ML20041E386
| ML20041E386 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 02/23/1982 |
| From: | Deyoung R NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE) |
| To: | Public Service Enterprise Group |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20041E381 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-81-071, EA-81-71, NUDOCS 8203100453 | |
| Download: ML20041E386 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company )
Docket Nos.
50-272 Salem Nuclear Generating Station
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50-311 (Units 1 & 2)
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License Nos. DPR-70
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EA 81-71 ORDER IMPOSING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES I
l Public Service Electric and Gas Company, 80 Park Plaza, Newark, New Jersey l
l 07101 (the " licensee") is the holder of License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 (the
" licenses") issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the " Commission")
which authorizes the licensee to operate the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, at Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey, in accordance with the conditions specified therein.
License No. DPR-70 was issued on August 13, 1976 and has an expiration date of September 25, 2008.
License No. DPR-75 was issued on May 20, 1981 and also has an expiration date of September 25, 2008.
II An investigation of tne licensee's activities under the licenses was conducted between January 29 and July 6, 1981 at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, at Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey.
As a result of this inves-tigation, it appeared that the licensee had not conducted its activities in full compliance with the conditions of its licenses and with the requirements of NRC regulations.
A written Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of 8203100453 820223 PDR ADOCK 05000272 G
PDR Civil Penalties was served upon the licensee by letter dated September 24, 1981.
The Notice stated the nature of the violations, the provisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations and license conditions which the licensee had violated, and the amount of civil penalty proposed for each violation.
An answer dated October 22, 1981 to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties was received from the licensee.
III Upon consideration of the answer received and the statements of fact, expla-nation, and argument for remission or mitigation of the proposed civil penalties contained therein, as set torth in the Appendix to this Order, the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement has determined that the penalties proposed for the violations designated in the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties should be imposed.
IV In view of the foregoing and pursuant to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2282, PL 96-295), and 10 CFR 2.205, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
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. The licensee pay civil penalties in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars
($40,000) within thirty days of the date of this Order, by check, draft, or money order, payable to the Treasurer of the United States and mailed to the Director of the Office of Inspection and Enforcement.
V The licensee may, within thirty days of the date of his Order, request a hearing.
A request for a hearing shall be addressed to the Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, U.S.N.R.C., Washington, DC 20555.
A copy of the hearing request shall also be sent to the Executive Legal Director, U.S.N.R.C.,
Washington, DC 20555.
If a hearing is requested, the Commission will issue an Order designating the time and place of hearing.
Upon failure of the licensee to request a hearing within thirty days of the date of this Order, the provisions of this Order shall be effective without further proceedings and, if payment has not been made by that time, the matter may be referred to tre Attorney General for collection.
VI In the event the licensee requests a hearing as provided above, the issues to be considered at such hearing shall be:
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. (a) whether the licensee violated NRC regulations and license conditions as set forth in the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties; and I
(b) whether, on the bases of such violations, this Order should be sustained.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
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Richard C. DeYoung, Di_
Office of Inspection and Enforcement Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 23 day of February 1982 4
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