ML20127K291

Forwards Insp Repts 50-321/92-33 & 50-366/92-33 on 921207-11 & Nov.Violation of Concern Because Potentially Contaminated Sludge from Sewage Treatment Facility Spread on Ground in Unrestricted Area W/O Adequate Evaluation Performed

ML20127K291
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	01/08/1993
From:	Cline W NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II)
To:	Hairston W GEORGIA POWER CO.
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ML20127K296	List: IR 05000321/1992033 ML20127K291 ML20127K311
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NUDOCS 9301260088
Download: ML20127K291 (3)

See also: IR 05000321/1992033

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Docket Nos. 50-321, 50-366

License Nos. DPR 57, NPF-5

Georgia Power Company

ATTH: Mr. W. G. Hairston, III

Senior Vice President

Nuclear Operations

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201

Gentlemen:

SUBJECT: NOTICE Of VIOLATION

(NRC INSPECTION REPORT NOS. 50-321/92-33 AND 50-366/92-33)

This refers to the inspection conducted by D. W. Jones of this office on

December 7-11,-1992. - The inspection included a review of activities

authorized for your Hatch facility. The findings were discussed with those

members of your staff identified in the enclosed report.

Areas examined during the inspection are identified in the report. Within

these areas, the inspection consisted of selective examinations of procedures

and representative records, interviews with personnel, and observation of

activities in progress.

Based on the results of the inspection, certain of your activities appeared to

be in violation of NRC requirements as specified in the enclosed Notice of

Violation. This violation is of concern because potentia 11/ contaminated

sludge from your sewage treatment facility was spread on the ground in an

unrestr_icted area without an adequate evaluation having been performed of the

potential risk of hazardous exposure to the public or of the potential-

environmental effects.

You-are requested to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions

specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response._ In your.

response, you should document the_ specific ac_tions taken and any additional

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actions you plan to prevent recurrence.- After reviewi_ng your response to this

Notice, including your proposed corrective actions and the results of future

inspections, the NRC will determine whether further NRC enforcement action is

necessary to ensure compliance with NRC regulatory requirements.

.in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, a copy of this letter and its enclosures will

be placed in the NRC Public' Document _ Room.-

The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Notice are not subject =

to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget as-required

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96.511.

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Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact us.

Sincerely,

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William E. Cline, Chief

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Radiological Protection and

Emergency Preparedness Branch

Division of Radiation Safety

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Enclosures:

1. Notice of Violation

2. NRC Inspection Report

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R. P. Mcdonald, Executive Vice

President, Nuclear Operations

Georgia Power Company

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201

J. T. Beckham

Vice President, Plant Hatch

Georgia Power Company

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201

H. L. Sumner

General Manager, Plant Hatch

Georgia Power Company

Route 1, Box 439

Baxley, GA 31513

S. J. Bethay

Manager Licensing - Hatch

Georgia Power Company

P. O. Box 1295

Birmingham, AL 35201

Ernest L. Blake, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts and

Trowbridge

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, D. C. 20037

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Charles H. Badger

Office of Planning and Budget

Roon, .,10

270 Washington Street, SW-

Atlanta, GA 30334

Harold Reheis, Director

Department of Natural Resources

205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252

Atlanta, GA 30334

Thomas Hill, Manager

Radioactive Materials Program

Department of Natural Resources

4244 International Parkway

Sulte'114

Atlanta, GA 30354

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Chairman

Appling County Commissioners

County Courthouse

Baxley, GA 31513

Dan H. Smith

Vice President

Power Supply Operations

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

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2100 E. Exchange Place

Tucker, GA 30085-1349

Charles A. Patrizia, Esq.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

12th Floor

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, D. C. 20036

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K. N. Jabbour, NRR

A. R.- Herdt, RIl

P. H. Skinner, Ril

Document-Control Desk-

NRC Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Route 1, Box 725

Baxley, GA 31513

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