In the Matter of Beta Gamma Nuclear Radiology; Confirmatory Order Modifying License (Effective Immediately), 4877-4879 [2010-1825]
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In the Matter of Beta Gamma Nuclear
Radiology; Confirmatory Order
Modifying License (Effective
Immediately)
I
Beta Gamma Nuclear Radiology
(BGNR) (Licensee) is the holder of
medical License No. 52–25542–01,
issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission)
pursuant to 10 CFR part 30 on December
21, 2000. The license authorizes the
operation of BGNR (facility) in
accordance with conditions specified
therein. The facility is located on the
Licensee’s site in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
This Confirmatory Order is the result
of an agreement reached during an
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mediation session conducted on
October 27, 2009. ADR is a process in
which a neutral mediator with no
decision-making authority assists the
parties in reaching an agreement on
resolving any differences regarding the
dispute.
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II
On July 2, 2009, the NRC issued a
letter to BGNR, enclosing a summary of
an investigation conducted by the NRC
Office of Investigations (OI) (Reference
OI Investigation Report No. 1–2008–
052). OI opened the investigation to
determine whether BGNR had
submitted falsified written directives in
a May 5, 2008, response to an April 8,
2008, Severity Level (SL) IV Notice of
Violation (NOV).
The SLIV NOV had been issued for
BGNR’s failure to prepare written
directives prior to administering
diagnostic doses of radioactive iodine
on the dates of September 14, 2005, and
February 19 and 26, 2008. In its May 5,
2008, response, BGNR disputed the
SLIV NOV in a sworn and notarized
letter stating that the BGNR Director, as
the Authorized User, had in fact
prepared written directives for the I–131
sodium iodide administrations prior to
conducting them on September 14,
2005, and February 19 and 26, 2008,
and that although the written directives
had been misplaced, since the
inspection, the written directives had
been located. The letter enclosed copies
of these written directives. During
review of the letter, the NRC identified
that the written directive for the
administrations performed on
September 14, 2005, was dated
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September 14, 2008, calling into
question the validity of the date on
which this directive, and the others, had
been written.
Based on evidence developed during
the investigation, the NRC identified an
apparent violation, including that the
BGNR Director, on behalf of BGNR,
submitted falsified written directives to
support BGNR’s dispute of the SLIV
NOV; and that as a result, BGNR
maintained incomplete and inaccurate
written directives in violation of 10 CFR
30.9.
The July 2, 2009 NRC letter informed
BGNR that the NRC was considering
escalated enforcement for the apparent
violation. On July 6, 2009, BGNR
requested the use of an ADR mediation
session to resolve this matter. On
October 27, 2009, the NRC and BGNR
met in an ADR session mediated by a
professional mediator, arranged through
Cornell University’s Institute on
Conflict Resolution. This Confirmatory
Order is issued pursuant to the
agreement reached during the ADR
process.
III
During the ADR session, a
preliminary settlement agreement was
reached. The elements of the agreement
consisted of the following:
A. BGNR and the NRC agree to the
following facts:
1. BGNR provided inaccurate
information, in a response contesting
the April 8, 2008 SLIV NOV, in that, the
BGNR director, acting on behalf of the
licensee, stated that three written
directives for diagnostic doses of iodine131 were written prior to the
administrations, when in fact, the
written directives were signed and
dated after the administrations, in
violation of 10 CFR 30.9;
2. BGNR maintained incomplete or
inaccurate written directives in
violation of 10 CFR 30.9; and,
3. The violation of 10 CFR 35.40
contained in the NOV dated April 8,
2008 occurred as stated in the NOV.
B. BGNR will contract with a current
or former Radiation Safety Officer
(RSO), who has been authorized in that
capacity on an NRC or Agreement State
medical license, to perform
comprehensive audits of BGNR’s
radiation safety program, including a
review of the corrective actions
documented in the ADR Confirmatory
Order (Order). This will include the
following actions:
1. Within 30 days of the issuance date
of the Order, BGNR will submit the
qualifications of the selected auditor to
the NRC in writing;
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2. Within 30 days of NRC approval of
the auditor, the auditor will conduct the
first audit, and the auditor will
complete the first audit report within 90
days of NRC approval of the auditor;
3. Following the first audit, three
additional audits will be conducted on
a quarterly basis at BGNR (four audits
completed within approximately one
year); and,
4. Within 30 days of the completion
of each audit, BGNR will submit the
audit report to the NRC for review.
C. BGNR will request a license
amendment from the NRC to designate
a new RSO on the BGNR license who
will be responsible for implementation
and oversight of the radiation safety
program, for a period of two years from
the date of this Order. The license
amendment request, including
information regarding the qualifications
of the proposed RSO in accordance with
the requirements of 10 CFR part 35, will
be submitted to the NRC within 30 days
of the date of Order issuance.
D. BGNR will create a written policy,
and train employees, regarding
expectations for: (1) Employees
providing complete and accurate
information to the NRC; (2) compliance
with NRC regulations; and, (3) the
freedom to raise safety concerns with
BGNR management and/or to the NRC
without fear of retaliation; within 30
days of the date of the Order. All new
employees will also be trained on this
policy.
In recognition of these actions, the
NRC agreed to issue a civil penalty in
the amount of $5,000, and to issue
BGNR an NOV containing a SL III
violation.
On January 12, 2010, BGNR consented
to issuing this Order with the
commitments, as described in Section V
below. BGNR further agreed that this
Order is to be effective upon issuance
and that it has waived its right to a
hearing.
IV
Since BGNR has agreed to take
additional actions to address NRC
concerns, as set forth in Item III above,
the NRC has concluded that its concerns
can be resolved through issuance of this
Order.
I find that BGNR’s commitments as
set forth in Section V are acceptable and
necessary and conclude that with these
commitments the public health and
safety are reasonably assured. In view of
the foregoing, I have determined that
public health and safety require that the
Licensee’s commitments be confirmed
by this Order. Based on the above and
BGNR’s consent, this Order is
immediately effective upon issuance.
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Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81,
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 30 it is
hereby ordered, effective immediately:
A. BGNR will contract with a current
or former Radiation Safety Officer
(RSO), who has been authorized in that
capacity on an NRC or Agreement State
medical license, to perform
comprehensive audits of the radiation
safety program, including a review of
the corrective actions documented in
this Confirmatory Order. This will
include the following actions:
1. Within 30 days of the issuance date
of this Order, BGNR will submit the
qualifications of the selected auditor to
the NRC in writing;
2. Within 30 days of the NRC
approval of the auditor, the auditor will
conduct the first audit, and the auditor
will complete the first audit report
within 90 days of NRC approval of the
auditor;
3. Following the first audit, three
additional audits will be conducted on
a quarterly basis at BGNR (four audits
completed within approximately one
year); and,
4. Within 30 days of completion of
each audit, BGNR will submit the audit
report to the NRC for review.
B. BGNR will request a license
amendment from the NRC to designate
a new RSO on the BGNR license who
will be responsible for implementation
and oversight of the radiation safety
program for a period of two years from
the date of this Order. The license
amendment request, including
information regarding the qualifications
of the proposed RSO in accordance with
the requirements of 10 CFR part 35, will
be submitted to the NRC within 30 days
of the date of Order issuance.
C. BGNR will create a written policy,
and train employees, regarding
expectations for: (1) employees
providing complete and accurate
information to the NRC; (2) compliance
with NRC regulations; and, (3) the
freedom to raise safety concerns with
BGNR management and/or to the NRC
without fear of retaliation; within 30
days of the date of the Order. All new
employees will also be trained on this
policy.
D. BGNR will pay a $5000 civil
penalty in two equal installments; the
first installment to be paid within 90
days of the date of this Order, and the
second installment to be paid within
180 days of the date of this Order.
The Director, Office of Enforcement,
may, in writing, relax or rescind any of
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the above conditions upon
demonstration by the Licensee of good
cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this
Confirmatory Order, other than the
Licensee, may request a hearing within
20 days of its publication in the Federal
Register. 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 directed
to the Director, Office of Enforcement,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, and
include a statement of good cause for
the extension.
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave
to intervene, any motion or other
document filed in the proceeding prior
to the submission of a request for
hearing or petition to intervene, and
documents filed by interested
governmental entities participating
under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule
(72 FR 49139, August 28, 2007). The EFiling process requires participants to
submit and serve all adjudicatory
documents over the Internet, or in some
cases to mail copies on electronic
storage media. 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 ten
(10) days prior to the filing deadline, the
participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by e-mail at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone
at (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any proceeding in which it is
participating; and (2) advise the
Secretary that the participant will be
submitting a request or petition for
hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or
representative, already holds an NRCissued digital ID certificate). Based upon
this information, the Secretary will
establish an electronic docket for the
hearing in this proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an
electronic docket.
Information about applying for a
digital ID certificate is available on
NRC’s public Web site at https://
www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/
apply-certificates.html. System
requirements for accessing the E-
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‘‘Guidance for Electronic Submission,’’
which is available on the agency’s
public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants
may attempt to use other software not
listed on the Web site, but should note
that the NRC’s E-Filing system does not
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If a participant is electronically
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participant must file the document
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Once a participant has obtained a
digital ID certificate and a docket has
been created, the participant can then
submit a request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene. Submissions
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(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
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complete at the time the documents are
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. Eastern
Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system
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the submitter an e-mail notice
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E-Filing system also distributes an email notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
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have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
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participants separately. Therefore,
applicants and other participants (or
their counsel or representative) must
apply for and receive a digital ID
certificate before a hearing request/
petition to intervene is filed so that they
can obtain access to the document via
the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using
the agency’s adjudicatory E-Filing
system may seek assistance by
contacting the NRC Meta System Help
Desk through the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link
located on the NRC Web site at https://
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Participants who believe that they
have a good cause for not submitting
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or party to use E-Filing 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 NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, or the presiding
officer. Participants are requested not to
include personal privacy information,
such as social security numbers, home
addresses, or home 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 are requested not to include
copyrighted materials in their
submission.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
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unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer.
Participants are requested not to include
personal privacy information, such as
social security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings. 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 are requested
not to include copyrighted materials in
their works.
Any person that requests a hearing
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 the 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 should
be sustained.
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 V above shall be final 20 days
from the date of this Order without
further order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for requesting a
hearing has been approved, the
provisions specified in Section V shall
be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received. A
request for hearing shall not stay the
immediate effectiveness of this order.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 21st day of January 2010.
Marc L. Dapas,
Deputy Regional Administrator.
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Juan E. Perez Monte, M.D.;
Confirmatory Order Modifying License
(Effective Immediately)
I
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Juan E. Perez Monte, M.D. (Dr. Perez)
is named as the Radiation Safety Officer
(RSO) on License No. 52–25542–01
issued by the NRC to Beta Gamma
Nuclear Radiology (BGNR), a medical
practice in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
This Confirmatory Order is the result
of an agreement reached during an
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
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mediation session conducted on
October 27, 2009. ADR is a process in
which a neutral mediator with no
decision-making authority assists the
parties in reaching an agreement on
resolving any differences regarding the
dispute.
II
On July 2, 2009, the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or
´
Commission) issued a letter to Dr. Perez,
enclosing a summary of an investigation
conducted by the NRC Office of
Investigations (OI) (Reference OI
Investigation Report No. 1–2008–052).
OI opened the investigation to
determine whether Beta Gamma Nuclear
Radiology (BGNR) had submitted
falsified written directives in a May 5,
2008, response to a April 8, 2008,
Severity Level (SL) IV Notice of
Violation (NOV).
The SLIV NOV had been issued for
BGNR’s failure to prepare written
directives prior to administering
diagnostic doses of radioactive iodine
on the dates of September 14, 2005, and
February 19 and 26, 2008. In its May 5,
2008, response, BGNR disputed the
SLIV NOV in a sworn and notarized
´
letter stating that Dr. Perez, as the
Authorized User, had in fact prepared
written directives for the I–131 sodium
iodide administrations prior to
conducting them on September 14,
2005, and February 19 and 26, 2008,
and that although the written directives
had been misplaced, since the
inspection, the written directives had
been located. The letter enclosed copies
of these written directives. During
review of the letter, the NRC identified
that the written directive for the
administrations performed on
September 14, 2005, was dated
September 14, 2008, calling into
question the validity of the date on
which this directive, and the others, had
been written.
Based on evidence developed during
the investigation, the NRC identified an
apparent violation, including that Dr.
´
Perez, on behalf of BGNR, deliberately
submitted falsified written directives in
violation of 10 CFR 30.10(a)(2), and as
a result, caused BGNR to maintain
inaccurate information contrary to 10
CFR 30.9, in violation of 10 CFR
30.10(a)(1).
The July 2, 2009, NRC letter informed
´
Dr. Perez that the NRC was considering
escalated enforcement for the apparent
´
violation. On July 6, 2009, Dr. Perez
requested the use of an ADR mediation
session to resolve this matter. On
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October 27, 2009, the NRC and Dr. Perez
met in an ADR session mediated by a
professional mediator, arranged through
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[Docket No. 03035572, License No. 52-25542-01, EA-09-147, NRC-2010-
0028]
In the Matter of Beta Gamma Nuclear Radiology; Confirmatory Order
Modifying License (Effective Immediately)
I
Beta Gamma Nuclear Radiology (BGNR) (Licensee) is the holder of
medical License No. 52-25542-01, issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) pursuant to 10 CFR part 30 on December
21, 2000. The license authorizes the operation of BGNR (facility) in
accordance with conditions specified therein. The facility is located
on the Licensee's site in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
This Confirmatory Order is the result of an agreement reached
during an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mediation session
conducted on October 27, 2009. ADR is a process in which a neutral
mediator with no decision-making authority assists the parties in
reaching an agreement on resolving any differences regarding the
dispute.
II
On July 2, 2009, the NRC issued a letter to BGNR, enclosing a
summary of an investigation conducted by the NRC Office of
Investigations (OI) (Reference OI Investigation Report No. 1-2008-052).
OI opened the investigation to determine whether BGNR had submitted
falsified written directives in a May 5, 2008, response to an April 8,
2008, Severity Level (SL) IV Notice of Violation (NOV).
The SLIV NOV had been issued for BGNR's failure to prepare written
directives prior to administering diagnostic doses of radioactive
iodine on the dates of September 14, 2005, and February 19 and 26,
2008. In its May 5, 2008, response, BGNR disputed the SLIV NOV in a
sworn and notarized letter stating that the BGNR Director, as the
Authorized User, had in fact prepared written directives for the I-131
sodium iodide administrations prior to conducting them on September 14,
2005, and February 19 and 26, 2008, and that although the written
directives had been misplaced, since the inspection, the written
directives had been located. The letter enclosed copies of these
written directives. During review of the letter, the NRC identified
that the written directive for the administrations performed on
September 14, 2005, was dated September 14, 2008, calling into question
the validity of the date on which this directive, and the others, had
been written.
Based on evidence developed during the investigation, the NRC
identified an apparent violation, including that the BGNR Director, on
behalf of BGNR, submitted falsified written directives to support
BGNR's dispute of the SLIV NOV; and that as a result, BGNR maintained
incomplete and inaccurate written directives in violation of 10 CFR
30.9.
The July 2, 2009 NRC letter informed BGNR that the NRC was
considering escalated enforcement for the apparent violation. On July
6, 2009, BGNR requested the use of an ADR mediation session to resolve
this matter. On October 27, 2009, the NRC and BGNR met in an ADR
session mediated by a professional mediator, arranged through Cornell
University's Institute on Conflict Resolution. This Confirmatory Order
is issued pursuant to the agreement reached during the ADR process.
III
During the ADR session, a preliminary settlement agreement was
reached. The elements of the agreement consisted of the following:
A. BGNR and the NRC agree to the following facts:
1. BGNR provided inaccurate information, in a response contesting
the April 8, 2008 SLIV NOV, in that, the BGNR director, acting on
behalf of the licensee, stated that three written directives for
diagnostic doses of iodine-131 were written prior to the
administrations, when in fact, the written directives were signed and
dated after the administrations, in violation of 10 CFR 30.9;
2. BGNR maintained incomplete or inaccurate written directives in
violation of 10 CFR 30.9; and,
3. The violation of 10 CFR 35.40 contained in the NOV dated April
8, 2008 occurred as stated in the NOV.
B. BGNR will contract with a current or former Radiation Safety
Officer (RSO), who has been authorized in that capacity on an NRC or
Agreement State medical license, to perform comprehensive audits of
BGNR's radiation safety program, including a review of the corrective
actions documented in the ADR Confirmatory Order (Order). This will
include the following actions:
1. Within 30 days of the issuance date of the Order, BGNR will
submit the qualifications of the selected auditor to the NRC in
writing;
2. Within 30 days of NRC approval of the auditor, the auditor will
conduct the first audit, and the auditor will complete the first audit
report within 90 days of NRC approval of the auditor;
3. Following the first audit, three additional audits will be
conducted on a quarterly basis at BGNR (four audits completed within
approximately one year); and,
4. Within 30 days of the completion of each audit, BGNR will submit
the audit report to the NRC for review.
C. BGNR will request a license amendment from the NRC to designate
a new RSO on the BGNR license who will be responsible for
implementation and oversight of the radiation safety program, for a
period of two years from the date of this Order. The license amendment
request, including information regarding the qualifications of the
proposed RSO in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 35,
will be submitted to the NRC within 30 days of the date of Order
issuance.
D. BGNR will create a written policy, and train employees,
regarding expectations for: (1) Employees providing complete and
accurate information to the NRC; (2) compliance with NRC regulations;
and, (3) the freedom to raise safety concerns with BGNR management and/
or to the NRC without fear of retaliation; within 30 days of the date
of the Order. All new employees will also be trained on this policy.
In recognition of these actions, the NRC agreed to issue a civil
penalty in the amount of $5,000, and to issue BGNR an NOV containing a
SL III violation.
On January 12, 2010, BGNR consented to issuing this Order with the
commitments, as described in Section V below. BGNR further agreed that
this Order is to be effective upon issuance and that it has waived its
right to a hearing.
IV
Since BGNR has agreed to take additional actions to address NRC
concerns, as set forth in Item III above, the NRC has concluded that
its concerns can be resolved through issuance of this Order.
I find that BGNR's commitments as set forth in Section V are
acceptable and necessary and conclude that with these commitments the
public health and safety are reasonably assured. In view of the
foregoing, I have determined that public health and safety require that
the Licensee's commitments be confirmed by this Order. Based on the
above and BGNR's consent, this Order is immediately effective upon
issuance.
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V
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 81, 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 30 it is hereby ordered,
effective immediately:
A. BGNR will contract with a current or former Radiation Safety
Officer (RSO), who has been authorized in that capacity on an NRC or
Agreement State medical license, to perform comprehensive audits of the
radiation safety program, including a review of the corrective actions
documented in this Confirmatory Order. This will include the following
actions:
1. Within 30 days of the issuance date of this Order, BGNR will
submit the qualifications of the selected auditor to the NRC in
writing;
2. Within 30 days of the NRC approval of the auditor, the auditor
will conduct the first audit, and the auditor will complete the first
audit report within 90 days of NRC approval of the auditor;
3. Following the first audit, three additional audits will be
conducted on a quarterly basis at BGNR (four audits completed within
approximately one year); and,
4. Within 30 days of completion of each audit, BGNR will submit the
audit report to the NRC for review.
B. BGNR will request a license amendment from the NRC to designate
a new RSO on the BGNR license who will be responsible for
implementation and oversight of the radiation safety program for a
period of two years from the date of this Order. The license amendment
request, including information regarding the qualifications of the
proposed RSO in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR part 35,
will be submitted to the NRC within 30 days of the date of Order
issuance.
C. BGNR will create a written policy, and train employees,
regarding expectations for: (1) employees providing complete and
accurate information to the NRC; (2) compliance with NRC regulations;
and, (3) the freedom to raise safety concerns with BGNR management and/
or to the NRC without fear of retaliation; within 30 days of the date
of the Order. All new employees will also be trained on this policy.
D. BGNR will pay a $5000 civil penalty in two equal installments;
the first installment to be paid within 90 days of the date of this
Order, and the second installment to be paid within 180 days of the
date of this Order.
The Director, Office of Enforcement, may, in writing, relax or
rescind any of the above conditions upon demonstration by the Licensee
of good cause.
VI
Any person adversely affected by this Confirmatory Order, other
than the Licensee, may request a hearing within 20 days of its
publication in the Federal Register. 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 directed to the Director,
Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001, and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any motion or
other document filed in the proceeding prior to the submission of a
request for hearing or petition to intervene, and documents filed by
interested governmental entities participating under 10 CFR 2.315(c),
must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule (72 FR 49139,
August 28, 2007). 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. 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
ten (10) days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should
contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
hearing.docket@nrc.gov, or by telephone at (301) 415-1677, to request
(1) a digital ID certificate, which allows the participant (or its
counsel or representative) to digitally sign documents and access the
E-Submittal server for any proceeding in which it is participating; and
(2) advise the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a
request or petition for hearing (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the hearing in this
proceeding if the Secretary has not already established an electronic
docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-certificates.html. System requirements for accessing
the E-Submittal server are detailed in NRC's ``Guidance for Electronic
Submission,'' which is available on the agency's public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. Participants may
attempt to use other software not listed on the Web site, but should
note that the NRC's E-Filing system does not support unlisted software,
and the NRC Meta System Help Desk will not be able to offer assistance
in using unlisted software.
If a participant is electronically submitting a document to the NRC
in accordance with the E-Filing rule, the participant must file the
document using the NRC's online, Web-based submission form. In order to
serve documents through EIE, users will be required to install a Web
browser plug-in from the NRC Web site. Further information on the Web-
based submission form, including the installation of the Web browser
plug-in, is available on the NRC's public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
Once a participant has obtained a digital ID certificate and a
docket has been created, the participant can then submit a request for
hearing or petition for leave to intervene. Submissions should be in
Portable Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html. A filing is considered complete at the time the
documents are 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. Eastern Time on the due date. Upon receipt of
a transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an e-mail notice confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an e-mail notice that provides access
to the document to the NRC 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
documents on those participants separately. Therefore, applicants and
other participants (or their counsel or representative) must apply for
and receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing request/petition
to intervene is filed so that they can obtain access to the document
via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the agency's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC Meta System
Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site
at https://
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www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by e-mail at
MSHD.Resource@nrc.gov, or by a toll-free call at (866) 672-7640. The
NRC Meta System Help Desk is available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe that they have a 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
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, Sixteenth
Floor, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852, Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants
filing a document 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 E-Filing 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
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, or the presiding officer. Participants
are requested not to include personal privacy information, such as
social security numbers, home addresses, or home 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 are requested not to
include copyrighted materials in their submission.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or
a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses,
or home phone numbers in their filings. 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 are requested not to include copyrighted materials in
their works.
Any person that requests a hearing 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 the 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 should be
sustained.
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 V above shall be final 20 days from the date of
this Order without further order or proceedings. If an extension of
time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions
specified in Section V shall be final when the extension expires if a
hearing request has not been received. A request for hearing shall not
stay the immediate effectiveness of this order.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 21st day of January 2010.
Marc L. Dapas,
Deputy Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-1825 Filed 1-28-10; 8:45 am]
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