ML110670290
| ML110670290 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/07/2011 |
| From: | Andrea Jones NRC/OGC |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| Jones, Andrea Z., 301-415-2246 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML110670286 | List: |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-479 | |
| Download: ML110670290 (6) | |
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March 7, 2011 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~LR/ 50-286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating
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Units 2 and 3)
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NRC STAFF'S ANSWER TO RIVERKEEPER, INC. AND CLEARWATER, INC.'S "CHALLENGE TO NRC STAFF'S ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS OF SPENT FUEL POOL LEAKS IN THE FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT" INTRODUCTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(h)(1), and the Board's "Scheduling Order" of July 1, 2010, the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff") files its answer to the "challenge,,1 submitted by Riverkeeper, Inc. ("Riverkeeper") and Clearwater, Inc. ("Clearwater").
on February 3, 2011, concerning the Staff's Final Supplement 38 to the "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants" ("GElS"), NUREG-1437 (May 1996),2 In their FSEIS Challenge, Riverkeeper and Clearwater (hereafter, "Joint Petitioners") request that Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/ Clearwater EC-1 ("Consolidated Contention")
be applied to the Staff's Final SEIS. As set forth below, the Staff does not oppose this request.
1 See "Riverkeeper, Inc. and Clearwater, Inc. Challenge to NRC Staffs Assessment of Impacts of Spent Fuel Pool Leaks in the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement," dated February 3, 2011 ("FSEIS Challenge").
2 "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 38 Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, Final Report, Main Report and Comment Responses," NUREG-1437 Supplement 38 (Dec. 2010) ("Final SEIS" or "FSEIS").
- 2 DISCUSSION The Joint Petitioners assert that the FSEIS fails to address their concerns regarding spent fuel leaks, and that the discussion of these matters in the FSEIS is "substantially the same (and in fact, largely verbatim) as that in the DSEIS." FSEIS Challenge at 3. As the Joint Petitioners observe, earlier in these proceedings, Riverkeeper and Clearwater had challenged the Draft SEIS and requested that their previously admitted Consolidated Contention be applied to the DSEIS. 3 Neither Entergy nor the Staff opposed application of the Consolidated Contention to the DSEIS, 4 and the Board granted their request to apply the Consolidated Contention to the DSEIS.5 The Joint Petitioners therefore seek to have their Consolidated Contention applied to the Staff's FSEIS.
In view of the fact that the Board has previously admitted this contention and has applied it to the DSEIS, the Staff does not oppose Riverkeeper's and Clearwater's request that the Consolidated Contention be applied to the Staff's Final SEIS, as previously admitted. 6 3 Riverkeeper, Inc.'s Challenge to NRC Staffs Assessment of Impacts of Spent Fuel Pool Leaks in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Feb. 27, 2009).
4 NRC Staff's Answer To Amended and New Contentions Filed by the State of New York and Riverkeeper, Inc. Concerning the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, (Mar. 24, 2009);
Entergy's Consolidated Response to Riverkeeper's February and March 2009 Filings Concerning Consolidated Riverkeeper's EC-3/Clearwater's EC-1 and Riverkeeper Contention TC-2, (Apr. 6, 2009).
5 Order (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staffs Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement) (May 28, 2009), at 2.
6 In stating that it does not oppose the application of the consolidated contention to the FSEfS, the Staff does not waive its previous arguments concerning the admissibility of Riverkeeper Contention EC-3 or Clearwater Contention EC-1, nor does the Staff agree that the contention has merit.
- 3 CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Staff does not oppose the Joint Petitioners' request that their Consolidated Contention (Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1) be applied to the Staff's Final SEIS.
Andrea' Z. J Counsel for the NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this ih day of March, 2011
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-LR/286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating
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Units 2 and 3)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing "NRC STAFF'S ANSWER TO RIVERKEEPER, INC.
AND CLEARWATER, INC.'S 'CHALLENGE TO NRC STAFF'S ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS OF SPENT FUEL POOL LEAKS IN THE FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT,'" dated March 7,2011, has 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 ih day of March, 2011 :
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T -3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard. Wardwell@nrc.gov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E.
Ridgway, CO 81432 E-mail: Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: 0-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Josh Kirstein, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T -3 F23 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (Via Internal Mail Only)
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.*
Paul M. Bessette, Esq.
Jonathan Rund, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: martin.o.neill@morganlewis.com Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.*
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77002 E-mail: martin.o.neill@morganlewis.com Elise N. Zoli, Esq.
- Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com William C. Dennis, Esq.*
Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com
- 2 Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.
Assistant County Attorney Office of Robert F. Meehan, Esq.
Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-Mail: MJR1@westchestergov.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: John.Sipos@ag.ny.gov Janice A. Dean, Esq.*
Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 25th Floor New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.Dean@ag.ny.gov Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*
Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of the General Counsel 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.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@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor*
James Seirmarco, M.S.
Village of Buchanan Municipal Building Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 E-mail: vOb@bestweb.net E-mail: smurray@villageofbuchanan.com Robert Snook, Esq.*
Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CN 06141-0120 E-mail: robert.snook@ct.gov Phillip Musegaas, Esq.*
Deborah Brancato, Esq.
Riverkeeper, Inc.
20 Secor Road Ossining, NY 10562 E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org dbrancato@riverkeeper.org Michael J. Delaney, Esq.*
Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs New York City Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, NY 11373 E-mail: mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov
- 3 Manna Jo Greene*
Stephen Filler Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
724 Wolcott Avenue Beacon, NY 12508 E-mail: mannajo@clearwater.org E-mail: stephenfiller@gmail.com 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@sprlaw.com jsteinberg@sprlaw.com Ross H. Gould, Esq.*
270 Route 308 Rhinebeck, NY 12572 T: 917-658-7144 E-mail: rgouldesq@gmail.com