ML071870059

2007/07/05-Vermont Yankee - Letter from Mary C. Baty to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 8 to the Hearing File Index, Privilege Log, Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley, and Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo

ML071870059
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	07/05/2007
From:	Baty M NRC/OGC
To:	Elleman T, Karlin A, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Baty, Mary - OGC - 301-415-1324
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 13837
Download: ML071870059 (10)

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July 5, 2007 Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair Dr. Thomas S. Elleman Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, NC 27612 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC.

AND 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 and disclosures for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1203(c) and 2.336(d). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in this supplement 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, Director of the Division of License Renewal, formally invoking the deliberative process privilege.

There have been no changes to the Staffs schedule for the issuance of its Safety Evaluation Report and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of Jonathan G. Rowley Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo cc: Attached Service List

ATTACHMENT 1 VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX Supplement 8- July 5, 2007 ID # Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

08-01 ML071500153 5/7/2007 Additional Information as Requested Related to NPDES 08-02 ML071550330 6/4/2007 IR 05000271-07-006, on 01/22/2007 - 01/26/2007, 02/05/2007 - 02/09/2007; Vermont Yankee Nuclear Station; Inspection of the Scoping of Nonsafety Systems and the Proposed Aging Management Procedures for VYs Application for Renewed License.

08-03 ML071720161 6/7/2007 Email: PIC - Proposal for Information Collection to address compliance with the Clean Water Act 316(b) Phase II regulations.

08-04 ML071840212 6/7/2007 Vernon Tie Info 08-05 ML071840077 6/18/2007 E-mail from M. Hamer to J. Rowely Re SER Appendix E Page 1 of 1

ATTACHMENT 2 VERMONT YANKEE LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE Supplement 8 - July 5, 2007 Certain 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. 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.

Doc. Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML071840087 Rogers B H, E-mail from Billy 5/29/2007 E-Mail Rowley J G, Discussing Safety 3 08-01 NRC/NRR/ RogersRe: Vermont Young R M, Evaluation Report ADRO/DLR/ Yankee Qs. NRC (SER)

RLRB DP- ML071840089 Tifft D B, Vermont Yankee 5/29/2007 E-Mail Rowley J G, Draft SER input 2 08-02 NRC/RGN-I Questions - Service NRC/NRR Water Write-up.

DP- ML071840093 Rogers B H, Vermont Yankee - 5/25/2007 E-Mail Rowley J G, Draft SER input 8 08-03 NRC/NRR/ Region Inspection NRC/NRR/ADR ADRO Report Edits. O DP- ML071720154 Emch R L, Email: VY Trip 6/4/2007 E-Mail Goodman N, Discussing 5/29/07 3 08-04 NRC/NRR Report Schedule. Masnik M T, trip to VY NRC DP- ML071720150 Avci H I, Email: Re: 2006 VY 6/5/2007 E-Mail Emch R L, Discussing 5/29/07 5 08-05 Argonne REMP Report. NRC/NRR/ADR trip to VY National O/DLR/REBB Lab (ANL)

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Doc. Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML071720163 Emch R L, Email: Re: Fwd: 6/6/2007 E-Mail Palla R L, Input to Final Site- 3 08-06 NRC/NRR/ Information NRC/NRR/ADR specific ADRO/DLR Regarding SAMA A/DRA/APLA Environmental Screening. Impact Statement (FSEIS)

DP- ML071720159 Palla R L, (NPA-PD-LR) Email: 6/6/2007 E-Mail Emch R L, Draft FSEIS input 8 08-07 NRC/NRR Responses to NRC/NRR Comments on VY SAMA.

DP- ML071720144 Emch R L, (NPA-PD-LR) Email: 6/7/2007 E-Mail LaGory K, Discussing FSEIS 3 08-08 NRC/NRR/ R. Emch Responses Argonne ADRO/DLR/ to Comments on VY National Lab REBB SAMA. (ANL)

DP- ML071720158 Palla R L, (NPA-PD-LR) Email: 6/7/2007 E-Mail Emch R L, Discussing FSEIS 2 08-09 NRC/NRR Re: Responses to NRC/NRR Comments on VY SAMA (06/07/2007).

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In 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 the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Stations license renewal application (LRA).

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete 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

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Jonathan G. Rowley Executed in Rockville, MD this 5th day of July, 2007

July 5, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In 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 Director of the Division of License Renewal (DLR) in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs 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 information concerning the Staffs deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the July 5, 2007 submission of the Staffs Hearing File.

3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain predecisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. All documents contain either the Staffs 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 Staffs 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 Staffs 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 July 5, 2007 submission of the Staffs 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

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Pao-Tsin Kuo Executed in Rockville, MD this 5th day of July, 2007

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In 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 July 5, 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 NRCs internal mail system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 5th day of July 2007.

Alex S. Karlin, Esq., Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov E-mail: rew@nrc.gov Dr. Thomas S. Elleman* Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: O-16C1 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, NC 27612 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Adjudication Director of Public Advocacy Mail Stop: O-16C1 Department of Public Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us

Ronald A. Shems, Esq.* Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

Karen Tyler, Esq.* National Legal Scholars Law Firm Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 84 East Thetford Rd.

91 College Street Lyme, NH 03768 Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com Ktyler@sdkslaw.com David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq*

Peter C.L. Roth, Esq.* Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Office of the Attorney General 2300 N Street, NW 33 Capitol Street Washington, DC 20037-1128 Concord, NH 03301 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com 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

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff