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==SUBJECT:==
==SUBJECT:==
==SUMMARY==
==SUMMARY==
OF MAY 9, 2011, MEETING WITH THE A TIORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGARDING THEIR 2.206 PETITION CONCERNING COMPLIANCE WITH FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS (TAC NOS. ME5932, ME5933, AND ME5934)
OF MAY 9, 2011, MEETING WITH THE A TIORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGARDING THEIR 2.206 PETITION CONCERNING COMPLIANCE WITH FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS (TAC NOS. ME5932, ME5933, AND ME5934)
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As described in Management Directive 8.11, "Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions," the petitioner is provided the opportunity to address the PRB in order to provide any relevant additional explanation and support for the petition in advance of the PRB's evaluation. The meeting was recorded by the NRC's Operations Center and transcribed by a court reporter.
As described in Management Directive 8.11, "Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions," the petitioner is provided the opportunity to address the PRB in order to provide any relevant additional explanation and support for the petition in advance of the PRB's evaluation. The meeting was recorded by the NRC's Operations Center and transcribed by a court reporter.
The transcript is provided as Enclosure 2.
The transcript is provided as Enclosure 2.
Members of the public were in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.
Members of the public were in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.  


                                              - 2 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1364, or at Douglas.Pickett@nrc.gov.
- 2 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1364, or at Douglas.Pickett@nrc.gov.
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Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286  
Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286


==Enclosures:==
==Enclosures:==
: 1. List of Attendees
: 1. List of Attendees
: 2. Transcript cc w/encls:
: 2. Transcript cc w/encls:
Mr. Adam Dobson                             Mr. John Sipos Assistant Attorney General                   Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General               Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway, 26th Floor                    120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, NY 10271                           New York, NY 10271 Additional Distribution via Listserv
Mr. Adam Dobson Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, NY 10271 Additional Distribution via Listserv
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Douglas V. Pickett, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Mr. John Sipos Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, NY 10271  


LIST OF ATTENDEES MAY 9,2011, PUBLIC MEETING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
LIST OF ATTENDEES MAY 9,2011, PUBLIC MEETING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
PRESENTATION BEFORE THE NRC PETITION REVIEW BOARD New York Attorney General's Office John Sipos, Assistant Attorney General         Jim Ostroff, Platts Nuclear Publications Adam Dobson, Assistant Attorney General       Robert Snook, Assistant Attorney General State of Connecticut Richard Webster, Public Justice Anthony Royceman, Consultant to NY AG Entergy Nancy Salgado                                   Bob Walpole Tanya Mensah                                   Bill Glew Gerry Gulla                                     Paul Bessette, Morgan-Lewis Stacey Rosenberg Lee Banic Scott Burnell John Boska Tim McGinty Dan Frumkin Brian Metzger Brett Kulkan Brice Bickett Keith Young John Rogge Doug Pickett Enclosure 1
PRESENTATION BEFORE THE NRC PETITION REVIEW BOARD New York Attorney General's Office John Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Jim Ostroff, Platts Nuclear Publications Adam Dobson, Assistant Attorney General Robert Snook, Assistant Attorney General State of Connecticut Richard Webster, Public Justice Anthony Royceman, Consultant to NY AG Entergy Nancy Salgado Bob Walpole Tanya Mensah Bill Glew Gerry Gulla Paul Bessette, Morgan-Lewis Stacey Rosenberg Lee Banic Scott Burnell John Boska Tim McGinty Dan Frumkin Brian Metzger Brett Kulkan Brice Bickett Keith Young John Rogge Doug Pickett  


Official Transcript of Proceedings NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Title:           10 CFR 2.206 Petition Review Board RE Indian Point Docket Numbers: 05000247,05000286 Location:         Rockville, MD Date:             Monday, May 9, 2011 Edited by Douglas Pickett Work Order No.:         NRC-876                                   Pages 1-36 NEAL R. GROSS AND CO., INC.
Official Transcript of Proceedings NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
==Title:==
10 CFR 2.206 Petition Review Board RE Indian Point Docket Numbers: 05000247,05000286 Location:
Rockville, M D Date:
Monday, May 9, 2011 Edited by Douglas Pickett Work Order No.:
NRC-876 Pages 1-36 NEAL R. GROSS AND CO., INC.
Court Reporters and Transcribers 1323 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Court Reporters and Transcribers 1323 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 234-4433 Enclosure 2
Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 234-4433  


1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 3                                  + + + + +
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10 CFR 2.206 PETITION REVIEW BOARD (PRB)
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CONFERENCE CALL RE 7                  INDIAN POINT ON FIRE PROTECTION 8                                + + + + +
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12            The    conference       call     was       held,   Timothy         G.
: McGinty, 1
13  McGinty,        Chairperson     of   the   Petition       Review     Board, 1   presiding, PETITIONER:       NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PETITION REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS TIMOTHY McGINTY,       Director,         Division   of     Policy and Rulemaking TANYA MENSAH, 2.206 Coordinator 2               DOUG PICKETT, Petition Manager 2   NRC HEADQUARTERS STAFF 22             BRIAN METZGER, NRR Fire Protection Branch 23             DAN FRUMKIN, NRR Team Leader, Fire Protection 2               BRICE BICKETT, NRC Region 1 2                                                                 (Continued)
presiding, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION  
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CFR 2.206 PETITION REVIEW BOARD (PRB)
CONFERENCE CALL RE INDIAN POINT ON FIRE PROTECTION  
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conference call was
: held, Timothy G.
Chairperson of the Petition Review Board, 1
1 PETITIONER:
NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PETITION REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS TIMOTHY McGINTY, Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking TANYA MENSAH, 2.206 Coordinator 2
DOUG PICKETT, Petition Manager 2
NRC HEADQUARTERS STAFF 22 BRIAN METZGER, NRR Fire Protection Branch 23 DAN FRUMKIN, NRR Team Leader, Fire Protection 2
BRICE BICKETT, NRC Region 1 2
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2 3                         PRO C E E DIN G S (1:00 p.m.)
2 3
MR. PICKETT:         Good afternoon.           I'd like to 6 welcome everyone here that's attending this meeting.
PRO C E E DIN G S (1:00 p.m.)
7 My name       is   Doug Pickett         and   I   am a     Senior     Proj ect 8 Manager at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
MR. PICKETT:
9                   We are here today to                 low       Peti       oner, 1             Attorney     General       of             State     of   New       York, 1   represented today by Mr.                 John Sipos,         to address           the 12 Peti           Review Board,       also     referred       to   as   the       PRB 13 regarding the 2.206 petition submitted on March 28th, 2011.
Good afternoon.
I   am     the   Peti tion        Manager       for       the petition.         The Petition Review Board Chairman is Tim 17 McGinty on my right.
I'd like to 6
18                   As     part     of   the     PRB's       review             this 19 petition, John Sipos has requested                             opportuni           to 2   address             PRB.     This meeting               scheduled for two 2   hours, from one         0'     ock to three o'clock.
welcome everyone here that's attending this meeting.
22                     This meeting is being recorded by the NRC 23 Operations Center and will                       transcribed by a court 24 reporter.
7 My name is Doug Pickett and I am a Senior Proj ect 8
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9 We are here today to low Peti
: oner, 1
Attorney General of State of New
: York, 1
represented today by Mr. John Sipos, to address the 12 Peti Review Board, also referred to as the PRB 13 regarding the 2.206 petition submitted on March 28th, 2011.
I am the Petition Manager for the petition.
The Petition Review Board Chairman is Tim 17 McGinty on my right.
18 As part of the PRB's review this 19 petition, John Sipos has requested opportuni to 2
address PRB.
This meeting scheduled for two 2
hours, from one 0' ock to three o'clock.
22 This meeting is being recorded by the NRC 23 Operations Center and will transcribed by a court 24 reporter.
1 1
2 Also I
understand that we have a
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4 representative                 the   press     recording     this   meeting 2 today.         The transcript will become a supplement to the 3 petition,         and   the     transcript         will   also   be       made 4 publicly-available.
4 2
5                    We have public meeting feedback forms that 6 you       are   welcome     to   fill     out.       These   forms         are 7 forwarded         to   our   internal       communications       specialist 8 and     you   may       ther     leave     them     here   following         the 9 meeting or mail them back.                     They are already postage paid.
3 4
I would like to open the meeting with the introductions.           As we go around the room,                 please be sure to           early state your name,               your position,         and the of         ce that you work for within the NRC for the record.
5 6
16                      I'll start off.             I   am Doug Pickett,           the 17  Petition Manager.
7 8
MR. McGINTY:           I   am   Tim   McGinty,         the Petition Review Board Chair.
9 16 17 22 23 2
MS. MENSAH:       I am Tanya Mensah.           I am the 2.206 Coordinator.
25 representative the press recording this meeting today.
22                      MR. METZGER:           Brian     Metzger.         I'm     a 23  technical reviewer with NRR.
The transcript will become a supplement to the
2                      MR. FRUMKIN:         Dan Frumkin, Fire Protection 25  Team Leader in the Office of NRR.
: petition, and the transcript will also be made publicly-available.
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We have public meeting feedback forms that you are welcome to fill out.
These forms are forwarded to our internal communications specialist and you may ther leave them here following the meeting or mail them back.
They are already postage paid.
I would like to open the meeting with the introductions.
As we go around the room, please be sure to early state your name, your position, and the of ce that you work for within the NRC for the record.
I'll start off.
I am Doug Pickett, the Petition Manager.
MR.
McGINTY:
I am Tim
: McGinty, the Petition Review Board Chair.
MS. MENSAH:
I am Tanya Mensah.
I am the 2.206 Coordinator.
MR.
METZGER:
Brian Metzger.
I'm a
technical reviewer with NRR.
MR. FRUMKIN:
Dan Frumkin, Fire Protection Team Leader in the Office of NRR.
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5 1                   MS . SALGADO:         I'm Nancy Salgado.             I'm a 2 Branch         Chi   in           Division       of   Operating     Reactor 3    cens 4                    MR. BOSKA:         I'm     John     Boska,             NRR 5 Project Manager for Indian Point.
5 1
6                    MR. DOBSON:           Adam     Dobson,   New       York 7 Ass       tant Attorney General.
2 3
8                    MR. SIPOS:         Hi.     Good       ternoon. This is 9 John       Sipos             's   S i-p-o-s,         Assistant     Attorney 10  General for             State of New York.
4 5
1                      MR. GULLA:         Gerry Gulla,       NRC   Office       of 12  Enforcement.
6 7
13                    MR. OSTROFF:         I'm     Jim   Ostroff.         I'm     a senior editor with Platts Nuclear Publications.
8 9
1                      MS. ROSENBERG:         Stacy Rosenberg.           I   am a 16  Branch Chief, of Generic Communications.
10 1
17                    MS. BANIC:         Merrilee           c of   Generic 18  Communications             and       Power         Uprate,       Petitions 19  Coordinator.
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2                      MR. BURNELL:         Scott Burnell, NRC Office of Pub1         Affairs.
1 16 17 18 19 2
22                    MR. BESSETTE:           Paul     Bessette,     Morgan, 23  Lewis & Bockius.
2 22 23 2
2                      MR. GLEW:       Bill Glew, Entergy Legal.
2 MS.
2                      MR.     WALPOLE:           Bob     Walpole,     Licensee NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE, NW.
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I'm Nancy Salgado.
I'm a Branch Chi in Division of Operating Reactor cens MR.
BOSKA:
I'm John
: Boska, NRR Project Manager for Indian Point.
MR.
DOBSON:
Adam
: Dobson, New York Ass tant Attorney General.
MR. SIPOS:
Hi.
Good ternoon.
This is John Sipos  
's S i-p-o-s, Assistant Attorney General for State of New York.
MR.
GULLA:
Gerry Gulla, NRC Office of Enforcement.
MR.
OSTROFF:
I'm Jim Ostroff.
I'm a senior editor with Platts Nuclear Publications.
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ROSENBERG:
Stacy Rosenberg.
I am a Branch Chief, of Generic Communications.
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BANIC:
Merrilee c
of Generic Communications and Power
: Uprate, Petitions Coordinator.
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Scott Burnell, NRC Office of Pub1 Affairs.
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BESSETTE:
Paul
: Bessette, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
MR. GLEW:
Bill Glew, Entergy Legal.
MR.
WALPOLE:
Bob
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6 1 Manager at Indian Point.
6 1
2                 MR. PICKETT:         Okay.         We have completed 3 introductions at         the Entergy Headquarters.                         At     this time are there any NRC participants from Headquarters that are on the phone?
Manager at Indian Point.
MR. KLUKAN:                       s     Brett Klukan 7 from       the NRC   Office     of   General       Counsel.             I'm       the 8 Attorney Advisor to the PRE.
2 MR.
9                 MR. PICKETT:         That was Brett Klukan.
PICKETT:
1                   Are   there     any NRC participants                     from       the 1   Regional Of       ce on the phone?
Okay.
12                   MR. BICKETT:         Yes. This is Brice Bickett, 13 Senior Project Engineer, NRC Region 1.
We have completed 3
1                    MR. PICKETT:         Any others?
introductions at the Entergy Headquarters.
1                   MR. YOUNG:         Kei       Young,     NRC,       Inspector, 16 Region 1.
At this time are there any NRC participants from Headquarters that are on the phone?
17                   MR. SHEEHAN :         Neil     Sheehan,       NRC         Public 18 Af       rs, Region 1.
MR.
19                   MR. ROGGE:       John Rogge,         Branch Chief from 2   Region 1.
KLUKAN:
21                   MR. PICKETT:         Okay.       And are         there         any 22 representatives for the licensee on                       phone?
s Brett Klukan 7
23                   (NO response.)
from the NRC Office of General Counsel.
2                   MR. PICKETT:         Okay.     Mr. Sipos, would you 2   please introduce yourself for the record.
I'm the 8
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Attorney Advisor to the PRE.
9 MR. PICKETT:
That was Brett Klukan.
1 Are there any NRC participants from the 1
Regional Of ce on the phone?
12 MR. BICKETT:
Yes.
This is Brice Bickett, 13 Senior Project Engineer, NRC Region 1.
MR. PICKETT:
Any others?
1 MR.
YOUNG:
Kei Young, NRC, Inspector, 16 Region 1.
17 MR.
SHEEHAN :
Neil Sheehan, NRC Public 18 Af rs, Region 1.
19 MR. ROGGE:
John Rogge, Branch Chief from 2
Region 1.
21 MR.
PICKETT:
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And are there any 22 representatives for the licensee on phone?
23 (NO response.)
2 MR. PICKETT:
Okay.
Mr. Sipos, would you 2
please introduce yourself for the record.
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7 1                     MR. SIPOS:       Sure.       Good afternoon.           This 2 is John Sipos, S-i-p-o-s, Ass                   tant Attorney General.
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3                     MR. PICKETT:         Thank you.
MR.
It         not   required       for members     of     the public to introduce themselves for this call,                           however 6 if there are any members of the public on the phone 7 who would like to introduce themselves,                       please state 8 your name for the record.
SIPOS:
9                     MR. SNOOK:           This       is Robert       Snook, 1   As     stant     Attorney       General         for   the   State         of 1   Connecticut.
Sure.
12                     MR. WEBSTER:         And I'm Richard Webster from 13 Public Justice.
Good afternoon.
1                       MR. ROISMAN:         And this is Anthony Roisman.
This 2
15 I'm       a   consultant     to   the   New     York   State   Attorney 16 General's Office.
is John Sipos, S-i-p-o-s, Ass tant Attorney General.
17                     MR. PICKETT:         Not hearing any more.
3 MR. PICKETT:
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Thank you.
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It not required for members of the public to introduce themselves for this call, however 6
if there are any members of the public on the phone 7
who would like to introduce themselves, please state 8
your name for the record.
9 MR.
SNOOK:
This is Robert
: Snook, 1
As stant Attorney General for the State of 1
Connecticut.
12 MR. WEBSTER:
And I'm Richard Webster from 13 Public Justice.
1 MR. ROISMAN:
And this is Anthony Roisman.
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3                    At this time I'll turn it over to the PRB Chairman, Tim McGinty.
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5                    MR. McGINTY:           Thank       you,   Doug.           Good 6 afternoon.           Welcome     to   this     meeting     regarding         the 7 2.206       Petition submitted by the Attorney General                           of 8 the     State   of   New   York.       Representing         the   Attorney 9 General's Office is Mr. John Sipos.
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1                      I   would       like     to       first     share         some 11  background on our process.                 Section 2.206 of Title 10 12  of     the   Code         Federal       Regulations       describes           the 13          tion Process, the primary mechanism for the public to request enforcement by the NRC in a public process.
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1                      This   process     penni ts      anyone   to   petition 16  the NRC to take enforcement type action related to NRC 17  licensees or licensed activities.
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18                    Depending         on     the       results       of       this 19  evaluation,         NRC   could modify,           suspend     or   revoke       an NRC-issued         license     or     take     any     other   appropriate 21  enforcement action to resolve a problem.
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22                    The NRC staff guidance for the disposition 23  of     the     2.206   Petition       Request       is   in   Management Directive 8.11, which                 publicly available.
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At this time I'll turn it over to the PRB Chairman, Tim McGinty.
MR.
McGINTY:
Thank you, Doug.
Good afternoon.
Welcome to this meeting regarding the 2.206 Petition submitted by the Attorney General of the State of New York.
Representing the Attorney General's Office is Mr. John Sipos.
I would like to first share some background on our process.
Section 2.206 of Title 10 of the Code Federal Regulations describes the tion Process, the primary mechanism for the public to request enforcement by the NRC in a public process.
This process pennits anyone to petition the NRC to take enforcement type action related to NRC licensees or licensed activities.
Depending on the results of this evaluation, NRC could modify, suspend or revoke an NRC-issued license or take any other appropriate enforcement action to resolve a problem.
The NRC staff guidance for the disposition of the 2.206 Petition Request is in Management Directive 8.11, which publicly available.
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9 1 the       Petitioner         an     opportunity           to     provide         any 2 addi tional         explanation       or   support       for   the petition 3 before         the       Petition         Review         Board's         initial 4 consideration and recommendation.
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This meeting is not a hearing, nor is it 6 an     opportunity       for     the   Petitioner         to   ques       on   or 7 examine the PRB on the merits or the issues presented 8       the Petition Request.               No decisions regarding the 9 merits of this Petition will be made at this meeting.
the Petitioner an opportunity to provide any 2
1                       Following this meeting the Petition Review 1   Board will         conduct its         internal deliberations.                     The 12 outcome       of   this   internal meeting will                 be discussed 13 with the Petitioner.
addi tional explanation or support for the petition 3
1                       The     Petition         Review         Board     typically 15 consists         of   a   chairman,       usually       a   manager     at     the 16 senior executive service level at the NRC.                               It has a 17 Petition Manager and a PRB Coordinator.
before the Petition Review Board's initial 4
18                     Other members of the Board are determined 19 by     the     NRC     staff     based     on     the     content     of       the 2   information             the Petition Request.
consideration and recommendation.
2                       At   this     time   I'd like         to   introduce         the 22 Board.         We previously went around the room.                         I'm Tim 23 McGinty,         the     Petition       Review       Board     Chair.           Doug 2       ckett is             Petition Manager for the Petition under 2   Discussion today.               Tanya Mensah is             the Office s     I    PRB NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
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an opportunity for the Petitioner to ques on or 7
examine the PRB on the merits or the issues presented 8
the Petition Request.
No decisions regarding the 9
merits of this Petition will be made at this meeting.
1 Following this meeting the Petition Review 1
Board will conduct its internal deliberations.
The 12 outcome of this internal meeting will be discussed 13 with the Petitioner.
1 The Petition Review Board typically 15 consists of a
: chairman, usually a manager at the 16 senior executive service level at the NRC.
It has a 17 Petition Manager and a PRB Coordinator.
18 Other members of the Board are determined 19 by the NRC staff based on the content of the 2
information the Petition Request.
2 At this time I'd like to introduce the 22 Board.
We previously went around the room.
I'm Tim 23
: McGinty, the Petition Review Board Chair.
Doug 2
ckett is Petition Manager for the Petition under 2
Discussion today.
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10 1 Coordinator.
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2                   Our tec~~ical       staff includes Brian Metzger 3 from       the Office     of   NRR's         re     Protection     Branch.
Coordinator.
Gerry Gulla from           the Office         of     Enforcement.           Brice Bickett and Keith Young you heard from NRC Region 1 on 6 the       phone.       They     are     up             King   of     Prussia, 7 Pennsylvania.
2 Our tec~~ical staff includes Brian Metzger 3
8                   Dan Frumkin, Team Leader for the Office of 9 Nuclear       Reactor       Regulations,           Division       of       Risk 1   Assessment.       And on the phone also we obtain our legal 1   advice from the Of               of General Counsel, represented 12 by Brett Klukan.
from the Office of NRR's re Protection Branch.
13                   As described in our process, the NRC staff 1   may       ask clarifying       questions         in   order   to     better 1   understand the Petitioner's presentation and to reach 16 a reasoned decision as to whether to accept or reject 17 the     Petitioner's Request           for   Review under the 2.206 18 process.
Gerry Gulla from the Office of Enforcement.
19                   I would like to summarize the scope of the 2   Petition under consideration and the NRC's activities 21 today.
Brice Bickett and Keith Young you heard from NRC Region 1 on 6
22                   On     March         28th,           2011,     Mr.         Eric 23 Schneiderman,       Attorney General             for   the State of New 24 York       who   will   be     referred       to     as   the   Petitioner, 2   submitted a       Petition under Title 10 of                         Code of NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
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They are up King of
: Prussia, 7
Pennsylvania.
8 Dan Frumkin, Team Leader for the Office of 9
Nuclear Reactor Regulations, Division of Risk 1
Assessment.
And on the phone also we obtain our legal 1
advice from the Of of General Counsel, represented 12 by Brett Klukan.
13 As described in our process, the NRC staff 1
may ask clarifying questions in order to better 1
understand the Petitioner's presentation and to reach 16 a reasoned decision as to whether to accept or reject 17 the Petitioner's Request for Review under the 2.206 18 process.
19 I would like to summarize the scope of the 2
Petition under consideration and the NRC's activities 21 today.
22 On March
: 28th, 2011, Mr.
Eric 23 Schneiderman, Attorney General for the State of New 24 York who will be referred to as the Petitioner, 2
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11 Federal       Regulations,       Part     2.206,     regarding         fire 2 protection requirements             at   the Indian Point Nuclear 3 Generating Unit Number 1, 2 and 3.
11 Federal Regulations, Part 2.206, regarding fire 2
The Petitioner             cribes the proximity of 5 Indian Point to population centers within a                         50-mile 6 radius of the site.             The Petitioner states that the 7 population       density     within     the     10-mile   and     50-mile 8 radius         the site is greater at Indian Point than any 9 site in the country.
protection requirements at the Indian Point Nuclear 3
1                     Furthermore,         the   Petitioner     states         that 1   the site was selected in March 1955 which was before 12 the Atomic Energy Commission, AEC, or NRC established 13 siting criteria.
Generating Unit Number 1, 2 and 3.
1                     The Petitioner described how approximately lone-half of all core damage risk at operating reactors 1   result from accident sequences that initiate with fire 17 events.
The Petitioner cribes the proximity of 5
18                   The Petitioner described the Browns Ferry 19 f         of 1975 and the subsequent development of fire 2   safety regulations found in 10 CFR 50.48 and Appendix 2   R.
Indian Point to population centers within a 50-mile 6
22                   The         Petitioner             describes           these 23 prescriptive requirements               found in Appendix R.                 The 2   Petitioner states           that   Indian Point         is required to 2   comply with the fire safety requirements of Appendix R NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., NW (202) 234-4433           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3701         www.nealrgross.com
radius of the site.
The Petitioner states that the 7
population density within the 10-mile and 50-mile 8
radius the site is greater at Indian Point than any 9
site in the country.
1 Furthermore, the Petitioner states that 1
the site was selected in March 1955 which was before 12 the Atomic Energy Commission, AEC, or NRC established 13 siting criteria.
1 The Petitioner described how approximately lone-half of all core damage risk at operating reactors 1
result from accident sequences that initiate with fire 17 events.
18 The Petitioner described the Browns Ferry 19 f
of 1975 and the subsequent development of fire 2
safety regulations found in 10 CFR 50.48 and Appendix 2
R.
22 The Petitioner describes these 23 prescriptive requirements found in Appendix R.
The 2
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12 1 because the reactors were licensed to operate prior to 2 January 1st, 1979.
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3                   The         Petitioner               describes           past 4 investigations by the NRC s Office of   I                    the Inspector General       and   the     Government         Accountability           Office 6 surrounding fire barriers, most specifically, Thermo 7 Lag and Hemyc.
because the reactors were licensed to operate prior to 2
8                   The Petitioner implies that the NRC staff 9 has neither been aggressive                     resolving fire barrier 1   issues, nor has it taken meaningful enforcement action 1   with regards to Indian Point.
January 1st, 1979.
12                     The Petitioner focuses on                     exemptions 13 to Appendix R               were submitted by the licensee 1   March         2009. The exemptions include operator manual 1   actions and a         large number               f       areas at Indian 16 Point.
3 The Petitioner describes past 4
17                     The Petition states that the regulations 18 do not authorize operator manual actions as a means of 19 protecting         a   redundant         system       from   fire.             The 2   Petitioner           erences the current situation in Japan 2   and       questions     whether       plant       operators     would         be 22 physically able to perform these duties.
investigations by the NRC I s Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office 6
23                     In conclusion, the Petitioner states that 2   the exemptions         should be reserved for               extraordinary 2   circumstances.           The     NRC       should       not   approve         the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
surrounding fire barriers, most specifically, Thermo 7
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Lag and Hemyc.
8 The Petitioner implies that the NRC staff 9
has neither been aggressive resolving fire barrier 1
issues, nor has it taken meaningful enforcement action 1
with regards to Indian Point.
12 The Petitioner focuses on exemptions 13 to Appendix R were submitted by the licensee 1
March 2009.
The exemptions include operator manual 1
actions and a large number f
areas at Indian 16 Point.
17 The Petition states that the regulations 18 do not authorize operator manual actions as a means of 19 protecting a
redundant system from fire.
The 2
Petitioner erences the current situation in Japan 2
and questions whether plant operators would be 22 physically able to perform these duties.
23 In conclusion, the Petitioner states that 2
the exemptions should be reserved for extraordinary 2
circumstances.
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13 1 exemptions         and   that Entergy has             not   made a     serious 2 effort to comply           Wl       Federal regulations.
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3                     wi     regard to             enforcement action, the Peti       oner requested the following immediate actions.
exemptions and that Entergy has not made a serious 2
5 Number one,         identi         the violations of 10 CFR 50.48, 6 Appendix R,         Paragraph III,         F and G that exist as of 7 the date             this Petition,         that is,       March 28th,       2011 8 at Indian Point Units 1, 2                       3.
effort to comply Wl Federal regulations.
9                     Number         two,     compel         Entergy       Nuclear 10 Operations and its affiliates to comply on or before 1   September 20th,           2011 with               requirements contained 12 in 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R,                     Paragraph III, F and G, 13 for     all   the   fire   zones     in Indian         Point Unit       2 and 14 Indian Point Unit 3, and any Indian Point                             t 1 fire 1   zone or system,             structure or component relied on by 16 Indian Point             t 2 or Indian Point Unit 3.
3 wi regard to enforcement action, the Peti oner requested the following immediate actions.
17                     And,     thirdly,         convene       an   evidentiary 18 hearing         before               commission         to     udicate         the 19 violations         by   Entergy       Nuclear         Operations     and       its 2   affiliates of 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R, Paragraph III, 2   F and G at           Indian Point Unit             I,   Unit 2 and Indian 22 Point unit 3.
5 Number one, identi the violations of 10 CFR 50.48, 6
23                     Allow me to           scuss the NRC activities to 2   date.         On April 1st,         the Petition Manager contacted 25 you to discuss                 10 CFR 2.206 process and offer you NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., NW.
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the date this Petition, that is, March 28th, 2011 8
at Indian Point Units 1, 2 3.
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: two, compel Entergy Nuclear 10 Operations and its affiliates to comply on or before 1
September 20th, 2011 with requirements contained 12 in 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R, Paragraph III, F and G, 13 for all the fire zones in Indian Point Unit 2 and 14 Indian Point Unit 3, and any Indian Point t 1 fire 1
zone or system, structure or component relied on by 16 Indian Point t 2 or Indian Point Unit 3.
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: And, thirdly, convene an evidentiary 18 hearing before commission to udicate the 19 violations by Entergy Nuclear Operations and its 2
affiliates of 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R, Paragraph III, 2
F and G at Indian Point Unit I, Unit 2 and Indian 22 Point unit 3.
23 Allow me to scuss the NRC activities to 2
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14 an     opportuni ty      to   address       the     PRE by phone       or     in 2 person.
14 an opportunity to address the PRE by phone or in 2
3                     You requested to address the PRE in person 4 prior       to   the   PRE's       internal       meeting   to   make       the 5 initial         recommendation         to     accept     or     reject         the 6 Petition for Review.
person.
7                     On April       5th the       PRB met     internally to 8       cuss the request for immediate action.                         On April 9 12th       you   were   informed       that     the PRB   denied       your 1   request         for   immediate       action       because   the   licensee 1   submitted a request for exemptions in accordance with 12 NRC guidance and enforcement policy as described in 13 Regulatory Issue Summary 2006 10.
3 You requested to address the PRE in person 4
1                       Enforcement         discretion         is     applicable 15 during the staff review of the exemptions, which are 16 currently         being   evaluated       against     the   criteria         of 17 NUREG 18         entitled "Demonstrating the Feasibility and 18 Reliability of Operator Manual Action in Response to 19 Fire."
prior to the PRE's internal meeting to make the 5
2                       Also,   the licensee evaluated the credited 21 Operator         Manual     Actions       against       the     acceptance 22 criteria of NRC Inspection Procedures 71111.05T and 23 confirmed them to be feasible and reliable operator 2   actions during the post fire coping scenario.
initial recommendation to accept or reject the 6
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7 On April 5th the PRB met internally to 8
cuss the request for immediate action.
On April 9
12th you were informed that the PRB denied your 1
request for immediate action because the licensee 1
submitted a request for exemptions in accordance with 12 NRC guidance and enforcement policy as described in 13 Regulatory Issue Summary 2006 10.
1 Enforcement discretion is applicable 15 during the staff review of the exemptions, which are 16 currently being evaluated against the criteria of 17 NUREG 18 entitled "Demonstrating the Feasibility and 18 Reliability of Operator Manual Action in Response to 19 Fire."
2 Also, the licensee evaluated the credited 21 Operator Manual Actions against the acceptance 22 criteria of NRC Inspection Procedures 71111.05T and 23 confirmed them to be feasible and reliable operator 2
actions during the post fire coping scenario.
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licensee's     actions       are     within     an   NRC-defined 2 process;         two,   enforcement             cretion     is   applicable; 3 and, three, there are no immediate safety concerns.
licensee's actions are within an NRC-defined 2
Therefore, there is no basis to                         immediate action.
process;
As a reminder for the phone participants, please identi           yourselves if you make any remarks, as 7       s   will help us       in the preparation of the meeting 8 transcript that will be made publicly-available.
: two, enforcement cretion is applicable; 3
9                     At this point,         Mr. Sipos,   I will turn l o v e r to you to allow you to provide any information 1   you believe the PRB should consider.
and, three, there are no immediate safety concerns.
12                       MR. SIPOS:         Thank     you very   much,       Mr.
Therefore, there is no basis to immediate action.
13   McGinty.         I   appreciate your opening remarks and,                     on 14   behalf of the Petitioner,                 the Attorney General of the 1   State of New York, Mr. Eric Schneiderman, I appreciate 1   all     the arrangements         that have       taken place to bring 17   about       this meeting,       and we're appreciative                   being 18   able to speak with you today.
As a reminder for the phone participants, please identi yourselves if you make any remarks, as 7
19                       With     me     is     my     colleague,     Ass       tant 2   Attorney General Adam Dobson, D-o-b-s-o-n, who will be 2   assisting me today at today's hearing.
s will help us in the preparation of the meeting 8
22                       Before     I         into     some   of         detailed 23   comments that we have for today, I thought it would be 2   good       to   discuss     some     procedural           sues,   as     well.
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you believe the PRB should consider.
12 MR.
SIPOS:
Thank you very much, Mr.
13 McGinty.
I appreciate your opening remarks and, on 14 behalf of the Petitioner, the Attorney General of the 1
State of New York, Mr. Eric Schneiderman, I appreciate 1
all the arrangements that have taken place to bring 17 about this meeting, and we're appreciative being 18 able to speak with you today.
19 With me is my colleague, Ass tant 2
Attorney General Adam Dobson, D-o-b-s-o-n, who will be 2
assisting me today at today's hearing.
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16 Petition Review Board is that this Board accept the 2 Petition for enforcement.
16 Petition Review Board is that this Board accept the 2
3                   As we understand it, that can then result 4 in       a     hearing,             a     proceeding           before         the Commissioners,         themselves,       as   was     done   in             case 6 back       in 1978   involving       some     other     fire   protection 7 matters.         And I refer the Board to 7NRC400, April 13, 8     78 rul         in         matter of               tion for Emergency 9 and Remedial Action which was filed by                               Union of 1   Concerned Scientists in the wake of Browns Ferry.
Petition for enforcement.
1                     Secondly, we would like an opportuni                           to 12 review the transcript just for typographical errors if 13 one is generated from today.                     We find that that can 1   often         times   lead     to     clarity         and   resolve         some 1   unintended         typographical         issues,         things     of 16 nature.
3 As we understand it, that can then result 4
17                     And third,       in connection with Management 18 Directive 8.11,           Part III B,         I   guess     the         tioner 19 would       note,   since   we   can't               a   question,         that 2   there's potentially an issue of whether or not anyone 2   on the Board had, in                   past, worked on Indian Point 22 specific fire-rel                 issues.
in a
23                     Again, I'm not asking a question because I 24 understand I can't, but I just -                     I note that                 is 2   a reference             the Management Directive to that, and I NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
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proceeding before the Commissioners, themselves, as was done in case 6
back in 1978 involving some other fire protection 7
matters.
And I refer the Board to 7NRC400, April 13, 8
78 rul in matter of tion for Emergency 9
and Remedial Action which was filed by Union of 1
Concerned Scientists in the wake of Browns Ferry.
1 Secondly, we would like an opportuni to 12 review the transcript just for typographical errors if 13 one is generated from today.
We find that that can 1
often times lead to clarity and resolve some 1
unintended typographical
: issues, things of 16 nature.
17 And third, in connection with Management 18 Directive 8.11, Part III B, I guess the tioner 19 would note, since we can't a
: question, that 2
there's potentially an issue of whether or not anyone 2
on the Board had, in past, worked on Indian Point 22 specific fire-rel issues.
23 Again, I'm not asking a question because I 24 understand I can't, but I just -
I note that is 2
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17 just wanted you to apply to that.
17 just wanted you to apply to that.
2                   MR. McGINTY:         Thank you.
2 MR. McGINTY:
3                   That     would       turn     into     a   conflict         of interest by working on it?
Thank you.
5                   MR. SIPOS:     Not necessarily a conflict of 6 interest in a         financial     sense or anything 1                   that, 7 but there may be 8                   MR. McGINTY :         Maybe     employed     by     Indian 9 Point?         Maybe they worked on 1                     MR. SIPOS:         I   hadn't     thought     of     being 1   employed by Indian Point,                   though I guess that would 12 be         that could be an issue.
3 That would turn into a
13                     Mr. Pickett:         Where         that?
conflict of interest by working on it?
MS. MENSAH:       [If   you   re       to page         8   of Management         Directive     8.11,     it   states]     "In assigning techni           staff   members     to   the petition,         management will       consi       any potential           conflict     from   assigning any staff person who was previous                       involved with the issue             gave     se to the petition."
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but there may be 8
MR.
McGINTY :
Maybe employed by Indian 9
Point?
Maybe they worked on 1
MR.
SIPOS:
I hadn't thought of being 1
employed by Indian Point, though I guess that would 12 be that could be an issue.
13 Mr. Pickett:
Where that?
MS.
MENSAH:
[If you re to page 8 of Management Directive 8.11, it states] "In assigning techni staff members to the petition, management will consi any potential conflict from assigning any staff person who was previous involved with the issue gave se to the petition."
MR. SIPOS:
I don't know one.
I'm not 21 asking a
question.
I'm just flagging it as a
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McGINTY:
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18 1 into account.
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2                    The   Attorney       General's       Petition,       simply 3 stated,         is a straightforward request               for enforcement action by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.                         They are 5 the Federal regulator that                       responsibility for the 6 fire protection regulation.
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7                    The Attorney General, as set forth in the Petition, sees it as a very straightforward regulation that contains speci                 proscriptive requirements and, furthermore, based on Entergy's regulatory submissions to NRC,         it     apparent that there are violations of 12          Appendix           Paragraph       III         requirements       I    and 13  that       these violations have continued for                   quite some time.         It appears           as long as the plant has owned and operated by Entergy,                   and likely before that time.
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17                      So,   it         not   the     type   of   Petition 18  Enforcement Action where                 there are some vagaries                 or 19  there's some question.               It's a straightforward, simple regulat             I believe the present Chairman of the NRC has characterized the regulations                         that manner,         and 22  Entergy's filings,           which we take at face value,                   show 23  that there are violations.
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into account.
The Attorney General's Petition, simply stated, is a straightforward request for enforcement action by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
They are the Federal regulator that responsibility for the fire protection regulation.
The Attorney General, as set forth in the Petition, sees it as a very straightforward regulation that contains speci proscriptive requirements and, furthermore, based on Entergy's regulatory submissions to NRC, it apparent that there are violations of Appendix Paragraph III requirements and that these violations have continued for quite some time.
It appears as long as the plant has owned and operated by Entergy, and likely before that time.
So, it not the type of Petition Enforcement Action where there are some vagaries or there's some question.
It's a straightforward, simple regulat I believe the present Chairman of the NRC has characterized the regulations that manner, and Entergy's filings, which we take at face value, show that there are violations.
I'm sure folks are liar with the regulations.
I'm not going to belabor them.
They are I
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19 1       they were developed                   the wake       0 f   Browns 2            were developed af ter General                   Design Criteria 3 3 had       been     around,               there       was     a   decision           to promulgate         and   have     specific       proscriptive         standards 5 for fire protection                 the wake of Browns Ferry and in 6 the wake of                 tigations and internal NRC review of 7          risk and fire safety.
19 1
8                      That   provision       uses       the     mandatory         word 9 "shall,"         s       1 1,       which,         you       know,       requires 10  compliance.           And also that regulation does not use the 11  term "operator manual action."                       That term is not used 12        the regulation and does not                       it's not on the 13  of       the     regulation,         it's       not       contained         in       the regulation.
2 3
1                        NRC's position, as the Attorney General's 16  Off         has         able to determine is that not only 17        or not only are OMA' s not mentioned,                         not only is 18            term   OMA   not     mentioned         or     the     term   "operator 19  manual action"           not mentioned                 the regulation,             but that       Entergy           recognized         that     NRC's     position is that OMA's are not explici                       or implicitly permitted 22  by the regulation.
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23                      And I'm referring back to                         March 2009 exemption request               led by Entergy Nuclear Operation.
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2 22 23 they were developed the wake 0 f Browns were developed after General Design Criteria 3 had been
: around, there was a
decision to promulgate and have specific proscriptive standards for fire protection the wake of Browns Ferry and in the wake of tigations and internal NRC review of risk and fire safety.
That provision uses the mandatory word "shall,"
s 1 1,
: which, you
: know, requires compliance.
And also that regulation does not use the term "operator manual action."
That term is not used the regulation and does not it's not on the of the regulation, it's not contained in the regulation.
NRC's position, as the Attorney General's Off has able to determine is that not only or not only are OMA' s not mentioned, not only is term OMA not mentioned or the term "operator manual action" not mentioned the regulation, but that Entergy recognized that NRC's position is that OMA's are not explici or implicitly permitted by the regulation.
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20 without specific review and approval is a violation of 2 Appendix R.           Again,   that       , as we understand it, the 3 NRC's       posi     on,   and     we               tand   that         Entergy 4           tands         to be NRC's position.
20 without specific review and approval is a violation of 2
5                     And             have             discussions 6 that the Attorney General's Off                         is aware of, of 7 standard         called   NFPA     805,     National       Fire     Protection Association,         Standard Number 805,               but that issue or that -- that mechanism is not at issue at                                       Point because as the Attorney General's Office understands 1   things,       that is,   that Indian                   has elected not to 12 go down the NFPA 805 route and,                           fore,                     the 13 Appendix R, Paragraph III,                     standards apply.
Appendix R.
1                       Entergy's 2009 fi                 with the Commission 15 where           sought Commission approval                     what had been 16 going       on   in an   unauthorized         manner     at     the 17           ified various zones, various fire areas, various 18 fire zones and               ous OM.A.'s.
Again, that  
19                       By the count -- by our count                     identified 2   more than a hundred operator manual                         actions in that 2   filing and it                   identifi         approximately 270-plus 22           zones within Indian Point                   t 2 and Indian Point 23 unit 3 that rely on operator manual action.
, as we understand it, the 3
24                       Those   numbers       are   objectively high,                   but 2   that       is   a   high   number,       and   it     was         there           was NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE, NW.
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that the Attorney General's Off is aware of, of 7
standard called NFPA
: 805, National Fire Protection Association, Standard Number 805, but that issue or that -- that mechanism is not at issue at Point because as the Attorney General's Office understands 1
1 things, that is, that Indian has elected not to 12 go down the NFPA 805 route and,
: fore, the 13 Appendix R, Paragraph III, standards apply.
1 Entergy's 2009 fi with the Commission 15 where sought Commission approval what had been 16 going on in an unauthorized manner at the 17 ified various zones, various fire areas, various 18 fire zones and ous OM.A.'s.
19 By the count -- by our count identified 2
more than a hundred operator manual actions in that 2
filing and it identifi approximately 270-plus 22 zones within Indian Point t 2 and Indian Point 23 unit 3 that rely on operator manual action.
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21 supplemental         information provided,             and I'm referring 2 to a document that came in about a year ago, May 4, 3 2010.
supplemental information provided, and I'm 21 referring 2
4                    This   was     in   response     to   a   request         for additional information by the NRC s                         in response to 6 RAI 02.2         which asked for           "List     the   requirements           of 7 Paragraph III in G2 that are not met for                             OMA's       in 8         - at issue."
3 to a 2010.
9                   Entergy     responded       on   May   4,   2010,       and 1   identi         ed, by our count,         50 fire zones,         50 separate 1             zones where there was a lack of compliance with 12 Paragraph III G2.
document that came in about a year ago, May 4, 4
13                     In other words,                 that filing,       Entergy 1   identified 50 zones where there were violations of the 1   fire safety regulations that had been in place since 16 1980.         That is NL-I0 042 for Indian Point Unit 2 and 17 NL-I0-043             Indian Point Unit 3.
This was in response to a request for additional information by the NRC s in response to 6
18                           ML on the       latter is MLI01320263,                 and 19 that - the zones are identified in a series                               tables 2   in             back of that document and it starts off,                         for 2   Indian Point Unit 2, a table, RAI-GEN - G-E-N-l, and 22 it goes through to GEN 27.
RAI 02.2 which asked for "List the requirements of 7
23                     That would be               Indian Point Unit 2 and 2   I believe for Indian Point Unit 3 it's a simi                               title 25 for the table.         I think it goes from GEN-21 to GEN 23, NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., NW.
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: 2010, and 1
identi ed, by our count, 50 fire zones, 50 separate 1
zones where there was a lack of compliance with 12 Paragraph III G2.
13 In other words, that filing, Entergy 1
identified 50 zones where there were violations of the 1
fire safety regulations that had been in place since 16 1980.
That is NL-I0 042 for Indian Point Unit 2 and 17 NL-I0-043 Indian Point Unit 3.
18 ML on the latter is MLI01320263, and 19 that - the zones are identified in a series tables 2
in back of that document and it starts off, for 2
Indian Point Unit 2, a table, RAI-GEN - G-E-N-l, and 22 it goes through to GEN 27.
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22 1           ling together, 50 separate zones.
22 1
2                     The   Attorney       General's       Office   believes 3 that it's important to emphasize that                           e regs were promulgated 30 years ago and that the facility should have             in compliance.
ling together, 50 separate zones.
6                     These       50     zones       identi           in 7 correspondence a           year     ago,   the more       than   100     OMA' s identif           two years ago,                   this should have been
2 The Attorney General's Office believes 3
    --    this     facility,     this   operator should have been 1   compl             and, again,     that the term "operator manual 1   action, "           not contained in the Federal Regulation.
that it's important to emphasize that e regs were promulgated 30 years ago and that the facility should have in compliance.
12                     It     probably         doesn't         need       to 13 overemphasized           or   said     too   often       that           e     are 1   important regulations.                 I'm sure NRC                 the view 1   that       all   its   regulations         are     important,     as       any 16 regulatory body would.
6 These 50 zones identi in 7
17                           e   regulations           go   to   ensuring 18 safety,       the workability             cables that operate safety 19 systems         at power     reactors       and     ensuring   that       these 2   cables can operate during the events or                             the event 2   of a         reo   They are -- they go to                   heart of what's 22 going on within the power reactor.
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23                     Mr. McGinty       summari           the   Peti     on     and 2   some of the other             - some of the                   components in 25 Petition and I would just like to reiterate or expand NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., NW.
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not contained in the Federal Regulation.
12 It probably doesn't need to 13 overemphasized or said too often that e
are 1
important regulations.
I'm sure NRC the view 1
that all its regulations are important, as any 16 regulatory body would.
17 e
regulations go to ensuring 18 safety, the workability cables that operate safety 19 systems at power reactors and ensuring that these 2
cables can operate during the events or the event 2
of a reo They are -- they go to heart of what's 22 going on within the power reactor.
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23 1 on a couple           them.
23 1
2                     Indian     Point           unique.           It             the 3 highest surrounding population by far and away of any power reactor in the country,                   whether you're looking at it at ten mi               or 50 miles,           no plant,     no reactor 6 site in the country comes close.
on a couple them.
7                             are more than 17 million people that 8 live with 50 miles.               That number is expected to grow 9 by 2035 and the facility is wi                             five     les of one 1   reservoir of the New York                   ty watershed,         that is the 11 New     Croton     Reservoir,       and   15     miles     wi thin   another 12 important reservoir,             a little further to                   south 13 Westchester County.
2 Indian Point unique.
14                     Again,       that     watershed           provides           the 1   drinking water for the New York                           for New York City 1   and its         tizens.
It the 3
17                     New   York,       it                   not         is 18 financial         center       of             country,         provides           a 19 transportation           hub   and   it         a   very   critical         area 2   wi           the States -- wi               the         ted States.
highest surrounding population by far and away of any power reactor in the country, whether you're looking at it at ten mi or 50 miles, no plant, no reactor 6
2                       Seismicity         has       got       some     attention 22 recently,       and in             -  in           latter part of March 23 there       was   a   report     about     ongoing       seismic     analysis, 24 perhaps               consul tation        with       the     United       States 2   Geologic               ce,   and there was a             report         the New NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
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7 are more than 17 million people that 8
live with 50 miles.
That number is expected to grow 9
by 2035 and the facility is wi five les of one 1
reservoir of the New York ty watershed, that is the 11 New Croton Reservoir, and 15 miles wi thin another 12 important reservoir, a little further to south 13 Westchester County.
14
: Again, that watershed provides the 1
drinking water for the New York for New York City 1
and its tizens.
17 New
: York, it not is 18 financial center of
: country, provides a
19 transportation hub and it a very critical area 2
wi the States -- wi the ted States.
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24 1 York newspapers and               so on television           scuss           the 2 core damage frequency                     Indian Point Unit 3 as well 3 as the CDF             Unit 2.
24 1
Uni t   3   apparently has           a very high         core damage         frequency according to             the media reports             and o   Unit   1,   which     has           around     since   the     late 7 Fifties, came on line                   the early Sixties,       it is not 8 clear       that     there   is     a   seismic       spectra             that 9       ility at all and               is seismically more fragile -
York newspapers and so on television scuss the 2
1   I   don't think there's any dispute as to that -- than 1   the two facilities which are next to it.
core damage frequency Indian Point Unit 3 as well 3
12                     For   sure,     that           not   generating       power 13 now.       Unit 1 is not generating power, but it is                             1 1   there and there are shared or interconnected systems 1   identified by Con Edison several years back,                         so there 16 is a seismic concern.
as the CDF Unit 2.
17                           Petition did cite a Sandia report that 18 noted that seismic events can                       a contributor to fire 19 or         re   initiators,     so   the   Petition would                 that 2   that be taken                 account.
Uni t 3 apparently has a very high core damage frequency according to the media reports and o Unit 1, which has around since the late 7
2                       There's also the issue of security.                       I'll 22 keep my remarks on this brief and limited to publicly 23 available material,             but NRC,       itself,     has acknowledged 2   that         there     is     a,                     "high-level       threat 2   environment," close quote,                     the wake of 9/11.
Fifties, came on line the early Sixties, it is not 8
clear that there is a
seismic spectra that 9
ility at all and is seismically more fragile -
1 I don't think there's any dispute as to that --
than 1
the two facilities which are next to it.
12 For sure, that not generating power 13 now.
Unit 1 is not generating power, but it is 1
1 there and there are shared or interconnected systems 1
identified by Con Edison several years back, so there 16 is a seismic concern.
17 Petition did cite a Sandia report that 18 noted that seismic events can a contributor to fire 19 or re initiators, so the Petition would that 2
that be taken account.
2 There's also the issue of security.
I'll 22 keep my remarks on this brief and limited to publicly 23 available material, but NRC, itself, has acknowledged 2
that there is a,  
"high-level threat 2
environment," close quote, the wake of 9/11.
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25 1                     That's In 67 Federal Register 9792, March 2 4,     2002.       There -         the f'eti     on identi       es concerns 3 that,       if taken       -    that have to come to fore in the wake of 9/11,           including what happened on that date.
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The 9/11 report goes into additional detail about the 6 plans of the terrorists at that time and we would note 7 that as well                     Board.
That's In 67 Federal Register 9792, March 2
8                     The State of the Union, which came a year 9 after         that   also       confirmed         publicly     the     threat 1   si tuation that exists,               there was a reference in that 11 to power plant diagrams.
4, 2002.
12                     And just           t week the Daily News reported 13   - and we have a copy of it here,                         I'   be happy to 1   hand it out at the end -- that there appeared to be 1   surveillance at the Sellafield facility in England in 1   which people were arrested for that.
There -
17                     It               the Attorney                 's     Office 18 position is that at a time of increased threat, given 1   the design bas               threat,       given     interim compensatory 2   measures         and   given       concerns     about     aircraft       impact 2   analysis         and   B.5.b       issues,       that     it is   certainly 22 appropriate for the fire safety regulations that were 23 promulgated in 1980 to                     enforced and for Entergy to 2   - to comply with those regulations.
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The 9/11 report goes into additional detail about the 6
plans of the terrorists at that time and we would note 7
that as well Board.
8 The State of the Union, which came a year 9
after that also confirmed publicly the threat 1
situation that exists, there was a reference in that 11 to power plant diagrams.
12 And just t week the Daily News reported 13 and we have a copy of it here, I' be happy to 1
hand it out at the end -- that there appeared to be 1
surveillance at the Sellafield facility in England in 1
which people were arrested for that.
17 It the Attorney  
's Office 18 position is that at a time of increased threat, given 1
the design bas threat, given interim compensatory 2
measures and given concerns about aircraft impact 2
analysis and B.5.b issues, that it is certainly 22 appropriate for the fire safety regulations that were 23 promulgated in 1980 to enforced and for Entergy to 2  
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26 1 Petition seeks.             Again,     we would like this Board to 2 accept         the   Petition       for   Review.         We   think         's   a 3 straightforward Petition                       tenus     of   an   evidentiary 4 matter,         and that there real             is         there's           ly no 5 excuse         for   the     lack       of   compliance         with       these 6 regulations.
26 1
7                      As   we   noted     earlier,       what     Entergy         now 8 seeks       to   have   authorized         at   this     facili         is     not 9 specifically           mentioned.           Entergy         said       's       not prohibited,           but     it's     very     clear       that     it's       not authorized operator manual action.
2 3
12                      It   appears       that     this       is   a   case     where 13  Entergy         simply   disagrees         with     the     application         of Appendix R,         that it's not to its liking,                   and that it 15  does not wi             to comply with the plain meaning                         that 16  regulation.
4 5
17                      The   Petition       and   the     Attorney General's 18      fice       believes     it's     appropriate                 NRC   to     compel 19  compliance of those regulations at this facility,                                 that the regulations are on the books.
6 7
2                        They've been on                   books     for 30 years, 22  and       it's             there       appears         to     be     widespread 23  noncompliance,           widespread violations at the site and 24  it's now time to compel compliance.
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12 13 1
15 16 17 18 19 2
2 22 23 24 2
Petition seeks.
Again, we would like this Board to accept the Petition for Review.
We think  
's a
straightforward Petition tenus of an evidentiary matter, and that there real is there's ly no excuse for the lack of compliance with these regulations.
As we noted earlier, what Entergy now seeks to have authorized at this facili is not specifically mentioned.
Entergy said  
's not prohibited, but it's very clear that it's not authorized operator manual action.
It appears that this is a case where Entergy simply disagrees with the application of Appendix R, that it's not to its liking, and that it does not wi to comply with the plain meaning that regulation.
The Petition and the Attorney General's fice believes it's appropriate NRC to compel compliance of those regulations at this facility, that the regulations are on the books.
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27 I     conclude.         The     Price-Anderson         Act   provides         for 2 taxpayer       financed       response       to   a   nuclear   incident.
27 I
3 That's been around since 1957.                         Congress determined that           was necessary.
conclude.
But,   in exchange for that arrangement it 6 is     es             that     the   Indian       Point   facility     comply 7 with             fire   saf         regulations.           An accident         at 8 Indian         Point     would       likely       be     quite   expensive, 9 certainly relative to other facilities in the country 1   given             dense population and               the highly-developed 11 and built-out infrastructure within the 50-mile area.
The Price-Anderson Act provides for 2
12                     We     understand         the       existence,     and       we 13 understand         the   program       behind       Price-&~derson,         but 1   Entergy should comply with the fire safety regulations 1   which have been around since 1980.
taxpayer financed response to a
16                     I   think that concludes my comments.                       I'd 17 like to thank you               1         your time and for arranging 18 today' s       meeting.       &~d     again,     we would request           that 19 despite Entergy' s           request for an exemption,               that the 20 Petition Review Board accept                     the Attorney General's 2   Petition for enforcement action at this area.
nuclear incident.
22                     Thank you very much.
3 That's been around since 1957.
23                     MR. PICKETT:         Thank you.
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is es that the Indian Point facility comply 7
with fire saf regulations.
An accident at 8
Indian Point would likely be quite expensive, 9
certainly relative to other facilities in the country 1
given dense population and the highly-developed 11 and built-out infrastructure within the 50-mile area.
12 We understand the existence, and we 13 understand the program behind Price-&~derson, but 1
Entergy should comply with the fire safety regulations 1
which have been around since 1980.
16 I think that concludes my comments.
I'd 17 like to thank you 1
your time and for arranging 18 today' s meeting.  
&~d again, we would request that 19 despite Entergy' s request for an exemption, that the 20 Petition Review Board accept the Attorney General's 2
Petition for enforcement action at this area.
22 Thank you very much.
23 MR. PICKETT:
Thank you.
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28 1 for Mr. Sipos regarding 2                     Any of     the   staff on         the phone     from       the 3 Regions, do you have any questions?
28 1
MR. KLUKAN:         This     is   Brett   Klukan, attorney advisor to the PRB.                     I have one question,               a quick question for the Petitioner.
for Mr. Sipos regarding 2
7                     The Petition characterized the violations, 8 but     certainly     the   basis     for   the     Petition   as       being 9 apparent.         Is that the case               and I   just want to be 1   able       to   understand       this   so   that     I can   accurately 11 advise         the   PRE     on     moving       forward     on     how       the 12 disposition or position.
Any of the staff on the phone from the 3
13                     If the violations are apparent, what would 1   be the point of               requested evidentiary hearing?
Regions, do you have any questions?
1                       MR. SIPOS:       There could be two purposes.
MR.
1   One would               Are there any further violations?                       We 17 have the tables that were referred to before, the RAI 18 GEN, G-E-N tables as well as the 2009 submission.
KLUKAN:
19                     As to those -- as to the zones and OMA 's 2   identified in there,             there need not be an evidentiary 2   hearing.           There           it   is   possible       that   there       are 22 additional         zones,     given             breadth     or   the         shear 23 volume of violations,               but I mean,           there's   also     l   you 2   know, the potential of civil penalties that could come 25 up at a         hearing.       You know,       the Attorney General's NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N,W.
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I have one question, a quick question for the Petitioner.
7 The Petition characterized the violations, 8
but certainly the basis for the Petition as being 9
apparent.
Is that the case and I just want to be 1
able to understand this so that I
can accurately 11 advise the PRE on moving forward on how the 12 disposition or position.
13 If the violations are apparent, what would 1
be the point of requested evidentiary hearing?
1 MR.
SIPOS:
There could be two purposes.
1 One would Are there any further violations?
We 17 have the tables that were referred to before, the RAI 18 GEN, G-E-N tables as well as the 2009 submission.
19 As to those -- as to the zones and OMA 's 2
identified in there, there need not be an evidentiary 2
hearing.
There it is possible that there are 22 additional
: zones, given breadth or the shear 23 volume of violations, but I mean, there's also you l
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29 1 Off           is     interested       in     ensuring         compliance         and 2 ensuring         that     this     facility       complies       with       these 3 regulations.
29 1
4                     We recognize               , you know,       the licensee might request a hearing although, you know.                             We don't 6 know how         it   could     contest       the     violations                 are 7 already identified in this, in the filing.
Off is interested in ensuring compliance and 2
8                     MR. KLUKAN:         Thank you.
ensuring that this facility complies with these 3
9                     That's all for me.
regulations.
1                       MR. McGINTY:         Thank you, Brett.
4 We recognize  
1                       And once again,             I'll     ask,   any questions 12 from any of the s                   in       Region -- in the Regions?
, you know, the licensee might request a hearing although, you know.
13                       (NO response.)
We don't 6
1                       MR. McGINTY:         Also there's         - we have some 1   representatives of the licensee here.                           Do you have any 1         does           licensee have any questions or comments?
know how it could contest the violations are 7
17                       MR. BESSETTE:       We     have     no   comments         or 18 questions, thank you.
already identified in this, in the filing.
19                         MR. McGINTY:         As I previously stated, the 2   licensee         is   not   part     of   the     PRB's     decisionmaking 2   process.           Before I       conclude the meeting,             members of 22 the publ           may provide comments regarding the Petition 23 and ask questions about the 2.206                             tion process.
8 MR. KLUKAN:
2                       However,       as   stated       at         opening,         the 25 purpose         of     this     meeting       does       not   include         the NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.w.
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9 That's all for me.
1 MR. McGINTY:
Thank you, Brett.
1 And once again, I'll ask, any questions 12 from any of the s in Region -- in the Regions?
13 (NO response.)
1 MR. McGINTY:
Also there's  
- we have some 1
representatives of the licensee here.
Do you have any 1
does licensee have any questions or comments?
17 MR.
BESSETTE:
We have no comments or 18 questions, thank you.
19 MR. McGINTY:
As I previously stated, the 2
licensee is not part of the PRB's decisionmaking 2
process.
Before I conclude the meeting, members of 22 the publ may provide comments regarding the Petition 23 and ask questions about the 2.206 tion process.
2
: However, as stated at
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30 opportunity         for           Petitioner           or         public         to 2 ques tion or examine           the   PRB regarding the meri ts                   of 3         Petition Request.
30 opportunity for Petitioner or public to 2
4                   With that stated,           are there any questions from members of the public?
ques tion or examine the PRB regarding the meri ts of 3
6                   MR. SNOOK:       This is Robert Snook from the 7 State of Connecticut,             S-n-o-o-k.           We just want to go 8 on     record     supporting             position             the   Attorney 9 General       of New York       in   this,           urging     the     PRE     to accept this             tion.
Petition Request.
1                     MR. McGINTY:         Mr. Snook, that is so noted.
4 With that stated, are there any questions from members of the public?
12                     MR. SNOOK:       Thank you.
6 MR. SNOOK:
13                     MR. WEBSTER:         And this is Richard Webster 1   from Publ           Justice.       I'd like to ask how long has this lack of compliance existed and has                             NRC staff 16 taken any moves to correct the lack of compliance.
This is Robert Snook from the 7
17                     MR. KLUKAN:         Mr. Webster,       as   was       just 18 pointed by               Petition Chairman,             and this,     in 19 can echo through the substance of the                           tion.
State of Connecticut, S-n-o-o-k.
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We just want to go 8
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1 1
MR. McGINTY:
Mr. Snook, that is so noted.
12 MR. SNOOK:
Thank you.
13 MR. WEBSTER:
And this is Richard Webster 1
from Publ Justice.
I'd like to ask how long has this lack of compliance existed and has NRC staff 16 taken any moves to correct the lack of compliance.
17 MR.
KLUKAN:
Mr.
: Webster, as was just 18 pointed by Petition Chairman, and this, in 19 can echo through the substance of the tion.
1 I f you have any ques ons regarding the 2
2.206 process or the contents of Management Directive 2
22 8.11 which guides the staff execution the process, 23 we'd happy to answer those here.
24 But again, the purpose of this public 2
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31 1 the public         or   the     Petitioner       to     ask   any   questions, 2       tual     or otherwise regarding the substance of                             the 3 Petition.
31 1
the public or the Petitioner to ask any questions, 2
tual or otherwise regarding the substance of the 3
Petition.
But -- so thank you.
But -- so thank you.
MR. WEBSTER:                 could     I       a question 6 about the enforcement process?
MR. WEBSTER:
7                     MR. KLUKAN:         Yes.         You   are   more       than 8 welcome         to           a   question       about       the   enforcement 9 process as it relates to                     2.206 process.
could I a question 6
1                         MR.   \ilJEBSTER:     Well,     can I           does       the 1   NRC     have any guidelines                     correcting noncompliance 12 at nuclear power plants?
about the enforcement process?
13                     MR. KLUKAN:               is a very                 , broad 1   question,         so     's difficult         to come to       through,         and 1           answer is yes.           The licensees are required to have 16 corrective         action       programs     and     as   part   of   the       NRC 17 enforcement           process,       the     staff       does     take         into 18 consideration what correct                       actions           licensee has 19 taken in response to identified violations.
7 MR.
2                       I mean, that's a very broad answer 2                       MR. WEBSTER:             ght.
KLUKAN:
22                     MR. KLUKAN:               but,     it's     fficult         to 23 summarize it otherwise.
Yes.
2                       MR. WEBSTER:             I,   I   unders         that but 25 I     think     the   question           my question               more       about NEAL R. GROSS COURT REPORTERS AND TRANSCRIBERS 1323 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N.W.
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welcome to a
question about the enforcement 9
process as it relates to 2.206 process.
1 MR.  
\\ilJEBSTER:
Well, can I does the 1
NRC have any guidelines correcting noncompliance 12 at nuclear power plants?
13 MR. KLUKAN:
is a very  
, broad 1
question, so  
's difficult to come to through, and 1
answer is yes.
The licensees are required to have 16 corrective action programs and as part of the NRC 17 enforcement
: process, the staff does take into 18 consideration what correct actions licensee has 19 taken in response to identified violations.
2 I mean, that's a very broad answer 2
MR. WEBSTER:
ght.
22 MR.
KLUKAN:
but, it's fficult to 23 summarize it otherwise.
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32 1   timing.         Is there any limit,             time limit for how long 2   the       corrective     action       could       occur,     or             the 3   correction 4                       MR. GULLA:         This     is   Gerry     Gulla     with 5   Enforcement.           There are documents publicly-available on     our     website.       You might         want     to   look   into 7   Enforcement Manual                   the Enforcement Policy and if 8   you read         those documents you should be able to get 9   those           tions answered.
32 1
1                         MR. WEBSTER:         Well,       could   you   possibly 11   answer them             me now?
timing.
12                         MR. McGINTY:       Mr. Webster, pertaining to 13           question         this       Tim McGinty, the PRB 1                         As     Brett       Klukan       mentioned         earlier, 1     questions         that   are directly applicable                 to the 2.206 16  1        tion Reques tare what you . have an opportuni                             to 17   address the PRB on,             and so I       think he's then pointed 18   to information that will be helpful                         to your general 19   curiosity, but we really don't need 20                       MR. WEBSTER:       Right.
Is there any limit, time limit for how long 2
21                       MR. McGINTY:       But we           ly don't             , at 22   this point,         to           the               time       all the             f 23   and the Board to                       that question.
the corrective action could
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: occur, or the 3
correction 4
MR.
GULLA:
This is Gerry Gulla with 5
Enforcement.
There are documents publicly-available on our website.
You might want to look into 7
Enforcement Manual the Enforcement Policy and if 8
you read those documents you should be able to get 9
those tions answered.
1 MR.
WEBSTER:
: Well, could you possibly 11 answer them me now?
12 MR. McGINTY:
Mr. Webster, pertaining to 13 question this Tim McGinty, the PRB 1
As Brett Klukan mentioned
: earlier, 1
questions that are directly applicable to the 2.206 161 tion Reques tare what you. have an opportuni to 17 address the PRB on, and so I think he's then pointed 18 to information that will be helpful to your general 19 curiosity, but we really don't need 20 MR. WEBSTER:
Right.
21 MR. McGINTY:
But we ly don't  
, at 22 this point, to the time all the f
23 and the Board to that question.
2 MR.
WEBSTER:
Okay.
: Well, can T
ask 25 another question, then, which is just does -
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33 1
4                 :MR. McGINTY:         So   that would also                 so 5 that would be a question                     if I     could rephrase your 6 question.       And again,           s is actually what I consider 7 to be more           a question about our enforcement process 8 as opposed to this Petition Request.
the PRB finds lack of compliance does have does 2
9                 But, within the enforcement process,                       time 1   lS   a factor, yes.
it then analyze time for which that lack of 3
1                   :MR. KLUKAN :       And I     would point out 12 purpose of the PRB, Mr. Webster,                       whether to accept 13 or rej ect the Peti tion.               It's not         the purpose of 14         PRE at     this stage is not             to determine what the 1   outcome would be or even how it would be dispos                             ion, 16 were it to be accepted.
compliance has ted?
17                   The         ly -     under the 2.206 process the purpose of               PRB and this Petition Review Board is to     determine     whether     to   accept     or rej ect   into       the process,             2.206 process the Petition as stated by the Petition           the State           New 22                   So,       's that -- that goes just further on 23 down the 1         , which is not necessarily the purpose of 2   the PRE at this stage in this area.
4
2                     :MR. PICKETT:         Okay.       Thanks, Brett.
:MR.
McGINTY:
So that would also so 5
that would be a question if I could rephrase your 6
question.
And again, s is actually what I consider 7
to be more a question about our enforcement process 8
as opposed to this Petition Request.
9 But, within the enforcement process, time 1
lS a factor, yes.
1
:MR.
KLUKAN :
And I would point out 12 purpose of the PRB, Mr. Webster, whether to accept 13 or rej ect the Petition.
It's not the purpose of 14 PRE at this stage is not to determine what the 1
outcome would be or even how it would be dispos
: ion, 16 were it to be accepted.
17 The ly -
under the 2.206 process the purpose of PRB and this Petition Review Board is to determine whether to accept or rej ect into the
: process, 2.206 process the Petition as stated by the Petition the State New 22 So,  
's that -- that goes just further on 23 down the 1  
, which is not necessarily the purpose of 2
the PRE at this stage in this area.
2
:MR. PICKETT:
Okay.
Thanks, Brett.
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34 Are there any other questions?
2                   (NO   response.)
2 (NO response.)
3                   MR. PICKETT:         Okay.           Thank   you,         Mr .
3 MR.
Webster.         Any other questions or any other individuals that are on the 1               listening (No respons e. )
PICKETT:
MR. PICKETT:           Okay.     Before we       - I don't believe that the court report -                         I   did get a       report that the court reporter was having trouble dialing in.
Okay.
1                     Does   the court       reporter happen to be on 1   the line?
Thank
12                     THE COURT REPORTER:             Yes, I am on the line 13 now.
: you, Mr.
14                     MR. PICKETT:         As   we     discussed prior             to 1   your joining us,           that           NRC's Operations Center has 16 the       capability             and     we   confirmed             that         the 17 Operations         Center       was     recording         these             this particular           scussion.
Webster.
d   you         however,       not     knowing exactly when         you   joined,       do     you     have       any   additional 21 information for                 meeting transcript that you need 22 repeated or anybody's name to be identified?                           Is there 23 any way we can                 you?
Any other questions or any other individuals that are on the 1 listening (No respons e. )
2                     THE COURT REPORTER:               I   think I'll be able 2   to get most of it from --                       Mr. Boska on the line?
MR. PICKETT:
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Okay.
Before we I don't believe that the court report -
I did get a report that the court reporter was having trouble dialing in.
1 Does the court reporter happen to be on 1
the line?
12 THE COURT REPORTER:
Yes, I am on the line 13 now.
14 MR.
PICKETT:
As we discussed prior to 1
your joining us, that NRC's Operations Center has 16 the capability and we confirmed that the 17 Operations Center was recording these this particular scussion.
d you however, not knowing exactly when you
: joined, do you have any additional 21 information for meeting transcript that you need 22 repeated or anybody's name to be identified?
Is there 23 any way we can you?
2 THE COURT REPORTER:
I think I'll be able 2
to get most of it from --
Mr. Boska on the line?
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35 I've worked with him before.
35 I've worked with him before.
2                 MR. PICKETT:         Yes, Mr. Boska is                   with 3 us ln the room.
2 MR. PICKETT:
4                 THE COURT REPORTER:             Okay. I can get NRC participants from him and I'm                         ident         that.
Yes, Mr. Boska is with 3
6 But if the representatives from the New York Attorney 7 General's       Office   can     identify       themselves,     I     would 8 appreciate it.
us ln the room.
9                 MR. SIPOS:       We will do that one more t 1   Would you like us to do that now?                     Okay. We will do 1   that now.
4 THE COURT REPORTER:
12                   Adam, why don't you speak first.
Okay.
13                   MR. DOBSON:           Adam     Dobson,     Assistant 1   Attorney General, State of New York.                   And that's D-o 1   b-s-o-n.
I can get NRC participants from him and I'm ident that.
16                   MR. SIPOS:       And       s is John Sipos,               -p 17 o-s, Assistant Attorney General.
6 But if the representatives from the New York Attorney 7
18                   THE   COURT     REPORTER:           And   who   was       the 19         leman who was making the presentation when I came 2   in, which was about 1:25?
General's Office can identify themselves, I
2                   MR. SIPOS:       That was probably me.               It may 22           been Mr. McGinty.
would 8
23                   THE   COURT       REPORTER:           No.         It       was 24 definitely the New York Attorney General Office's 2                   MR. SIPOS:       Okay.
appreciate it.
9 MR. SIPOS:
We will do that one more t 1
Would you like us to do that now?
Okay.
We will do 1
that now.
12 Adam, why don't you speak first.
13 MR.
DOBSON:
Adam
: Dobson, Assistant 1
Attorney General, State of New York.
And that's D-o 1
b-s-o-n.
16 MR. SIPOS:
And s is John Sipos,  
-p 17 o-s, Assistant Attorney General.
18 THE COURT REPORTER:
And who was the 19 leman who was making the presentation when I came 2
in, which was about 1:25?
2 MR. SIPOS:
That was probably me.
It may 22 been Mr. McGinty.
23 THE COURT REPORTER:
No.
It was 24 definitely the New York Attorney General Office's 2
MR. SIPOS:
Okay.
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36 1                   THE COURT REPORTER:                   presentation on 2 the           an     factors.
36 1
3                   MR. SIPOS:     That would be me, John Sipos.
THE COURT REPORTER:
THE COURT REPORTER:             Thank you, Mr. Sipos.
presentation on 2
the an factors.
3 MR. SIPOS:
That would be me, John Sipos.
THE COURT REPORTER:
Thank you, Mr. Sipos.
I appreciate that.
I appreciate that.
MR. McGINTY:         Okay.       This is       McGinty 7 again, the PRE Chair.           So, without any further adieu, 8       s     meeting   will     be     concluded       and   we'll         be 9 terminating the phone connection.
MR. McGINTY:
1                     (Whereupon,                 conference     call         was 1   concluded at 1:55 p.m.)
Okay.
This is McGinty 7
again, the PRE Chair.
So, without any further adieu, 8
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terminating the phone connection.
1 (Whereupon, conference call was 1
concluded at 1:55 p.m.)
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G20110221/EDATS: OEDO-2011-0226/2.206 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Fire Safety Regulations at Indian Point Units 1, 2 and 3--May 9 Meeting Summary
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INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF MAY 9, 2011, MEETING WITH THE A TIORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK REGARDING THEIR 2.206 PETITION CONCERNING COMPLIANCE WITH FIRE PROTECTION REGULATIONS (TAC NOS. ME5932, ME5933, AND ME5934)

On May 9, 2011, a Category 3 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), representatives of the Attorney General's Office of the State of New York, and the licensee for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3 at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1.

On March 28, 2011, the Attorney General of the State of New York, the petitioner, submitted a petition pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.206 regarding compliance with fire protection regulations at Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 1, 2, and 3. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the petitioner with the opportunity to address the NRC Petition Review Board (PRB).

As described in Management Directive 8.11, "Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions," the petitioner is provided the opportunity to address the PRB in order to provide any relevant additional explanation and support for the petition in advance of the PRB's evaluation. The meeting was recorded by the NRC's Operations Center and transcribed by a court reporter.

The transcript is provided as Enclosure 2.

Members of the public were in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received.

- 2 Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-1364, or at Douglas.Pickett@nrc.gov.

Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

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1. List of Attendees
2. Transcript cc w/encls:

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LIST OF ATTENDEES MAY 9,2011, PUBLIC MEETING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

PRESENTATION BEFORE THE NRC PETITION REVIEW BOARD New York Attorney General's Office John Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Jim Ostroff, Platts Nuclear Publications Adam Dobson, Assistant Attorney General Robert Snook, Assistant Attorney General State of Connecticut Richard Webster, Public Justice Anthony Royceman, Consultant to NY AG Entergy Nancy Salgado Bob Walpole Tanya Mensah Bill Glew Gerry Gulla Paul Bessette, Morgan-Lewis Stacey Rosenberg Lee Banic Scott Burnell John Boska Tim McGinty Dan Frumkin Brian Metzger Brett Kulkan Brice Bickett Keith Young John Rogge Doug Pickett

Official Transcript of Proceedings NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Title:

10 CFR 2.206 Petition Review Board RE Indian Point Docket Numbers: 05000247,05000286 Location:

Rockville, M D Date:

Monday, May 9, 2011 Edited by Douglas Pickett Work Order No.:

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1 PETITIONER:

NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PETITION REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS TIMOTHY McGINTY, Director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking TANYA MENSAH, 2.206 Coordinator 2

DOUG PICKETT, Petition Manager 2

NRC HEADQUARTERS STAFF 22 BRIAN METZGER, NRR Fire Protection Branch 23 DAN FRUMKIN, NRR Team Leader, Fire Protection 2

BRICE BICKETT, NRC Region 1 2

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MR. PICKETT:

Good afternoon.

I'd like to 6

welcome everyone here that's attending this meeting.

7 My name is Doug Pickett and I am a Senior Proj ect 8

Manager at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

9 We are here today to low Peti

oner, 1

Attorney General of State of New

York, 1

represented today by Mr. John Sipos, to address the 12 Peti Review Board, also referred to as the PRB 13 regarding the 2.206 petition submitted on March 28th, 2011.

I am the Petition Manager for the petition.

The Petition Review Board Chairman is Tim 17 McGinty on my right.

18 As part of the PRB's review this 19 petition, John Sipos has requested opportuni to 2

address PRB.

This meeting scheduled for two 2

hours, from one 0' ock to three o'clock.

22 This meeting is being recorded by the NRC 23 Operations Center and will transcribed by a court 24 reporter.

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understand that we have a

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25 representative the press recording this meeting today.

The transcript will become a supplement to the

petition, and the transcript will also be made publicly-available.

We have public meeting feedback forms that you are welcome to fill out.

These forms are forwarded to our internal communications specialist and you may ther leave them here following the meeting or mail them back.

They are already postage paid.

I would like to open the meeting with the introductions.

As we go around the room, please be sure to early state your name, your position, and the of ce that you work for within the NRC for the record.

I'll start off.

I am Doug Pickett, the Petition Manager.

MR.

McGINTY:

I am Tim

McGinty, the Petition Review Board Chair.

MS. MENSAH:

I am Tanya Mensah.

I am the 2.206 Coordinator.

MR.

METZGER:

Brian Metzger.

I'm a

technical reviewer with NRR.

MR. FRUMKIN:

Dan Frumkin, Fire Protection Team Leader in the Office of NRR.

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SALGADO:

I'm Nancy Salgado.

I'm a Branch Chi in Division of Operating Reactor cens MR.

BOSKA:

I'm John

Boska, NRR Project Manager for Indian Point.

MR.

DOBSON:

Adam

Dobson, New York Ass tant Attorney General.

MR. SIPOS:

Hi.

Good ternoon.

This is John Sipos

's S i-p-o-s, Assistant Attorney General for State of New York.

MR.

GULLA:

Gerry Gulla, NRC Office of Enforcement.

MR.

OSTROFF:

I'm Jim Ostroff.

I'm a senior editor with Platts Nuclear Publications.

MS.

ROSENBERG:

Stacy Rosenberg.

I am a Branch Chief, of Generic Communications.

MS.

BANIC:

Merrilee c

of Generic Communications and Power

Uprate, Petitions Coordinator.

MR. BURNELL:

Scott Burnell, NRC Office of Pub1 Affairs.

MR.

BESSETTE:

Paul

Bessette, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

MR. GLEW:

Bill Glew, Entergy Legal.

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Manager at Indian Point.

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PICKETT:

Okay.

We have completed 3

introductions at the Entergy Headquarters.

At this time are there any NRC participants from Headquarters that are on the phone?

MR.

KLUKAN:

s Brett Klukan 7

from the NRC Office of General Counsel.

I'm the 8

Attorney Advisor to the PRE.

9 MR. PICKETT:

That was Brett Klukan.

1 Are there any NRC participants from the 1

Regional Of ce on the phone?

12 MR. BICKETT:

Yes.

This is Brice Bickett, 13 Senior Project Engineer, NRC Region 1.

MR. PICKETT:

Any others?

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YOUNG:

Kei Young, NRC, Inspector, 16 Region 1.

17 MR.

SHEEHAN :

Neil Sheehan, NRC Public 18 Af rs, Region 1.

19 MR. ROGGE:

John Rogge, Branch Chief from 2

Region 1.

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PICKETT:

Okay.

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Okay.

Mr. Sipos, would you 2

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SIPOS:

Sure.

Good afternoon.

This 2

is John Sipos, S-i-p-o-s, Ass tant Attorney General.

3 MR. PICKETT:

Thank you.

It not required for members of the public to introduce themselves for this call, however 6

if there are any members of the public on the phone 7

who would like to introduce themselves, please state 8

your name for the record.

9 MR.

SNOOK:

This is Robert

Snook, 1

As stant Attorney General for the State of 1

Connecticut.

12 MR. WEBSTER:

And I'm Richard Webster from 13 Public Justice.

1 MR. ROISMAN:

And this is Anthony Roisman.

15 I'm a

consultant to the New York State Attorney 16 General's Office.

17 MR. PICKETT:

Not hearing any more.

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reporter can accurately transcribe this meeting.

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At this time I'll turn it over to the PRB Chairman, Tim McGinty.

MR.

McGINTY:

Thank you, Doug.

Good afternoon.

Welcome to this meeting regarding the 2.206 Petition submitted by the Attorney General of the State of New York.

Representing the Attorney General's Office is Mr. John Sipos.

I would like to first share some background on our process.

Section 2.206 of Title 10 of the Code Federal Regulations describes the tion Process, the primary mechanism for the public to request enforcement by the NRC in a public process.

This process pennits anyone to petition the NRC to take enforcement type action related to NRC licensees or licensed activities.

Depending on the results of this evaluation, NRC could modify, suspend or revoke an NRC-issued license or take any other appropriate enforcement action to resolve a problem.

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the Petitioner an opportunity to provide any 2

addi tional explanation or support for the petition 3

before the Petition Review Board's initial 4

consideration and recommendation.

This meeting is not a hearing, nor is it 6

an opportunity for the Petitioner to ques on or 7

examine the PRB on the merits or the issues presented 8

the Petition Request.

No decisions regarding the 9

merits of this Petition will be made at this meeting.

1 Following this meeting the Petition Review 1

Board will conduct its internal deliberations.

The 12 outcome of this internal meeting will be discussed 13 with the Petitioner.

1 The Petition Review Board typically 15 consists of a

chairman, usually a manager at the 16 senior executive service level at the NRC.

It has a 17 Petition Manager and a PRB Coordinator.

18 Other members of the Board are determined 19 by the NRC staff based on the content of the 2

information the Petition Request.

2 At this time I'd like to introduce the 22 Board.

We previously went around the room.

I'm Tim 23

McGinty, the Petition Review Board Chair.

Doug 2

ckett is Petition Manager for the Petition under 2

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Coordinator.

2 Our tec~~ical staff includes Brian Metzger 3

from the Office of NRR's re Protection Branch.

Gerry Gulla from the Office of Enforcement.

Brice Bickett and Keith Young you heard from NRC Region 1 on 6

the phone.

They are up King of

Prussia, 7

Pennsylvania.

8 Dan Frumkin, Team Leader for the Office of 9

Nuclear Reactor Regulations, Division of Risk 1

Assessment.

And on the phone also we obtain our legal 1

advice from the Of of General Counsel, represented 12 by Brett Klukan.

13 As described in our process, the NRC staff 1

may ask clarifying questions in order to better 1

understand the Petitioner's presentation and to reach 16 a reasoned decision as to whether to accept or reject 17 the Petitioner's Request for Review under the 2.206 18 process.

19 I would like to summarize the scope of the 2

Petition under consideration and the NRC's activities 21 today.

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protection requirements at the Indian Point Nuclear 3

Generating Unit Number 1, 2 and 3.

The Petitioner cribes the proximity of 5

Indian Point to population centers within a 50-mile 6

radius of the site.

The Petitioner states that the 7

population density within the 10-mile and 50-mile 8

radius the site is greater at Indian Point than any 9

site in the country.

1 Furthermore, the Petitioner states that 1

the site was selected in March 1955 which was before 12 the Atomic Energy Commission, AEC, or NRC established 13 siting criteria.

1 The Petitioner described how approximately lone-half of all core damage risk at operating reactors 1

result from accident sequences that initiate with fire 17 events.

18 The Petitioner described the Browns Ferry 19 f

of 1975 and the subsequent development of fire 2

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R.

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because the reactors were licensed to operate prior to 2

January 1st, 1979.

3 The Petitioner describes past 4

investigations by the NRC I s Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office 6

surrounding fire barriers, most specifically, Thermo 7

Lag and Hemyc.

8 The Petitioner implies that the NRC staff 9

has neither been aggressive resolving fire barrier 1

issues, nor has it taken meaningful enforcement action 1

with regards to Indian Point.

12 The Petitioner focuses on exemptions 13 to Appendix R were submitted by the licensee 1

March 2009.

The exemptions include operator manual 1

actions and a large number f

areas at Indian 16 Point.

17 The Petition states that the regulations 18 do not authorize operator manual actions as a means of 19 protecting a

redundant system from fire.

The 2

Petitioner erences the current situation in Japan 2

and questions whether plant operators would be 22 physically able to perform these duties.

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exemptions and that Entergy has not made a serious 2

effort to comply Wl Federal regulations.

3 wi regard to enforcement action, the Peti oner requested the following immediate actions.

5 Number one, identi the violations of 10 CFR 50.48, 6

Appendix R, Paragraph III, F and G that exist as of 7

the date this Petition, that is, March 28th, 2011 8

at Indian Point Units 1, 2 3.

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two, compel Entergy Nuclear 10 Operations and its affiliates to comply on or before 1

September 20th, 2011 with requirements contained 12 in 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R, Paragraph III, F and G, 13 for all the fire zones in Indian Point Unit 2 and 14 Indian Point Unit 3, and any Indian Point t 1 fire 1

zone or system, structure or component relied on by 16 Indian Point t 2 or Indian Point Unit 3.

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And, thirdly, convene an evidentiary 18 hearing before commission to udicate the 19 violations by Entergy Nuclear Operations and its 2

affiliates of 10 CFR 50.48, Appendix R, Paragraph III, 2

F and G at Indian Point Unit I, Unit 2 and Indian 22 Point unit 3.

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person.

3 You requested to address the PRE in person 4

prior to the PRE's internal meeting to make the 5

initial recommendation to accept or reject the 6

Petition for Review.

7 On April 5th the PRB met internally to 8

cuss the request for immediate action.

On April 9

12th you were informed that the PRB denied your 1

request for immediate action because the licensee 1

submitted a request for exemptions in accordance with 12 NRC guidance and enforcement policy as described in 13 Regulatory Issue Summary 2006 10.

1 Enforcement discretion is applicable 15 during the staff review of the exemptions, which are 16 currently being evaluated against the criteria of 17 NUREG 18 entitled "Demonstrating the Feasibility and 18 Reliability of Operator Manual Action in Response to 19 Fire."

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process;

two, enforcement cretion is applicable; 3

and, three, there are no immediate safety concerns.

Therefore, there is no basis to immediate action.

As a reminder for the phone participants, please identi yourselves if you make any remarks, as 7

s will help us in the preparation of the meeting 8

transcript that will be made publicly-available.

9 At this point, Mr. Sipos, I will turn lover to you to allow you to provide any information 1

you believe the PRB should consider.

12 MR.

SIPOS:

Thank you very much, Mr.

13 McGinty.

I appreciate your opening remarks and, on 14 behalf of the Petitioner, the Attorney General of the 1

State of New York, Mr. Eric Schneiderman, I appreciate 1

all the arrangements that have taken place to bring 17 about this meeting, and we're appreciative being 18 able to speak with you today.

19 With me is my colleague, Ass tant 2

Attorney General Adam Dobson, D-o-b-s-o-n, who will be 2

assisting me today at today's hearing.

22 Before I into some of detailed 23 comments that we have for today, I thought it would be 2

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Petition for enforcement.

3 As we understand it, that can then result 4

in a

hearing, a

proceeding before the Commissioners, themselves, as was done in case 6

back in 1978 involving some other fire protection 7

matters.

And I refer the Board to 7NRC400, April 13, 8

78 rul in matter of tion for Emergency 9

and Remedial Action which was filed by Union of 1

Concerned Scientists in the wake of Browns Ferry.

1 Secondly, we would like an opportuni to 12 review the transcript just for typographical errors if 13 one is generated from today.

We find that that can 1

often times lead to clarity and resolve some 1

unintended typographical

issues, things of 16 nature.

17 And third, in connection with Management 18 Directive 8.11, Part III B, I guess the tioner 19 would note, since we can't a

question, that 2

there's potentially an issue of whether or not anyone 2

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2 MR. McGINTY:

Thank you.

3 That would turn into a

conflict of interest by working on it?

5 MR. SIPOS:

Not necessarily a conflict of 6

interest in a financial sense or anything 1

that, 7

but there may be 8

MR.

McGINTY :

Maybe employed by Indian 9

Point?

Maybe they worked on 1

MR.

SIPOS:

I hadn't thought of being 1

employed by Indian Point, though I guess that would 12 be that could be an issue.

13 Mr. Pickett:

Where that?

MS.

MENSAH:

[If you re to page 8 of Management Directive 8.11, it states] "In assigning techni staff members to the petition, management will consi any potential conflict from assigning any staff person who was previous involved with the issue gave se to the petition."

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I don't know one.

I'm not 21 asking a

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I'm just flagging it as a

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into account.

The Attorney General's Petition, simply stated, is a straightforward request for enforcement action by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

They are the Federal regulator that responsibility for the fire protection regulation.

The Attorney General, as set forth in the Petition, sees it as a very straightforward regulation that contains speci proscriptive requirements and, furthermore, based on Entergy's regulatory submissions to NRC, it apparent that there are violations of Appendix Paragraph III requirements and that these violations have continued for quite some time.

It appears as long as the plant has owned and operated by Entergy, and likely before that time.

So, it not the type of Petition Enforcement Action where there are some vagaries or there's some question.

It's a straightforward, simple regulat I believe the present Chairman of the NRC has characterized the regulations that manner, and Entergy's filings, which we take at face value, show that there are violations.

I'm sure folks are liar with the regulations.

I'm not going to belabor them.

They are I

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around, there was a

decision to promulgate and have specific proscriptive standards for fire protection the wake of Browns Ferry and in the wake of tigations and internal NRC review of risk and fire safety.

That provision uses the mandatory word "shall,"

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which, you
know, requires compliance.

And also that regulation does not use the term "operator manual action."

That term is not used the regulation and does not it's not on the of the regulation, it's not contained in the regulation.

NRC's position, as the Attorney General's Off has able to determine is that not only or not only are OMA' s not mentioned, not only is term OMA not mentioned or the term "operator manual action" not mentioned the regulation, but that Entergy recognized that NRC's position is that OMA's are not explici or implicitly permitted by the regulation.

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Appendix R.

Again, that

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NRC's posi on, and we tand that Entergy 4

tands to be NRC's position.

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that the Attorney General's Off is aware of, of 7

standard called NFPA

805, National Fire Protection Association, Standard Number 805, but that issue or that -- that mechanism is not at issue at Point because as the Attorney General's Office understands 1

1 things, that is, that Indian has elected not to 12 go down the NFPA 805 route and,

fore, the 13 Appendix R, Paragraph III, standards apply.

1 Entergy's 2009 fi with the Commission 15 where sought Commission approval what had been 16 going on in an unauthorized manner at the 17 ified various zones, various fire areas, various 18 fire zones and ous OM.A.'s.

19 By the count -- by our count identified 2

more than a hundred operator manual actions in that 2

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document that came in about a year ago, May 4, 4

This was in response to a request for additional information by the NRC s in response to 6

RAI 02.2 which asked for "List the requirements of 7

Paragraph III in G2 that are not met for OMA's in 8

- at issue."

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2010, and 1

identi ed, by our count, 50 fire zones, 50 separate 1

zones where there was a lack of compliance with 12 Paragraph III G2.

13 In other words, that filing, Entergy 1

identified 50 zones where there were violations of the 1

fire safety regulations that had been in place since 16 1980.

That is NL-I0 042 for Indian Point Unit 2 and 17 NL-I0-043 Indian Point Unit 3.

18 ML on the latter is MLI01320263, and 19 that - the zones are identified in a series tables 2

in back of that document and it starts off, for 2

Indian Point Unit 2, a table, RAI-GEN - G-E-N-l, and 22 it goes through to GEN 27.

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ling together, 50 separate zones.

2 The Attorney General's Office believes 3

that it's important to emphasize that e regs were promulgated 30 years ago and that the facility should have in compliance.

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correspondence a year ago, the more than 100 OMA' s identif two years ago, this should have been this facility, this operator should have been 1

compl and, again, that the term "operator manual 1

action, "

not contained in the Federal Regulation.

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are 1

important regulations.

I'm sure NRC the view 1

that all its regulations are important, as any 16 regulatory body would.

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regulations go to ensuring 18 safety, the workability cables that operate safety 19 systems at power reactors and ensuring that these 2

cables can operate during the events or the event 2

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on a couple them.

2 Indian Point unique.

It the 3

highest surrounding population by far and away of any power reactor in the country, whether you're looking at it at ten mi or 50 miles, no plant, no reactor 6

site in the country comes close.

7 are more than 17 million people that 8

live with 50 miles.

That number is expected to grow 9

by 2035 and the facility is wi five les of one 1

reservoir of the New York ty watershed, that is the 11 New Croton Reservoir, and 15 miles wi thin another 12 important reservoir, a little further to south 13 Westchester County.

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Again, that watershed provides the 1

drinking water for the New York for New York City 1

and its tizens.

17 New

York, it not is 18 financial center of
country, provides a

19 transportation hub and it a very critical area 2

wi the States -- wi the ted States.

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York newspapers and so on television scuss the 2

core damage frequency Indian Point Unit 3 as well 3

as the CDF Unit 2.

Uni t 3 apparently has a very high core damage frequency according to the media reports and o Unit 1, which has around since the late 7

Fifties, came on line the early Sixties, it is not 8

clear that there is a

seismic spectra that 9

ility at all and is seismically more fragile -

1 I don't think there's any dispute as to that --

than 1

the two facilities which are next to it.

12 For sure, that not generating power 13 now.

Unit 1 is not generating power, but it is 1

1 there and there are shared or interconnected systems 1

identified by Con Edison several years back, so there 16 is a seismic concern.

17 Petition did cite a Sandia report that 18 noted that seismic events can a contributor to fire 19 or re initiators, so the Petition would that 2

that be taken account.

2 There's also the issue of security.

I'll 22 keep my remarks on this brief and limited to publicly 23 available material, but NRC, itself, has acknowledged 2

that there is a,

"high-level threat 2

environment," close quote, the wake of 9/11.

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That's In 67 Federal Register 9792, March 2

4, 2002.

There -

the f'eti on identi es concerns 3

that, if taken that have to come to fore in the wake of 9/11, including what happened on that date.

The 9/11 report goes into additional detail about the 6

plans of the terrorists at that time and we would note 7

that as well Board.

8 The State of the Union, which came a year 9

after that also confirmed publicly the threat 1

situation that exists, there was a reference in that 11 to power plant diagrams.

12 And just t week the Daily News reported 13 and we have a copy of it here, I' be happy to 1

hand it out at the end -- that there appeared to be 1

surveillance at the Sellafield facility in England in 1

which people were arrested for that.

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's Office 18 position is that at a time of increased threat, given 1

the design bas threat, given interim compensatory 2

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Petition seeks.

Again, we would like this Board to accept the Petition for Review.

We think

's a

straightforward Petition tenus of an evidentiary matter, and that there real is there's ly no excuse for the lack of compliance with these regulations.

As we noted earlier, what Entergy now seeks to have authorized at this facili is not specifically mentioned.

Entergy said

's not prohibited, but it's very clear that it's not authorized operator manual action.

It appears that this is a case where Entergy simply disagrees with the application of Appendix R, that it's not to its liking, and that it does not wi to comply with the plain meaning that regulation.

The Petition and the Attorney General's fice believes it's appropriate NRC to compel compliance of those regulations at this facility, that the regulations are on the books.

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conclude.

The Price-Anderson Act provides for 2

taxpayer financed response to a

nuclear incident.

3 That's been around since 1957.

Congress determined that was necessary.

But, in exchange for that arrangement it 6

is es that the Indian Point facility comply 7

with fire saf regulations.

An accident at 8

Indian Point would likely be quite expensive, 9

certainly relative to other facilities in the country 1

given dense population and the highly-developed 11 and built-out infrastructure within the 50-mile area.

12 We understand the existence, and we 13 understand the program behind Price-&~derson, but 1

Entergy should comply with the fire safety regulations 1

which have been around since 1980.

16 I think that concludes my comments.

I'd 17 like to thank you 1

your time and for arranging 18 today' s meeting.

&~d again, we would request that 19 despite Entergy' s request for an exemption, that the 20 Petition Review Board accept the Attorney General's 2

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22 Thank you very much.

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for Mr. Sipos regarding 2

Any of the staff on the phone from the 3

Regions, do you have any questions?

MR.

KLUKAN:

This is Brett Klukan, attorney advisor to the PRB.

I have one question, a quick question for the Petitioner.

7 The Petition characterized the violations, 8

but certainly the basis for the Petition as being 9

apparent.

Is that the case and I just want to be 1

able to understand this so that I

can accurately 11 advise the PRE on moving forward on how the 12 disposition or position.

13 If the violations are apparent, what would 1

be the point of requested evidentiary hearing?

1 MR.

SIPOS:

There could be two purposes.

1 One would Are there any further violations?

We 17 have the tables that were referred to before, the RAI 18 GEN, G-E-N tables as well as the 2009 submission.

19 As to those -- as to the zones and OMA 's 2

identified in there, there need not be an evidentiary 2

hearing.

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Off is interested in ensuring compliance and 2

ensuring that this facility complies with these 3

regulations.

4 We recognize

, you know, the licensee might request a hearing although, you know.

We don't 6

know how it could contest the violations are 7

already identified in this, in the filing.

8 MR. KLUKAN:

Thank you.

9 That's all for me.

1 MR. McGINTY:

Thank you, Brett.

1 And once again, I'll ask, any questions 12 from any of the s in Region -- in the Regions?

13 (NO response.)

1 MR. McGINTY:

Also there's

- we have some 1

representatives of the licensee here.

Do you have any 1

does licensee have any questions or comments?

17 MR.

BESSETTE:

We have no comments or 18 questions, thank you.

19 MR. McGINTY:

As I previously stated, the 2

licensee is not part of the PRB's decisionmaking 2

process.

Before I conclude the meeting, members of 22 the publ may provide comments regarding the Petition 23 and ask questions about the 2.206 tion process.

2

However, as stated at
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ques tion or examine the PRB regarding the meri ts of 3

Petition Request.

4 With that stated, are there any questions from members of the public?

6 MR. SNOOK:

This is Robert Snook from the 7

State of Connecticut, S-n-o-o-k.

We just want to go 8

on record supporting position the Attorney 9

General of New York in this, urging the PRE to accept this tion.

1 1

MR. McGINTY:

Mr. Snook, that is so noted.

12 MR. SNOOK:

Thank you.

13 MR. WEBSTER:

And this is Richard Webster 1

from Publ Justice.

I'd like to ask how long has this lack of compliance existed and has NRC staff 16 taken any moves to correct the lack of compliance.

17 MR.

KLUKAN:

Mr.

Webster, as was just 18 pointed by Petition Chairman, and this, in 19 can echo through the substance of the tion.

1 I f you have any ques ons regarding the 2

2.206 process or the contents of Management Directive 2

22 8.11 which guides the staff execution the process, 23 we'd happy to answer those here.

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the public or the Petitioner to ask any questions, 2

tual or otherwise regarding the substance of the 3

Petition.

But -- so thank you.

MR. WEBSTER:

could I a question 6

about the enforcement process?

7 MR.

KLUKAN:

Yes.

You are more than 8

welcome to a

question about the enforcement 9

process as it relates to 2.206 process.

1 MR.

\\ilJEBSTER:

Well, can I does the 1

NRC have any guidelines correcting noncompliance 12 at nuclear power plants?

13 MR. KLUKAN:

is a very

, broad 1

question, so

's difficult to come to through, and 1

answer is yes.

The licensees are required to have 16 corrective action programs and as part of the NRC 17 enforcement

process, the staff does take into 18 consideration what correct actions licensee has 19 taken in response to identified violations.

2 I mean, that's a very broad answer 2

MR. WEBSTER:

ght.

22 MR.

KLUKAN:

but, it's fficult to 23 summarize it otherwise.

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I, I unders that but 25 I

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timing.

Is there any limit, time limit for how long 2

the corrective action could

occur, or the 3

correction 4

MR.

GULLA:

This is Gerry Gulla with 5

Enforcement.

There are documents publicly-available on our website.

You might want to look into 7

Enforcement Manual the Enforcement Policy and if 8

you read those documents you should be able to get 9

those tions answered.

1 MR.

WEBSTER:

Well, could you possibly 11 answer them me now?

12 MR. McGINTY:

Mr. Webster, pertaining to 13 question this Tim McGinty, the PRB 1

As Brett Klukan mentioned

earlier, 1

questions that are directly applicable to the 2.206 161 tion Reques tare what you. have an opportuni to 17 address the PRB on, and so I think he's then pointed 18 to information that will be helpful to your general 19 curiosity, but we really don't need 20 MR. WEBSTER:

Right.

21 MR. McGINTY:

But we ly don't

, at 22 this point, to the time all the f

23 and the Board to that question.

2 MR.

WEBSTER:

Okay.

Well, can T

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the PRB finds lack of compliance does have does 2

it then analyze time for which that lack of 3

compliance has ted?

4

MR.

McGINTY:

So that would also so 5

that would be a question if I could rephrase your 6

question.

And again, s is actually what I consider 7

to be more a question about our enforcement process 8

as opposed to this Petition Request.

9 But, within the enforcement process, time 1

lS a factor, yes.

1

MR.

KLUKAN :

And I would point out 12 purpose of the PRB, Mr. Webster, whether to accept 13 or rej ect the Petition.

It's not the purpose of 14 PRE at this stage is not to determine what the 1

outcome would be or even how it would be dispos

ion, 16 were it to be accepted.

17 The ly -

under the 2.206 process the purpose of PRB and this Petition Review Board is to determine whether to accept or rej ect into the

process, 2.206 process the Petition as stated by the Petition the State New 22 So,

's that -- that goes just further on 23 down the 1

, which is not necessarily the purpose of 2

the PRE at this stage in this area.

2

MR. PICKETT:

Okay.

Thanks, Brett.

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2 (NO response.)

3 MR.

PICKETT:

Okay.

Thank

you, Mr.

Webster.

Any other questions or any other individuals that are on the 1 listening (No respons e. )

MR. PICKETT:

Okay.

Before we I don't believe that the court report -

I did get a report that the court reporter was having trouble dialing in.

1 Does the court reporter happen to be on 1

the line?

12 THE COURT REPORTER:

Yes, I am on the line 13 now.

14 MR.

PICKETT:

As we discussed prior to 1

your joining us, that NRC's Operations Center has 16 the capability and we confirmed that the 17 Operations Center was recording these this particular scussion.

d you however, not knowing exactly when you

joined, do you have any additional 21 information for meeting transcript that you need 22 repeated or anybody's name to be identified?

Is there 23 any way we can you?

2 THE COURT REPORTER:

I think I'll be able 2

to get most of it from --

Mr. Boska on the line?

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2 MR. PICKETT:

Yes, Mr. Boska is with 3

us ln the room.

4 THE COURT REPORTER:

Okay.

I can get NRC participants from him and I'm ident that.

6 But if the representatives from the New York Attorney 7

General's Office can identify themselves, I

would 8

appreciate it.

9 MR. SIPOS:

We will do that one more t 1

Would you like us to do that now?

Okay.

We will do 1

that now.

12 Adam, why don't you speak first.

13 MR.

DOBSON:

Adam

Dobson, Assistant 1

Attorney General, State of New York.

And that's D-o 1

b-s-o-n.

16 MR. SIPOS:

And s is John Sipos,

-p 17 o-s, Assistant Attorney General.

18 THE COURT REPORTER:

And who was the 19 leman who was making the presentation when I came 2

in, which was about 1:25?

2 MR. SIPOS:

That was probably me.

It may 22 been Mr. McGinty.

23 THE COURT REPORTER:

No.

It was 24 definitely the New York Attorney General Office's 2

MR. SIPOS:

Okay.

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THE COURT REPORTER:

presentation on 2

the an factors.

3 MR. SIPOS:

That would be me, John Sipos.

THE COURT REPORTER:

Thank you, Mr. Sipos.

I appreciate that.

MR. McGINTY:

Okay.

This is McGinty 7

again, the PRE Chair.

So, without any further adieu, 8

s meeting will be concluded and we'll be 9

terminating the phone connection.

1 (Whereupon, conference call was 1

concluded at 1:55 p.m.)

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