ML102140116

Iplr - Hearing File Supplement 18

ML102140116
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/30/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Harris, Brian G., 301-415-1392
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-383
Download: ML102140116 (10)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL July 30, 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 Licensir~gBoard 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 18 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about August 5, 2010, the newly identified documents in the hearing file will be rnade available via the Electronic Hearing Docket ("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: htt~:llehd.nrc.c~ovlEHD Proceedin~1home.a~~. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 18" in the "Indian-PT-2&3-50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. 9 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 Andrew S. lmboden formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the document in

Judge McDade July 30, 2010 Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell . The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged document identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.

Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. !j 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Robert F. Kuntz, 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 July 23, 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. 3 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. 3 2.1 203 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.

Sincerelv.

Brian G. ax Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 18 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Andrew S. lmboden Affidavit of Robert F. Kuntz cc w1Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 18 - July 30, 2010 Accession ID # Number Document Date Title lndian Point, Units 2 & 3, Telephone Conference Call Regarding Met Tower Data for SAMA 0 18-001 ML093340049 1111612009 Analysis.

018-002 ML101890053 7/8/2010 2010/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Call at 2:00 pm EDT 018-003 ML101890055 7/8/2010 2010/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Call at 2:00 pm EDT 018-004 ML101890056 7/8/2010 2010/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - Call at 2:00 prn EDT 0 18-005 ML101950430 7/14/2010 2010/07/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - NL-10-063 - LRA Amendment 9.pdf 018-006 ML102020027 7/24/2010 IR 05000003-10-09 on 06/22/10 - 06/24/10 for Indian Point, Unit 1, Buchanan, NY.

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Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 18 - July 30, 2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hear ng file and rn indatory disclosures for this proceeding haw been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding fr )m public dis :losures as predecisional, deliberative inform ition. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following jocuments. withheld under the "deliberative r Accession l ~ u t h o Name1 r l ~ o c u m e n t Document ID # Number Affiliation Date TYpe Title Comment Count ML101760097 A. Stuyvenberg 6125120 1C E-Mail 2010106125 lndian Point LR Hearing - More Discussion of DSElS DPP-18-001 NRCINRR fun. . . Responses ML101760137 A. Stuyvenberg 61251201C 2010106125 lndian Point LR Hearing - EJ Discussion of DSEIS 18 DPP-18-002 NRCINRR Responses Responses I ML101760209 A. Stuyvenberg 61251201C 2010106125 lndian Point LR Hearing - If Discussion of Draft I 3 time. . . IP assistance follow-up responses to DSElS I I DPP-18-003 Comments ML101760539 A. Stuyvenberg 61251201C 2010106125 lndian Point LR Hearing - SO Discussion of Draft 9 NRCINRR responses responses to DSElS I I DPP-18-004 comments ML101800548 J. Jones SNL 2/8/20 10 2010102108 lndian Point LR Hearing - lndian Discussion of Draft 22 Point Task I Report - Deliverable responses to DSElS 1 I DPP-18-005 Comments I ML101800550 J. Jones SNL 12/8/2008 2009112108 lndian Point LR Hearing - Task I Discussion of Draft I 22 responses to DSElS I I Comments 2010107106 lndian Point LR Hearing - IP Discussion of Draft 2 Comments responses to DSElS I I comments 2010107106 lndian Point LR Hearing - IP Discussion of 2 DPP-18-008 NRCINRR questions for FSElS comments for FSElS ML102030402 S. 7/22/2010 2010107122 lndian Point LR Hearing - lndian Draft of FSEIS Klementowicz, Point - 2.2.7 revision to update REMP data DPP-18-009 NRC Page 1 of 1

July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NlJCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR j

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF ANDREW S. IMBODEN I, Andrew S. Imboden, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Brach Chief for Environmental Review and Guidance Update Branch of the Division of License Renewal ("DLR") in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR"). I am serving as the Acting Director for DLR. 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. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 18.

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 review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staff's analyses, recommendations,

opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein. The documents comprise 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 the 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 the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 18.

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

t Andrew S. lmboden Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 2010

July 30, 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 ROBERT F. KUNTZ CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)

I, Robert F. Kuntz, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Senior Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I am the Acting Branch Chief 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. I hereby certify that all relevant materials 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 as of July 23, 2010.

3. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, inforrnation and belief.

• - c Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 2010

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CONlMlSSlON BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1

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ENTERGY NlJCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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1 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, )

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 lndex Supplement 18, and Affidavit of Robert F. Kuntz, dated July 30, 2010, - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 18 - Deliberative Due Process Privilege, and Declaration of Andrew S. Imboden, dated July 30, 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 3othday of July, 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: OCAAMAII-.resource@nrc.aov 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.qov E-mail: Hearinq.Docket@nrc.qov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop* Josh Kirstein, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E. Mail Stop - T -3 F23 Ridawav. CO 81432 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.aov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Manna Jo Greene*

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Mail Stop: T-3 F23 112 Little Market Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (Via Internal Mail Only) E-mail: mannaio@clearwater.orq

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.* William C. Dennis, Esq:*

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Assistant General Counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, D.C. 20004 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: ksutton@morqanlewis.com E-mail: wdennis@enterqy.com E-mail: pbessette@morqanlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.* Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.*

Vice President - Energy Department Janice A. Dean, Esq.

New York City Economic Development Executive Deputy Attorney General, Corporation (NYCDEC) Social Justice 110 William Street Office of the Attorney General New York, NY 10038 of the State of New York E-mail: mdelane~@nvcedc.com 120 Broadway, 25th Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mvlan.denerstein@oan.state.nv.us janice.dean@oaa.state.nv.us Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.* Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.*

Assistant County Attorney Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Office of the Westchester County Attorney 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 148 Martine Avenue, 61h Floor Houston, TX 77002 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: martin.o'neill@morqanlewis.com E-mail: jd~3@westchesterqov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor* John J. Sipos, Esq.*

James Seirmarco, M S . Charlie Donaldson, Esq.

Village of Buchanan Assistants Attorney General Municipal Building New York State Department of Law Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Environmental Protection Bureau E-mail: vob@bestweb.net The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: john.sipos@oaq.state.ny.us Robert Snook, Esq.* Daniel Riesel, Esq."

Office of the Attorney General Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

State of Connecticut Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

55 Elm Street Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

P.O. Box 120 460 Park Avenue Hartford, CN 06141-0120 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: robert.snook@po.state.ct,us E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com isteinberg@sprlaw.corn

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