ML091480466

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 Docket Nos. 50-0247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

May 28, 2009 Order (Applying Consolidated Contention Riverkeeper EC-3/Clearwater EC-1 to the NRC Staffs 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 Staffs analysis in the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS).1 Riverkeeper argues that the NRC Staffs 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 Staffs Assessment 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 Riverkeepers request and recognizes that the Consolidated Contention now applies to the Draft SEIS.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD4

/RA/

___________________________

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 28, 2009 3

Entergys Consolidated Response to Riverkeepers 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 Staffs 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 Staffs 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Administrative Judge Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair David E. Roth, Esq.

Brian Harris, Esq.

Administrative Judge Andrea Z. Jones, Esq.

Richard E. Wardwell Karl Farrar, Esq.

Brian Newell, Paralegal Administrative Judge Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane E.

Ridgway, CO 81432 Zachary S. Kahn, Law Clerk

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

William C. Dennis, Esq. Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General Assistant General Counsel John J. Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mylan L. Denerstein 440 Hamilton Avenue Deputy Assistant Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 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. Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects Martin J. ONeill, Esq. New York State Department Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq. of Environmental Conservation Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operation, Inc. 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Albany, New York 12233-5500 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Michael J. Delaney Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Vice President, Energy Department Office of The Attorney General New York City Economic Development State of Connecticut Corporation (NYCEDC) 55 Elm Street 110 William Street P.O. Box 120 New York, NY 10038 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman Stephen C. Filler, Board Member New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Alliance (AREA) 303 South Broadway, Suite 222 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 Tarrytown, NY 10591 New York, NY 10016

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

Daniel E ONeill, Mayor Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director James Siermarco, M.S. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Liaison to Indian Point 112 Little Markey Street Village of Buchanan Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Thomas F. Wood, Esq. Nancy Burton, Esq.

Town of Cortlandt Connecticut Residents Opposed Daniel Riesel, Esq. to Relicensing of Indian Point (CRORIP)

Jessica Steinberg, J.D. 147 Cross Highway Counsel for the Town of Cortlandt Redding Ridge, CT 06876 Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Justin D. Pruyne Goodwin Proctor, LLP Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau Exchange Place Of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq.

53 State Street Westchester County Attorney Boston, MA 02109 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 FUSE USA Westchester Citizens Awareness Network John LeKay (WestCan), Citizens Awareness Network, Heather Ellsworth Burns-DeMelo (CAN), et al Remy Chevalier Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.

Bill Thomas 21 Pearlman Drive Belinda J. Jaques Spring Valley, NY 10977 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, New York 10566 Victor M. Tafur, Senior Attorney Richard L. Brodsky Philip Musegaas, Esq. Assemblyman Deborah Brancato, Esq. 5 West Main Street Riverkeeper, Inc. Suite 205 828 South Broadway Elmsford, NY 10523 Tarrytown, NY 10591

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

Diane Curran, Esq. Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.

Counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc. Legislative Office Building, Room 422 Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, Albany, NY 12248

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

[Original signed by Linda D. Lewis]

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Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day of May 2009