ML19340C833

Notifies of Interim Rule Suspending Completion Dates for Fire Protection Mods Previously Approved by Nrc.Fr Notice Encl

ML19340C833
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	11/18/1980
From:	Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Arnold R METROPOLITAN EDISON CO.
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NUDOCS 8012170645
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Dear Mr. Arnold:

As you know, a proposed Section 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 has been pending since May 1980. The Commission has recently approved a revised final version of that proposed Section 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 which will be published in the Federal Register shortly and will become effective 90 days after reblication.

This revised 10 CFR 50.48 will contain schedules for completion of all fire protect on modifications.

One set of schedules will be applicable to features covered by Appendix R.

A similar set of schedules will be applicable to all other fire protection modifications that have been approved by the NRC staff in a staff safety evaluation report. This latter set of schedules will require completion of r.odifications not covered by Appendix R by schedules specified in the revised rule or by the dates now specified as license conditions, whichever is sooner, unless an extension or exemption is approved by NRC.

Some of the co.pletion dates discussed in the SER for your facility may be associated with moditications for which the NRC staff required additional information, such as design details or test results, to be subsequently To the reviewed and approved by the NRC staff prior to implementation.

extent that there are fire protection modifications such as this for your facility and the required additional information has not yet been approved by the staff as evidenced in a staff safety evaluation report, there is no present implementation require ent; consequently, completion of such items will be governed by the schedules in the revised rule.

In the interim, pending the effective date of the revised rule, the Commission has approved a new Section 50.48 of 10 CFR 50 suspending completion dates for fire protection modifications previously approved by the NRC str.f.

This new section became effective upon publication in the Federal Register A copy of the new rule is enclosed on October 29, 1980 (45 FR 71569).

This rule will be superseded by the revised rule when for your information.

it becomes effective.

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_2-In the near future, we plan to contact you to identify specifically which fire protection features associated with your facility are covered by Appendix R and would thus be subject to one set of schedules, and which are previously approved items which are covered by a different set of schedules.

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Division o Licensing

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/ enclosure:

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Metropolitan Edison Company cc w/ enclosure (s):

lir. ",arvin I. Lewis Dr. Walter H. Jordan 6504 Bradford Terrace 881 W. Outer Drive h.iladelphia, Pennsylvania 19149 Cak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Walter W. Cohen, Consumer Advocate Dr. Linda W. Little Department of Justice 5000 Hermitage Drive Strawberry Square, 14th Floor Ralei'gh, North Carolina 27612 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17127 Holly S. Keck Robert L. Knupp, Esq.

Anti-Nuclear Group Representing Assistcnt Solicitor Yc k Knurp and Andrews 2a5 W. Philadelphia Street P. O. Box P York, Pennsylvania 17404 407 N. Front Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17103 John Levin, Esq.

Pennsylvania Public Utilities Comm.

John E. Minnich, Chairman Box 3265 Dauphin Co. Board of Commissioners Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Cauphin County Courthouse Front and I',arket Streets Jordan D. Cunningham, Eso.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Fox, Farr and Cunningham 2320 North 2nd Street

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington, D. C.

205o0 i heodore A. Adler, Esq.

WIDOFF REAGER SELK0WITZ & ADLER

• AtomicSafehyandLicensingBoardPanel P. O. Box 1547 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Corr.ission Hcrrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 tlasnington, D. C.

20555 l'.s. Marjorie M. Aamodt

• Docketing and Service Section R.D. #5 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Coatesville, Pennsylvania 19320 Washington, D. C.

20555 Ms. Karen Sheldon Robert Q. Pollard Sheldon, Harmon & Weiss 609 Montpelier Street 1725 I Street, N.W. - Suite 505 Ealtimore, Maryland 21218 Washington, D. C.

20006 Chauncey Kepford Earl B. Hoffman Judith H. Johnsrud Dauphin County Commissioner Envircnmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Dauphin County Courthouse 433 Orlando Avenue Front and Market Streets Sta*.e College, Pennsylvania 16801 Harricburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Ms. Frieda Berryhill, Chairman Ms. Ellen R. Weiss, Esq.

Coalition for Nuclear Pcwer Plant Sheldon, Harmon & Weiss Pos tponer 2nt 1725 I Street, N.W.

l 2610 Gre. Son Drive Suite 506 ~

20006 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Rhoda D. Carr Mr. Steven C. Sholly 1402 Marene Drive 304 South Market Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17109 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055

.i Metropol12an Edison Company u. Thomas Gerusky Ms. Jane Lee r

Bureau of P.adiation Protection R.D. 3, Box 3521 Department of Environmental Resources Etters, Pennsylvania 17319 P. O. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Karin W. Carter, Esq.

505 Executive House Mr. G. P. Miiler P. O. Box 2357 Mr. R. F. Wilson Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Mr. J. J. Barton Metropolitan Edison Company Honorable Mark Cohen P. O. Box 480 512 D-3 Main Capital Building Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 G. F. Trowbridge, Esq.

Dauphin County Office Emergency Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge Preparedness 1800 M Street, N.W.

Court House, Room 7 Washington, D. C.

20036 Front & Market Streets Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Mr. E. G. Wallace Licensing Manager Department of Environmental Resources GPU Service Corporation ATTN: Director, Office of Radiological Health 100 Interpace Parkway Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 P. O. Box 2063 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Mr. R. W. Conrad Vice President, Generation Director, Criteria and Standards Pennsylvania Electric Company Division Office of Radiation Programs (ANR-460) 1007 Broad Street Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15907 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D. C.

20460 Miss Mary V. Southard, Chairperson Citizens for a Safe Environment P. O. Box 405 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108 Mr. Robert B. Borsum Babcock & Wilcox Government Publications Section Nuclear Power Generation Division State Library of Pennsylvania Suite 420, 7735 Old Georgetown Road Box 1601 (Education Building)

Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17126

• Ivan W. Smith, Esq.

Mr. David D. Maxwell, Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Board of Supervisors Londonderry Township Washington, D. C.

20555 RFD#1 - Geyers Church Raod Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Ms. Kathy McCaughin Three Mile Island Alert, Inc.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 23 South 21st street Region III Office Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104 ATTN:

EIS COORDINATOR Curtis Cuilding (Sixth Floor)

Mr. L. W. Harding 6th and Walnut Streets Supervisor of Licensing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Mr. J. G. Herbein Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Director, Nuclear Assurance Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, PA 17057

k Metropolitan Edison Company Mr. R. J. Toole Allen R. Carter, Chairman Manager, TMI-l Joint Legislative Committee on Energy Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 142 P. O. Box 480 Suite 513 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Senate Gressette Building Colunbia, South Carolina 29202 Mr. W. E. Potts Radiological Controls Manager, TMI-l Daniel fl. Pell, Esq.

Metropolitan Edison Company ANGRY 32 South Beaver Street P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvcnia 17057 York, Pennsylvania 17401 Mr. I. R. Finfrock, Jr.

Willian S. Jordan, III, Esq.

Jersey Centrol Power S Light Company Harncn & Weiss Madison Avenue at Psnch Bowl Raod 1725 I Street, NW, Suite 506 Morristown, New Jersey 07950 Washington, DC 20006 J. B. Lieberman, Esq.

General Counsel Berlock, Israel & Liberman Federal Emergency Panagement' Agency ATTru Docket Clerk 26 Broadway New York, NY 10004 1725 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20472 Mr. J. J. Colitz Plant Engineering Mar. age, TMI-l Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 York College of Pennsylvania Country Club Road York, Pennsylvania 17405 Mr. G. K. Hovey Director, TMI-2 Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Mr. B. Elam Manager, Plant Engineering, Unit 2 Metropolitan Edison Company P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Mr. Richard Roberts The Patriot 812 Market Street Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105 Governor's Office of State Planning Mr. R. W. Heward and Development ATTfh Coordinator, Pennsylvania Manager, Radiological Control, Unit 2 Metropolitan Edison Company State Clearinghouse P. O. Box 1323 P. O. Box 480 Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17170

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• Fciercl Register / Vol. 45. No. m / Wednesday October 29. 980 / Rules anJ Regulations n sse i

performs the following speedic earlier er Ucipated has been regired to publishe d en 0:tober 1.1930,45 FR mas Tee ccrrected 1 cs1is pubhshed functions:

prepare a final ru]e on nre p ota::icua.

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F O R FVrTH E R 1% F O Ru ATIO N CONT ACT that in the proposed rule.it has :ct yet Robert p.De icung. Private Radio been published end in acy emt woa.ld B ec a u. (:00) 032-7175.

n t be effecthe ur.til 90 days afte-Ni> CLEAR REGULATORY A D D R E S S' Fe deral Communica D.ons Pu%cauon.

COMMISSION Cor.missica. Wa shington. D.C. 20554.

Certain NRC licens ees, howem, are at present operatirut under licens.e SUPPLEW!W ARY INFORM AT10K:

O CFR Part 50 conditicas or technical speci5catms I

1: the Marer of amend: cent of Part a Fire Protection Schedules for thereto which include the Novecher 3 to transfer authe:ity for commen cmier

- matters invcivm6 pubbc coast ststions Operating Nuclear Power Plante deadlme or other dates which wi2,

pre:ede the effective date of the f;aal to 6e Pmate n"adio Bura,

A ctwer: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory rule.To the extent that these Liec= sees rseleand. Aumt :S.1 sac.

Commissloru have been unable to ct.,mp' ele AU of'the

1. In the Order in the above-captier.ed ACT10'c F:nal rule.

fire protection measures to dir.h these

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- =atter. FCC EG179 released Apru 7 svuu ART:The Nudear Regulatory would v. late the license conditi:ns.

io Isc S-:non osi of the rules was Ce m=.ssie (NRC)is amendmg Hs The violation would extend c Jy =itC emEded to reflec: a tansfer of function ma6cas to temporarily suspend-the fmal rule becomes effe-tre, race frc:c the Com.rnon Car:ier Breau to the e epleoen scheddes for certain fire the implementation schedde co.9ined Private Radio Bureau (45 FR 25399. April p otect;on features in operating nuclear in the final rule wiD superude g,

. Seebon 031 of the ru'es was also 7'[

stu.t hense cuQts.

"C rWbrg.i e f r pro e tion s e nded by Order. FCC TW6C.

This suspension is rdeas ed Mcch 7. IMO. to reflect the neceturv because seme NRC licensees

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'".s e c Jun e Trm.:gh inadvertence, or implementatien dead!ines contained Ln E'"'W P"8* U" Order cf Ap-il 7. emended tce larquage licensed conditiens. The Commission

@c pr ecum anbcable to aC NT.C of the nds p,cr to fu having been has found that fire protection measures -

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. a:.er.ded by oc Or er of March 7.1950 aWy imp'emented give reasonable

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,,3u7,nce,f safety, and that no health 3.To c:rrect this situation. Section and ufe'v imenst would be served by

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O.m is atended as set fo-th in the forcing ce'rtain licensees to shut doven ege au n s6eduk cf be Eral apph to p" and cc=prehen attached apandi.x, to amend the during the brief peried between the opuatz %,ans an c.: ently efie tive langage of the rde.

License condition oesdlines and the.

includmg these with d.i!Ierent se.nedules rece al C=.e.bt;oni Coamassion.

. efie:Jveness of the final fire protection contained in license conditions. N:

(Sea 4. n 4E EraL as ar ended.100c.202.:.

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public health and safetv interest would 4r U.S.C. t u. 3:3).

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be served by forcing odly those E= b incadco, rom ruRTHER INFORM AT4oN CONTACT:

licensees unable to Intet dead'ines Se:ma r.

William Shields. Office of F.xecutive pre:eding the effectiveness of the "na3 Fut 0 cf Chapter I of Titic 47 of the Legal Director. U.S. Nuclear Regulato y rule to shut down for the b,ef inte,=.

Code of Federal Regulations is amended Commis sion. W a shingt on, D.C. 20555.

To the contrary, tne fire pro:e=io:

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pbue 3M9ME measures already in.plemectec. gin sVPPt EM ENTARY ikFo RM AT10N: On May ressmable assurance that al! operating in ! 0.E the introductory text is revised te read as follows:

29.1983, the Ccmmission published in nuclear plants may contmue to, ope ate the Federal Register (45 FR 350&2) a safely even though the final ru.e w")

{ 0 9' Fv.ctons of the Nreau-Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled require additional nre protection The Cermos Carrier Bureau

." Fire Protection Pngram for Nuclear measures at mtny plants.

develops. reco:nmends and adrninisters Plants Operating Prior to January 1.

The Administrative Procedet A-1 policies end prog ams for the regulation 1979." The proposed ru!c provided that provides that a rule may be effecthe of suvices. facilities. rates and practices au fee protection modifications except upon publication when that rule "g-ants of entiti-rfer tbding public coast altemate or dedicated shutdown or recognizes an exception er reliens a stations in the roantime mob:le service) capability would be required to be restriction." 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1)."~his rule I

which fur sh interstate or foreign implemented by November 1.1980.

relieves certain NRC licensees drom k

ccmmunications service for hire-tmless the Commission approve an license conditions or technica]

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w nethe by wu e, n dio, cable or satellite extension for god cause.This des.dline - specifications thereto 1n regud to.*..e fat:loies-and of ancillary operations was also stated in the Commission's protection implementa tion desdines, related to the provisiens or use of such May 27.1980 Memorandum and Order and will therefore be effective epa: the services.Tne Bureau elso regulates the on the Union of Concemed Scientists date of publication in the Federal n*s. te ms.and conditions for cable Petition for E.mergency and Remedia!

Register. Furthermore, as noted abeve, j

te:evision and pole attachments where Action.11 NRC 7c7. 719.

the proposed rule stated that extensions such attac: re.a are not regulated by a Many of the comrnenters on the from the November 1. deadline wo:'d be state and cct provided by raliroads or proposed rule contended that the considered for good cause. Extensin Fos emm entaliv-or cooperatively November I deadline was unechievable.

pubile comment was received to the owned utilaies'.The Bureau also Moreover. much more time than was effect that the dead!me was unreal.stic D " lD F D D' l

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cnd should be revised. Und:r,thss2 cir u rs:en:es the Co: mlesion beurves that there is good muse for an extensio:

of the license condition schedules pending efie:tiveness of the final rule en fL*e protectien.

Tne rJe prevides that all co=pliance dates contained in license conditions or IDEC 1 E80 teinir41 specilitations for required fire prctection measures er-suspended pending further action oy the Cemnussion. As is clear frorn the above distN sien. that fcther action will be prc=ulgaten of the fL.nal rule on fire protection. Tne Cnmedssion intends that licensees af;.cted by thjs rule should use best eHorts to complete au required rnes sures as seen as possible despite the susper:sien of the deadlines for this brief perici Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 19M. es e = ended the Energy Rec ;;anla Ja.. Act of1970 as amended and Sectiers 552 and 552 of Title 5 of the Uruted States Code, notice is bereby F ven that t' e following arnendraent to i

Ti'Je 10. Chapte-1 Code of Federal Ferulations. Part 50. is pubbshed as a document sub,iect to codification.

P ART 50-DOMESTIC LICENSING OF PRODUCT 1DN AND tJTILIZADON FA CILfTIES

1. A new Secti:n 50.4A is added to read as fobows:

f l 50 4 e fite prote: tion s:M4utes.

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specificaticas interporate compliance I

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issued p ior to the effective date of this Ii rJe. those caf es are hereby suspended pendar further a: tion by the

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