ML16092A162
| ML16092A162 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/01/2016 |
| From: | Lawrence Mcdade Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 51042 | |
| Download: ML16092A162 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) April 1, 2016 ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
On March 29, 2016, Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (Entergy) notified the Licensing Board of recent developments potentially relevant to the Track 2 proceeding.1 During the maintenance outage that commenced on March 7, 2016, Entergy conducted visual and ultrasonic testing of the baffle-former assembly bolts in Indian Point Unit 2.2 It was revealed that approximately one quarter of the baffle-former bolts show signs of degradation.3 Due to Entergys findings, Entergy notified the Board of its intent to initiate consultations with the parties and its proposal that a joint motion be filed requesting an abeyance of the Track 2 proceedings for thirty days.4 1 Letter from Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman, Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, and Dr. Richard Wardwell, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Mar.
29, 2016).
2 Id. at 1.
3 Id. at 1-2.
4 Id. at 2.
On March 30, 2016, the Joint Motion was filed with the Board.5 The Joint Motion requests that pending the availability of further information regarding Entergys baffle-former bolt examination and proposed corrective actions, the Licensing Board defer for thirty-five days: (1) the filing of further evidentiary submissions, i.e. New Yorks supplemental reply testimony concerning the relevance, materiality, and reliability of six proposed exhibits,6 previously due April 1, 20167; and (2) the scheduling of post-hearing findings.8 Additionally, the Joint Motion proposes that a status update be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.9 The Board hereby grants the parties Joint Motion, the requested deferral is granted. The scheduling of the post-hearing filings and the filing of further evidentiary submissions is deferred for a minimum of thirty-five days and will be rescheduled by order of the Board. A status report shall be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland April 1, 2016 5 Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral (Mar. 30, 2016) (hereinafter Joint Motion).
6 See State of New York Motion for Leave to File Six Documents as Additional Exhibits (Feb. 5, 2016); Licensing Board Order (Requesting Expert Testimony on New Yorks Proposed Exhibits and Suspending Deadline for Filing Proposed Findings of Fact and Law) at 2 (Feb. 19, 2016)
(unpublished).
7 See Licensing Board Order (Granting New Yorks Motion for Extension of Time) at 2 (Mar. 15, 2016) (unpublished).
8 Joint Motion at 5.
9 Id.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catherine L. Scott, Esq.
Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M David E. Roth, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
Anita Ghosh, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Christina England, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.
Mail Stop O-16C1 Joseph Lindell, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 John Tibbetts, Paralegal hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15D21 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop T-3F23 catherine.scott@nrc.gov; Washington, DC 20555-0001 beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov; Lawrence G. McDade, Chair david.roth@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov christina.england@nrc.gov; catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; Richard E. Wardwell joseph.lindell@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge john.tibbetts@nrc.gov richard.wardwell@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center Michael F. Kennedy OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Administrative Judge michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Organization: Entergy Alana Wase, Law Clerk 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 alana.wase@nrc.gov wglew@entergy.com Julie Reynolds-Engel, Law Clerk Julie.Reynolds-Engel@nrc.gov
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
Elise N. Zoli, Esq.
Goodwin Proctor, LLP Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Exchange Place, 53 State Street Covington & Burling LLP Boston, MA 02109 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ezoli@goodwinprocter.com Washington, DC 20004 mswinehart@cov.com Daniel Riesel, Esq.
Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq. Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Adam Stolorow, Esq. Steven C. Filler Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Peter A. Gross Counsel for Town of Cortlandt Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 724 Wolcott Ave.
460 Park Avenue Beacon, NY 12508 New York, NY 10022 mannajo@clearwater.org; driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com stephenfiller@gmail.com; astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com peter@clearwater.org Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Andrew Reid, Esq.
Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Organization: Hudson River Sloop Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Clearwater, Inc.
Raphael Kuyler, Esq. Ved Nanda Center for International and Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Comparative Law Grant Eskelsen, Esq. 1075 Waite Drive Ryan Lighty, Esq. Boulder, CO 80303 Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary lawyerreid@gmail.com Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Richard Webster, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Public Justice, P.C.
Washington, DC 20004 For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
ksutton@morganlewis.com 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Washington, D.C. 20006 rkuyler@morganlewis.com; rwebster@publicjustice.net lescher@morganlewis.com bmcglinn@morganlewis.com sraimo@morganlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs rlighty@morganlewis.com NYC Department of Environmental Protection lrichardson@morganlewis.com 59-17 Junction Boulevard dcalhoun@morganlewis.com Flushing, NY 11373 mfreeze@morganlewis.com mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Assistant County Attorney Office of the Attorney General Office of Robert F. Meehan, State of Connecticut Westchester County Attorney 55 Elm Street 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor P.O. Box 120 White Plains, NY 10601 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 mjr1@westchestergov.com robert.snook@po.state.ct.us 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
David A. Repka, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.
Victoria Hsia, Esq. Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.
Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal Brian Lusignan, Esq.
Winston & Strawn Mihir Desai, Esq.
1701 K Street NW Assistant Attorneys General Washington, DC 20006 Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant drepka@winston.com Siobhan Blank, Legal Assistant vhsia@winston.com Office of the Attorney General CSisco@winston.com of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Paul Gallay, Esq. Albany, New York 12224 Deborah Brown john.sipos@ag.ny.gov Ramona Cearley, Secretary lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov Riverkeeper, Inc. brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov 20 Secor Road mihir.desai@ag.ny.gov Ossining, NY 10562 teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov pgallay@riverkeeper.org siobhan.blank@ag.ny.gov dbrown@riverkeeper.org rcearley@riverkeeper.org Kathryn M. DeLuca, Esq.
Laura Heslin, Esq.
Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 kathryn.deluca@ag.ny.gov laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com
[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of April 2016 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) April 1, 2016 ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
On March 29, 2016, Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (Entergy) notified the Licensing Board of recent developments potentially relevant to the Track 2 proceeding.1 During the maintenance outage that commenced on March 7, 2016, Entergy conducted visual and ultrasonic testing of the baffle-former assembly bolts in Indian Point Unit 2.2 It was revealed that approximately one quarter of the baffle-former bolts show signs of degradation.3 Due to Entergys findings, Entergy notified the Board of its intent to initiate consultations with the parties and its proposal that a joint motion be filed requesting an abeyance of the Track 2 proceedings for thirty days.4 1 Letter from Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman, Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, and Dr. Richard Wardwell, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Mar.
29, 2016).
2 Id. at 1.
3 Id. at 1-2.
4 Id. at 2.
On March 30, 2016, the Joint Motion was filed with the Board.5 The Joint Motion requests that pending the availability of further information regarding Entergys baffle-former bolt examination and proposed corrective actions, the Licensing Board defer for thirty-five days: (1) the filing of further evidentiary submissions, i.e. New Yorks supplemental reply testimony concerning the relevance, materiality, and reliability of six proposed exhibits,6 previously due April 1, 20167; and (2) the scheduling of post-hearing findings.8 Additionally, the Joint Motion proposes that a status update be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.9 The Board hereby grants the parties Joint Motion, the requested deferral is granted. The scheduling of the post-hearing filings and the filing of further evidentiary submissions is deferred for a minimum of thirty-five days and will be rescheduled by order of the Board. A status report shall be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland April 1, 2016 5 Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral (Mar. 30, 2016) (hereinafter Joint Motion).
6 See State of New York Motion for Leave to File Six Documents as Additional Exhibits (Feb. 5, 2016); Licensing Board Order (Requesting Expert Testimony on New Yorks Proposed Exhibits and Suspending Deadline for Filing Proposed Findings of Fact and Law) at 2 (Feb. 19, 2016)
(unpublished).
7 See Licensing Board Order (Granting New Yorks Motion for Extension of Time) at 2 (Mar. 15, 2016) (unpublished).
8 Joint Motion at 5.
9 Id.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Catherine L. Scott, Esq.
Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M David E. Roth, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Brian Harris, Esq.
Anita Ghosh, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Christina England, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.
Mail Stop O-16C1 Joseph Lindell, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 John Tibbetts, Paralegal hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15D21 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop T-3F23 catherine.scott@nrc.gov; Washington, DC 20555-0001 beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov; Lawrence G. McDade, Chair david.roth@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov christina.england@nrc.gov; catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; Richard E. Wardwell joseph.lindell@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge john.tibbetts@nrc.gov richard.wardwell@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center Michael F. Kennedy OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Administrative Judge michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Organization: Entergy Alana Wase, Law Clerk 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 alana.wase@nrc.gov wglew@entergy.com Julie Reynolds-Engel, Law Clerk Julie.Reynolds-Engel@nrc.gov
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
Elise N. Zoli, Esq.
Goodwin Proctor, LLP Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Exchange Place, 53 State Street Covington & Burling LLP Boston, MA 02109 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ezoli@goodwinprocter.com Washington, DC 20004 mswinehart@cov.com Daniel Riesel, Esq.
Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq. Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Adam Stolorow, Esq. Steven C. Filler Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Peter A. Gross Counsel for Town of Cortlandt Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 724 Wolcott Ave.
460 Park Avenue Beacon, NY 12508 New York, NY 10022 mannajo@clearwater.org; driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com stephenfiller@gmail.com; astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com peter@clearwater.org Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Andrew Reid, Esq.
Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Organization: Hudson River Sloop Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Clearwater, Inc.
Raphael Kuyler, Esq. Ved Nanda Center for International and Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Comparative Law Grant Eskelsen, Esq. 1075 Waite Drive Ryan Lighty, Esq. Boulder, CO 80303 Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary lawyerreid@gmail.com Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Richard Webster, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Public Justice, P.C.
Washington, DC 20004 For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
ksutton@morganlewis.com 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Washington, D.C. 20006 rkuyler@morganlewis.com; rwebster@publicjustice.net lescher@morganlewis.com bmcglinn@morganlewis.com sraimo@morganlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs rlighty@morganlewis.com NYC Department of Environmental Protection lrichardson@morganlewis.com 59-17 Junction Boulevard dcalhoun@morganlewis.com Flushing, NY 11373 mfreeze@morganlewis.com mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Assistant County Attorney Office of the Attorney General Office of Robert F. Meehan, State of Connecticut Westchester County Attorney 55 Elm Street 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor P.O. Box 120 White Plains, NY 10601 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 mjr1@westchestergov.com robert.snook@po.state.ct.us 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral)
David A. Repka, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.
Victoria Hsia, Esq. Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.
Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal Brian Lusignan, Esq.
Winston & Strawn Mihir Desai, Esq.
1701 K Street NW Assistant Attorneys General Washington, DC 20006 Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant drepka@winston.com Siobhan Blank, Legal Assistant vhsia@winston.com Office of the Attorney General CSisco@winston.com of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Paul Gallay, Esq. Albany, New York 12224 Deborah Brown john.sipos@ag.ny.gov Ramona Cearley, Secretary lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov Riverkeeper, Inc. brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov 20 Secor Road mihir.desai@ag.ny.gov Ossining, NY 10562 teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov pgallay@riverkeeper.org siobhan.blank@ag.ny.gov dbrown@riverkeeper.org rcearley@riverkeeper.org Kathryn M. DeLuca, Esq.
Laura Heslin, Esq.
Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 kathryn.deluca@ag.ny.gov laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com
[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of April 2016 3