ML093070195
| ML093070195 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 10/30/2009 |
| From: | Andrea Jones NRC/OGC |
| To: | Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-294 | |
| Download: ML093070195 (11) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205554001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL October 30, 2009 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 Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane East Ridgeway, CO 81432 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Indian Point Nuclear Generatirlg Station Units 2 and 3)
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR
Dear Administrative Judges:
Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's December 18, 2008, "Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G)," slip op. at 13, and the Licensing Board's "Order (Grantirlg Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures)," dated January 30, 2009, at I, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff') herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been supplemented for this proceeding. Materials in the hearirlg file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 9 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.
On or about November 6, 2009, the newly identified documents in the hearing file will be made available via the Electronic Hearing Docket ("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.aov/EHD Proceedina/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 9" in the "Indian-PT-2&3-50-247&!jO-286-LR" folder of the EHD.
In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing an updated privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege, which are appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also, attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents in
Judge McDade Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell October 30,2009. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in these logs during the pendency of this proceeding.
Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, certifying that all relevant materials required by this section have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as to documents identified by October 23, 2009.
Finally, the NRC Staff notes that it has made a good faith effort to identify and characterize all documents meeting the criteria of 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203 in this proceeding. In identifying these documents, the Staff does not concede their relevance to the license renewal issues to be decided in this proceeding.
- Counsel for N#C Staff
Enclosures:
- Hearing File Index, Supplement 9 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc wIEncls.:
Service List
- lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 9 - October 30,2009 Page 1 of 1 ID #
09-001 09-002 09-003 09-004 09-005 09-006 Accession Number ML092530366 ML092530612 ML092660481 ML092670142 ML092730080 ML092710265 Document Date 9/9/2009 911 012009 9/23/2009 912412009 912512009 812412009 Title 2009109109 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Riverkeeper Letter to ACRS Re Sept. 10-1 2 Meeting to Discuss Indian Point LRA and FSER 2009109110 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: NHPA Section 106 Consultation Correspondence for lndian Point Proposed License Renewal 2009109123 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Data Explaination 2009109124 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: NL-09-131 signed 2009109125 Indian Point LR Hearing - ACRS Report 2009108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Interim Decision
- lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 9 - October 30, 2009 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosures as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to ide I
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Number A. S tuyven berg Affiliation ML092720329 DPP K. Green R. Palla NRCINRR tify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilc DPP 08 Title Document Document IDate 1 Tvw ML092720210 R. Palla NRCINRR 200811 1119 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: GSI 148 - IP3 Fire spray misdirection due to smoke 2009103102 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW:
State of New York dSElS Contentions and Supporting Documents 11/19/2008 2009108124 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Use of MACCS2 Code for lndian Point License Renewal - ASLB Decision - FYI E-Mail 3/2/2009 2009108131 lndian Point LR Hearing - NYS Documents Table E-Mail 812412009 2009109123 lndian Point LR Hearing - General Discussion Regarding SAMA Analysis "*
Attorney Client Privilege E-Mail 8/31/2009 2009109124 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: NL-09-131 signed 2009109129 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW:
I 9129120091~- ail E-Mail 912312009 2009109129 lndian Point LR Hearing - Final Comm Plan for Issuance of the ACRS Report on IP2 and IP3 LRA and Staffs SER Comment Count E-Mail 9/24/2009 lnternal Transmission of Comments E-Mail 912912009 lnternal Transmission of Comments E-Mail lnternal Transmission of Comments lnternal Transmission of Comments lnternal Transmission of Comments lnternal Transmission of Comments Internal Transmission of Comments Regarding the SERIACRS lnternal Transmission of Comments
- lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 9 - October 30, 2009 E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail 912912009 101512009 1 01512009 1011 312009 1011 412009 DPP 09 DPP 10 DPP 11 DPP 12 DPP 13 lnternal Transmission of Comments Regarding the SERIACRS lnternal Transmission of Comments Regarding the EIS lnternal Transmission of Comments Regarding the EIS lnternal Transmission of Comments Regarding the EIS lnternal Transmission of Comments Regarding the EIS ML092730075 ML092780234 ML092780391 ML092860018 ML092870018 8
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K. Green NRCINRR A. Stuyvenberg NRCINRR J. Rikhoff NRCINRR D. Logan NRCINRR R. Palla NRCINRR 2009109129 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Final Comm Plan for Issuance of the ACRS Report on IP2 and IP3 LRA and Staffs SER 2009110105 Indian Point LR Hearing - IP Comment Files (Please Respond) 2009110105 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IP Comment Files (Please Respond) 2009110113 Indian Point LR Hearing - IP final SElS 2009110114 Indian Point LR Hearing - Annual Effluent Reports
October 30, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
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1 Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR
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ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
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DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:
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I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal ("DLR) in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR").
My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 license renewal application.
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As part of their responsibili.ties in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the October 30, 2009 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 9.
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I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. All documents contain either Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein. Each of the documents comprises part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application.
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Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staff's ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.
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Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the October 30, 2009 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 9.
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Brian E. Holian Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30'~ day of October, 2009
October 30, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE 'THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR ASLBP NO. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, Units 2 and 3)
AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUWENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)
I, Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, do hereby state as follows:
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I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 license renewal application ("LRA). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
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I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. $ 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified as of October 23, 2009.
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
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A Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3oth day of October, 2009
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )
Docket Nos. 50-2471286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating
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Units 2 and 3)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 9, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated October 30, 2009, and Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, dated October 30, 2009, have been served upon the following through deposit in the NRC's internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, with copies by electronic mail this 301h day of October, 2009:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comrr~ission Mail Stop: 0-1 6G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.qov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop: 0-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop*
Zachary S. Kahn Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E.
Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Ridgway, CO 81432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kaye.Lathro~@nrc.aov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Zachary.Kahn@nrc.gov
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (Via Internal Mail Only)
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.*
Paul M. Bessette, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 11 11 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: ksutton@morqanlewis.com E-mail: pbessette@morqanlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.*
Vice President - Energy Department New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCDEC) 1 10 William Street New York, NY 10038 E-mail: mdelanev@,nycedc.com Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.*
Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6'h Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: jdp3@westchesterqov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor*
James Seirmarco, M.S.
Village of Buchanan Municipal Building Buchanan, NY 1051 1-1298 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net Manna Jo Greene*
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
1 12 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 E-mail: mannaio@clearwater.org William C. Dennis, Esq.*
Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: wdennis@enterqv.com Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.*
Janice A. Dean, Esq.
Executive Deputy Attorney General, Social Justice Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 25'h Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mylan.denerstein@oaq.state.nv.us janice.dean@oaq.state.nv.us Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.*
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Charlie Donaldson, Esq.
Assistants Attorney General New York State Department of Law Environmental Protection Bureau The Capitol Albany, NY.I 2224 E-mail: john.sipos@oaq.state.ny.us
Robert Snook, Esq.*
Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CN 0614.1-0120 E-mail: robert.snook@po.state.ct.us Phillip Musegaas, Esq.*
Deborah Brancato, Esq.
Riverkeeper, Inc.
828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.or~
dbrancato@riverkee~er.orq Elise N. Zoli, Esq.*
Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02 109 E-mail: ezoli@,aoodwinprocter.com Daniel Riesel, Esq.*
Thomas F. Wood, Esq.
Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.
460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*
Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of the General Counsel 625 Broadway, 1 4'h lo or Albany, NY 12233-1 500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us John Louis Parker, Esq.*
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