ML063310311

Joint Unopposed Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures

ML063310311
Person / Time
Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	11/21/2006
From:	Silverman D AmerGen Energy Co, Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Byrdsong A T
References
50-219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 12588
Download: ML063310311 (5)

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DR~L2~S UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOCKETED USNRC NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION November 21, 2006 (10:38am)

ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND Before Administrative Judges: ADJUDICATIONS STAFF E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta

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In the Matter of. ) November 21, 2006

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AmerGen Energy Company, LLC )

) Docket No. 50-219 (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear )

Generating Station) )

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JOINT UNOPPOSED MOTION REGARDING MANDATORY DISCLOSURES By letter dated March 22, 2006, counsel for AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) advised the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) in the above-captioned proceeding that the parties (Citizens, the NRC Staff and AmerGen) had agreed to a protocol relating to mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 CFR § 2.336. See Letter, Alex S. Polonsky to Judge E. Roy Hawkens (March 22, 2006). Subsequently, the parties have engaged in additional discussions and have agreed to additional procedures to improve the efficiency of the mandatory disclosure process. The parties have also agreed that in the interest of ensuring an orderly proceeding, they would seek an Order from the Board confirming the agreements reached to date.

Accordingly, AmerGen, the NRC Staff and Citizens hereby move the Board for an Order approving the following agreed-upon protocol:

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AmerGen, Citizens and the NRC Staff (the parties hereafter) shall implement the following protocol with respect to mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 CFR § 2.336, although the parties reserve the right to require full disclosure under 10 CFR § 2.336:

1) The parties will only identify the final version of relevant documents, correspondence, memoranda, reports, etc.

2) If the same relevant email exists in multiple locations, the parties may only produce one copy of that e-mail. If the e-mail exists in both sender and recipient email folders, the parties will produce the sender's copy of the email (to preserve any "bcc" addressees);

3) AmerGen and Citizens will produce raw data/calculations regardless of whether a report summarizing the data/calculations is available;

4) The parties will prepare a privilege log as required by 10 CFR § 2.336(b)(5).

Attorney-client privileged correspondence in any form, however, will not be identified on this privilege log. Documents protected only as work-product will be identified on this privilege log; however, records created primarily to facilitate preparation of pleadings and mandatory disclosures associated with the NRC license renewal proceeding for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station need not be listed on the privilege log, produced, or otherwise disclosed;

5) If relevant AmerGen documents are available on microfilm/microfiche, AmerGen's description will identify that the document is stored on this media;

6) If relevant AmerGen documents are stored off-site in a long-term storage facility in Pennsylvania, AmerGen's description will identify that the document is stored off-site;

7) All parties may, at their option, update their disclosures under 10 CFR § 2.336(b) through the use of e-mail alone;

8) The parties need not identify or produce any document that has been served on the parties to this proceeding;

9) The parties need not identify or produce any document identified or produced by another party pursuant to the mandatory disclosure process;

10) The parties need not identify or produce press clippings; and

11) The parties need not identify or produce docketed correspondence and other documents available via the NRC's website or ADAMS.

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Counsel for AmerGen has been authorized to submit this motion by counsel for Citizens and the NRC Staff on their behalf. For the reasons discussed above, the parties hereby request that the Board issue an Order confirming the agreed-upon protocol set forth above.

Respect s bmitted, Donald J. SilvernaEsq..

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 739-5502 E-mail: dsilverman(morganlewis.com E-mail: ksuttonamorganlewis.com E-mail: apolonskyv(morganlewis.com J. Bradley Fewell Assistant General Counsel Exelon Business Services Company 200 Exelon Way Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 Phone: (610) 765-5580 E-mail: Bradley.FeWel~lexeloncorp.com COUNSEL FOR AmerGen ENERGY COMPANY, LLC Dated in Washington, D.C.

this 21st day of November 2006 3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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In the Matter of: ) November 21, 2006

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AmerGen Energy Company, LLC )

) Docket No. 50-219 (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear )

Generating Station) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the "Joint Unopposed Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures" were served this day upon the persons listed below, by E-mail and first class mail, unless otherwise noted.

Secretary of the Commission* Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel One White Flint North Mail Stop - T-3 F23 11555 Rockville Pike U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET(inrc.gov) (E-mail: erh@nrc.gov)

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 (E-mail: pba(2)nrc.gov) (E-mail: aib5@nrc.gov)

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John A. Covino Office of Commission Appellate Ellen Barney Balint Adjudication**

Valerie Anne Gray U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Caroline Stahl Washington, DC 20555-0001 Division of Law Environmental Permitting and Counseling Section P.O. Box 093 Hughes Justice Complex Richard Webster Trenton, NJ 08625 Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic (E-mail: John.covinogdol.lps.state.nj.us) 123 Washington Street (E-mail: Ellen.Balintglps.state.ni .us) Newark, NJ 07102-5695 (E-mail: Valerie.GrayU dol.lps.state.ni.us) (E-mail: rwebsterokinoy.rutgers.edu)

(E-mail: Caroline.Stahlalps.state.nj.us)

Suzanne Leta Paul Gunter NJPIRG Nuclear Information and Resource Service 11 N. Willow Street 1424 16th Street, NW Trenton, NJ 08608 Suite 404 (E-mail: sleta@(nipirg.org) Washington, DC 20036 (E-mail: pgunter(2nirs.org)

Mitzi A. Young Debra Wolf Steven C. Hamrick Law Clerk Office of the General Counsel, 0-15D21 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (E-mail: may(anrc.gov) Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: schi (@nrc.gov) (E-mail: dawl @nrc.gov)

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