ML15181A087

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 77

ML15181A087
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	06/30/2015
From:	Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M F, McDade L G, Wardwell R E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 27995
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June 30, 2015

Administrative Judge

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

Administrative Judge

Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel

Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's December 18, 2008, "Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G)," slip op. at 13, the Licensing Board's "Order (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures)," dated January 30, 2009, at 1, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("Staff") herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been supplemented for this proceeding. Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through

the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ("ADAMS"). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 77 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about July 10, 2015, the documents identified in the hearing file will be made 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, "Indian PT Hearing File, Update 77" in the "Indian_PT_2&3_50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing a privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process; appended hereto as Attachment

2. Also attached is the Declaration of Jane E. Marshall formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001

Judge McDade June 30, 2015 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell maintain the privileged documents identified in these logs during the pendency of this proceeding.

Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, certifying that all relevant materials required by this section have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as to documents identified by June 23, 2015.

Finally, the NRC Staff notes that it has made a good faith effort to identify and characterize all documents meeting the criteria of 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203 in this proceeding. In identifying these documents, the Staff does not concede their relevance to the license renewal issues to be decided in this proceeding.

Sincerely,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 77 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Jane E. Marshall Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel

cc w/Encls.: Service List - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 ID# Accession Number Document Date Title 77-0001 ML15166A070 08/31/2014Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project, Phase 2 Acoustic Survey for Indiana Bats (Myotis sodalis) and Northern Long-Eared Bats (Myotis septentrionalis), August 2014. 77-0002 ML15166A069 06/08/2015Indian Point, Units 2 and 3 - Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Renewal Application Environmental Review. 77-0003 ML15160A030 06/09/20152015/06/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - Outgoing Letter NL-15-075 Reply to RAI Regarding the License Renewal Application Environmental Review 77-0004 ML15162A517 06/11/20152015/06/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Change in Deadline 77-0005 ML15147A199 06/11/2015Schedule Revision For The Environmental Review Of The Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 And 3 License Renewal Application (TAC Nos. MD5411, And MD5412). 77-0006 ML15169A758 06/18/20152015/06/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft RAI Set 2015-02 77-0007 ML15169B038 06/18/20152015/06/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02

- Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 1 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 disclosures as predecisional, deliberativ e 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 # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 001 ML15146A375 D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - INPUT:

Indian Point Supplement (Cummulative impacts, except aquatic and groundwater) 05/26/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

B. Wittick, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 25 DPP-77-002 ML15146A257 R. Hoffman, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Comments IP Cumulative 05/26/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 25 DPP 003 ML15147A135 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - IP Cumulative Impacts for Noise 05/27/2015E-Mail

N. Martinez, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 2 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 004 ML15147A692 W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - May 27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater" 05/27/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 34 DPP-77-005 ML15147A450 N. Martinez, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IP Cumulative Impacts for Noise 05/27/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-006 ML15148A467 K. Folk, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/05/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: References

05/28/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP 007 ML15148A431 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/05/28 Indian Point LR Hearing - References

05/28/2015E-Mail

K. Folk, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP 008 ML15152A244 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IP Loss of Coating Integrity 06/01/2015E-Mail

B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 3 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 009 ML15152A237 W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: May

27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater" 06/01/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 34 DPP-77-010 ML15152A243 R. Hoffman, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May 27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater"

06/01/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzl, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 4 DPP 011 ML15152A515 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May

27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater"

06/01/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 5 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 4 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 012 ML15152A240 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR 2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May

27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater" 06/01/2015E-Mail

W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-013 ML15152A516 W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May 27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater"

06/01/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input 3 DPP 014 ML15152A238 W. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/LR

2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May

27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater" 06/01/2015E-Mail

W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR

R. Hoffman, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 3 DPP-77-015 ML15152A242 W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/06/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: May 27 Draft Indian Point of "Radionuclides Released to Groundwater"

06/01/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment M. Wenzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 34 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 5 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 016 ML15153A203 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - Category 1 Conclusions in the IP FSEIS Supplement

06/02/2015E-Mail

B. Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR

D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR

K. Folk, NRC/NRR/DLR W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR N. Martinez, NRC/NRR/DLR S. Klementowicz, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-017 ML15153A707 D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Category 1 Conclusions in the IP FSEIS Supplement

06/02/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-018 ML15153A706 S. Klementowicz, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/06/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Category 1 Conclusions in the IP FSEIS Supplement

06/02/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 6 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 019 ML15153A204 B. Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE:

Category 1 Conclusions in the IP FSEIS Supplement

06/02/2015E-Mail

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-020 ML15154A487 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/06/03 Indian Point LR Hearing - IP FSEIS Supplement Ready for BC Review

06/03/2015E-Mail B. Wittick, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 DPP-77-021 ML15160A042 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/06/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point RAI Responses

06/09/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment B. Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI responses

Attachment:

Entergy letter NL-15-075 [See public disclosures at 77-0003, ADAMS Accession No. ML15160A030] 107 DPP 022 ML15161A497 B. Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/10 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point biological assessment

06/10/2015E-Mail

D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft biological assessment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 77 - June 30, 2015 7 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 023 ML15162A957 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft Email

to FWS 06/11/2015E-Mail

B. Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft email to FWS 2 DPP-77-024 ML15162A958 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/06/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - NRC Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 License Renewal Application 06/11/2015E-Mail U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Internal inter-agency discussion regarding draft biological assessment 2 DPP-77-025 ML15173A005 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IP ISG Followup RAI Ready for Peer-Review 06/15/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

RAI

Attachment:

draft RAI 4 DPP-77-026 ML15167A430 B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - Follow-up RAIs regarding Indian Point Response to RAI 3.0.3-2 Set 2014-1,, BC Concurred

06/16/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

RAI

Attachment:

draft RAI 4 DPP-77-027 ML15173A003 V. Cullinan, PNNL 2015/06/19 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE:

Indian Point Aquatic RAI Responses: Partial transfer of files to you

06/19/2015E-Mail D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI responses 2

June 29, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) )

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR

)

) (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF JANE E. MARSHALL

I, Jane E. Marshall, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Deputy Director of the Division of License Renewal ("DLR") in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR"). I am serving as the Acting Director for DLR. My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application. 2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified documents as privileged because they contai ned information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 77. 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 pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein. The documents comprise part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application. 4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of the documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staff's ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made. 5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 77. 6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d) Jane E. Marshall Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of June, 2015

June 30, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

In the Matter of )

) ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR )

)

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL J. WENTZEL CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)

I, Michael J. Wentzel, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I currently serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application ("LRA"). Among my other duties as project manager, since September 2014, I have been assisting with the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding. 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 for documents identified as of June 23, 2015. 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d)

Michael J. Wentzel Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of June 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

In the Matter of )

)

ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR

) (Indian Point Nuclear Generating ) Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 77; Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 77 - Deliberative Process Privilege; Declaration of Jane E. Marshall, dated June 29, 2015; and Affidavit of Michael J.

Wentzel, dated June 30, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRC's E-F iling System, this 30th day of June, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-4113 E-mail:

anita.ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: June 30, 2015