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NSPM Letter to the Board Informing That Northern States Power Co. and Prairie Island Indian Community Have Been Unsuccessful in Efforts to Negotiate a Settlement of PIICs Safety Culture Contention
ML101670198
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  
Issue date: 06/16/2010
From: Doris Lewis
Northern States Power Co, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To: Gary Arnold, William Froehlich, Hirons T
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 18019
Download: ML101670198 (3)


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David R. Lewis tel 202.663.8474 david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW l Washington, DC 20037-1122 l tel 202.663.8000 l fax 202.663.8007 June 16, 2010 Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Esq., Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 In the Matter of Northern States Power Company (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR & 50-306-LR; ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Gentlemen:

I am writing to inform you that Northern States Power Company (NSPM) and the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) have been unsuccessful in their efforts to negotiate a settlement of the PIICs safety culture contention. Accordingly, settlement discussions are no longer being pursued, and absent Commission action on the pending petitions for interlocutory review (Northern States Power Companys Petition for Interlocutory Review of an Order Admitting a Safety Culture Contention (Feb. 12, 2010); 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)), NSPM will proceed with litigation of this contention in accordance with the schedule established in the Boards April 20, 2010 Memorandum and Order.

Sincerely,

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis/

David R. Lewis Counsel for NSPM cc: Service list

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of

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

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ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the attached letter was provided to the Electronic Information Exchange for service on the individuals listed below, this 16th day of June, 2010.

Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Esq., Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Email: wjf1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Email: gxa1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Email: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop O-16 C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 secy@nrc.gov; hearingdocket@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop O-16 C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov

2 Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth, Esq.

Brian G. Harris, Esq.

Maxwell C. Smith, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; david.roth@nrc.gov; brian.harris@nrc.gov; maxwell.smith@nrc.gov Philip R. Mahowald, Esq.

General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian Community 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 pmahowald@piic.org

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis/

David Lewis