ML20005B872

Motion for Commissioner T Roberts Disclosure of Discussions W/J Tourtelotte Re Facility Licensing Procedure.Roberts Should Sustain from Voting on Matters Re Facility Licensing Pending Disclosure.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20005B872
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	09/11/1981
From:	Fleischaker D FLEISCHAKER, D.S., JOINT INTERVENORS - DIABLO CANYON
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8109160050
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MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS ROBERTS TO DISCLOS g g ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH JAMES TOURTELOTTE ggd RELATINC TO THE DIABLO CANYON LICENSING PROCEEDINGS Joint Interventors request Commissioner Thomas Roberts and members of his staff to disclose any discussions that may have occurred with James Tourtelotte, Esq. relating to the Diablo Canyon licensing proceedings.

Mr. Tourtelotte has apparently been assigned to Mr. Roberts to assist his entry as a new Commissioner.~1/ However, for several years Mr. Tourtelotte served as lead counsel for the NRC staff in the Diablo Canyon licensing proceedings.~2/ Accordingly, any l

discussions betwec7 Commissioner Roberts or other members of the 1/ In a chance meeting at the Commission offices Mr.

Tourtelotte advised counsel that he had recently been assigned to Commissioner Rocerts' office to assist b1m in assuming his new responsibilities as Commissioner.

2/ As the Commission's own study of its ex parte rule

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[O]rdinarly... agency investigators or reviewers in initial licensing cases at the NRC are advocates for a definite staff position at the hearing, as opposed to being uncommitted investi-gators or reviewers.

"A Study of the Separation of Functions and Ex Parte Rules in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adjudication for Domestic Licensing,"

SECY 80-130, NUREG-0670 (March, 1980~, at 161.

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- Commissioner's staff and Mr. Tourtelotte may raise questions under the Commission's ex parte regulations (10 C.F.R. S2.780) and the ex parte provicions of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C.

S557(d)) regarding Commissioner Roberts' continued participation in the Diablo Canyon licensing proceedings.-3/

Pending a full disclosure on the record by Commissioner Roberts and members of his staff of such diceussions, if any, and an oppor-tunity for all parties to determine what further action, if any, should be requested, Joint Intervenors request Commissioner Roberts to sustain from voting on any matters in the Diablo Canyon licensing proceedings.

Respectfully submitted, bc2wd Y YY DAVID S. FLEISCHAKER, ESQ.

P. O. Box 1178 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 JOEL R. REYNOLDS, ESQ.

JOHN R. PHILLIPS, ESQ.

Center for Law in the Public Interest 10203 Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90067 Attorneys for Joint Intevenors SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHFRS FOR PEACE SCENIC SHORELINE PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, INC.

ECOLOGY ACTION CLUB SANDRA SILVER GORDON SILVER ELIZABETH APPELBERG and JOHN J. FORSTER September 11, 1C81 3 See e.g. Camero v. United States, 375 F.2d 777 (Ct. of Claims, 1967). Here the court invalidated an Army Commanders decision to dismiss an employee because the Commander had ex-parte discussions with the attorney who prosecuted the case

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION [

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify tuc;t on this 14th day of September, 1981, I have served copies of the foregoing MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS ROBERTS TO DISCLOSE ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH JAMES TOURTELOTTE RELAT-ING TO THE DIABLO CANYON LICENSING PROCEEDINGS, by hand delivery to those designated by an asterisk (*) and to all others by first first class through the U.S. mail, and postage prepaid:

Nunzio J. Palladino Peter A. Bradford, Chai anan Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission 1717 H Street, N.W. 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Victor Gilinsky, John F. Ahearne, Commissioner Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Reculatary Commission Commission I 1717 H Street, N.W. 1717 H Street, N.W.

l Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 l

Thomas Moore, Esq.

l Thomas Roberts Chairman l Commissioner Atomic Safety & Licensing l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Appeal Board l Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 1717 H Street, N.W. Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 i '

l Docket & Service Section Richard Hubbard U.S. Nuclear Regulatory MHB Technical Associates Commission 1723 Hamilton Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 doite K San Jose, California 95125 t

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Office of General Counsel Byron S. Georgiou, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Legal Affairs Secretary to Washington, D.C. 20555 the Governor State Capitol Buildino Dr. W. Reed Johnson Sacramento, CA 95814 Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board Malcolm H. Furbush, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Vice President and Comraission General Counsel 1717 H Street, N.W. Philip A. Crane, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Douglas A. Oglesby Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Dr. John H. Buck 1050 17th Street Atomic Safety & Licensing Suite 1180 Appeal Board Washington, D.C. 20036 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Herbert H. Brown, Esq.

1717 H Street, N.W. Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Esq.

Washington, D.C 20555 Hill, Christopher & Phillips 1900 M Street, N.W.

John F. Wolf Washington, D.C. 20036 Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing William J. Olmstead, Esq.

Board Edward G. Ketchen, Esq.

3409 Shepherd Street Bradley Jones, Esq.

Chevy Chase, Maryland 20015 Director - BETH 042 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Dr. Glenn O. Bright Commission Atomic Safety & Licensing Washington, D.C. 20555 Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Mrs. Elizabeth Apfelberg Commission c/o Nancy Culver Washington, D.C. 20555 192 Luneta Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Dr. Jerry Kline Atomic Safety & Licensing Mr. Frederick Eissler Board Panel Scenic Shoreline Preservation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Conference, Inc.

Commission 4623 More Mesa Drive Washington, D.C. 20555 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Carl Neiburger Sandra A. Silver Telegram Tribune 1760 Alisal Street P.O. Box 112 Shn Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93402 Gordon Silver Arthur C. Gehr, Esq. 1760 Alisal Street Snell & Wilmer San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073

Joel Reynolds, Esq. Janice E. Kerr, Esq.

John Phillips, Esq/ Lawrence Q. Garcia, Esq.

Center For Law In The J. Calvin Simpnon, Esq.

Public litterest California Public Utilities 10203 Santa Monica Boulevard Commission Los Angeles, CA 90067 5246 State Building 350 McAllistcr Street Bruce Norton, Esq. San Francisen, CA 94102 3216 N. Third Rtreet Suite 202 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 i

WY David S. Fleischaker, Esq. /

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