ML15114A367

Redacted Order (Granting New Yorks Motion for Leave to File Reply)

ML15114A367
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	04/24/2015
From:	McDade L G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	State of NY, Office of the Attorney General
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 27566
Download: ML15114A367 (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. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell 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

ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 April 24, 2015 ORDER (Granting New York's Motion for Leave to File Reply)

On April 9, 2015, the State of New York (New York) filed a motion to withdraw the proprietary designation and compel the public disclosure of five documents produced by Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) as part of its mandatory disclosures.

1 Entergy opposes the motion and argues that public disclosure of these documents would cause substantial commercial harm.

2 The NRC Staff takes no position, but filed an answer concerning 1 State of New York Motion to Withdraw the Proprietary Designation of Various Pressurized Water Reactor Owners' Group and Westinghouse Documents (Apr. 9, 2015) (hereinafter New York Motion). The documents include a memorandum prepared by the Pressurized Water Reactor Owners Group (PWROG) and four calculation notes prepared by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (Westinghouse), Entergy's vendor. Id. at 1.

2 Entergy's Answer Opposing New York State's Motion to Strike Proprietary Designations at 15-18 (Apr. 20, 2015) (hereinafter Entergy Answer). As support for maintaining the proprietary designations, Entergy attached two affidavits and a declaration to its answer. Entergy Answer, attach. 1, Aff. of Anthony Nowinowski (Apr. 20, 2015); Entergy Answer, attach. 2, Aff. of James A. Gresham (Apr. 16, 2015); Entergy Answer, attach. 3, Decl. of Mark A. Gray (Apr. 20, 2015). the applicable legal principles governing the protection of proprietary documents.

3Riverkeeper and Clearwater support the motion, 4 but did not file an answer. On April 22, 2015, New York sought leave from the Board to file a reply to Entergy's Answer as, according to New York, it could not have reasonably anticipated the arguments advanced by Entergy and contained in the supporting affidavits.

5Entergy filed an answer opposing New York

's Motion for Leave to File a Reply, asserting that the parties have been discussing the proprietary designation issue for nearly six weeks and that New York had already received the information and arguments set forth in the PWROG and Westinghouse affidavits and Entergy

's April 20 th Answer.6 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.323(c), "[t]he moving party has no right to reply, except as permitted" andpermission is appropriate only in "compelling circumstances, such as where the moving party demonstrates that it could not reasonably have anticipated arguments to which it seeks leave to reply." Similarly, the Board's July 1, 2010 Scheduling Order specifies that a motion to file a reply must demonstrate good cause.

7 The Board finds that good cause exists for New York to file a reply. New York has demonstrated that they endeavored to understand Entergy and Westinghouse's bases for the proprietary designation of the documents.

8 Entergy offered little explanation 9 such that New

3NRC Staff's Answer to "State of New York Motion to Withdraw the Proprietary Designation of Various Pressurized Water Reactor Owners' Group and Westinghouse Documents" (Apr. 20, 2015). 4 New York Motion at 2.

5 State of New York Motion for Leave to File Reply in Support of Motion to Withdraw Proprietary Designations (Apr. 22, 2015).

6 Entergy's Answer Opposing New York State

's Motion for Leave to File a Reply to Entergy

'sApril 20, 2015 Answer at 4-5(Apr. 23, 2015).

7 Licensing Board (Scheduling Order) at 7 (July 1, 2010) (unpublished).

8 See New York Motion, attach. 1, York could not have reasonably anticipated the more detailed arguments advanced by Entergy in its answer and affidavits.Accordingly, New York's motion for leave to file a reply to Entergy's Answer is granted and any reply filed by New York must be filed no later than close of business May 1, 2015. FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

___________________________Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland April 24, 2015 9 See New York Motion, attach. 7, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

)

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

) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, ) Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Redacted Order (Granting New York's Motion for Leave to File Reply) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop O-7H4M Washington, DC 20555-0001

ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001

hearingdocket@nrc.gov

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair

Administrative Judge lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell

Administrative Judge richard.wardwell@nrc.gov

Michael F. Kennedy

Administrative Judge michael.kennedy@nrc.gov

Alana Wase, Law Clerk alana.wase@nrc.gov Kathleen E. Schroeder, Law Clerk

Kathleen.Schroeder@nrc.gov

Edward L. Williamson, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq. David E. Roth, Esq. Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Brian Harris, Esq.

Mary B. Spencer, Esq.

Anita Ghosh, Esq.

Christina England, Esq.

Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq. Joseph Lindell, Esq.

John Tibbetts, Paralegal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001

sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; edward.williamson@nrc.gov beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; brian.harris.@nrc.gov david.roth@nrc.gov; mary.spencer@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; christina.england@nrc.gov; catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; joseph.lindell@nrc.gov; john.tibbetts@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov

William B. Glew, Jr.

Organization: Entergy 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 wglew@entergy.com

Elise N. Zoli, Esq.

Goodwin Proctor, LLP Exchange Place, 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR Redacted Order (Granting New York's Motion for Leave to File Reply) 2 Daniel Riesel, Esq.

Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq.

Adam Stolorow, Esq.

Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Counsel for Town of Cortlandt Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022

driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.

Raphael Kuyler, Esq.

Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Grant Eskelsen, Esq. Ryan Lighty, Esq.

Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary

Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 ksutton@morganlewis.com martin.oneill@morganlewis.com rkuyler@morganlewis.com; lescher@morganlewis.com bmcglinn@morganlewis.com sraimo@morganlewis.com geskelsen@morganlewis.com rlighty@morganlewis.com lrichardson@morganlewis.com dcalhoun@morganlewis.com mfreeze@morganlewis.com Deborah Brancato, Esq. Ramona Cearley, Secretary Riverkeeper, Inc.

20 Secor Road

Ossining, NY 10562 dbrancato@riverkeeper.org rcearley@riverkeeper.org

Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. Assistant County Attorney

Office of Robert F. Meehan, Westchester County Attorney

148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor

White Plains, NY 10601 mjr1@westchestergov.com Bobby Burchfield, Esq.

Matthew Leland, Esq.

Emre Ilter, Esq. McDermott, Will and Emery LLP 500 North Capitol Street NW Washington, DC 20001 bburchfield@mwe.com mleland@mwe.com eilter@mwe.com

Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.

Covington & Burling LLP

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 mswinehart@cov.com Edward F. McTiernan, Esq.

New York State Department

of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel 625 Broadway

14 th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 efmctier@gw.dec.state.ny.us Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Steven C. Filler Peter A. Gross

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

724 Wolcott Ave.

Beacon, NY 12508 mannajo@clearwater.org; stephenfiller@gmail.com; peter@clearwater.org

Andrew Reid, Esq. Organization: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Springer & Steinberg, P.C.

1600 Broadway, Suite 1200 Denver, CO 80202 lawyerreid@gmail.com

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR Redacted Order (Granting New York's Motion for Leave to File Reply) 3 Richard Webster, Esq.

Public Justice, P.C.

For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006 rwebster@publicjustice.net

Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs NYC Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, NY 11373 mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Robert D. Snook, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us

John J. Sipos, Esq.

Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.

Brian Lusignan, Esq.

Assistant Attorneys General Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Albany, New York 12224 john.sipos@ag.ny.gov lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov

Kathryn M. DeLuca, Esq.

Laura Heslin, Esq. Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York

120 Broadway, 26th Floor

New York, New York 10271 kathryn.deluca@ag.ny.gov laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building

236 Tate Avenue

Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com

[Original signed by Herald M. Speiser ] Office of the Secretary of the Commission

Dated at Rockville, Maryland

this 24 rd day of April, 2015