nulcear Regulatory Commission

%, Washington, D.C. 20555 1435 J22

Charles G. Thrash, Jr., Esq.

E.W. Barnett, Esq. Michael I. Miller, Esq.

Theodore F. Weiss, Esq. David M. Stahl, Esq.

J. Gregory Copeland, Esq. Martha E. Biggs, Esq.

Baker & Lotts James A. Carney, Esq.

3000 One Shell Plaza Isham, Linctln & Beale Houston, Texas 77002 One First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.

Steven R. Hunsicker, Esq. Don R. Butler, Esq.

Baker & Botts Sneed, Vine, Wilkerson, Selman 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue & Perry Washington, D.C. 20006 P.O. Box 1409 Austin, Texas 78767 Roy P. Lessy, Jr., Esq.

Michael B. Blume, Esq. Jerry L. Harris, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Richard C. Balough, Esq.

Commission City of Austin Washington, D.C. 20555 P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Roff Hardy Chairman and Chief Executive Joseph B. Knotts, Jr., Esq.

Officer Nicholas S. Reynolds, Esq.

Central Power and Light Co. Debevoise & Liberman P.O. Box 2121 1200 17th Street, N.W.

Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Washington, D.C. 20036 G.K. Spruce, General Manager Don H. Davidson City Public Service Board City Manager P.O. Box 1771 City of Austin San Antonio, Texas 78203 P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Mr. Perry G. Brittain President Jay Galt, Esq.

Texas Utilities General on, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hays 2001 Bryan Tower 219 Couch Drive Dallas, Texas 75201 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 R.L. Hancock, Director Knoland J. Plucknett City of Austin Electric Utility Executive Director P.O. Box 1086 Committee on Power for the Austin, Texas 78767 Southwest, Inc.

5541 East Skelly Drive G.W. Oprea, Jr. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Executive Vice President Houston Lighting & Power Co. John W. Davidson, Esq.

P.O. Box 1700 Sawtell, Goode, Davidson & Tioilo Houston, Texas 77001 1100 San Antonio Savings Building San Antonio, Texas 78205 Richard D. Cudahy, Esq.

Joseph Gallo, Esq. Douglas F. John, Esq.

Robert H. Loeffler, Esq. Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld Isham, Lincoln & Beale 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

k 1050 17th Street, N.W. Suite 400 Suite 701 Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, D.C. 20036 1436023

3-David A. Dopsovic, Esq.

Ronald Clark, Esq. Robert 1. Rader, Esq.

(' , Frederick H. Parmeter, Esq. Conner, Moore & Corber Susan B. Cyphert, Esq. 1747 Dennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Energy Secticn Antitrust Division Washington, D.C. 20006 U.S. Department of Justice 414 lith Street, N.W. #9412 W.N. Woolsey, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20004 Dyer and Redford 1030 Petroleum Morgan Hunter, Esq. Corpus Christi, Texas 78474 Bill D. St. Clair, Esq.

McGinnis, Lockridge & Kilgore Donald M. Clements, Esq.

Fifth Floor Gulf States Utilities Company Texas State Bank Building P.O. Box 2951 900 Congress Avenue Beaumont, Texas 77704 Austin, Texas 78701 Dick Terrell Brown, Esq.

800 Milam Building W.S. Robson .

San Antonio, Texas 78205 Genera _, Manacer South Texas 51ectric Cooperative, f 1

Inc. Frederic D. Chanania Route 6, Building 102 Office of the Executive Victoria Regional Airport Legal Director Victoria, Texas 77901 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Robert C. McDiarmid, Esq. Washington, D.C. 20555 Robert A. Jablon, Esq.

Marc R. Poirier, Esq.

(. Spiegel & McDiarmid

'- ( 2600 Virginia Ave., N.W.

Washingren, D.C. 20036 .

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Kevin B. Pratt . WILLIAM J. ERANKLIN Te::as Attorney General's Office P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711 William H. Burchette, Esq.

Frederick H. Ritts, Esq.

Law Offices of Northcutt Ely Watergate 600 Building Washington, D.C. 20037 Tom W. Gregg, Esq.

P.O. Box Drawer 1032 San Angelo, Texas 76902

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Leland F. Leatherman, Esc.

McMath, Leatherman & Woods, P.A. #

711 West Third Street 4 } 'b74 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Paul W. Eaton, Jr., Esq. ( , Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield &

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