ML11152A265
| ML11152A265 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/01/2011 |
| From: | Sherwin Turk NRC/OGC |
| To: | Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-266-LR, RAS E- 542 | |
| Download: ML11152A265 (11) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON. D,C, 20555-0001 June 1,2011 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 I n 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 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 28 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.
On or about June 8, 2011, 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 Proceeding/home. asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 28" in the "lndian_PT _2&3_50-247&50-286 LR" folder of the EHD.
In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing a privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege, which is appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.
Judge McDade June 1,2011 Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 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 May 17, 2011.
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, 4tww~~ f /:JJ<-
Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff
Enclosures:
- Hearing File Index, Supplement 28 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc w/Encls.:
Service List
-Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 28 -June 1, 2011 Document Title Accession
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Number Date 2011105/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Point 05/18/2011 ML11138A129 028-001 2011103/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - Teleconference 03/31/2011 ML11138A133 028-002 2011104/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Teleconference 04/07/2011 ML11138A136 028-003 04/29/2011_ 2011/04/2!;jJ!!dian PointLR Hearing - Comments of Final SEIS ML11139A405 028-004 1
-Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 28 - June 1, 2011 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.ER § 2.336{b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
Addressee Author Title Document Document Comment Accession Estimat Number Type Date Name &
Name &
ed Page Author Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation 2011/05/03 Indian 05/03/2011 E-Mail V. Cullinan, DPP ML11123A244 D. Logan, Internal discussion on 2
28 J. Ward, B.
NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing suggested response 001 RE: Approach to Mcdowell to Entergy's Respond to
- PNNL, comments on aquatic Comments impacts as described in attachment to DPP 28-003 DPP 05/05/2011 E-Mail A. Imboden, ML11125A049 D. Logan, 2011/05/05 Indian Internal discussion on 2
28 NRC/NRRlD NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing suggested response 002 FW: Approach to LR to Entergy's Respond to comments on aquatic Comments impacts I~~~
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05/05/2011 E-Mail wI A. Imboden, ML11125A086 D. Logan, 2011/05/05 Indian Internal discussion on DPP 10 28 Point LR Hearing attachment NRC/NRRJD NRC/NRR suggested response 003 LR FW: Approach to to Entergy's Respond to comments on aquatic Comments impacts
Attachment:
Draft Proposed responses to Entergy comments regarding the FSEIS' aquatic impact findings 2
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DPP 2011/05/05 Indian 05/05/2011 E-Mail D. Logan, ML11125A130 A. Imboden, Internal discussion on 28 NRC/NRR/D Point LR Hearing NRC/NRR suggested response 004 RE: Approach to to Entergy's Respond to LR comments on aquatic Comments impacts 1
- Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 28 - June 1, 2011 Accession Author-Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimat Number Name &
Date Type Name &
ed Page Author Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP ML11129A318 M. Homiack, 2011/05/09 Indian 05/09/2011 E-Mail w/7 B. Pham, D.
Request for comments 16 28 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing attachement Wrona, A on attached draft RAls 005 ACTION: For Final s
Dias, D.
regarding the ongoing Review and Issuance:
Pelton, A consideration of RAls on Continual OE Hiser, M.
operating experience Reviews
- Kichline, NRC/NRRlD Attachments:
LR Draft RAls for multiple plants including Indian Point regarding the ongoing consideration of operating experience in AMPs DPP ML11130A165 O. Vee, 2011/05/10 Indian 05/10/2011 E-Mail R. Vaucher, Internal discussion on 2
28 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing NRC/NRO the status of 006 Status of Indian Point applicant's response SG RAls to RAls regarding SG DPP ML11137A149 J. Wise, 2011/05/17 Indian 05/17/2011 E-Mail D. Pelton, Internal discussion 2
28 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing -
NRC/NRRlD regarding draft Boral 007 Indian Point AMP M40 LR RAI RAJ 2
May 26,2011 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.
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Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)
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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 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 28.
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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
- 2 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.
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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.
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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 28.
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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 26 th day of May, 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.
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Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station,
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Units 2 and 3)
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AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUYVENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 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 in the attached Hearing File Supplement 28 (and/or in the Staff's disclosures in response to the State of New York's April 22.2011, motion to compel the production of documents), and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified as of May 17. 2011.
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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.
Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of June, 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. 50-247/286-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 Letter from Sherwin E. Turk to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 28, Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, dated June 1,2011, Attachment 2 -Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 28 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated May 26, 2011, 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 1st day of June, 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
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, CT 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.*
Vice President - Energy Department New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCDEC) 110 William Street New York, NY 10038 E-mail: mdelaney@nycedc.com
- 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 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 Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff