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Period of Enforcement Discretion During Implementation of National Fire Protection Association Standard 805, Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit No. 1
ML071000033
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Site: Davis Besse Cleveland Electric icon.png
Issue date: 05/01/2007
From: Catherine Haney
Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To: Bezilla M
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
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May 1, 2007 Mr. Mark B. Bezilla Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-DB-3080 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760

SUBJECT:

PERIOD OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION DURING IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805, DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNIT NO. 1

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

In a letter dated February 27, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML070590517), you informed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company will begin the transition to 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 Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 50.48(c), for Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (Davis-Besse), Unit No. 1.

In your letter, you stated that the transition will begin on March 1, 2007, and requested enforcement discretion for a period of 3 years for existing identified incidents of noncompliances in accordance with the NRCs Interim Enforcement Policy for Davis-Besse.

The transition will be conducted in two phases:

Phase I - Perform project planning and assessments Phase II - Perform engineering reviews and analyses A licensing amendment request (LAR) would be submitted at the end of Phase II, followed by implementing activities, including finalizing program documentation, implementing configuration control, and monitoring.

The NRC published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2006, (71 FR 19905) a revision to its enforcement policy extending the NFPA 805 transition discretion period from 24 to 36 months.

As such, I am informing you that your request for a 3-year enforcement discretion period is granted. The discretion period for Davis-Besse is considered to begin on March 1, 2007, and will expire on March 1, 2010. The enforcement discretion period, however, will continue while the NRC staff is reviewing your LAR.

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 a 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

M. B. Bezilla complete your corrective actions, or until the NRC staff approves your LAR and issues its safety evaluation. You should refer to NRCs Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-07, Compensatory Measures to Satisfy the Fire Protection Program Requirements, for additional NRC staff guidance on appropriate compensatory measures.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Thomas Wengert, Project Manager, at 301-415-4037 or TJW2@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-346 cc: See next page

ML071000033 Office LPL3-2/PM LPL3-2/LA LPL3-2/BC DRA/FPB/BC Name TWengert EWhitt RGibbs SWeerakkody Date 04/11/07 04/10/07 04/11/07 04/17/07 Office OE R-III/DRS/EB3/BC NRR/DRA/D NRR/DORL/D Name DSolorio JLara CHolden CHaney Date 04/24/07 04/27/07 04/27/07 05/1/07 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:

Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance Attorney General FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Office of Attorney General Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station 30 East Broad Street Mail Stop A-DB-3065 Columbus, OH 43216 5501 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 President, Board of County Commissioners of Ottawa County Director, Ohio Department of Commerce Port Clinton, OH 43252 Division of Industrial Compliance Bureau of Operations & Maintenance President, Board of County 6606 Tussing Road Commissioners of Lucas County P.O. Box 4009 One Government Center, Suite 800 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-9009 Toledo, OH 43604-6506 Regional Administrator, Region III The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission United States House of Representatives Suite 210 Washington, D.C. 20515 2443 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4352 The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich United States House of Representatives Resident Inspector 14400 Detroit Avenue U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lakewood, OH 44107 5503 North State Route 2 Oak Harbor, OH 43449-9760 Joseph J. Hagan President and Chief Nuclear Officer Stephen Helmer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Supervisor, Technical Support Section Mail Stop A-GO-19 Bureau of Radiation Protection 76 South Main Street Ohio Department of Health Akron, OH 44308 35 East Chestnut Street, 7th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 David W. Jenkins, Attorney FirstEnergy Corporation Carol OClaire, Chief, Radiological Branch Mail Stop A-GO-18 Ohio Emergency Management Agency 76 South Main Street 2855 West Dublin Granville Road Akron, OH 44308 Columbus, OH 43235-2206 Danny L. Pace Zack A. Clayton Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering DERR FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Mail Stop A-GO-14 P.O. Box 1049 76 South Main Street Columbus, OH 43266-0149 Akron, OH 44308 State of Ohio Manager, Fleet Licensing Public Utilities Commission FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company 180 East Broad Street Mail Stop A-GO-2 Columbus, OH 43266-0573 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308

Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 cc:

Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-2 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Jeannie M. Rinckel Vice President, Fleet Oversight FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Richard Anderson Vice President, Nuclear Support FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 James H. Lash Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Mail Stop A-GO-14 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308