ML20010E425

Response Opposing Joint Intervenors 810813 Suppl to Petition for Review of ALAB-644.Suppl Is Reiteration of Argument Previously Presented & Lost.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20010E425
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/28/1981
From:	Norton B NORTON, BURKE, BERRY & FRENCH, PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
ALAB-644, ISSUANCES-OL, NUDOCS 8109040117
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TO SUPPLEf1ENT TO JOINT INTERVENORS' y hists 4 PETITION FOR FPVIEW OF ALAB-644 /g

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On July 6, 1981, Joint Intervenors filed their Petit 13Tr~for Review of ALAB-644, an Appeal Board decision affirming the seismic findings of the Licensing Board. In that Petition for Review, Joint.

Intervenors argued, inter alia, that the Appeal Board erred in not reopening the seismic hearings for a second time,1/ following the publication of USGS Open file report 81-365 written by flessrs. Boore and Joyner. Joint Intervenors have now filed 1/ a supplement to their Petition for Review making further argument and attaching a preprint of an article by Boore and Joyner which is essentially the same as USGS81-365. In addition, Joint Intervenors argue that Dc.

Roore testified at the San Onofre hearings and then attempt, without even a citation to any transcript, exhibit or like sourc'e, to tell the Commission what Dr. Coore's testimony " confirmed".

1/ Following the Imperial Valley Earthquake of October 15, 1979, with a 6.9 fi motion to s' the Appeal Board gr?nted Joint Intervenors' reopen and conducted hearings themselves which commenced October 20, 1980.

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Joint Intervenors' latest filing is yet another attempt to persuade this Commission that both the Licensing and Appeal Boards erred in finding that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is seismically qualified. Unfortunately, as in the case of their Motion to Reopen originally filed with the Appeal Board on April 27, 1981, Joint Intervenors have failed to meet the standards for reopening the record. First, USGS Open File Report 81-365 and the conclusions -

therein are not "new information", but rather, an analysis by two individuals of existing data.3/ Second, and foremost, the analysis-by Messrs. Doore and Joyner would not affect the decision of the Appeal Board. As stated at page 178 of ALAB-644:

"[W]e have thoroughly examined the evidence now before us bearing on the points covered by the Open- File Report. Even were the caveat we mentioned not present, we are satisfied that the report itself is insuf-ficient to overcome the result required by the record as we have discussed and '

evaluated it in this decision. In all the circumstances, and'particularly as the new report would not affect the out-come of this case, the standards for reopen-ing are '

not met. ALAB-598, supra, 11 NRC at 879; Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (Wolf Creek Station, Unit 1), ALAB-462, 7 NRC 320, 338 (1978). See also, Bowman Transportation

v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, 419 U.S.

281, 294-96 (1974); United States v. ICC, supra; ICC v. Jersey City, supra.

Joint Li'.erieners' " supplement" is nothing more than a reiteration of the argument they have made and lost before.

3/ The report analyzed data which was existing and thoroughly analyzed by many other experts at the time of the seismic hearings of October 20, 1980.

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It should be disposed of accordingly.

Respectfully submitted, f1ALCOLf! 11. FURBUSH PIIILIP A. CRANE, JR.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106 (415)781-4211 ARTHUR C. GEIIR Snell & Wilmer 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073

.(602)257-7288 BRUCE NORTON Norton, Burke, Berry & Junck 3216 N. Third Street Suite 300 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 (602)264-0033 Attorneys for Pacific Gas and Electric Company By w k Bruce Norton DATED: August 28, 1981.

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

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of " RESPONSE OF PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY TO SUPPLEMENT TO JOINT INTERVENORS' PETITION FOR REVIEW OF ALAB-644", dated August 28, 1981, have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, this 28th day of 2 August, 1981:

The Hon. John F. Wolf, Chairman Gordon Silver Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 1760 Alisal Street Mail Drop East West 450 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Washington, D.C. 20555 Sandra A. Silver 1760 Alisal Street The Hon. Glenn O. Bright San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Drop East West 450 Harry W. Willis, Esq.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n W. Andrew Baldwin, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 601 California Street Suite 2100 The Hon. Jerry R. Kline San Francisco, CA 94108 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board .

Mail Drop East West 450 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Washington, D.C. 20555 Mrs. Elizabeth Apfelberg John R. Phillips, Esq.

c/o Nancy Culver Center for Law in the 182 Luneta Drive Public Interest San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 10203 Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90007 David F. Fleischaker, Esq. Mrs. Raye Fleming 1735 Eye Street.N.W. 1920 Mattic Road Washington, D.C. 20006 Shell Beach, CA 93449 Mr. Frederick Eissler Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference, Inc.

4623 More Mesa Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105

William J. Olmstead, Esq. Carl Neiburger Lucy $wartz, Esq. P. O. Box 112 Edward G. Ketchen, Esq. San Luis Obispo, CA 93402 Office of Executive Legal Director BETH 042 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n Washington, D.C. 20555 J. Anthony Kline, Esq.

Byron S. Georgiou, Esq.

Legal Affairs Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to the Governor Panel State of California U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm't. State Capitol Building Washington, D.C. 20555 Sacramento, CA 95814 Herbert H. Brown, Esq.

Docketing and Service Section Lawrence Coe Lanpher, Esq.

Office of the Secretary Hill, Christopher & Phillips U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n 1900 t! Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20036 Janice E. Kerr, Esq. Nunzio Joseph Palladino, Chairman Lawrence Q. Garcia, Esq. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n 350 ficAllister Street Washington, D.C. 20555 C?n Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. Richard B. Hubbard Commissioner Victor Gilinsky f1HB Technical Associates Commissioner Peter A. Brad ford 1723 Hamilton Avenue Commissioner' John A. Ahearne Suite K U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n San Jose, CA 95125 Washington, D.C. 20555 Richard S. Salzman, Chairman

' Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board -

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. W. Reed Johnson Dr. John H. Buck Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Bruce Norton