ML20136F146

Notification of Significant Meeting on 840418 W/Util in Atlanta,Ga to Discuss Welding Issue Irregularity Findings at Site.Case of Brown & Root,Inc Vs Rj Donovan Encl

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Issue date:	04/11/1984
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ATLANTA. GEORGI A 3o303 APR 1119M NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT MEETING Name of Licensee:

Duke Power Company Name of Facility:

Catawba Nuclear Station Docket Nos.: 50-413 and 50-414 Date and Time of Meeting:

April 18, 1984, 9:30 a.m.

Location of Meeting:

Region II Offices Purpose of Meeting:

To discuss welding issue irregularity findings at the Catawba site NRC Attendees: James P. O'Reilly, Regional Administrator R. C. Lewis, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

H. C. Dance, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 2, DRP A. R. Herdt, Chief, Engineering Program Branch, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

V. L. Brownlee, Chief, Reactor Projects Section 2A, DRP B. Uryc, Investigative Coordinator N. Economos, Reactor Engineer, DRS J. J. Blake, Chief, Materials and Mechanical Section, DRS Licensee Attendees: R. L. Dick, Vice President - Construction A. R. Hollins, Manager of Construction Services NOTE:

Attendance by NRC personnel at this NRC/ Licensee meeting should be made known by 11:00 a.m., April 17, 1984, via telephone call to V. L. Brownlee, DPRP, FTS:

242-5583.

Distribution:

Victor Stello, Jr., DEDROGR J. Lieberman, Director, R0ED R. DeYoung, Director, IE J. Axelrad, Director, Enforcement D. G. Eisenhut, Director, Division of Licensing K. Jabbour, NRR 8511220048 851104 PDR FOIA CARR85-854 PDR

t 4-i BROwH & ROOT, INC. v. DONOVAN 1217 paraden. Energy Reorganir.adon Act of BRO %H & ROOT, INC., Petitioner, 1 74. 6 210(a), e.s amended, 42 U.S.C.A.

I SSS1(a).

v.

Raymond J. DONOVAN, Secretary of

2. Labor Relations p2C 5 Labor, Respondent.

Filing of nonconforrnance reports with No. 53-4456.

his employer by quality controlinspector at nuclear generating f acili:v was not protecte Uniad etates Ccun cf Appeth, er Energy Reorgarintion Act sec.

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" C b~t" tion which prohibiti an employer from dis-

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charging an employee for comtneocing, tes-l Dec.10, 1954.

Ofying in, assisdng in or pardeipating in a proceeding for the H-tration or en.

Employer petidoned for review of an

'orcement of that Act or the Atornie Ener-order of the Ur.ited States Deparunent cf gy Act; therefore, employer's discha ge of, Labor, which affirmed an administradve cuality ecntrol inspector for those filings '

l law judge's finding that it diser.mmated wu r.ct a vicladon of that mtion. Energy spinst an employee by discharging him Reorgar.ination Act of 1974, i 210(a), as for enp;.ng in conduct protected by the arnended,42 U.S.C.A. i f 851(a).

l Energy Reorgniadon Act. Tne Court of Appeals, E. Grady Jctly, Circuit Judge, held that: (1) Ae se: tion in quesdon does not Petition for Review cf a.n Order of the pr:tect filing of purely interr.al quality cen.

trol reporu, ar.d (2)" filing of nonect.for. United States Depnent of Labor.

l rnance re;nns by employee with his em-ployer was not protected under that see-pefore GARZA, JOLLY and DAVIS, Cir.

de, and thus his dtscharge for the filings eust Judges.

wu not a viohtion of the Act-Vasted snd remtnded.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The peddoner, Brown & Root, Inc., ap.

1. Labor Reladons *26.5 pu.ls the order of the Secret.ry of LAber Energy Recrgani adon Act s ecdor: (Secrett y) affu-.ing an administradve law prohibidng nn employer frcm dis.harging judge's finding that it discriminated an employet for commencing, test:fying in, spinst an employee by discharging him s ssisting in or ptriicipating in a proceedmg for engaging in conduct protected by sec-for the sdministr3 don or enforcemer,t of don 210(a) of the Energy Eeorganint;on the recuirements of that Act or the Atomic Act (ERA), 42 U.S.C. $ f.S51(a). Because Energy Act dc.es not protect the filing of we find the filing ci such a repon is not I

purely interr.al quahty control reporu; protected by the statute, the Secretary's rather, it is designed to protect "whisne order is vacated and the case is remanded blowers" who provice informadon to gov.

for further consideranon not inconsistent ernmenal er.tnaes, not to the emp;oy er cor.

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BROWN & ROOT. INC. v. DONOVAN 1218 I.

removed from the team and the defects were remapped, but Brtndt still considered Brown & Root wu the prime contmter the number of defecu excessive. It was at the Comanche Peak Steam Electric Pow-Itter discovered that Brandt had ordered er Station, a nuclear genersting faciirty the mng sandard used in the inspection.

near Glen Rose, Texas. In December 1951,.

Charles Atchison became a field qualit7 The third NCR, No. 361. drsfted by At.

control inspector for Brown & Root at the chison in April 1982, contended that certain Comanche Peak site. It was the duty of

• inspection tests conducted by inspectors quality control m, spector to tsaue a noncorr-employed by Texas Utility Generating formance report (NCR) whenever he detect.

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., g'e nneM Ge Code Pd ed a condition which he considered did not installation, were invalid because the in-meet contmt specifications.' Atchison t

edy @ d A wu specifically responsible for inspecting drsft of this NCR was left on a superior's pipe-whip.restmnt mstallstion welds. The. desk with a note that the NCR had not yet controversy in this case centers on three g g g.

NCRs issued by Atchtson. Tne first, "the tble to d.tscussing it.

Several days later E22 level m.eicent,,, concerned defects nc-the supe, r Wd AtcMson h M ' tended m

tjeed in March of Ic!2 by Atchison in welds rnommending 6e voiding of NCR No. 361, which v.ere not his specific responsibility tnd Atchison voiced no objection. The but which were located near those he was NCR, with Atchtson's note attacned, wu inspecting. Af ter this incident. Atchison's pen to Brandt along wie oeu papers, immediate superior ir. formed him that meluding de supuior,s promotion reow Brandt, the ultirnste superior, thought At-rnendation for Atchison. Brandt and Pur-chison wu inspecting beyond the scope of dy, another superior, testified that they his job. The tres wu later reinspected interpreted the note on the NCR u as and the existence of some of the defects attempt to gain leverage or negotiate with that Atchison had reported was confirmed.

regard to the recommenced promotion. On Tne second incident, "NCR No. 296,"

April 12,19S2, Brandt sent Purdy a memo-ale o: curred in Ma ch 19S2, after a craft raridum stating that Atchison's services supervtser asked Atchisot to inspect some were no longer required because "he refus.

welds on uninstalled pipewhip restrzints es to limit his scope of responsibility."

that the craft supervisor believed to be Purdy testified that because he was unable defective. Four men were assigned to map 6o place Atchison in another job, he fired the defects in the pipe-whip restraists. him.

Brandt was not sat sfied with the tearn's Atchison made a timely complaint that he first report, feeling that it showed 2.n im-possrok number of defects. Atchison was wu discharged for activity protected under

• rouune interral reparf by ison no (1) aunch a *hol(* tag to prevent further 3 1. As NCR h a worL; (2) obtain an NCR number f rom the NCR wtuct a fictd quahty control inspector notes a coordir.aior. (3) enier the NCR number of the condabon that enhet appcArs not so corJorm so hold tac (4) drah an NCR desenbing the condi.

appl. cable conr.ruction specificatioru or to Bion and rnapping its locauon: and ($) submit which rpecificanons the f act of depee of con.

the drah NCR for approval to the quahry coo.

formance is indeserminant. The procedurca re-quart the inspector who observes such a condi.

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section $351(a).8 The Department of 1.Aber intracorporate quahty control repon. We investigated and agre+d.8 The administra-hold that the filing of such a report is not tive law judge found thtt Atchison had lied protected by the s:atute. This decision is on his job application. falsified documenta, predicated on three considerations: first, ws.s a totally unreliable witness and that the statutory language cannot be stretched nothing he said could be believed without to encompass such a filing. Second, the

. independent corroboration. She held with legislative history ci the Energy Reorgani-Atchison, however, that fihng an NCR wa'

.ation Act (ERA) does not support such as a protected activity, that Atchison was extension of the meaning of section SSSI.

fired for filing the NCRs in " good frJth,"

Third, the structure cf the ERA indicates tnd that the reasons given by Brown & that section SS$1(a) is designed solely to Root for the discharge were pretexts.'

protect from retaliation corycrate " whistle The administrative law judge recommended blowen" who inform responsible efficials reinstatement, back pay, and attorney's og e gg, g,;ig, feet. The Secretary of LLbor affirmed the administrative law judge's decision with IIL the uception of the reinstatement which tras denied because Atchison had falsified A-his educational quahfications for this crit-The language of seccion ESSI cannot be ical job on several occasions.

construed to protect the filing of purely N

internal quality control repertz. The rele-11.

vant lang.:rge prohibhs employer discritni-

[1,2) The dispute in this case concerns nati n ag&st as ecpi yee who has:

whether under 42 U.S.C. I LSSl(aX3) an

0) commenced... a proceeding under employer is barred from discriminating against any employee for the filing of an this chapter or the A'.c= tic Ene.gy Act of (3) assised or pencipaied or is about to 2.

Secuon $15)(a) provsdes:

ustst or particip e in any tr.anner in such No emp* oyer 6ncluding a Comfruuson b.

a prWing or in any other er.artner in c4 nice, an applicant for a Commtuion li.

such a prceeeding or in any othe-acion to cense. or a cor.traciar or a subcontractor of a carry out the parm cf this chapact or the Commissaor. heeraet or epolicant, may da.

Atcr-JC Energy Act of 1954, as amended [42 charge at.y employer or otherwuc cacnmi-US.C. ?oll et sec,_).

r.ais against any empicyee with respect to his compensanon. terms. condasons, or pnvileges 3 Pursuant to 29 CJ.R. (( 24.1-24.9 and 42 of emplogneni Ncause the employet (or any t.'.$ C. i St$1(b).

cf the i

person acung punu. ant to a reques:

At she heanrq before the administrative law 4.

enced. caused to t= commenced.

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I*' A#'32n esPressly s.ated that com or is about to cor.menee or cause to be Aichisen wu not akg.ng that he had been fired cor.rnenced a pro:cedir.g under this chap.

for fihng NCb but rather for thrcuening to go ter of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, u

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amended (42 L'.5 C. 2oti et seq.l. or a pro.

derxe adduced at tr.a! would suppon 4.ra irler g ceedang for the adminiuration or erJorce.

ence that any of the maragement penannel I

rnent of any requiremera imposed ur.dct involved in Atchisen's eerwr.auon were aware this chapter or the Atomac Energy Act of of such threats. Tree A1.3. howcwr. had her 1954. u amendat dui* ion on her hndirig that Brown and het i

(2) iestil.ed or is about to sessify in any ter=maied Aichison for hhng NCRs.

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O 1:20 BROWN & ROOT, INC. v. DONOVAN 1954 [together referred to below as *The eral term alter a list of specifies to mean Acts")... or... for the administration something wholely unrestrained by the spe-or enfortement of the requirements of cifics. Although this is merely r, common-

[the Acts).

sense rule for interpreting a sentence, in

'"** **#ry e estrued n we know (2) testified... in any such proceeding the rule as "ejusdem generis." 2A C.

(3) u.sisted or prticipated... in any Sands, Sutherland Statutory Construe.

rnanner in such a proceeding or in any tion 5 47.17 tt 10544 (3d Ed 1973) (1923 other aedon to cury out the purposes of Supp.).

.. [the Acts).

The Secetary has urged the word "ac.

42 U.S.C. 6 SE51(a).

tions,' be consrued as any conduct or act, The Secreary coes not contend that the but such a meaning seems urdikely. First, filing of an internal quality report could be the Secretary's construction runs agamst either a " proceeding under" the Acts or a the common-sense rule discussed above.

" proceeding for the administration or en-Moreover, the statute protects participztion fortement of" the Acts; " proceeding" con-

"in any other s.ction," which implies an cededly refers to a formal legal or adminis-

" action" is a kind of structured proceeding tradve proceeding as the term is used in in which a person may participate, not just secdon SSSI. Thus, the act of filing must any act a person rnay perform. Tne Secre-be puticipation "in any other action to ury argues that the proceedings expressly carry out the purposes of" the Acts if it is listed exhaust the class of all things airnilar protected cor. duct. Putting aside for the to these proceedings s.nd therefore main-moment the broader quesdons of purposes tains that " actions" must be given a rnean-and policies behind section SSSI. we ing beyond this class of similarity. We do first examine what mez.ning an ordinary r.ot agree that the listed specifies exhaust re. der would give to the language of sec.

the class. For example, ahhough we do tion EE51. 'TI) should be generally as-not decide a matter not before us, it ap-sumed that Congress expresses its pur-pears that a congressional investigatory poses through the ordinary meaning of the proceeding or other official investigations words it uses.

Escondido Mutuct qg;, j;4.' actions" bearing sufficient Wcter v. Lc Jolla, - U.S.

.104 S.Ct.

,;m;;w,~,,,..p-edinp undcr" the A cts 2105,2110 b0 led.2d 753 (1%). Absent m

or.. proceedings for the adrninistration or a clearly expressed legislative tenteon to enforcement, of the Acts to wa. rant pro-the contrary, statutory language must orc..e-testion under section SSSI.

r.arily be regarded as controlling. Id.

Second, the Secretary's interpretation 2

Be<suse the general term "in any other would render much of the language of see-aedon" follows a reference to specific types don SES) redur. dant. If the word "acdons" of proceedings, it is most reasonable to has his suggested meaning, then the mean-presume that the term "acdons" refers to ing of the endre section could just as easily something similar to the specific proceed-have been expressed without mention of ings mendoned earlier in the sentence, any " proceedings" at all. Such a construe.

Only exceptionally does a writer use a gen-taon seems strained. Meltzer v. Board of

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/%6lic Irtstruefion, 545 P.2d 559 n. 35 (5th None of these factors support the Secre try in the present case.

Cir.1977).

Third, a statute should be interpreted in First, the Secretary of Labor does not its endrery. See Sutherland at 37. The appear to have great expenise in mttiers lang sge of the remainder of the ERA of nucler safety. See Tord #ctor Credit does not support the Secreary, The word

v. Afilhollin, 444 U.S. 555,100 S.Ct. 790, "acdon" is not used elsewhere in the ERA 797, E3 led.2d.'2 (19E0), Avoyelles a.t 911.

to mean general conduct. Secdon ES71(e) While section $151 conearns em;,loyee pro-begins: "no suit. Action or other proceed. tecdon to some extent and the Secreary is inp.,." (emphasis added), implymg u.

charged geners.lly wid matters concerr.ing "acden" is a kind of proce+ ding. Seedon the employeeemployer relathaship, we

$55)(e), enttled " Commencement of Ac.

cannot ignore the fact that secdon SE51 is tion," authori:es the Secretary to file a primarily designed to serve the major pur-

" civil aedon" and states: "In sedons poses of the ERA, in this cue, nuclear brought under LMs subsection..." We safety. Nuclear energy involves questions usually presume words ne used consistent. of great sciendfic and engineering sophistk N

ly thrcugh a statute. Id. In summary, it cation well beyond that requi.ed in ordi-seems highly unlikely that an ordiney nuy indust-ist relat.icns. The Depurnent writer of English would have used the of Energy (in pudeular, the Nuclear Regu-wceds of secdon 5551 to mer.n what the latory Commission) has spec.a competence Secretary says they rnean. It is much in this tret, not the Depa.rtrne-t of labor.

more likely that **cdon" is used to rnean Second, the length of time in which the sornett.ing s:milar to formal proceedings Sere *m hu adhered to his bgrendu under tne Acts or for the administradon or of the statute is not great. Under Asc-enforcement of the requirements of the yelles the Secretuy's cpinion, especittly if

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left undisturted by Congress,is to be tak-en as evidence of congressicral rneasing, but "[t)nere is no reason to er;*ct ad-M-E.

"U" "E*"'T ** *!*#8 *" D'Y * 'P'C2'I The Secretuy claims that his interpreta.

I 4ty to de c.@Alintent cf the legis6 tien of secuen 5S51 is enutled t: substan-o n rather than the e.:rrent rolicies of the titl deference as the interpretadon given i Administradon and the Cong eas....

If statute by the agency charged Mth its the interprenti n has persisted through administradon.

Apoyelles Sport:7n er. 's umal changes of Adminpon, that Ixcpue v.1.!crsh. 715 r.2d E97 (5th Cir.

rnay te s different mstter." rosner, Sic.s.

1953) (colle<Ung cites). However, Ato-uem interprefeticm,50 U. Chi.LRev. E.00, velles cited three factors which influence blI II9b2I O"""I#3

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'he degree of deference to be accorded an E91,705 (5th Cir.15E3). Since the amend-l t

agency s interprendon: fust, the degree merts under which the Sec e Ary claims i

of agency expertise necessary to reach the authority only date to 1979, tr.:s f actor does second, cons:steney in mterpretat>on; n t we@ heavily m. his faver.

length of adherence to the interpretadon; and third, the explicitness of the congres.

Tnird, as we have pointed out above, the sion:.) grant of authority to the agency.

language of sectkn SE51 dc.e.s not appear,

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S. Rep. No. 848, 95th Cong, 2d of internal reports; quite the reverse is Sess. 29 (1975). U.S. Code Cong. & Admin.

true. The Secretary's reliance on Am-News 197E, p. 7303 (emphasis added).

yelles is unwarranted; we will not apply the rule of that cue in disregard of the In rebut:al, the Secreta.ry draws atten-policies on which the rule is grounded.

tion to the statement of a sponsor of the lersladon: 'ht me point out that the pro.

"[A)n agency's interpretation cannot be sustained if... it cor.flicts with the cleu tecuen tfforded is intended to apply, even

. language u,d legisladve history of the stat-if no fo.=al prvceeding is act ally institut.

ute." Escondido at 2114, n. 22-ed u a result of the employee *z assistance or pardeipa6cn." Statement of Sen. Gary l

Han,124 Cong. Rec. 29771 (1978).

IV.

j However, the statements of individual g

legislators, even sponsors, ne much less The legislative history of section SE51 conclusive on the issue of congressional strongly support.s interpretating an "te-intent than are official committee reporta, tion" as similu to formal proceedings un-and, in sodinon, Senator Hart's statement der or to administer or enforte the require-s not neensistent with our reading of the statute. We read section 5551 as requiring ments of the Acts. The Conference Com-mittee report described the purposes of the an " action" to be similar to the proceedings secuon as follows:

expressly desenbed in tha: section. We do not now consider what degree effom.nlit, The Senate Bill amended the Energy an "acdon" must have under that section.

F.eorgani:adon Act of 1914 to provide and this sppeus to be the only rnatter protectier. to ernployees of Commission addressed by the Senator's statement.

licensees, applicants, contractors, or sub-cc:tracton from discharges or discrimi-B.

nsdan ior taking part or assisting in cdministrative or legal proceedsngs of

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tne [Hucltcr Regulatary) Commtssion.

ponions of the National Ltter Relations i

he House amendment contained no s..

Act ud the Federd M.me Safety Act ue 2

ame lar provision, and'the conferees agreed to

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• the Senate provision.

statement m a Senate Report to the effect that section 5551 ts substantially s..oentical H.R.P.ep. No. 1796, 95th Cong., 2d Sess, to provisions of the Clean Air Act and

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16.-17 (1978). U.S. Code Cong. & Admir-Federal Water Polluuan Control Act, News,1975, pp. 7303,7309 (emphasis add-ed).

which, the Secretuy ugues, were pat-terned on provisions of the Mine Safety Act The Report of the Senate Committee on IMSA).

S. Rep. No. 648, 95th, Cong., 2d Envi.onment and Public Workers is to simi.

Sen. 29 (1978). However, the MSA, which

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lar effect: "This secdon offers protecdon was amended only one year before the to er::ployees who believe +

1 been ERA, contains language c:rpressly protect -

fired or discriminated agai

o. isult of ing employees filing internal complaints:

the Iset that they have.. '.fied, piten No person shall dischuge or in any way

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BROWN & ROOT, DiC. v. DONOVAN 12:3 because such miner... has filed or made a complaint under or rekting to this any effeet on the government's ability to chapter, including a complaint notifying obtain information will be at most indirect.

the operster of the operator's agent,...

ly impaired if the filing of purely internal reports, not directed to the competent of an aDeged danger or safety or health violation in a... mine....

agency, is left unprotected. There may be Some such remote effect, s.nd this rnight by 30 U.S.C. 5 S15(cK1), cmended by Pub.L some be counted a cost of our decision, but c!-164, Ti.le II ( 201, Nov. 9,1977, 91 an extension of regulation would itself Stat.1303.

bring a burden of increued interference Tne ERA has no such express language.

vith internal procedures, not intended by By the absence of this hnguage it may be

Congnsa, u convincingly argued that in drafting the ERA Congress intended to deny protection Tne Secretary's argument that there to the filer of an internal report. Compari-would be benefits from increued reguh.

sons with the MSA do not seem to be tion under section SE51 is not so clear a.: to N

helpful in this case.

persuade us against the weight of the ERA's language that the words of Con.

The Secretary also relies on a case decid.

ed under the National Labor Relations Act gress rnern what the Secretary says they In the Present case, for eaa. :ple, mean.

(NLRA). NLRB u Serirenerl105 U.S.117, the administrative law judge found that the 92 S.Ct.193, 31 led.2d 79 (1972). How.

eur, Scriwner, in which an employee gave employee falsified his qualifications in his written, sworn statements to an NLRB job application and other records; the field examiner, is not particchrly helpful in judge decided that testimony provided by the employee was so untrustworthy that it l

the present cue, which involves the filing could only be considered if it were substan.

of a purely internal repert. First, the thted by evidence over which the employee NLRA expressly prohibits discrimination had no control. Nevertheless, the judge agair.st ernployees who have "given testh found the employee had filed his qua!!ty meny under this Act." It does no violence to the language of the NLRA to interpret control reports in " good fa.ith." Tnis enm.

siped, swo.r. statements u "u:stimony."

pie indicat.es that in+c.-ferer.ce with empicy.

Second, the Secretary strenuously a.rgues ee-employer relationships would be quite that the Serswner decision is especally substantial if the Secretary's interpretation were t.dopted.-

applicable to this case because Scriwner was predicated to some extect on the possi-bibty that failure to protect employee corr y*

i tacts with NLRB agents cught " dry up" l

the NLRB sources of information and thus A.

undermine the regulatory structure Con-gress had put in place, in Scriwner, how.

section M51 ts designed to protect ' whistie I

ever, the government's abihty to obtain

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prode m. formam. to gon necessary informatien would have been di.

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could not have contseted an employee with.

Subchapter !! of the ERA sets up the out the employee fearing retabat. ion; here, structure by which Congre.ss intended the

r 1:24 BROWN & ROOT INC. v. DONOVAN safety of ouclear installadons to be aa.

quences would seem to extend far beyond sured. The subchapter creates the NRC the purpose s.nd structure of the ERA. If, and its various consutuent monitoring, re-as the Secreary malnuins, a!! conduct of a search and enforcement agencies. epa. quality control inspector believing he is 42 U.S.C. 65 5641 45, 5847-50. The offi-helping to ensure the safety of a nuclear cers of these agencies are charged with the plant is protected by section 5851, then the insestigadon of nucleu facilides. Corre-same would appear to be true of all engi-spondingly, nucleu corporations and corpo-neers and architects who work on the de.

rate officers are chuged with ensunng sign of the plant. The Secretary's readi:g that safety violations are reported and that of the statute would appear to prohibit the regulations are enforced under section disdpline or discharge of such people for 5546. Officers failing to report violatiorts any disagreement with their employers on are subject to cisil penalties. Thus, the any rr.atten which involve plant safety.

basic structure of the ERA is not desig ed ldoreover, the same would appear to be to modify the employee-employer relation-true for et. cry employee. Since a wide ship, but rather to rely on corporate offi-tsage of decisions in a nuclear company cers to manage the corporadon in compli-will have some bearing on plant ss.fety, the ance with their obligatierts to ensure public Secretary asks us to adopt an interpreta-

safety, tion that would tsdically restructure the The role of seenon 5S51 in this legislative employee-ernployer relationship in all nucle-framework is clear, to protect the integrity as corporations on the basis of a general of the regulatory structure and to ruud " catch all" provision attached to the end of against the possibility that corperste offi-a statute. If the statutory languages were een will not provide the necessary informa. not enough to persuade us that the Secre-tion, section 5E51 protects employees who tary's interpretation is incorrect, these 11>

provide competent government officials itleas consequences would certainly give us with.!irect information. Tnus, sec6cn pause.

5'51 protects corponte " whistle blowers."

If a corporate officer fails to act on an internal reporr critical of safety cond;.

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dens, he is liable under section 5546.

The fact that Cengress has laid dowc, or While an individual employee disciplined caused to be laid down, more refined mod for the filing of an internal nport is r.ot express regulations concerning the nuclear 6;

s entatied to redress under section 5646, any industry than any other industry in the

(,ffscer responsible for the d2sciphne rnust nation, caudens us against extending this bear in mind that he will be subject to regulatory scheme by implying protection sancuon. Tnus, the overall plan of the of internal filings where none exists ex.

ERA is to maintain public safety not re--

pressly. Tne fact that Congress has pro-structure the employeeemployer reladon* duced so many detailed provisions govern-l s hip.

ing the nuclear industry indicates the legis-In this regard we are troubled by the lature rnay well have attempted to ap-Secretary's inabihty to confine in a princi-proach the line where it believed the added l

pied way the logical consequences of his costs of regulauon exceed benefita. Edgar proposed interpretadon; these conse-

t. N/TE, 457 U.S. c24,102 S.Ct. 2c29, 73

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• led.2d 269 (1982)(holding that additional protecuon afforded investors by state secu' We are, of course, mindful that our hold-rities statutes would " overprotect' inves- ;g., g g c,3, g,,g. g g tors e the.r detriment); see Easterbrook, cults. The Ninth Circuit has previously Statutes' Domain, 50 U. Chi.LRev. 533' held that the filing of internal quality con-M2 (1983). If this is so, for a court to trol reporta is protected by section 5851.

interpret the statute to authori:e "more to ggg g..M m R2d 1159 the sarne sein" will result m regulatson (9th Cir.1954). Ecekowick's holding on where costs esce+d benefits, upsetting the this ksue h puted pMy on &

balance miended by Congresa. Id. %e the Ninth Circuit perceived as aimilarities believe that res;ect for the detailed ex-between the provisions of 0.e Mine Safety press regulatory st-ucture set up by Con.

Act and section 5851. As we have pointed gress counsels us to take a cautious sp.

out above, the MSA contains language ea.

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g;;;n gg proach in interpreting the general phrase y

"any other medon to carry out the purposes ingly, h MSA 'm our dew, prodh a of" the Acts. Tha caution is an additaonal sup for MAM 's hyda of reason for interpretmg the genent terrn section SSSI.

"actior." as denoting something closely sim-Neckowick also finda a rationale for ca.

ilar to the " proceedings" expressly men. tending protettion to internrJ filings be-tioned in section 5551.

"In a real sense, every action by cause:

quality control inspectors ocean 'in an VI.

NRC proceeding,' because of their duty to ackosek at enfoyee NRC nguMons." p& Wa radow We accordingly hold that employee con-lg One ma}or MeuW wi duct which does not involve the employee's

• 'EP'** 2 % no support contact or involvement with a competent for h in the langsge, leg. be hisery or a

trgan cf government is not protected un.

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• der seedon hE51. We do not purport to Of equal concern to us is the fact that defirc what constitutes protected conduct there is no principled way to contain this under section $65); such a deterrnination is unnecessary to the resoludon of this case.

rstionale. The officers of a nuclear corpo.

radon and the corpondon itself are re-We do not say that an employee states a claim under mecuan LS51 if he rnerely alleg.

quired by law to enforce NRC regulationsr es employer di>crimination on the basis of This would imply, under the Ninth Circuit employee contact or involvement with a reasoning, that "{ijn a real sense, every competent organ of government: however, aedon by..." nuclear corporations " occurs sbsent such contact or involvement, the

'in an NRC proceeding / because of their employee does not mske out a claim under duty to enforce NRC repladons," so that all employee it.teractions wid the corpora-this section. We do not attempt to s.sy what protected conduct under section LE51 tion would be protected as prticipadon in is; we indicate only what it is not. Since an NRC proceeding. This r dWously is not I

the filings i:. this case were purely internal, the meaning of section $551 and neither the we hold they were r.ot within the scope of Secretary nor the Ninth Circuit has sug.

gested any satisfactory ws. in which this sesdon 5651.

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of the holding to quality control inspectors appears to be unsupportad by the language or structure of the str.tute. "This effort to circumvent the phin rneaning of the stat, In this opinion we have concluded that ute by creating ambiguity where none ex.

the Secretary's interpretation of mtion ists !s unpersuasive." Escondido at 2115 5851 is unsupported by the language, legis.

(discussing the statu.ory interpretation in lative history, suveture or purposes of the Escondido Mutual Water v. LcJolla, 692 EPA We find that Atchison's conduct T.2d 1223 (9th Cir.1983).

was not protected under section 5851 and The Second Circuit has also applied sec-

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reports. Cor.solidcted Edison v. Don ersti n n t ine nsistent we,.h our hol6cg

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ven, 673 T,2d El (2d Cir.1982). However, neither party cl.allenged this application VACATED And REMANDED.

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aam cuirement of the Energy Reorganiza-cense. and for 30 day 3 f olios,,, ' tion Act of 1974, as amended, or the cense termination. 3anl j y Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amend-NoTr. Copies of Form NRC.3 mu tw u ,[.3 11 ed. tamco by writine to the Reglonat Adn... g 3 (b) Any employee who believes that rbion boU S h)'** **' pi t he or she has been discharged or oth-ulato n Co erwise discriminated against by any sn Appendix D. Part 20 of ttm r((s ent person for engaging in the protected the Director. Of fice of trupecteot. a(([ r4 8' activities specified in paragraph (a)(1) forcement. U.S. Nuclear Re rulaton w rtR of this section may seek a remedy for mission. Washington. D C. 20555 y,ci the discharge or discrimination (4; FR 30456 July it.19821 ( through an aoministrative proceeding in the Department of Labor. The ad. 6 50.8 Re port mg. recordkeepm;.., " ministrative proceeding must be initi, plication requiremente u%th **** mal _g ated within 30 days after an alleged (a) The Nuclear'Regulatori Cosmane. Y violation occurs by filing a complaint O t sion has submnted the inf ormatie. alleging the violation with the Depart. collection requirements contatrwd an ment of Labor. Employment Stand. ar. this part to the Office of Manaannaw ards Administration. Wage and Hour 8'I: Division. The Department of Labor and Budget (OMB) for apprmat as p. may order reinstatement, back pay, quired by the Paperwork ludstam CL Act (Pub. L. 96-5116. Omit appm.e and compensatory damages. h, (c) A violation of paragraph (a) of the information collection, rewe

• • f ments on October 30.1981 this section by a Commission licensee.

(1) The OMB apprmal nue tre t permittee. an applicant for a Commis. '* 'l sion license or permit, or a contractor 3150-0011. or subcontractor of a Commission Ib (2 e OMB apprmat op:re: Ar- = censee. permittee, or applicant may be 1982. grounds f or: (b) The approted infornisteue euens (1) Denial, revocation, or suspension tion requirement 3 tra!ude tr.. aswo of the license. tion. recordkeepitw. and reportme ** (2# Imposition of a civil penalty on quirements contament u e t to a the licensee or annlicant. 50.33. 50.33a. 50.34 i tn. e r. is v. (3) Other enfar ment action-50.34a. 50.35' b t St St. oc 34a W EE td) Actions ta*.m by an employer, or 50.54 ( f ). i p s. t o i. t r a. ini n. es. O others, which adsersely affect an em-50.554 e s. 50.55a 50 59 < tn is a M f t an. ployee may be predicated upon nondis' ( b ). s c ), td s. R s. ' 50 72 (s. 46 W Ek criminatory groundt The prohibition 50.82.50.90. and Appendarwe A b (. & .C applies when the adverse action occurs G. H. J. K and H C i because the employee has engaged in [46 FR 63033. be i 3l IHil .O protec'ed activities. An employee's en. g g.g gm 4 ( gagement in protected activities does J not automatically render him or her fj g 't immune from discharge or discipline 6 50.10 I.6cen.e required ..dO ta) Except a to 6

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s 140 OTIIER OFFICERS I (1) commenced, caused to be comme mence or Cause to be cornmenced a [ SEc. 209. (a) The Commission shall appoint an Executive Director or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as for Operations, who shall serve at the pleasure of and be removable for the administration or enforceme,r. by the Commission. posed under this Act or the Atomic (b) The Executive Director shall perform such functions as the amended; Commission may direct, except that the Executive Director shall (2) testified or is about to test,ify u. not limit the authority of the director of any component organiza-(3) assisted or partteipated or is abc tion provided in this Act to communicate with or report direct! to in any manner in such a proceeding < the Commission when such tiirector of a component organiza ion such a proceeding or in any o,ther ac deems it necessary to carry out his reponsibilities. Notwithstanding poses of this Act or the Atomte Ener the preceding sentence, each such director shall keep the Executive ed. Director fully and currently informed concerning the content of all (bx1) Any employee who believes that such direct communications with the Commission. otherwise discriminated against by any 1 (c.i The Executive Director shall report to the Commission at section (a) may, within thirty days after semi-annual public meetings on the problems, progress, and status (or have any person file on his behalf) a of the Commission's equal emplovment opportunit efforts. tary of Labor (hereinafter m this subs (d) There shall be in the Comniission not more t an five addition- " Secretary") alleging such discharge or al officers appointed by the Ccmmission. The positions of such offi. ceipt of such a complaint, the Secretar cers shall be considered career positions and be subject to subsec-tion 161 d. of the Atomic Energy Act. named in the complaint of the filing of tl mission. (e) The Executive Director shall prepare and forward to the Com-(2XA) Upon receipt of a compla. t filei in mission an annual report (for the fiscal year 1978 and each suc-Secretary shall conduct an investigation ceeding fiscal year) on the status of the Commission's programs concerning domestic safeguards matters including an assessment of the complaint. Within thirty days of the the effectiveness and adequacy of safeguards at facilities and activi-the Secretary shall complete such mvest ties licensed by the Commission. The Commission shall forward to writing the complainant (and any person the person alleged to have committed st the Congress a report under this section prior to February 1,1979, of the investigation conducted pursua as a separate document, and prior to February 1 of each succeeding Within ninety days of the receipt of sue year as a separate chapter of the Commission's annual report (re-shall, uitless the proceeding on the com; quired under section 307(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of Secretary on the basis of a settlement. 1974) following the fiscal year to which such report applies.' tary and the person alleged to have com: an order either providing the relief pres < UNRESOLVED SAFETY Issues PLAN or denying the complaint. An order of ti SEc. 210. The Commission shall develop a plan providing for the n the record after notice and op un ification and analysis of unresolved safety issues relating to nu-Secretary may n s ar reactors and shall take such action as may be necessary to compla,a comp e ing on implement corrective measures with respect to such issues. Such inant. plan shall be submitted to the Congress on or before January 1, iB) If, m response gg 1978 and progress reports shall be included in the annual report of SeQar the Commission thereafter, 'the r tary shall order the p. violati n to (i) take affirmative action t EMPt4YEE PROTE('r!ON 2 tii) reinstate the complainant to his for i ) SEC. 210. tal No employer, including a Commission licensee, an the compensation (including back pay, applicant for a Commission license, or a contractor or a subcontrac-leges of his employment, and the Secret tor of a Commission licensee or applicant, may discharge any em-to provide compensatory damages to the plQee or otherwise discriminate against any employee with respect issued under this paragraph, the Secre complainant shall assess agamst the to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because the employee for any person acting pursuant to a request order is issued a sum equal to the agg of the employee >- and expenses (including attorneys and ably incurred, as determined by the,Sec Pubbe La nmi adaea ne subsection iar. shouia b,.ec-for, or in connection with, the brmgi 8 Pubbe ia. 3*>-@l.ndded a new ection 210 at the end of role !!. Probably shoula he 211. which the order was issued. .A

y 141 ( (1) commenced, caux o be comm:nced ar '.o tbcut to com- ~ m:nce or c use to be commenced a proceeding under this Act or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as cm:nded, or a proceeding rectrr for the administration or enforcement of any requirement im-ev:ble posed under this Act or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; E a the ch:ll (2) testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or; + (3) assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate aniza-in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other manner in I tly to such a proceeding or in any other action to carry out the pur-W cation nding poses of this Act or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amend-ed. tutive (bK1) Any employee who believes that he has been discharged or Cf all otherwise discriminated against by any person in violation of sub-section (a) may, within thirty days after such violation occurs. Ele on et (or have any person file on his beha10 a complaint with the Secre-status tary of Labor (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the j " Secretary") alleging such discharge or discrimination. Upon re-k lit. ion-ceipt of such a complaint, the Secretary shall notify the person h orn-na,med in the complaint of the filing of the complaint and the Com-4 ubsec-mission. (2x A) Upon receipt of a complaint filed under paragraph (1), the Com-Secretary shall conduct an investigation of the violation alleged in 1 suc-the complaint. Within thirty days of the receipt of such complaint, tr:ms the Secretary shall complete such investigation and shall notify in cnt, of writing the complainant (and any person acting in his behalf) and activi-the person alleged to have committed such violation of the results 3rd to of the investigation conducted pursuant to this subparagraph.

1979, Within ninety days of the receipt of such complaint the Secretary eding shall, unless the proceeding on the complaint is terminated by the rt (re-Secretary on the basis of a settlement entered into by the Secre-

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.QQ b gg 01884 4 33an Duke Power Company ATTN: Mr. H. B. Tucker, Vice President Nuclear Production Department 422 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28242 Gentlemen:

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- DOCKET NOS. 50-413 AND 50-414 This letter refers to the meeting conducted at your request in the NRC Region II Office on April 18, 1984, and subsequent discussions at the Catawba Nuclear Station on April 19, 1984. This meeting was held as a followup to the meeting of March 13, 1984, for the purpose of discussing welding irregularity findings at the Catawba site. It is our understanding that you have completed the investi-gative stage of the inquiry and are in the evaluative stage at this time.

We also understand that you will be providing to Region II weld socket samples representative of the " burnt" socket issue. It is our opinion that the meeting was beneficial and has provided better understanding of the nature and scope of the Duke Power Company's inquiry. in this matter. The Region II staff will continue its own evaluation of the concerns identified and will consider appropriate enforcement action, if any, resulting from our evaluation. Enclosed is a summary of the meeting topics. In accordance with Section 2.790 of NRC's " Rules of Practice", Part 2, title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosure will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room. Copies of this document will also be ~ provided to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hearing the safety and environ-mental issues and the parties to the Catawba Operating Licensing proceeding on these issues. Should you have any questions concerning this matter, we will be pleased to f discuss them. Sincerely, l Richard C. Lewis, Director Division of Reactor Projects

Enclosure:

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Meeting Summary cc w/ encl: R. L. Dick, Vice President - Construction l J. W. Hampton, Station Manager bec w/ encl: NRC-Resident Inspector Document Control Desk State of North Carolina f I RII RII RII RII RII VLBrownlee:dr BUryc HCDance ARHerdt RClewis 4/ /84. 4/ /84 4/ /84 4/ /84 4/ /84

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SUMMARY

Licensee: Duke Power' Company Facility: Catawba Docket Nos.: 50-413 and 50-414 License Nos.: CPPR-116 and CPPR-117

SUBJECT:

PROGRESS REPORT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF ALLEGED IMPROPER WELDING PRACTICES A management meeting was held in the NRC Region II Office on April 18, 1984, at the request of the licensee in order to present a status report concerning the licensee's investigation related to information developed by members of the Region.II staff concerning allegations that a foreman of a specific welding crew engaged in activities that were contrary to approved construction procedures. The licensee representative (hereinaf ter referred to as " Licensee") presented a detailed status of the Duke Power Company's investigation to date. The Licensec stated that one manager has been appointed to oversee the investiga-tion at the site. Another licensee employee not directly affiliated with the Catawba site has been assigned by licensee corporate management to conduct the actual work involved in the investigation. This individual has been with Duke Power Company for over ten years and is a licensed mechanical engineer. He also has extensive metallurgical experience and is considered by licensee corporate management to be well qualified to review the technical issues in this matter. In addition, licensee corporate management has appointed a review board to monitor the investigative effort. The Licensee stated that this review board is also expected to add a certain degree of independence regarding the review process. The Licensee advised that the initial investigative plan was presented to corporate management and included the following strategy: 1) interview of individuals working in the welding craft, 2) interview of individuals working in other craft, and 3) evaluation of findings. This strategy was approached by first preparing a list of welders who worked for the welding foreman and lead man of the particular crew in question. Individuals were also identified who worked for.the General Foreman. Another list was prepared which identified welders who worked for the foreman during the period 1980 to 1981. Skilled interviewers were selected from the Catawba Employee Relations group and these individuals were given training relative to technical terms associated with the welding craft. A guide was also prepared for the interviewers which provided an interview plan detailing certain questions and areas which were to be covered during the inter-view. - - - - - - ~ _ -

MAY 011984 Enclosure 2 At the onset of the interview process, all interviewees were individually briefed by a welding superintendent with regards to the nature 'of the investigation, . reason for the interview, and the fact that the interviewees should provide all information requested. They were encouraged to be as candid as possible with regards to the information they provided. The welding superintendent was not i present during the interviews. A total of 147 employees were interviewed. In addition to the craft employees, the foreman and General Foreman were also inter-viewed. A total of 33 individuals were interviewed who were supervised by the foreman during 1980 and 1981; 19 welders were interviewed who were supervised by the foreman for at least a period in excess of two weeks; and, eight welders were l interviewed who are presently working for the foreman. In addition, 68 other l individuals were mentioned by other interviewees during the interviews and these individua,1s were also interviewed. Some of the concerns identified by the Licensee during the meeting are characterized as follows: quality suffered because of production pressure; knowledge of interpass temperature violations; uncertainty about discussing problems with supervision; and improper welding procedures. There were also various other minor concerns reported. The licensee advised that in some cases mentioned above, one individual may have expressed several of the concerns characterized above. The Licensee is investigating and evaluating every issue identified during their investigation. The Licensee also advised that an individual who alleged violating interpass temperature during the welding of stainless steel, agreed to fabricate several demonstration welds using the worst case weld he performed. The sockets were cut and several sections were removed for examination to determine the effects of overheating on the sockets. The Licensee stated that evaluation of this material is currently underway. The Licensee was advised during this meeting that it may'be prudent to fabricate additional samples representing dif ferent sizes of sockets and pipe in the presence of designated members of the Regional Staff. The licensee agreed with the proposal. The Regional staff requested that dual samples be fabricated and the second samples be released to the Regional Staff for the purpose of inde-pendent evaluation by a facility designated by NRC. The licensee agreed to provide the samples as discussed. The additional samples were fabricated, given to Region 11 staff and sent to the selected laboratory during the week of April 23, 1984 as discussed. In addition, the Licensee was requested and subsequently committed to keeping the Regional Staff informed of the progress of the DPC inquiry into the matters identified above. As previously agreed, the arrangements for a weekly telephonic briefing to a selected member of the Regional Staff was to continue. The Licensee stated that every concern which can be traced to a specific piece of hardware has been nonconformed and processed through engineering for evaluation. In addition, the Licensee confirmed that there were problems involving employee relations between the foreman (as specifically identified) and certain crew members, and that there is also an indication that there may have been some employee relation-type problems involving the General Foreman of the specific welding crew.

5 t MAY 011984 Encio.sure. 3 The Licensee stated that t.he investigation 1.s now entering th.e evaluatic' phase which will involve a thorough examination of all the issues developed to date. Additional briefings will be given to corporate management and.a decision made as to how the licensee should approach resolution of these problems. The Licensee was advised that Region II staff will continue to closely monitor their activity, particularly inasmuch as the evaluation phase is beginning. It was reaffirmed to the Licensee that the Regional Staff will continue to monitor their overall activity in this matter and that the Regional Staff intends to conduct independent verification of selected technical matters related to this inquiry. -,e

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