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Marad, Withholding from Public Disclosure, Consolidated Security Discussion (Attachment a) to License Amendment Request 13, from Public Disclosure
ML070470244
Person / Time
Site: NS Savannah
Issue date: 03/06/2007
From: Buckley J
NRC/FSME/DWMEP/DURLD/RDB
To: Koehler E
US Dept of Transportation, Maritime Admin
Buckley J
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March 6, 2007 Mr. Erhard W. Koehler Senior Technical Advisor, N.S. SAVANNAH Office of Ship Operations U.S. Maritime Administration 400 Seventh St., S.W.

Washington, DC 20590

SUBJECT:

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MARITIME ADMINISTRATION REQUEST TO WITHHOLD CONSOLIDATED SECURITY DISCUSSION (ATTACHMENT A) TO LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 13, FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Dear Mr. Koehler:

On August 7, 2006, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Maritime Administration (MARAD) submitted a request to amend License No. NS-1 for the N.S. SAVANNAH. The license amendment request included two attachments. Attachment A provided a summary of the security considerations supporting three of the five proposed Technical Specification changes. MARAD requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) withhold Attachment A from public disclosure as confidential material in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390.

MARADs request to withhold Attachment A from public disclosure is accompanied by an affidavit that: (1) identifies the document to be withheld; (2) identifies the official position of the Senior Technical Advisor and Manager, N.S. SAVANNAH Programs; (3) declares the basis for proposing the information to be withheld; (4) includes a specific statement of the harm that would result if the information to be withheld is disclosed to the public; and (5) indicates the location in the document of all information sought to be withheld.

The staff has reviewed MARADs request to withhold Attachment A from public disclosure and determined that: (1) the consolidated discussion of security issues contained in Attachment A has been held in confidence; (2) the consolidated discussion of security issues is the type of information normally held in confidence by MARAD; (3) Attachment A was transmitted to and received by the NRC in confidence; and (4) there is no single document available to the public which contains the consolidated discussion of security issues for the N.S. SAVANNAH.

Therefore, Attachment A, marked as confidential, will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Withholding from public disclosure shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents.

E. Koehler If the basis for withholding this information from public disclosure should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public disclosure, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified of the date of public disclosure, in advance which will be a reasonable time thereafter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John Buckley, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-238 License No.: NS-1 cc: NS Savannah Service List

E. Koehler If the basis for withholding this information from public disclosure should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public disclosure, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified of the date of public disclosure, in advance which will be a reasonable time thereafter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John Buckley, Senior Project Manager Reactor Decommissioning Branch Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs Docket No.: 50-238 License No.: NS-1 cc: NS Savannah Service List DISTRIBUTION:

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