ML070330085

2007/02/01-Vermont Yankee - Letter from Mitzi A. Young to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 3 to the Hearing File Index, Privilege Log, Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley, and Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo

ML070330085
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	02/01/2007
From:	Matt Young NRC/OGC
To:	Elleman T, Karlin A, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
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50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 12965
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February 1, 2007Administrative JudgeAdministrative JudgeAlex S. Karlin, ChairmanDr. Thomas S. Elleman

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board PanelMail Stop T-3 F235207 Creedmoor Road, #101 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionRaleigh, NC 27612 Washington, DC 20555-0001Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop T-3 F23

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-271-LR; ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

The NRC Staff hereby provides its monthly status report and notice that it has updated the hearing file for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d). An index containing the

ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in the hearing file is

appended hereto as Attachment 1. The Staff is also producing, as Attachment 2, updates to its

privilege logs as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), and is continuing to preserve and maintain

all privileged documents during the pendency of this proceeding. Also attached are the Affidavit

of Jonathan G. Rowley, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), and the Declaration of Pao-Tsin

Kuo, Acting Director of the Division of License Renewal, formally invoking the deliberative

process privilege. The Staff hereby provides notice that the schedule is unchanged from the dates provided in the December 7, 2006 monthly status report.

Sincerely, /RA/Mitzi A. Young Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Privilege Log - Deliberative Process

Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley

Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuocc:Service List Page 1 of 3ATTACHMENT 1 VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEXSupplement 3- February 1, 2007ID #Accession NumberDocument DateTitle/Description:

03-001ML06363002912/22/20062006/12/22-Comment (3) submitted by Claire Chang on Massachusetts Attorney General's PRM-51-10 regarding to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-002ML06363003212/24/20062006/12/24-Comment (5) submitted by Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, Rochelle Becker on Massachusetts Attorney General's PRM-51-10 regarding to

Amend 10 CFR Part 51 03-003ML0701904011/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Bass.

03-004ML0701903911/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Herring.

03-005ML0701903951/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Sea Lamprey.

03-006ML0701903931/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Shad.

03-007ML0701707071/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Shad.

03-008ML0701903991/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Short Nosed Sturgeon.

03-009ML0701904131/3/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - T&E Species Shortnosed Sturgeon.

03-010ML0702300411/4/2007Letter from NOAA NMFS re: Essent ial Fish Habitat assessment for VYNPS SEIS 03-011ML0701105041/4/2007Vermont Yankee - License Renewal Application, Amendment 23.

ID #Accession NumberDocument DateTitle/Description:

Page 2 of 3 03-012ML0701701311/4/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - An Annotated Working List of the Inland Fishes of Massachusetts - Tessellated Darter.

03-013ML0700804091/5/20072007/01/05-Comment (10) submitted by Lea Wood on Massachusetts Attorney General's PRM 51-10, regarding to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-014ML0700804061/5/20072007/01/05-Comment (9) submitted by Nina Keller on Massachusetts Attorney General's Petition for Rulemaking PRM-51-10 to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-015ML0701701251/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - American Fact Finder USCB.

03-016ML0701904051/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Franklin County Local Unemployment Statistics.

03-017ML0701705201/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - SchoolMatters.

03-018ML0701705881/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - US Census County Business Patterns.

03-019ML0701705911/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - US Census Glossary.

03-020ML0701701481/9/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - USCB Census of Governments.

03-021ML0701904031/10/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Cheshire County Local Area Unemployment Statistics.

03-022ML0701705141/10/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Public School Review.

03-023ML0701706171/10/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Vernon Selctboard Meeting (1).

ID #Accession NumberDocument DateTitle/Description:

Page 3 of 3 03-024ML0701706121/10/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Vernon Selectboard Meeting.

03-025ML0701904061/10/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference -

Windham County Local Area Unemployment Statistics.

03-026ML0702403011/11/2007EMAIL: Fwd: VYNPS License Renewal RAI Clarifications.

03-027ML0701606551/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - About Monadnock Economic Development Corporation.

03-028ML0701704131/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Is It Safe To Eat the Fish?

03-029ML0701704591/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - NatureServe Explorer: An Online Encyclopedia of Life.03-030ML0701705641/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Species Profiles: Striped Bass.

03-031ML0701904181/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Vermont's Wildlife Action Plan.

03-032ML0701705341/11/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web References - Southwest Regional Planning Commission.

03-033ML0702402991/12/2007EMAIL: Fwd: VYNPS Q&A D-Base Items for Review.

03-034ML0701805131/13/20072007/01/13-Comment (5) submitt ed by Art Hanson on Shaw's PRM-51-11 re Application of National Academy of Science BEIR-VII Standard to Dose

Radiation Calculation.

03-035ML0701805181/13/20072007/01/13-Comment (9) submitt ed by Sidney Goodman on Shaw's PRM-51-11 re Application of National Aacdemy of Science BEIR-VII Standard to Dose

Radiation Calculation.

ID #Accession NumberDocument DateTitle/Description:

Page 1 of 1 03-036ML0701702041/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Connecticut River Striped Bass.

03-037ML0701707101/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Fact: Atlantic Salmon.

03-038ML0701707051/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Facts: Eel.

03-039ML0701703741/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Franklin Regional Council of Governments.

03-040ML0701703881/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Gallery of Connecticut Wildflowers.

03-041ML0701703951/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Impact of Channelization along the Northern Connecticut River, Vermont and New Hampshire.

03-042ML0701704291/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Local Area Personal Income.

03-043ML0701704371/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Massachusetts Rare and Endangered Wildlife, Alasmidonta Varicosa - Brook Floater.

03-044ML0701705181/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Roaring Brook Wildlife Management Area.

03-045ML0701702521/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - USFWS Endangered Species State and County Listings.

03-046ML0701701531/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - VDH Chapter 3 - Radiological Health.

03-047ML0701704171/17/2007VYNPS - SEIS Web References - Key Businesses.

Page 1 of 1ATTACHMENT 2VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGESupplement 3 - February 1, 2007Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuan t to 10 C.F.R.

§ 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" p rivilege.Doc.No.Accession Number Author Name/Affiliation:Title/Description:Document Date DocumentType Addressee /

Addressee AffiliationCommentPage Count DP-03-01ML070240393Rowley J G, NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR EMAIL: (NPA-LR)

Re: Please send me the WP files of 3.5 of VY.1/10/2007E-MailMa J S, NRC/NRR/ADE S/DE/EGCADraft RAIs5 February 1, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

AFFIDAVIT OF JONATHAN G. ROWLEY CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c)

I, Jonathan G. Rowley, do hereby state as follows:1.I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in theNuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station's license renewal application

("LRA"). 2.I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the

disclosures are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.3.I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Original Signed By:

_______________________

Jonathan G. Rowley Executed in Rockville, MD this 1st day of February, 2007 January 31, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

DECLARATION OF PAO-TSIN KUO I, Pao-Tsin Kuo, do hereby state as follows:1. I am employed as the Acting Director of the Division of Licensing Renewal

("DLR") in the 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 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station license renewal application.2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified several

documents as privileged because they contained info rmation concerning the Staff's deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the February 1, 2007 submission of

the Staff's Hearing File.3. I have personally reviewed the document s identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain predecisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal

application. All 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. Each of the documents comprises part of the deliberative process necessary

to the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application. 4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual

Staff members and/or 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 members involved in 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 each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the February 1, 2007 submission of the Staff's

Hearing File.6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Original Signed By:

_______________________

Pao-Tsin Kuo Executed in Rockville, MD this 31st day of January, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDIn the Matter of)

)ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE,)Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR)

OPERATIONS, INC.)ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

)(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station))

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC Staff letter dated February 1, 2007, providing notice of the availability of the hearing file, with attachments, together with the affidavit of Jonathan G.

Rowley and the declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo in the above-captioned proceeding have been

served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRC's internal mail

system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electr onic mail with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 1st day of February 2007.

Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas S. Elleman*

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

5207 Creedmoor Road, #101

Raleigh, NC 27612

E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication

Mail Stop: O-16C1

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: rew@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff

Mail Stop: O-16C1

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Director of Public Advocacy

Department of Public Service

112 State Street - Drawer 20

Montpelier, VT 05620-2601

E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Diane Curran, Esq.*

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg

& Eisenberg, L.L.P.

1726 M Street, NW., Suite 600

Washington, DC 20036

E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com Ronald A. Shems, Esq.*

Karen Tyler, Esq.

Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC

91 College Street

Burlington, VT 05401

E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com

Ktyler@sdkslaw.com Jennifer J. Patterson, Esq.*

Office of the New Hampshire

Attorney General

33 Capitol Street

Concord, NH 03301

E-mail: jennifer.patterson@doj.nh.gov Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop: T-3F23

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

National Legal Scholars Law Firm

84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768

E-mail: aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com Matthew Brock, Esq.*

Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Massachusetts Attorney

General Environmental Protection Division

One Ashburton Place, Room 1813

Boston, MA 02108-1598

E-mail: matthew.brock@ago.state.ma.us David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037-1128

E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com

matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com

/RA/

Mitzi A. Young

Counsel for NRC Staff