ML071870059

2007/07/05-Vermont Yankee - Letter from Mary C. Baty to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 8 to the Hearing File Index, Privilege Log, Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley, and Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo

ML071870059
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	07/05/2007
From:	Baty M NRC/OGC
To:	Elleman T, Karlin A, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Baty, Mary - OGC - 301-415-1324
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 13837
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July 5, 2007Alex S. Karlin, Esq., ChairDr. Thomas S. EllemanAdministrative JudgeAdministrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing BoardAtomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F235207 Creedmoor Road, #101 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionRaleigh, NC 27612

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

Mail Stop T-3 F23

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC.

AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-271-LR; ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

The NRC Staff hereby provides its monthly status report and notice that it has updated the hearing file and disclosures for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1203(c) and

2.336(d). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of

each item in this supplement is appended hereto as Attachment 1. The Staff is also producing, as Attachment 2, updates to its privilege logs as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), and is

continuing to preserve and maintain all privileged documents during the pendency of this

proceeding. Also attached are the Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley, as required by 10 C.F.R.

§ 2.336(c), and the Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director of the Division of License Renewal, formally invoking the deliberative process privilege. There have been no changes to the Staff's schedule for the issuance of its Safety Evaluation Report and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

Sincerely,/RA/Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Privilege Log - Deliberative Process

Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley

Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuocc:Attached Service List Page 1 of 1ATTACHMENT 1 VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEXSupplement 8- July 5, 2007ID #Accession NumberDocument DateTitle/Description:08-01ML0715001535/7/2007Additional Information as Requested Related to NPDES 08-02ML0715503306/4/2007IR 05000271-07-006, on 01/22/2007 - 01/26/2007, 02/05/2007 - 02/09/2007; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Station; Inspection of the Scoping of Nonsafety

Systems and the Proposed Aging Management Procedures for VY's Application

for Renewed License.08-03ML0717201616/7/2007Email: PIC - Proposal for Information Collection to address compliance with the Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II regulations.08-04ML0718402126/7/2007Vernon Tie Info 08-05ML0718400776/18/2007E-mail from M. Hamer to J. Rowely Re SER Appendix E Page 1 of 2ATTACHMENT 2VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGESupplement 8 - July 5, 2007Certain 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 disclosure as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuan t 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" p rivilege.Doc.No.Accession Number Author Name/Affiliation:Title/Description:Document Date DocumentType Addressee /

Addressee AffiliationCommentPage Count DP-08-01ML071840087Rogers B H, NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/RLRB E-mail from Billy RogersRe: Vermont Yankee Q's.5/29/2007E-MailRowley J G, Young R M, NRC Discussing Safety Evaluation Report (SER)3 DP-08-02ML071840089Tifft D B, NRC/RGN-I Vermont Yankee Questions - Service Water Write-up.5/29/2007E-MailRowley J G, NRC/NRRDraft SER input2 DP-08-03ML071840093Rogers B H, NRC/NRR/ADRO Vermont Yankee -

Region Inspection Report Edits.5/25/2007E-MailRowley J G, NRC/NRR/ADR ODraft SER input8 DP-08-04ML071720154Emch R L, NRC/NRR Email: VY Trip Report Schedule.6/4/2007E-MailGoodman N,Masnik M T, NRC Discussing 5/29/07 trip to VY 3 DP-08-05ML071720150Avci H I, Argonne National Lab (ANL)Email: Re: 2006 VY REMP Report.6/5/2007E-MailEmch R L, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR/REBB Discussing 5/29/07 trip to VY 5

Doc.No.Accession Number Author Name/Affiliation:Title/Description:Document Date DocumentType Addressee /

Addressee AffiliationCommentPage Count Page 2 of 2 DP-08-06ML071720163Emch R L, NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR Email: Re: Fwd:

Information Regarding SAMA Screening.6/6/2007E-MailPalla R L, NRC/NRR/ADR A/DRA/APLA Input to Final Site-specific Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS)3 DP-08-07ML071720159Palla R L, NRC/NRR (NPA-PD-LR) Email:

Responses to Comments on VY SAMA.6/6/2007E-MailEmch R L, NRC/NRRDraft FSEIS input8 DP-08-08ML071720144Emch R L, NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB (NPA-PD-LR) Email:

R. Emch Responses to Comments on VY SAMA.6/7/2007E-MailLaGory K, Argonne National Lab (ANL)Discussing FSEIS 3 DP-08-09ML071720158Palla R L, NRC/NRR (NPA-PD-LR) Email:

Re: Responses to Comments on VY SAMA (06/07/2007).6/7/2007E-MailEmch R L, NRC/NRRDiscussing FSEIS2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

AFFIDAVIT OF JONATHAN G. ROWLEY CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c)

I, Jonathan G. Rowley, do hereby state as follows:1.I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in theNuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station's license renewal application

("LRA"). 2.I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the

disclosures are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.3.I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

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Jonathan G. Rowley Executed in Rockville, MD this 5th day of July, 2007 July 5, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

DECLARATION OF PAO-TSIN KUO I, Pao-Tsin Kuo, do hereby state as follows:1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal ("DLR") in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR"). My

supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's review and evaluation of the

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station license renewal application.2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified several

documents as privileged because they contained info rmation concerning the Staff's deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachm ent 2 to the July 5, 2007 submission of the Staff's Hearing File.3. I have personally reviewed the document s identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain predecisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal

application. All documents contain either the Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or

evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters

discussed therein. Each of the documents comprises part of the deliberative process necessary

to the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application. 4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these 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 Staff's 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 each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the July 5, 2007 submission of the Staff's

Hearing File.6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

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Pao-Tsin Kuo Executed in Rockville, MD this 5th day of July, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC Staff letter dated July 5, 2007, providing notice of the availability of the hearing file, with attachments, together with the affidavit of Jonathan G.

Rowley and the declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo in the above-captioned proceeding have been

served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRC's internal mail

system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electr onic mail with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 5th day of July 2007.

Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair Administrative Judge

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Dr. Thomas S. Elleman*

Administrative Judge

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

5207 Creedmoor Road, #101

Raleigh, NC 27612

E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication

Mail Stop: O-16C1

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: rew@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff

Mail Stop: O-16C1

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Director of Public Advocacy

Department of Public Service

112 State Street - Drawer 20

Montpelier, VT 05620-2601

E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Ronald A. Shems, Esq.*

Karen Tyler, Esq.*

Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC

91 College Street

Burlington, VT 05401

E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com

Ktyler@sdkslaw.com Peter C.L. Roth, Esq.*

Office of the Attorney General

33 Capitol Street

Concord, NH 03301

E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop: T-3F23

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

National Legal Scholars Law Firm

84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768

E-mail: aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq*

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1128

E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com

matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com

/RA/

Mary C. Baty

Counsel for NRC Staff