ML20117D493

Submits Clarification of Reporting Requirements Under 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(vi)

ML20117D493
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee, Mcguire, Catawba, McGuire
Issue date:	04/24/1996
From:	Tuckman M DUKE POWER CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9605030060
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( e ll l Duke F6wer Company M S Dxxum P.0 Bat 1006 Senior Vice President Onarlone. NC28201-1006 Nudetu Genemnon (704)382-2200 Omce (104)38N360 Fax DUKEPOWER -

April 24, 1996 U.S. Nucl$ah" Regulatory Commission '

ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Catawba Nuclear Station Docket Nos. 50 -413,414 McGuire Nuclear Station Docket Nos. 50 -36_9,370 Oconee Nucle peac n Docket Nos. 0 -269, 70,287 i Clarificatio fe _ orting Requirements Under l 10 CFR 50.72 (b) (2) (vi)

Duke Power requests formal approval to use the guidance provided in NUREG-1022, Rev. 1, Second Draft, dated February 1994, Section 3.3.7, " News Re. lease or Other Covernment Notifications" (50.72 (b) (2) (vi) ) regarding reportability issues for NRC awareness. In the draft guidance, the NRC has made it clear that the purpose of this reporting provision is to

... ensure the NRC is made aware of issues that will cause heightened public or government concern related to the radiological health and safety of the public or on-site .

personnel or protection of the environment." Additionally, in the draft, the NRC provides examples of the situations which do not require notification to the NRC.

In the course of day to day activities of the plant, occasionally, parameters fall outside established norms.

These exceedances require notification to the state regardless of their potential environmental impact. Currently, Duke is required to make a 4-hour notification to the NRC following a notification to state agencies. This includes such minor environmental problems as the exceedance of fecal coliform limits which involve neither a " health or safety" concern, nor any news releases. Duke believes that the draft guidance in NUREG-1022, Rev. 1, represents the intent of the NRC to 9605030060 960424 PDR ADOCK05000g9 P

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l eliminate unnecessary reporting. Therefore, a four-hour notification to the NRC following each state notification defeats the purpose of the regulation and dilutes the importance of the four-hour reporting requirement.

Accordingly, until a final version to NUREG-1022, Rev. 1 is published, it is requested that Duke be exempted from the 4 hour4.62963e-5 days <br />0.00111 hours <br />6.613757e-6 weeks <br />1.522e-6 months <br /> reporting requirements of 10 CFR 50.72 (b) (2) (vi) for those events which are deemed by the Duke Power Environmental Management, of the public.

program to affect neither the health nor the safety If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Allison Jones-Young at (704) 382-3154.

Very truly yours, M.S. Tuckman Senior Vice-President Nuclear Generation

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