ML071560449

PSEG Nuclear LLC, Request for Withholding Information from Public Disclosure for Hope Creek Generating Station

ML071560449
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	07/03/2007
From:	James Shea NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLI-2
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
SHea J, NRR/DORL, 415-1388
References
TAC MD3002
Download: ML071560449 (4)

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July 3, 2007 Mr. Thomas P. Joyce Site Vice President - Salem PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

SUBJECT:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC, REQUEST FOR WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Mr. Joyce:

By letter dated May18, 2007,1 you submitted an affidavit executed by Bradley J. Erbes on behalf of General Electric (GE), dated May 18, 2007, requesting that the information contained in the following document be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 2, Section 2.390:

GE Responses to NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] RAIs [requests for additional information] 3.67, 13.18, and 3.19, Enclosure 1 to GE-HCGS-EPU-674 A nonproprietary copy of this document1 has been placed in the NRC's Public Document Room and added to the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Public Electronic Reading Room. To view this document visit http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

The affidavit stated that the submitted information should be considered exempt from mandatory public disclosure for the following reasons:

4(a) Information that discloses a process, method, or apparatus, including supporting data and analyses, where prevention of its use by General Electrics competitors without license from General Electric constitutes a competitive economic advantage over other companies; 4(b) Information which, if used by a competitor, would reduce his expenditure of resources or improve his competitive position in the design, manufacture, shipment, installation, assurance of quality, or licensing of a similar product.

1 ADAMS accession number ML071500317

T. Joyce We have reviewed your application and the material in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 2.390 and, on the basis of your statements, have determined that the submitted information sought to be withheld contains proprietary commercial information and should be withheld from public disclosure. Therefore, the version of the submitted information marked as proprietary will be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390(b)(5) and Section 103(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Withholding from public inspection shall not affect the right, if any, of persons properly and directly concerned to inspect the documents. If the need arises, we may send copies of this information to our consultants working in this area. We will, of course, ensure that the consultants have signed the appropriate agreements for handling proprietary information.

If the basis for withholding this information from public inspection should change in the future such that the information could then be made available for public inspection, you should promptly notify the NRC. You also should understand that the NRC may have cause to review this determination in the future, for example, if the scope of a Freedom of Information Act request includes your information. In all review situations, if the NRC makes a determination adverse to the above, you will be notified in advance of any public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I may be reached at 301-415-1388.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James J. Shea, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis Winchester Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Vice President - Nuclear Assessments Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236 Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. George H. Gellrich Regional Administrator, Region I Plant Support Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Michael J. Massaro Hope Creek Generating Station Plant Manager - Hope Creek U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear Drawer 0509 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. William Levis Mr. Darin Benyak Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Director - Regulatory Assurance Officer PSEG Nuclear - N21 PSEG Nuclear LLC-X04 P.O. Box 236 Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Mr. Bradley J Erbes Manager - Licensing Manager, Systems Engineering 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E GE Energy, Nuclear Kennett Square, PA 19348 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28401 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038

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