ML20245L562

Notice of Violation from Insp on 890601-30.Violation Noted: Util Fire Watchman Assigned to Fire Protection Sys Compensatory Hourly Fire Watches Falsified Fire Watch Log Entries

ML20245L562
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	08/15/1989
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20245L549	List: ML20245L545 ML20245L562 ML20245L574
References
50-498-89-17, NUDOCS 8908220160
Download: ML20245L562 (1)

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APPENDIX A NOTICE OF VIOLATION Houston Lighting & Power Company Docket: 50-498 SouthTexasProject(STP), Unit 1 Operating License: NPF-76 During an NRC inspection conducted on June 1-30, 1989, a violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," 10 CFR Part 2, Appendix C (1989), the violation is listed below:

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix P, specifies fire protection requirements for nuclear power plants. South Texas Project (STP) Station Procedures (SP) establish a program and specific implementing instructions to satisfy Appendix R requirements. In particular, STP SP OPG03-ZF-0013, " Fire Watch Program," Revision 2, dated October 24, 1988, paragraph 5.5, requires that personnel assigned to act as hourly fire watches shall pass through the required areas at least once every 60-minute period checking for signs of fire.

Contrary to the above, on April 23, 1989, an STP fire watchman assigned STP fire protection system compensatory hourly fire watches initialed a fire watch log indicating that he had passed through the required area checking for signs of fire when, in fact, he had not passed through the required areas within the required time interval.

This is a Severity Level IV violation. (SupplementVII)(498;499/8917-01)

Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, HL&P is hereby required to submit to this office within 30 days of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice, a written statement of explanation in reply, including: (1)the reason for the violation if admitted, (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. Where good cause if shown, consideration will be given to extending the response time.

Dated at Arlington, Texas, this /gfj day of 1989 ne= wage l m