ML20216E766

Notice of Violation from Insp on 970629-0809.Violation Noted:On 970624,Equipment Clearance Order 97-2-76518 Failed to Provide Adequate Personnel & Equipment Safety in That Ecw Screen Wash Booster Pump 2A Started While Sys Was Drained

ML20216E766
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	09/09/1997
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20216E725	List: ML20216E721 ML20216E766 ML20216E780
References
50-498-97-05, 50-498-97-5, 50-499-97-05, 50-499-97-5, NUDOCS 9709110066
Download: ML20216E766 (2)

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EBICLOSURL1 NOTICE OF VIOLATION Houston Lighting & Power Company Dockets: 50-498, 50-499 South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 Licenses: NPF-76, NPF 80 During an NRC inspection conducted on June 29 through August 9,1997, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. in accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violation is listed below:

A. Technical Specification 6.8.1.a requires, in part, that written procedures be established, implemented, and maintained concerning the applicable procedures recommended in Appendix A of Regulatc,ry Guide 1.33, Revision 2, February 1978. Regulatory Guide 1.33, Appendix A, Section 9.e.(1), states that procedures should include information on the method for obtaining permission and clearance for work. This requirement is implemented, in part, by Plant General Procedure OPGP03 ZO EC01, Revision 6, " Equipment Clearance Orders." This procedure requires that quipment clearance orders shall provide adequate personnel and equipment safety.

Contrary to the above:

On June 24, Equipment Clearance Order 97 2-76518 f ailed to provide adequate personnel and equipment safety in that Essential Cooling Water Screen Wash Booster Pump 2A inadvertently started while the system was drained.

Also, on July 21 Equipment Clearance Order 97-1-71609 failed to provide adequate personnel and equipment safety in that workers breached an unisolated component cooling water system pipe while performing maintenance on Residual Heat Removal Pump 18.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1)(498:499/97005-03).

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Houston Lighting and Power Company is hereby required to submit a written statement or explanation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, D.C. 20555 with a copy to the Regional Administrator, Region IV, and a copy to the NRC Resident inspector at the facility that is the subject of this Notice, within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation. This reply should be clearly marked as a "Reoly to a Notice of Violation" and should include for each violation: (1) the reason for the violation, or, if contested, the basis for disputing the violation, (2) the corrective steps that have been taken and the results achieved, (3) the corrective steps that will be taken to avoid further violations, and (4) the date when full compliance will be achieved. Your response may reference or include previously docketed correspondence, i-l the correspondence 9709110066 970909 PDR ADOCK 05000498 G PDR

4 2-adequately addresses the required response, if an adequate reply is not received within the time specified in this Notice, an order or a Demand for Information may be issued as to why the license should not be modified, suspended, or revoked, or why such other action as may be proper should not be taken. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Because your response will be placed in the NRC Public Document Room (PDRL to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, pruprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction, if personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifies the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information, if you request withholding of such material, you must specifically identify the pcrtions of your response that you seek to have withheld and provide in detail the bases for your claim of withholding (e.g., explain why the disclosure of information will create an unwarranted ,

invasion of personal privacy or provide the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b) to '

support a request for withholding confidential commercial or financial information). If safeguards information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21.

Dated at Arlington, Texas this 9th day of September 1997 l