[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 249 (Thursday, December 29, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-32087]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50-498 and 50-499]
Houston Lighting & Power Company; South Texas Project, Units 1
and 2; Issuance of Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206
Notice is hereby given that the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, has acted on a Petition for action under 10 CFR 2.206
received from Mr. Thomas J. Saporito, Jr., on May 5, 1993, for the
South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2.
The Petitioner requested that the NRC take specific actions; that
is, that the NRC institute a show cause proceeding pursuant to 10 CFR
2.202 to modify, suspend, or revoke the Houston Lighting & Power
Company's (HL&P's or the licensee's) NRC operating licenses authorizing
operation of South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2; that the NRC initiate
appropriate actions to cause the immediate shutdown of the reactor
cores at South Texas Project; and that the NRC take appropriate
enforcement action in the form of issuance of civil penalties against
the licensee and/or licensee management personnel at HL&P's South Texas
Project.
The Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation has
determined to grant the Petition in part and to deny the Petition in
part. In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, the NRC has issued
a civil penalty (EA 93-056) of $100,000 to HL&P for violation of 10 CFR
50.7. NRC has allowed HL&P to defer payment of the civil penalty until
after the DOL completes its review.
The Director denied the Petitioner's request that the NRC modify,
suspend, or revoke HL&P's operating licenses authorizing operation of
South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 and that the NRC initiate
appropriate actions to cause the immediate shutdown of the two reactor
cores at South Texas Project. The reasons for these denials are
explained in the ``Director's Decision Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206,'' (DD-
94-13), which is available for public inspection at the Commission's
Public Document Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001, and at the local public document room
located at the Wharton County Junior College, J. M. Hodges Learning
Center, 911 Boling Highway, Wharton, Texas 77488.
A copy of this Decision will be filed with the Secretary of the
Commission for the Commission's review in accordance with 10 CFR
2.206(c) of the Commission's regulations. As provided by this
regulation, the Decision will constitute the final action of the
Commission 25 days after the date of issuance of the Decision, unless
the Commission, on its own motion, institutes a review of the Decision
within that time.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December 1994.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
William T. Russell,
Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 94-32087 Filed 12-28-94; 8:45 am]
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