[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-195]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323]


Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant 
(Units 1 and 2); Receipt of Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 
CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by petition dated November 24, 1998, 
Mr. David A. Lochbaum has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) take action with regard to Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power 
Plant, Units 1 and 2. Petitioner requests that the NRC modify the 
licenses for Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 to require that the plant's 
owner have an independent contractor evaluate the plant's safety 
culture and that the independent contractor monitor the safety culture 
until the NRC concurs that a safety-conscious work environment has been 
established and maintained. The petition also requests an informal 
hearing near Diablo Canyon to present new information on the safety 
culture at Diablo Canyon.
    As the basis for this request, petitioner states that the safety 
culture at the Diablo Canyon site is not conducive to employees' 
raising safety issues freely without fear of retaliation.
    The request is being treated pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the 
Commission's regulations. The request has been referred to the Director 
of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. As provided by Sec. 2.206, 
appropriate action will be taken on this petition within a reasonable 
time. A copy of the petition is available for inspection at the 
Commission's Public Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 30th day of December 1998.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bruce A. Boger,
Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. 99-195 Filed 1-5-99; 8:45 am]
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