NRC ORDER – ORDER

On July 8, 2008, a Confirmatory Order (effective immediately) ("CO") was issued to confirm commitments made as result of an Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") session, held on June 5, 2008, between Chevron Environmental Management Company (CEMC) and the NRC. The parties agreed to engage in ADR following NRC's February 29, 2008, letter to CEMC wherein an apparent violation of 10 CFR 40.7, "Employee Protection" was identified. As set forth in the CO, CEMC agreed to complete a number of actions at its Washington, PA decommissioning site, including, but not limited to: training supervisory employees regarding employees' rights to raise concerns; communicating CEMC's policy and management expectations regarding employees' right to raise concerns; and distributing a questionnaire to assess employees' willingness to raise nuclear safety concerns. In turn, the NRC agreed to not pursue further enforcement action relating to this matter