ML091480466

2009/05/28-LB Order (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staffs Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement)

ML091480466
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/28/2009
From:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY/RAS
References
07-858-03-LR-BD01, 50-0247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-257
Download: ML091480466 (6)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

Docket Nos. 50-0247-LR and 50-286-LR ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01

May 28, 2009 Order (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staff's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement)

On February 27, 2009, Riverkeeper, Inc. ("Riverkeeper") requested that this Licensing Board recognize that Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1

("Consolidated Contention") "applies against the NRC Staff's analysis" in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ("Draft SEIS").

1 Riverkeeper argues that the NRC Staff's assessment of the spent fuel leaks in the Draft SEIS mirrors that of Entergy in its Environmental Report, thus "suffering from the same deficiencies articulated in the Consolidated Contention."

2 Entergy and the NRC Staff do not object to the Board treating the Consolidated Contention as a 1 Riverkeeper, Inc.'s Challenge to NRC Staff's A ssessment of Impacts of Spent Fuel Pool Leaks in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Feb. 27, 2009) at 3.

2 Id. at 2.

challenge to the DSEIS.

3 The Board hereby grants Riverkeeper's request and recognizes that the Consolidated Contention now applies to the Draft SEIS. It is so ORDERED. FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 4 /RA/ ___________________________ Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 28, 2009

3 Entergy's Consolidated Response to Riverkeeper's February and March 2009 Filings Concerning Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 and Riverkeeper Contention TC-2 (Apr. 6, 2009) at 2; NRC Staff's Answer to Amended and New Contentions Filed by the State of New York and Riverkeeper, Inc., Concerning the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Mar. 24, 2009) at 27.

4 Copies of this Order were sent this date by Internet e-mail to: (1) Counsel for the NRC Staff; (2) Counsel for Entergy; (3) Counsel for the State of New York; (4) Counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc.; (5) Manna Jo Green, the Representative for Clearwater; (6) Counsel for the State of Connecticut; (7) Counsel for Westchester County; (8) Counsel for the Town of Cortlandt; (9) Mayor Alfred J. Donahue, the Representative for the Village of Buchanan; and (10) Counsel for the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR

) 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, ) Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staff's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement), have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.

Office of Commission Appellate

Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission

Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair

Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell

Administrative Judge Kaye D. Lathrop

190 Cedar Lane E.

Ridgway, CO 81432 Zachary S. Kahn, Law Clerk

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel

Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth, Esq.

Brian Harris, Esq.

Andrea Z. Jones, Esq.

Karl Farrar, Esq.

Brian Newell, Paralegal

2 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staff's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement)

William C. Dennis, Esq. Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General John J. Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Mylan L. Denerstein Deputy Assistant Attorney General Division of Social Justice Janice A. Dean Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol

State Street Albany, New York 12224

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq.

Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operation, Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Joan Leary Matthews, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

625 Broadway, 14 th Floor Albany, New York 12233-5500

Michael J. Delaney Vice President, Energy Department New York City Economic Development

Corporation (NYCEDC) 110 William Street

New York, NY 10038 Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Office of The Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120

Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (AREA) 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508

New York, NY 10016

Stephen C. Filler, Board Member

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. 303 South Broadway, Suite 222 Tarrytown, NY 10591

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staff's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement) 3 Daniel E O'Neill, Mayor James Siermarco, M.S.

Liaison to Indian Point Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue

Buchanan, NY 10511-1298

Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater

112 Little Markey Street

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

Town of Cortlandt

Daniel Riesel, Esq.

Jessica Steinberg, J.D. Counsel for the Town of Cortlandt Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022 Nancy Burton, Esq.

Connecticut Residents Opposed to Relicensing of Indian Point (CRORIP) 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06876

Elise N. Zoli, Esq.

Goodwin Proctor, LLP

Exchange Place

53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Justin D. Pruyne Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau Of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq.

Westchester County Attorney

148 Martine Avenue, 6 th Floor White Plains, NY 10601

FUSE USA John LeKay

Heather Ellsworth Burns-DeMelo Remy Chevalier

Bill Thomas

Belinda J. Jaques 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, New York 10566

Westchester Citizens' Awareness Network (WestCan), Citizens Awareness Network, (CAN), et al Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.

21 Pearlman Drive Spring Valley, NY 10977 Victor M. Tafur, Senior Attorney Philip Musegaas, Esq.

Deborah Brancato, Esq.

Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591

Richard L. Brodsky Assemblyman

5 West Main Street

Suite 205 Elmsford, NY 10523

4 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staff's Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement)

Diane Curran, Esq. Counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M. Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036

Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.

Legislative Office Building, Room 422 Albany, NY 12248

[Original signed by Linda D. Lewis]

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Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland

this 28 th day of May 2009