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{{#Wiki_filter:July 30, 201 0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Thomas J. Hirons 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 Gary S. Arnold Atorr~ic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR  
{{#Wiki_filter:July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Administrative Judge                                   Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair                             Thomas J. Hirons 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 Gary S. Arnold Atorr~icSafety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR


==Dear Administrative Judges:==
==Dear Administrative Judges:==
Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's ("Licensing Board") February 18, 2009, Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary and Initial Scheduling Order), slip op. at 2-3, and the telephone conference call held on February 5, 2009, the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 
("Staff") herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been updated for this proceeding.
Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's ("Licensing Board") February 18, 2009, Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary and Initial Scheduling Order), slip op. at 2-3, and the telephone conference call held on February 5, 2009, the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff") herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been updated for this proceeding. The hearing file includes materials required to be produced or disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.1203, as well as the Staff's mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(I), (2), and (4), and § 2.336(c).
The hearing file includes materials required to be produced or disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R.
Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). The Staff has not identified any documents requiring disclosure since the last update to the hearing file on June 30, 2010.
3 2.1203, as well as the Staff's mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(I), (2), and (4), and § 2.336(c).
The hearing file is available via the Electronic Hearing Docket ("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD~Proceeding/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Prairie Island Hearing File" in the "Prairie Island-I &2-50-282& 50-306-LR" folder of the EHD.
Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS").
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached are the affidavits of Elaine M. Keegan and Richard A. Plasse, Jr., certifying that all relevant materials, identified by the Staff by July 16, 2010, and required by the regulation to be disclosed, have been disclosed and that the disclosures are accurate and complete. Ms. Keegan's and Mr. Plasse's affidavits are Attachments 3 and 4, respectively.
The Staff has not identified any documents requiring disclosure since the last update to the hearing file on June 30, 2010.
 
The hearing file is available via the Electronic Hearing Docket
The Staff respectfully maintains that safety culture documents are not encompassed by the provisions of 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(b) or 1203(b) and thus are not subject to mandatory disclosure or production through the hearing file. Nevertheless, in order to comply with the Licensing Board's rulings in this proceeding, the Staff has searched for documents that relate to the safety culture contention and its bases. While the Staff's search revealed no final documents subject to mandatory disclosure, it did reveal a number of draft documents. These documents are being withheld under the deliberative process privilege.
("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD~Proceeding/home.asp.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5) and in accordance with the schedule set out in the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's April 20, 2010 Memorandum and Order (Summarizing Prehearing Conference all and Amending Hearing Schedule) and the provisions in the May 13, 2010 Order (Defining Scope of Discovery), the Staff has produced a privilege log, Attachment 2, identifying these draft document. The Declaration of Steven West, which forrnally invokes the privilege with respect to the documents identified in the privilege log, is attached as . During the pendency of this proceeding, the Staff will maintain and preserve all of the documents identified in the privilege log. In addition to the documents identified in the privilege log, the Staff identified two other documents. These two documents are drafts and subject to withholding under the deliberative process privilege, but they also contain information regarding allegqtions and, on that basis, are also protected from disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 9.17(a)(7)(iv). In accordance with Management Directive 8.8, Management of Allegations, the Staff has not included information about those two documents in the privilege log.
The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Prairie Island Hearing File" in the "Prairie Island-I &2-50-282& 50-306-LR" folder of the EHD. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached are the affidavits of Elaine M. Keegan and Richard A.
Earlier in this proceeding, the Board instructed the Staff to report, on a monthly basis, its best estimate of the date it expects to issue the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS). The Staff expects to issue the FSEIS by September 24, 2010 and has updated the Commission's website to reflect that date.
Plasse, Jr., certifying that all relevant materials, identified by the Staff by July 16, 2010, and required by the regulation to be disclosed, have been disclosed and that the disclosures are accurate and complete.
Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0 - 1 5D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov Attachments: Attachments: Declaration of Steven West Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 2010 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.
Ms. Keegan's and Mr. Plasse's affidavits are Attachments 3 and 4, respectively.
 
The Staff respectfully maintains that safety culture documents are not encompassed by the provisions of 10 C.F.R.  
In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
§§ 2.336(b) or 1203(b) and thus are not subject to mandatory disclosure or production through the hearing file. Nevertheless, in order to comply with the Licensing Board's rulings in this proceeding, the Staff has searched for documents that relate to the safety culture contention and its bases. While the Staff's search revealed no final documents subject to mandatory disclosure, it did reveal a number of draft documents. These documents are being withheld under the deliberative process privilege.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5) and in accordance with the schedule set out in the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's April 20, 2010 Memorandum and Order (Summarizing Prehearing Conference all and Amending Hearing Schedule) and the provisions in the May 13, 2010 Order (Defining Scope of Discovery), the Staff has produced a privilege log, Attachment 2, identifying these draft document.
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 1 Declaration of Steven West
The Declaration of Steven West, which forrnally invokes the privilege with respect to the documents identified in the privilege log, is attached as Attachment 1. During the pendency of this proceeding, the Staff will maintain and preserve all of the documents identified in the privilege log. In addition to the documents identified in the privilege log, the Staff identified two other documents. These two documents are drafts and subject to withholding under the deliberative process privilege, but they also contain information regarding allegqtions and, on that basis, are also protected from disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 9.1 7(a)(7)(iv).
 
In accordance with Management Directive 8.8, Management of Allegations, the Staff has not included information about those two documents in the privilege log. Earlier in this proceeding, the Board instructed the Staff to report, on a monthly basis, its best estimate of the date it expects to issue the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS).
July 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.                                     Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2)
The Staff expects to issue the FSEIS by September 24, 201 0 and has updated the Commission's website to reflect that date. Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-1 5D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov Attachments: Attachments: Declaration of Steven West Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 2010 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan Affidavit of Richard A.
DECLARATION OF STEVEN WEST I, Steven West, do hereby state as follows:
Plasse, Jr.
: 1.     I am employed as the Director of the Division of Reactor Projects in the U.S.
In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 1 Declaration of Steven West July 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Region Ill Office. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the Staff's inspection activities at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2.
50-282-LR/
: 2.     As part of their responsibilities in preparing mandatory disclosures relevant to these proceedings, NRC staff members in Region Ill identified certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process.
50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2) DECLARATION OF STEVEN WEST I, Steven West, do hereby state as follows: 1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of Reactor Projects in the U.S.
Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the NRC Staff's July 30, 2010, Mandatory Disclosure.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Region Ill Office. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the Staff's inspection activities at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2. 2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing mandatory disclosures relevant to these proceedings, NRC staff members in Region Ill identified certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the NRC Staff's July 30, 2010, Mandatory Disclosure.
: 3.     1 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 they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's inspection activities. All documents contain the Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein.
: 3. 1 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 they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's inspection activities.
 
All documents contain 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 for the Staff's inspections and reports documenting and evaluating the results of those inspections.
Each of the documents comprises part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's inspections and reports documenting and evaluating the results of those inspections.
: 4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) 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; or (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions 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 positions..
: 4.     Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) 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; or (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions 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 positions..
: 5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's July 30, 201 0, Mandatory Disclosure.
: 5.     Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's July 30, 201 0, Mandatory Disclosure.
: 6. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.  
: 6.     1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
< teven West Executed in Lisle, Illinois this 28th day of July, 201 0 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 201 0 Attachment 2 Privilege Log ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
Executed in Lisle, Illinois
                                                              < teven West this 28th day of July, 201 0
 
In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 2 Privilege Log
 
ATTACHMENT 2               PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
p+m&r HillslRegion Ill 01 1 HillslRegion Ill ID# PMD- 007 mqmmJT HillslRegion Ill Date 12/09/02 Transmission of draft report for Title Draft Inspection Report 2002009 AuthorlAffiliation M. Holmberg, D. HillslRegion Ill 25 I I R. Skokowskil I Draft Inspection Report 1 0911 1106 1 7 Privilege D P AddresseelAffiliation K. RiernerIRegion Ill 11101102 PMD- 01 3 I Ill Draft Inspection Report 2002009 cornrnentlrevision - 3 Transmission of draft report for G. O'DwyerlRegion Ill R. Skokowskil Region Ill Draft lnspection Report 2006004 R. Skokowskil Region Ill I I I re~ort for I I Draft Inspection Report 2006004 A.M. Stone1 Region Ill cdmmentlrevision LO2 1 26 1 Transmission of Draft lnspection Report 201 0008 I I I report for I I I cornment/revision 0911 1106 1 7 ( Transmission of draft ( c6rnrnentlrevision I Draft Inspection Report I 0111 111 0 1 4 1 0911 8/06 09/28/09 7 7 PMD- 01 5 I I report for I I report for cornrnentlrevision Transmission of draft report for cornrnent/revision Transmission of draftp report for D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, J. MaynenlRegion Ill K. RiernerlRegion Ill I I report for I I Draft Security Baseline lnspection Report 2006401 cornrnentlrevision PMD- I D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, I K. RiemerlRegion Ill 1 Draft Security Baseline 1 03115107 1 18 1 Transmission of draft 1 016 1 D. FunURegion Ill I - 1 lnspection  
ID#     AuthorlAffiliation          AddresseelAffiliation    Title                                  Date                                      Privilege PMD-       M. Holmberg, D.              K. RiernerIRegion Ill   Draft Inspection Report              12/09/02     25    Transmission of draft     DP 007        HillslRegion Ill                                      2002009                                                   report for
~e~ort2007401 I I report for I 1 PMD- 01 7 1 In addition to containing predecisional deliberative information, these documents contain Safeguards Information protected from disclosure by the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. &sect; 2167, and NRC regulations, 10 C.F.R. Part 73, and are being withheld from production.
                                                                                                                      -      cornrnentlrevision 11101102      3    Transmission of draft p+m&r        HillslRegion Ill           I R. Skokowskil         I Draft Inspection Report             1 I
Page 1 of 5 D. Lawler, B. Bartlett, J. MaynenIRegion I II E. DuncanlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline Inspection Report 2007404 ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
0911 1106 1 I
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Cj 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege. - PMD- 020 I L I I I I I PMD- PMD- 018 PMD- 022 comment/ revision Transmission of draft report for comment/ revision PMD- 01 9 PMD- 023 DPISGI' Transmission of draft report for PMD- 024 PMD- 025 PMD- 026 D. Lawler, D. Funk, R. SkokowskilRegion Ill DP D. McNeil. D. HillslRegion Ill PMD- 027 Draft Security Baseline Inspection Report 2008402 E. DuncanlRegion Ill I comment/revision 1 D. McNeil, R. I E. PassehllReqion Ill 1 Draft Inspection Report 1 01104105 1 3 1 Transmission of draft I LanksburylRegion Ill 1 - 1 20040008 I I 0411 7/08 R. LanksburylRegion Ill 8 12/30/01 Draft Inspection Report 2001018 D. McNeil, H. PetersonlRegion Ill 9 D. McNeil, R. LanksburylRegion Ill E. PassehllRegion Ill R. Skokowskil Region Ill D. McNeil, H. Draft Inspection Report 20040008 Draft Inspection Report 2007002 I 01124107 I D. McNeil. H. PetersonlRegion Ill report for comment/ revision Transmission of draft report for commenffrevision Transmission of draft report for comment/ revision Transmission of draft report for I cornmenffrevision I K. StoedterlRegion I Draft Inspection Report 1 12/22/08 1 6 1 Transmission of draft R. Skokowskil Region Ill Draft Inspection Report 2007005 I commenffrevision J. RobbinslRegion Ill I Addressee . I Draft Cross Cutting Issues 1 07126107 1 1 I Staff document used to PetersonlRegion Ill D. McNeil, H. PetersonlRegion Ill unidentified unidentified Ill K. StoedterlRegion Ill / Summary Draft Meeting Agenda, 2008 Mid-Cycle Plant Safety Performance Summary 2008005 Draft Inspection Report 2009004 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement 09123109 Page 2 of 5 11 report for comment/ revision Transmission of draft report for ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
7 report for I r e ~ o rfor t            I          I Ill I
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.  
Draft Inspection Report 2002009 L
~~lald~e~i~n Ill - Addressee unidentified Draft 2007 End of Cycle Plant Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding unidentified PMD- 1 F. TranlResion Ill I Addressee PMD- M. GrzywalRegion Ill 03 1 PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill 032 unidentified Draft 2009 End of Cycle Follow-up Meeting support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenfor~ement he&8103109 1 19 1 Staff document used to I DP Performance summary unidentified Plant Performance Summary unidentified Documentation for Reactive lnspection unidentified Addressee unidentified support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement 1 Draft Decision 1 0511 1109 1 3 ( Staff document used to+ Documentation for Reactive Inspection support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding 1 inspectionlenforcement I I Draft 2009 Security End of 1 01129110 1 1 I Staff document used to I DPISGI' Cycle Itemized Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding Page 3 of 5 ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Page 4 of 5 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
I O    2  1I 26 1I cdmmentlrevision Transmission of report for             I          I I cornment/revision R. Skokowskil           Draft lnspection Report               09111106    1  7 ( Transmission of draft 01 1        HillslRegion Ill            Region Ill              2006004                                                   report for cornrnentlrevision m q m HillslRegion m J TIll                  R. Skokowskil           Draft Inspection Report              09118/06      7    Transmission of draft Region Ill              2006004                                                  report for I
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative PMD- 035 PMD- 036 PMD- 037 PMD- 038 PMD- 039 PMD- 040 PMD- 04 1 0511 2/09 07122109 121 7/09 1 1120109 0411 4/09 02/05/09 01/29/09 Draft Decision Documentation for Reactive Inspection Draft Region 111 2009 Security Mid-Cycle Itemized Performance Summary Draft Inspection Report 2009004 Draft Inspection Report 2009003 Memorandum discussing region's proposed approach re Prairie Island instruments and enforcement Draft Cross Cutting Matrix, 2008 Prairie Island Draft Prairie Island SCCl chart for 2008 process" privilege. - R. LerchlRegion Ill D. FunWRegion Ill G. O'Dwyer, A.M. StonelRegion Ill M. GrzywaIRegion Ill M. Phalen, S. OrthlRegion Ill J. FlintlRegion Ill A.M. StonelRegion Ill Addressee unidentified Addressee unidentified K. StoedterIRegion I Addressee unidentified M. GryglaWRegion IIII Addressee unidentified Addressee unidentified DP DPISGI~ DP DP DP DP DP 4 1 11 10 1 1 2 Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Transmission of draft report for commentlrevision Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspection!enforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Page 5 of 5 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
cornrnent/revision PMD-        G. O'DwyerlRegion Ill        A.M. Stone1 Region       Draft lnspection Report              09/28/09      7    Transmission of draftp 013                                      Ill                      2010008                                                  report for
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative PMD- 042 PMD- 043 PMD- 044 PMD- 045 PMD- 046 PMD- 047 PMD- 04120110 1211 6/08 0211 8110 04/26/10 1 111 0108 1011 7108 1011 6108 process" privilege.
( c6rnrnentlrevision I Draft Inspection Report             I 0111 1110  1 4   1 I     I report for             I           I PMD-        D. Lawler, R. Skokowski,     K. RiernerlRegion Ill   Draft Security Baseline 015        J. MaynenlRegion Ill                                 lnspection Report 2006401                        I     I cornrnentlrevision report for             I           I 1 PMD-     I D. Lawler, R. Skokowski,   I K. RiemerlRegion Ill 1 1 Draft Security Baseline             1 03115107 1I  18 1I Transmission of draft 1
SBrusehaverIRegion Ill R. LerchlRegion Ill R. Jickling, S. Sheldon. J. BenjaminlRegion Ill SBrusehaverlRegion Ill S. ThomaslRegion Ill S. ThomaslRegion Ill S. ThomaslRegion Ill 048 Pedersonl Region 111 DP DP DP DP D P DP DP 52 1 8 51 41 30 30 2008008 Addressee unidentified Addressee unidentified Addressee unidentified Addressee unidentified R. Skokowski, G.
016         D. FunURegion Ill I             -           lnspection ~ e ~ o r t 2 0 0 7 4 0 1                      report for             I PMD-       D. Lawler, B. Bartlett, J. E. DuncanlRegion Ill    Draft Security Baseline 017        MaynenIRegion III                                    Inspection Report 2007404 1
Shear. P Lougheedl Region Ill R. Skokowski, C. Pedersonl Region 111 R. Skokowski, C. Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcernent Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Transmission of draft report for commenffrevision Transmission of draft report for comment/revision Transmission of draft report for comment/revision Draft Inspection Report 201 0002 Draft Inspection Report re Emergency Diesel Generator Draft Region Ill Licensee Renewal Self-Assessment Draft Inspection Report 201 0002 Draft Inspection Report 2008008 Draft Inspection Report 2008008 Draft Inspection Report In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 201 0 Attachment 3 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos.
In addition to containing predecisional deliberative information, these documents contain Safeguards Information protected from disclosure by the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. &sect; 2167, and NRC regulations, 10 C.F.R. Part 73, and are being withheld from production.
50-282-LRI 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant 1 Units 1 and 2) AFFIDAVIT OF ELAINE M. KEEGAN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R.
Page 1 of 5
6 2.336(b) I, Elaine M. Keegan, 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application
ATTACHMENT 2               PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for environmental issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Cj 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege. -
: 2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the environmental issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 201 0. 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
comment/revision PMD-       D. Lawler, D. Funk, R.      E. DuncanlRegion Ill    Draft Security Baseline      04117/08  8    Transmission of draft     DPISGI' 018        SkokowskilRegion Ill                                Inspection Report 2008402                    report for comment/revision I                            L                      I                            I          I    I                        I PMD-       D. McNeil. D. HillslRegion  R. LanksburylRegion Draft Inspection Report          12/30/01  9    Transmission of draft      DP 019        Ill                          Ill                     2001018                                      report for I comment/revision PMD-    1  D. McNeil, R.             I E. PassehllReqion
Elaine M. Keegan Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3oth day of July, 201 0 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 201 0 Attachment 4 Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.
                                                    - Ill   1 Draft Inspection Report   1 01104105 1 3 1 Transmission of draft 020    I LanksburylRegion Ill       1                       1 20040008                   I         I     report for comment/revision PMD-      D. McNeil, R.               E. PassehllRegion Ill   Draft Inspection Report                     Transmission of draft LanksburylRegion Ill                                20040008                                    report for commenffrevision I          I PMD-      D. McNeil, H.               R. Skokowskil          Draft Inspection Report                      Transmission of draft 022        PetersonlRegion Ill         Region Ill             2007002                                      report for 01124107        comment/revision PMD-      D. McNeil. H.               R. Skokowskil          Draft Inspection Report                     Transmission of draft 023        PetersonlRegion Ill          Region Ill              2007005                                      report for I cornmenffrevision PMD-      D. McNeil, H.             I K. StoedterlRegion I Draft Inspection Report       1 12/22/08 1 6 1 Transmission of draft 024        PetersonlRegion Ill          Ill                     2008005                                      report for comment/revision PMD-      D. McNeil, H.                K. StoedterlRegion      Draft Inspection Report     09123109  11  Transmission of draft 025        PetersonlRegion Ill          Ill                    2009004                                      report for I commenffrevision PMD-      J. RobbinslRegion Ill     I Addressee .           I Draft Cross Cutting Issues 1 07126107 1 1 I Staff document used to 026                                    unidentified         / Summary                                     support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-                                                            Draft Meeting Agenda, 2008                   Staff document used to 027                                    unidentified            Mid-Cycle Plant Safety                       support internal Performance Summary                         briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 2 of 5
July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) ) NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. ) Docket Nos.
 
50-282-LW 50-306-LR ) (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant ) Units 1 and 2) AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD A. PLASSE, JR. CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R, 6 2.336(b] I, Richard A. Plasse, Jr., do hereby state as follows:
ATTACHMENT 2               PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
: 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.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
I serve as a project manager for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for safety issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
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: 2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the safety issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R.  
                                        ~   i     ~ n   Draft 2007 End of Cycle Plant Performance Summary                     support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding Draft 2009 End of Cycle unidentified      Follow-up Meeting                             support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding PMD-    1 F. TranlResion Ill        I Addressee unidentified h e & 8 1 0 3 1 0 9 Performance summary 1 19 1 inspectionlenfor~ement Staff document used to support internal I DP briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-      M. GrzywalRegion Ill                                                                        Staff document used to 03 1                                  unidentified      Plant Performance Summary                     support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-      R. LerchlRegion Ill                                                                          Staff document used to 032                                    unidentified      Documentation for Reactive                    support internal lnspection                                    briefings andlor deliberations regarding unidentified 1 Draft Decision Documentation for Reactive 1 0511 1109 1 3 ( inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to+
&sect; 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010. 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. Richard A.
support internal Inspection                                    briefings andlor deliberations regarding 1 inspectionlenforcement I Addressee      I Draft 2009 Security End of 1 01129110 1 1 I Staff document used to I DPISGI' unidentified      Cycle Itemized Performance                   support internal Summary                                      briefings andlor deliberations regarding Page 3 of 5
Ffasse, Jr. Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3oth day of July, 201 0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NlJCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) ) NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. ) Docket Nos.
 
50-282-LR/
ATTACHMENT 2             PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
50-306-LR ) (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant ) Units 1 and 2 ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC Staff's Letter, Attachment 1 (Declaration of Steven West), Attachment 2 (Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 201 O), Attachment 3 (Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan), and   (Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.), have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 30th day of July, 2010: Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: wjfl @nrc.gov Administrative Judge Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: gxal @nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: 0-1 6G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARlNGDOCKET@nrc.gov David R. Lewis, Esq. Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-1 122 david.lewis@~illsburylaw.com Phillip R. Mahowald, Esq. General Counsel Prairie Island Indian Community Legal Department 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 E-mail: pmahowald(Si2piic.org Peter M. Glass, Esq.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
                -
414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 peter.m.qlass@xcelener~y.com Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301 ) 41 5-1 392 brian. harris@nrc.qov}}
PMD-     R. LerchlRegion Ill      Addressee            Draft Decision                05112/09 4 Staff document used to    DP 035                                unidentified        Documentation for Reactive               support internal Inspection                               briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    D. FunWRegion Ill        Addressee            Draft Region 111 2009         07122109  1 Staff document used to  DPISGI~
036                                unidentified        Security Mid-Cycle Itemized               support internal Performance Summary                       briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    G. O'Dwyer, A.M.          K. StoedterIRegion I Draft Inspection Report       1217/09  11 Transmission of draft    DP 037      StonelRegion Ill                              2009004                                  report for commentlrevision PMD-    M. GrzywaIRegion Ill      Addressee            Draft Inspection Report       11120109 10 Staff document used to    DP 038                                unidentified        2009003                                   support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspection!enforcement PMD-    M. Phalen, S.            M. GryglaWRegion    Memorandum discussing        04114/09  1 Staff document used to    DP 039      OrthlRegion Ill          IIII                region's proposed approach               support internal re Prairie Island instruments             briefings andlor and enforcement                           deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    J. FlintlRegion Ill      Addressee            Draft Cross Cutting Matrix,   02/05/09  1 Staff document used to    DP 040                                unidentified        2008 Prairie Island                       support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-     A.M. StonelRegion Ill     Addressee            Draft Prairie Island SCCl    01/29/09 2  Staff document used to    DP 04 1                              unidentified         chart for 2008                            support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 4 of 5
 
ATTACHMENT 2                PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
PMD-    SBrusehaverIRegion Ill      Addressee            Draft Inspection Report    04120110 52 Staff document used to DP 042                                  unidentified        2010002                                support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    R. LerchlRegion Ill          Addressee            Draft Inspection Report re 12116/08  1 Staff document used to  DP 043                                   unidentified        Emergency Diesel Generator            support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcernent PMD-     R. Jickling, S. Sheldon. J. Addressee            Draft Region Ill Licensee  02118110  8 Staff document used to  DP 044      BenjaminlRegion Ill         unidentified        Renewal Self-Assessment                support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    SBrusehaverlRegion Ill       Addressee            Draft Inspection Report    04/26/10 51 Staff document used to  DP 045                                  unidentified        2010002                                support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD-    S. ThomaslRegion Ill         R. Skokowski, G. Draft Inspection Report    11110108 41 Transmission of draft  DP 046                                  Shear. P Lougheedl   2008008                                report for Region Ill                                                 commenffrevision PMD-    S. ThomaslRegion Ill        R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report    10117108 30 Transmission of draft  DP 047                                  Pedersonl Region 111 2008008                                report for comment/revision PMD-    S. ThomaslRegion Ill        R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report    10116108 30 Transmission of draft  DP 048                                  Pedersonl Region 111 2008008                                report for comment/revision Page 5 of 5
 
In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 3 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan
 
July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of                                      1 NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.                                      Docket Nos. 50-282-LRI 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant              1 Units 1 and 2)
AFFIDAVIT OF ELAINE M. KEEGAN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)
I, Elaine M. Keegan, 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for environmental issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
: 2.     I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the environmental issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.
: 3.     I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Elaine M. Keegan Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 2010
 
In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 4 Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.
 
July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of                                       )
                                                      )
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.                             )       Docket Nos. 50-282-LW 50-306-LR
                                                      )
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant               )
Units 1 and 2)
AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD A. PLASSE, JR. CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R, 6 2.336(b]
I, Richard A. Plasse, Jr., 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for safety issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
: 2.     I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the safety issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. &sect; 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.
: 3.     I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Richard A. Ffasse, Jr.
Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 201 0
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NlJCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of                                 )
                                                )
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.                       ) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR
                                                )
(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant         )
Units 1 and 2                           )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC Staff's Letter, Attachment 1 (Declaration of Steven West), Attachment 2 (Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 201 O), (Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan), and Attachment 4 (Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.), have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 30th day of July, 2010:
Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel             Office of Commission Appellate Mail Stop - T-3 F23                                 Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission                  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001                           Mail Stop 16G4 E-mail: wjfl @nrc.gov                               Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel             Office of the Secretary Mail Stop - T-3 F23                                 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission                 Mail Stop: 0 - 1 6G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001                           U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: gxal @nrc.gov                              Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARlNGDOCKET@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel             David R. Lewis, Esq.
Mail Stop - T-3 F23                                 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission                 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20555-0001                           Washington, D.C. 20037-1 122 E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov                       david.lewis@~illsburylaw.com
 
Phillip R. Mahowald, Esq.      Peter M. Glass, Esq.
General Counsel                Xcel Energy Services, Inc.
Prairie Island Indian Community 414 Nicollet Mall Legal Department                Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road        peter.m.qlass@xcelener~y.com Welch, MN 55089 E-mail: pmahowald(Si2piic.org Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301 ) 41 5-1392 brian.harris@nrc.qov}}

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2010/07/30-NRC Staff Letter to Aslb Regarding NRC Staff July 2010 Hearing File Supplement
ML102110289
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 07/30/2010
From: Harris B
NRC/OGC
To: Gary Arnold, William Froehlich, Hirons T
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 18312
Download: ML102110289 (17)


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July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Thomas J. Hirons 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 Gary S. Arnold Atorr~icSafety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's ("Licensing Board") February 18, 2009, Memorandum and Order (Prehearing Conference Call Summary and Initial Scheduling Order), slip op. at 2-3, and the telephone conference call held on February 5, 2009, the Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff") herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been updated for this proceeding. The hearing file includes materials required to be produced or disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.1203, as well as the Staff's mandatory disclosures pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(I), (2), and (4), and § 2.336(c).

Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). The Staff has not identified any documents requiring disclosure since the last update to the hearing file on June 30, 2010.

The hearing file is available via the Electronic Hearing Docket ("EHD"), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD~Proceeding/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Prairie Island Hearing File" in the "Prairie Island-I &2-50-282& 50-306-LR" folder of the EHD.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached are the affidavits of Elaine M. Keegan and Richard A. Plasse, Jr., certifying that all relevant materials, identified by the Staff by July 16, 2010, and required by the regulation to be disclosed, have been disclosed and that the disclosures are accurate and complete. Ms. Keegan's and Mr. Plasse's affidavits are Attachments 3 and 4, respectively.

The Staff respectfully maintains that safety culture documents are not encompassed by the provisions of 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.336(b) or 1203(b) and thus are not subject to mandatory disclosure or production through the hearing file. Nevertheless, in order to comply with the Licensing Board's rulings in this proceeding, the Staff has searched for documents that relate to the safety culture contention and its bases. While the Staff's search revealed no final documents subject to mandatory disclosure, it did reveal a number of draft documents. These documents are being withheld under the deliberative process privilege.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5) and in accordance with the schedule set out in the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's April 20, 2010 Memorandum and Order (Summarizing Prehearing Conference all and Amending Hearing Schedule) and the provisions in the May 13, 2010 Order (Defining Scope of Discovery), the Staff has produced a privilege log, Attachment 2, identifying these draft document. The Declaration of Steven West, which forrnally invokes the privilege with respect to the documents identified in the privilege log, is attached as . During the pendency of this proceeding, the Staff will maintain and preserve all of the documents identified in the privilege log. In addition to the documents identified in the privilege log, the Staff identified two other documents. These two documents are drafts and subject to withholding under the deliberative process privilege, but they also contain information regarding allegqtions and, on that basis, are also protected from disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 9.17(a)(7)(iv). In accordance with Management Directive 8.8, Management of Allegations, the Staff has not included information about those two documents in the privilege log.

Earlier in this proceeding, the Board instructed the Staff to report, on a monthly basis, its best estimate of the date it expects to issue the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS). The Staff expects to issue the FSEIS by September 24, 2010 and has updated the Commission's website to reflect that date.

Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0 - 1 5D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-1392 brian.harris@nrc.gov Attachments: Attachments: Declaration of Steven West Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 2010 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.

In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 1 Declaration of Steven West

July 28, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2)

DECLARATION OF STEVEN WEST I, Steven West, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of Reactor Projects in the U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Region Ill Office. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the Staff's inspection activities at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2.

2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing mandatory disclosures relevant to these proceedings, NRC staff members in Region Ill identified certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process.

Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the NRC Staff's July 30, 2010, Mandatory Disclosure.

3. 1 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 they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's inspection activities. All documents contain 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 for the Staff's inspections and reports documenting and evaluating the results of those inspections.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) 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; or (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions 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 positions..
5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's July 30, 201 0, Mandatory Disclosure.
6. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Lisle, Illinois

< teven West this 28th day of July, 201 0

In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 2 Privilege Log

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.

Pursuant 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" privilege.

ID# AuthorlAffiliation AddresseelAffiliation Title Date Privilege PMD- M. Holmberg, D. K. RiernerIRegion Ill Draft Inspection Report 12/09/02 25 Transmission of draft DP 007 HillslRegion Ill 2002009 report for

- cornrnentlrevision 11101102 3 Transmission of draft p+m&r HillslRegion Ill I R. Skokowskil I Draft Inspection Report 1 I

0911 1106 1 I

7 report for I r e ~ o rfor t I I Ill I

Draft Inspection Report 2002009 L

I O 2 1I 26 1I cdmmentlrevision Transmission of report for I I I cornment/revision R. Skokowskil Draft lnspection Report 09111106 1 7 ( Transmission of draft 01 1 HillslRegion Ill Region Ill 2006004 report for cornrnentlrevision m q m HillslRegion m J TIll R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report 09118/06 7 Transmission of draft Region Ill 2006004 report for I

cornrnent/revision PMD- G. O'DwyerlRegion Ill A.M. Stone1 Region Draft lnspection Report 09/28/09 7 Transmission of draftp 013 Ill 2010008 report for

( c6rnrnentlrevision I Draft Inspection Report I 0111 1110 1 4 1 I I report for I I PMD- D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, K. RiernerlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 015 J. MaynenlRegion Ill lnspection Report 2006401 I I cornrnentlrevision report for I I 1 PMD- I 1 D. Lawler, R. Skokowski, I K. RiemerlRegion Ill 1 1 Draft Security Baseline 1 03115107 1I 18 1I Transmission of draft 1

016 D. FunURegion Ill I - lnspection ~ e ~ o r t 2 0 0 7 4 0 1 report for I PMD- D. Lawler, B. Bartlett, J. E. DuncanlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 017 MaynenIRegion III Inspection Report 2007404 1

In addition to containing predecisional deliberative information, these documents contain Safeguards Information protected from disclosure by the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2167, and NRC regulations, 10 C.F.R. Part 73, and are being withheld from production.

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ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Cj 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege. -

comment/revision PMD- D. Lawler, D. Funk, R. E. DuncanlRegion Ill Draft Security Baseline 04117/08 8 Transmission of draft DPISGI' 018 SkokowskilRegion Ill Inspection Report 2008402 report for comment/revision I L I I I I I PMD- D. McNeil. D. HillslRegion R. LanksburylRegion Draft Inspection Report 12/30/01 9 Transmission of draft DP 019 Ill Ill 2001018 report for I comment/revision PMD- 1 D. McNeil, R. I E. PassehllReqion

- Ill 1 Draft Inspection Report 1 01104105 1 3 1 Transmission of draft 020 I LanksburylRegion Ill 1 1 20040008 I I report for comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil, R. E. PassehllRegion Ill Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft LanksburylRegion Ill 20040008 report for commenffrevision I I PMD- D. McNeil, H. R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft 022 PetersonlRegion Ill Region Ill 2007002 report for 01124107 comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil. H. R. Skokowskil Draft Inspection Report Transmission of draft 023 PetersonlRegion Ill Region Ill 2007005 report for I cornmenffrevision PMD- D. McNeil, H. I K. StoedterlRegion I Draft Inspection Report 1 12/22/08 1 6 1 Transmission of draft 024 PetersonlRegion Ill Ill 2008005 report for comment/revision PMD- D. McNeil, H. K. StoedterlRegion Draft Inspection Report 09123109 11 Transmission of draft 025 PetersonlRegion Ill Ill 2009004 report for I commenffrevision PMD- J. RobbinslRegion Ill I Addressee . I Draft Cross Cutting Issues 1 07126107 1 1 I Staff document used to 026 unidentified / Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- Draft Meeting Agenda, 2008 Staff document used to 027 unidentified Mid-Cycle Plant Safety support internal Performance Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 2 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.

Pursuant 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" privilege.

~ ~ l a l d ~Ill -e Addressee unidentified

~ i ~ n Draft 2007 End of Cycle Plant Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding Draft 2009 End of Cycle unidentified Follow-up Meeting support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding PMD- 1 F. TranlResion Ill I Addressee unidentified h e & 8 1 0 3 1 0 9 Performance summary 1 19 1 inspectionlenfor~ement Staff document used to support internal I DP briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- M. GrzywalRegion Ill Staff document used to 03 1 unidentified Plant Performance Summary support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Staff document used to 032 unidentified Documentation for Reactive support internal lnspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding unidentified 1 Draft Decision Documentation for Reactive 1 0511 1109 1 3 ( inspectionlenforcement Staff document used to+

support internal Inspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding 1 inspectionlenforcement I Addressee I Draft 2009 Security End of 1 01129110 1 1 I Staff document used to I DPISGI' unidentified Cycle Itemized Performance support internal Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding Page 3 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.

Pursuant 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" privilege.

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PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Decision 05112/09 4 Staff document used to DP 035 unidentified Documentation for Reactive support internal Inspection briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- D. FunWRegion Ill Addressee Draft Region 111 2009 07122109 1 Staff document used to DPISGI~

036 unidentified Security Mid-Cycle Itemized support internal Performance Summary briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- G. O'Dwyer, A.M. K. StoedterIRegion I Draft Inspection Report 1217/09 11 Transmission of draft DP 037 StonelRegion Ill 2009004 report for commentlrevision PMD- M. GrzywaIRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 11120109 10 Staff document used to DP 038 unidentified 2009003 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspection!enforcement PMD- M. Phalen, S. M. GryglaWRegion Memorandum discussing 04114/09 1 Staff document used to DP 039 OrthlRegion Ill IIII region's proposed approach support internal re Prairie Island instruments briefings andlor and enforcement deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- J. FlintlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Cross Cutting Matrix, 02/05/09 1 Staff document used to DP 040 unidentified 2008 Prairie Island support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- A.M. StonelRegion Ill Addressee Draft Prairie Island SCCl 01/29/09 2 Staff document used to DP 04 1 unidentified chart for 2008 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement Page 4 of 5

ATTACHMENT 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE JULY 30,2010 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the 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.

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

PMD- SBrusehaverIRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 04120110 52 Staff document used to DP 042 unidentified 2010002 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- R. LerchlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report re 12116/08 1 Staff document used to DP 043 unidentified Emergency Diesel Generator support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcernent PMD- R. Jickling, S. Sheldon. J. Addressee Draft Region Ill Licensee 02118110 8 Staff document used to DP 044 BenjaminlRegion Ill unidentified Renewal Self-Assessment support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- SBrusehaverlRegion Ill Addressee Draft Inspection Report 04/26/10 51 Staff document used to DP 045 unidentified 2010002 support internal briefings andlor deliberations regarding inspectionlenforcement PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, G. Draft Inspection Report 11110108 41 Transmission of draft DP 046 Shear. P Lougheedl 2008008 report for Region Ill commenffrevision PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report 10117108 30 Transmission of draft DP 047 Pedersonl Region 111 2008008 report for comment/revision PMD- S. ThomaslRegion Ill R. Skokowski, C. Draft Inspection Report 10116108 30 Transmission of draft DP 048 Pedersonl Region 111 2008008 report for comment/revision Page 5 of 5

In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 3 Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan

July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. Docket Nos. 50-282-LRI 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant 1 Units 1 and 2)

AFFIDAVIT OF ELAINE M. KEEGAN CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b)

I, Elaine M. Keegan, 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for environmental issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the environmental issues in connection with the LRA that are required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.
3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Elaine M. Keegan Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 2010

In the Matter of NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR NRC Staff Transmittal Letter dated July 30, 2010 Attachment 4 Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.

July 30, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

)

NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. ) Docket Nos. 50-282-LW 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant )

Units 1 and 2)

AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD A. PLASSE, JR. CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R, 6 2.336(b]

I, Richard A. Plasse, Jr., 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 Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for safety issues in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.
2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials related to the safety issues in connection with the LRA that are 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 by the Staff as of July 16, 2010.
3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Richard A. Ffasse, Jr.

Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 3othday of July, 201 0

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

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NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. ) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR/ 50-306-LR

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(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant )

Units 1 and 2 )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC Staff's Letter, Attachment 1 (Declaration of Steven West), Attachment 2 (Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Privilege July 30, 201 O), (Affidavit of Elaine M. Keegan), and Attachment 4 (Affidavit of Richard A. Plasse, Jr.), have been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 30th day of July, 2010:

Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of Commission Appellate Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop 16G4 E-mail: wjfl @nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the Secretary Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0 - 1 6G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: gxal @nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARlNGDOCKET@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Thomas J. Hirons Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel David R. Lewis, Esq.

Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20037-1 122 E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov david.lewis@~illsburylaw.com

Phillip R. Mahowald, Esq. Peter M. Glass, Esq.

General Counsel Xcel Energy Services, Inc.

Prairie Island Indian Community 414 Nicollet Mall Legal Department Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road peter.m.qlass@xcelener~y.com Welch, MN 55089 E-mail: pmahowald(Si2piic.org Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 0-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301 ) 41 5-1392 brian.harris@nrc.qov