ML11334A171

Hearing File Supplement 34

ML11334A171
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	11/30/2011
From:	Sherwin Turk NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 21483, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01
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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 November 30, 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 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 Boards 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 34 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about December 8, 2011, the documents identified 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 34 in the Indian_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 Melanie A. Galloway 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 November 30, 2011 Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, 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 November 23, 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, Signed (electronically) by Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 34 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Melanie A. Galloway Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 34 - November 30, 2011 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 34-01 ML11298A102 09/20/2011 2011/09/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW Indian Point National Marine Fisheries Service Letter Dated August 26 2011 Regarding The Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation For The proposed License Renewal Of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Number 34-02 ML11299A177 09/22/2011 2011/09/22 Indian Point LR Hearing - Fwd: RE: Schedule for final BO

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 34 - November 30, 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.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

Author Name Addressee Name Estimated Document Document ID # Accession Number & Author Title & Addressee Comment Page Date Type Affiliation Affiliation Count A.Stuyvenberg, Discussion NRC/NRR/DLR; 2011/09/28 Indian Point LR regarding Entergys DPP-034-01 ML11298A092 J. Crocker, NOAA 09/28/2011 E-Mail M. Murray-Brown, J. 2 Hearing - A few questions 9-21 response to Williams, NOAA NMFS Discussion 2011/09/29 Indian Point LR A.Stuyvenberg, D. Logan, regarding Entergys DPP-34-02 ML11298A119 Hearing - FW: A few 09/29/2011 E-Mail 2 NRC/NRR/DLR NRC/NRR/DLR 9-21 response to questions NMFS Discussion regarding review of Riverkeepers 09-15-11 comments on 2011/09/19 Indian Point LR A.Stuyvenberg, NMFS draft BO E-Mail w/

DPP-34-03 ML11299A178 J. Crocker, NOAA Hearing - Indian Point 09/19/2011 NRC/NRR/DLR; J. 12 Attachment Biological Opinion Williams, NOAA

Attachment:

Riverkeeper letter to NMFS regarding the draft BO dated 9-15-2011 A.Stuyvenberg, D.

Logan, NRC/NRR; Discussion 2011/09/22 Indian Point LR J. Williams, M. Murray- regarding issuance DPP-34-04 ML11300A038 J. Crocker, NOAA Hearing - Re: Schedule for 09/22/2011 E-Mail 3 Brown, NOAA; S. Turk, of NMFS biological final BO NRC/OGC opinion 1

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 34 - November 30, 2011 Author Name Addressee Name Estimated Document Document ID # Accession Number & Author Title & Addressee Comment Page Date Type Affiliation Affiliation Count Discussion regarding NRC Staffs review of Entergys entrainment data

Attachment:

2011/10/21 Indian Point LR Table of documents Hearing - History of NRC of History of NRC D.Logan, Understanding of Units for E-Mail w/ Understanding of DPP-34-05 ML11297A075 10/21/2011 V. Cullinan, PNNL 6 NRC/NRR/DLR Estimating Total Entrainment Attachment Units for Estimating from Data in Entergy RAI Total Entrainment responseL.docx from Data in Entergy RAI response NL-07-159, file EntDensity.csv (a comma separated variable file)

(ML080080199, ML080080313)

Discussion regarding NRC Staff assessment of 2011/10/31 Indian Point LR new information and Hearing - Notes for D.Logan, E-Mail w/ comments on FSEIS DPP-34-06 ML11304A231 Response to New 10/31/2011 V. Cullinan, PNNL 5 NRC/NRR/DLR Attachment Information and Comments

Attachment:

Indian Point FSEIS.docx NRC draft/notes regarding comments on FSEIS 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 34 - November 30, 2011 Author Name Addressee Name Estimated Document Document ID # Accession Number & Author Title & Addressee Comment Page Date Type Affiliation Affiliation Count Discussion regarding NRC Staff assessment of new information and comments on 2011/11/02 Indian Point LR FSEIS Hearing - FW: Notes for E-Mail w/ D.Logan, DPP-34-07 ML11334A043 V. Cullinan, PNNL Response to New 11/02/2011 5 Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

Information and Comments NRC Staff Indian Point FSEIS.docx draft/notes regarding new information and comments received on FSEIS Discussion D. Logan, regarding funding to 2011/11/01 Indian Point LR NRC/NRR/DLR; J. work on evaluation DPP-34-08 ML11306A115 V. Cullinan, PNNL 11/01/2011 E-Mail 2 Hearing - IP Funding Ward, B. McDowell, of new information PNNL and comments on FSEIS 3

November 30,2011 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 & 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF MELANIE A. GALLOWAY I, Melanie A. Galloway, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Deputy Director 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 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 Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 34.

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 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

-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.

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 34.

6. 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 th this 30 day of November, 2011

November 30, 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 & 50-286-LR

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) ASLBP No. 07 -858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF KIMBERLY J. GREEN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)

I, Kimberly J. Green, 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 assisting with 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 November 23, 2011.

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

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Executed in Rockville, Maryland th this 30 day of November, 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 )

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 Index Supplement 34, Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, dated November 30, 2011, - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 34 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of Melanie A. Galloway, dated November 30, 2011, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by Electronic Information Exchange this 30th day of November, 2011.

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: O-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: O-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.gov E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov 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.gov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant County Attorney Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Office of Robert F. Meehan, Esq.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-Mail: MJR1@westchestergov.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Charlie Donaldson, Esq.

Jonathan Rund, Esq. Assistants Attorney General Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP New York State Department of Law 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Environmental Protection Bureau Washington, D.C. 20004 The Capitol E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: John.Sipos@ag.ny.gov E-mail: jrund@morganlewis.com Janice A. Dean, Esq.

Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Assistant Attorney General, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Office of the Attorney General 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 of the State of New York Houston, TX 77002 120 Broadway, 25th Floor E-mail: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.Dean@ag.ny.gov Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Goodwin Procter, LLP Senior Attorney for Special Projects Exchange Place New York State Department of 53 State Street Environmental Conservation Boston, MA 02109 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us William C. Dennis, Esq. John Louis Parker, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel Office of General Counsel, Region 3 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department of 440 Hamilton Avenue Environmental conservation White Plains, NY 10601 21 South Putt Corners Road E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Daniel E. ONeill, Mayor Manna Jo Greene James Seirmarco, M.S. Stephen Filler Village of Buchanan Karla Raimundi Municipal Building Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 724 Wolcott Avenue E-mail: vob@bestweb.net Beacon, NY 12508 E-mail: smurray@villageofbuchanan.com E-mail: mannajo@clearwater.org E-mail: stephenfiller@gmail.com E-mail: karla@clearwater.org Robert Snook, Esq. Daniel Riesel, Esq.

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

State of Connecticut Victoria Shiah, Esq.

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

P.O. Box 120 460 Park Avenue Hartford, CT 06141-0120 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: robert.snook@ct.gov E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com vshiah@sprlaw.com Phillip Musegaas, Esq. Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

Deborah Brancato, Esq. Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs Riverkeeper, Inc. New York City Department of Environmental 20 Secor Road Protection Ossining, NY 10562 59-17 Junction Boulevard E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org Flushing, NY 11373 dbrancato@riverkeeper.org E-mail: mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Signed (electronically) by Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1533 E-mail: sherwin.turk@nrc.gov Date of signature: November 30, 2011