ML091480486

LB Order (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2)

ML091480486
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	05/28/2009
From:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY/RAS
References
07-858-03-LR-BD01, 50-0247-LR, 50-286-LR
Download: ML091480486 (6)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-0247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

May 28, 2009 Order (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2)

On March 18, 2009, Riverkeeper, Inc. (Riverkeeper) asked this Licensing Board to expressly recognize its right to amend Riverkeeper Contention TC-2 once it has had a chance to review Entergy basis documents that the NRC Staff had reviewed in preparing its Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items (SER).1 The Board agrees with the NRC Staff2 that by seeking an affirmative action by the Board, Riverkeepers filing was, for all intents and purposes, a motion. Accordingly, we conclude that Riverkeepers submission must be treated by the Board as a motion, and must be denied because Riverkeeper did not include a certification, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(b), explaining how it made a sincere effort to contact the other parties to resolve the issues raised in the motion prior to its filing.

That being said, the Board does not believe that any motion asking for an advisory decision on this point could be appropriate. Rather, if after a review of the documents it has 1

Riverkeeper, Inc.s Preservation of Right to Amend Contention TC Flow Accelerated Corrosion Based Upon NRC Staffs Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items (Mar. 18, 2009) at 2-3.

2 See NRC Staffs Answer to Riverkeeper, Inc.s Preservation of Right to Amend Contention TC Flow Accelerated Corrosion Based Upon NRC Staffs Safety Evaluation Report with Open Items (Mar. 30, 2009) at 2-3.

requested from Energy, Riverkeeper believes that new information has been discovered that supports a new or amended contention, it can then submit the appropriate petition. The Board will evaluate Riverkeepers submissions when they are properly before us.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD3

/RA/

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 28, 2009 3

Copies of this Order were sent this date by Internet e-mail to: (1) Counsel for the NRC Staff; (2) Counsel for Entergy; (3) Counsel for the State of New York; (4) Counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc.; (5) Manna Jo Green, the Representative for Clearwater; (6) Counsel for the State of Connecticut; (7) Counsel for Westchester County; (8) Counsel for the Town of Cortlandt; (9) Mayor Alfred J. Donahue, the Representative for the Village of Buchanan; and (10) Counsel for the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR

) 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, )

Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2), have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, or through NRC internal distribution.

Office of Commission Appellate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Administrative Judge Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair David E. Roth, Esq.

Brian Harris, Esq.

Administrative Judge Andrea Z. Jones, Esq.

Richard E. Wardwell Karl Farrar, Esq.

Brian Newell, Paralegal Administrative Judge Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane E.

Ridgway, CO 81432 Zachary S. Kahn, Law Clerk

2 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2)

William C. Dennis, Esq. Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General Assistant General Counsel John J. Sipos, Assistant Attorney General Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mylan L. Denerstein 440 Hamilton Avenue Deputy Assistant Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 Division of Social Justice Janice A. Dean Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol State Street Albany, New York 12224 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Senior Attorney for Special Projects Martin J. ONeill, Esq. New York State Department Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq. of Environmental Conservation Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operation, Inc. 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Albany, New York 12233-5500 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Michael J. Delaney Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Vice President, Energy Department Office of The Attorney General New York City Economic Development State of Connecticut Corporation (NYCEDC) 55 Elm Street 110 William Street P.O. Box 120 New York, NY 10038 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman Stephen C. Filler, Board Member New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Alliance (AREA) 303 South Broadway, Suite 222 347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 Tarrytown, NY 10591 New York, NY 10016

3 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2)

Daniel E ONeill, Mayor Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director James Siermarco, M.S. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Liaison to Indian Point 112 Little Markey Street Village of Buchanan Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Thomas F. Wood, Esq. Nancy Burton, Esq.

Town of Cortlandt Connecticut Residents Opposed Daniel Riesel, Esq. to Relicensing of Indian Point (CRORIP)

Jessica Steinberg, J.D. 147 Cross Highway Counsel for the Town of Cortlandt Redding Ridge, CT 06876 Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Justin D. Pruyne Goodwin Proctor, LLP Assistant County Attorney, Litigation Bureau Exchange Place Of Counsel to Charlene M. Indelicato, Esq.

53 State Street Westchester County Attorney Boston, MA 02109 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 FUSE USA Westchester Citizens Awareness Network John LeKay (WestCan), Citizens Awareness Network, Heather Ellsworth Burns-DeMelo (CAN), et al Remy Chevalier Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.

Bill Thomas 21 Pearlman Drive Belinda J. Jaques Spring Valley, NY 10977 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, New York 10566 Victor M. Tafur, Senior Attorney Richard L. Brodsky Philip Musegaas, Esq. Assemblyman Deborah Brancato, Esq. 5 West Main Street Riverkeeper, Inc. Suite 205 828 South Broadway Elmsford, NY 10523 Tarrytown, NY 10591

4 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Denying Riverkeepers Filing to Preserve Right to Amend Contention TC-2)

Diane Curran, Esq. Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.

Counsel for Riverkeeper, Inc. Legislative Office Building, Room 422 Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, Albany, NY 12248

& Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M. Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036

[Original signed by Linda D. Lewis]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day of May 2009