ML102871073

Indian Point Hearing File Supplement 20

ML102871073
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/30/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR
Download: ML102871073 (10)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL September 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 Adrr~inistrativeJudges:

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 1, 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 20 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about October 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: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD Proceedinq/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 20" in the "Indian-PT-283-50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. fj 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.

Judge McDade September 30, 2010 Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, 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 September 24, 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. § 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203 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.

Sincerely, Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 19 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc wIEncls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 20 - September 29,2010 Accession ID # Number Document Date Title 020-001 ML102360254 8/24/2010 2010108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - More Permit Updates 020-002 ML102360261 812412010 2010108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - Permit Updates 020-003 ML102360321 8/9/2010 2010108109 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Fatigue Calcluations 020-004 ML102360339 8/24/2010 2010108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: More Permit Updates 020-005 ML102360344 8/24/2010 2010108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: More Permit Updates 020-006 ML102400066 812812010 2010108128 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Permit Updates 020-007 ML102430115 813112010 2010108131 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Permit Updates 020-008 ML102450137 9/2/2010 2010109102 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Permit Updates 020-009 ML102450141 9/2/2010 2010109102 Indian Point LR Hearing - Permit Updates 020-010 ML102460049 9/3/2010 2010109103 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: WQC 020-01 1 ML102460391 91312010 2010109103 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: WQC Page 1 of 1

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 20 - September 29, 2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and m indatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public dis :losures as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following locuments, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

Accession Author Name/ Document Document Page ID # Number Affiliation Date Type Title Comment Count ML102360291 D Logan 812412010 E-Mail 2010108124 Indian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft 6 FW: Emailing: lndian Point Nuclear FSE1.S sections Plant's Toll on River Stirs Debate -

NMimes.com.htm 2010109110 Indian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft 3 RE: Comments on FElS Chapter 5 FSElS sections DPP-20-002 NRCINRR ML102560340 T. Ghosh 9113/20 10 E-Mail 2010109113 Indian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft 10 FElS comments related to SAMA and FSElS sections DPP-20-003 Pro~osedresDonses ML102571491 T. Ghosh 911412010 E-Mail 2010109114 lndian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft DPP-20-004 NRCINRR RE: Comments on FElS Chapter 5 FSElS sections ML102670624 D. 912412010 E-Mail 2010109124 lndian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft Stuyvenberg NRCINRR I I FW: lndian Point: Essential Fish Habitat Consultation for License Renewal of lndian Point Nuclear Generating Unit FSE1.S sections Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. MD5411 and MD5412) 2010109124 lndian Point LR Hearing - Discussion of draft RE: lndian Point: Essential Fish Habitat FSE1.S sections NRCINRR Consultation for License Renewal of lndian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. MD5411 and DPP-20-006 MD5412)

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September 30, 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. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, )

Units 2 and 3) )

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:

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 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 September 24, 2010.

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

Andrewk. Stuyvenberg Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3 0 ' ~day of September, 2010

September 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COVINIISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

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

1. 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.

2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified 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 20.

3. I 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 it contains 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 document comprises 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 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.

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 20.

6. 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 3othday of September, 2010

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND I-ICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 j

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR 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 lndian Point Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 20, and Affidavit of Andrew L Stuyvenberg, dated September 30, 2010, Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 20 -

Deliberative Due Process Privilege, and Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated September 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 301h day of September, 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: OCAAMAIL.resource@,nrc.gov 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 Ridgway, CO 81432 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.qov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.~ov 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.org

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@mornanlewis.com E-mail: wdennis@enterqy.com E-mail: pbessette@mornanlewis.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: mdelaney@nycedc.com 120 Broadway, 25'h Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: mylan.denerstein@oag.state.ny.us janice.dean@oan.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, 6thFloor Houston, TX 77002 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: martin.o'neill@morqanlewis.com E-mail: jdp3@westchesternov.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@oa~.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 jsteinbern@sprlaw.com

Phillip Musegaas, Esq.* Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*

Deborah Brancato, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects Riverkeeper, Inc. New York State Department of 828 South Broadway Environmental Conservation Tarrytown, NY 10591 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.orq 625 Broadway, 14'h lo or Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq.* John Louis Parker, Esq.*

Goodwin Procter, LLP Office of General Counsel, Region 3 Exchange Place New York State Department of 53 State Street Environmental Conservation Boston, MA 02109 21 South Putt Corners Road E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@~w.dec.state.ny.us Ross H. Gould, Esq.*

10 Park Ave, #5L New York, NY 10016 E-mail: r~ouldes~@gmail.com Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff