ML15212A669

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 78

ML15212A669
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/31/2015
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 28096
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July 31, 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 78 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about August 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 78" 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 Christopher G. Miller 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 July 31, 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 July 24, 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 78 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Christopher G. Miller Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel

cc w/Encls.: Service List - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 ID# Accession Number Document Date Title 78-0001 ML15180A204 06/29/20152015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0002 ML15180A316 06/29/20152015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0003 ML15180A205 06/29/20152015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0004 ML15180A317 06/29/20152015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0005 ML15182A446 06/30/20152015/06/30 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] Agreement- New York State Department of State File #F-2012-1028 78-0006 ML15182A456 07/01/20152015/07/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0007 ML15182A457 07/01/20152015/07/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0008 ML15161A086 07/01/2015Biological Assessment on the Northern Long-eared bat and Indiana bat for Indian Point License Renewal. 78-0009 ML15161A066 07/01/2015NRC to FWS, Request for concurrence with the NRC's determination that license renewal of Indian Point would not adversely affect the northern long-eared bat or Indiana Bat. 78-0010 ML15189A332 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0011 ML15189A478 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0012 ML15189A330 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0013 ML15189A335 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0014 ML15189A333 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0015 ML15189A336 07/07/20152015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0016 ML15170A456 07/07/2015RAI for the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, License Renewal Application, Set 2015-02. 78-0017 ML15189A479 07/08/20152015/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0018 ML15195A193 07/13/20152015/07/13 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0019 ML15195A618 07/14/20152015/07/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0020 ML15196A013 07/14/2015Letter from D. Stilwell, FWS, to D. Wrona, NRC, Concurrence with Determination that Indian Point License Renewal is not likely to Adversely affect the Indiana Bat or Northern Long-Eared Bat. 78-0021 ML15196A096 07/15/20152015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0022 ML15196A102 07/15/20152015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: FWS Concurrence re: Biological Assessment 78-0023 ML15196A098 07/15/20152015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - FWS Concurrence re: Biological Assessment 78-0024 ML15201A137 07/20/20152015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0025 ML15201A020 07/20/20152015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 ID# Accession Number Document Date Title 78-0026 ML15190A291 07/22/2015070115, Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held Between NRC and Entergy Concerning the RAIs Pertaining to the Indian Point LRA Safety Review 78-0027 ML15188A383 07/31/2015NUREG-1930, Supplement 2, "Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 2 and 3." - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 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 ML15180A319 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft IP RAIs 06/29/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs

Attachment:

draft RAIs 8 DPP 002 ML15189A322 B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft IP RAIs 07/02/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs

Attachment:

draft RAIs 14 DPP-78-003 ML15189A324 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - Re: Draft IP RAIs 07/02/2015E-Mail B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs 2 DPP-78-004 ML15189A326 B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - Updated RAI, regarding IP SIG

07/02/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft

RAIs

Attachment:

draft RAIs 7 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 2 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 005 ML15189A334 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point FSEIS Supplement Ready for Branch Chief Concurrence

07/07/2015E-Mail

J. Danna, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement 2 DPP-78-006 ML15189A328 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Phone Call Summary 07/07/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy

Attachment:

draft phone call summary 9 DPP-78-007 ML15189A329 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Phone Call Summary

07/07/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC

and Entergy

Attachment:

draft phone call summary 9 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 3 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 008 ML15196A521 D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW:

INPUT: Indian Point FSEIS supplement - FWS consultation discussion 07/15/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

B.Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 4 DPP-78-009 ML15196A371 B.Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - INPUT:

Indian Point FSEIS supplement - FWS consultation discussion

07/15/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment

D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input 4 DPP 010 ML15196A523 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE:

INPUT: Indian Point FSEIS supplement - FWS consultation discussion

07/15/2015E-Mail

D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR

B.Grange, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 4 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 011 ML15197A010 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: FW:

Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA

07/16/2015E-Mail

B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy 3 DPP 012 ML15197A082 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: FW:

Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA

07/16/2015E-Mail

B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy

3 DPP-78-013 ML15201A004 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 07/20/2015E-Mail W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft

RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy 3 DPP-78-014 ML15201A005 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 07/20/2015E-Mail W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC

and Entergy 3 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 5 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 015 ML15201A007 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: FW:

Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA

07/20/2015E-Mail

M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Internal discussion regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy 3 DPP-78-016 ML15203A126 M. Gray, NRC/R-I 2015/07/22 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Last Indian Point 2 and 3 Steam Generator Inspections 07/22/2015E-Mail H. Gray, NRC/R-I Internal discussion regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy 2 DPP-78-017 ML15204A895 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/07/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - IP Reference

07/23/2015E-Mail N. Martinez, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding steam generator

inspections 2 DPP-78-018 ML15204A896 N. Martinez, NRC/NRR/DLR

2015/07/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IP Reference

07/23/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft

FSEIS Supplement 2

July 31, 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 CHRISTOPHER G. MILLER

I, Christopher G. Miller, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal (DLR) in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). 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 78. 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 78. 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) Christopher G. Miller Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 31st day of July, 2015

July 31, 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 July 24, 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 31st day of July 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 78; Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 78 - Deliberative Process Privilege; Declaration of Christopher G. Miller, dated July 31, 2015; and Affidavit of Michael J.

Wentzel, dated July 31, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRC's E-Filing System, this 31st day of July, 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: July 31, 2015