In the Matter of James Chaisson, 42057-42061 [2014-16964]
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[IA–14–025; NRC–2012–0216]
In the Matter of James Chaisson
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Order; Issuance.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing a
Prohibition Order to Mr. James Chaisson
as a result of his failure to complete the
agreed upon actions issued in the
Confirmatory Order dated September
10, 2012. The Order will prohibit the
individual from engaging in NRClicensed activities for a minimum
period of three years from its effective
date, and continuing thereafter until he
can provide NRC with reasonable
assurance that he can safely use
radioactive materials in accordance with
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NRC requirements. The Order also
requires Mr. Chaisson complete training
requirements, verbally attest to the
corrective actions he has taken, and for
a two-year period after the NRC notifies
Mr. Chaisson of its reasonable assurance
determination, he must notify NRC
Region IV about his employment with
NRC licensee or work in NRC
jurisdiction in writing.
DATES: Effective Date: See attachment.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2012–0216 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may access publicly-available
information related to this action by the
following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2012–0216. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol
Gallagher; telephone: 301–287–3422;
email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
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(ADAMS): You may access publicly
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ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
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‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
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please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susanne Woods, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
2740, email: s.woods@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of
the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of July 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
Attachment—Order Prohibiting
Involvement in NRC Licensed Activities
I.
Mr. James Chaisson was employed
from April 10, 2009, through April 30,
2010, as an area supervisor and lead
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radiographer for the Wyoming
operations of Texas Gamma Ray, LLC
(TGR or Licensee), whose corporate
offices are located in Pasadena, Texas.
TGR is the former holder of License No.
42–29303–01, issued on January 6,
2009, by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or the Commission),
pursuant to 10 CFR Part 34. The license
authorized industrial radiographic
operations in accordance with
conditions specified therein. The
license was terminated at the licensee’s
request on July 25, 2011.
On May 15, 2012, the NRC issued an
Order, ‘‘Order Prohibiting Involvement
in NRC-Licensed Activities’’ (IA–12–
009), to Mr. Chaisson, which required,
in part, that Mr. Chaisson be prohibited
from engaging in NRC-licensed
activities for a 3-year period. The NRC
issued the Order to Mr. Chaisson after
concluding that he engaged in deliberate
misconduct in violation of 10 CFR
30.10(a)(1). Specifically, the NRC
concluded that Mr. Chaisson chose to
store a radiographic exposure device at
a facility he knew did not comply with
applicable NRC security requirements
and was not an authorized storage
location under TGR’s license. These
violations occurred while Mr. Chaisson
was employed by TGR as the area
supervisor and lead radiographer for its
Wyoming operations. Mr. Chaisson’s
deliberate misconduct caused TGR to be
in violation of License No. 42–29303–
01, License Condition 19, which
required increased control security
requirements pertaining to the use,
storage, and protection of licensed
material, and License Condition 11,
which required TGR to limit the storage
of radioactive material authorized by its
license to temporary job sites in NRC
jurisdiction.
In response to the Order, Mr.
Chaisson requested Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) and signed the
Agreement to Mediate on June 13, 2012.
An ADR mediation session was
conducted on July 26, 2012, in Salt Lake
City, Utah. During that ADR session, Mr.
Chaisson signed the Agreement in
Principal that was reached with the
NRC, in which he agreed to terms and
conditions to be memorialized in a
Confirmatory Order.
A Confirmatory Order based on the
Agreement in Principal was issued to
Mr. Chaisson on September 10, 2012.
The Confirmatory Order prohibited Mr.
Chaisson from engaging in NRClicensed activities for an 18-month
period from the date of the Confirmatory
Order. The Confirmatory Order required
that the 18-month period be followed by
a 4-year restriction from acting in any
supervisory capacity while working in
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NRC jurisdiction, and a 4-year period in
which Mr. Chaisson was to notify the
NRC of his employment with NRC
licensees and his employment with
Agreement State licensees performing
work in NRC jurisdiction. The
Confirmatory Order also required that
for 51⁄2 years from the date of the
Confirmatory Order, Mr. Chaisson make
the Confirmatory Order available to his
employers who are NRC licensees,
including Agreement State licensees
who perform work in NRC’s jurisdiction
under reciprocity. In addition, the
Confirmatory Order required Mr.
Chaisson to complete a 40-hour formal
training course designed for qualifying
radiation safety officers and a 40-hour
formal training course that meets or
exceeds the requirement in 10 CFR
34.43, ‘‘Training,’’ within 18 months of
the date of the Confirmatory Order.
Finally, Mr. Chaisson was to submit an
article to Region IV, Director, Division
of Nuclear Materials Safety, within 18
months of the date of the Confirmatory
Order, articulating the importance of
compliance with NRC regulations and
providing full and accurate information.
II.
On March 28, 2014, Mr. Chaisson
contacted the NRC to determine what
type of training would be acceptable to
meet the requirements of the
Confirmatory Order. Mr. Chaisson
informed the NRC that he had provided
a copy of the Confirmatory Order to his
employer, but did not provide the
employer’s name. During a March 31,
2014, telephone call between Mr.
Chaisson and the Region IV staff, Mr.
Chaisson revealed that he was working
for Paramount NDT, a radiography
company licensed by the State of North
Dakota. Mr. Chaisson indicated that he
was hired to set and develop film, as
well as to read and interpret film. Mr.
Chaisson acknowledged that in addition
to not completing the training courses as
required by the Confirmatory Order, he
had not written the required article. The
NRC informed Mr. Chaisson that, as
several conditions of the Confirmatory
Order were to be completed no later
than March 10, 2014, he was in
violation of the Confirmatory Order.
By letter dated March 31, 2014, Mr.
Chaisson requested that the NRC grant
him a 6-month extension to fulfill the
requirements of the Confirmatory Order.
Mr. Chaisson stated in the letter that he
was unable to complete the
requirements of the Confirmatory Order
due to his unemployment from May 1
through December 31, 2013.
On April 7, 2014, the NRC contacted
the Agreement State Director for the
State of North Dakota Department of
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Health and confirmed that Paramount
NDT is a North Dakota licensee
authorized to conduct radiographic
operations in the State of North Dakota.
During a follow up conversation on
April 9, 2014, the Agreement State
Director informed the NRC that
Paramount NDT did not receive a copy
of the Confirmatory Order from Mr.
Chaisson prior to his starting work with
the company, as Mr. Chaisson had
expressed he had done so to the NRC.
Since Paramount NDT was not
performing licensed activities in NRC
jurisdiction, then Mr. Chaisson was not
required to provide a copy of the
Confirmatory Order to his employer.
On April 7, 2014, the NRC contacted
the training consultant that Mr.
Chaisson mentioned he was planning to
use. The training consultant stated that,
approximately 2 weeks previously, Mr.
Chaisson requested information on, and
expressed interest in, attending training
courses to meet the requirements of the
Confirmatory Order. However, Mr.
Chaisson did not follow up to register
for the training courses.
In Mr. Chaisson’s extension request
letter dated March 31, 2014, he stated
that he had been without a job from May
1, 2013 until December 3, 2013.
However, the NRC noted the following:
(1) During the 18-month requirement to
complete the training, Mr. Chaisson was
unemployed for only 8 months of that
time, (2) there was no monetary cost for
Mr. Chaisson to write an article and
mail the article to the NRC within the
18-month period, and (3) Mr. Chaisson
waited until after these respective
requirements of the Confirmatory Order
had expired to contact the NRC and
attempt to begin the training courses
and write the article. The NRC has
concluded that Mr. Chaisson has not
upheld his agreement, which was made
legally-binding in the September 10,
2012, Confirmatory Order. As a result,
the NRC has serious concerns regarding
Mr. Chaisson’s willingness to follow
NRC requirements.
The NRC determined that contrary to
the requirements of the Confirmatory
Order, Mr. Chaisson failed to complete
a 40-hour formal training course
designed for qualifying radiation safety
officers and a 40-hour formal training
course that meets or exceeds the
requirement in 10 CFR 34.43,
‘‘Training,’’ within 18 months of the
date of the Confirmatory Order. In
addition, Mr. Chaisson failed to submit
an article to Region IV, Director,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
within 18-months of the date of the
Confirmatory Order, articulating the
importance of compliance with NRC
regulations and providing full and
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accurate information. As a result, the
NRC finds that Mr. Chaisson’s actions
constitute a violation of NRC
requirements.
III.
The NRC must be able to rely on
licensees, their contractors, and their
employees to act with integrity and to
comply with NRC requirements. Several
conditions of the Confirmatory Order,
which were agreed to by Mr. Chaisson
through ADR, were required to be
completed by March 10, 2014. By not
complying with these conditions of the
Confirmatory Order, Mr. Chaisson has
demonstrated that he has little regard
for the NRC and its regulations.
Based on the deliberate misconduct
on which the May 15, 2012, Order was
based, and Mr. Chaisson’s violation of
the September 10, 2012, Confirmatory
Order, I lack the requisite reasonable
assurance that Mr. Chaisson can be
relied upon, at this time, to comply with
the Commission’s requirements and that
the health and safety of the public will
be protected if Mr. Chaisson were
permitted at this time to be involved in
NRC-licensed activities. Therefore,
based on these circumstances, the
public health, safety and interest require
that NRC issue Mr. Chaisson this Order,
which supersedes the previously issued
Confirmatory Order, dated September
10, 2012. This Order requires that Mr.
Chaisson be prohibited from any
involvement in NRC-licensed activities
for a minimum period of 3 years from
the effective date of this Order, and
continuing thereafter until he can
provide NRC with reasonable assurance
that he can safely use radioactive
materials in accordance with NRC
requirements.
IV.
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 Parts 20, 30 and
34, it is hereby ordered, effective thirty
(30) days from the date of issuance of
this order that:
1. Mr. James Chaisson is prohibited
from engaging in NRC-licensed
activities for a minimum of 3 years
following the effective date of this
Order, and continuing thereafter until
he provides the NRC with reasonable
assurance that he can safely use
radioactive materials in accordance with
NRC requirements (as described in
Section IV.3 below). NRC-licensed
activities are those activities that are
conducted pursuant to a specific or
general license issued by the NRC,
including, but not limited to, those
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activities of Agreement State licensees
conducted in NRC’s jurisdiction
pursuant to the authority granted by 10
CFR 150.20. This means that until he
provides the NRC with reasonable
assurance, Mr. Chaisson is prohibited
from performing, supervising, assisting
or otherwise engaging in (1) industrial
radiographic operations for an NRC
licensee including but not limited to,
radiography conducted under the
authority of a license issued pursuant to
10 CFR Part 34; (2) industrial
radiographic operations in NRC
jurisdiction for an Agreement State
licensee that are conducted under a
general license pursuant to 10 CFR
150.20; and (3) any other licensed
activity in NRC jurisdiction. This Order
will supersede the Confirmatory Order
previously issued to Mr. Chaisson dated
September 10, 2012 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML12256B002).
2. If Mr. Chaisson is currently
involved in any NRC-licensed activities,
then he must cease those activities no
later than the effective date of this
Order, and inform the NRC of the name,
address, and telephone number of the
employer, and provide a copy of this
Order to the employer.
3. Mr. Chaisson may, 3 years after the
effective date of this Order, file a written
request with the Director of the NRC
Office of Enforcement that this Order be
rescinded based upon his establishing
and representing to the NRC reasonable
assurance that he can safely use
radioactive material in accordance with
NRC requirements. As a means to
demonstrate reasonable assurance, Mr.
Chaisson should satisfactorily complete
the following conditions to attest to his
understanding and commitment of
compliance with NRC requirements and
regulations. Mr. Chaisson may provide
alternatives to the NRC for evaluation
and approval, in order to establish and
represent to the NRC reasonable
assurance that he can safely use
radioactive material in accordance with
NRC requirements.
a. In addition to the training and
qualification requirements set forth in
10 CFR Part 20, Part 30 and Part 34 for
the use of byproduct material and
radiation safety requirements for using
byproduct materials, Mr. Chaisson shall
provide documentation showing that he
has successfully completed a 40-hour
formal training course designed for
qualifying radiation safety officers. The
formal training course should be
presented by an academic institution,
commercial radiation safety consulting
company, or a professional organization
of radiation protection experts. The
course must also include training on the
requirements pertaining to the NRC
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Order Imposing Increased Controls
(ADAMS Accession No. ML053130364)
or the regulations under 10 CFR Part 37,
‘‘Physical Protection of Category 1 and
Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive
Material’’, or else Mr. Chaisson must
provide documentation showing that he
has successfully completed a separate
course that includes these Increased
Controls or Part 37 requirements. In
addition, Mr. Chaisson shall provide
documentation showing that he has
successfully completed a 40-hour formal
training course for Non-Destructive
Testing that meets or exceeds the
requirements in 10 CFR 34.43,
‘‘Training.’’ All training documentation
presented to the NRC shall include the
training dates, course syllabi, and
instructor qualifications. All training
documentation must verify that the
training took place after the date of
issuance of this Order.
b. Mr. Chaisson shall demonstrate his
understanding of the importance of the
NRC regulations related to the
protection of public health and safety or
the common defense and security
during a transcribed meeting with NRC
representatives, where he can verbally
attest to his knowledge of the
requirements and regulations under 10
CFR Part 20, Part 30, Part 34, and either,
the Increased Controls Order or the
requirements under 10 CFR Part 37. In
addition at that meeting, he shall
verbally attest to the corrective actions
he has taken to address his deliberate
misconduct which occurred while
employed from April 10, 2009, through
April 30, 2010, as a former area
supervisor and former lead radiographer
for the Wyoming operations of Texas
Gamma Ray, LLC. This will include his
understanding of: (1) The purpose of the
safety and security requirements for
industrial radiography, (2) his role and
responsibilities regarding performing
activities in accordance with the
requirements and regulations, (3) the
importance of providing full and
accurate information to the NRC, and (4)
the corrective actions he has taken to
address his deliberate misconduct as
described above.
c. If Mr. Chaisson seeks rescission of
this Order pursuant to Section IV.3,
then the information required by
Section IV.3.(a) shall be provided to the
Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, with a
copy to the Regional Administrator,
Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd.,
Arlington, TX 76011–4511. Mr.
Chaisson must also request from the
Director, Office of Enforcement and the
Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV,
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to meet with the NRC, in accordance
with Section IV.3.(b) of this Order.
4. If, after considering the conditions
in Section IV.3 of this Order, the NRC
determines that Mr. Chaisson has
sufficiently demonstrated his
understanding and commitment to
compliance with NRC requirements and
regulations such that reasonable
assurance exists:
a. For a 2-year period after NRC
notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing of its
reasonable assurance determination, Mr.
Chaisson must notify NRC Region IV of
any employment with an NRC licensee,
within 3 days of each acceptance of
employment with each NRC licensee.
Mr. Chaisson will provide this
notification in writing to the attention of
the Director, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety; U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Region IV,
1600 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, Texas
76011–4511, or by fax number to 817–
200–1188.
b. For a 2-year period after NRC
notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing of its
reasonable assurance determination, in
the situation where Mr. Chaisson works
for an Agreement State licensee that
provides notification to perform work in
NRC jurisdiction, Mr. Chaisson shall
notify NRC Region IV at least 3 days
prior to working in NRC jurisdiction.
The notification will be for each
occurrence of working in NRC’s
jurisdiction, and will include the dates
and specific location where he will be
conducting NRC licensed activities. Mr.
Chaisson will provide this notification
in writing to the attention of the
Director, Division of Nuclear Materials
Safety; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar
Blvd., Arlington, Texas 76011–4511, or
by fax number to 817–200–1188. Mr.
Chaisson’s notification must be
independent of any notification
required by the licensee pursuant to 10
CFR 150.20.
c. For a 2-year period after NRC
notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing of its
reasonable assurance determination, Mr.
Chaisson is prohibited from working for
any NRC licensee as an Area Supervisor,
Radiation Safety Officer, or in any other
supervisory position (excluding
radiographer) while in NRC jurisdiction.
This includes the situation where Mr.
Chaisson works for an Agreement State
licensee performing work in NRC
jurisdiction under reciprocity.
d. In order to ensure NRC licensees
are aware of the limitations on Mr.
Chaisson’s NRC licensed activities, from
the effective date of this Prohibition
Order until 2 years after the NRC
notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing of its
reasonable assurance determination, Mr.
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Chaisson must provide, at least 3 days
prior to starting work, a copy of this
Order to employers who are NRC
licensees. This includes Agreement
State licensees who may potentially
perform work in NRC’s jurisdiction
pursuant to 10 CFR 150.20.
The provisions of Section IV are
effective 30 days from the date of
issuance of this Order. The Director,
Office of Enforcement, or designee, may,
in writing, relax or rescind any of the
above conditions upon demonstration
by Mr. Chaisson of good cause.
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V.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, Mr.
James Chaisson must submit a written
answer to this Order under oath or
affirmation within 30 days of its
issuance. Mr. Chaisson’s failure to
respond to this Order could result in
additional enforcement action in
accordance with the Commission’s
Enforcement Policy. Any person
adversely affected by this Order may
submit a written answer to this Order
within 30 days of its issuance. In
addition, Mr. Chaisson may demand,
and any other person adversely affected
by this Order may request, a hearing on
this Order within 30 days of its
issuance. Where good cause is shown,
consideration will be given to extending
the time to answer and demand or
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–
0001, and include a statement of good
cause for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC
adjudicatory proceedings, including a
demand or request for hearing, a
petition for leave to intervene, any
motion or other document filed in the
proceeding prior to the submission of a
demand or 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, as amended by 77 FR 46562,
August 3, 2012), codified in pertinent
part at 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart C. 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 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the
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participant should contact the Office of
the Secretary by email 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 demand or request, or a
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/esubmittals.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/esubmittals.html, under ‘‘Getting
Started,’’ then select ‘‘Reference
Materials for Electronic Submissions.’’
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 the Electronic
Information Exchange (EIE), users will
be required to install a Web browser
plug-in obtained 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/esubmittals.html.
After the Office of the Secretary has
created a docket and a participant has
obtained a digital ID certificate, then the
participant may submit a demand for
hearing or request for hearing or petition
for leave to intervene through the EIE.
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/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
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complete at the time the documents are
submitted through the NRC 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 (ET) on the due date. Upon receipt
of a transmission, the E-Filing system
time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
E-Filing system also distributes an email
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and other persons who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding. The filer need not serve the
documents on participants separately.
Therefore, any others who wish to
participate in the proceeding (or their
counsel or representative) must apply
for and receive a digital ID certificate
before a hearing demand or 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 NRC’s adjudicatory E-Filing system
may seek assistance by contacting the
NRC Meta System Help Desk through
the ‘‘Contact Us’’ link located on the
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If a person other than Mr. Chaisson
requests a hearing, that person shall set
forth with particularity the manner in
which his or her 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 demanded by Mr.
Chaisson or requested by 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.
In the absence of any demand or request
for hearing, or written approval of an
extension of time in which to demand
or request a hearing, the provisions
specified in Section IV above shall be
effective and final 30 days after the date
of issuance of this Order, without
further order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for demanding or
requesting a hearing has been approved,
the provisions specified in Section IV
shall be final when the extension
expires if a hearing demand or request
has not been received.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day
of July 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[IA-14-025; NRC-2012-0216]
In the Matter of James Chaisson
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Order; Issuance.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a
Prohibition Order to Mr. James Chaisson as a result of his failure to
complete the agreed upon actions issued in the Confirmatory Order dated
September 10, 2012. The Order will prohibit the individual from
engaging in NRC-licensed activities for a minimum period of three years
from its effective date, and continuing thereafter until he can provide
NRC with reasonable assurance that he can safely use radioactive
materials in accordance with NRC requirements. The Order also requires
Mr. Chaisson complete training requirements, verbally attest to the
corrective actions he has taken, and for a two-year period after the
NRC notifies Mr. Chaisson of its reasonable assurance determination, he
must notify NRC Region IV about his employment with NRC licensee or
work in NRC jurisdiction in writing.
DATES: Effective Date: See attachment.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2012-0216 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You
may access publicly-available information related to this action by the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2012-0216. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-
3422; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time
that a document is referenced.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susanne Woods, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-2740, email:
s.woods@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Order is attached.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of July 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
Attachment--Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC Licensed Activities
I.
Mr. James Chaisson was employed from April 10, 2009, through April
30, 2010, as an area supervisor and lead radiographer for the Wyoming
operations of Texas Gamma Ray, LLC (TGR or Licensee), whose corporate
offices are located in Pasadena, Texas. TGR is the former holder of
License No. 42-29303-01, issued on January 6, 2009, by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission), pursuant to 10 CFR Part
34. The license authorized industrial radiographic operations in
accordance with conditions specified therein. The license was
terminated at the licensee's request on July 25, 2011.
On May 15, 2012, the NRC issued an Order, ``Order Prohibiting
Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities'' (IA-12-009), to Mr. Chaisson,
which required, in part, that Mr. Chaisson be prohibited from engaging
in NRC-licensed activities for a 3-year period. The NRC issued the
Order to Mr. Chaisson after concluding that he engaged in deliberate
misconduct in violation of 10 CFR 30.10(a)(1). Specifically, the NRC
concluded that Mr. Chaisson chose to store a radiographic exposure
device at a facility he knew did not comply with applicable NRC
security requirements and was not an authorized storage location under
TGR's license. These violations occurred while Mr. Chaisson was
employed by TGR as the area supervisor and lead radiographer for its
Wyoming operations. Mr. Chaisson's deliberate misconduct caused TGR to
be in violation of License No. 42-29303-01, License Condition 19, which
required increased control security requirements pertaining to the use,
storage, and protection of licensed material, and License Condition 11,
which required TGR to limit the storage of radioactive material
authorized by its license to temporary job sites in NRC jurisdiction.
In response to the Order, Mr. Chaisson requested Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) and signed the Agreement to Mediate on June
13, 2012. An ADR mediation session was conducted on July 26, 2012, in
Salt Lake City, Utah. During that ADR session, Mr. Chaisson signed the
Agreement in Principal that was reached with the NRC, in which he
agreed to terms and conditions to be memorialized in a Confirmatory
Order.
A Confirmatory Order based on the Agreement in Principal was issued
to Mr. Chaisson on September 10, 2012. The Confirmatory Order
prohibited Mr. Chaisson from engaging in NRC-licensed activities for an
18-month period from the date of the Confirmatory Order. The
Confirmatory Order required that the 18-month period be followed by a
4-year restriction from acting in any supervisory capacity while
working in
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NRC jurisdiction, and a 4-year period in which Mr. Chaisson was to
notify the NRC of his employment with NRC licensees and his employment
with Agreement State licensees performing work in NRC jurisdiction. The
Confirmatory Order also required that for 5\1/2\ years from the date of
the Confirmatory Order, Mr. Chaisson make the Confirmatory Order
available to his employers who are NRC licensees, including Agreement
State licensees who perform work in NRC's jurisdiction under
reciprocity. In addition, the Confirmatory Order required Mr. Chaisson
to complete a 40-hour formal training course designed for qualifying
radiation safety officers and a 40-hour formal training course that
meets or exceeds the requirement in 10 CFR 34.43, ``Training,'' within
18 months of the date of the Confirmatory Order. Finally, Mr. Chaisson
was to submit an article to Region IV, Director, Division of Nuclear
Materials Safety, within 18 months of the date of the Confirmatory
Order, articulating the importance of compliance with NRC regulations
and providing full and accurate information.
II.
On March 28, 2014, Mr. Chaisson contacted the NRC to determine what
type of training would be acceptable to meet the requirements of the
Confirmatory Order. Mr. Chaisson informed the NRC that he had provided
a copy of the Confirmatory Order to his employer, but did not provide
the employer's name. During a March 31, 2014, telephone call between
Mr. Chaisson and the Region IV staff, Mr. Chaisson revealed that he was
working for Paramount NDT, a radiography company licensed by the State
of North Dakota. Mr. Chaisson indicated that he was hired to set and
develop film, as well as to read and interpret film. Mr. Chaisson
acknowledged that in addition to not completing the training courses as
required by the Confirmatory Order, he had not written the required
article. The NRC informed Mr. Chaisson that, as several conditions of
the Confirmatory Order were to be completed no later than March 10,
2014, he was in violation of the Confirmatory Order.
By letter dated March 31, 2014, Mr. Chaisson requested that the NRC
grant him a 6-month extension to fulfill the requirements of the
Confirmatory Order. Mr. Chaisson stated in the letter that he was
unable to complete the requirements of the Confirmatory Order due to
his unemployment from May 1 through December 31, 2013.
On April 7, 2014, the NRC contacted the Agreement State Director
for the State of North Dakota Department of Health and confirmed that
Paramount NDT is a North Dakota licensee authorized to conduct
radiographic operations in the State of North Dakota. During a follow
up conversation on April 9, 2014, the Agreement State Director informed
the NRC that Paramount NDT did not receive a copy of the Confirmatory
Order from Mr. Chaisson prior to his starting work with the company, as
Mr. Chaisson had expressed he had done so to the NRC. Since Paramount
NDT was not performing licensed activities in NRC jurisdiction, then
Mr. Chaisson was not required to provide a copy of the Confirmatory
Order to his employer.
On April 7, 2014, the NRC contacted the training consultant that
Mr. Chaisson mentioned he was planning to use. The training consultant
stated that, approximately 2 weeks previously, Mr. Chaisson requested
information on, and expressed interest in, attending training courses
to meet the requirements of the Confirmatory Order. However, Mr.
Chaisson did not follow up to register for the training courses.
In Mr. Chaisson's extension request letter dated March 31, 2014, he
stated that he had been without a job from May 1, 2013 until December
3, 2013. However, the NRC noted the following: (1) During the 18-month
requirement to complete the training, Mr. Chaisson was unemployed for
only 8 months of that time, (2) there was no monetary cost for Mr.
Chaisson to write an article and mail the article to the NRC within the
18-month period, and (3) Mr. Chaisson waited until after these
respective requirements of the Confirmatory Order had expired to
contact the NRC and attempt to begin the training courses and write the
article. The NRC has concluded that Mr. Chaisson has not upheld his
agreement, which was made legally-binding in the September 10, 2012,
Confirmatory Order. As a result, the NRC has serious concerns regarding
Mr. Chaisson's willingness to follow NRC requirements.
The NRC determined that contrary to the requirements of the
Confirmatory Order, Mr. Chaisson failed to complete a 40-hour formal
training course designed for qualifying radiation safety officers and a
40-hour formal training course that meets or exceeds the requirement in
10 CFR 34.43, ``Training,'' within 18 months of the date of the
Confirmatory Order. In addition, Mr. Chaisson failed to submit an
article to Region IV, Director, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety,
within 18-months of the date of the Confirmatory Order, articulating
the importance of compliance with NRC regulations and providing full
and accurate information. As a result, the NRC finds that Mr.
Chaisson's actions constitute a violation of NRC requirements.
III.
The NRC must be able to rely on licensees, their contractors, and
their employees to act with integrity and to comply with NRC
requirements. Several conditions of the Confirmatory Order, which were
agreed to by Mr. Chaisson through ADR, were required to be completed by
March 10, 2014. By not complying with these conditions of the
Confirmatory Order, Mr. Chaisson has demonstrated that he has little
regard for the NRC and its regulations.
Based on the deliberate misconduct on which the May 15, 2012, Order
was based, and Mr. Chaisson's violation of the September 10, 2012,
Confirmatory Order, I lack the requisite reasonable assurance that Mr.
Chaisson can be relied upon, at this time, to comply with the
Commission's requirements and that the health and safety of the public
will be protected if Mr. Chaisson were permitted at this time to be
involved in NRC-licensed activities. Therefore, based on these
circumstances, the public health, safety and interest require that NRC
issue Mr. Chaisson this Order, which supersedes the previously issued
Confirmatory Order, dated September 10, 2012. This Order requires that
Mr. Chaisson be prohibited from any involvement in NRC-licensed
activities for a minimum period of 3 years from the effective date of
this Order, and continuing thereafter until he can provide NRC with
reasonable assurance that he can safely use radioactive materials in
accordance with NRC requirements.
IV.
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 Parts 20, 30 and 34, it is
hereby ordered, effective thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of
this order that:
1. Mr. James Chaisson is prohibited from engaging in NRC-licensed
activities for a minimum of 3 years following the effective date of
this Order, and continuing thereafter until he provides the NRC with
reasonable assurance that he can safely use radioactive materials in
accordance with NRC requirements (as described in Section IV.3 below).
NRC-licensed activities are those activities that are conducted
pursuant to a specific or general license issued by the NRC, including,
but not limited to, those
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activities of Agreement State licensees conducted in NRC's jurisdiction
pursuant to the authority granted by 10 CFR 150.20. This means that
until he provides the NRC with reasonable assurance, Mr. Chaisson is
prohibited from performing, supervising, assisting or otherwise
engaging in (1) industrial radiographic operations for an NRC licensee
including but not limited to, radiography conducted under the authority
of a license issued pursuant to 10 CFR Part 34; (2) industrial
radiographic operations in NRC jurisdiction for an Agreement State
licensee that are conducted under a general license pursuant to 10 CFR
150.20; and (3) any other licensed activity in NRC jurisdiction. This
Order will supersede the Confirmatory Order previously issued to Mr.
Chaisson dated September 10, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12256B002).
2. If Mr. Chaisson is currently involved in any NRC-licensed
activities, then he must cease those activities no later than the
effective date of this Order, and inform the NRC of the name, address,
and telephone number of the employer, and provide a copy of this Order
to the employer.
3. Mr. Chaisson may, 3 years after the effective date of this
Order, file a written request with the Director of the NRC Office of
Enforcement that this Order be rescinded based upon his establishing
and representing to the NRC reasonable assurance that he can safely use
radioactive material in accordance with NRC requirements. As a means to
demonstrate reasonable assurance, Mr. Chaisson should satisfactorily
complete the following conditions to attest to his understanding and
commitment of compliance with NRC requirements and regulations. Mr.
Chaisson may provide alternatives to the NRC for evaluation and
approval, in order to establish and represent to the NRC reasonable
assurance that he can safely use radioactive material in accordance
with NRC requirements.
a. In addition to the training and qualification requirements set
forth in 10 CFR Part 20, Part 30 and Part 34 for the use of byproduct
material and radiation safety requirements for using byproduct
materials, Mr. Chaisson shall provide documentation showing that he has
successfully completed a 40-hour formal training course designed for
qualifying radiation safety officers. The formal training course should
be presented by an academic institution, commercial radiation safety
consulting company, or a professional organization of radiation
protection experts. The course must also include training on the
requirements pertaining to the NRC Order Imposing Increased Controls
(ADAMS Accession No. ML053130364) or the regulations under 10 CFR Part
37, ``Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of
Radioactive Material'', or else Mr. Chaisson must provide documentation
showing that he has successfully completed a separate course that
includes these Increased Controls or Part 37 requirements. In addition,
Mr. Chaisson shall provide documentation showing that he has
successfully completed a 40-hour formal training course for Non-
Destructive Testing that meets or exceeds the requirements in 10 CFR
34.43, ``Training.'' All training documentation presented to the NRC
shall include the training dates, course syllabi, and instructor
qualifications. All training documentation must verify that the
training took place after the date of issuance of this Order.
b. Mr. Chaisson shall demonstrate his understanding of the
importance of the NRC regulations related to the protection of public
health and safety or the common defense and security during a
transcribed meeting with NRC representatives, where he can verbally
attest to his knowledge of the requirements and regulations under 10
CFR Part 20, Part 30, Part 34, and either, the Increased Controls Order
or the requirements under 10 CFR Part 37. In addition at that meeting,
he shall verbally attest to the corrective actions he has taken to
address his deliberate misconduct which occurred while employed from
April 10, 2009, through April 30, 2010, as a former area supervisor and
former lead radiographer for the Wyoming operations of Texas Gamma Ray,
LLC. This will include his understanding of: (1) The purpose of the
safety and security requirements for industrial radiography, (2) his
role and responsibilities regarding performing activities in accordance
with the requirements and regulations, (3) the importance of providing
full and accurate information to the NRC, and (4) the corrective
actions he has taken to address his deliberate misconduct as described
above.
c. If Mr. Chaisson seeks rescission of this Order pursuant to
Section IV.3, then the information required by Section IV.3.(a) shall
be provided to the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, with a copy to the
Regional Administrator, Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX
76011-4511. Mr. Chaisson must also request from the Director, Office of
Enforcement and the Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV, to meet with
the NRC, in accordance with Section IV.3.(b) of this Order.
4. If, after considering the conditions in Section IV.3 of this
Order, the NRC determines that Mr. Chaisson has sufficiently
demonstrated his understanding and commitment to compliance with NRC
requirements and regulations such that reasonable assurance exists:
a. For a 2-year period after NRC notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing
of its reasonable assurance determination, Mr. Chaisson must notify NRC
Region IV of any employment with an NRC licensee, within 3 days of each
acceptance of employment with each NRC licensee. Mr. Chaisson will
provide this notification in writing to the attention of the Director,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, Texas 76011-
4511, or by fax number to 817-200-1188.
b. For a 2-year period after NRC notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing
of its reasonable assurance determination, in the situation where Mr.
Chaisson works for an Agreement State licensee that provides
notification to perform work in NRC jurisdiction, Mr. Chaisson shall
notify NRC Region IV at least 3 days prior to working in NRC
jurisdiction. The notification will be for each occurrence of working
in NRC's jurisdiction, and will include the dates and specific location
where he will be conducting NRC licensed activities. Mr. Chaisson will
provide this notification in writing to the attention of the Director,
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Region IV, 1600 E. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, Texas 76011-
4511, or by fax number to 817-200-1188. Mr. Chaisson's notification
must be independent of any notification required by the licensee
pursuant to 10 CFR 150.20.
c. For a 2-year period after NRC notifies Mr. Chaisson in writing
of its reasonable assurance determination, Mr. Chaisson is prohibited
from working for any NRC licensee as an Area Supervisor, Radiation
Safety Officer, or in any other supervisory position (excluding
radiographer) while in NRC jurisdiction. This includes the situation
where Mr. Chaisson works for an Agreement State licensee performing
work in NRC jurisdiction under reciprocity.
d. In order to ensure NRC licensees are aware of the limitations on
Mr. Chaisson's NRC licensed activities, from the effective date of this
Prohibition Order until 2 years after the NRC notifies Mr. Chaisson in
writing of its reasonable assurance determination, Mr.
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Chaisson must provide, at least 3 days prior to starting work, a copy
of this Order to employers who are NRC licensees. This includes
Agreement State licensees who may potentially perform work in NRC's
jurisdiction pursuant to 10 CFR 150.20.
The provisions of Section IV are effective 30 days from the date of
issuance of this Order. The Director, Office of Enforcement, or
designee, may, in writing, relax or rescind any of the above conditions
upon demonstration by Mr. Chaisson of good cause.
V.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, Mr. James Chaisson must submit a
written answer to this Order under oath or affirmation within 30 days
of its issuance. Mr. Chaisson's failure to respond to this Order could
result in additional enforcement action in accordance with the
Commission's Enforcement Policy. Any person adversely affected by this
Order may submit a written answer to this Order within 30 days of its
issuance. In addition, Mr. Chaisson may demand, and any other person
adversely affected by this Order may request, a hearing on this Order
within 30 days of its issuance. Where good cause is shown,
consideration will be given to extending the time to answer and demand
or 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 20555-0001, and include a statement of good
cause for the extension.
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including a
demand or request for hearing, a petition for leave to intervene, any
motion or other document filed in the proceeding prior to the
submission of a demand or 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, as amended by 77 FR 46562,
August 3, 2012), codified in pertinent part at 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart
C. 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 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email 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 demand or request, or a
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.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, under ``Getting Started,''
then select ``Reference Materials for Electronic Submissions.''
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 the Electronic Information Exchange (EIE),
users will be required to install a Web browser plug-in obtained 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.
After the Office of the Secretary has created a docket and a
participant has obtained a digital ID certificate, then the participant
may submit a demand for hearing or request for hearing or petition for
leave to intervene through the EIE. 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 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 (ET) on the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the
E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends the submitter an
email notice confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing system
also distributes an email notice that provides access to the document
to the NRC Office of the General Counsel and other persons who have
advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in
the proceeding. The filer need not serve the documents on participants
separately. Therefore, any others who wish to participate in the
proceeding (or their counsel or representative) must apply for and
receive a digital ID certificate before a hearing demand or 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 NRC'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's public
Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html, by email 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., ET,
Monday through Friday, excluding government holidays.
Participants who believe 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
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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 the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is available to the public at
https://ehd1.nrc.gov/ehd/, 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.
However, a request to intervene will require including information on
local residence in order to demonstrate a proximity assertion of
interest in the proceeding. With respect to copyrighted works,
participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in
their submission, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of
the adjudicatory filings and constitute a Fair Use application.
If a person other than Mr. Chaisson requests a hearing, that person
shall set forth with particularity the manner in which his or her
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 demanded by Mr. Chaisson or requested by 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. In the absence of any demand or request for
hearing, or written approval of an extension of time in which to demand
or request a hearing, the provisions specified in Section IV above
shall be effective and final 30 days after the date of issuance of this
Order, without further order or proceedings. If an extension of time
for demanding or requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions
specified in Section IV shall be final when the extension expires if a
hearing demand or request has not been received.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of July 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Patricia K. Holahan,
Acting Director, Office of Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2014-16964 Filed 7-17-14; 8:45 am]
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