ML18066A190

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980314-0506.Violation Noted:On 980426,inspectors Identified That Palisades Administrative Procedure 5.09 Failed to Prescribe Foreign Matl Exclusion Controls for Electrical Safety Equipment

ML18066A190
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	06/11/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
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ML18066A189	List: ML18066A188 ML18066A190 ML18066A191
References
50-255-98-05, 50-255-98-5, NUDOCS 9806170144
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Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Generating Plant NOTICE OF VIOLATION Docket No.: 50-255 License No.: DPR-20 During an NRC inspection conducted from March 14 through May 6, 1998, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the "General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violation is listed below:

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix B, Criterion V, "Instructions, Procedures, and Drawings,"

requires, in part, that activities affecting quality be prescribed by documented instructions, procedures, or drawings, of a type appropriate to the circumstances.

Contrary to the above, on or about April 26, 1998, the inspectors identified that Palisades Administrative Procedure 5.09, "Maintenance Cleanliness Standards," Revision 6, was inappropriate to the circumstances in that it failed to prescribe adequate foreign material exclusion controls for safety-related electrical equipment, an activity affecting quality.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement I).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Consumers Energy Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN:

Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region Ill, and a copy to the NRC Resident Inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This.

reply should be clearly marked as a "Reply to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation or severity level, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for

- Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,

• DC 20555-0001.

Under the authority of Section 182 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 2232, this response shall be submitted under oath or affirmation.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent

-- - -possible-;-it-should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, you must

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Notice of Violation specifically identify the portions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will.

create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 1 O CFR 73.21.

Dated at Lisle, Illinois this 11th day bf June 1998