ML093360127

Indian Point Hearing File, Supplement 10

ML093360127
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	11/30/2009
From:	Sherwin Turk 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-310
Download: ML093360127 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL November 30,2009 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 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 Generating 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 (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures)," dated January 30, 2009, at 1, 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 hearing 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 10 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about December 4, 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.nov/EHD Proceedinn/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 10" in the "Indian-PT-2&3 247&50-286-LR folder of the EHD.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. 5 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 November 30, 2009 Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell . 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. 5 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, 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 November 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.

Sincerely, Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 10 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green cc wlEncls.: Service List

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 10 - November 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. !j2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process"

~rivileae.

Accession Author Name1 Document Document Page ID # Number Affiliation Date Type Title Comment Count J. Jones, Internal Transmission DPP-010- NRClContractor .2009/10127 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 00 1 ML093160012 . (Sandia) 1012712009 E-Mail Indian Point Weather Regarding the EIS 4 lnternal Transmission DPP-010- R. Palla 2009110127 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 002 ML093000388 NRCINRR 1012712009 E-Mail Tables , Regarding the EIS 5 lnternal Transmission DPP-01O- . R. Palla 2009110128 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 003 ML093010020 NRCINRR 1012812009 E-Mail FW: Indian Point Weather Regarding the EIS 4 J. Jones, 2009110128 Indian Point LR Hearing - Internal Transmission DPP-010- NRClContractor RE: Table Comparing Population in of Comments 004 ML093160015 (Sandia) 1012812009 E-Mail ER vs SECPOP Regarding the EIS 2 2009110128 lndian Point LR Hearing - lnternal Transmission DPP-0 10- R. Palla Table Comparing Population in ER vs of Comments 005 ML093010132 NRCINRR 1012812009 E-Mail SECPOP Regarding the EIS 3 J. Jones, Internal Transmission DPP-01O- NRClContractor 2009110128 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 006 ML093160014 (Sandia) 1012812009 E-Mail Wind Discussion Regarding the EIS 4 J. Jones, Internal Transmission DPP-0 10- NRClContractor 2009110129 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 007 ML093160018 (Sandia) 10/29/2009 E-Mail Indian Point Weather Regarding the EIS 4 lnternal Transmission DPP-01O- A. Stuyvenberg 2009110129 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 008 ML093020618 NRCINRR 1012912009 E-Mail Telecon Summary to review Regarding the EIS 3

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 10 - November 30, 2009 lnternal Transmission DPP-01O- R. Palla 2009110129 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 009 ML093020493 NRCINRR 10129/2009 E-Mail Weather Runs 10 29 O9.doc Regarding the EIS 4 2009110131 lndian Point LR Hearing - lnternal Transmission DPP-010- A. Stuyvenberg Indian Point FSElS and Comment of Comments 010 ML093040072 NRCINRR 1013112009 E-Mail Response Progress Regarding the EIS 3 J. Jones, Internal Transmission DPP-010- NRClContractor 200911 1102 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments 011 ML093160020 (Sandia) 11/02/2009 E-Mail Indian Point Regarding the EIS 2 J. Jones, Internal Transmission DPP-010- NRClContractor 200911 1102 Indian Point LR Hearing - of Comments Re: EIS 012 ML093160021 (Sandia) 1110212009 E-Mail Task I draft Initial Assessment and Contentions 19 200911 1110 lndian Point LR Hearing - lnternal Transmission DPP-010- R. Conte NRCI FW: RA LR Letter IP.doc MEMO - IP of Comments 013 ML093140045 DRS 1111012009 E-Mail 1 & 2 - LIC. RENEWAL INSPEC. Regarding the SER 5

November 25, 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 Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the ~ i v i s i o nof 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.

2. As part of their responsibilities 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 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 10.

3. 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.

4. 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 andlor 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.

5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 10.

6. 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 25'h day of November, 2009

November 25,2009 LlhllTED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONlMlSSlON BEFORE THE ATONllC 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 KIMBERLY J. GREEN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)

I, Kimberly J. Green, do hereby state as follows:

1. 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 assisting with the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

2. 1 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 November 23, 2009.

3. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 2!jth day of November, 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 )

Units 2 and 3) )

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 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 10, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated November 25, 2009, and Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, dated November 25, 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 3othday of November, 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 Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@rirc.qov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@.nrc.qov 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.sov E-mail: Hearinq.Docket@nrc.qov 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: Kave.Lathrop@nrc.qov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Zachary.Kahn@nrc.qov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Manna Jo Greene*

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Mail Stop: T-3 F23 112 Little Market Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (Via Internal Mail Only) E-mail: mannaio~dclearwater.orq

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.* William C. Dennis, Esq.*

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Assistant General Counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, D.C. 20004 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: ksutton@morqanlewis.corn E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com E-mail: pbessette@mornanlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.* Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.*

Vice President - Energy Department Janice A. Dean, Esq.

New York City Economic Development Executive Deputy Attorney General, Corporation (NYCDEC) Social Justice 110 William Street Office of the Attorney General New York, NY 10038 of the State of New York E-mail: nidclaney(@n~cedc.com 120 Broadway, 25thFloor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: m _ ~ ~ ~ g h e n e r s l e i n ~ o a ~ . s t a t e . n y . u s lanice.dean@oaq.state.nv.us Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.* Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.*

Assistant County Attorney Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Office of the Westchester County Attorney 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 148 Martine Avenue, 6thFloor Houston, TX 77002 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: .rnartin.o'neill@rnorqanlewis.com E-mail: jd~3@westchester~ov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor* John J. Sipos, Esq.*

James Seirmarco, M.S. Charlie Donaldson, Esq.

Village of Buchanan Assistants Attorney General Municipal Building New York State Department of Law Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Environmental Protection Bureau E-mail: vob@bestweb.net The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: j~t~n.sipgs@oaq.state.r~y.us Robert Snook, Esq.* Daniel Riesel, Esq.*

Office of the Attorney General Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

State of Connecticut Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

55 Elm Street Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

P.O. Box 120 460 Park Avenue Hartford, CN 06141-0120 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: robert,snook@po.state.ct.us E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com jsteinbera@sprlaw.cplll

Phillip Musegaas, Esq.* Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*

Deborah Brancato, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects Riverkeeper, Inc. New York State Department of 828 South Broadway Environmental Conservation Tarrytown, NY 10591 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: ptiillip@riverkeeper.org 625 Broadway, 1 4 ' ~Floor dbrancato@rivcrkeeper.org Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlniatthe@qw.dec.state.ny.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq.* John Louis Parker, Esq.*

Goodwin Procter, LLP Office of General Counsel, Region 3 Exchange Place New York State Department of 53 State Street Environmental Conservation Boston, MA 02109 21 South Putt Corners Road E-mail: emoli@qoodwinprocter.com New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@sw.dec.state.nv.us Ross H. Gould, Esq.* Josh Kirstein, Esq.

10 Park Ave, #5L Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel New York, NY 10016 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 E-mail: raouldesq@qniail.com U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: ,JJ.Kirstein@nrc.qov .

Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff