In the Matter of Joseph Guariglia; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately), 50426-50427 [E5-4686]
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brenda L. Mozafari,
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Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
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In the Matter of Joseph Guariglia;
Confirmatory Order (Effective
Immediately)
I
Mr. Joseph Guariglia (Mr. Guariglia) is
employed by Nine Mile Point Nuclear
Station, LLC, at the Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station. The facility is located
in Lycoming, NY. In June 2000, Mr.
Guariglia was a fire protection
supervisor at the facility.
II
Following the receipt of information
in January 2004, an investigation was
initiated by the NRC’s Office of
Investigations (OI), Region I, on
February 3, 2004, at the Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station. This investigation was
initiated to determine whether Mr.
Guariglia deliberately violated
conditions of the Nine Mile Point Unit
2 license by compromising an
unannounced fire drill in June 2000.
Based on the evidence developed during
its investigation, OI substantiated that
Mr. Guariglia deliberately compromised
the unannounced fire drill in June 2000.
Mr. Guariglia was informed of the NRC
finding in a letter dated March 18, 2005.
III
In response to the NRC’s March 18,
2005 letter, Mr. Guariglia requested the
use of Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) to resolve this matter. ADR is a
process in which a neutral mediator,
with no decision-making authority,
assisted the NRC and Mr. Guariglia to
resolve any disagreements on whether a
violation occurred, the appropriate
enforcement action, and the appropriate
corrective actions. An ADR session was
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held between Mr. Guariglia and the NRC
in Philadelphia, PA, on June 22, 2005,
and was mediated by a professional
mediator, arranged through Cornell
University’s Institute of Conflict
Management. During that ADR session,
a settlement agreement was reached.
The elements of the settlement
agreement consisted of the following:
1. The NRC determined that a
violation occurred when an
unannounced fire drill at Nine Mile
Point Unit 2 was compromised in June
2000. This was contrary to technical
specifications and 10 CFR Part 50,
Appendix R, which require that persons
planning and authorizing an
unannounced fire drill shall ensure that
the responding shift fire brigade
members are not aware that a fire drill
is being planned until it is begun.
2. The NRC maintains that Mr.
Guariglia deliberately compromised the
fire drill when he called the fire brigade
leader to inform him of its time and
location. Because Mr. Guariglia’s
deliberate actions placed Nine Mile
Point 2 in violation of NRC
requirements, Mr. Guariglia was in
violation of 10 CFR 50.5. Mr. Guariglia
maintains that he does not recall the
specifics associated with this fire drill.
However, in light of the evidence
available, Mr. Guariglia agreed that the
fire drill was compromised and agreed
that he was in violation of 10 CFR 50.5.
3. Mr. Guariglia, subsequent to the
identification of this violation, will take
actions to assure that he learned from
this violation and provide the NRC with
assurance that it will not recur. These
actions include (a) writing an article to
share with the Constellation fleet that
explains the importance of following
procedural requirements, maintaining
the integrity of unannounced fire drills,
and maintaining a questioning attitude
to verify and validate decisions and (b)
prior to December 31, 2005,
participating in a stand-down meeting
with appropriate fire protection staff
and describing the lessons learned from
the compromised fire drill and the
importance of raising concerns when an
issue does not comply with
requirements.
4. In light of Mr. Guariglia’s
agreement to Items 1 and 2 and the
actions he will take as described in Item
3, the NRC agrees to issue a Notice of
Violation without a specified severity
level, to Mr. Guariglia. The NRC will
place the Notice of Violation, which
will be publically available in ADAMS,
on the NRC ‘‘Significant Enforcement
Actions—Individuals’’ website. The
Notice of Violation will be placed on the
‘‘Significant Enforcement Actions—
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5. Mr. Guariglia agreed to issuance of
a Confirmatory Order confirming this
agreement.
IV
Since Mr. Guariglia has agreed to take
additional actions to address NRC
concerns, as set forth in Section III
above, the NRC has concluded that its
concerns can be resolved through the
NRC’s confirmation of the commitments
as outlined in this Confirmatory Order.
I find that Mr. Guariglia’s
commitments as set forth in Section III
above are acceptable. However, in view
of the foregoing, I have determined that
these commitments shall be confirmed
by this Confirmatory Order. Based on
the above and Mr. Guariglia’s consent,
this Confirmatory Order is immediately
effective upon issuance.
V
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
103, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182, and 186 of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended, and the Commission’s
regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR
part 50, It is hereby ordered, that prior
to December 31, 2005:
1. Mr. Guariglia shall write an article
to share with the Constellation fleet that
explains the importance of following
procedural requirements, maintaining
the integrity of unannounced fire drills,
and maintaining a questioning attitude
to verify and validate decisions.
2. Mr. Guariglia shall participate in a
stand-down meeting with appropriate
fire protection staff and describe the
lessons learned from the compromised
fire drill and the importance of raising
concerns when an issue does not
comply with requirements.
3. Mr. Guariglia shall notify the NRC,
in writing, within 30 days of completion
of the actions described in Items 1 and
2 above.
The Director, Office of Enforcement,
may relax or rescind, in writing, any of
the above conditions upon a showing by
Mr. Guariglia of good cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this
Confirmatory Order, other than Mr.
Guariglia, may request a hearing within
20 days of its issuance. Where good
cause is shown, consideration will be
given to extending the time to request a
hearing. A request for extension of time
must be made in writing to the Director,
Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555, and must include a statement
of good cause for the extension. Any
request for a hearing shall be submitted
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to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Attn: Chief,
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff,
Washington, DC 20555. Copies of the
hearing request shall also be sent to the
Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington DC 20555, to the Assistant
General Counsel for Materials Litigation
and Enforcement, to the Director of the
Division of Regulatory Improvement
Programs at the same address, and to
Mr. Guariglia. Because Mr. Guariglia’s
home address has been deleted pursuant
to 10 CFR 2.390, his copy should be
provided to the NRC Office of
Enforcement who will forward it to Mr.
Guariglia. Because of continuing
disruptions in delivery of mail to United
States Government offices, it is
requested that answers and requests for
hearing be transmitted to the Secretary
of the Commission either by means of
facsimile transmission to 301–415–1101
or by e-mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov
and also to the Office of the General
Counsel by means of facsimile
transmission to 301–415–3725 or e-mail
to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. If such a
person 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 2.714(d).
If a hearing is requested by a person
whose interest is adversely affected, the
Commission will issue an Order
designating the time and place of any
hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to
be considered at such hearing shall be
whether this Confirmatory Order shall
be sustained. An answer or a request for
a hearing shall not stay the effectiveness
date of this Order.
Dated this 18th day of August, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Johnson,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
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Portland General Electric Company,
Trojan Nuclear Plant, Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Notice
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Proposed Corporate Restructuring and
Opportunity for a Hearing
Nuclear Regulatory
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restructuring and opportunity for
hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Regan, Senior Project
Manager, Spent Fuel Project Office,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555.
Telephone: (301) 415–1179; fax number:
(301) 415–1179; e-mail: cmr1@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the
Commission or NRC) is considering the
issuance of an order under 10 CFR 72.50
approving the indirect transfer of
Special Nuclear Materials (SNM)
License No. SNM–2509 for the Trojan
Independent Spent Fuel Storage
Installation (ISFSI). The indirect transfer
has been requested by Portland General
Electric Company (PGE) and Stephen
Forbes Cooper, LLC. (SFC), as
Disbursing Agent on behalf of the
Reserve for Disputed Claims (Reserve),
to facilitate implementation of the
transfer of 100% of PGE’s common stock
held by the Enron Corporation (Enron)
to the creditors of Enron. This is to be
done by canceling the existing PGE
common stock held by Enron and by
authorizing and issuing to Enron’s
creditors new PGE common stock.
The issuance of the new PGE common
stock will not change the status as NRC
licensee of the Trojan ISFSI, and there
will be no direct transfer of the Trojan
ISFSI license. Control of the 10 CFR Part
72 license for the Trojan ISFSI, now
held by PGE and its co-owners, will
remain with PGE and the same coowners, and will not be affected by the
issuance of the new PGE common stock.
Issuance of the new PGE common stock
will not affect PGE’s technical and
financial qualifications and its ability to
continue funding its share of the costs
of operating, maintaining, and
ultimately decommissioning the Trojan
ISFSI. No physical changes to the Trojan
ISFSI or operational changes are being
proposed in the application.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 72.50, no license,
or any part included in the license
issued under 10 CFR Part 72 for an
ISFSI shall be transferred, assigned, or
in any manner disposed of, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or
indirectly, through transfer of control of
the license to any person unless the
Commission gives its consent in writing.
The Commission will approve an
application for the indirect transfer of a
license, if the Commission determines
that the proposed transferee is qualified
to hold the license, and that the transfer
is otherwise consistent with applicable
provisions of law, regulations, and
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orders issued by the Commission
pursuant thereto.
The filing of requests for hearing and
petitions for leave to intervene, and
written comments with regard to the
indirect license transfer application, are
discussed below.
Within 20 days after the date of
publication of this notice, the licensee
may file a request for a hearing with
respect to issuance of approval of the
indirect transfer for the subject ISFSI
operating license and any person whose
interest may be affected by this
proceeding and who wishes to
participate as a party in the proceeding
must file a written request for a hearing
and a petition for leave to intervene.
Requests for a hearing and petitions for
leave to intervene shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission’s rules
of practice set forth in Subpart C and
Subpart M, ‘‘Hearing Requests and
Procedures for Hearings on License
Transfer Applications,’’ of 10 CFR Part
2. Interested persons should consult a
current copy of 10 CFR 2.309, which is
available at the Commission’s Public
Document Room (PDR), located at One
White Flint North, Public File Area
01F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland 20852. Publicly
available records will be accessible from
the Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/cfr/. If a request for a hearing
or petition for leave to intervene is filed
within 20 days after the date of
publication of this notice, the
Commission or a presiding officer
designated by the Commission or by the
Chief Administrative Judge of the
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Panel, will rule on the request and/or
petition; and the Secretary or the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board will issue a
notice of a hearing or an appropriate
order. As required by 10 CFR 2.309, a
petition for leave to intervene shall set
forth with particularity the interest of
the petitioner in the proceeding, and
how that interest may be affected by the
results of the proceeding. The petition
should specifically explain the reasons
why intervention should be permitted
with particular reference to the
following general requirements: (1) The
name, address and telephone number of
the requestor or petitioner; (2) the
nature of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
right under the Act to be made a party
to the proceeding; (3) the nature and
extent of the requestor’s/petitioner’s
property, financial, or other interest in
the proceeding; and (4) the possible
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In the Matter of Joseph Guariglia; Confirmatory Order (Effective
Immediately)
I
Mr. Joseph Guariglia (Mr. Guariglia) is employed by Nine Mile Point
Nuclear Station, LLC, at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. The
facility is located in Lycoming, NY. In June 2000, Mr. Guariglia was a
fire protection supervisor at the facility.
II
Following the receipt of information in January 2004, an
investigation was initiated by the NRC's Office of Investigations (OI),
Region I, on February 3, 2004, at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station.
This investigation was initiated to determine whether Mr. Guariglia
deliberately violated conditions of the Nine Mile Point Unit 2 license
by compromising an unannounced fire drill in June 2000. Based on the
evidence developed during its investigation, OI substantiated that Mr.
Guariglia deliberately compromised the unannounced fire drill in June
2000. Mr. Guariglia was informed of the NRC finding in a letter dated
March 18, 2005.
III
In response to the NRC's March 18, 2005 letter, Mr. Guariglia
requested the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to resolve
this matter. ADR is a process in which a neutral mediator, with no
decision-making authority, assisted the NRC and Mr. Guariglia to
resolve any disagreements on whether a violation occurred, the
appropriate enforcement action, and the appropriate corrective actions.
An ADR session was held between Mr. Guariglia and the NRC in
Philadelphia, PA, on June 22, 2005, and was mediated by a professional
mediator, arranged through Cornell University's Institute of Conflict
Management. During that ADR session, a settlement agreement was
reached. The elements of the settlement agreement consisted of the
following:
1. The NRC determined that a violation occurred when an unannounced
fire drill at Nine Mile Point Unit 2 was compromised in June 2000. This
was contrary to technical specifications and 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix
R, which require that persons planning and authorizing an unannounced
fire drill shall ensure that the responding shift fire brigade members
are not aware that a fire drill is being planned until it is begun.
2. The NRC maintains that Mr. Guariglia deliberately compromised
the fire drill when he called the fire brigade leader to inform him of
its time and location. Because Mr. Guariglia's deliberate actions
placed Nine Mile Point 2 in violation of NRC requirements, Mr.
Guariglia was in violation of 10 CFR 50.5. Mr. Guariglia maintains that
he does not recall the specifics associated with this fire drill.
However, in light of the evidence available, Mr. Guariglia agreed that
the fire drill was compromised and agreed that he was in violation of
10 CFR 50.5.
3. Mr. Guariglia, subsequent to the identification of this
violation, will take actions to assure that he learned from this
violation and provide the NRC with assurance that it will not recur.
These actions include (a) writing an article to share with the
Constellation fleet that explains the importance of following
procedural requirements, maintaining the integrity of unannounced fire
drills, and maintaining a questioning attitude to verify and validate
decisions and (b) prior to December 31, 2005, participating in a stand-
down meeting with appropriate fire protection staff and describing the
lessons learned from the compromised fire drill and the importance of
raising concerns when an issue does not comply with requirements.
4. In light of Mr. Guariglia's agreement to Items 1 and 2 and the
actions he will take as described in Item 3, the NRC agrees to issue a
Notice of Violation without a specified severity level, to Mr.
Guariglia. The NRC will place the Notice of Violation, which will be
publically available in ADAMS, on the NRC ``Significant Enforcement
Actions--Individuals'' website. The Notice of Violation will be placed
on the ``Significant Enforcement Actions--Individuals'' Web site no
longer than 1 year.
5. Mr. Guariglia agreed to issuance of a Confirmatory Order
confirming this agreement.
IV
Since Mr. Guariglia has agreed to take additional actions to
address NRC concerns, as set forth in Section III above, the NRC has
concluded that its concerns can be resolved through the NRC's
confirmation of the commitments as outlined in this Confirmatory Order.
I find that Mr. Guariglia's commitments as set forth in Section III
above are acceptable. However, in view of the foregoing, I have
determined that these commitments shall be confirmed by this
Confirmatory Order. Based on the above and Mr. Guariglia's consent,
this Confirmatory Order is immediately effective upon issuance.
V
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 103, 161b, 161i, 161o, 182, and
186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Commission's
regulations in 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR part 50, It is hereby ordered,
that prior to December 31, 2005:
1. Mr. Guariglia shall write an article to share with the
Constellation fleet that explains the importance of following
procedural requirements, maintaining the integrity of unannounced fire
drills, and maintaining a questioning attitude to verify and validate
decisions.
2. Mr. Guariglia shall participate in a stand-down meeting with
appropriate fire protection staff and describe the lessons learned from
the compromised fire drill and the importance of raising concerns when
an issue does not comply with requirements.
3. Mr. Guariglia shall notify the NRC, in writing, within 30 days
of completion of the actions described in Items 1 and 2 above.
The Director, Office of Enforcement, may relax or rescind, in
writing, any of the above conditions upon a showing by Mr. Guariglia of
good cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order, other
than Mr. Guariglia, may request a hearing within 20 days of its
issuance. Where good cause is shown, consideration will be given to
extending the time to request a hearing. A request for extension of
time must be made in writing to the Director, Office of Enforcement,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, and must
include a statement of good cause for the extension. Any request for a
hearing shall be submitted
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to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Attn: Chief,
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff, Washington, DC 20555. Copies of the
hearing request shall also be sent to the Director, Office of
Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555,
to the Assistant General Counsel for Materials Litigation and
Enforcement, to the Director of the Division of Regulatory Improvement
Programs at the same address, and to Mr. Guariglia. Because Mr.
Guariglia's home address has been deleted pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390, his
copy should be provided to the NRC Office of Enforcement who will
forward it to Mr. Guariglia. Because of continuing disruptions in
delivery of mail to United States Government offices, it is requested
that answers and requests for hearing be transmitted to the Secretary
of the Commission either by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-
1101 or by e-mail to hearingdocket@nrc.gov and also to the Office of
the General Counsel by means of facsimile transmission to 301-415-3725
or e-mail to OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov. If such a person 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 2.714(d).
If a hearing is requested by a person whose interest is adversely
affected, the Commission will issue an Order designating the time and
place of any hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be considered
at such hearing shall be whether this Confirmatory Order shall be
sustained. An answer or a request for a hearing shall not stay the
effectiveness date of this Order.
Dated this 18th day of August, 2005.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michael Johnson,
Director, Office of Enforcement.
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