38606 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 21, 2000 / Notices

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Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day

of June, 2000.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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[Dockets No. 50–295; 50–304, Licenses No.

DPR–39; DPR–48, EA 98–518]

In the Matter of Commonwealth Edison

Company, Zion Nuclear Station, Units

1 and 2; Order Imposing Civil Monetary

Penalty

I

The Commonwealth Edison Company

(Licensee) is the holder of Operating

Licenses No. DPR–39 and No. DPR–48,

issued by the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC or Commission) on

October 19, 1973, and November 14,

1973, respectively. The licenses

authorized the Licensee to operate the

Zion Nuclear Station, Zion, Illinois, in

accordance with the conditions

specified therein. On February 13, 1998,

the Licensee ceased nuclear operations

at the Zion Nuclear Station.

II

The NRC Office of Investigations (OI)

conducted an investigation of the

Licensee’s activities at the Zion Station

from March 10 to October 15, 1998. The

results of this investigation indicated

that the Licensee had not conducted its

activities in full compliance with NRC

requirements. A written Notice of

Violation and Proposed Imposition of

Civil Penalty (Notice) was served upon

the Licensee by letter dated November

3, 1999. The Notice states the nature of

the violation, the provision of the NRC’s

requirements that the Licensee had

violated, and the amount of the civil

penalty proposed for the violation.

The Licensee responded to the Notice

in a letter dated February 3, 2000. In its

response, the Licensee denied the

violation and protested the civil

penalty.

III

After considering the Licensee’s

response and the statements of fact,

explanation, and argument for

withdrawing the proposed civil penalty

contained therein, the NRC staff has

determined that the violation occurred

as stated and that the penalty proposed

for the violation designated in the

Notice should be imposed.

IV

In view of the foregoing and pursuant

to Section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act

of 1954, as amended (Act), 42 U.S.C.

2282, and 10 CFR 2.205, it is hereby

ordered that: 

The Licensee pay a civil penalty in

the amount of $110,000 within 30 days

of the date of this Order, in accordance

with NUREG/BR–0254. In addition, at

the time of making the payment, the

licensee shall submit a statement

indicating when and by what method

payment was made to the Director,

Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, One White

Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, MD 20852–2738.

V

The Licensee may request a hearing

within 30 days of the date of this Order.

Where good cause is shown,

consideration will be given to extending

the time to request a hearing. A request

for extension of time must be made in

writing to the Director, Office of

Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

and include a statement of good cause

for the extension. A request for a

hearing should be clearly marked as a

‘‘Request for an Enforcement Hearing’’

and shall be submitted to the Secretary,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications

Staff, Washington, DC 20555. Copies

also shall be sent to the Director, Office

of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, to

the Assistant General Counsel for

Materials Litigation and Enforcement at

the same address, and to the Regional

Administrator, NRC Region III, 801

Warrenville Road, Lisle, IL 60532–4351.

If a hearing is requested, the

Commission will issue an Order

designating the time and place of the

hearing. If the Licensee fails to request

a hearing within 30 days of the date of

this Order (or if written approval of an

extension of time in which to request a

hearing has not been granted), the

provisions of this Order shall be

effective without further proceedings. If

payment has not been made by that

time, the matter may be referred to the

Attorney General for collection.

In the event the Licensee requests a

hearing as provided above, the issues to

be considered at the hearing shall be:

(a) Whether the Licensee was in

violation of the Commission’s

requirements as set forth in the Notice

referenced in Section II above, and

(b) Whether, on the basis of that

violation, this Order should be

sustained.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated this 12th day of June 2000.

Frank J. Miraglia, Jr.,

Deputy Executive Director for Reactor

Programs.

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Sunshine Act Meeting

DATES: Weeks of June 19, 26, July 3, 10,

17, and 24, 2000.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of June 19

Monday, June 19, 2000

12:30 p.m. Discussion of

Intragovernmental Issues (Closed—

Ex. 4 and 9b)

Tuesday, June 20, 2000

9:25 a.m. Affirmation Session

(Public Meeting)

a: CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT

COMPANY (Shearon Harris Nuclear

Power Plant), Docket No. 50–400–

LA, LBP–00–12 (Memorandum and

Order Ruling on Designation of

Issues for an Evidentiary Hearing)

(May 5, 2000)

9:30 a.m. Briefing on Final Rule—

Part 70–Regulating Fuel Cycle

Facilities (Public Meeting) (Contact:

Theodore Sherr, 301–415–7218)

1:30 p.m. Briefing on Risk-Informed

Part 50, Option 3 (Public Meeting)

(Contact: Mary Drouin, 301–415–

6675)

Wednesday, June 21, 2000

10:30 a.m. All Employees Meeting

(Public Meeting) (‘‘The Green’’

Plaza Area)

1:30 p.m. All Employees Meeting

(Public Meeting) (‘‘The Green’’

Plaza Area)

Week of June 26—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of June 26.

Week of July 3—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of July 3.

Week of July 10—Tentative

Monday, July 10

1:30 p.m. Briefing on Proposed

Export of High Enriched Uranium