ML20247F517

EN-89-070:on 890720,notice of Violation & Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties in Amount of $75,000 Will Be Issued to Licensee,Based on Failure to Take Adequate Corrective Actions on Environ Qualification Deficiencies

ML20247F517
Person / Time
Site:	Clinton
Issue date:	07/17/1989
From:	Lieberman J, Luehman J NRC OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT (OE)
To:
References
EA-89-059, EA-89-59, EN-89-070, EN-89-70, NUDOCS 8907270170
Download: ML20247F517 (1)

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OFFICE OF; ENFORCEMENT:

NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION; iLicensee:' -Illinois Power Company  ;(EA~89-59)'

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y PROPOSED IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES -'$75,000-ugSub.iecti

)This is to, inform:the Consiission.that,a Notice of Violation and Proposed: .

% . Imposition of Civi1 Penalties in.the cumulative amount of Seventy-Five Thousand?

l. . - Do11ars;($75,000) will be issued on or about' July; 20,' 1989 to Illinois Power :

Company.1This'. action 1s based on' the failure to take adequate correctiveiactions

- for environment 1> qualification deficiencies for.which an earlier civil penalty; b

.Was! assessed-(EA'88-90):and for additional environmental qualificationideficiencies subsequently' discovered. ?The escalation and mitigation factors of the Enforcement'.

Policy were considered and 50% mitigation for the licensee's identification of.

" ' the deficiencies'and corrective actions was' found to be appropriate for the civil 2

penalty for.the corrective action problem. In the case of the civil penaltyxfor.

• the t.dditional environmental; qualification deficiencies, the licensee's.identifi cation'and correction ~of the problem was' offset by the:11censee's prior notice-

" i of similar. problems.- 7 It should be'noted that the licensee has not been specifically informed of the

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-enforcement action. The schedule of issuance and notification is: ,

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> Mailing of Notice' . .

July 20,,1989  ; '

'TelephoneNotificationoffLicen'see. July:20,.1989 J The; State of.. Illinois'will be notified. <

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-The' licensee has thirty days from the dateLof the1 Notice 'in which to respond.;

~ Following.NRC evaluation of- the response, the civil penalty may be remitted, ~

mitigated.-or imposed by' Order.

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