ML13059A573

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 49

ML13059A573
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	02/28/2013
From:	Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 24171, 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 February 28, 2013 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 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, 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 49 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about March 10, 2013, 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 49 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 John W. Lubinski formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will

Judge McDade February 28, 2013 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell 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 February 22, 2013.

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 Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 49 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of John W. Lubinski Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 49-0001 ML13015A364 02/13/2013 12/12/2012 - Summary of Conference Call on RAI 11A with Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

49-0002 ML13029A181 01/29/2013 2013/01/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft RAI Set 2012-04 49-0003 ML13029A178 01/29/2013 2013/01/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft RAI Set 2012-04 49-0004 ML13029A185 01/29/2013 2013/01/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft RAI Set 2012-04 49-0005 ML13029A180 01/29/2013 2013/01/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Entergy/NRC License Renewal RAI Conference Call Participants 1/7/13 49-0006 ML13029A183 01/29/2013 2013/01/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Request for a Buried Piping Conference Call 49-0007 ML13031A461 01/31/2013 2013/01/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: NMFS Final BiOp for Indian Point 2 and 3 49-0008 ML13031A462 01/31/2013 2013/01/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: NMFS Final BiOp for Indian Point 2 and 3 49-0009 ML13037A279 02/06/2013 2013/02/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - RAI Set 2013-01 to Entergy 49-0010 ML13014A633 01/15/2013 Environmental Project Manager Change for the License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Units 2 & 3 (TAC ME5411 and 5412).

49-0011 ML13032A569 02/01/2013 NOAA's Biological Opinion for Continued Operations of Indian Point, Units 2 and 3.

49-0012 ML13015A175 02/06/2013 Request for Additional Information fir the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, LRA, Set 2013-01 (Tac Nos. MD5407 and MD5408)

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 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 DP- ML13029A484 J. Daily, 2013/01/29 Indian Point 01/29/2013 E-Mail D. Wrona, Internal 3 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - FW: Indian NRC/NRR discussion 001 Point License Renewal D. Pickett, regarding public Public Comment NRC/NRR comments on question - from Frumkin the FSEIS and Rader DP- ML13031A460 J. Daily, 2013/01/31 Indian Point 01/31/2013 E-Mail S. Turk, Internal 2 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - SSER NRC/OGC discussion 002 schedule update B. Harris, regarding SSER NRC/OGC D. Morey, [Also withheld NRC/NRR under the Attorney-Client Privilege]

DP- ML13042A306 J. Poehler, 2013/02/11 Indian Point 02/11/2013 E-Mail w/ G. Cheruvenki, Internal 10 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - FW: RAI Attachment NRC/NRR discussion 003 texts for 11a and 15a regarding Draft Please revivew these - RAI thanks

Attachment:

Draft RAI 1

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP- ML13046A358 D. Logan, 2013/02/15 Indian Point 02/15/2013 E-Mail w/ B. Balsam, Email 6 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - 2013 Attachment NRC/NRR forwarding Draft 004 15 Ltr NRC to IP Letter sending BiOp Clean.docx for your

Attachment:

review Draft letter DP- ML13046A356 D. Logan, 2013/02/15 Indian Point 02/15/2013 E-Mail w/ B. Balsam, Email 52 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - Indian Attachment NRC/NRR forwarding Draft 005 Point: DRAFT letter of Document transmittal of BiOp for your review

Attachment:

Draft response to comments DP- ML13046A410 B. Balsam, 2013/02/15 Indian Point 02/15/2013 E-Mail D. Logan, Internal 2 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: 2013- NRC/NRR discussion 006 02-15 Ltr NRC to IP regarding Draft sending BiOp letter Clean.docx for your review DP- ML13050A083 D. Logan, 2013/02/19 Indian Point 02/19/2013 E-Mail w/ M. Wong, Internal 6 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - Indian Attachment NRC/NRR discussion of 007 Point: Draft letter Draft letter transmitting paper copy of Biological Opinion to

Attachment:

Entergy Draft letter 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP- ML13051A646 D. Logan, 2013/02/20 Indian Point 02/20/2013 E-Mail w/ D. Pickett, Internal 6 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - Indian Attachment NRC/NRR discussion 008 Point: 1st Draft of letter B. Balsam, regarding draft requesting information NRC/NRR letter on license conditions for M. Moser, NRC enforcement of NRC/NRR

Attachment:

NMFS's recent Draft letter biological opinion DP- ML13052A418 D. Logan, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail w/ D. Pickett, Email 7 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian Attachment NRC/NRR forwarding 009 Point: 1st Draft of letter B. Balsam, attachment requesting information NRC/NRR on license conditions for M. Moser,

Attachment:

NRC enforcement of NRC/NRR Draft letter NMFS's recent M. Wong, biological opinion NRC/NRR DP- ML13052A164 D. Pickett, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail w/ D. Logan, Internal 6 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian Attachment NRC/NRR discussion of 010 Point: 1st Draft of letter B. Balsam, draft letter requesting information NRC/NRR on license conditions for M. Moser,

Attachment:

NRC enforcement of NRC/NRR Draft letter NMFS's recent biological opinion 3

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP- ML13052A313 D. Logan, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail D. Pickett, Internal 3 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/NRR discussion of 011 Point: 1st Draft of letter B. Balsam, draft letter requesting information NRC/NRR on license conditions for M. Moser, NRC enforcement of NRC/NRR NMFS's recent M. Wong, biological opinion NRC/NRR DP- ML13052A419 B. Balsam, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail D. Logan, Email 7 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/NRR forwarding 012 Point: 1st Draft of letter comments on requesting information Draft letter on license conditions for NRC enforcement of

Attachment:

NMFS's recent Draft letter biological opinion DP- ML13052A314 D. Logan, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail D. Pickett, Email 7 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/NRR forwarding 013 Point: 1st Draft of letter B. Balsam, attachment requesting information NRC/NRR on license conditions for M. Moser,

Attachment:

NRC enforcement of NRC/NRR Draft letter NMFS's recent M. Wong, biological opinion NRC/NRR 4

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 49 - February 28, 2013 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP- ML13052A420 M. Wong, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail D. Logan, Internal 2 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/NRR discussion of 014 Point: Draft letter draft letter transmitting paper copy of Biological Opinion to Entergy DP- ML13052A162 D. Logan, 2013/02/21 Indian Point 02/21/2013 E-Mail M. Wong, Internal 2 49- NRC/NRR LR Hearing - RE: May I NRC/NRR discussion of 015 see a copy of the letter draft letter on the IP licensing condition, please?

Thank you. EOM 5

February 28, 2013 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 Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF JOHN W. LUBINSKI I, John W. Lubinski, 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).

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 49.

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 49.

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)

John W. Lubinski Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 28th day of February, 2013

February 28, 2013 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 Generation )

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 Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as the hearing file project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating 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 February 22, 2013.

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 28th day of February, 2013

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 )

Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 49, Affidavit of Kimberly J. Green, dated February 28, 2013, Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 49 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of John W.

Lubinski, dated February 28, 2013, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, this 28th day of February, 2013.

Signed (electronically) by Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-4113 E-mail: anita.ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: February 28, 2013