ML090270876

Agreement of the Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery, Disclosures

ML090270876
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	01/13/2009
From:	Bessette P Entergy Nuclear Operations, Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS G-207
Download: ML090270876 (6)

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RO & --ýbq Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 TEL: 202.739.3000 FAX: 202.739.3001 eFax: 877.432.9652 www.morganlewis.com Morgan Lewis COUNSELORS AT LAW DOCKETED USNRC January 13, 2009 (4:30pm)

OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Kathryn M. Sutton Partner 202.739.5738 ksutton@morganlewis.com Paul M. Bessette Partner 202.739.5796 pbessette@morganlewis.com January 13, 2008 Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Docket:

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3), Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR RE:

Agreement of the Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery, Disclosures

Dear Administrative Judges:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the parties to this proceeding have reached the following agreement concerning mandatory disclosures under 10 C.F.R. § 2.336. As used in this agreement, the term "parties" includes Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (applicant in this matter), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") Staff, and the three admitted intervenors; i.e., New York State, Riverkeeper, Inc., and Hudson River Clearwater Sloop, Inc.

The parties have agreed to the following protocol:

I. The parties may limit the mandatory discovery disclosures to final documents that they develop, and need not include drafts (including comments on drafts, transmittals of drafts, resolution of comments on drafts, and similar documents).

2. Documents will be produced in electronic format. If the same document exists in both hard copy and electronic format, a party may produce the electronic copy only.

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Handwritten notes on a final document, however, constitute a separate document, and must be produced as well as the original document.

3. The parties have agreed to waive the requirement in 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(a)(3) and 2.336(b)(5) to produce a privilege log for documents asserted to be protected from disclosure under the attorney work product and/or attorney-client privileges. The parties, however, will produce as part of their disclosures lists of any documents withheld as proprietary. The party claiming the right to withhold listed documents as proprietary must describe the basis for the claim; e.g., whetherit is based upon an agreement with a third-party, and the person or entity to whom the proprietary document belongs or whose privilege is being asserted. In addition, the parties, as applicable, will produce lists identifying any documents that are withheld under the executive or deliberative process privilege.

4. A party need not identify or produce any document that has been served on the other parties to this proceeding.

5. The parties need not produce publicly available documents. Each party,.however, will produce as part of its disclosures a log identifying publicly available documents upon which the party may rely and indicating the general location of such documents.

6. The parties need not identify or produce press clippings.

7. In connection with the NRC Staff's submittal of the hearing file, the Staff will identify the documents available via the NRC's website or ADAMS, as required by 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(b) and 2.1203. The parties shall not otherwise be required to identify or produce docketed correspondence or other documents available via the NRC's website or ADAMS.

8. The continuing obligation of the parties under 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d) to update their respective disclosures is modified so that information or documents subsequently developed or obtained must be disclosed within 30 days.

Counsel of record for each of the other parties identified above has authorized counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to submit this agreement on behalf of the parties.

Respfully submitted, Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of Docket Nos.

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50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

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January 13, 2009 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the letter entitled "Agreement of the Parties Regarding Mandatory Discovery Disclosures," dated January 13, 2009, were served this 13th day of January, 2009 upon the persons listed below, by first class mail and e-mail as shown below.

Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: ocaamail(inrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: rew(d)nrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: lgml (@nrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E.

Ridgway, CO 81432 (E-mail: kdl2C@nrc.gov) 3

Office of the Secretary

• Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: hearingdocket()nrc.gov)

Zachary S. Kahn Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: zxkl (,nrc.gov)

Manna Jo Greene Environmental Director Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

112 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (E-mail: mannaio(&)clearwater.org)

Stephen C. Filler, Board Member Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

303 South Broadway, Suite 222 Tarrytown, NY 10591 (E-mail: sfilleranylawline.com)

Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth, Esq.

Jessica A. Bielecki, Esq.

Marcia J. Simon, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: set(onrc.gov)

(E-mail: bnm 1 nrc.gov)

(E-mail: david.rothanrc.gov)

(E-mail: iessica.bieleckianrc.gov)

(E-mail: marcia.simon(inrc.gov)

Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.

Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq.

Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 (E-mail: idp3(dwestchestergov.com)

Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 (E-mail: dcurran(aharmoncurran. com)

Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

Daniel Riesel, Esq.

Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 (E-mail: driesel(isprlaw.com)

(E-mail: jsteinbergR(sprlaw.com) 4

Phillip Musegaas, Esq.

Victor M. Tafur, Esq.

Deborah Brancato, Esq.

Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 (E-mail: phillip(2riverkeeper.org)

(E-mal: vtafur(oriverkeeper.org)

(E-m-al: dtirancato4riverkeeper.org)

Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut Assistant Attorney General 55 Elm Street -..

P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 (E-mail: Robert. Snook(opo. state. ct.us)

Andreiv M. Cuomo, Esq.

Attorney General of the State of New York John J. Sipos, Esq.

Charlie Donaldson Esq.

Assistants Attorney General The Capitol Albany, NY 12224-0341 (E-mail: john.sipos(ioag.state.ny.us)

Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Senior Attorney for Special Projects Office of the General Counsel New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12207 (E-mail: jlmatthe2gw.dec.state.ny.us)

Janice A. Dean Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York Assistant Attorney General 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 (E-mail: Janice.Deanaoag.state.ny.us)

John Louis Parker, Esq.

Regional Attorney Office of General Counsel, Region 3 NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation 21 S. Putt Comers Road New Paltz, New York 12561-1620 (E-mail: ilparkercZgw.dec.state.ny.us)

Michael J*N Delaney, V.P. - Energy New York City Economic Development Corp.

110 William Street New York, NY 10038 (E-mail: mdelaney(nycedc.com)

Daniel E O'Neill, Mayor*

James Siermarco, M.S.

Liaison to Indian Point Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.

Executive Deputy Attorney General, Social Justice Office of the Attorney General.

of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 2 5th Floor New York, New York 10271 (E-mail: Mylan.Denerstein(aoag.state.ny.us) 5

• The Office of the Secretary receives the original and 2 copies.

Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

... Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc..

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