ML20012C787

Forwards Two Pages Not Included in Internal Rept Evaluating Mgt Effectiveness,Inadvertently Omitted from 900313 Submittal

ML20012C787
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	03/20/1990
From:	Varga S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Poindexter C BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
References
NUDOCS 9003230216
Download: ML20012C787 (4)

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MAR 2 0 jggg1 iDociet"Nos.50-317 Distribution:

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and 50-318 DEESTTTW"~y PDI-11 ~ ~ ""

HRC/ Local /PDRs SVarge Wlanning.

BBoger RCapra Mr. Christian H. Poindexter-DMcDonald Vice Chairman of-the Board

.CVogan Baltimore Gas and Electric' Company P. 0. Box'1535 -

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Lusby, Maryland : 20667-7

SUBJECT:

TRANSNITTAL OF INTERNAL REPORT EVALUATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS-

'AT CALVERT CLIFFS:

By letter dated March 13, 1990,-I_provided a copy of the subject report to i y--

_you. Through an administrative error, we did not include two pages associated t#4

_ ith the report. _ One was "Reconsnendations, Pending Receipt of-Licensee's -

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w Corrective Action Plan"' and the other was " Preliminary Root Cause: Summary."

7 AsnotedintheMarch13 letter',thereportwasapredecisional' report.andwas[

.e never acted on nor does it represent the final agency position. This also applies to the two associated pages which are enclosed.

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Inaccordance.with10CFR2.790(a),.acopyofthisletterandthdenclosuresl' 4 will be placed in-the NRC Public Document Room.

19" lI apol_ogize for the inconvenience. Should you have any questions, please contact me.

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Steven A. Varga, Director' Division cf Reactor: Projects - 1/11 Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation-

Enclosures:

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.c Hr. C. H. Poindexter Baltimore Gas & Electric Company Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant CC' Mr. G. C. Creel Mr. Joseph H. Walter E

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

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MD Rts 214, P.O. Box 1535 I

Public Service Comission of Maryland

'l Lusby, Maryland 20657 American Building 231 E. Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3486-Mr. William T. Bowen, President Calvert County Board i

Comissioners Ms. Kirsten A. Burger, Esq.

Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678 Maryland People's Counsel American Building 9th Floor 231 E. Baltimore Street D. A. Brune, Esq.

Baltimore, Maryland 21202 General Counsel Baltimore Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 1475 Ms. Patricia Birnie

.i Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Co-Director Maryland Safe Energy Coalition P.O. Box 902 Mr. Jay E. Silberg, Esq.

Columbia, Maryland 21044 Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge 2300-N-Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037 Resident Inspector c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission I

P. O. Box 437 Lusby,- Maryland. 20657 Mr. Thomas Magette-Administrator - Nuclear Evaluations

^ ~s Department of Natural Resources SB0 Taylor Avenue

-Tawes State Office Building PPER B3 Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Regional' Administrator, Region I

.U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Comission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 l

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