ML110400630
| ML110400630 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 02/09/2011 |
| From: | Andrea Jones NRC/OGC |
| To: | Abramson P, Cole R, Austin Young Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, RAS 19575 | |
| Download: ML110400630 (9) | |
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February 9, 2011
Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001
Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) Docket No. 50-293-LR; ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR
Dear Administrative Judges:
The NRC Staff provides notice that it has updated the hearing file for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), as modified by the Board's Order Regarding Schedule for Proceeding and Related Matters (November 29, 2006).
An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 38 is appended hereto as Attachment 1. 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, appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also, attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to each document in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding. Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c) is the attached Affidavit of Lisa M. Regner.
Respectfully Submitted,
/Signed Electronically By/
Andrea' Z. Jones Counsel for the NRC Staff
Enclosures:
Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 38 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Lisa M. Regner cc w/Encls.: Service List UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001
- Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 38 - February 9, 2011 ID #Accession Number Document Date Title 38-001 ML110320682 02/01/2011 2011/02/01 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - Pilgrim License Renewal Application (LRA) Additional Supplemental Information Letter (2.11.008) (document redacted because it contains personally
identifiable information)
Page 1 of 1 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 38 - February 9, 2011ID #Accession Number Author Name/Affiliation Document Date Document TypeTitleAddressee/
AffiliationCommentPage Count38-001ML110250811 Ronald Nimitz, NRC/RGN-I01/07/2011E-Mail 2011/01/07 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - Pilgrim/Mass. weekly call -update 1/7NRC/RGN-I Internal discussion regarding groundwater issues238-002ML110250809 Richard Conte, NRC/RGN-I01/08/2011E-Mail 2011/01/08 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
RE: CR written on Penetration
Assessment Report not reviewed as part of license renewalNRC/RGN-I Internal discussion regarding
penetration assessment report338-003ML110250808 Richard Conte, NRC/RGN-I01/10/2011E-Mail 2011/01/10 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
Meeting Feb. 4 - FW: Pilgrim/Mass.
weekly call -update 1/7NRC/RGN-I Internal discussion regarding groundwater issues338-004ML110250813 Michelle Kichline, NRC/NRR01/25/2011E-Mail 2011/01/25 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
FW: Pilgrim Annual Update RAI and SER inputNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding draft
request for
additional information (RAI)738-005ML110250817 Steve Jones, NRC/NRR01/25/2011E-Mail 2011/01/25 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - RE: Pilgrim License Renewal InputNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs238-006ML110250818 Lisa Regner, NRC/NRR01/25/2011E-Mail 2011/01/25 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - RE: SRXB additional InputNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding pump
cover thermal barrier5 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been de termined 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 the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative pro cess" privilege.
Page 1 of 2 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 38 - February 9, 2011ID #Accession Number Author Name/Affiliation Document Date Document TypeTitleAddressee/
AffiliationCommentPage Count38-007ML110320685 Lisa Regner, NRC/NRR02/01/2011E-Mail 2011/02/01 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
FYI: Received Pilgrim LRA Supplemental ResponseNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding response to RAIs1638-008ML110320453 Lisa Regner, NRC/NRR02/01/2011E-Mail 2011/02/01 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
RE: RAI/LRA Supplement Status for PilgrimNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding response to RAIs238-009ML110330151 Lisa Regner, NRC/NRR02/02/2011E-Mail 2011/02/02 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - FW: Pilgrim Response draft RAIsNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding response to RAIs1738-010ML110330152 Michelle Kichline, NRC/NRR02/02/2011E-Mail 2011/02/02 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - RE: Pilgrim Response draft RAIsNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding response to RAIs338-011ML110330153 Bryce Lehman, NRC/NRR02/02/2011E-Mail 2011/02/02 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - RE: Pilgrim Response draft RAIsNRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding response to RAIs438-012ML110340156 Ching Ng, NRC/NRR02/03/2011E-Mail 2011/02/03 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -
Draft Follow-up RAI for Pilgrim response to RAI 4.3.3-1NRC/NRR Internal discussion regarding draft RAIs3 Page 2 of 2 February 9, 2011 UNITED STATES OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING In the Matter of ) ) ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION ) Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR ) OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR ) (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) ) 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. 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 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's 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 Staffs pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement
- 38. 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 the documents contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application.
The documents contain either Staff's analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect
-2 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 each document listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement
- 38. 6. I 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 9 th day of February, 2011 UNITED STATES OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) AFFIDAVIT OF LISA M. REGNER CONCERNING MANDATORY REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § I, Lisa M. Regner, do hereby state as follows: 1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's license renewal application
("LRA"). 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. Executed in Rockville, MD this 9 th day of February, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-293-LR
) (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) ) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 38, Attachment 2 -
Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian and Affidavit of Lisa M. Regner have been served upon the following by t he Electronic Information Exchange, with courtesy copies sent by electronic mail, this 9 th day of February, 2011:
Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
E-mail: Richard.Cole@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
E-mail: Paul.Abramson@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Ann.Young@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
E-mail: OCAAMAIL.Resource@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (VIA INTERNAL MAIL ONLY) Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov
Sheila Slocum Hollis* Duane Morris LLP 505 9 th St., NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004
E-mail: sshollis@duanemorris.com Terence A. Burke, Esq.* Entergy Nuclear 1340 Echelon Parkway Mail Stop: M-ECH-62 Jackson, MS 39213
E-mail: tburke@entergy.com Mary Lampert* 148 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332
E- mail: mary.lampert@comcast.net David R. Lewis, Esq*. Paul A. Gaukler, Esq. Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1137
E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com paul.gaukler@pillsburylaw.com Chief Kevin M. Nord*
Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Management Agency 668 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332
E-mail: nord@town.duxbury.ma.us Town Manager* Town of Plymouth 11 Lincoln St. Plymouth, MA 02360 E-mail: marrighi@townhall.plymouth.ma.us Richard R. MacDonald* Town Manager 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: macdonald@town.duxbury.ma.us
/Signed Electronically By/
Andrea' Z. Jones Counsel for the NRC Staff