ML20057B579

Partially Withheld Commission Paper Providing Interpretation of Commission 820630 Rule Suspending Environ Qualification Deadline

ML20057B579
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Issue date:	04/07/1983
From:	Plaine H NRC OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL (OGC)
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'8RULEMAKING ISSUE S" '-*'-122 (Notation Vote)

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INTERPRETATION OF THE COMMISSION'S-JUNE 30, 1982 RULE SUSPENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION DEADLINE, t

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INTERPRETATION OF THE JUNE 30, 1982 RULE

SUBJECT:

SUSPENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATION DEADLINE 29, 1983 asked for an interpre-Your memorandum of March tation of the rule promulgated by the Commission on June 30, 1982.

47 Fed. Reg. 28863 (June 30, 1982).

The rule sus-pended a requirement included in all nuclear power plant operating licenses then in force that safety-related elec-trical equipment be environmentally qualified by July 1, In the Statement of Consideration for the rule the 1982.

Commission referred to staff analyses of each licensee's justification for continued operation at each plant and stated:

"On the bases of these analyses, the Commission has determined that continued operation of these plants pending completion of the equipment qualification program will not present undue risk to the public health and safety."

a petition for review of the June 30 rule

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As you are aware, was filed in Union of Concerned Scientists v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the United States of America, D.C. Cir. No. 82-2000.

Briefs have been submitted in the case.

The petitioners' briefs to the Court of Appeals have raised the issue whether the quoted statement should be taken as part of the rule so as to compel denial of any 10 CFR 2.206 request fer enforcement action based on allegations that deficiencies in the environmental qualification of elec-trical equipment makes operali_ ort.o.f_agarticular nuclear a lant_ unduly _ hazardous a It is my opinion that I.

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