ML20202C195
| ML20202C195 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 15000004 |
| Issue date: | 11/21/1997 |
| From: | NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20202C178 | List: |
| References | |
| 15000004-97-09, 15000004-97-9, NUDOCS 9712030282 | |
| Download: ML20202C195 (2) | |
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I ENCLOSURE I
NOTICE OF VIOLATION l l
Decisive Testing, Inc. Docket No.: 150-00004 l San Diego, Californiti License No.: 1836-80 (Califomia) ,
j During an NRC inspectk.a conducted on October 28,1997, two violations of NRC requirements !
l were identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG 1600, the violations are listed below:
A. 10 CFR 71.5(a) requires that a licensee who transports licensed material outside of the confines of its plant or other place of use, or who delivers licensed material to a carrier for transport, comply with the applicable requirements of the regulations appropriate to thc mode of transport of the Department of Transportation (DOT)in 49 CFR Parts 170 through 189.
49 CFR 172.200(a) requires, with exceptions not applicable here, that each person who offers a hazardous material for transportstion describe the hazardous material on a shipping paper in the manner required by S opart C of 49 CFR Part 172.
49 CFR 172.202(a) requires, in part, that the description of the hazardous matorial on the shipping papers include: (1) the proper shipping name prescribed for the material in
. Column 2 of 49 CFR 172.101; (2) the hazard class as shown in Column 3 of 49 CFR 172.101; and (3) the identification number prescribed for tb- material as shown in Column 4 of 4G CFR 172.101.
49 CFR 172.201(d) requires in part, that each shipping paper contain an emergency response telephone number, as prescribed in Subpart G of 49 CFR Part 172.
Contrary to the above, on October 28 1997, the licensee transported 53 curies of Iridium 192 from its San Diego, California, facility to the North Island Naval Air Station and the shipping papers failed to include: (1) the proper shipping name, (2) the hazard class, (3) the identification number, and (4) the emergency response phone number, as required.
This is a repeat Severity Level IV violation (Supplement V)
B. 10 CFR 34.89(b) requires, in part, that each licensee to maintain copies of 10 CFR Parts 19,20, and 34 of Nr4C regulations at each temporary job site.
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- l. Contrary to the above, on October 28,1997, the licensee failed to maintain copies of 10 CFR Parts 19 and 34 at the temporary job site aboard the U.S.S. Constellation.
This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement VI).
- .n 2-Pursuant to the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, Decisive Testing. Inc., is hereby requ! red 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,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, Texas 76011 within 30 dsys of the date of the letter transmitting this Notice of Violation (Notice). This reply should be clearly marked as a Reply 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 previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence 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 placeo in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, 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 mateifal, yotung.st specifically identify the portions 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 I 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 this4/ja Arling on, Texasday of M.1997
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