ML19259B704

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Forwards IE Insp Rept 99900300/78-01 on 781002-06 & Notice of Deviation
ML19259B704
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Issue date: 11/03/1978
From: Potapovs U
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To: Morgan J
COLT INDUSTRIES, INC.
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REF-QA-99900300 NUDOCS 7903130564
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'f ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011 o%v f 0 3 NGV 1978 Docket No. 99900300/78-01 Colt Industries Fairbanks Morse Engine. Division ATTN: Mr. J. F. Morgan President 701 Lawton Avenue Beloit, Wisconsin 53511 Gentlemen:

This refers to the QA Program inspection conducted by Mr. W. E. Foster of this office en October 2-6, 1978, of your facility at Beloit, Wisconsin, associated with the manufacture of diesel generators and to the discussions of our findings with you and members of your staff at the conclusion of the inspection.

This inspection das made to confirm that, in the areas inspected, your QA Program is Ning effectively implemented.

The inspection effort is not designed to assure that unique quality requirements imposed by a customer are being implemented; nor to assure that a specific product, component or service provided by you to your customers, is of acceptable quality. As you know, the NRC requires each of its licensees to assume full responsibility for the quality of specific products, components or services procured from others. You should therefore not conclude that the NRC's inspection exempts you from inspections by an NRC licensee or his agents nor from taking effective corrective action in response to their findings.

Areas examined and our findings are discussed in the enclosed report.

Within these areas, the inspection consisted of an examination of procedures and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observations by the inspector.

During the inspection it was found that the implementation of your QA Program failr1 ',o meet certain NRC requirements. The specific findings and references to che pertinent requirements are identified in the enclosures to this letter.

Please provide us within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this report a written statement containing, (1) a description of steps that have been or will be taken to coirect these items, (2) a description of steps that have been or will be taken to prevent recurrence, and (3) the date your corrective actions and preventive reasures were or will be completed.

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Colt Industries In accordance with Section 2.790 of the Commission's " Rules of Practice,"

Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter with enclosure and your reply, together with the enclosed inspection report will be placed in the Commission's Public Document Room.

If this report contains any information that you believe to be proprietary, it is nec-essary that you make a written application within thirty (30) days to this office to withhold such information from public disclosure. Any such application must include a full statement of the reasons on the basis of which it is claimed that the information is proprietary, and should be prepared so that proprietary information identified in the application is contained in a separate part of the document.

If we do not hear from you in this regard within the specified period, the report will be placed in the Public Document Room.

Should you have any questions concerning this ir.spection, we will De pleased to discuss them with you.

Sincerely, b

Uldis Potapovs Chief

Enclosures:

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ice of Deviation 2.

Inspection Report No. 99900300/78-01