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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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