ML093640856

Indian Point - Iplr Hearing File Supplement 11

ML093640856
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	12/30/2009
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR
Download: ML093640856 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205554001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL December 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 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 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 11 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about January 7, 2010, 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 11" in the "Indian-PT-2&3 247&50-286-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 December 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. § 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 December 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, Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 11 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 11 - December 30,2009 Accession ID # Number Document Date Title 11-001 ML093280730 11/24/2009 200911 1/24 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC Impingement Data Letter 11-002 ML093290072 11/1712009 200911 1117 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC Met Tower Data Telecon 11-003 ML093340210 11/30/2009 200911 1/30 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Point Document 11-004 ML093340409 11/30/2009 200911 1/30 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Impingement Data Letter 11-005 ML093350048 12/1/2009 2009/12/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Impingement Data Letter 2009/12/01 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: lndian Point - NYS Laboratory radiological results on fish 11-006 ML093350748 12/1/2009 flesh and bone samples11-007 ML093360080 12/2/2009 2009112/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - October 28 Conference Call Summary Comments11-008 ML093360137 12/2/2009 2009/12/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: October 28 Conference Call Summary Comments11-009 ML093410138 12/7/2009 2009/12/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Confirmation request 2009/12/11 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Letter NL-09-165 - SAMA Reanalysis Using 11-010 ML093451465 1211112009 Alternate Meteorological Tower Data lndian Point, Units 2 8 3 - Response to Request for Additional Information on License Renewal 11-011 ML093580089 1211112009 Application - SAMA Reanalysis Using Alternate Meteorological Tower Data.11-012 ML093640098 12/2/2009 2009/12/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: October 28 Conference Call Summary Comments Page 1 of 1

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement II- December 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. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

Accession Author Name/ Document Document Page ID # Number Affiliation Date TYpe Title Comment Count lnternal Transmission of DPP K. Green 200911 1/24 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC Comments 00 1 ML093280943 NRCINRR 11/24/2009 E-Mail Impingement Data Letter Regarding the EIS 2 lnternal Transmission of DPP K. Green 2009111/24 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC Comments 002 ML093280948 NRCINRR 11/24/2009 E-Mail Impingement Data Letter Regarding the EIS 566 lnternal Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2009/12/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC Comments 003 ML093350047 NRCINRR 12/1/2009 E-Mail Impingement Data Letter Regarding the EIS 551 lnternal Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2009/12/04 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Comments 004 ML093380472 NRCINRR 12/4/2009 E-Mail Impingement Data Letter Regarding the EIS 3 lnternal Transmission of DPP D. Logan Comments 005 ML093420508 NRCINRR 12/8/2009 E-Mail 2009/12/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - Regarding the EIS 114 lnternal Transmission of DPP S. Klementowicz 2009/12/10 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Comments 006 ML093441668 NRCINRR 12/10/2009 E-Mail Point comment resolution - as of 12-10-09 Regarding the EIS 26 Page 1 of 2

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 11 - December 30, 2009 Accession Author Name1 Document Document Page ID # Number Affiliation Date TYW Title Comment Count lntemal Transmission of DPP S. Klementowicz 2009/12/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - DRAFT - Comments 007 ML093500422 NRCINRR 12/16/2009 E-Mail Indian Point comment resolution - DRAFT Regarding the EIS 29 lntemal 2009/12/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - First Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg segment of comment responses and scheduling Comments 008 ML093500481 NRCINRR 12/16/2009 E-Mail update Regarding the EIS 18 Internal Transmission of DPP S. Klementowicz 2009/12/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Comments 009 ML093500716 NRCINRR 12/16/2009 E-Mail Point comment resolution - draft final version Regarding the EIS 28 lntemal Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2009/12/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Comments 010 ML093500639 NRCINRR 12/16/2009 E-Mail Point DSElS Comment Responses Regarding the EIS 4 lntemal 2009/12/16 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg Letter NL-09-165 - SAMA Reanalysis Using Comments 01 1 ML093500104 NRCINRR 1211612009 E-Mail Alternate Meteorological Tower Data Regarding the EIS 3 Internal 2009112/16 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Transmission of DPP A. Stuyvenberg Letter NL-09-165 - SAMA Reanalysis Using Comments 012 ML093500106 NRCINRR 1211612009 E-Mail Alternate Meteorological Tower Data Regarding the EIS 3 Page 2 of 2

December 30, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMWllSSlON BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND I-ICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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(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 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.

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 11.

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 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.

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 11.

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 3othday of December, 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. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUWENBERG CONCERlVlNG MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)

I, Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, 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 managing 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. 3 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 December 22, 2009.

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

Andrew L. Stuyvenberg Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of December, 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 11, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated December 30, 2009, and Affidavit of Andrew L.

Stuyvenberg, dated December 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 3othday of December, 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@nrc.sov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.~v 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: Hearinq.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 8 1432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Ka~e.Lathrop~nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Zachary.Kahn@?nrc.gov

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@clearwater.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.com E-mail: wdennis@.enterqy.com E-mail: pbessette@moraanlewis.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: mdelaney@nycedc.com 120 Broadway, 25'h Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mylan.denerstein@oaq.state.ny,us janice.dean0oaq.state.ny.u~

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, 6Ih Floor Houston, TX 77002 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: martin.o'neill@morqanlewis.com E-mail: jdp3@westchesterqov.com Daniel E. OINeill, 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: john.si~os@oaq.state.n~.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 jsteinbers@s~rlaw.com 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: phillip@riverkeeper.org 625 Broadway, 1 4 ' ~Floor dbrancato@riverkeeper.org Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@,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: ezoli@qoodwinprocter.com New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@aw.dec.state.ny.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: rqouldesq@qmail.com U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov .

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