ML082630567

Motion Requesting Consideration of Additional Matters in Scheduling and Case Management Order

ML082630567
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/10/2008
From:	Jeremy Dean, Matthews J State of NY, Dept of the Environment, State of NY, Office of the Attorney General
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-162
Download: ML082630567 (11)

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DOCKETED USNRC, UNITED. STATES. September 10, 2008 (4:52pm)

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF: SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND

'ATOMIC SAFETY AOE .LICENSING. BOARtD LADJUDICATIONS , . : STAFF In re:'Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286,-LR License Renewal Application Submitted by ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD0l Enitergy Nuclear Indiarn- Point 2, LLC, DPR-26, DPR-64 Entergy NucleartIndian:Point 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. September 10, 2008

- - -- - - -- - -- - 7 77-- -X MOTIONREQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL MATTERS ,IN-SCHEDULING AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Pursuant to 10. C.F.R. §§ 2.329 and 2.332(a), the State of New York requests that the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) consider the below matters in the scheduling and case management order that the Board willbe issuing pursuant to § 2.332(a).

CONSULTATION WITH PARTIES PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. §2.323 Prior to filing this motion, on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Assistant Attorney. General Janice A. Dean sent an email to Paul Bessette, Kathryn Sutton, and Martin O'Neill, Esq., counsel for the Applicant, and inquired whether the Applicant objected to the relief soughtt in this motion.

Mr. O'Neill indicated that the Applicant opposed all points in the motion below except Point II, which the Applicant did not oppose only to the extent that it concerns the potential scheduling of a conference involving the parties to discuss the mandatory disclosure process., Also on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, AAG Dean. contacted Phillip Musegaas, Esq., counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc.

and Stephen Filler, Esq., counsel for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and neither'expressed c3

opposition to this motion. On September 10, 2008, AAG Dean sent an email to Sherwin Turk, Esq., counsel. to the NRC Staff, and inquiredif Staff had an objection to'the motion.1 Mr. Turk indicated that.Stafffopposed h-is 6tion .

BACKGROUNDz The.ASLB, in its JulY 31,2008,.Memorandum and Order, admitted fifteen contentions, submitted,by three intervenorparties,,in .this license renewal;-proceedingý. Currently pendfng before the ASLB. are filings by these three.paries* -the State' of New YorkRiverkeeper, Inc.;,

and Hudson-River SloopvClearwater -,regardingtthe paies positionsonethe applicableand approPriate hearing procedures. The State of New Y6rk understands that followinigksubmission of responses, to these pleadings, which will be submitted by September 15,52008, the Boardwill issue a decision establishing the applicable hearing procedures* and, following'the procedures established by10C.F.R, i§2.332, a schedule for discovery. and any .other relevant matters. If the scheduling orders issued.in other proceedings are any guide, this-order will likely address: (1) dates for the submission of new contentions, along with responses, replies, and notice of adoption of those contentions; (2) discovery under the applicable procedures; (3) dates for filing dispositive and in limine motions, and (4) dates for various pre-trial pleadings, including direct and rebuttal testimony and cross-examination proposals. See, e.g., In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), Order (Regarding Schedule for Proceeding and Other Matters.(Nov. 29, 2006).

AAG inadvertently failed to send the email to Mr. Turk on September 9, 2008 atthe same time she contacted the'Applicant; and indicated -thiserror in her email to Mr. Turk.

In recognition of the number of parties and the number of filings anticipated in this proceeding going forward, the State ofNew York submits that parties, as:well as the Board, may benefit from .the .establishment *of.additiondaldeadlines andp)rotocol inithe.Board's scheduling and case management order. Specifically, the State submits the following five issues for the Board's consideration, and requests that,tie Board;,after consultation among the parties and between the parties and the Board, incorporate certain additionaldeadlines and protocols in its upcoming schedulingand casepmanagement order- -..

1. -_Site Visit.

The-State ofNew York respectfullyvrequests the Board's scheduling and case,,,

management order authorize asite visit. toIndian-Point: Units, 1, 2, and 3 at some reasonable time:

prior to-the date!for submission of prefiled direct testimony. :Such visit should be authorized to.-

include parties&counsel, staffi and experts, as necessary.

.II. 'Conference among Parties, Applicant, and NRCStaff Regarding Production.

of Electronically Stored Information Given the number of admitted contentions in this proceeding andthe potentially voluminous disclosures that will be required, the State of New.York requests that the Board's scheduling and .case management order address production of electronically stored information (ESI)D Topics to be addressed should include, inter alia:

(1) the format and timing of disclosure of electroriic.documents, including whether those documents will 'be provided in asearchable format (via-the application of.

Optical Character Recognition if applicable),:whether documents2 will be .

'produced in native format, .tif and textformat,:.pdfformat, etc.; .

2The State of New Yorkunderstands that 'during the: discovery phase of the. Vermont Yankee license renewal proceeding, Entergy produced documents on compact discs, but that the, (continued...)

(2) how parties will be given access to computer models, including MACCS2 and CHECWORKS, and specifically, how parties Will access documents upon which a party in this proceeding relies, but which are in the possession of third parties, 3

over which the third-party'asserts:proprietary status (i.e., CHECW.ORKS)-

(3) whether paper production Will accompany production of ESIor*whether hard copies will .be scanned and produced electronically as well; (4) whether oversize documents such as diagrams, photographs, and/or maps will be produced in electronic format or in paper copy format.

To facilitate the Board's consideration of these ESI issues, as well,:as other case management and scheduling issues, it would be helpful. for the parties to participate in a conference, in advance of Submitting any case management and scheduling proposals, 'among themselves, and/or with the participation of a, representative of the Board .or its staff, to seek to find common ground and-identify .Conflicts, to better focus ithese issues for !Board consideration.

The State also seeks the Board's guidance onfissues it,;and-other parties, should consider related to-production ofESI.-.

2(...continued) large majority.6f those'documents were produced in non-text-searchableformat .Sinmilarly;,in this proceeding, a number of litigation filings submitted by NRC Staff and Entergy have not been in a text searchable format. The-State further understands that Entergy's-production of non-text-searchable documents impacted the ability of the New England Coalition to review the documents.

! For example; theNew England Coalition sought access to- CHECWORKS in the Vermont Yankee proceeding and Entergy asserted that, although it reliedon CHECWORKS in meeting its obligations to detect pipe corrosion, it does not have possession, custody, or control over the program so that it could be. accessed-by the New England Coalition. SeeIn the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, L.L.C., and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), Affidavit of Scott Goodwin, submitted in support of Entergy's Answer-in Opposition to New England Coalition's Motion to Compel and for Subpoena! (Apr.

18, 2008), ML081210180.

III. Deadlines:.for Filing Waiver Petitions Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.335 The State of New York also respectfully requests the Board to establish a deadline for submission of waiver petitions. n:hlight,ofthe factthat there is no deadlinefor such filings,.

this will promote efficiency and clarity in this proceeding.By establishing a date ýfor, example, within.45 days.frmjthe issuanceof the, scheduling and casemanaRgement order - the Board will add predictability to a process, which if not. subjected to: a deadline, could be

.disruptive to the orderly resolution of the issuesrin this proceeding..,

IV. Advance and Timely Notification to the State and Other Parties of Meetings and'Communications between Entergyand-.NRC Staff - .1,1 As y various NRC,memoranda contain.ing .Requests. forA,dditional *Infornation.

breflecteyd or summarizing telephonerand/or in-person conferences, the-State ofNew York is-aware that-NRC Staff has held numerous meetings-wifthfEntergy and its.consultantsconceming the:Indian Point~license renew.al application., However, given the timelag that exists between the_..,

conferences and~the preparation and dissemination of written memoranda summarizing such,.

conferences,.the State' does not learn of such meetings until weeks or months after they occur.

This time, lag advantages Entergy and the NRC Staff and disadvantages the State and all other parties an participants.

4Unlike:motions, which are subject to the provisions of 10 C.F.R.- § 2.323, waiver.

requests are "petitions,"'and the regulations do not establish any time schedule for the filing of these petitions. As the State noted in its original-Petition (State of NeW Y6rk Petition to'.

Intervene, Nov. 30*2007. at30, n8), the-NRC regulations-specificallyprovide.that only a-"party to an adjudicatory proceeding" can seek a waiver.(see. 10 C.F.R. § 2.335), so no such waiver.

petitions could have been filed prior to the Board's July 31, 2008 order.

In addition .to being a party in this administrative proceeding, the State of New York as both a sovereign state and an agreement state has special fights guaranteed under.the Atomic Energy Act. See 42 U.S.C."§-2021 (1). : Accordingly,ý the -State of New Y6k&-requests that.the Board orderNRC Staff to provide notice of all futuremeetings and phone calls between Entergy and NRC Staff concerning the license renewal application and/or this administrative proceeding sufficiently-in advance to allow representatives of the State of New York or other parties or participants toattend the meeting or listeriný mon,the phone conversation b . .

On a related -matter, the.State is aware of the existence of other types of communications between the NRC Staff andfEnterýgyconcerningvarious- mattersr~elating to ;this proceeding. The State respectfullyrequests that *whenever NRC Staff senhds, ad written communicatibn -to Enitergy about this matter, thei Staff also trans'mitthe6'coimmnichiati6o1 .t cbunsel*tforthe6 Stadte.atthe sa*me time and in the same: manner.' For :example, if.NRC Staff send§sEnter-gy an e,,-mnail-containing a written communication, the Staff should also simultaneously send the:e-m'il aný any attached documents to the-State's counsel and all' other parties:and prticip'ants-:who have entered an, -

appearance in this proceeding. Indeed, counsel:fortthe State should be: includedin the "cc" filed on any such e-mail-sent to Entergy. Similarly, if Entergy sends a :comminication toý the NRC Staff, it should simultaneously send the communication to the State's counsel an&dall other parties and participants who have entered an appearance in this proceeding. See, e.g., Letter, Fred R. Dacimo to NRC, Additional Information Regarding License Renewal Application -.

Structural OE Clarifications, Clarifications forElectrical'RAIs and Audit Questihns, License 5See also Project Management Corporation Tennessee Valley-Authority Energy Research, and Development Administration (Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant) ASLAB-354, 4 N.R.C.

383, 392-9.3 (1976).

Renewal Application Amendment (Aug. 14, 2008)(license renewal application amendment to the very application at issue in this proceeding, posted September 2, 2008, at ML082350071 but never sent to the service list).

Respectfully submitted, September 10, 2008 AN ,

Jmice A. Dean' oan Leary Matthews John J. Sipos Senior Counsel for Special Projects Assistant. Attorneys General New York State Department of Office of the Attorney General *Environmental. Conservation for the State of New York Office of General Counsel The Capitol 625 Broadway, 14'h Floor Albany, New York. 12224 Albany, New York 12223-5500 (518) 402-2251 (518) 402-9190 jlmatthe(~gw~dec. state.ny.us iohn.sipos(ooag.state.ny.us John L. Parker Region 3 Attorney New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region. 3 Headquarters 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, New York 12561-1620 (845) 256-3037 jlparker(agw;dec.state.ny.us

, UNITED STATES'OF AMERICA

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-NUCLEAR.REGULATORY COMMISS1QONn,.

BEFORE THE ATOMIC,SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the-Matter Of .

ENTERGY. NUCLEAR OPERATIONS,-'INC,. ). Docket Nos. 50-247/286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating. .,),

Units.2 and 3)' )

._.ýDECLARATION ýOF .SERVICE - -

Pursuant to 28 U.S. C*§1746,;Janice A Dean-hereby declares upon penalty ofperjury that:

1I I am over 18:8 years old and am an :aemnplioyee-of the :Offi.e-of. thIeAttorn ey GeneraI for the Stfate,., .

of.New:York, counsel for"the petitioner Sta6,of,-ýNew, York. -' - -  :

2. On-September10, 2008, .I forwarded.the attached motion requestingconsideration of additional matters in the Boards :scheduling and Case management orderot judgce*s:e wJ l officppes, ::

organiZations, attorneys, and/or petitioners-at thee-maii and:street addresses that!fol6ow`.`:-`

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair ' . Atomic' Safety andLicensing Boa6rd Panel

,U.S. Nuclear Regulato yCommission Administrative Judge Atomic. Safety and Licensing Board Panel - Mailstop'-.3' F23 "..

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory.-Commission Two White Flint North wMailstop 3'F23 11545 Rockville Pike TwoWhite Flint:North =Rockville, MD.20852,2738 "

11545 Rockville Pike Zachar S Kahn, :Esq.."

Rockville, MD 20852-2738 -- -

Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov,' ,-,.: Law Clerk

'Atomic Safety and Licensing3B6ard Panel' Richard E. Waftdwell U.S Nuclear Regulatory commission Administrative Judge- Mailstop 3: F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing- Board6Panel :4;ý.-ý:" Two White Flint Norih U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissiohn.- -. 11545 Rockville Pik. -,

Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Mailstop 3 F23 - -

Two White Flint North- Zachary!Kahn~nrc'.go'v 11545 Rockville Pike.- : - .

Rockville, MD.-20852-2738 - Marcia Carpentier, -

Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov - Law Clerk Atomic Safety, and Licensing BoardP.ran*i Kaye D. Lathrop U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Administrative Judge . Mailstop'3 E2Bý Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.Panel .Two White Flint North -

U.S. Nuclear -Regulatory Commission:" ,- 1 1545Rockville Pike 190*-6Cdar'Lane*E.:'- -" Rockville,, MD 20852-2738 Ridgway, CO 81432 MarciaO.Carpentier@nrc.gov -

Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov

Office of Commission Appellate. Adjudication William'C. Dennis, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission- ,.Assistan General CounselI Mailstop.16G4 Entergy.Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Hami ton Avenue-.--.

i440 One'White FlihtNorth 11555;RockVille Pike ;. WhitebPlains,-JNY; 10601 Rockville, MD-20852-2738 .wdennis@entergy.com ocaamail@nri!c.g9v

.RobertOD.`;Snook, Esq..

Office ofthe-Seicretary Assistant-Attorney General Attn:.Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Office of.the Attorney General U.S.: Nuclear Regulatory Commission* -Staateof Connecticut - -

Mailstop 3F23 . 55'.Elm- Street.

Two White Flint North P.O. Box-120

• 11545 Rockville :Pike,,:. Hartford:,

, nC1 061t41-01t 20. u s

.robert*:Snoo@ po.state.ct Rockville, MD 20852-2738 hearingdocket@9rc.*gov JustinD:'Pruyne,-Esq..

Sherwi P~TikE .4s-,.sistbhnt -Countxj it n'ey,:

-David. E. .Roth',Esq... . -Office .of the Westchester. County Attorney Michaelian OfficeBidn

."Beth N.Mizuno, Esq. '148 Malrtin-ei AvePnue ,6tW Floo6r Jessica-A.:Bileeki, :Esq. , White Plains, NYA10601.

Office of the&Genercao Cunsel.:-- .;.jdp3@westch*esterigov.com Regbi1ato-ry Commission U.S.:-Nbuciear..-

Mailstop 150'21:1 Da3.niel.EtIO'Neil Mayor,.ý:

One White Flint-North James Seiirmarco,'M.S.

11555RockvillebPike Village of:Buchanan Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Municipal Building.  ;

set@nrc.gov 236 Tate Avenue,,._

deir@nrc.gov Buchanan,NNY,.110*1:1-1298:

.jessica.bielecki@nrc.gov vob@bestweb.net:

bnml@nrc.gov .

marcia.simon@nrc.gov Daniel Riesel; Esq.

Thomas F. Wood, Esq..

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Jessica Steinberg,.J.D. ,

Paul M: Bessette, Esq..,*, !.. . Sive;,Paget & Riesel, P.C..

Martin J. O'Neill,.Esq. 460 Park Avenue Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq. New York, NY 10022 Morgan; Lewis & Bockius LLP-... driesel@sprlaw.com 11.11 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW jsteinberg@sprlaw,.com .

Washington, DC 20004 '

ksutton@morganlewis.com. .,. Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

pbessette@morganlewis.com Vice President --Energy Department martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com New York City Economic Developmept,,

mlemoncelli@morganlewis.com Corporation (NYCEDC) cadams@morgan!ewis.com 110 William Street New York, NY. 10038 Elise N. Zoli,ý Esq. mdelaniey@nycedc.com Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place ArthurJ. Kremer, Chairman 53-State Street -New York Affordable- Reliable ElectricityAlliapnce Boston, MA 02109 (AREA) ezoli@goodwinprocter.com 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 ,

New York, NY 10016 kremer@area-alliance.org ajkremer@rmfpc.com ,

Manna J 0 Greene, Director Phillip Musegaas,.Esq.

Hudson. River Sloop Clearwater,. Inc. Victor Tafur,: Esq.

1.12 Little Market St. -Riverkeeper,k Inc.

Poughkeepsie, NY 1260.1 828 South-Broadway.

Mannajo@clearwater.org Tarrytown, NY 10591 phillii@driverk6eeper.org .9

,Step~hen Filler, Esq vta.fu~r@.riverkeee.org Board Members.

Hudson River* Sloop Clearwater,;Incl n. Mylan L..Denerstein,!Esq.

Suite 222 Executive Deputy Attorney General 303"South !Broadway .Social Justice, Tarrytown, NY 10591 -. Office of.the Attorney General:

sfiller@nylawline.com State of New York

,25th floor.-

Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.. J120 Broadway

ýWeschester C itizen's Awareness Network- --New York, NY 10271 (WestCan)- Citizens Awareness: Network Mylan .,Denersteiin@oag.state.ny.us (CAN),etc.

21. Perlman Drive. John-J. Sipos, Esq.,

Spring'Valley, NY 10977 Assistant Attorney General mbs@ourrocklandoffice.com Office of the Attorney General State of-NewYork." "

,Nancy. Burton .The Capitol 147 Cross Highway Albany, NY 12224" Redding Ridge, CT 06876 John.Sipos@6ag~state.ny.us NancyBurtonCT@aol.com Joan Leary Matthews

-Richard L. Brodsky, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects Assemblyman New .York.State Department of Suite.205 Environmental Conservation 5 West Main Street 625 Broadway, 141h: floor Elmsford, NY 10523. Albany,.NY.12233-65500.

brodskr@assembly.state.ny.us jlmatthe@gw.dec.state,.ny.us richardbrodsky@msn.com John Louis Parker, Esq.

Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.. Regional Attorney:.

Room 422 Office of.General Counsel, Region 3 Legislative Office Building New York State Department of Albany, NY 12248 Environmental Conservation sarahwagneresq@gmail.com 21 South Putt CornersýRoad New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 John LeKay jIparker@gw.dec.state. ny.us FUSE USA 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, NY 10566 fuseusa@yahoo.com Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon; Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP Suite 600

-1726 M Street, NW Washington,: DC 20036 dcurran@harmoncurran.com

Executed on:

• September .10, 2008 New.York, New York eA- Dean e of the Attorney General

-of New York

- 120. Broadway...

New York,ý New York 12224-0341 (212) 416-8459'

• • . Janice.Dean@oag~state.ny.us