ML12213A458

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 42

ML12213A458
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/31/2012
From:	Mizuno B NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Warwell R Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 23099, 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 July 31, 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 42 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about August 9, 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 42 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 Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2.

Judge McDade July 31, 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 Michael J. Wentzel, 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 July 24, 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 Beth N. Mizuno Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 42 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 42 - July 31, 2012 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 42-0001 ML12178A472 06/26/2012 2012/06/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point Draft Supplement 42-0002 ML12178A473 06/26/2012 2012/06/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Point Draft Supplement 42-0003 ML12206A028 07/23/2012 2012/07/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - Atlantic Sturgeon Information 42-0004 ML12194A355 07/12/2012 EDATS Region I-2012-0159 Indian Point - Letter to Westchester County Board of Legislators.

42-0005 ML12194A271 07/12/2012 EDATS Region I-2012-0159 Indian Point - Reply Letter to Marilyn Elie dated July 12, 2012.

FRN-Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 38 to the 42-0006 ML12101A273 06/26/2012 GEIS for LR of Nuclear Plants Regarding Indian Point 2, and 3 (TAC Nos. MD5411 and MD5412).

Indian Point, Units 2 and 3 - Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License 42-0007 ML12184A037 06/14/2012 Renewal Application.

Notice of Availability of Draft Supplement to Final Plant - Specific Supplement 38 to Generic 42-0008 ML12178A660 06/26/2012 Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Regarding Indian Point, Units 2 & 3.

Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Plant Specific Supplement 38 to the 42-0009 ML12159A196 06/26/2012 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for LR of Nuclear Plants Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (Tac Nos. MD5411 and MD5412).

Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Plant -Specific Supplement 38 to the 42-0010 ML12159A427 06/26/2012 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for LR of Nuclear Plants Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC Nos. ME5411 and MD5412).

Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 38 to the GEIS 42-0011 ML12101A345 06/26/2012 for LR of Nuclear Plants Regarding Indian Point 2, and 3 (TAC Nos. MD5411 and MD5412).

Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplement to the Final Plant-Specific Supplement 38 to the GEIS 42-0012 ML12159A495 06/26/2012 for LR of Nuclear Plants Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (TAC NOS.

MD5411 and MD5412).

NUREG-1437, Supplement 38, Vol. 4 DFC, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License 42-0013 ML12174A244 06/30/2012 Renewal of Nuclear Plants: Regarding Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3," (Draft for Comment).

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 42 - July 31, 2012 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date Press Release-12-078: NRC Requests Public Comment on Draft Supplement to Environmental 42-0014 ML12179A417 06/27/2012 Report on Indian Point License Renewal.

Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held on June 12, 2012 Between the U.S. Nuclear 42-0015 ML12165A684 07/09/2012 Regulatory Commission and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Concerning the Ongoing Endangered Species Act Consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service.

42-0016 ML12206A422 07/24/2012 2012/07/24 Indian Point LR Hearing - Here is the supplement 42-0017 ML12206A419 07/24/2012 2012/07/24 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Here is the supplement

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 42 - July 31, 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.

Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation Jackson D, RI, NRC/DRS; McIntyre D, NRC/OPA; Dacus E, NRC/CA; Conte R, Screnci D, 2012/06/21 Indian Sheehan N, Discussion of Point LR Hearing - Cataldo P, Wentzel M, issuance of draft DPP Indian Point LRA E-Mail McNamara N, NRC/NRR/DLR supplement to 42- ML12173A347 Draft FSEIS 06/21/2012 Ayegbusi O, 2 IP FSEIS 001 Supplement Halter M, Gray M, NRC/RGNI; Catts M, NRC/RGNII; Pickett D, Wilson G, NRC/NRR/DO LR 1

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 42 - July 31, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation Solicitation of 2012/06/25 Indian Susco J, comments on Wentzel M, Point LR Hearing - Wrona D, draft DPP E-Mail NRC/NRR/DLR ACTION: IP Mini NRC/NRR/DL communication 42- ML12177A187 06/25/2012 4 Comm Plan R plan re issuance 002 of draft FSEIS supplement Balsam B, NRC/NRR/D Crocker J, LR/RERB, Discussion of National 2012/06/25 Indian NRC/NRR; NOAA DPP Oceanic and Point LR Hearing - E-Mail Susco J, consultation and 42- ML12192A059 Atmospheric Indian Point 06/25/2012 NRC/NRR/DL Atlantic 2 003 Adm. (NOAA) R; Murray- sturgeon Brown M, NOAA Crocker J, Murray-Brown M, NOAA; Balsam B, Susco J, 2012/06/25 Indian Discussion of NRC/NRR/DL NRC/NRR/DL DPP Point LR Hearing - E-Mail NOAA 42- ML12192A061 R/RERB, RE: Indian Point 06/25/2012 R; Logan D consultation on 3 004 NRC/NRR T, Atlantic NRC/NRR/D sturgeon LR/RERB 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 42 - July 31, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation 2012/07/06 Indian Logan D T, Discussion of Cullinan V, Point LR Hearing - NRC/NRR/D changes to draft DPP E-Mail 42- ML12195A023 PNNL part of response to 07/06/2012 LR/RERB; of supplement to 4

Comment 3b Ward J, FSEIS 005 PNNL Pickett D, 2012/07/10 Indian NRC/NRR/DO Discussion of Point LR Hearing -

RL; Kuntz R, proposed Green K, RE: Request DPP E-Mail Wentzel M, response to NRC/NRR/DLR Comments RE:

42- ML12192A453 07/10/2012 NRC/NRR/DL stakeholder 3 Westchester 006 R; Bickett B, comment County Letter NRC/RGNI 2012/07/11 Indian DPP Discussion of Wentzel M. Point LR Hearing - Sheehan N, 042- M12193A053 0711/2012 E-mail questions posed 8 NRC/NRR/DLR RE: Supplemental NRC/RGNI 007 by journalist EIS for Indian Point 3

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 42 - July 31, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation 2012/07/23 Indian DPP Discussion of Wentzel M. Point LR Hearing - Sheehan N, 042- ML12205A097 07/23/2012 E-mail questions posed 5 NRC/NRR/DLR RE: interview NRC/RGNI 008 by journalist question 4

July 31, 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 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 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 42.

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 42.

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).

Brian E. Holian Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 31st day of July, 2012

July 31, 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 MICHAEL J. WENTZEL I, Michael J. Wentzel, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Program Manager 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 June 2012, 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 July 24, 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).

Michael J. Wentzel Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 31st day of July, 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 42, Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, dated July 31, 2012, - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 42 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated July 31, 2012, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by Electronic Information Exchange this 31st day of July, 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 Anne Siarnacki, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Shelbie Lewman, 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: Anne.Siarnacki@nrc.gov E-Mail: shelbie.lewman@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. Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

Goodwin Procter, LLP Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs Exchange Place New York City Department of Environmental 53 State Street Protection Boston, MA 02109 59-17 Junction Boulevard E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com Flushing, NY 11373 E-mail: mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov 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.

Deborah Brancato, Esq.

Riverkeeper, Inc.

20 Secor Road Ossining, NY 10562 E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org E-mail: dbrancato@riverkeeper.org Signed (electronically) by Beth N. Mizuno Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-3122 E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov Date of signature: July 31, 2012