ML20196C727
| ML20196C727 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/1988 |
| From: | Dick G Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Goldberg J HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8812080076 | |
| Download: ML20196C727 (5) | |
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A UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION o
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December 1, 1988 Docket flos. 50-498 and 50-499 Mr. J. H. Goldberg Group Vice-President, Nuclear Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001
Dear Mr. Goldberg:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING IfiFORMATION FR0ti PUBLIC DISCLOSURE By your application dated August 9, 1988 and Westinghouse Electric Corporation's affidovit dated July 1,1988 you submitted WCAP-11773 (Proprietary) and WCAP-11774 (Non-proprietary) entitled "Technical Bases for Eliminating Residual Heat Removal (RHR) Line Rupture From the Structural Design Basis for South Texas Project Units 1 & 2" and requested that WCAP-11713 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790.
You stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from niandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:
1.
The information reveals the distinguishing aspects of a process (or conponent, structure, tool, method, etc.) where prevention of its use by any of Westinghouse's competitors without license from Westinghouse constitutes a corrpetitive economic advantage over other companies.
The information consists of supporting data, including test data, ),
2.
relative to a process (or component, structure, tool, method, etc.
the application of which data secures a competitive economic advantage, e.g., by optimizatior, or irproved marketability.
3.
The information, if used by a conipetitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.
4.
The information reveals cost or price information, production capacities, budget levels, or comercial strategies of Westinghouse, its customers or suppliers.
5.
The information reveals aspects of past, present, or future Westinghouse or customer funded development plans and programs of potential cou ercial value to Westinghouse.
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The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.
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The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreepents with the owner.
We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirernents of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary commercial information.
Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted inforination marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Withholding frorr, public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned tc inspect the docurrents.
If the need arises, we may send copies of this infortnation to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.
If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the inforraation could then be made available j
for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should l
understand that the !!RC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for exartple, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request i
ir.cludes your information.
In all review situations, if the !!RC rnakes a deterraination adverse to the above, you will be notified ir, advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely, i
Geor
. Dick, Jh. Project ifanager Project Directorate - IV Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation cc: See next page
Mr. J. H. Goldberg South Texas Project Houston Lighting and Power Compariy cc:
Brian Berwick, Esq.
Resident Inspector / South Texas Assistant Attorney General Project Environinental Protection Division c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cornission P. O. Box 12548 P. O. Box 910 Capitol Station Bay City, Texas 77414 Austin, Texas 78711 Mr. Jonathan Davis Mr. J. T. Westermeier Assistant City Attorney General Manager, South Texas Project City of Austin Houston Lighting and Power Company P. O. Box 1088 P. O. Box 289 Austin, Texas 78767 Houston, Texas 77483 tis. Pat Coy Mr. R. J. lliner Citizens Concerned About Nuclear l
Chief Operating'0fficer Power City of Austin Electric Utility 10 Singleton 1
721 Barton Springs Road Eureka Springs Arkansas 72632 Austin, Texas 78704 Mr. fl. A. McBurnett l
Mr. R. J. Costello Manager, Operations Support Licensing Mr. M. T. Hardt Houston Lighting and Power Company City Public Service Board P. O. Box 289 P. O. Box 1771 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 San Antonio, Texas 78296 11r. A. Zaccaria Jack R. Newman, Esq.
Mr. X. G. Hess Newan & Holtzinger, P. C.
Bechtel Corporation 1615 L Street, NW P. O. Box 2166 Washington, D.C.
20036 Houston, Texas 77001 Felbert Schwartz, Jr., Esq.
fir. R. P. Verret Eaker & Butts Mr. R. L. Range One Shell Plaza Central Power and Light Company Houston, Texas 77002 P. O. Box 2121 Corpus Christi, Texas 78403 Mrs. Peggy Buchorn Executive Director Doub, Huntzing and Glasgow Citizens for Equitable Utilities, Inc.
Attorneys at Law Route 1. Box 1684 Suite 400 Brazoria, Texas 77422 808 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20006 Mr. S. L. Rosen General Manager, Operations Support Houston Lighting and Power Corpany P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483
Mr. J. H. Goldberg South Texas Project Houston Lighting & Power cc:
Regional Administrator, Region IV R. A.Wiesemann U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs Office of Executive Director Westinghouse Electric Corporation for Operations P. O. Box 355 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 Arlington, Texas 76011 Mr. Lanny Sinkin, Counsel for Intervenor Citizens Concerned about Nuclear Power, Inc.
Christic Institute 1324 North Capitol Street W6shington, D.C.
20002 Licensing Representative Houston Lighting and Power Company Suite 610 Three Metro Center Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Rufus S. Scott
' Associate General Counsel Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas 77001 INP0 Records Center 1100 Circle 75 Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30339-3064 Joseph H. Hendrie 50 Be11 port Lane Be11 port, New York 11713 Gerald E. Vaughn, Vice President Nuclear Operations Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483 R. W. Chewning, Chairman Nuclear Safety Review Board Houston Lighting & Power Company P. O. Box 289 Wadsworth, Texas 77483
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Dacember 1, 1988 Mr. J. H. Goldberg 6.
The information contains patentable ideas, for which patent protection may be desirable.
7.
The information is not the property of Westinghouse, but must be treated as proprietary by Westinghouse according to agreerrents with j
the owner.
i We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.790 and, on the basis of Westinghouse's statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains trade secrets or proprietary corrcercial information.
Therefore, the version (s) of the submitted information marked as proprietary f
will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(b)(5) and j
Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as arrended.
i Witi. holding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persora properly and directly concerned to inspect the docurrents.
If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this aree. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling ptoprietary information.
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If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available k
for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also st.ould understind that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Inforrnation Act request includes your information.
in all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverso to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.
Sincerely, GeorgeF. Dick,/
is Jr., Project Manager Project Directorate - IV j
Division of Reactor Projects - !!I, t
IV, V and Special Projects Office of fluclear Reactor Regulation l
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