ML101610424

2010/06/10-Consent Motion Regarding Privilege Logs

ML101610424
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	06/10/2010
From:	Travieso-Diaz M Northern States Power Co, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 18001
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

CONSENT MOTION REGARDING PRIVILEGE LOGS With the consent of all parties, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (NSPM), on its own behalf and on behalf of the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) and the NRC Staff (collectively, the Parties), hereby moves the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) to approve an agreement reached by the parties regarding the production of privilege logs for the mandatory disclosures in this proceeding. The Boards May 13, 2010 Order Defining Scope of Disclosure requires that [i]f a party seeks to withhold documents as privileged or otherwise protected, it must provide a privilege log, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(a)(3) and (b)(5). May 13 Order,Section V.E at 9. The Parties have agreed to waive the requirement to include in the privilege logs those documents claimed to be covered by the attorney-client and attorney work product privileges. The Parties will still produce a log identifying documents claimed under privileges other than attorney-client and attorney work product.

Given the impending June 18, 2010 deadline for initial disclosures, the Parties respectfully request expeditious Board consideration and granting of this Motion.

Respectfully Submitted,

/Signed electronically by Matias F. Travieso-Diaz/

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David R. Lewis Matias F. Travieso-Diaz PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Tel. (202) 663-8000 Counsel for Northern States Power Co.

Dated: June 10, 2010 2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the Consent Motion Regarding Privilege Logs, dated June 10, 2010, was provided to the Electronic Information Exchange for service on the individuals listed below, this 10th day of June, 2010.

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Esq., Chair Dr. Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 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 Email: wjf1@nrc.gov Email: gxa1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Secretary Dr. Thomas J. Hirons Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop O-16 C1 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 secy@nrc.gov; hearingdocket@nrc.gov Email: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Philip R. Mahowald, Esq.

Mail Stop O-16 C1 General Counsel, Prairie Island Indian U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Community Washington, DC 20555-0001 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Welch, MN 55089 pmahowald@piic.org

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth, Esq.

Brian G. Harris, Esq.

Maxwell C. Smith, Esq.

Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; david.roth@nrc.gov; brian.harris@nrc.gov; maxwell.smith@nrc.gov

/Signed electronically by Matias F. Travieso-Diaz/

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz