ML20236D865
| ML20236D865 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs  |
| Issue date: | 03/20/1989 |
| From: | Thompson H NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Creel G BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20236D869 | List: |
| References | |
| EA-87-077, EA-87-77, GL-88-07, GL-88-7, NUDOCS 8903230325 | |
| Download: ML20236D865 (2) | |
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- E WASHINGTON, D. C. 20555 MAR 201999 Docket Nos.
50-317 and 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53 and DPR-69 EA 87-77 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ATTN: Mr. G. C. Creel Vice President Nuclear Energy Post Office Box 1475 Baltimore, Maryland 21203 Gentlemen:
SUBJECT:
ORDER IMPOSING A CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY This letter refers to your two letters, dated July 12 and 18,1988, in response to the Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty sent to you with our letter dated April 28, 1988.
Our letter and Notice described violations of equipment qualification (EO) requirements identified during an NRC inspection conducted on March 23 -27, 1987.
In accordance with the
" Modified Enforcement Policy Relation to 10 CFR 50.49" contained in NRC Generic Letter 88-07, the violations were classified as an EQ Category A problem and a civil of (1) penalty in the amount of $300,000 was proposed to emphasize the importance lasting management attention to, and control of, the EQ program, and (2) aggressive management action to ensure that problems are promptly ioentified and correctec.
In your responses to the Notice, you admit the occurrence of the cited violations.
However, you state that the violations were not significant, and the severity of this EQ problem was not appropriately classified by the NRC.
Further, you request full or partial mitigation of the civil penalty for reasons described in your responses.
Af ter careful consideration of your responses, we have concluded, for the reasons given in the Appendix attached to the enclosed Order Imposing a Civil Monetary Penalty, that the violations occurred as stated in the Notice and were appropriately categorized a, an EQ Category A problem, and any mitigation of the civil penalty amount is inappro-priate. Accordingly, we hereby serve the enclosed Order on Baltimore Gas and Electric Company imposing a civil monetary penalty in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars.
You are required to respond to the enclosed Order, and you should follow the instructions specified therein when preparing your response.
The responses directed by this letter and the enclosed Order are not subject to the clearance procedures of the Office of Management and Budget, as required by I
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, PL 96-511.
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--2 In accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's " Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and the enclosures will.be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room.
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Sincerely,
/MA Hugh L. Thompso, J Delp ty Executive Director for Nuclear Materials Safety, Safeguards and. Support Operations
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Order Imposing A Civil Monetary Penalty i
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Appendix - Evaluation and Conclusion cc w/encls:
M. Bowman, General Supervisor, Technical Services Engineering T. Magette, Administrator, Nuclear Evaluations Public Document Room (PDR) local Public Document Room (LPDR)
I Nuclear Safety Information Center (NSIC) l hRC Resident Inspector State of Maryland (2) i i
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