[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16020-16021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06168]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 030-37587; License No. 24-32636-01; EAF-RIII-2024-0017;
NRC-2026-1256]
In the Matter of Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics Order Imposing
Civil Monetary Penalty
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an Order
Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty (Order) to Metro Cardiovascular
Diagnostics. This Order was issued because the licensee was previously
issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty
(Notice) in the amount of $36,000 on July 28, 2025. The licensee failed
to respond to the Notice or pay the civil penalty. Despite multiple
attempts by the NRC to contact the licensee, no response was received;
therefore, the NRC is imposing the civil penalty through this Order.
The NRC staff has determined that the violations occurred as described
in the Notice and that the $36,000 civil penalty proposed for the
violations is appropriate and will be imposed. This Order is effective
upon issuance.
DATES: This order was issued on March 4, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-1256 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may obtain publicly available information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-1256. Address
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: [email protected]. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s) listed in the For Further
Information Contact section of this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public Search.''
For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email
to [email protected].
NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
[email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Rivera, Office of Enforcement,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001;
telephone: 301-415-0296; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the order is attached.
Dated: March 26, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bo Pham,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
Attachment--Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty
United States of America
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In the Matter of: Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics, 030-37587,
Florissant, Missouri, 24-32636-01, EAF-RIII-2024-0017
Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty
I
Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics (Licensee) is the holder of NRC
Materials License No. 24-32636-01 issued on July 17, 2018, by the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) pursuant to
Part 30 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR). The
license authorizes the operation of Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics
(facility) in accordance with conditions specified therein. The
facility is located on the Licensee's site in Florissant, Missouri.
II
An investigation of the Licensee's activities was initiated on
October 5, 2023, and completed on September 11, 2024. The results of
this investigation indicated that the Licensee had not conducted its
activities in full compliance with NRC requirements. A written
Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalties
(Notice) was served upon the Licensee by letter dated July 28, 2025.
The Notice states the nature of the violations, the provisions of
the NRC's requirements that the Licensee violated, and the amount of
the civil penalties proposed for the violations. As of the date of
this Order, the Licensee has neither provided a written response to
the Notice nor paid the proposed civil penalty. NRC staff have
unsuccessfully attempted to contact the Licensee multiple times
since the issuance of the Notice regarding payment of the proposed
civil penalties.
III
Because the Licensee did not respond to the Notice, there are no
additional facts, explanation, or other information to consider. The
NRC has determined that the violations occurred as stated and that
the penalties proposed for the violations designated in the Notice
should be imposed.
IV
In view of the foregoing and pursuant to Section 234 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C. 2282, and 10
CFR 2.205, it is hereby ordered that:
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The Licensee shall pay the civil penalties in the amount of
$36,000 within 30 days of the date of this Order by submitting the
payment in accordance with NUREG/BR-0254.
In addition, at the time payment is made, the Licensee shall
submit a statement indicating when and by what method payment was
made, to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852-2738.
V
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, Metro Cardiovascular
Diagnostics must, and any other person adversely affected by this
Order may, submit an answer to this Order within 30 days of its
publication in the Federal Register. In addition, Metro
Cardiovascular Diagnostics and any other person adversely affected
by this Order may request a hearing on this Order within 30 days of
its publication in the Federal Register. Where good cause is shown,
consideration will be given to extending the time to answer or
request a hearing. A request for extension of time must be directed
to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage
media, unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method,
as further discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic
submissions is located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions
to the NRC'' (ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's
public website (https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html).
Participants may not submit paper copies of their filings unless
they seek an exemption in accordance with the procedures described
below.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least
10 days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact
the Office of the Secretary by email at [email protected], or
by telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital
identification (ID) certificate, which allows the participant (or
their counsel or representative) to digitally sign submissions and
access the E-Filing system for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the Secretary that the participant
will be submitting a petition or other adjudicatory document (even
in instances in which the participant, or their counsel or
representative, already holds an NRC-issued digital ID certificate).
Based upon this information, the Secretary will establish an
electronic docket for the proceeding if the Secretary has not
already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website (https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html). After a digital ID
certificate is obtained and a docket is created, the participant
must submit adjudicatory documents in Portable Document Format
(PDF). Guidance on submissions is available on the NRC's public
website (https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html).
A filing is considered complete at the time the document is
submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be timely, an
electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system no later
than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission,
the E-Filing system timestamps the document and sends the submitter
an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system
also distributes an email that provides access to the document to
the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have
advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in
the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on
those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other
participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and
receive a digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are
filed in order to obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing
system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the
NRC's public website (https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals.html), by email to [email protected], or by a toll-
free call at 1-866-672-7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is
available between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request,
in accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted by: (1) first class mail
addressed to the Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff. Participants filing adjudicatory documents in
this manner are responsible for serving the document on all other
participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail as
of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service. A presiding officer, having granted an
exemption request from using E-Filing, may require a participant or
party to use EFiling if the presiding officer subsequently
determines that the reason for granting the exemption from use of E-
Filing no longer exists.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
the NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available on
the NRC's public website (https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd), unless
otherwise excluded pursuant to an order of the presiding officer. If
you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID certificate as previously
described, click ``cancel'' when the link requests certificates and
you will be automatically directed to the NRC's electronic hearing
docket where you will be able to access any publicly available
documents in a J. Siddiqui--8--particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy
information such as social security numbers, home addresses, or
personal phone numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or
other law requires submission of such information. With respect to
copyrighted works, except for limited excerpts that serve the
purpose of the adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, participants should not include copyrighted materials
in their submission.
If a person other than Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics requests
a hearing, that person shall set forth with particularity the manner
in which his interest is adversely affected by this Order and shall
address the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d) and (f).
If a hearing is requested by a licensee or a person whose
interest is adversely affected, the Commission will issue an Order
designating the time and place of any hearings. If a hearing is
held, the issue to be considered at such hearing shall be whether
this Order should be sustained. Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202(c)(2)(i),
Metro Cardiovascular Diagnostics or any other person adversely
affected by this Order, may, in addition to demanding a hearing, at
the time the answer is filed or sooner, move the presiding officer
to set aside the immediate effectiveness of the Order on the ground
that the Order, including the need for immediate effectiveness, is
not based on adequate evidence but on mere suspicion, unfounded
allegations, or error. In the absence of any request for hearing, or
written approval of an extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions specified in Section IV above shall be final
30 days from the date this Order is published in the Federal
Register without further order or proceedings. If an extension of
time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions
specified in Section IV shall be final when the extension expires if
a hearing request has not been received. An Answer or a Request for
Hearing Shall Not Stay the Immediate Effectiveness of This Order. If
payment has not been made by the time specified above, the matter
may be referred to the Attorney General, for collection.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 4th day of March 2026.
Bo Pham,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2026-06168 Filed 3-30-26; 8:45 am]
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