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VITOUSEK:Im sorry, Mr. Chairman, may I address one issue. Theres no issue that the notice went out. I mean, the notice went out to Mr. Addario on April 12, 2004. So thats not an issue and thats capable of being verified. The question of when he got is, you know, when he decided toopen it is something else, but it went out. FUJIKAWA:Okay. Any questions, Commissioners? Springer? SPRINGER:While Im inclined to look perhaps generously upon Dr. Addarios request, I wonder if we might have a discussion concerning consolidating the various inter-requests by the intervening parties, if thats something that is proper for us to consider or not. FUJIKAWA:Corp. Counsel? OTOOLE:Idontknowwhatyoumeanbyconsolidating. SPRINGER:IthinkitwasMr.Vitousekwhosuggestedthatwhilethereis similarity of concern among those who have come forward and requested standing from us, if we could take them as one intervening party rather than four separate ones. If we can have a discussion on that, or is that not proper? OTOOLE:I would say that theres nothing in the rule about that. I think you either accept or reject, unless they would agree. And if theyve all hired the same attorney then, you know, perhaps itll be only one person speaking for them. But if each of them wants to be a party so each of them can decide on their own whether they want to appeal, you know, I dont know how we can either decide only one is in, or one is out, or -. SPRINGER:May we inquire of them? OTOOLE:Yeah. SPRINGER:Then I pose that question to those who have requested intervention. It seems as coming into this Mr. Matsukawa is already speaking for a number of you. We do have individual applications requesting standing. However, may we have your thoughts on the possibility of consolidating you altogether? MATSUKAWA:If I might answer that. I think before you can consolidate them, you need to first admit them as individual parties. Because we do intend for management purposes, I agree with Mr. Vitouseks concerns, that we would probably be aligned on many of the issues. We may not be aligned, however, on one or, you know, thats a possibility and its a reality. The reason I feel for case management purposes to admit them each as individual parties and then leaving us to align ourselves for efficiency has -. Ive learned from experience, people die, you know. So what happens if your client dies and theres no person left to, you know, if you have it a so-called consolidated thing, or someone moves away? Thats why I dont know what you mean by consolidated. I think 12