ML102670599

the State of New York, Riverkeeper, and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater'S Supplemental Joint Comments to Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Draft Scheduling Order

ML102670599
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	06/16/2010
From:	Brancato D, Jeremy Dean, Gould R, Greene M, Sipos J Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Riverkeeper, State of NY, Office of the Attorney General
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS E-366
Download: ML102670599 (6)

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DOCKETED USNRC June 17, 2010 (8:30a.m.)

OFFICE OF SECRETARY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RULEMAKINGS AND NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADJUDICATIONS STAFF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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x-In re: Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR License Renewal Application Submitted by ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BDO1 Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, DPR-26, DPR-64 Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. June 16, 2010

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x THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RIVERKEEPER, AND HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER'S SUPPLEMENTAL JOINT COMMENTS TO ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD DRAFT SCHEDULING ORDER The State of New York, Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

("Intervenors") 1 respectfully submit the following comments to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's ("ASLB") Draft Scheduling Order dated June 2, 2010 ("Draft Scheduling Order"), as a supplement to comments submitted by Intervenors earlier today. Specifically, in light of the NRC Staff s position to the contrary, Intervenors would like to explicitly articulate their support of the ASLB's currently proposed 60-day timeframe for submission of revised statements of position and rebuttal testimony by Intervenors pursuant to paragraph K.3. of the Draft Scheduling Order.

Intervenors submit that 60 days is appropriate and necessary for filing of these critical hearing documents. When the applicant and NRC Staff file their statements of position and direct testimony, it will be the first time that Intervenors will know the full extent of Entergy and NRC Staff's substantive positions on those issues. Intervenors respectfully submit thatit is improper for NRC Staff to attempt to limit Intervenors' rights, including those of a sovereign Due to the late nature of this filing, counsel for the State of Connecticut, a signatory to Intervenors' earlier comments, could not be reached. Connecticut's absence from this supplemental comment does not necessarily signify disagreement with the positions expressed herein.

state, to fully address admitted contentions, and that Staff is ill-positioned to opine on what rebuttal testimony may be necessary for a full airing of Intervenor positions and the development of a full record in this proceeding. To the contrary, as the ASLB has observed, a 60-day period of time in which to submit revised statements of position and rebuttal testimony is a reasonable amount of time in order for Intervenors to properly review Entergy and NRC Staff's submissions and respond meaningfully. Intervenors support the Board's proposed paragraph K.3.

In addition, the Staff s position on proposed paragraph H.2 could prevent Intervenors from having any time to file summary disposition motions after the FEIS 2 and would inequitably allow the Applicant and the Staff more time than the Intervenors to file summary disposition motions. See NRC Staff s Comments on the Board's Draft Scheduling Order (June 16, 2010)

("Staff Comments") at 7, referencing proposed paragraph H.2.

However, the Intervenors would like to express their support for the Staffs proposal to extend the time to submit initial testimony to 90 days following the FEIS, provided this is the default to be adopted in the absence of motions for summary disposition. See Staff Comments at 9.

The Intervenors respectfully submit the above supplemental comments for the ASLB's consideration, and reiterate support for the comments made in Intervenors' joint filing submitted earlier today.

2 Specifically, if the Board does not adopt the Staff's proposal to extend the deadline for initial testimony to 90 days after publication of the FEIS, but adopts the Staff's proposal that summary disposition motions must be filed 60 days prior to the initial testimony, there would be no time at which Intervenors could file a motion for summary disposition based upon the FEIS.

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Respectfully submitted,

/A Janice A. Dean John J. Sipos Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York The Capitol Albany, New York 12224 (518) 402-2251 john.sipos@ag.ny.gov

/s Deborah Brancato, Esq.

Phillip Musegaas, Esq.

Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 478-4501 dbrancato@riverkeeper.org phillip@riverkeeper.org

/A Manna Jo Greene Ross Gould Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

112 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 mannajo@clearwater.org rgould@gmail.com 3

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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..------------------------------------------ x In re: Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR License Renewal Application Submitted by ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD0I Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC, DPR-26, DPR-64 Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. June 16, 2010

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x CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on June 16, 2010 copies of the foregoing Supplemental Joint Comments to Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Draft Scheduling Order on behalf of the State of New York, Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater were served on the following by U.S.

Mail and e-mail:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Judge Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane East Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Ridgeway, CO 81432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kaye. Lathrop(i)nrc. gov Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade(ajnrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Michael J. Delaney, V.P. - Energy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board New York City Econ. Development Corp.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 110 William Street Washington, D.C. 20555 New York, NY 10038 E-mail: Richard.Wardwelldnrc.g) v E-mail: mdelaneynycedc.com John J. Sipos, Esq. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Office of the New York Attorney General Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.

for the State of New York Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP The Capitol 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.

Albany, NY 12224 Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: John.Sipos(a).oag.state.ny.us E-mail:

pbessette morganlewis.com ksutton~a-)morganlewis.com irund~morganlewis.com

Josh Kirstein, Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

Law Clerk Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Houston, TX 77002 Washington, D.C. 20555 E-mail: martin.oneill (aminorganlewis.corn Josh.Kirstein@tnrc.gov i

Janice A. Dean, Esq. Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20555 120 Broadway, 2 6 th Floor E-mail: OCAAMAIL(Lnrc.gov New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.deanc~hoag.state.ny.us Office of the Secretary William C. Dennis, Esq.

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, D.C. 20555 White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET(Znrc.gov E-mail: wdennis owentergv.com Stephen C. Filler, Board Member Manna Jo Greene Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

303 South Broadway, Suite 222 112 Little Market Street Tarrytown, NY 10591 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 E-mail: sfillergnylawline.com E-mail: Mannaio cglearwater.org Greg Spicer, Esq. Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau Senior Attorney for Special Projects Of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq. New York State Department Westchester County Attorney of Environmental Conservation 148 Martine Avenue, 6 th Floor 625 Broadway, 1 4 th floor White Plains, NY 10601 Albany, New York 12233-5500 E-mail: gss1 Rmwestchestergov.com E-mail: ilniattherc7.w.dec.state.nyv.us Ross H. Gould, Esq. Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

10 Park Ave, #5L Daniel Riesel, Esq.

New York, NY 10016 Jessica Steinberg, Esq.

T: 917-658-7144 Sive, Paget and Riesel, P.C.

E-mail: rgouldesqgCqmail.com 460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 E-mail: driesel~y~sprlaw.com isteinberg~y sprlaw.com 2

Robert D. Snook, Esq. John L. Parker, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General Regional Attorney, Region 3 55 Elm Street, P.O. Box 120 New York State Department of Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Environmental Conservation E-mail: Robert.Snooknpo.state.ct.us 21 South Putt Comers New Paltz, NY 12561 E-mail: i lparker a)gw.dec.state.nv.us Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.

Goodwin Procter, LLP Executive Deputy Attorney General 53 State Street 120 Broadway, 2 5 th Floor Boston, MA 02109 New York, NY 10271 E-mail: ezoli(A~goodwinprocter.com E-mail: rnvlan.denerstein O),oag.state.n v.us Sherwin E. Turk Sean Murray, Mayor Beth N. Mizuno Village of Buchanan Brian G. Harris Municipal Building David E. Roth 236 Tate Avenue Andrea Z. Jones Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Office of General Counsel E-mail: vob@,bestweb.net, Mail Stop: 0-15D21 SMurray ii)villageofbuchanan.com, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adm inistrator(?iv illageofbLIchanian, .corn Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Sherwin.Turkanrc.gov; Beth.Mizuno'T-nirc. gov: brian.harris(ýi)nrc.gov; David.Roth Lainrc.gov; andrea.iones Lanrc.gov;

/s Deborah Brancato June 16, 2010 3