ML12121A588

Hearing File Supplement 39

ML12121A588
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	04/30/2012
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 22360, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 April 30, 2012 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 Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 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 39 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about May 7, 2012, 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 39 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.

Judge McDade April 30, 2012 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.

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 April 20, 2012.

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 Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 39 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 39 - April 30, 2012 ID# Accession Document Title Number Date 39-0001 ML050250219 01/31/2005 NUREG/CR-6864, Vol. 2, "Identification and Analysis of Factors Affecting Emergency Evacuations. Appendices."

39-0002 ML050250240 01/31/2005 NUREG/CR-6863, "Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies for Nuclear Power Plants."

39-0003 ML080360602 12/31/2007 NUREG/CR-6953 Vol 1, "Review of NUREG-0654 Supplement 3, 'Criteria for Protective Action Recommendations for Severe Accidents'."

39-0004 ML082960499 10/31/2008 NUREG/CR-6981, "Assessment of Emergency Response Planning and Implementation for Large Scale Evacuations."

39-0005 ML083110406 10/31/2008 NUREG/CR-6953, Vol. 2, "Review of NUREG-0654, Supplement 3, "Criteria for Protective Action Recommendations for Severe Accidents."

39-0006 ML102380087 08/31/2010 NUREG/CR-6953 Vol. 3, "Review of NUREG-0654, Supplement 3, "Criteria for Protective Action Recommendations for Severe Accidents," Technical Basis for Protective Action Strategies."

39-0007 ML11329A053 11/30/2011 NUREG/CR-7002, "Criteria for Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies".

39-0008 ML12093A081 02/15/2006 A Failure of Initiative - Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 39 - April 30, 2012 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.

ID # Accession Author Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Type Name Page

& Author & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML12090A359 B. Balsam, 2012/03/30 Indian 03/30/2012 E-Mail D. Logan, Discussion 2 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - NRC/NRR; J. regarding 0001 RE: Call re. Indian Crocker, J. the Atlantic Point Williams, M. sturgeon Murray-Brown, K. Damon-Randall, NMFS DPP- ML12093A018 B. Balsam, 2012/04/02 Indian 04/02/2012 E-Mail J. Crocker, Discussion 4 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - NMFS regarding 0002 RE: Call re. Indian the Atlantic Point sturgeon DPP- ML12093A020 B. Balsam, 2012/04/02 Indian 04/02/2012 E-Mail D. Logan, Discussion 4 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - NRC/NRR; J. regarding 0003 RE: Call re. Indian Crocker, the Atlantic Point NMFS sturgeon DPP- ML12093A447 D. Logan, 2012/04/02 Indian 04/02/2012 E-Mail B. Balsam, J. Summary of 2 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Susco, April 2, 2012 0004 Summary of NRC/NRR Telephone telephone call with call with NMFS; April 2, NMFS 2012; 10:00-1030 AM

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 39 - April 30, 2012 ID # Accession Author Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Type Name Page

& Author & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML12095A053 M. 2012/01/18 Indian 01/18/2012 E-Mail W. Holston, B. Discussion 4 039- Galloway, Point LR Hearing - Pham, R. regarding 0005 NRC/NRR FW: PCV - 455B Auluck, M. valve Indian Point Unit 2 Marshall, packing NRC/NRR leakage DPP- ML12095A211 D. Logan, 2012/04/04 Indian 04/04/2012 E-Mail w/ B. Balsam, Transmittal 19 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Attachment NRC/NRR; V. of Draft 0006 Indian Point: Draft Cullinan, Biological biological PNNL Assessment assessment for your review. Att: Draft Biological Assessment DPP- ML12095A213 D. Logan, 2012/04/04 Indian 04/04/2012 E-Mail w/ B. Balsam, Transmittal 17 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Attachment NRC/NRR; V. of Draft 0007 IP draft biological Cullinan, Biological assessment for PNNL Assessment reinitiating of section 7 consultation Att: Draft Biological Assessment DPP- ML12096A333 B. Balsam, 2012/04/05 Indian 04/05/2012 E-Mail w/ K. Green, Transmittal 39 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Attachment NRC/NRR of Draft 0008 RE: Files Attached. Supplement DO#015l RE: Draft to the Supplement to FSEIS Supplement 38 to the GEIS (Kimberly Att: Draft Green, NRR) Supplement to the FSEIS

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 39 - April 30, 2012 ID # Accession Author Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Type Name Page

& Author & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML12097A257 K. Green, 2012/04/06 Indian 04/06/2012 E-Mail D. Wrona, Discussion 2 039- NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - NRC/NRR regarding 0009 draft Supplement to the Draft the SEIS status Supplement to the FSEIS

April 30, 2012 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 Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). I am serving as the Acting Director for DLR. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating 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 Staffs pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 39.

3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in , and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staffs analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency

position with respect to the matters discussed therein. The documents comprise part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staffs 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 Staffs 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 Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 39.

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 Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d).

Melanie A. Galloway Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of April, 2012

April 30, 2012 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 Generating )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF KIMBERLY J. GREEN I, Kimberly J. Green, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I currently serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application (LRA). Among my other duties as project manager, since October 2011, I have been responsible for compiling and producing the NRC Staffs (Staff) hearing file and mandatory disclosures in the NRC adjudicatory proceeding for the Indian Point LRA.

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 April 20, 2012.

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

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d).

Kimberly J. Green Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of April, 2012

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 39, Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, dated April 30, 2012, - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 39 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of Melanie A. Galloway, dated April 30, 2012, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by Electronic Information Exchange this 30th day of April, 2012.

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. Michael F. Kennedy Josh Kirstein, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Anne Siarnacki, Esq.

Mail Stop T-3 F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov E-Mail: Anne.Siarnacki@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. Karla Raimundi Village of Buchanan Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Municipal Building 724 Wolcott Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Beacon, NY 12508 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net E-mail: mannajo@clearwater.org E-mail: smurray@villageofbuchanan.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 E-mail: 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 E-mail: dbrancato@riverkeeper.org E-mail: mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Signed (electronically) by Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1392 E-mail: brian.harris@nrc.gov Date of signature: April 30, 2012