ML070110050
| ML070110050 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 01/10/2007 |
| From: | Martin J NRC/OGC |
| To: | Abramson P, Anthony Baratta, Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| Jody C. Martin, OGC, 415-1569 | |
| References | |
| 50-219-LR, ASLBP 06-844-01-LR, RAS 12862 | |
| Download: ML070110050 (21) | |
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January 10, 2007 E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Anthony J. Baratta Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Paul B. Abramson Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station)
Docket No. 50-219-LR
Dear Administrative Judges:
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.1203(c) and 2.336(d), the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that it has updated the hearing file and disclosures for this proceeding in accordance with the Boards Memorandum and Order of April 19, 2006, and LBP-06-22, 64 NRC ___(Oct. 10, 2006). Materials in this supplement 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 this supplement is appended hereto as Attachment 1. In addition, on or about Wednesday, January 10, 2007, materials in this supplement will be made available via the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at the following URL:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ehd.html/. Materials in Supplement 5 will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, Hearing File Supplement 5 in the Oyster Creek 50-219-LR" folder of the EHD. This update contains documents not identified in time for inclusion in previous updates.
The Staff is also updating its deliberative process privilege log at this time, which is appended hereto as Attachment 2 and a proprietary information privilege log appended hereto as . The Staff will preserve and maintain all privileged documents during the pendency of this proceeding. Also attached, are the Affidavit of Donnie J. Ashley, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), and the Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo Acting Director of License Renewal, formally invoking the deliberative process privilege.
As requested by the Board, see April 19 Order at 5, the Staff hereby provides notice that the final Safety Evaluation Report will be published following the January meeting of the Plant License Renewal Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The date for issuing the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement remains January 19, 2007.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jody C. Martin Counsel for the NRC Staff
Enclosures:
Attachment 1: Hearing File Index - Supplement 5 Attachment 2: Privilege Log - Deliberative Process - Supplement 5 Attachment 3: Privilege Log - Proprietary Information - Supplement 5 Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo Affidavit of Donnie J. Ashley cc: See attached Service List
ATTACHMENT 1 OYSTER CREEK HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX Supplement 5 -January 10, 2007 Supp Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
No.
05-01 ML070080434 9/25/2006 E-mail: Oyster Creek Drywell Inspections 05-02 ML070050038 9/26/2006 E-MAIL: Oyster Creek, Drywell and Torus related Inspection Schedule 05-03 ML070050016 10/10/2006 E-MAIL: Oyster Creek Outage Inspection 05-04 ML070050030 10/12/2006 E-mail: Re: Oyster Creek Outage Inspection [10/12/06 2:05pm]
05-05 ML070050033 10/12/2006 E-MAIL: RE: Oyster Creek Outage Inspection 05-06 ML070050043 11/4/2006 E-MAIL: Responses to Questions from the 11/3/06 conf call 05-07 ML070100412 11/5/2006 E-mail: Incidental Sea Turtle Take Report 2006-6 05-08 ML070080226 11/6/2006 E-MAIL: Fwd: Questions 05-09 ML070050050 11/10/2006 E-MAIL: Fwd: FW: SUPERVISORY BRIEF: Switch to Startup Today and Synch to the Grid tomorrow 05-10 ML070100415 11/13/2006 E-mail: NJ Fact Sheet 05-11 ML070100418 11/14/2006 E-MAIL: Extension for EFH consult Oyster Creek TAC MC7625 05-12 ML070050014 11/14/2006 E-MAIL: OC Exit Meeting Conference Call for Insp Rpt 2006-013 Nov. 16 at 3:30 pm 05-13 ML070050048 11/15/2006 E-MAIL: Aging Management Program for Feedwater Nozzles - Operating Experience 05-14 ML063610232 11/27/2006 E-mail: NRC Inspection Reports 05-15 ML063540629 11/28/2006 E-mail: OCGS Fishkill Information Page 1 of 4
Supp Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
No.
05-16 ML063330514 11/28/2006 Excel Charts for Fish Kills at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Provided by Malcolm Brown, OCNGS 05-17 ML070100396 11/28/2006 E-MAIL: Fwd: OCGS Fishkill Information 05-18 ML070100395 11/28/2006 E-MAIL: Updated Biological Opinion 05-19 ML070100397 11/29/2006 E-mail: Submittal of Oyster Creek CZMA Certification 05-20 ML070100411 12/1/2006 E-MAIL: OC CZMA Submittal for Masnik 05-21 ML063380071 12/1/2006 Attachment A to Federal consistency Certification for Oyster Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application 05-22 ML063380062 12/1/2006 Federal consistency Certification for Oyster Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application 05-23 ML063380056 12/1/2006 Letter from AmerGen re: Federal consistency Certification for Oyster Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application 05-24 ML063400155 12/1/2006 Oyster Creek, Federal Consistency Certification for Oyster Generating Station License Renewal Application 05-25 ML063390664 12/3/2006 Oyster Creek - Information from October 2006 Refueling Outage Supplementing AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (AmerGen) Application for a Renewed Operating License 05-26 ML063540534 12/4/2006 E-mail: Oyster Creek - Update Letter 05-27 ML063380366 12/4/2006 Email from William Maher, Exelon Corp., re: Non-rad Wastes at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 05-28 ML070100392 12/4/2006 E-MAIL: FW: Oyster Creek EIS - Question on Strontium-90 Emissions 05-29 ML070100420 12/4/2006 E-mail: Oyster Creek Biological Opinion 05-30 ML070100393 12/4/2006 E-MAIL: Re: Non-Rad Wastes Page 2 of 4
Supp Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
No.
05-31 ML070100422 12/6/2006 E-mail: Fwd: Immediate Public ML063400124 has been replicated 05-32 ML070100421 12/6/2006 E-MAIL: Re: NRCs EFH Response Letter 05-33 ML063540546 12/6/2006 E-mail: Oyster Creek - Information from the October 2006 refueling outage supplementing the LRA 05-34 ML070050020 12/6/2006 E-MAIL: Re: Oyster Creek - Information from the October 2006 refueling outage supplementing the LRA 05-35 ML063240600 12/6/2006 G20060940/LTR-06-0584 - Russell Goyette Ltr. Re.: Relicensing of Oyster Creek 05-36 ML070100398 12/7/2006 E-mail: Oyster Creek Biological Opinions 05-37 ML063460131 12/7/2006 Attachment 11, Exelon/Amergen Response to the Request for Additional Information, EP-EAL-0611, Criteria for Choosing Containment Radiation Monitor Reading Indicative Loss of the RCS Barrier 05-38 ML063460121 12/7/2006 Attachment 7, Amergen Response to the Request for Additional Information Regarding the Oyster Creek Generating Station EAL Revision, EP-OC-1010 05-39 ML063540545 12/7/2006 E-mail: Re: Oyster Creek - Information from the October 2006 refueling outage supplementing the LRA 05-40 ML063550348 12/7/2006 Oyster Creek Relicensing 05-41 ML063490294 12/8/2006 Oyster Creek - Submittal of Information to ACRS Plant License Renewal Subcommittee Related to AmerGens Application for Renewed Operating License 05-42 ML063490295 12/8/2006 Oyster Creek License Renewal Project, Drywell Monitoring Program, Information for ACRS Subcommittee Reference Material, Volume 1 05-43 ML063490343 12/8/2006 Oyster Creek License Renewal Project, Drywell Monitoring Program, Information for ACRS Subcommittee Reference Material, Volume 2 Page 3 of 4
Supp Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
No.
05-44 ML063490344 12/8/2006 Oyster Creek License Renewal Project, Drywell Monitoring Program, Information for ACRS Subcommittee Reference Material, Volume 4 05-45 ML063550048 12/11/2006 E-MAIL: Re: AmerGen Response to ACRS due 12082006?
05-46 ML063530009 12/11/2006 Letter from R. Goyette to M. Masnik re: Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 05-47 ML063470557 12/13/2006 Collection of documents for the ACRS License Renewal Subcommittee meeting on January 18, 2007 associated with the Oyster Creek drywell 05-48 ML063460399 12/14/2006 Review Materials for the Meeting of the License Renewal Subcommittee on January 18, 2007 Related to the Interim Review of the License Renewal of the Oyster Creek Generating Station 05-49 ML070100424 12/15/2006 E-MAIL: NMFS/NRC EFH Ltr 05-50 ML070080320 12/15/2006 Letter from AmerGen to NMFS and NRC regarding Essential Fish Habitat Consultation and License Renewal of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 05-51 ML063530042 12/15/2006 Oyster Creek Editorial Correction to AmerGens Letter 2130-06-20426 Information from October 2006 Refueling Outage Supplementing AmerGen Energy Company Application for Renewed Operating License, dated December 3, 2006 Page 4 of 4
ATTACHMENT 2 OYSTER CREEK HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE Supplement 5 - January 10, 2007 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 disclosure as predecisional, deliberative 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.
PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070080090 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/10/2006 E-Mail Johnson G A, Discussion re 2 05-01 NRC Oyster Creek NRC scope of upcoming License Renewal. inspection DP- ML070080045 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/18/2006 E-Mail Ashley D J, Update re 10 05-02 NRC Notes From Oyster Bellamy R R, preliminary Creek Commitment Blough A R, inspection results Inspection. Fuhrmeister R L, Gamberoni M K, Kaufman P D, Modes M C, OHara T L, White J R, NRC DP- ML070080121 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/19/2006 E-Mail Modes M C, Update re 4 05-03 NRC 10119/06: Oyster OHara T L, preliminary Creek LR 71003 NRC inspection results Update.
DP- ML070080093 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/19/2006 E-Mail Chaudhary S K, Discussion re 2 05-04 NRC Fwd: Notes From Modes M C, preliminary Oyster Creek NRC inspection results Commitment Inspection.
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070080123 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/19/2006 E-Mail Ashley D J, Update re 4 05-05 NRC/RGN-I Notes From Oyster Bellamy R R, preliminary Creek Commitment Blough A R, inspection results Inspection [dated Fuhrmeister R 10/19/06]. L, Gamberoni M K, Modes M C, OHara T L, White J R, NRC DP- ML070080115 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/19/2006 E-Mail Ashley D J, Update re 3 05-06 NRC Oyster Update. Bellamy R R, preliminary Fuhrmeister R inspection results L, Modes M C, OHara T L, White J R, NRC DP- ML063520012 OHara, T. OC-71003-Plan 10/19/2006 Inspection Draft Inspection 2 05-07 (10/6). Plan Plan DP- ML070080052 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 10/24/2006 E-Mail Ferdas M S, Discussion re 3 05-08 NRC Re: OC liner issue. Fuhrmeister R preliminary L, Kauffman J inspection results V, Modes M C, White J R, NRC DP- ML070090227 White J R, E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 10/24/2006 E-Mail Conte R J, Discussion re 2 05-09 NRC Re: OC liner issue NRC preliminary
[discuss at 9]. inspection results Page 2 of 9
PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070090175 Modes M C, E-MAIL: (PD 10/25/2006 E-Mail Conte R J, Preliminary 3 05-10 NRC Update: Oyster Ferdas M S, inspection update Creek Drywell Kaufman P D, Inspections (10/25). NRC DP- ML070090166 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 10/25/2006 E-Mail OHara T L, Discussion re 7 05-11 D, NRC Re: Update: Oyster NRC preliminary Creek Drywell inspection results Inspections (10/24)
[1:00 am].
DP- ML070090165 Modes M C, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/25/2006 E-Mail OHara T, NRC Discussion re 3 05-12 NRC/RGN- Update: Oyster preliminary I/DRS Creek Drywell inspection results Inspections (10/24)
[M. Modes Reply].
DP- ML063480154 NRC/RGN-I 10/25/06 - Status 10/25/2006 Inspection Update re 5 05-13 Update OC Drywell, Report, preliminary Drywell Inspections Status inspection results During Refueling Report Outage 21.
DP- ML063480148 NRC/RGN-I 10/25/06 - Status 10/25/2006 Inspection Update re 6 05-14 Update OC Drywell; Report, preliminary Drywell Inspections Status inspection results During Refueling Report Outage 21.
DP- ML070080050 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/25/2006 E-Mail Modes M C, Discussion re 3 05-15 NRC Update: Oyster NRC preliminary Creek Drywell inspection results Inspections (10/24).
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML063480182 NRC/RGN-I 10/26/06 - Status 10/26/2006 Inspection Update re 5 05-16 Update 11:50 AM Report, preliminary OC Drywell, Status inspection results Changes Since Report Previous Update are Noted in Bold Under Each Heading.
DP- ML063480170 NRC/RGN-I 10/26/06 - Status 10/26/2006 Inspection Update re 3 05-17 Update 5:00 PM OC Report, preliminary Drywell, Update as Status inspection results of 5:00pm, Changes Report Since Previous Update are Noted in Bold Underneath Each Heading.
DP- ML063480158 NRC/RGN-I 10/27/06 - Status 10/27/2006 Inspection Update re 3 05-18 Update 1:10 PM OC Report, preliminary Drywell, Changes Status inspection results Since Previous Report Update are Noted in Bold Under Each Heading.
DP- ML063480165 NRC/RGN-I 10/29/06 - Status 10/29/2006 Inspection Update re 3 05-19 Update 3:30 PM OC Report, preliminary Drywell Inspections Status inspection results During Refueling Report Outage 21.
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070090336 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/29/2006 E-Mail Modes M C, Discussion re 2 05-20 D, NRC Update: Oyster NRC/RGN- preliminary Creek Drywell I/DRS inspection results Inspections (10/29) 3:30 pm.
DP- ML070090180 Chaudhary S E-MAIL: (PD) 10/30/2006 E-Mail Blough A R, Discussion re 4 05-21 K, NRC Assessment of OC Conte R J, preliminary drywell interior NRC inspection results concrete floor slab, and steel liner.
DP- ML070090577 Chaudhary S E-MAIL: (PD) 10/30/2006 E-Mail Blough A R, Discussion re 3 05-22 K, NRC Assessment of OC Conte R J, preliminary drywell interior inspection results concrete floor slab, and steel liner.
DP- ML063480143 NRC/RGN-I 10/24/06 - Status 10/31/2006 Inspection Update re 5 05-23 Update OC Drywell. Report, preliminary Status inspection results Report DP- ML070080062 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 10/31/2006 E-Mail Chaudhary S K, Update re 6 05-24 NRC Assessment of OC Miller M T, preliminary drywell interior NRC inspection results concrete floor slab, and steel liner.
DP- ML070080133 Conte R J, E-mail: (PD) Re: OC 10/31/2006 E-Mail Johnson G, Discussion re 2 05-25 NRC drywell issues. NRC scope of inspection Page 5 of 9
PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070090251 Trapp J M, E-MAIL: (PD) 11/2/2006 E-Mail OHara T L, Discussion re 2 05-26 NRC/RGN-I Corrosion. NRC preliminary inspection results DP- ML070090254 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/2/2006 E-Mail Ashar H G, Discussion re 4 05-27 NRC/RGN-I OC Startup & LR Ashley D J, preliminary Issues with Possible Bellamy R R, inspection results Startup Implications. Chaudhary S K, Fuhrmeister R L, Miller G E, Modes M C, OHara T L, White J R, NRC DP- ML070080127 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/2/2006 E-Mail Bellamy R R, Discussion re 3 05-28 NRC Oyster Creek Blough A R, preliminary Drywell Concrete Bream J R, inspection results Berm. Cureton R E, Ferdas M S, Fuhrmeister R L, Rosebrook A A, Treadway R I, NRC DP- ML070090163 Fuhrmeister E-MAIL: (PD) 11/6/2006 E-Mail Bream J R, Discussion re 2 05-29 R L, NRC Oyster Creek NRC preliminary Drywell Concrete. inspection results DP- ML070090568 OHara T L, E-MAIL: (PD) 11/7/2006 E-Mail Kaufman P D, Preliminary 2 05-30 NRC Review Status- NRC inspection update 11/7/06.
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070080068 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/8/2006 E-Mail Bellamy R E, Discussion re 3 05-31 NRC OC Startup & Fuhrmeister R scope of inspection Further Review Re: L, NRC Review Status -
11/07/06.
DP- ML070090203 Fuhrmeister E-mail: (PD) Call 11/9/2006 E-Mail Ashley D, Discusses possible 3 05-32 R L, NRC from Richard Bellamy R R, allegation Webster (dated Blough A, 11/09/06). Chernoff H K, Clifford J M, Conte R J, Gamberoni M K, Lew D C, Miller E, Modes M C, OHara T, Randolph A L, White J, Young M, NRC DP- ML070090347 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/13/2006 E-Mail OHara T L, Discussion re 2 05-33 D, NRC OC Report Shell NRC preliminary 2006013. inspection results DP- ML070090335 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 11/14/2006 E-Mail White J R, NRC Discussion re 3 05-34 D, NRC Re: Oyster Creek preliminary 71003 Exit Notes inspection results
[FYI to J. White].
DP- ML070090315 Modes M C, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/15/2006 E-Mail OHara T L, Discussion re 2 05-35 NRC Fwd: Re: Oyster NRC preliminary Creek 71003 inspection results Revised Exit Notes.
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML070090401 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/15/2006 E-Mail OHara T L, Discussion re 3 05-36 D, NRC Oyster Creek 71003 NRC preliminary REVISED Exit inspection results Notes [P. Kaufman reply].
DP- ML070090442 Kaufman P E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 11/16/2006 E-Mail Ashley D J, Discussion re 3 05-37 D, NRC Oyster Creek 71003 NRC preliminary Exit Notes inspection results (11/16/06) [exit at 3:30pm].
DP- ML070090238 Conte R J, E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 11/18/2006 E-Mail Blough A R, Discussion re 3 05-38 NRC Re: Need Guidance Kaufman P D, preliminary on Potential 10 CFR OHara T L, inspection results 54.13 Issue At NRC Oyster Creek.
DP- ML070090235 Modes M C, E-MAIL: (PD) Re: 11/18/2006 E-Mail Blough A R, Discussion re 3 05-39 NRC/RGN-I Fwd: Re: Need Conte R J, preliminary Guidance on Kaufman P D, inspection results Potential 10 CFR OHara T L, 54.13 Issue At NRC Oyster Creek.
DP- ML063420512 OHara T L, E-MAIL: (PD) OC 11/28/2006 E-Mail Ferdas M S, Discussion re 2 05-40 NRC Memory Test. NRC preliminary inspection results DP- ML063610224 Dudley N F, E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 11/29/2006 E-Mail Hessheimer M Preliminary 2 05-41 NRC OCGS dw bitmaps. F, Petti J P, analysis of pictures Sandia National Labs (SNL)
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PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation DP- ML063540733 Ashley D J, E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: 12/12/2006 E-Mail Dudley N F, Analyses of 3 05-42 NRC Questions on NRC Applicant submittal Exelon Ltr. 2130 20426.
DP- ML063610411 Dudley N F, E-MAIL: (PD) 12/12/2006 E-Mail Ashley D J, Analyses of 3 05-43 NRC/NRR Subject of Call to NRC Applicant submittal AmerGen.
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ATTACHMENT 3 OYSTER CREEK HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT 5 - January 10, 2007 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 trade secrets, privileged or confidential commercial or financial information subject to withholding from public disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.390. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, designated proprietary, and subject to protected status under Section 2.390.
PDP Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/ Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation ML061930404 AmerGen Attachment 1 - List of 7/7/2006 Drawing, NRC Proprietary 36 Energy Co, Selected Oyster License- drawings from PPI- LLC Creek Containment Application Chicago Bridge 05-1 Fabrication Drawings for Facility and Iron Company.
requested to withhold Operating The non-Information From License proprietary portions public Disclosure (Amend/Ren of this document Under 10 CFR 2.390. ewal) DKT are publicly 50 available at ML063490343 starting at p. 244.
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January 10, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
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AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC ) Docket No. 50-219-LR
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(License Renewal for Oyster Creek )
Nuclear Generating Station) )
DECLARATION OF PAO-TSIN KUO I, Pao-Tsin Kuo, do hereby state as follows:
- 1. I am employed as the Acting Director of the Division of Licensing Renewal (DLR) in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs review and evaluation of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station license renewal application.
- 2. As part of their responsibilities in preparing the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified several documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staffs deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the January 10, 2007, submission of Supplement 5 to the Staffs Hearing File.
- 3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in , and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain predecisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. All documents contain either the Staffs analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein. Each of the documents comprises part
of the deliberative process necessary to the Staffs 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 Staffs 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 each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the January 10, 2007, submission of Supplement 5 to the Staffs Hearing File.
- 6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
/Original Signed By/
Pao-Tsin Kuo Executed in Rockville, MD this 10th day of January, 2007
January 10, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
)
AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC ) Docket No. 50-219-LR
)
(License Renewal for Oyster Creek )
Nuclear Generating Station) )
AFFIDAVIT OF DONNIE J. ASHLEY CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c)
I, Donnie J. Ashley, do hereby state as follows:
- 1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Stations license renewal application (LRA). Among other things, I am managing 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 as of the date of this certification.
- 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
/Original Signed By/
Donnie J. Ashley Executed in Rockville, MD this 10th day of January, 2007.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
)
AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC ) Docket No. 50-219-LR
)
(Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC Staff letter dated January 10, 2007, providing notice of the availability of Supplement 5 to the Hearing File, with attachments, together with the Affidavit of Donnie Ashley and the Declaration of P.T. Kuo in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRCs internal mail system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail, with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 10th day of January, 2007.
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge ATTN: Docketing and Service Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16C1 Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov ERH@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Anthony J. Baratta Adjudication Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop: T-3F23 OCAAMail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Debra Wolf AJB5@nrc.gov Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Paul B. Abramson Mail Stop: T-3F23 Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mail Stop: T-3F23 DAW1@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Lisa P. Jackson, Acting Commissioner*
PBA@nrc.gov New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 402 Trenton, NJ 08625-0402 Lisa.Jackson@dep.state.nj.us
Jill Lipoti, Director* Alex S. Polonsky, Esq.*
New Jersey Department of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Environmental Protection 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Division of Environmental Safety and Health Washington, DC 20004 P.O. Box 424 apolonsky@morganlewis.com Trenton, NJ 08625-0424 Jill.Lipoti@dep.state.nj.us Paul Gunter, Director*
Reactor Watchdog Project Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.* Nuclear Information Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP And Resource Service 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 1424 16th Street, NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20004 Washington, DC 20036 ksutton@morganlewis.com pgunter@nirs.org Ron Zak* J. Bradley Fewell, Esq.*
New Jersey Department of Exelon Corporation Environmental Protection 200 Exelon Way, Suite 200 Nuclear Engineering Kennett Square, PA 19348 P.O. Box 415 bradley.fewell@exeloncorp.com Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Ron.Zak@dep.state.nj.us John A. Covino, Esq.*
Valerie Anne Gray, Esq.
Suzanne Leta* Deputy Attorneys General New Jersey Public Interest Research Group Division of Law 11 N. Willow St. Environmental Permitting and Counseling Trenton, NJ 08608 Section sleta@njpirg.org Hughes Justice Complex P.O. Box 093 Donald Silverman, Esq.* Trenton, NJ 08625 Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP john.covino@dol.lps.state.nj.us 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Valerie.Gray@dol.lps.state.nj.us Washington, DC 20004 dsilverman@morganlewis.com Richard Webster, Esq.*
Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic 123 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-5695 rwebster@kinoy.rutgers.edu
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Jody C. Martin Counsel for the NRC Staff