ML092110608

2009/07/30-Indian Point, Units 2 and 3 - Hearing File Update, Supplement 6

ML092110608
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/30/2009
From:	Harris B, Stuyvenberg A, Sherwin Turk Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of License Renewal, NRC/OGC
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, RAS E-257
Download: ML092110608 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL July 30, 2009 Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washiugton, 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 81432 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:

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, 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 6 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about August 7, 2009, 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.nov/EHD Proceedinn/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, "Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 6" 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 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 Travis L. Tate formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents in Judge McDade Judge Lathrop Judge Wardwell July 30, 2009 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. § 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 July 23, 2009. 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. 5 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, f& Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 6 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Travis L.

Tate Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg cc w1Encls.: Service List Attachment 1 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 6 - July 30, 2009 Page 1 of 1 ID # 06-001 06-002 06-003 06-004 06-005 06-006 06-007 06-008 06-009 Accession Number ML091800251 ML091811131 ML091820343 ML091820479 ML091870055 ML091870061 ML091870062 ML091890548 ML091960172 Document Date 5/1/2009 6/30/2009 7/1/2009 7/1/2009 7/3/2009 511 312009 511312009 6/5/2009 711 512009 Title 2009/05/01 lndian Point LR Hearing - License Renewal letter NL-09-056 RAI 01 2009/06/30 lndian Point LR Hearing - NHPA Section 106 Consultation Correspondence for lndian Point Proposed License Renewal 2009/07/01 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: NHPA Section 106 Consultation Correspondence for lndian Point Proposed License Renewal 2009/07/01 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Letter NL-09-091 License Renewal - Additional Sturgeon Impingement Data 2009/07/03 lndian Point LR Hearing - lndian Point Units 2 & 3; Water Quality Certification 2009/05/13 lndian Point LR Hearing - Entergy lndian Point Units 2 & 3 - Section 401 WQC - NOlA and RFI 2009/05/13 lndian Point LR Hearing - Fwd: Entergy lndian Point Units 2 & 3 - Section 401 WQC - NOlA and RFI 2009/06/05 lndian Point LR Hearing - Emailing:

ML090771341 3.pdf 2009/07/15 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Information Request Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 6 - July 30, 2009 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, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify tt ID # DPP 00 1 DPP 002 - DPP 003 DPP 004 DPP 005 DPP 006 DPP 007 DPP 008 DPP 009 DPP 01 0 DPP 01 1 e following documc Accession Number ML091890551 nts, withheld unde Author Name1 Affliation A. Stuynenberg NRCINRR D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR A. Stuynenberg N RCIN RR D. Logan NRCINRWDLR A. Stuynenberg NRCINRR D. Logan N RCIN RRIDLR D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR J. Ward PNNL the "deliberative process" privilege.

Title 2009/05/22 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: Comments 2009106103 Indian Point LR Hearing - lndian Point comment binning 2009/06/29 lndian Point LR Hearing - RE: FWS comment - lndian Point - bat 2009/07/02 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: Letter NL-09-091 License Renewal - Additional Sturgeon Impingement Data 2009/07/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: We probably should add this court decision to the historical review of impingement and entrainment 2009/07/06 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: lndian Point Units 2 & 3; Water Quality 2009/07/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Another reference check 2009/07/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Ashizawa and Cole Reference - date check Document Date 5/22/2009 6/3/2009 6/29/2009 7/2/2009 7/6/2009 2009/07/06 lndian Point LR Hearing - FW: lndian Point Units 2 & 3; Water Quality probably should add this court decision to the historical review of impingement and Documer Type E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail 7/6/2009 7/6/2009 7/6/2009 Certification 2009/07/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - We E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail 7/6/2009 Another reference check I E-Mail 7/6/2009 entrainment 2009/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Re: E-Mail lnternal transmission of comments regarding EIS Comment Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS 7/7/2009 Page Count 2 10 3 60 E-Mail lnternal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS comments regarding EIS 7 2 2 comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of 2

Attachment 2 - lndian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 6 - July 30, 2009 ID# DPP 012 DPP 01 3 DPP 014 Accession Number ML091890890 ML091890891 ML091900572 Author Name1 Affliation D. Logan NRCINRRIDLR A. Stuynenberg NRCINRR A. Stuynenberg NRCINRR Title 2009/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Impingement and Entrainment Data Inconsistencies 2009/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Impingement and Entrainment Data lnconsistencies 2009/07/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - Checking in Document Date 7/8/2009 7/8/2009 7/9/2009 Page Count 13 2 2 Document Type E-Mail E-Mail E-Mail Comment Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS Internal transmission of comments regarding EIS July 29, 2009 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 ) 1 ASLBP NO. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and

3) ) DECLARATION OF TRAVIS L.

TATE I, Travis L. Tate, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Branch Chief in Division of License Renewal

("DLR) in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR"), and currently serve as Acting Director of the Division of License Renewal

("DLR). My supervisory responsibilities, as the Acting Director, 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 July 30, 2009 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement

6. 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. 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 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 merr~bers 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 July 30, 2009 submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement

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

f'cz ~~ Travis L. Tate Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 29th day of July, 2009 July 30 2009 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 ) 1 ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generation Station, ) Units 2 and 3) ) AFFIDAVIT OF ANDREW L. STUWENBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 6 2.336(b] I, Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, 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. 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 23, 2009. 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. Andrew d. ~tuyvedljerg - Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of July, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1 i ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-2471286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating 1 1 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 6, Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Travis L. Tate, dated July 29, 2009, and Affidavit of Andrew L. Stuyvenberg, dated July 30, 2009, 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 3oth day of July, 2009:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.qov Dr. Richard E.

Wardwell Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications 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.qov E-mail: Hearinq.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: Zacharv.Kahn@,nrc.qov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Corr~mission Mail Stop:

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