ML102110289

NRC Staff Letter to ASLB Regarding NRC Staff July 2010 Hearing File Supplement

ML102110289
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	07/30/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
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 18312
Download: ML102110289 (17)

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July 30, 2010 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 Atorr~icSafety 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 Board's ("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 the 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. 3 2.1203, as well as the Staff's mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(I), (2), and (4), and § 2.336(c).

Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). The Staff has not identified any documents requiring disclosure since the last update to the hearing file on June 30, 2010.

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-I &2-50-282& 50-306-LR" folder of the EHD.

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 July 16, 2010, and required by the regulation to be disclosed, have been disclosed and that the disclosures are accurate and complete. Ms. Keegan's and Mr. Plasse's affidavits are Attachments 3 and 4, respectively.

The Staff respectfully maintains that safety culture documents are not encompassed by the provisions of 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(b) or 1203(b) and thus are not subject to mandatory disclosure or production through the hearing file. Nevertheless, in order to comply with the Licensing Board's rulings in this proceeding, the Staff has searched for documents that relate to the safety culture contention and its bases. While the Staff's search revealed no final documents subject to mandatory disclosure, it did reveal a number of draft documents. These documents are being withheld under the deliberative process privilege.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5) and in accordance with the schedule set out in the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's April 20, 2010 Memorandum and Order (Summarizing Prehearing Conference all and Amending Hearing Schedule) and the provisions in the May 13, 2010 Order (Defining Scope of Discovery), the Staff has produced a privilege log, Attachment 2, identifying these draft document. The Declaration of Steven West, which forrnally invokes the privilege with respect to the documents identified in the privilege log, is attached as . During the pendency of this proceeding, the Staff will maintain and preserve all of the documents identified in the privilege log. In addition to the documents identified in the privilege log, the Staff identified two other documents. These two documents are drafts and subject to withholding under the deliberative process privilege, but they also contain information regarding allegqtions and, on that basis, are also protected from disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 9.17(a)(7)(iv). In accordance with Management Directive 8.8, Management of Allegations, the Staff has not included information about those two documents in the privilege log.

Earlier in this proceeding, the Board instructed the Staff to report, on a monthly basis, its best estimate of the date it expects to issue the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS). The Staff expects to issue the FSEIS by September 24, 2010 and has updated the Commission's website to reflect that date.

Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0 - 1 5D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov Attachments: Attachments: Declaration of Steven West Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 2010 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.

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 NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 1 Declaration of Steven West

July 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2)

DECLARATION OF STEVEN WEST I, Steven West, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of Reactor Projects in the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Region Ill Office. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the Staff's inspection activities at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2.

2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing mandatory disclosures relevant to these proceedings, NRC staff members in Region Ill 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 NRC Staff's July 30, 2010, Mandatory Disclosure.

3. 1 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 inspection activities. All documents contain the 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 inspections and reports documenting and evaluating the results of those inspections.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members andlor 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; or (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions 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 positions..

5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's July 30, 201 0, Mandatory Disclosure.

6. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Lisle, Illinois

< teven West this 28th day of July, 201 0

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 NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 2 Privilege Log

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure 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.

ID# AuthorlAffiliation AddresseelAffiliation Title Date Privilege PMD- M. Holmberg, D. K. RiernerIRegion Ill Draft Inspection Report 12/09/02 25 Transmission of draft DP 007 HillslRegion Ill 2002009 report for

- cornrnentlrevision 11101102 3 Transmission of draft p+m&r HillslRegion Ill I R. Skokowskil I Draft Inspection Report 1 I

0911 1106 1 I

7 report for I r e ~ o rfor t I I Ill I

Draft Inspection Report 2002009 L

I O 2 1I 26 1I cdmmentlrevision Transmission of report for I I I cornment/revision R. Skokowskil Draft lnspection Report 09111106 1 7 ( Transmission of draft 01 1 HillslRegion Ill Region Ill 2006004 report for cornrnentlrevision m q m HillslRegion m J TIll R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report 09118/06 7 Transmission of draft Region Ill 2006004 report for I

cornrnent/revision PMD- G. O'DwyerlRegion Ill A.M. Stone1 Region Draft lnspection Report 09/28/09 7 Transmission of draftp 013 Ill 2010008 report for

( c6rnrnentlrevision I Draft Inspection Report I 0111 1110 1 4 1 I I report for I I PMD- D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, K. RiernerlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 015 J. MaynenlRegion Ill lnspection Report 2006401 I I cornrnentlrevision report for I I 1 PMD- I 1 D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, I K. RiemerlRegion Ill 1 1 Draft Security Baseline 1 03115107 1I 18 1I Transmission of draft 1

016 D. FunURegion Ill I - lnspection ~ e ~ o r t 2 0 0 7 4 0 1 report for I PMD- D. Lawler, B. Bartlett, J. E. DuncanlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 017 MaynenIRegion III Inspection Report 2007404 1

In addition to containing predecisional deliberative information, these documents contain Safeguards Information protected from disclosure by the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2167, and NRC regulations, 10 C.F.R. Part 73, and are being withheld from production.

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ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure as predecisional, deliberative information.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Cj 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege. -

comment/revision PMD- D. Lawler, D. Funk, R. E. DuncanlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 04117/08 8 Transmission of draft DPISGI' 018 SkokowskilRegion Ill Inspection Report 2008402 report for comment/revision I L I I I I I PMD- D. McNeil. D. HillslRegion R. LanksburylRegion Draft Inspection Report 12/30/01 9 Transmission of draft DP 019 Ill Ill 2001018 report for I comment/revision PMD- 1 D. McNeil, R. I E. PassehllReqion

- Ill 1 Draft Inspection Report 1 01104105 1 3 1 Transmission of draft 020 I LanksburylRegion Ill 1 1 20040008 I I report for comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil, R. E. PassehllRegion Ill Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft LanksburylRegion Ill 20040008 report for commenffrevision I I PMD- D. McNeil, H. R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft 022 PetersonlRegion Ill Region Ill 2007002 report for 01124107 comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil. H. R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft 023 PetersonlRegion Ill Region Ill 2007005 report for I cornmenffrevision PMD- D. McNeil, H. I K. StoedterlRegion I Draft Inspection Report 1 12/22/08 1 6 1 Transmission of draft 024 PetersonlRegion Ill Ill 2008005 report for comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil, H. K. StoedterlRegion Draft Inspection Report 09123109 11 Transmission of draft 025 PetersonlRegion Ill Ill 2009004 report for I commenffrevision PMD- J. RobbinslRegion Ill I Addressee . I Draft Cross Cutting Issues 1 07126107 1 1 I Staff document used to 026 unidentified / Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- Draft Meeting Agenda, 2008 Staff document used to 027 unidentified Mid-Cycle Plant Safety support internal Performance Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 2 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure 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.

~ ~ l a l d ~Ill -e Addressee unidentified

~ i ~ n Draft 2007 End of Cycle Plant Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding Draft 2009 End of Cycle unidentified Follow-up Meeting support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding PMD- 1 F. TranlResion Ill I Addressee unidentified h e & 8 1 0 3 1 0 9 Performance summary 1 19 1 inspectionlenfor~ement Staff document used to support internal I DP briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- M. GrzywalRegion Ill Staff document used to 03 1 unidentified Plant Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Staff document used to 032 unidentified Documentation for Reactive support internal lnspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding unidentified 1 Draft Decision Documentation for Reactive 1 0511 1109 1 3 ( inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to+

support internal Inspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding 1 inspectionlenforcement I Addressee I Draft 2009 Security End of 1 01129110 1 1 I Staff document used to I DPISGI' unidentified Cycle Itemized Performance support internal Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding Page 3 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure 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.

PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Decision 05112/09 4 Staff document used to DP 035 unidentified Documentation for Reactive support internal Inspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- D. FunWRegion Ill Addressee Draft Region 111 2009 07122109 1 Staff document used to DPISGI~

036 unidentified Security Mid-Cycle Itemized support internal Performance Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- G. O'Dwyer, A.M. K. StoedterIRegion I Draft Inspection Report 1217/09 11 Transmission of draft DP 037 StonelRegion Ill 2009004 report for commentlrevision PMD- M. GrzywaIRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 11120109 10 Staff document used to DP 038 unidentified 2009003 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspection!enforcement PMD- M. Phalen, S. M. GryglaWRegion Memorandum discussing 04114/09 1 Staff document used to DP 039 OrthlRegion Ill IIII region's proposed approach support internal re Prairie Island instruments briefings andlor and enforcement deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- J. FlintlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Cross Cutting Matrix, 02/05/09 1 Staff document used to DP 040 unidentified 2008 Prairie Island support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- A.M. StonelRegion Ill Addressee Draft Prairie Island SCCl 01/29/09 2 Staff document used to DP 04 1 unidentified chart for 2008 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 4 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure as predecisional, deliberative information.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

PMD- SBrusehaverIRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 04120110 52 Staff document used to DP 042 unidentified 2010002 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report re 12116/08 1 Staff document used to DP 043 unidentified Emergency Diesel Generator support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcernent PMD- R. Jickling, S. Sheldon. J. Addressee Draft Region Ill Licensee 02118110 8 Staff document used to DP 044 BenjaminlRegion Ill unidentified Renewal Self-Assessment support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- SBrusehaverlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 04/26/10 51 Staff document used to DP 045 unidentified 2010002 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, G. Draft Inspection Report 11110108 41 Transmission of draft DP 046 Shear. P Lougheedl 2008008 report for Region Ill commenffrevision PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report 10117108 30 Transmission of draft DP 047 Pedersonl Region 111 2008008 report for comment/revision PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report 10116108 30 Transmission of draft DP 048 Pedersonl Region 111 2008008 report for comment/revision Page 5 of 5

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 NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 3 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan

July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos. 50-282-LRI 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant 1 Units 1 and 2)

AFFIDAVIT OF ELAINE M. KEEGAN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)

I, Elaine M. Keegan, 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for environmental issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the environmental issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.

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

Elaine M. Keegan Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 2010

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 NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 4 Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.

July 30, 2010 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-LW 50-306-LR

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(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant )

Units 1 and 2)

AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD A. PLASSE, JR. CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R, 6 2.336(b]

I, Richard A. Plasse, Jr., 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for safety issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the safety issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.

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

Richard A. Ffasse, Jr.

Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 201 0

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NlJCLEAR 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 Staff's Letter, Attachment 1 (Declaration of Steven West), Attachment 2 (Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 201 O), (Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan), and Attachment 4 (Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.), have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 30th day of July, 2010:

Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of Commission Appellate Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop 16G4 E-mail: wjfl @nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the Secretary Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0 - 1 6G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: gxal @nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARlNGDOCKET@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel David R. Lewis, Esq.

Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20037-1 122 E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov david.lewis@~illsburylaw.com

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.qlass@xcelener~y.com Welch, MN 55089 E-mail: pmahowald(Si2piic.org Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301 ) 41 5-1392 brian.harris@nrc.qov