ML17012A172

Order - (Holding Further Filings in Abeyance and Requesting Availability for Telephone Status Conference)

ML17012A172
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	01/12/2017
From:	Lawrence Mcdade Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 51554
Download: ML17012A172 (6)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR

ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 January 12, 2017 ORDER (Holding Further Filings in Abeyance and Requesting Availability for Telephone Status Conference)

On January 11, 2017, the Board was notified by letter of a settlement agreement entered into by the State of New York (New York), Riverkeeper, Inc. (Riverkeeper), and Entergy Nuclear

Operations, Inc. (Entergy).

1 In that letter, the parties informed the Board that the settlement agreement pertains to the continued operation and early shutdown of Indian Point Units 2 and 3 and provides for the "final resolution of numerous pending legal challenges to Indian Point Units 2 and 3 license renewal," including an agreement from New York and Riverkeeper to withdraw the three Track 2 safety contentions at issue in this proceeding.

2 The parties then jointly requested a conference call with the Board for two purposes: 1) "to discuss the impact of the 1 Letter from Paul M. Bessette, Counsel for Entergy, to the ASLB, Re: Joint Request for Conference Call to Discuss the Parties' Recent Settlement Agreement and Need for Immediate Deferral of Near-Term Filing Deadlines at 1 (Jan. 11, 2017).

2 Id. As part of this agreement, Entergy must submit to the NRC an amendment to its License Renewal Application that shortens the proposed terms of the renewed licenses for Units 2 and 3 to those established in the agreement. Id. agreement on matters pending before the Board," and 2) "to discuss the deferral of current filing dates pending the implementation of certain related terms of the settlement agreement."

3 In light of these events, the Board orders that all pending deadlines for filings in this proceeding be held in abeyance until further order of the Board.

Additionally, the Board directs each party to submit its availability for a telephone status conference on January 17 or 18, 2017. Such notice shall state at what times, if any, during that period a party would be unavailable and include an explanation of why they would be unavailable for the telephone conference. Additionally, in their response to this Order, the parties shall include a discussion of the issues that they believe should be discussed during the teleconference, keeping in mind that the Board intends to discuss, at minimum: 1) whether, and if so the date by which New York and Riverkeeper anticipate filing a joint motion to withdraw the Track 2 Contentions, and if these contentions are withdrawn, whether it will resolve litigation regarding baffle-former bolt failures; 2) the target date for Entergy to file the proposed amendment to its pending License Renewal Application, and whether the NRC Staff anticipates a need to provide Notice and Opportunity for Hearing on the License Renewal Application amendment (counsel should be prepared to advise the Board who will make that decision and provide a good faith estimate of the schedule for making that decision); 3) what, if any, entities have approved the settlement agreement to date, and what entities still must approve the agreement; 3 Id. at 2. The specific filing dates mentioned are the January 17, 2017 deadline for New York State and Riverkeeper to file supplemental testimony on baffle-former bolt issues, and the January 19, 2017 deadline for New York and Riverkeeper to file a report on status updates from Entergy and the NRC Staff regarding pending matters related to the Coastal Zone Management Act and the Clean Water Act. 4)what contingencies exist in the settlem ent agreement that would allow a party to withdraw from the agreement and the consequences to this proceeding and license renewal generally if such a contingency should occur; and 5)if the settlement agreement and the motion to withdraw the Track 2 Contentions ar e approved, what additional action must occur before the Commission can act on the License Ren ewal Application.Such notice shall be submitted via email to the Board's law clerks (julie.reynolds-engel@nrc.gov and kimberly.hsu@nrc.gov) no later than 1:00 PM EST on January 13, 2017. It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland January 12, 2017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR ) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )

Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Holding Further Filings in Abeyance and Requesting Availability for Telephone Status Conference) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication

Mail Stop O-7H4M Washington, DC 20555-0001

ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission

Mail Stop O-4F00 Washington, DC 20555-0001

hearingdocket@nrc.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Administrative Judge lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge richard.wardwell@nrc.gov

Michael F. Kennedy

Administrative Judge michael.kennedy@nrc.gov

Julie Reynolds-Engel, Law Clerk

Julie.Reynolds-Engel@nrc.gov

Kimberly Hsu, Law Clerk Kimberly.Hsu@nrc.gov Catherine L. Scott, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

David E. Roth, Esq. Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Brian Harris, Esq.

Anita Ghosh, Esq.

Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.

Vinh D. Hoang, Esq.

John Tibbetts, Paralegal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel

Mail Stop O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001

catherine.scott@nrc.gov; beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov; david.roth@nrc.gov; anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; vinh.hoang@nrc.gov; john.tibbetts@nrc.gov

OGC Mail Center OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov

William B. Glew, Jr.

Organization: Entergy 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601

wglew@entergy.com

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Holding Further Filings in Abeyance and Requesting Availability for Telephone Status Conference) 2 Elise N. Zoli, Esq.

Goodwin Proctor, LLP Exchange Place, 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com

Daniel Riesel, Esq.

Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq.

Adam Stolorow, Esq.

Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Counsel for Town of Cortlandt Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Grant Eskelsen, Esq. Ryan Lighty, Esq.

Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 kathryn.sutton@morganlewis.com martin.oneill@morganlewis.com bmcglinn@morganlewis.com grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com rlighty@morganlewis.com lrichardson@morganlewis.com mfreeze@morganlewis.com Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. Assistant County Attorney

Office of Robert F. Meehan, Westchester County Attorney

148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor

White Plains, NY 10601 mjr1@westchestergov.com

Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.

Covington & Burling LLP

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 mswinehart@cov.com Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Steven C. Filler Peter A. Gross Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. 724 Wolcott Ave.

Beacon, NY 12508

mannajo@clearwater.org; stephenfiller@gmail.com; peter@clearwater.org

Andrew Reid, Esq.

Organization: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law 1075 Waite Drive

Boulder, CO 80303

lawyerreid@gmail.com Richard Webster, Esq.

Public Justice, P.C.

For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006 rwebster@publicjustice.net

Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs NYC Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, NY 11373 mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Robert D. Snook, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Holding Further Filings in Abeyance and Requesting Availability for Telephone Status Conference) 3 David A. Repka, Esq.

Victoria Hsia, Esq.

Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal

Winston & Strawn

1701 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 drepka@winston.com vhsia@winston.com CSisco@winston.com Paul Gallay, Esq.

Deborah Brown Ramona Cearley, Secretary Riverkeeper, Inc.

20 Secor Road Ossining, NY 10562 jmccave@riverkeeper.org pgallay@riverkeeper.org dbrown@riverkeeper.org rcearley@riverkeeper.org Counsel for Riverkeeper

Diane Curran, Esq.

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg, L.L.P. 1726 M Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036

dcurran@harmoncurran.com

Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.

Brian Lusignan, Esq.

Mihir Desai, Esq.

Faith McEwan, Esq.

Assistant Attorneys General Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Albany, New York 12224 lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov mihir.desai@ag.ny.gov faith.mcewan@ag.ny.gov teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov

Laura Heslin, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building

236 Tate Avenue

Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com

[Original signed by Brian Newell ] Office of the Secretary of the Commission

Dated at Rockville, Maryland

this 12 th day of January, 2017