ML20217B558

Notice of Violation from Insp on 980104-0214.Violation Noted:Fire Hose Stations Listed in Addendum 3 of Procedure OPGP03-ZF-0018 Not Operable When Equipment in Area to Be Protected Required to Be Operable by TS

ML20217B558
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	03/24/1998
From:	NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV)
To:
Shared Package
ML20217B534	List: IR 05000498/1998003 ML20217B528 ML20217B558
References
50-498-98-03, 50-498-98-3, 50-499-98-03, 50-499-98-3, NUDOCS 9803260099
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ENCLOSURE 1

~ NOTICE OF VIOLATION I STP Nuclear Operating Company Docket Nos.: 50-408,50-499

> South Texas Project Electric Generating Station.- License Nos: NPF-76,~ NPF-80

, . During an NRC inspection conducted on January 4 through February 14,1998, one violation of NRC requirements was identified. In accordance with the " General Statement of Policy and Procedure for NRC Enforcement Actions," NUREG-1600, the violations are listed below:

License Condition 2.E, " Fire Protection," states: "STPNOC shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program. This requirement is implemented in part by Plant General Procedure OPGP03-ZF-0018, Revision 7. " Fire Protection System Operability Requirements," Section 4.6 of this procedure states:

"The FIRE HOSE STATIONS listed in Addendum 3 SHALL be operable whenever equipment in the area to be protected is required to be operable by the Technical Specifications."

l Contrary to the above, from July 31 through September 14,1997, five fire hose stations listed in i Addendum 3 of Procedure OPGP03-ZF-0018 were not operable when the equipment in the area to i be protected was required to be operable by the Technical Specifications, in that, Valve FP-0949, J the header isolation valve supplying these fire hose stations was closed, isolating the supply of water to the hose stations located inside the Unit i reactor containment building while the reactor was in Mode 1.

This is a Severity Level IV violation (Supplement 1) (498/98003-01).  !

i Pursuant tu the provisions of 10 CFR 2.201, STP Nuclear Operating 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 1 Regional Administrator, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400,' Arlington, Texas 76011, L 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 (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 or severity level, '

(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 . -!

achievedeYour response may reference or include previous docketed correspondence, if the correspondence adequately addresses the required response. If an adequate reply is not  !

l 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 l' ' . given to extending the response time, g

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'If you contest this enforcement action, you should also provide a copy of your response to the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

! 20555-0001.

. i Because your response, if you choose to provide one, will be placed in the NRC Public-Document Room (PDR), to the extent possible, it should not include any personal privacy,

l. proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be placed in the PDR without redaction. If -

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personal privacy or proprietary information is necessary to provide an acceptable response, then please provide a bracketed copy of your response that identifios the information that should be protected and a redacted copy of your response that deletes such information. If you request withholding of such material, youmust 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 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.

o Dated at Arlington, Texas this 24 day of March 1998 i

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