ML062020289

Period of Enforcement Discretion Extension for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, During Implementation of National Fire Protection Association Standard 805

ML062020289
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/08/2006
From:	Catherine Haney Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Johnston G Florida Power & Light Co
Moroney B, NRR/DORL, 415-3974
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September 18, 2006 Mr. Gordon L. Johnston Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 S. Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957

SUBJECT:

PERIOD OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION DURING IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805, ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2.

Dear Mr. Johnston:

In a letter dated February 14, 2006 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No.ML060310632), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledged your letter of December 22, 2005 (ADAMS No. ML053640283), in which you stated that Florida Power and Light Company intended to adopt the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants, 2001 Edition, pursuant to Section 50.48(c) of Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, at St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2.

In your letter, you requested enforcement discretion for a period of 42 months for existing identified incidents of noncompliances, in accordance with the NRCs Interim Enforcement Policy. In our February 14, 2006, letter, the NRC granted a 2-year enforcement discretion period for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. However, we noted that the NRC is considering your request for extended discretion and would contact you when we have reached a decision.

On the basis of a revision to the Enforcement Policy (71 Federal Register 19905), I am now informing you that a 3-year enforcement discretion period is granted. Currently, the NRC is not granting additional extensions to the existing approved enforcement discretion policy.

Therefore, the NRC considers the discretion period for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, which began on December 22, 2005, to expire on December 22, 2008.

As you are aware, in order to receive enforcement discretion, you must: (a) evaluate the risk significance of all noncompliances to assure that they do not constitute Red (or Severity Level I) findings under the Reactor Oversight Process, (b) enter them into your corrective action program, and (c) implement and maintain appropriate compensatory measures until you complete your corrective actions, or until the NRC staff approves your license amendment request and issues its safety evaluation. You should refer to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-07, Compensatory Measures to Satisfy the Fire Protection Program Requirements, for additional NRC staff guidance on appropriate compensatory measures.

G. Johnston If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Brendan T. Moroney, Project Manager, at 301-415-3974 or BTM3@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-335 and 50-389 cc: Those on the attached list

ML062020289 NRR-106 Office LPLII:PM DRA/FPB:BC DRIS/IRIB:BC OE Name BMoroney SWeerakkody RGibbs DSolorio Date 8/8/06 8/15/06 8/18/06 9/13/06 Office R-II/DRS/EB2:BC NRR/DRA:D DORL:D Name CPayne JLyons CHaney Date 9/19/06 9/14/06 9/18/06 Letter to Mr. Gordon L. Johnson from Cathrine Haney, dated

SUBJECT:

PERIOD OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION DURING IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805, ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2.

cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Mr. C. R. Costanzo Senior Vice President, Nuclear Acting Plant General Manager and Chief Nuclear Officer St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive P.O. Box 14000 Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Terry L. Patterson Senior Resident Inspector Licensing Manager St. Lucie Plant St. Lucie Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6351 South Ocean Drive P.O. Box 6090 Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Mark Warner, Vice President Craig Fugate, Director Nuclear Operations Support Division of Emergency Preparedness Florida Power and Light Company Department of Community Affairs P.O. Box 14000 2740 Centerview Drive Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100 Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Marjan Mashhadi, Senior Attorney Mr. J. Kammel Florida Power & Light Company Radiological Emergency 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Planning Administrator Suite 220 Department of Public Safety Washington, DC 20004 6000 Southeast Tower Drive Stuart, Florida 34997 Mr. Douglas Anderson County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Mr. William A. Passetti, Chief Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control 2020 Capital Circle, SE, Bin #C21 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1741