adams update 21 mar, page-11

"Does this mean P.V.'s dust and light concerns have been turfed out and they need to come up with something new, or are their concerns still before the court and they (and us) need to produce more documentation to the court"

Ray - it is the latter.

To reiterate an earlier post, we need to be clear that their are TWO processes in play.

One is the Hearing Process. The other is the Appeals Process.

The hearing process commenced Feb 10 with the ASLB Order for Hearing. Strata and the NRC appealed against the ASLB determination soon after but, so far, there have been no developments in the appeals process.

So far the Hearing Process has unfolded, as follows:

1. Feb 10 - ASLB Order for Hearing - with commencement of the discovery process (ie submission of initial mandatory disclosures) required within 30 days of Order (by 12 Mar)

2. Mar 5 - Parties to Hearing submitted joint motion to ASLB requesting extension of initial mandatory disclosures deadline to 2 April

3. Mar 7 - ASLB issued Memo and Order to schedule a teleconference, for 12 Mar, to discuss joint request for 'suspension of start of discovery'

4. Mar 12 - teleconference postponed until 28 Mar due to illness of chief judge of ASLB

5. Mar 28 - teleconference held between all parties to the dispute with outcome being confirmation of 2 April deadline for initial mandatory disclosures

Panama has described clearly and well what the discovert process' entails - both initially and then monthly after that.