ML100570308

2010/02/26 - Indian Point - License Renewal Hearing File Update Supplement 13

ML100570308
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	02/26/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Wardell R Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Harris B
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR
Download: ML100570308 (10)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. -1 February 26, 201 0 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 Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop 190 Cedar Lane East Ridgeway, CO 81 432 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuar~t to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's Decernber 18, 2008, "Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G)," slip op. at 13, and the Licensing Board's "Order (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures)," dated January 30, 2009, at I, 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 13 is appended hereto as Attachment

1. On or about March 5, 201 0, the newly identified documents 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.qov/EHD Proceedinq/home.as~. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 13" in the "Indian-PT-2&3 247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHQ. In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. 9 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing an updated privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege, which are appended hereto as Attachment

2. Also, attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents in Judge McDade Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell February 26, 2010 Attachment

2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in these logs during the pendency of this proceeding. Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, 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 February 19, 201 0. 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. 9 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, Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 13 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc w/Encls.: Service List

- Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 13 - February 26, 2010 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 subiect to withholding from public disclosures as ~redecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 Page 1 of 1 C.F.R. $j 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providin$

this log to identify the 'following documents,'withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

ID # DPP 00 1 Comment Transmission of Internal Discussion Regarding SElS Page Count 2 Title 2010/01/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - pdf files for IP Accession Number ML100261542 Author Name/ Affiliation V. Cullian PNL Document Date 1/26/2009 Document Type E-Mail February 26,201 0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. Docket Nos. 50-247

& 50-286-LR ) (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) ) DECLARATION OF BRIAN E.

HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal

("DLR) in the U.S. hluclear 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 Station 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 certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre- decisional deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement

13. 3. 1 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. All documents contain either Staff's 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 for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members andlor 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 opir~ions 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 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement

13. 6. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Brian E. Holian Executed in Rockville, Maryland this ~6'~ day of February, 201 0 February 26,201 0 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 1 ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos.

50-247 & 50-286-LR 1 1 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, 1 Units 2 and

3) 1 AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STlJWENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b) I, Andrew L. Stuyver~berg, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

I serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3 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. 1 hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 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 February 19, 2010. 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 Rockville, Maryland this 26th day of February, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) ) ENTERGY NIJCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos.

50-2471286-LR 1 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating ) Units 2 and 3) ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including:

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 13, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian, dated February 26, 2010, and Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, dated February 26, 2010, have been served upon the following through deposit in the NRC's internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, with copies by electronic mail this 26'h day of February, 201 0: Lawrence G.

McDade, Chair office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comrnission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop:

0-16G4 Washington, D.C.

20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.qov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.~ov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudicatior~s Staff Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop: 0-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Wardwell@nrc.sov E-mail: Hearinn.Docket@nrc.qov Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop* Zachary S. Kahn Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 190 Cedar Lane E. Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Ridgway, CO 81432 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.qov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Zachary.Kahn@nrc.qov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (Via Internal Mail Only) Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.* Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 11 11 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 E-mail: ksutton@morqanlewis.com E-mail: pbessette@morqanlewis.com Michael J.

Delaney, Esq.* Vice President - Energy Department New York City Economic Development corpora ti or^ (NYCDEC) 11 0 William Street New York, NY 10038 E-mail: mdelaney@nycedc.com Justin D.

Pruyne, Esq.* Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6'h Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: jdp3@westchestergov.com Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor* James Seirmarco, M.S. Village of Buchanan Municipal Building Buchanan, NY 1051 1-1 298 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net Josh Kirstein, Esq. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T -3 F23 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555-0001 E-Mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.qov Manna Jo Greene* Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

1 12 Little Market Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 E-mail: mannaio@clearwater.orq William C. Dennis, Esq.* Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. 440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com Mylan L. Denerstein, Esq.* Janice A. Dean, Esq.

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," 1 ~rian\B/ Harris Counsel for NRC Staff