ML20205J196

Discusses Clarification of Enforcement Discussion in 990319 Millstone Independent Review Team Rept

ML20205J196
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Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	03/31/1999
From:	Bollwerk G Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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NUDOCS 9904090213
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• • • • • March 31,1999 MEMORANDUM TO: Chairman Jackson FROM: G. Paul Bollwerk, lit b .

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CLARlFICATION OF ENFORCEMENT DISCUSSION IN MARCH 19,1999 MILLSTONE !NDEPENDENT REVIEW TEAM REPORT As a result of the discussions held with you and the Commission regarding the March 19, 1999 report of the Millstone independent Review Team (MIRT), it became clear that one aspect of the report's discussion required further clarification. '

In addressing the enforcement options available to the Commission relative to Office of Investigations Case Nos.96-002 and 97-007, the discussion in section Ill.D.1 of the MIRT report was confined to the question of the need for the imposition of a civil penalty or an enforcement order in those cases. For the reasons stated in that section, we concluded that any such need had been obviated by the Northeast Utilities System (NU) response to the agency's October 24,1996 order as that response had been detailed at '

a January 19,1999 Commission briefing. That section was not intended to address the g/

entirely separate question of the appropriateness of agency issuance of a notice of '

violation (NOV) or a letter of reprimand to NU or any of the individual supervisors

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involved in those cases and, accordingly, should not be understood as recommending against issuance of an NOV or letter of reprimand.

cc: Commissioner Dicus Commissioner Diaz Commissioner McGaffigan Commissioner Merrifield 1

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