ML052650358

Provides Identification of Documents on the NRC Staff'S September 8, 2005 Deliberative Process Log Which DPS Believes Should Have Been Produced

ML052650358
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	09/13/2005
From:	Roisman A National Legal Scholars Law Firm, PC
To:	Zorn J NRC/OGC
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ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA
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° NOTADMITTED INVEU'i'HAPSIIRE Georgetowen Univ. Law Center-o September 13, 2005 Jason Zorn, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

_ ..- Re: VY.Uprate - Docket No..50-271 (ASLBPRNo. 04-832-02-OLA)

Dear Jason:

This letter identifies documents on the NRC Staff's September 8, 2005 Deliberative Process Log which DPS believes should have been produced. The documents are the following:

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We believe the scope of the Deliberative Process Privilege is narrow and does not include documents that do not disclose the deliberative process leading to a policy decision by the NRC Staff and does not include facts contained in documents. As best as we can determine, from the limited disclosures made in the Log, none of the documents identified above meet the narrow criteria for application of the Deliberative Process Privilege.

Consistent with my previous discussions with Ms. Poole, I understand that the Staff agrees that the time for filing a motion with the ASLB regarding the failure to produce the identified documents will be extended until a reasonable time following a response to this letter from the Staff. I suggest the time be 5 business days from the date of the response. I also propose the Staff provide its resplonseitobthis'letter request within-the'next two weeks. Since technically an ~----

"agreement" between us as to a filing deadline set by the Regulations is ineffective, I propose we agree that I may advise the ASLB of our agreement and that the Staff will not oppose any motion with regard to these documents that we file based on timeliness.

Thank you for consideration of our request.

Sincerely, cc: Sara Hofmann, Esq.

14 SEPEA Jason Zorn, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

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