L-98-316, Requests Review & Appeal of Fees Assessed by Invoice Number RS0062-99 for St Lucie,Unit 1 Dtd 981107.FPL Disagrees with Fee for Resident Inspector Regular Hours Not Billed to Specific Insp Rept for Inspector Gn Warnick on Invoice
| ML17309A966 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 12/18/1998 |
| From: | Stall J FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER |
| References | |
| L-98-316, NUDOCS 9812220099 | |
| Download: ML17309A966 (6) | |
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CATEGORY 1 REGULA '
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (RIDS)
DOCKET 05000335 05000389 ACCESSION NBR:9812220099 DOC.DATE: 98/12/18 NOTARIZED: NO FACIL:50-,335 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 1, Florida Power
& Light Co.
50-389 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2, Florida Power
& Light Co.
AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION STALL,J.A.
Florida Power
& Light Co.
RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION License Fee
& Debt Collection Branch (Post 890827)
SUBJECT:
Recpxests review
& appeal of fees assessed by Invoice number RS0062-99 for St Lucie,Unit 1.dtd 981107.FPL disagrees with fee for resident inspector regular hours not billed to specific insp rept for inspector GN Warnick on invoice.
DISTRIBUTION CODE:
M008D COPIES RECEIVED:LTR ENCL SIZE:,
TITLE: License Fees NOTES:
RECIPIENT ID CODE/NAME PD2-3 LA GLEAVES,W INTERN: FILE CENTER EXTERNAL: NRC PDR COPIES LTTR ENCL RECIPIENT ID CODE/NAME PD2-3 PD OC/LFDCB COPIES LTTR ENCL NOTE TO ALL "RIDS" RECIPIENTS:
PLEASE HELP US TO REDUCE WASTE. TO HAVE YOUR NAME OR ORGANIZATION REMOVED FROM DISTRIBUTION LISTS OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COPIES RECEIVED BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION, CONTACT THE DOCUMENT CONTROL DESK (DCD)
ON EXTENSION 415-2083 1
TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED:
LTTR S
ENCL
Florida Power &Light Company, 6351 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL34957 December 18, 1998
- L-98-316 10 CFR 50.4 10 CFR 15.31 10 CFR 170.51 License Fee and Debt Collection Branch Office of Controller U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 RE:
St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Request for Review and A
ofFees Invoice No. RS0062-99 Pursuant to 10 CFR 170.51 and 10 CFR 15.31, Florida Power &Light Company (FPL) requests a review and appeal of the fees assessed by Invoice No. RS0062-99 for St. Lucie Unit 1 dated November 7, 1998.
FPL disagrees with the fee for resident inspector regular hours not billed to a specific inspection report for inspector G. N. Warnick on the invoice.
FPL considers the fee for 232 hours0.00269 days <br />0.0644 hours <br />3.835979e-4 weeks <br />8.8276e-5 months <br /> totaling $28,768.00 inappropriate because the inspector was in training status during the billingperiod. FPL makes the following observations:
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The inspector was in training status and therefore was not providing any direct regulatory service to FPL.
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The time Mr. Warnick spent at St. Lucie site that was not assigned to a specific inspection report should be included in the NRC overhead, general, and administrative costs defined under 10 CFR 171.5.
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Licensees are not billed for the training and qualification time of mgional based inspectors that are not directly related to,inspection reports; therefore, the NRC should not bill for resident inspectors in training until they become qualified and provide regulatory service to the utility.
In addition, all of the non-inspection hours for the two qualified resident inspectors and this appealed fee were assessed to the St. Lucie Unit l docket no. 50-335. FPL is not the sole owner of both units.
While Unit 1 is fully owned by FPL, Unit 2 is owned in part by FPL and the ownership partners share the cost of the regulatory fees for that unit.
The fees for non-inspection hours for each resident inspector should be split evenly between the St. Lucie dockets on the site and not billed to a single docket.
98i2220099 98i2i8 PDR ADQCK 05000335 P
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St. Lucie Units 1 and 2
.Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 L-98-316 Page 2 Accordingly, FPL requests that NRC revise the invoice for the incorrectly billed hours attributed to the resident-in-training and set the fees such that the non-inspection hours for each resident inspector are evenly distributed between the St. Lucie dockets.
Please contact us ifthere are any questions about this request for review.
Very truly yours, J. A. Stall Vice President St. Lucie Plant JAS/GRM cc:
Regional Administrator, Region II, USNRC Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St. Lucie Plant
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