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First Partial Response to FOIA Request for Documents.Records Subj to Request Identified in App a & Encl.Records Identified in App C Being Withheld in Entirety or in Part (Ref FOIA Exemptions 4 & 5)
ML20135A578
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Site: Peach Bottom, Salem, Hope Creek  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 11/20/1996
From: Racquel Powell
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To: Hollaway W, Oneill J
SHAW, PITTMAN, POTTS & TROWBRIDGE
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g RESPONSE TO FREEDOM CF l FINAL l A l PARTIAL lSt g essee INFORMATION ACT (FOIA) REQUEST DATE DOCKET NUMBE RIS) (It apphcablef REQUESTE R Mr. J. H. O'Neill, Jr. ATTN: W. R. Hollaway PART l.-AGENCY RECORDS RELE ASED OR NOT LOCATED (See checked boxes /

No agency records subject to the request have been located.

No additional agency records subject to the request have been located.

Requested records are available through another public distribution program. See Comments section.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) are already available for public inspection and copying at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) A are being made available for public inspection and copying X

at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC,in a folder under this FOI A number.

Thi nonproprietary version of the proposal (s) that you agreed to accept in a telephone conversation with a member of my staff is now being mads available for public inspection and copying at the N RC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washington, DC, in a folder under this FOI A number.

Agency records subject to the request that are identified in Appendix (es) nay be inspected and copied at the NRC Local Public Document Room identified in the Comments section, y Enclosed is information on how you may obtain access to and the charges for copymg records located at the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, I N.W., Washington, DC.

y Agency records subject to the request are enclosed. Appendices A & C Rtcords subject to the request have been referred to another Federal agency (ies) for review and direct response to you. j Fees You will be billed by the N RC for fees totaling $

You will receive a refund from the N RC in the amount of $

in view of N RC's response to this request, no further action is being taken on appeal letter dated , No.

PART ll. A-INFORMATION WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE C rtain Information in the requested records is being withheld from public disclosure pursuant to the exemptions described in and for the reasons stated X in Pcrt it, B, C, and D. Any released portions of the documents for which only part of the record is being withheld are being made available for public inspection and copying in the NRC Public Document Room,2120 L Street, N.W., Washingt. n, DC in a folder under this FOIA number.

COMMENTS l The records listed on Appendix B are copyrighted. Therefore, they are only being made available for inspection in the NRC Public D,ocument Room.

The search for and review of additional records subject to your request is continuing.  ;

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PART 11.5- APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS l l

l Records subject to the request that are described in the enclosed Appendix (est C are being withheld in their entirety or in part under the i l Exemption No.(s) and for the reason (s) given below pursuant to

1. The withheld informaten is properly classifeed pursuant to Executive Osder.(Exemption 1)
2. The withheld information relates solely to the intomat personnel rules and p ocedures of NRC. (Exemption 2)
3. The withheld information is specifically exempted from public disclosure by statute Indicated. (Exemption 3)

Sections 141 145 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibiu the disclosure of Restricted Date or Formerly Restricted Data (42 UI.C. 21612165).

Sect 6on 147 of the Atomic Energy Act, which prohibits the disclosure of Unclassified Safeguards Information (42 U.S.C. 2167).

4. The withheld information is a trade secret or commercial or financial information that is bemg withheld for the reason (s) indicated. (Exemption 4) l l

The information is considered to be confidential business (propretary) mformation.

Ehe information is considered to be propretary information pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790tdH11.

The mformation was submitted and received in confidence pursuant to 10 CFR 2.790(dH2L

6. The withheld informaten consists of interagency or entrangency records that are not available through discovery dunng litegation (Exemption 6). Applicable Privilege:

' j" ' Deliberetnre Process: Disclosure of predecisional mformation would tend to mhibit the open end trank enchange of ideas essential to the deliberative procesi.' ,

Where records are withheld m their entirety, the f acts are inextncably intertwined with the predecisional inf ormation There also are no reasonably segregeble f actual j portions because the release of the f acts would permit en indirect inquiry mto the predecisional process of the agency. 1 Attorney work. product pnvilege. (Documents prepared by an attorney in contempletion of litigation i Attorney client privilege. (Confidential communications between an attomey and his/her client.)  !

3. The withheld informaten is enempted from pubhc disclosure because its disclosure would result in a clearly unwarranted mvasion of personal pnvecy. (Exemption 6)

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7. The withheld information consists of records compiled for law enforcement purposes and is being withheld for the reason (s) indicated. (Exemption 7)

'E5 cs'losut's could reasonably be expected to interfere with an enforcement proceadmg because it rould reveal the scope, direction, and focus of enforcement efforts, and thus could possibly allow recipients to take action to shield potential wronyloing or a violation of NRC requirements from investigators. (E xemption 7 (A))

Disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. (Exemption 7(C))

The oformateon consists of names of individuals and other information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to reveal identities of confidential sources. (Exemption 7 (D))

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l PART 11. C-DENYING OFFICIALS Pursuant to 10 CF R 9.25(b) and/or 9.25(c) of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss on regulations. It has been determined that the information withheld is exempt from pro-duction or disclosure, and that its production or disclosure is contrary to the public interest. The persons responsible for the denis' are those officials identified below as denying officials and the Director, Division of Freedom of information and Publications Services, Office of Admmistration, for any denialsi hat may be appealed to the Executive Director for Operations (EDO). l DENYlNG OFFICIAL TITLE / OFFICE RECORDS D'ENIED APPELLATE OFFICIAL l

EM NN G Executive Assistant IS.Joosten nffico nf the %cretaru c1 _ c,r3 y IJ.M. Taylor Executive Director for Operations C/4 x l

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l PART 11. D- APPEAL RIGHTS The d:nial by each denying official identified in Part ll.C may be appealed to the Appellate Official identified there. Any such appeal must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of this response. Appeals must be addressed, as appropnate, to the Executive Director for Operatiorc, to the Secretary of the Commission, or to the inspector General, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and should clearly state on the envelope and in the letter that it is an Appeal from en initial FOI A Decision."

NlC FORM 464 (Part 2) (1-91) U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Re: FOIA-96-351 l

APPENDIX A i

RECORD 8 BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY l l

& DATE DEJ_QAIPTION/(PAGE COUNT) l

1. Undated PSE&G, Salem Unit 1, Reactor Trip. Safety l l Injection (11 pages)
2. Undated Salem Parameter and Setpoint Information (10 Pages)
3. Undated Draft, NRC Augmented Inspection Team, Exit

, Meeting (11 pages)

4. Undated ECCS Composite diagram (simplirled) (1 page)
5. Undated Salem Solid State Protection System Functional Diagram (1 page)
6. Undated AIT document request and response for AIT-CW-004 (4 pages)
7. Undated AIT document request and response for AIT-CW- )

005 (12 pages)

8. Undated AIT document request and response for AIT-CW- l 037 (6 pages)  !
9. Undated AIT document request and response for AIT-CW-051 (1 page)
10. Undated Emergency Operating Procedures used by Control Room crew in responding to 4/7/94 event (14 pages)
11. Undated Preliminary' Licensee Post-Trip Review of 4/7/94 reactor trip (94 pages)
12. Undated Salem Generating Sttion Unit 1, Operations Log (8 pages)
13. Undated Charts: Salem SALP Trends 1/88 through 11/94 (7 pages) -
14. Undated Potential public statements relative to meeting (1 Page)
15. Undated

Enclosure:

" Evaluation of AIT Concerns" (5 Pages)

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APPENDIX A (continued) j RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR RNTIRETY '

3Q2 DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT) l

16. Undated Discussion of Individual Violations (32 I Pages)  !

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17. Undated Slides, Salem Preliminary Assessment Notes by 3 R. Gallo and J. Jacobson (13 pages)
18. Undated Handwritten notes by J. Jacobson (9 pages)
19. Undated Exit meeting notes by J. Jacobson (3 pages)
20. Undated Salem Final Performance .Pssessment Results (4 l Pages) l
21. Undated Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,  !

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Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service 1

Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (2 pages)

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22. Undated PSE&G Salem Unit 1, Unit 2, and Hope Creek Chronology (8 pages) 4
23. Undated PSE&G Salem Unit 1, Unit 2, and Hope Creek j Chronology with annotations (8 pages) {

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24. Undated Mapping the Future, provided to Commissioner Dicus (28 pages) ,
25. Undated PSE&G Nuclear Business Unit, Leon R. Eliason ,

(profile) (1 page)

!' 26. Undated Handwritten notes of courtesy visit by Commissioner Dicus with PSE&G officials (1 '

Page)

27. Undated R. A. Spence notes on initial information event and AIT composition (1 page)
28. Undated Initial outline of AIT report and assignments (11 pages)
29. Undated PSE&G table of procedure steps, overhead annunciators, and other indications used in determining procedure requirements for loss of OHAs (5 pages) 1

l Re: FOIA-96-351 APPENDIE A (continued)

RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY l

ML. DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNTL l 30. Undated Supplementary Requirements for Loss of OHA's i (8 pages) l

31. Undated Unit 2, OHA Windows with no alternate l

indication in the CR or CR Equipment Room (4 Pages)

32. Undated Sections from PSE&G Salem 2 alarm response procedures s2.OP-AR.ZZ-0001(Q) (6 pages)
33. Undated A-K Annunciator window panel layouts S2.OP-AR-ZZ-0001(Q) (10 pages)
34. Undated Note to C. Vondra from M. Morroni,

Subject:

Overhead Annunciator with attachments (2 Pages)

Attachment A - 12/21/92 Memo to D. Lyons from M. Bursztein,

Subject:

Engineering Position Regarding System Lockup (1 page) & 12/21/92 Memo to M. Bursztein from J. Carey, Jr.,

Subject:

Functional Status of the Salem Overhead Annunciator System (2 pages) &

12/21/92 Memo to J. Carey from R. McDade,

Subject:

Functional Status'c' the ,

Hathaway/ Beta SER 4100R and 1500 Distributed )

Annunciator (1 page) & 12/20/92 Memo to J. I Carey from M. van der Helm (3 pages) l Attachment B - Revised OHA problem j descriptions (3 pages)

Attachment C - 12/21/92 Memo to D. Lyons from D. Silver,

Subject:

Overhead Enunciator Workstations Virus Scan Outcome (1 page)

35. Undated Procom Plus Command Menu (2 pages) -

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, 36. 07/11/91 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Delmarva Power and Light (1 page) t I

Re: FOIA-96-351 APPENDIX A (continued)

RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY MQ2 DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)

37. 12/20/91 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service )

Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (2 pages)

38. 1/92 Excerpts of NUMARC/NESP-007, Rev. 2,
Methodology for Development of Emergency l Action Levels (4 pages)
39. 03/03/92 Salem Unit 1/2/ Operations, Procedure Number SC.OP-DD.ZZ-0D03(Z), Rev. 0 (6 pages) l
40. 06/25/92 PSE&G Salem / Operations, S1.OP-AB-ANN-0001(Q),

Rev. O, Overhead Annunciators Operation (50 Pages)

41. 12/13/92 PSE&G report to Lower Alloways Creek Police i Department (1 page) l
42. 12/14/92 PSE&G NRC Notification Data Sheet (4 pages) l
43. 12/14/92 Note to B. Gallagher from B. Lowry,

Subject:

Interim operability check of the Beta OHA Annunciator System (1 page) j

44. 12/15/92 PSE&G, Salem Unit 2, Overhead Annunciator ,

Lockup with R. Spence notes (15 pages)

45. 12/15/92 Note to B. Ruland from B. Spence, subject:

Salem 2 Dec-13, 1992 Loss of Annunciators AIT (4 pages)

46. 12/17/92 Handwritten notes by R. A. Spence, simulator test notes (1 page)
47. 12/19/92 Note to R. Gallaher from D. Lyons,

Subject:

Control of OHA Remote Control Workstation (1 Page) -

48. 12/19/92 Justification for Interim Operation of Salem Units 1 and 2 with Overhead Annunciator Concerns (4 pages)
49. 12/21/92 Note to V. Polizzi from R. Gallaher,

Subject:

OHA Questions (1 page)

1 Re: POIA-96-351 APPENDIX A (continued)

RECORD 8 BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY h DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT) 50, 12/23/92 Nuclear Licensing Work Standard, NRC Inspection Management, Attachment 1, Question and Answer Tracking Form (1 page) with j attached 12/29/92 PSE&G faxed answers (3 Pages)

51. 12/29/92 PSE&G Salem / Operations, S2.OP-AB-ANN-0001(Q), )

Rev. O, Loss of Overhead Annunciator System j (55 pages)

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52. 12/29/92 Significant Event Response Team, Report No.
92-05 (36 pages)
53. 06/30/93 Letter to D. Perkins from J. Gasperini,

Subject:

Inadvertent ECCS Actuation at Power (6 pages)

54. 08/02/93 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service Electric and Gas Company (2 pages) i

55. 03/09/94 Letter from Thomas Martin to Steven Miltenberger on Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty (10 Pages) ,

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56. 04/07/94 Slides, Salem Unit 1 Reactor Trip with Multiple Safety Injections (16 pages)
57. 04/08/94 Salem AIT Analysis - Review of the Circumstances Surrounding the Salem Unit 1 Trip on April 7, 1994 and the Unexpected Response of Plant Systems (10 pages)
58. 04/08/94 Salem AIT Analysis - Review of the Circumstances Surrounding the Salem Unit 1 i Trip on April 7, 1994 and the Unexpected Response of Plant Systems (8 pages)
59. 04/08/94 Event Notification 27053 (2 pages)
60. 04/08/94 Letter to S. Miltenberger from T. Martin,

Subject:

Confirmatory Action Letter 1-94-005 (8 pages)

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61. 04/14/94 Fax of Preliminary Notification, PN1-9425A (1 page)
62. 04/29/94 Fax of letter to T. Martin from S.

Miltenberger,

Subject:

Request for Supplemental Information (29 pages)

63. 05/04/94 Fax of 4/5/89 Salem 2 LER 89-005, Rev. 0 (5 )

pages) l

64. 05/17/94 Letter to J. Jacobson from D. Zannoni,

Subject:

New Jersey DEP Compilation Salem 1 l and 2 Performance Data with attached 07/19/94 l letter to J. Jacobson from D. Zannoni, subject: New Jersey DEP Compilation Salem 1 and 2 Performance Data with attached excepts from 1993 NES Annual Report (30 pages)

65. 06/24/94 Letter to S. Miltenberger from J. Wiggins, i

Subject:

NRC Augmented Inspection Team (AIT)

Report Nos. 50-272/94-80 and 50-311/94-80 with attached Inspection Report (56 pages)

$6. 07/06/94 Letter from James Wiggins to Steven Miltenberger on Apparent Violations Relative ,

to the April 7, 1994 E (7 pages)

67. 07/28/94 NRC Enforcement Conference (37 pages)
68. 12/13/94 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (1 page)

69. 04/11/95 Letter from Thomas Martin to Vincent Polizzi on Letter of Reprimar.d - Enforcement Conference (OI Investigation 1-93-021R) (3 pages) -
70. 04/11/95 Letter from Thomas Martin to Lawrence Reiter on Enforcement Conference (OI Investigation 1-93-021R) (2 pages)

Res POIA-96-351 APPENDIX A (continued)

RECORDS BEING RELEASED IN THEIR ENTIRETY RQ,. DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)

71. 04/11/95 Letter from Thomas Martin to Calvin Vondra on Notice of Violation - Enforcement Conference i

(OI Investigation 1-93-021R) (6 pages) 1

72. 04/12/95 NRC Public Affairs News Release entitled, l "NRC Staff Proposes to Fine Public Service l Electric & Gas Company for Alleged Violation at its Salem Nuclear Generating Station (2 Pages)

I 73. 06/02/95 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service l Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) Salem Units l

1&2 (2 pages)

74. 06/23/95 NRC Position on Salem - 6/23/95 (2 pages)
75. 12/01/95 Memo for the Record from J. L. Milhoan,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit Public Service & Gas Company (1 page)

76. 02/27/96 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drup-In Visit - Public Service Electric and Gas Company with attached 12/13/95 letter to R. Busch from W. Russell ,

(4 pages)

77. 02/29/96 Letter to C. Browsher from J. Biden (2 pages)
78. 07/18/96 Executive Profile of E. James Ferland (1 Page) l
79. 07/24/96 E-mail to Chairman Jackson from G. Schuetze, I

Subject:

Utility Meeting (1 page)

80. 08/15/96 E-mail to Chairman Jackson from G. Schuetze,

Subject:

Utility Meeting (1 page) .

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APPENDIX B COPYRIGHTED RECORDS BEING RELEASED TO THE PDR )

MQA DATE DESCRIPTION /(PAGE COUNT)

1. 12/17/92 Newspaper article, Today's Sunbeam, Salem 2 under scrutiny (1 page) i
2. 03/21/95 The Morning Report Compiled by Corporate i Communications, Star Ledger 3/21/95, Page 17  !

Regulators meeting with_PSE&G chiefs to 'get l their attention' on Salem (2 pages)

3. 07/19/96 Newspaper article, Gloucester County Times, No word games from PSE&G nuclear execs (1 page)
4. 07/23/96 Newspaper article, Gloucester County Times, l Salem reactor's restart delayed (1 page)  !
5. 08/14/96 Newspaper article, Today's Sunbeam, PSE&G considering nuclear merger with PECO (1 page) ,

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1. 10/04/95 Routing Slip regarding SECY-95-246 (1 page)

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2. 08/23/96 Note for Chairman Jackson from C. Miller,

Subject:

August 26, 11-11:30 Drop-In, PSE&G executives (3 pages) EI. 5

3. 08/23/96 Memo for Commissioner Dicus from T. Chan,

Subject:

Courtesy Visit by Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) (2 pages) EI. 5

4. 09/13/96 Memo for the Record from J. M. Taylor,

Subject:

Drop-In Visit - Public Service Electric and Gas Company (2 pages) EI. 4 l

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