ML103010564

10/28/2010 Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index ,Supplement 21

ML103010564
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	10/28/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-423
Download: ML103010564 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL October 28, 2010 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane East Ridgeway, CO 81432 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3)

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

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's December 18, 2008, "Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G)," slip op. at 13, and the Licensing Board's "Order (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures)," dated January 30, 2009, at I , the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff') herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been supplemented for this proceeding. Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 21 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about November 4, 2010, the newly identified documents in the hearing file will be made available via the Electronic Hearing Docket ("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.qov/EHD Proceedinq/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 21" in the "Indian-PT-2&3-50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing an updated privilege log, identifying a document withheld under the deliberative process privilege, which are appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also, attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.

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Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 21 - October 28,2010 Accession ID # Number Document Date Title 021-001 MLI02730624 9/28/2010 2010/09/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC SPDES and WQC: Thermal Status - Email 2 of 2 021-002 ML102730630 9/28/2010 2010/09/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC SPDES and WQC: Thermal Status - Email 1 of 3 021-003 ML102730633 9/28/2010 2010/09/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC SPDES and WQC: Thermal Status - Email 3 of 3 021-004 ML102740588 10/1/2010 2010/10/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - Follow-up to today's call 021-005 ML102790324 10/1/2010 2010/10/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - Follow-up to today's call 021-006 MLI 02790325 10/612010 2010110/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Requested Data?

021-007 ML102800605 10/7/2010 2010/10/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Requested Data?

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Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 21 - October 28, 2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding ha\ e been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosures as predecisional, deliberative inforr iation. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 9 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative Accession Author Name1 Document Document ID # Number Affiliation Date Type Title Comment Count A.

IDPP I I~tuyvenber~, I I 12010109128 Indian Point LR Hearing -

- lnternal discussion 001 ML102710668 NRCINRR 9/28/2010 E-Mail INFO: Call with NMFS re: EFH 2010109130 lndian Point LR Hearing -

DPP D. Logan, RE: ACTION: Call with NMFS lnternal discussion 002 ML102730278 NRCINRR 913012010 E-Mail tomorrow A. 2010109130 Indian Point LR Hearing -

DPP Stuyvenberg, RE: ACTION: Call with NMFS lnternal discussion I 003 DPP ML102730328 NRCINRR A.

Stuyvenberg, 913012010 E-Mail tomorrow

=-=-t lnternal discussion 2010109130 Indian Point LR Hearing - regarding thermal 004 ML102730634 NRCINRR 913012010 E-Mail Forwarding: Thermal Background ~lumes lnternal discussion DPP A. lmboden 2010110101 Indian Point LR Hearing - regarding thermal 005 ML102740003 NRCINRR 101112010 E-Mail Re: Forwarding: Thermal Background plumes A. lnternal discussion DPP 006 ML102740143 NRCINRR Stuyvenberg, A.

101112010 E-Mail 2010/10/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - regarding draft FW: Missing sections of FSElS 2010110105 Indian Point LR Hearing -

FSElS I DPP Stuyvenberg, RE: enviornmental impact on fish lnternal discussion 007 ML102780463 NRCINRR 101512010 E-Mail around IP A. 2010110106 Indian Point LR Hearing -

DPP Stuyvenberg, INFO and A REQUEST: Two parts lnternal discussion 008 ML102790328 NRCINRR 101612010 E-Mail re: NMFS 2010110106 lndian Point LR Hearing -

DPP D. Logan, RE: INFO and A REQUEST: Two lnternal discussion 009 ML102790550 NRCINRR 101612010 E-Mail parts re: NMFS regarding EFH 3 Page 1 of 2

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 21 - October 28, 2010 Accession Author Name1 Document Document Page ID # Number Affiliation Date Type Title Comment Count A. 2010110106 Indian Point LR Hearing -

DPP Stuyvenberg, RE: INFO and A REQUEST: Two Internal discussion 010 ML102790551 NRCINRR 101612010 E-Mail parts re: NMFS regarding EFH 3 2010110106 lndian Point LR Hearing -

DPP D. Logan, RE: INFO and A REQUEST: Two Internal discussion 011 ML102790644 NRCINRR 101612010 E-Mail parts re: NMFS regarding EFH 4 A. 2010110107 Indian Point LR Hearing -

DPP Stuyvenberg, RE: INFO and A REQUEST: Two Internal discussion 012 ML102800134 NRCINRR 101712010 E-Mail parts re: NMFS regarding EFH 4 A.

DPP Stuyvenberg, 2010110108 Indian Point LR Hearing - Internal discussion 013 ML102810057 NRCINRR 101812010 E-Mail FW: Requested Data? regarding EFH 6 2010110120 lndian Point LR Hearing -

DPP D. Logan, NMFS EFH recommendations for lnternal dis~ussion 014 ML102930628 NRCINRR 1012012010 E-Mail Indian Point - Notes regarding EFH 6 Page 2 of 2

October 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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1 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal ("DLR") in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR").

My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 license renewal application.

2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervisior~identified documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 21

3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in Attachment 2 , and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that it contains pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect

to the matters discussed therein. The document comprises part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of the documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members andlor the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staff's ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff mernbers ir~volvedin these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.

5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 21.

6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief Brian E. Holian Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 28thday of October, 2010

October 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247 & 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUWENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336(b)

I, Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

2. 1 hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified as of October 22, 2010.

3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Andrew L. Stuyvenberg Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 28'h day of October, 2010

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of

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ENTERGY NIJCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-2471286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the lndian Point Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 21, and Affidavit of Andrew L Stuyvenberg, dated October 28, 2010, Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File lndex Supplement 21 -

Deliberative Due Process Privilege, and Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated October 28, 2010, have been served upon the following through deposit in the NRC's internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, with copies by electronic mail this 28'h day of October, 2010:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.nov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@.nrc.qov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop: 0-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Wardwell@nrc.~ov E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Josh Kirstein, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E. Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Ridgway, CO 81432 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kave.Lathrop@nrc.qov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant County Attorney Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Office of Robert F. Meehan, Esq.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Westchester County Attorney (Via Internal Mail Only) 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-Mail: MJRI @westchesterqov.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.* John J. Sipos, Esq.*

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Charlie Donaldson, Esq.

Jonathan Rund, Esq. Assistants Attorney General Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP New York State Department of Law 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Environmental Protection Bureau Washington, D.C. 20004 The Capitol E-mail: ksutton@mornanlewis.com Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: John.Sipos@aa.ny.qov E-mail: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.*

Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.* Janice A. Dean, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Executive Deputy Attorney General, 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 Social Justice Houston, TX 77002 Office of the Attorney General E-mail: martin.o'neill@morqanlewis.com of the State of New York 120 Broadway, ~ 5 Floor' ~

New York, NY 10271 Elise N. Zoli, Esq.* E-mail: Mylan.Denerstein@aq.ny.nov Goodwin Procter, LLP Janice.Dean@aq,ny.qov Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 E-mail: ezoli@qoodwinprocter.com William C. Dennis, Esq.* Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.*

Assistant General Counsel Senior Attorney for Special Projects Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department of 440 Hamilton Avenue Environmental Conservation White Plains, NY 10601 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com 625 Broadway, 14'h lo or Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@qw.dec.state.ny.us

Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor* Manna Jo Greene*

James Seirmarco, M.S. Stephen Filler Village of Buchanan Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Municipal Building 724 Wolcott Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Beacon, NY 12508 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net E-mail: mannajo@clearwater.org E-mail: smurrav@villaqeofbuchanan.com E-mail: stephenfiiler@nmaii.com Robert Snook, Esq.* Daniel Riesel, Esq.*

Office of the Attorney General Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

State of Connecticut Ms. Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

55 Elm Street Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

P.O. Box 120 460 Park Avenue Hartford, CN 06141-0120 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: robert.snook@ct.gov E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com jsteinbern@s~rlaw.com Phillip Musegaas, Esq.*

Deborah Brancato, Esq. Ross H. Gould, Esq.*

Riverkeeper, Inc. 270 Route 308 20 Secor Road Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Ossining, NY 10562 T: 917-658-7144 E-mail: philli~@riverkee~er.orq E-mail: rnouldesq@gmaiI.com dbrancato@,riverkee~er.org Michael J. Delaney, Esq.* John Louis Parker, Esq.*

Vice President - Energy Department Office of General Counsel, Region 3 New York City Economic Development New York State Department of Corporation (NYCDEC) Environmental conservation 110 William Street 21 South Putt Corners Road New York, NY 10038 New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: mdelanev@nvcedc.com E-mail: ~parker@qw.dec.state.nv.us Counsel for NRC Staff