ML082630567

2008/09/10-Motion Requesting Consideration of Additional Matters in Scheduling and Case Management Order

ML082630567
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/10/2008
From:	Jeremy Dean, Matthews J State of NY, Dept of the Environment, State of NY, Office of the Attorney General
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-162
Download: ML082630567 (11)

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DOCKETED USNRC, UNITED. STATES. September 10, 2008 (4:52pm)NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF: SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND AOE LADJUDICATIONS STAFF'ATOMIC SAFETY .LICENSING.

BOARtD , .: In re:'Docket Nos.License Renewal Application Submitted by Enitergy Nuclear Indiarn- Point 2, LLC, Entergy NucleartIndian:Point 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.---- ---- --- 7- --77 -X 50-247-LR and 50-286,-LR ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD0l DPR-26, DPR-64 September 10, 2008 MOTIONREQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL MATTERS ,IN-SCHEDULING AND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Pursuant to 10. C.F.R. §§ 2.329 and 2.332(a), the State of New York requests that the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) consider the below matters in the scheduling and case management order that the Board willbe issuing pursuant to § 2.332(a).CONSULTATION WITH PARTIES PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. §2.323 Prior to filing this motion, on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Assistant Attorney.

General Janice A. Dean sent an email to Paul Bessette, Kathryn Sutton, and Martin O'Neill, Esq., counsel for the Applicant, and inquired whether the Applicant objected to the relief soughtt in this motion.Mr. O'Neill indicated that the Applicant opposed all points in the motion below except Point II, which the Applicant did not oppose only to the extent that it concerns the potential scheduling of a conference involving the parties to discuss the mandatory disclosure process., Also on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, AAG Dean. contacted Phillip Musegaas, Esq., counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc.and Stephen Filler, Esq., counsel for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and neither'expressed c3 opposition to this motion. On September 10, 2008, AAG Dean sent an email to Sherwin Turk, Esq., counsel. to the NRC Staff, and inquiredif Staff had an objection to'the motion.1 Mr. Turk indicated that.Stafffopposed h-is 6tion .BACKGROUNDz The. ASLB, in its JulY 31,2008,.Memorandum and Order, admitted fifteen contentions, submitted,by three intervenorparties,,in .this license renewal;-proceedingý.

Currently pendfng before the ASLB. are filings by these -the State' of New YorkRiverkeeper, Inc.;, and Hudson-River SloopvClearwater

-,regardingtthe paies positionsonethe applicableand approPriate hearing procedures.

The State of New Y6rk understands that followinigksubmission of responses, to these pleadings, which will be submitted by September 15,52008, the Boardwill issue a decision establishing the applicable hearing procedures*

and, following'the procedures established by10C.F.R, i§ 2.332, a schedule for discovery.

and any .other relevant matters. If the scheduling orders issued. in other proceedings are any guide, this-order will likely address: (1)dates for the submission of new contentions, along with responses, replies, and notice of adoption of those contentions; (2) discovery under the applicable procedures; (3) dates for filing dispositive and in limine motions, and (4) dates for various pre-trial pleadings, including direct and rebuttal testimony and cross-examination proposals.

See, e.g., In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station), Order (Regarding Schedule for Proceeding and Other Matters.(Nov.

29, 2006).AAG inadvertently failed to send the email to Mr. Turk on September 9, 2008 atthe same time she contacted the'Applicant; and indicated -this error in her email to Mr. Turk.*"

In recognition of the number of parties and the number of filings anticipated in this proceeding going forward, the State ofNew York submits that parties, as:well as the Board, may benefit from .the .establishment andp)rotocol inithe.Board's scheduling and case management order. Specifically, the State submits the following five issues for the Board's consideration, and requests that, tie Board;,after consultation among the parties and between the parties and the Board, incorporate certain additionaldeadlines and protocols in its upcoming schedulingand casepmanagement order- -..1. -_Site Visit.The-State ofNew York respectfullyvrequests the Board's scheduling and case,,, management order authorize asite visit. toIndian-Point:

Units, 1, 2, and 3 at some reasonable time: prior to-the date! for submission of prefiled direct testimony.

Such visit should be authorized to.-include parties& counsel, staffi and experts, as necessary..II. 'Conference among Parties, Applicant, and NRCStaff Regarding Production.

of Electronically Stored Information Given the number of admitted contentions in this proceeding andthe potentially voluminous disclosures that will be required, the State of New.York requests that the Board's scheduling and .case management order address production of electronically stored information (ESI)D Topics to be addressed should include, inter alia: (1) the format and timing of disclosure of electroriic.documents, including whether those documents will 'be provided in asearchable format (via-the application of.Optical Character Recognition if applicable),:whether documents will be .'produced in native format, .tif and textformat,:.pdfformat, etc.;2.2 The State of New Yorkunderstands that 'during the: discovery phase of the. Vermont Yankee license renewal proceeding, Entergy produced documents on compact discs, but that the, (continued...)

(2) how parties will be given access to computer models, including MACCS2 and CHECWORKS, and specifically, how parties Will access documents upon which a party in this proceeding relies, but which are in the possession of third parties, over which the third-party'asserts:proprietary status (i.e., CHECW.ORKS)-

3 (3) whether paper production Will accompany production of hard copies will .be scanned and produced electronically as well;(4) whether oversize documents such as diagrams, photographs, and/or maps will be produced in electronic format or in paper copy format.To facilitate the Board's consideration of these ESI issues, as well,:as other case management and scheduling issues, it would be helpful. for the parties to participate in a conference, in advance of Submitting any case management and scheduling proposals, 'among themselves, and/or with the participation of a, representative of the Board .or its staff, to seek to find common ground and-identify .Conflicts, to better focus ithese issues for !Board consideration.

The State also seeks the Board's guidance onf issues it,;and-other parties, should consider related to-production ofESI.-.2(...continued) large majority.6f those'documents were produced in non-text-searchableformat .Sinmilarly;,in this proceeding, a number of litigation filings submitted by NRC Staff and Entergy have not been in a text searchable format. The-State further understands that Entergy's-production of non-text-searchable documents impacted the ability of the New England Coalition to review the documents.

! For example; theNew England Coalition sought access to- CHECWORKS in the Vermont Yankee proceeding and Entergy asserted that, although it reliedon CHECWORKS in meeting its obligations to detect pipe corrosion, it does not have possession, custody, or control over the program so that it could be. accessed-by the New England Coalition.

SeeIn the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, L.L.C., and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station), Affidavit of Scott Goodwin, submitted in support of Entergy's Answer-in Opposition to New England Coalition's Motion to Compel and for Subpoena! (Apr.18, 2008), ML081210180.

III. Deadlines:.for Filing Waiver Petitions Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.335 The State of New York also respectfully requests the Board to establish a deadline for submission of waiver petitions.

n:hlight,ofthe factthat there is no deadlinefor such filings,.this will promote efficiency and clarity in this proceeding.By establishing a date ý for, example, within.45 days.frmjthe issuanceof the, scheduling and casemanaRgement order -the Board will add predictability to a process, which if not. subjected to: a deadline, could be.disruptive to the orderly resolution of the issuesrin this proceeding.., IV. Advance and Timely Notification to the State and Other Parties of Meetings and'Communications between Entergyand-.NRC Staff -.1 ,1 As breflecteyd y various NRC, memoranda contain.ing .Requests.

forA, dditional or summarizing telephonerand/or in-person conferences, the-State ofNew York is- aware that-NRC Staff has held numerous meetings-wifthfEntergy and its.consultantsconceming the:Indian Point~license renew.al application., However, given the timelag that exists between the_.., conferences and~the preparation and dissemination of written memoranda summarizing such,.conferences,.the State' does not learn of such meetings until weeks or months after they occur.This time, lag advantages Entergy and the NRC Staff and disadvantages the State and all other parties an participants.

4 Unlike:motions, which are subject to the provisions of 10 C.F.R.- § 2.323, waiver.requests are "petitions,"'and the regulations do not establish any time schedule for the filing of these petitions.

As the State noted in its original-Petition (State of NeW Y6rk Petition to'.Intervene, Nov. at30, n8), the-NRC regulations-specificallyprovide.that only a-"party to an adjudicatory proceeding" can seek a waiver.(see.

10 C.F.R. § 2.335), so no such waiver.petitions could have been filed prior to the Board's July 31, 2008 order.

In addition .to being a party in this administrative proceeding, the State of New York as both a sovereign state and an agreement state has special fights guaranteed under. the Atomic Energy Act. See 42 U.S.C."§-2021 (1). : Accordingly,ý the -State of New Y6k&-requests that.the Board orderNRC Staff to provide notice of all futuremeetings and phone calls between Entergy and NRC Staff concerning the license renewal application and/or this administrative proceeding sufficiently-in advance to allow representatives of the State of New York or other parties or participants toattend the meeting or listeriný mon ,the phone conversation b ..On a related -matter, the.State is aware of the existence of other types of communications between the NRC Staff andfEnterýgyconcerningvarious-mattersr~elating to ;this proceeding.

The State respectfullyrequests that NRC Staff senhds, ad written communicatibn -to Enitergy about this matter, thei Staff also trans'mitthe6'coimmnichiati6o1 .t Stadte.atthe time and in the same: manner.' For :example, if.NRC Staff send§sEnter-gy an e,,-mnail-containing a written communication, the Staff should also simultaneously send the:e-m'il aný any attached documents to the- State's counsel and all' other parties:and prticip'ants-:who have entered an, -appearance in this proceeding.

Indeed, counsel:fortthe State should be: includedin the "cc" filed on any such e-mail- sent to Entergy. Similarly, if Entergy sends a :comminication toý the NRC Staff, it should simultaneously send the communication to the State's counsel an&dall other parties and participants who have entered an appearance in this proceeding.

See, e.g., Letter, Fred R. Dacimo to NRC, Additional Information Regarding License Renewal Application

-.Structural OE Clarifications, Clarifications forElectrical'RAIs and Audit Questihns, License 5 See also Project Management Corporation Tennessee Valley- Authority Energy Research, and Development Administration (Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant) ASLAB-354, 4 N.R.C.383, 392-9.3 (1976).

Renewal Application Amendment (Aug. 14, 2008)(license renewal application amendment to the very application at issue in this proceeding, posted September 2, 2008, at ML082350071 but never sent to the service list).Respectfully submitted, September 10, 2008 AN , Jmice A. Dean'John J. Sipos Assistant.

Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York The Capitol Albany, New York. 12224 (518) 402-2251 iohn.sipos(ooag.state.ny.us oan Leary Matthews Senior Counsel for Special Projects New York State Department of* Environmental.

Conservation Office of General Counsel 625 Broadway, 14'h Floor Albany, New York 12223-5500 (518) 402-9190 jlmatthe(~gw~dec.

state.ny.us John L. Parker Region 3 Attorney New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region. 3 Headquarters 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, New York 12561-1620 (845) 256-3037 jlparker(agw;dec.state.ny.us

, UNITED STATES'OF AMERICA-i -NUCLEAR.REGULATORY COMMISS1QONn,.

BEFORE THE ATOMIC ,SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the-Matter Of .ENTERGY. NUCLEAR OPERATIONS,-'INC,.

).(Indian Point Nuclear Generating.

.,), Units.2 and 3)' )Docket Nos. 50-247/286-LR

._.ýDECLARATION

ýOF .SERVICE --Pursuant to 28 U.S.

A Dean-hereby declares upon penalty ofperjury that: 1I I am over 18:8 years old and am an :aemnplioyee-of the :Offi.e- of. th IeAttorn ey GeneraI for the Stfate,., .of.New:York, counsel for"the petitioner Sta6,of,-ýNew, York. -' --: 2. On-September10, 2008, .I forwarded.the attached motion requestingconsideration of additional matters in the Boards :scheduling and Case management orderot wJ l officppes, :: organiZations, attorneys, and/or petitioners-at thee-maii and:street addresses that!fol6ow`.`:-`

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair ' .Administrative Judge Atomic. Safety and Licensing Board Panel -U.S. Nuclear Regulatory.-Commission wMailstop 3'F23 TwoWhite Flint:North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738

-- -Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov,'

,-,.: Richard E. Waftdwell Administrative Judge-Atomic Safety and Licensing-Board6Panel

4;ý.-ý:" U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissiohn.-

-.Mailstop 3 F23 Two White Flint North-11545 Rockville Pike.- : -.Rockville, MD.-20852-2738

-Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov

-Kaye D. Lathrop Administrative Judge .Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.Panel U.S. Nuclear -Regulatory Commission:" ,-

-" Ridgway, CO 81432 Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov Atomic' Safety andLicensing Boa6rd Panel ,U.S. Nuclear Regulato yCommission Mailstop'-.3' F23 "..Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike=Rockville, MD.20852,2738

" Zachar S Kahn, :Esq.." Law Clerk'Atomic Safety and Licensing3B6ard Panel'U.S Nuclear Regulatory commission Mailstop 3: F23 Two White Flint Norih 11545 Rockville Pik. -, Rockville, MD 20852-2738

--Zachary!Kahn~nrc'.go'v Marcia Carpentier, -Law Clerk Atomic Safety, and Licensing BoardP.ran*i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop'3 E2Bý.Two White Flint North -1 1545Rockville Pike Rockville,, MD 20852-2738 MarciaO.Carpentier@nrc.gov

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'. , , ., Office of Commission Appellate.

Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-Mailstop.16G4 One'White FlihtNorth 11555;RockVille Pike ;.Rockville, MD-20852-2738 ocaamail@nri!c.g9v Office ofthe-Seicretary Attn:.Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff U.S.: Nuclear Regulatory Commission*

Mailstop 3F23 .Two White Flint North*11545 Rockville

Pike,,:.Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Sherwi P~TikE-David. E. .Roth',Esq...

.."Beth N.Mizuno, Esq.Jessica- A.:Bileeki, :Esq. , Office of the&Genercao Cunsel.:--

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Regbi1ato-ry Co mmission Mailstop 150'21:1 One White Flint-North 11555Rockville bPike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 set@nrc.gov deir@nrc.gov.jessica.bielecki@nrc.gov bnml@nrc.gov

.marcia.simon@nrc.gov Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.Paul M: Bessette, !.. .Martin J. O'Neill,.Esq.

Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq.Morgan; Lewis & Bockius LLP-...11.11 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 'ksutton@morganlewis.com.

.,.pbessette@morganlewis.com martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com mlemoncelli@morganlewis.com cadams@morgan!ewis.com Elise N. Zoli,ý Esq.Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53-State Street Boston, MA 02109 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com William'C.

Dennis, Esq.,.Assistan General CounselI Entergy.Nuclear Operations, Inc.i440 Hami ton Avenue-.--.

White bPlains,-JNY; 10601.wdennis@entergy.com.RobertOD.`;Snook, Esq..Assistant-Attorney General Office of.the Attorney General-Staateof Connecticut

--55'.Elm- Street.P.O. Box-120 , Hartford:, nC1 061t41-01t 20 .:

po.state.ct u s JustinD:'Pruyne,-Esq..

.4s-,.sistbhnt -Countxj it n'ey,:-Office .of the Westchester.

County Attorney Michaelian OfficeBidn

'148 Malr tin-ei AvePnue ,6tW Floo6r White Plains, NYA10601..

Da3.niel.Et IO'Neil Mayor,.ý: James Seiirmarco,'M.S.

Village of:Buchanan Municipal Building.

236 Tate Avenue,,._

Buchanan,NNY,.1 vob@bestweb.net:

Daniel Riesel; Esq.Thomas F. Wood, Esq..Jessica Steinberg,.J.D.

, Sive;,Paget

& Riesel, P.C..460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 driesel@sprlaw.com jsteinberg@sprlaw,.com

.Michael J. Delaney, Esq.Vice President

-- Energy Department New York City Economic Developmept,, Corporation (NYCEDC)110 William Street New York, NY. 10038 mdelaniey@nycedc.com ArthurJ. Kremer, Chairman-New York Affordable-Reliable ElectricityAlliapnce (AREA)347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 , New York, NY 10016 kremer@area-alliance.org ajkremer@rmfpc.com

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Manna J 0 Greene, Director Hudson. River Sloop Clearwater,.

Inc.1.12 Little Market St.Poughkeepsie, NY 1260.1 Mannajo@clearwater.org ,Step~hen Filler, Esq Board Members.Hudson Sloop Clearwater,;Incl n.Suite 222 303"South

!Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 -.sfiller@nylawline.com Susan H. Shapiro, Esq..ýWeschester C itizen's Awareness Network-(WestCan)-

Citizens Awareness:

Network (CAN),etc.

21. Perlman Drive.Spring'Valley, NY 10977 mbs@ourrocklandoffice.com ,Nancy. Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06876 NancyBurtonCT@aol.com-Richard L. Brodsky, Esq.Assemblyman Suite.205 5 West Main Street Elmsford, NY 10523.brodskr@assembly.state.ny.us richardbrodsky@msn.com Sarah L. Wagner, Esq..Room 422 Legislative Office Building Albany, NY 12248 sarahwagneresq@gmail.com John LeKay FUSE USA 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, NY 10566 fuseusa@yahoo.com Diane Curran, Esq.Harmon; Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, LLP Suite 600-1726 M Street, NW Washington,:

DC 20036 dcurran@harmoncurran.com Phillip Musegaas,.Esq.

Victor Tafur,: Esq.-Riverkeeper,k Inc.828 South-Broadway.

Tarrytown, NY 10591 phillii@driverk6eeper.org

.9 vta .fu~r@ .riverkeee.org Mylan L..Denerstein,!Esq.

Executive Deputy Attorney General.Social Justice, Office of.the Attorney General: State of New York ,25th floor.-J120 Broadway--New York, NY 10271 Mylan .,Denersteiin@oag.state.ny.us John-J. Sipos, Esq., Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General State of-NewYork." ".The Capitol Albany, NY 12224" John.Sipos@6ag~state.ny.us Joan Leary Matthews Senior Attorney for Special Projects New .York. State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, 141h: floor Albany,.NY.12233-65500.

jlmatthe@gw.dec.state,.ny.us John Louis Parker, Esq.Regional Attorney:.

Office of.General Counsel, Region 3 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 21 South Putt CornersýRoad New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 jIparker@gw.dec.state.

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.10, 2008 New.York, New York eA- Dean e of the Attorney General-of New York-120. Broadway...

New York,ý New York 12224-0341 (212) 416-8459'* Janice.Dean@oag~state.ny.us