ML102450014

Iplr Hearing File Supplement 19

ML102450014
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	08/31/2010
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-393
Download: ML102450014 (10)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055!i-O001 CHAIRMAN August 31,2010 Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and I-icensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane East Ridgeway, CO 81 432 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 18 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about September 7, 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: htt~:llehd.nrc.aovlEHD Proceedin~/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 19" in the "Indian-PT-2&3-50-247&50-286-L R 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 a document 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 the document in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged document identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.

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- lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 19 - August 31, 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. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

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August 31, 201 0 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.

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DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:

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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.

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As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified a document as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. The document are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 19.

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I have personally reviewed the document identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that it contains pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. The document 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 document comprises part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application.

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Further, I have determined that disclosure of the document could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely 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; (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.

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Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the document listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 19.

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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 31" day of August, 201 0

August 31, 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, IIVC.

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Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR 1

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3)

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1 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:

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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.

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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 August 24, 2010.

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

Andrew L. Stuyvenberg Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3Istday of August, 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.

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Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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

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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 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 19, and Affidavit of Andrew L Stuyvenberg, dated August 31, 2010, Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 19 -

Deliberative Due Process Privilege, and Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated August 31, 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 31 day of August, 201 0:

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.aov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.~ov 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: Hearins.Docket@,nrc.~ov 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 Ridgway, CO 81432 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kave.Lathro~~nrc.gov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@,nrc.cwv Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Manna Jo Greene*

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

Mail Stop: T-3 F23 1 12 Little Market Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (Via Internal Mail Only)

E-mail: mannaio@clearwater.orq

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.*

Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 11 11 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com E-mail: pbessette@mor~anlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.*

Vice President - Energy Department New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCDEC) 11 0 William Street New York, NY 10038 E-mail: mdelanev@nvcedc.com Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.*

Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: jd~3@westchester~ov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor*

James Seirmarco, M.S.

Village of Buchanan Municipal Building Buchanan, NY 1051 1-1 298 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net Robert Snook, Esq.*

Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CN 061 41 -01 20 E-mail: robert.snook@~o.state.ct.us William C. Dennis, Esq.*

Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: wdennis@enterqv.com Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.*

Janice A. Dean, Esq.

Executive Deputy Attorney General, Social Justice Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 25th Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mvlan.denerstein@oag.state.ny.us janice.dean@oaq.state.ny.us Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.*

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77002 E-mail: martin.o'neill@morsanlewis.com John J. Sipos, Esq.*

Charlie Donaldson, Esq.

Assistants Attorney General New York State Department of Law Environmental Protection Bureau The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: iohn.sipos@oan.state.nv.us Daniel Riesel, Esq.*

Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 E-mail: driesel@s~rlaw.com jsteinberg@s~rlaw.com

Phillip Musegaas, Esq.*

Deborah Brancato, Esq.

Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.orq d brancato@riverkeeper.org Elise N. Zoli, Esq.*

Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 021 09 E-mail: ezoli@noodwinprocter.com Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*

Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of the General Counsel 625 Broadway, 1 4'h lo or Albany, NY 12233-1 500 E-mail: jlmatthe@~w.dec.state.nv.us John Louis Parker, Esq.*

Office of General Counsel, Region 3 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@,qw.dec.state,ny.us Ross H. Gould, Esq.*

10 Park Ave, #5L New York, NY 1001 6 E-mail: rnouldesq@~mail.com Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff