ML063310311

Joint Unopposed Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures

ML063310311
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	11/21/2006
From:	Silverman D AmerGen Energy Co, Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Byrdsong A T
References
50-219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 12588
Download: ML063310311 (5)

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DR~L2~S UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta DOCKETED USNRC November 21, 2006 (10:38am)

OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF

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In the Matter of.

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AmerGen Energy Company, LLC

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(License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear

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Generating Station)

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November 21, 2006 Docket No. 50-219 JOINT UNOPPOSED MOTION REGARDING MANDATORY DISCLOSURES By letter dated March 22, 2006, counsel for AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) advised the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) in the above-captioned proceeding that the parties (Citizens, the NRC Staff and AmerGen) had agreed to a protocol relating to mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 CFR § 2.336. See Letter, Alex S. Polonsky to Judge E. Roy Hawkens (March 22, 2006). Subsequently, the parties have engaged in additional discussions and have agreed to additional procedures to improve the efficiency of the mandatory disclosure process. The parties have also agreed that in the interest of ensuring an orderly proceeding, they would seek an Order from the Board confirming the agreements reached to date.

Accordingly, AmerGen, the NRC Staff and Citizens hereby move the Board for an Order approving the following agreed-upon protocol:

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AmerGen, Citizens and the NRC Staff (the parties hereafter) shall implement the following protocol with respect to mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 CFR § 2.336, although the parties reserve the right to require full disclosure under 10 CFR § 2.336:

1) The parties will only identify the final version of relevant documents, correspondence, memoranda, reports, etc.

2) If the same relevant email exists in multiple locations, the parties may only produce one copy of that e-mail. If the e-mail exists in both sender and recipient email folders, the parties will produce the sender's copy of the email (to preserve any "bcc" addressees);

3) AmerGen and Citizens will produce raw data/calculations regardless of whether a report summarizing the data/calculations is available;

4) The parties will prepare a privilege log as required by 10 CFR § 2.336(b)(5).

Attorney-client privileged correspondence in any form, however, will not be identified on this privilege log. Documents protected only as work-product will be identified on this privilege log; however, records created primarily to facilitate preparation of pleadings and mandatory disclosures associated with the NRC license renewal proceeding for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station need not be listed on the privilege log, produced, or otherwise disclosed;

5) If relevant AmerGen documents are available on microfilm/microfiche, AmerGen's description will identify that the document is stored on this media;

6) If relevant AmerGen documents are stored off-site in a long-term storage facility in Pennsylvania, AmerGen's description will identify that the document is stored off-site;

7) All parties may, at their option, update their disclosures under 10 CFR § 2.336(b) through the use of e-mail alone;

8) The parties need not identify or produce any document that has been served on the parties to this proceeding;

9) The parties need not identify or produce any document identified or produced by another party pursuant to the mandatory disclosure process;

10) The parties need not identify or produce press clippings; and

11) The parties need not identify or produce docketed correspondence and other documents available via the NRC's website or ADAMS.

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Counsel for AmerGen has been authorized to submit this motion by counsel for Citizens and the NRC Staff on their behalf. For the reasons discussed above, the parties hereby request that the Board issue an Order confirming the agreed-upon protocol set forth above.

Respect s bmitted, Donald J. SilvernaEsq..

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5502 E-mail: dsilverman(morganlewis.com E-mail: ksuttonamorganlewis.com E-mail: apolonskyv(morganlewis.com J. Bradley Fewell Assistant General Counsel Exelon Business Services Company 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 Phone: (610) 765-5580 E-mail: Bradley.FeWel~lexeloncorp.com COUNSEL FOR AmerGen ENERGY COMPANY, LLC Dated in Washington, D.C.

this 21st day of November 2006 3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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In the Matter of:

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AmerGen Energy Company, LLC

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(License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear

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Generating Station)

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November 21, 2006 Docket No. 50-219 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the "Joint Unopposed Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures" were served this day upon the persons listed below, by E-mail and first class mail, unless otherwise noted.

Secretary of the Commission*

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 (E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET(inrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: pba(2)nrc.gov)

Administrative Judge E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: erh@nrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: aib5@nrc.gov)

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John A. Covino Ellen Barney Balint Valerie Anne Gray Caroline Stahl Division of Law Environmental Permitting and Counseling Section P.O. Box 093 Hughes Justice Complex Trenton, NJ 08625 (E-mail: John.covinogdol.lps.state.nj.us)

(E-mail: Ellen.Balintglps.state.ni.us)

(E-mail: Valerie.GrayU dol.lps.state.ni.us)

(E-mail: Caroline.Stahlalps.state.nj.us)

Suzanne Leta NJPIRG 11 N. Willow Street Trenton, NJ 08608 (E-mail: sleta@(nipirg.org)

Mitzi A. Young Steven C. Hamrick Office of the General Counsel, 0-15D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 (E-mail: may(anrc.gov)

(E-mail: schi (@nrc.gov)

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication**

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Richard Webster Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic 123 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-5695 (E-mail: rwebsterokinoy.rutgers.edu)

Paul Gunter Nuclear Information and Resource Service 1424 16th Street, NW Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036 (E-mail: pgunter(2nirs.org)

Debra Wolf Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: dawl @nrc.gov)

Donald J. Silvermar&I

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