[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10688]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-443; License No. NPF-86]


North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation, et al. Receipt of 
Petition for Director's Decision Under 10 CFR 2.206

    Notice is hereby given that by Petition dated March 31, 1999, David 
A. Lochbaum (Petitioner), acting on behalf of the Union of Concerned 
Scientists (UCS), has requested that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) take action with regard to the Seabrook Station, Unit 
No. 1, operated by North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation. 
Petitioner requests three specific actions: (1) That the NRC take 
enforcement action against individuals alleged to have unlawfully 
discriminated against a contract electrician in violation of 10 CFR 
50.7; (2) that the NRC take enforcement action against individuals 
alleged to have created a false record in violation of 10 CFR 50.9; and 
(3) that the Petitioner be granted permission to attend an upcoming 
predecisional enforcement conference between the NRC and the licensee 
on these matters. The Petitioner specifically requested that the NRC 
ban any individuals who engaged in wrongdoing in the above matters from 
working in licensed activities for a period of at least 5 years.
    As the basis for the request, the petitioner states that the NRC 
notified the owner of the Seabrook Station, in a letter dated March 16, 
1999, that an NRC investigation documented in Office of Investigation 
Report No. 1-98-005 concluded that (1) an electrician was terminated as 
a result of raising a safety concern and (2) a false record was 
created.
    The Petitioner's request for enforcement action is being treated 
pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission's regulations. The request 
for enforcement action has been referred to the Director of the Office 
of Enforcement. As provided by section 2.206, appropriate action will 
be taken on this petition within a reasonable time.
    The Petitioner's request to attend the upcoming predecisional 
enforcement conference with the licensee is not considered to be a 
request for enforcement action pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206, and it is 
denied. As stated in Section V of the Commission's ``General Statement 
of Policy and Procedures for NRC Enforcement Actions'' (Enforcement 
Policy), predecisional enforcement conferences are a meeting between 
the NRC staff and the licensee. As stated in the Enforcement Policy, 
these meetings will normally be closed to public observation when the 
enforcement action being contemplated by the NRC staff is based on the 
findings of an OI investigation report that has not been publically 
disclosed or when the enforcement action being contemplated may be 
taken against an individual. I find no reason in this case to make an 
exception to the Commission's stated policy of keeping these types of 
meetings closed to public observation.
    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 20th day of April, 1999.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
James Lieberman,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 99-10688 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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