ML111361110

05/16/2011 Indian Point License Renewal - NRC Staff'S Answer to Petitioners' Motion for Modification of the Commission'S April 19, 2011 Order to Permit a Consolidated Reply

ML111361110
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/16/2011
From:	Mizuno B NRC/OGC
To:	NRC/OCM
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR
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May 16,2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

AmerenUE ) Docket No.52-037 -COL (Callaway Plant Unit 2) )

In the Matter of )

AP1000 Design Certification Amendment ) N RC-20 10-0131 10 CFR Part 52 ) RIN 3150-A18 In the Matter of Calvert Cliffs 3 Nuclear Project, L.L.C. Docket No. 52-016-COL (Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3)

In the Matter of Detroit Edison Co. Docket No. 52-033-COL (Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 3)

In the Matter of Duke Energy Carolinas, L.L.C. Docket Nos. 52-018-COL (William States Lee III Nuclear Station, 52-019-COL Units 1 and 2)

In the Matter of Energy Northwest Docket No. 50-397-LR (Columbia Generating Station)

In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Co. Docket No. 50-293-LR and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Docket Nos. 50-247-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, 50-286-LR Units 2 and 3)

In the Matter of )

ESBWR Design Certification Amendment ) NRC-2010-0135 10 CFR Part 52 ) RIN-3150-AI85 In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. Docket No. 50-346-LR (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1)

In the Matter of )

Florida Power & Light Co. ) Docket Nos. 52-040-COL (Turkey Point, Units 6 and 7) ) 52-041-COL In the Matter of )

Luminant Generation Co., L.L.C. ) Docket Nos. 52-034-COL (Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, ) 52-035-COL Units 3 and 4) )

In the Matter of Nextera Energy Seabrook, L.L.C. Docket No. 50-443-LR (Seabrook Station, Unit 1)

In the Matter of )

Nuclear Innovation North America, L.L.C. ) Docket Nos. 52-012-COL (South Texas Project. ) 52-013-COL Units 3 and 4) )

In the Matter of )

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. ) Docket Nos. 50-275-LR (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, ) 50-323-LR Units 1 and 2) )

In the Matter of )

PPL Bell Bend, L.L.C. ) Docket No. 52-039-COL (Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant) )

In the Matter of )

Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. ) Docket Nos. 52-022-COL (Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant. ) 52-023-COL Units 2 and 3) )

In the Matter of )

Progress Energy Florida, Inc. ) Docket Nos. 52-029-COL (Levy County Nuclear Power Plant, ) 52-030-COL Units 1 and 2) )

In the Matter of )

South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. ) Docket Nos.52-027 -COL and South Carolina Public Service Authority ) 52-028-COL (Also Referred to as Santee Cooper) )

(Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Units 2 and 3) )

In the Matter of )

Southern Nuclear Operating Co. ) Docket Nos. 52-025-COL (Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, ) 52-026-COL Units 3 and 4) )

In the Matter of )

Tennessee Valley Authority ) Docket Nos. 52-014-COL (Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, ) 52-015-COL Units 3 and 4) )

In the Matter of )

Tennessee Valley Authority ) Docket No. 50-0391-0L (Watts Bar Unit 2) )

In the Matter of )

Virginia Electric and Power Co. ) Docket No. 52-017-COL d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power and )

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative )

(North Anna Unit 3) )

NRC STAFF'S ANSWER TO PETITIONERS' MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF THE COMMISSION'S APRIL 19.2011, ORDER TO PERMIT A CONSOLIDATED REPLY INTRODUCTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

("NRC Staff' or "Staff") hereby provides its answer to the Petitioners' Motion for Modification of the Commission's April 19, 2011, Order to Permit a Consolidated Reply ("Motion"). The Commission should deny the Motion because it does not demonstrate the "compelling circumstances" needed to justify a reply under the Commission's regulations. 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c).

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND From April 14 to April 18, 2011, several parties in the above captioned proceedings

("Petitioners") filed an Emergency Petition to Suspend All Pending Reactor Licensing Decisions and Related Rulemaking Decisions Pending Investigation of Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident ("Petition'V On April 19, 2011, the Office of the 1 E.g. Emergency Petition to Suspend All Pending Reactor Licensing Decisions and Related (continued...)

-2 Secretary issued an Order in each proceeding setting a deadline of May 2, 2011, for parties and 2

amici to respond to the Petition. On May 2, 2011, the NRC Staff filed an Answer to Emergency Petition to Suspend All Pending Reactor Licensing Decisions and Related Rulemaking Decisions Pending Investigation of Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident ("Answer") in each proceeding. 3 The applicants in the captioned proceedings also filed answers to the Petition. Motion at 2 & n.1. Between May 6 and May 12, 2011, the Petitioners filed the instant Motion to permit a reply.

LEGAL STANDARDS FOR MOTIONS TO PERMIT A REPLY Section 2.323(c) provides that there is no right to reply to answers to motions, but that permission to file a reply may be granted "only in compelling circumstances, such as where the moving party demonstrates that it could not have reasonably anticipated the arguments to which it seeks leave to reply" (emphases added). Although the Petitioners contend that the Staff and applicants incorrectly characterized their initial filing as a motion, the Petitioners agree that the standard for granting a reply should be the "compelling circumstances" standard in 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c). See Motion at 1, 3 (citing 10 C.F.R. 2.323(c)) ("As discussed below [this motion satisfies] the NRC's standard for allowing a reply because this case involves compelling circumstances.").

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Rulemaking Decisions Pending Investigation of Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident (April 15, 2011) (ADAMS Accession No. ML111050477).

2 E.g., Scheduling Order of the Secretary Regarding Petitions to Suspend Adjudicatory.

Licensing and Rulemaking Activities, at 1-2 (April 19, 2011) (ADAMS Accession No. ML111091138).

3 E.g., NRC Staffs Answer to Emergency Petition to Suspend All Pending Reactor Licensing Decisions and Related Rulemakings Decisions Pending Investigation of Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident (May 2. 2011) (ADAMS Accession No. ML111220535)

("Answer"). The Staffs answer contained a brief description of the procedural status of all of the adjudications in which the Petitioners filed. Id. at 3-6,

-3 DISCUSSION The Petitioners advance several reasons why the Commission should consider their proposed reply, but none of them demonstrates the compelling circumstances envisioned by the 4

regulation. As discussed below, the Petitioners could have anticipated the arguments to which they now seek leave to reply. The Petitioners had an unfettered opportunity to raise every relevant argument in support of their Petition in the first instance. There is no injustice in denying the Petitioners' request to make arguments they could have first raised in their Petition.

A. A Reply Brief Is Not the Appropriate Forum for a Thorough Discussion of the Regulatory Significance of the Fukushima Event First, the Petitioners argue that the Commission should consider the Proposed Reply brief because "it is ... appropriate to allow a thorough debate regarding the regulatory significance of the Fukushima accident." Motion at 3. The Staff agrees that a thorough discourse on the regulatory significance of the Fukushima event is appropriate. However, this does not demonstrate compelling circumstances because a reply brief in an adjudicatory setting is an inappropriate forum for such a discussion.

In NRC proceedings a reply is typically limited to responding to arguments raised in opposition to it. See, e.g., Nuclear Management Company, LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant), CLI 06-17, 63 NRC 727. 732 (2006) (noting that a reply to an answer to a hearing request must focus on material in the hearing request or contained in the answer). Given this inherently 4 The Petitioners have kept their Motion relatively brief. providing only skeletal arguments. These arguments build on the Proposed Reply. which Petitioners have appended to their as-yet-ungranted Motion. Petitioners' Reply to Responses to Emergency Petition to Suspend All Pending Reactor Licensing Decisions and Related Rulemaking Decisions Pending Investigation of Lessons Learned from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident (May 6, 2009) ("Proposed Reply"). In the Staff's view, the Petitioners' cursory Motion invites the Commission to read the Proposed Reply in order to decide whether to allow it, effectively defeating the regulatory presumption against allowing such replies and the requirement that parties file them with "permission." 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c). Absent such permission, the Proposed Reply effectively does not exist, and so should not be relied upon.

-4 narrow focus, a reply brief is not an appropriate mechanism for an open-ended debate on the broad ranging considerations related to the regulatory significance of the Fukushima event.

Petitioners have other available avenues, such as the rulemaking process, to fully discuss the regulatory significance of the Fukushima event. See 10 C.F.R. § 2.802. As a result, Petitioners have not demonstrated that compelling circumstances justify a reply because other agency forums are designed to accommodate a broader array of issues associated with the Fukushima event than a reply brief that, by its nature, is narrow in scope. As discussed in the Staffs Answer, to the extent Petitioners believe procedural action is necessary in individual proceedings to preserve the integrity of the agency's discussion of the Fukushima event, Petitioners have a menu of regulatory options to choose from to request such action. Answer at 15,17,18, 19,24.

B. The Petitioners Could Have Anticipated the Responses to the Petition

1. The Commission Has Previously Found A Similar Petition to Be A Motion The Petitioners also assert that compelling circumstances exist because they could not have foreseen that "virtually all of the Responses [would] mischaracterize Petitioners' Emergency Petition to suspend licensing decisions as a 'motion' to suspend licensing

'proceedings. Motion at 3. If the Petition is appropriately characterized as a motion, the Petitioners observe, the Petition would be "subject to a host of procedural regulations" that "would result in the dismissal of the Petition." 'd. at 3-4. But, the Commission has previously described a similar petition to suspend as a motion. As a result, Petitioners could have anticipated that the other parties would view their Petition to suspend as a motion. In two of the above captioned proceedings, parties filed similar "petitions" that asked the Commission to

- 5 "suspend" license renewal reviews. 5 In responding to these petitions, the Commission observed, "Petitioners' requests do not fit cleanly within any of the procedures described in our rules of practice. We treat them here as general motions brought under the procedural requirements of 10 C.F.R. § 2.323." Amergen Energy Company, LLC (Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station). CLI-08-23, 68 NRC 461, 475-76 (2008). In light of this Commission precedent, the Petitioners could have foreseen that other parties would view a similarly-styled petition seeking similar relief as a motion. s As a result, the other parties' nearly unanimous characterization of the Petition as a motion does not constitute a compelling circumstance that would support the request to file a reply. Furthermore, Petitioners could have reasonably foreseen that a petition listing multiple forms of relief, including both suspension of licensing decisions and suspension of licensing proceedings as well as other procedural changes, would be interpreted as a motion. Petition at 1-3.

5 E.g. Petition by Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Inc.;

Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety; New Jersey Public Interest Research Group; New Jersey Sierra Club; New Jersey Environmental Federation; Riverkeeper, Inc.; Pilgrim Watch and New England Coalition to Suspend License Renewal Reviews for Oyster Creek, Indian Point, Pilgrim, and Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plants Pending Investigation of NRC Staff Review Process and Correction of Deficiencies (Jan. 3, 2008) (ADAMS Accession No. ML080090190) ("2008 Petition"). The 2008 Petition concerning the Pilgrim, Oyster Creek, Indian Point, and Vermont Yankee license renewal proceedings asked for both adjudicatory and non-adjudicatory relief. The 2008 Petition requested that the Commission suspend both Staff technical reviews and adjudicatory proceedings, conduct an investigation into the independence of the Staff, perform a complete overhaul of the license renewal review process, appropriately revise the staffs review documents, and allow new contentions in all four proceedings. Oyster Creek, CU-08-23, 68 NRC at 474.

6 See also Hydro Resources, Inc., CLI-04-11, 63 NRC 483,488-89 (2006) (noting that legal determinations made on appeal become controlling precedent, or law of the case, for all future decisions in that proceeding).

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2. Other Parties' Reasonably Viewed the Petition as a Motion Because It Sought Relief That Is Normally Available in NRC Proceedings Even if the Commission considered the arguments in the Proposed Reply, Petitioners still have not demonstrated that the Petition was anything other than a motion. 7 Petitioners assert that the Petition "cannot be characterized as a motion or the equivalent of a motion ...

because the relief it seeks could not be granted in an adjudication." Proposed Reply at 5. But, as discussed in the Staff's Answer, the extraordinary forms of relief sought by the Petition, halting licensing decisions or suspending parts of licensing proceedings, are available under the Commission's adjudicatory regulations and precedent. Answer at 8-18. Nonetheless, the standards to obtain such extraordinary relief are high. Petitioners have simply not met these high standards. Accordingly, this part of the Petitioners' argument also does not show compelling circumstances warranting a reply because the Petition sought relief that can normally be granted in an adjudication. Petitioners should have expected other parties to respond accordingly.

3. Petitioners Have Not Pointed to Any Specific Arguments Responding to Dr. Makhijani's Supporting Declaration or their National Environmental Policy Act Claims that They Could Not Have Anticipated In addition, Petitioners assert that they could not have anticipated the other parties' responses to Dr. Makhijani's supporting declaration or the "numerous ways in which the opponents misinterpret [the National Environmental Policy Act's ("NEPA")1 requirements."

7 The claim that the Petition is not a document seeking relief in specific proceedings appears implausible. The Petitioners filed the document in several NRC adjudications. Petitioners now claim that they only filed the document in these proceedings lito give notice to interested parties." Proposed Reply at 5. But. the Petitioners did not file their Motion in several contested cases, such as the South Texas license renewal proceeding, and some uncontested cases, such as the Salem and Hope Creek license renewal proceeding. Presumably. the applicants in these cases are entitled to notice that is the same as those that the Petitioners served. Omission of service in these cases implies that the Petition's request for relief was limited to the cases in which it was actually served.

- 7 Motion at 4. But, the Commission should only grant leave to reply when a party "demonstrates that it could not reasonably have anticipated the arguments to which it seeks leave to reply." 10 C.F.R. § 2.323 (emphasis added). The conclusory statements in the Motion do not constitute such a demonstration. Disputes over NEPA's requirements and the importance of a given expert's testimony are normal features of NRC proceedings. E.g. NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (Seabrook Station, Unit 1), LBP-11-02, 73 NRC (slip op. at 27-32,39-40) (Feb. 15, 2011) (ADAMS Accession No. ML110460252). Petitioners have not attempted to show what aspects of these disputes were truly unforeseeable rather than simple disagreements with the views stated in the Petition.

Even if the Commission considered the more detailed discussion of specific arguments in the Proposed Reply, that discussion exclusively focuses on areas of disagreement between the Petitioners and other parties. Proposed Reply at 8-20. The Proposed Reply does not provide any further explanation of why the Petitioners could not have anticipated these disagreements.

Therefore, Petitioners have not met the requirement to demonstrate why they could not have reasonably anticipated the arguments in response to Dr. Makhijani's declaration and their NEPA claims. Thus, the Motion does not demonstrate that compelling circumstances warrant a reply brief.

- 8 CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, the Commission should deny the Motion.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) bv! /Signed (electronically) bY!

Maxwell Smith Marcia Carpentier Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff Columbia, Diablo Canyon, Seabrook Fermi COL, North Anna COL U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 015-021 Mail Stop 0-15 021 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1246 (301) 415-4126 Maxwell.Smith@nrc.gov Marcia.Carpentier@nrc.gov

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David E. Roth 8eth Mizuno Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff Watts Bar Indian Point,9 Pilgrim, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 015-021 Mail Stop 015-021 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301)415-2749 (301) 415-3122 Oavid.Roth@nrc.gov 8eth.Mizuno@nrc.gov 8 Because the Staff is filling identical documents in each of the applicable proceedings, the signature block utilizes the term "Electronically Signed By" to indicate that each counsel signed for the proceedings listed below their signature.

S Because the Indian Point proceeding is not underthe Electronic Information Exchange filing process, the Staff will sign and serve a copy of this pleading bye-mail and regular mail in that proceeding.

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Ann P. Hodgdon Sara B. Kirkwood Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff Callaway COL Shearon Harris COL U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 015-D21 Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1587 (301) 415-8393 Ann.Hodgdon@nrc.gov Sara.Kirkwood@nrc.gov

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Jody C. Martin Patrick Moulding Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff Bellefonte COL, Levy County COL Turkey Point COL, VogtJe COL U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (301) 415-1569 (301) 415-2549 Jody. Martin@nrc.gov Patrick. Moulding@nrc.gov

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Michael A. Spencer Susan H. Vrahoretis Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff South Texas COL, Summer COL, William S. Bell Bend COL, Comanche Peak COL Lee COL U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-4075 (301) 415-4073 Susan.Vrahoretis@nrc.gov Michael. Spencer@nrc.gov

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Anthony Wilson Lloyd B. Subin Counsel for the NRC Staff Counsel for the NRC Staff Calvert Cliffs COL Davis-Besse U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Mail Stop 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-3699 (301) 415-1988 Anthony.Wilson@nrc.gov L1oyd.Subin@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland This 16th day of May 2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISION 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 NRC STAFFS ANSWER TO PETITIONERS MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF THE COMMISSIONS APRIL 19, 2011 ORDER TO PERMIT A CONSOLIDATED REPLY have been served upon the following through deposit in the NRCs internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, with copies by electronic mail this 16th day of May, 2011:

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. Kaye D. Lathrop* Josh Kirstein, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E. Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Ridgway, CO 81432 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@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 (Via Internal Mail Only) 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: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com Martin J. ONeill, Esq.* Janice A. Dean, Esq.*

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Executive Deputy Attorney General, 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 Social Justice Houston, TX 77002 Office of the Attorney General E-mail: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 25th Floor New York, NY 10271 Elise N. Zoli, Esq.* E-mail: Janice.Dean@ag.ny.gov Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com William C. Dennis, Esq.* Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*

Assistant General Counsel Senior Attorney for Special Projects Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department of 440 Hamilton Avenue Environmental Conservation White Plains, NY 10601 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us

-3 Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor" Manna Jo Greene" James Seirmarco, M.S. Stephen Filler 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: stephenfiller@gmail.com Robert Snook, Esq." Daniel Riesel, Esq."

Office of the Attorney General Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

State of Connecticut Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

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: roberLsnook@cLgov E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com jstei nberg@sprlaw.com Phillip Musegaas, Esq.*

Deborah Brancato, Esq. Ross H. Gould, Esq.*

Riverkeeper, Inc. 270 Route 308 20 Secor Road Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Ossining, NY 10562 T: 917-658-7144 E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org E-mail: rgouldesg@gmail.com dbrancato@riverkeeper.org Michael J. Delaney, Esq.* John Louis Parker, Esq.*

Vice President - Energy Department Office of General Counsel, Region 3 New York City Economic Development New York State Department of Corporation (NYCDEC) Environmental conservation 110 William Street 21 South Putt Corners Road New York, NY 10038 New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: mdelaney@nycedc.com E-mail: ilparker@gw.dec.state.ny.us Counsel for NRC Staff