ML093650091
| ML093650091 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 12/31/2009 |
| From: | Harris B NRC/OGC |
| To: | Gary Arnold, William Froehlich, Hirons T Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML093650090 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 16907 | |
| Download: ML093650091 (4) | |
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December 31, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Thomas J. Hirons 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 Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR
Dear Administrative Judges:
Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards (Licensing Board) February 18, 2009, Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary and Initial Scheduling Order), slip op. at 2-3, and the telephone conference call held on February 5, 2009, the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that a hearing file has been updated for this proceeding. The hearing file includes materials required to be produced or disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203, as well as the Staffs mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(1), (2), and (4), and § 2.336(c).
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 added to the hearing file since the November 30, 2009, update to the hearing file is appended hereto as Attachment 1.
The hearing file is available via the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, Prairie Island Hearing File in the Prairie Island_1&2_50-282& 50-306-LR" folder of the EHD.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing logs identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege (Attachment 2). On April 30, 2009, the parties agreed that documents withheld under the attorney client privilege or work product doctrine no longer needed to be logged. The Declaration of Brian E. Holian, Attachment 3,
formally invokes the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents identified in .
The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in this log and its previously served logs during the pendency of this proceeding.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached are the affidavits of Elaine M. Keegan and Richard A. Plasse, Jr., certifying that all relevant materials, identified by the Staff by November 16, 2009, and required by the regulation to be disclosed, have been disclosed and that the disclosures are accurate and complete. Ms. Keegans and Mr. Plasses affidavits are Attachments 4 and 5, respectively.
Pursuant to the Boards instructions in its February 18, 2009, Memorandum and Order, slip op. at 3, the Staff reports that the ACRS issues its letter on December 10, 2009. Finally, in accordance with the Boards instructions, the Staff has updated the Milestones page on the Commissions web site regarding the Prairie Island License Renewal and the information on the Milestones page is current as of this date.
Respectfully,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov
Enclosures:
December 2009 Hearing File Index Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of Brain E. Holian Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
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NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. ) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR
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(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant )
Units 1 and 2 )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC Staffs Letter Transmitting Hearing File; (Hearing File Index); Attachment 2 (Privilege Log), Attachment 3 (Affidavit of Brian E. Holian) dated December 31, 2009, Attachment 4 (Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan), dated Decmber 31, 2009; and Attachment 5 (Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.), dated December 31, 2009, have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 31st day of December, 2009:
Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate William J. Froehlich, Chair Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: wjf1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Office of the Secretary Gary S. Arnold Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16G4 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov E-mail: gxa1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge David R. Lewis, Esq.
Thomas J. Hirons Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 2300 N Street, N.W.
Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, D.C. 20037-1122 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov
Phillip R. Mahowald, Esq. Peter M. Glass, Esq.
General Counsel Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
Prairie Island Indian Community 414 Nicollet Mall Legal Department Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road peter.m.glass@xcelenergy.com Welch, MN 55089 E-mail: pmahowald@piic.org
/Signed (electronically) by/
Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov