ML042300597

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Letter from Diane Curran to Antonio Fernandez Responding to His Letter Dated 08/03/04 Re need- to-know Determination
ML042300597
Person / Time
Site: Catawba  Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/06/2004
From: Curran D
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Harmon, Curran, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP
To: Fernandez A
NRC/OGC
Byrdsong A T
References
50-413-OLA, 50-414-OLA, ASLBP 03-815-03-OLA, RAS 8330
Download: ML042300597 (1)


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'RAS 8330 FPACEEPONWiO HARMON, CURRAN, SPIELBER EISENBERG, LLP 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 02) 328-3500 (202) 328-6918 fax August 6, 2004 DOCKETED Antonio Fernandez, Esq. USNRC Office of General Counsel August 12,2004 (3:47PM)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission OFFICE OF SECRETARY 11555 Rockville Pike RULEMAKINGS AND Washington, D.C. 20852 ADJUDICATIONS STAFF

SUBJECT:

August 3, 2004 Need-to-Know Determination

Dear Antonio,

Thank you for your letter of August 3, 2004, which makes a need-to-know determination with respect to various safeguards documents requested by my client, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League ("BREDL"), in discovery regarding BREDL Contention

5. 1 am writing with respect to one of the documents on which you made a need-to-know determination: Duke Energy Corporation's ("Duke's") Security Plan. Your letter states that the Staff will give BREDL access to "selected portions" of the Security Plan in a "redacted version" of the plan.

As we discussed on the telephone the other day, Dr. Lyman and I are concerned that we may not agree with the Staff regarding which portions of the Security Plan should be disclosed to us in order to provide us with an adequate understanding of the manier in which Duke depends on the Security Plan to complement the security measures described in Duke's Security Plan Submittal. However, we believe it is reasonable to expect that Security Plan's table of contents would provide us with enough information about the redacted portions of the Security Plan to allow an evaluation of their relevance.

This is to confirm that you have agreed to provide us with a copy of the table of contents of the Security Plan and the redacted version of the Security Plan during our meeting with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board next week. At our earliest opportunity, we will compare the table of contents with the Security Plan Submittal and the redacted portions of the Security Plan and evaluate the adequacy of disclosures in the redacted Security Plan. If we believe that the disclosures are insufficient, we will attempt to resolve our concerns informally before filing a need-to-know appeal.

Sincerely, Kane Curran cc: Service list

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