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Northern States Power Company'S Answer Supporting NRC Staff Petition for Interlocutory Review
ML100540291
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 02/22/2010
From: Doris Lewis
Northern States Power Co, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To:
NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 17278
Download: ML100540291 (4)


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February 22, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANYS ANSWER SUPPORTING NRC STAFF PETITION FOR INTERLOCUTORY REVIEW Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.341(b)(3), Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM) submits this answer supporting the NRC Staffs Petition for Interlocutory Review of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Decision Admitting Late Filed and Out of Scope Safety Culture Contention (Feb. 12, 2010). As discussed in Northern States Power Companys Petition for Interlocutory Review of an Order Admitting a Safety Culture Contention (Feb. 12, 2010), which addresses the matters in 10 C.F.R. § 2.341(b)(2), NSPM agrees that the Boards January 28, 2010 Order admitting a safety culture contention outside the scope of the proceeding warrants interlocutory review because it affects the structure of the proceeding in a pervasive and unusual manner. For the reasons discussed in the NRC Staffs Petition, NSPM also agrees that the Boards acceptance of the contention as timely was clearly erroneous1 and that the admission of this contention affects the structure of the proceeding in a pervasive and unusual manner.

1 See Northern States Power Companys Petition for Interlocutory Review of an Order Admitting a Safety Culture Contention (Feb. 12, 2010) at 6-7, and 8 n.18.

Respectfully Submitted,

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis/

David R. Lewis Matias F. Travieso-Diaz PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Tel. (202) 663-8148 Counsel for Northern States Power Co.

Dated: February 22, 2010 2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of Northern States Power Companys Answer Supporting NRC Staff Petition for Interlocutory Review dated February 22, 2010, was provided to the Electronic Information Exchange for service on the individuals listed below, this 22nd day of February, 2010.

Hon. Gregory B. Jaczko Hon. Kristine L. Svinicki Chairman Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 chairman@nrc.gov cmrsvinicki@nrc.gov Hon. Dale E. Kline U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission cmrklein@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 secy@nrc.gov; hearingdocket@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Administrative Judge Mail Stop O-16C1 William J. Froehlich, Esq., Chair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop T-3F23 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Email: wjf1@nrc.gov

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold Dr. Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Email: gxa1@nrc.gov Email: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Philip R. Mahowald, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian Mail Stop O-15D21 Community Washington, DC 20555-0001 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Beth N. Mizuno, Esq. Welch, MN 55089 David E. Roth, Esq. E-mail: pmahowald@piic.org Maxwell C. Smith, Esq.

Brian G. Harris, Esq.

E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; david.roth@nrc.gov; maxwell.smith@nrc.gov

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis/

David R. Lewis