ML100321120

Hearing File Update 12 and Transmittal Letter

ML100321120
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	01/29/2010
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, RAS E-327
Download: ML100321120 (10)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 205554001 CHAIRMAN January 29,2010 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 12 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about February 5, 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:llehd.nrc.novlEHD Proceedins1home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 12" 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 January 29,2010 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 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 January 22, 2010.

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. 5 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. 5 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.

Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 12 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc w1Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 12 - January 29,201 0 Accession ID # Number Document Date Title ML093620022 12/28/2009 2009112/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - Telecon re Recent RAI Response 12-001 ML093620374 12/28/2009 2009112128 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Telecon re Recent RAI Response 12-002 ML093620438 12/28/2009 2009112128 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Telecon re Recent RAI Response 12-003 ML093641149 12/30/2009 2009/12/30 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Joint Application for CWA; Indian Point Units 2 and 3 12-004 ML093650243 12/31/2009 2009/12/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC SAMA Letter 12-005 12-006 ML100040199 1/4/2010 2010/01/04 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC SAMA Letter ML100050741 1/5/2010 2010/01/05 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Conference Details (JAN 07, 2010--09:OO AM ET)12-007 ML100081221 1/8/2010 2010/01/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - Week of Jan. 25th tentatively looks good. ..12-008 ML100130180 111312010 2010/01113 Indian Point LR Hearing - Site Visit 12-009 12-010 ML100190222 1/14/2010 2010/01/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - Emailing: NL-10-013.pdf 12-011 ML100190223 1/19/2010 2010/01/19 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Emailing: NL-10-013.pdf 12-012 ML100192092 111912010 2010/01/19 Indian Point LR Hearing - site visit 12-013 ML100200378 1/20/2010 2010/01/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Access Forms12-014 ML100211165 1/21/2010 2010/01/21 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Impingement Date Page 1 of 1

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 12 - January 29, 2010 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. 9 2. 36(b)(5), the Si ~ffis rovidin this lo to identi the follov g documents, withheld under the "deliberative prc Accession Author Name/ Document Documer ID # umber Affiliation Title DPP 2009112/22 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: lnternal discussion 001 Output Files regarding SAMA 2009112/30 lndian Point LR Hearing - DRAFT - lnternal DPP 002 S. Klementowicz NRCINRR 1 I 1213012009 E-Mail License Renewal - lndian Point comment resolution transmission of draft FSElS DPP R. Palla 2010/01/04 lndian Point LR Hearing - Followup lnternal discussion 003 NRCINRR 1/4/2010 E-Mail Question re: SAMA ReAnalysis regarding SAMA 2010/01/14 lndian Point LR Hearing - Draft Internal w

DPP R. Palla FSEIS Insert Discussing lmpact of IP transmission of 004 NRCINRR 1/14/2010 E-Mail Contentions on SAMA 2010/01/19 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft lnternal DPP R. Palla FSElS Insert Discussing lmpact of IP transmission of 005 NRCINRR 1119/20 10 E-Mail Contentions on SAMA draft FSEIS I

DPP R. Palla 2010/01/19 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: Letter lnternal discussion 006 NRCINRR of Technical Direction Re IP Site Visit DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2010/01/19 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Letter lnternal discussion 007 NRCINRR of Technical Direction Re IP Site Visit regarding SAMA lnternal DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2010/01/20 lndian Point LR Hearing - App. G transmission of 008 NRCINRR changes lnternal DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2010/01/20 lndian Point LR Hearing - changes tc transmission of 009 NRCINRR cha~ter5 draft FSEIS lnternal DPP A. Stuyvenberg 2010101120 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: transmission of 010 Inserts to IP SElS Chapter 5 and Appendix G Page 1 of 1

January 29, 2010 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. 1 Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR (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 12.

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 12.

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 2gthday of January, 2010

January 29,2010 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 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, Units 2 and 3)

AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUWENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 5 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. 9 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 January 22, 2010.

3. I 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 2gthday of January, 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 1 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 12, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated January 29, 2010, and Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, dated January 29, 2010, 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 291h day of January, 2010:

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.gov 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.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 Corr~mission E-mail: Kave.Lathrop@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Zachary.Kahn@nrc.gov

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