Licensee Name and
NRC Action Number |
Action Type
(Severity) &
Civil Penalty
(if any) |
Date |
Description |
ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC
MD
EA-15-148 |
NOV
(SL III) |
12/14/2015 |
On December 14, 2015, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, for a Severity Level III violation. The violation involved a failure to control and maintain constant surveillance or failure to use two independent physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure a portable gauge from unauthorized removal as required by 10 CFR 20.1802 and 30.34(i). Specifically, on June 8, 2015, a portable gauze was left unattended and uncontrolled at a jobsite at the U.S. Naval Academy and it was not secured with any physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure it from unauthorized removal. |
EGS Associates, Inc.
NJ
EA-06-288 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/10/2007 |
On January 10, 2007, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure, on two separate occasions, to provide a minimum of two independent physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure portable gauges from unauthorized removal when not under the control and constant surveillance of the licensee. Specifically, on September 21, 2006, a portable nuclear gauge was not secured within an unlocked company vehicle; and, a second gauge was not secured within a locked storage shed. |
Earth Engineers, Inc., CT
EA-10-062 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/28/2010 |
On June 28, 2010, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Earth Engineers, Inc., d.b.a. Heynen Engineers (EEI) for a Severity Level III problem involving two violations. The first violation involved a failure to comply with the conditions of the NRC Order Revoking License, issued on June 4, 2009. Specifically, the licensee did not pay fees within 30 days or transfer the licensed material to an authorized recipient within 60 days from the date of the Order. The second violation involved a failure to afford the NRC an opportunity to inspect the EEI facility, as required by 10 CFR 19.14(a). Specifically, on October 7, 2009, the licensee did not provide access to the nuclear portable gauge to inspect the condition of the gauge; and, between November 2, 2009 and January 27, 2010, the NRC made several attempts to contact the licensee, but the licensee did not provide access to the EEI facility. |
Earth Exploration, Inc.
IN
EA-09-114 |
ORDER |
10/01/2009 |
On October 1, 2009, the NRC issued an Immediately Effective Confirmatory Order to Earth Exploration, Inc. to confirm commitments made as a result of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation session held on August 25, 2009. The parties agreed to engage in ADR following NRC's July 21, 2009, letter wherein seven apparent violations were identified based on information developed during an investigation. The violations involved the failure to: (1) perform annual reviews of the radiation protection program; (2) perform leak testing of sealed sources; (3) perform physical inventories every six months of sealed sources; (4) ensure that dosimetry provided to gauge users was processed and evaluated; (5) ensure through the Radiation Safety Officer that required tests and conditions of the NRC license are performed; (6) secure, on multiple occasions, portable gauges using two independent physical barriers; and (7) lock a gauge or gauge case when in storage. The NRC preliminarily determined that the first five violations were due to the deliberate actions of the Radiation Safety Officer. As part of the agreement, Earth Exploration, Inc., acknowledged the technical violations and agreed to take a number of actions including, but not limited to, retaining a qualified consultant to audit the radiation safety program on an annual basis for a period of five years, receiving training on radiation safety program management, and developing a plan to inform other organizations of the lessons learned and the importance of developing the necessary infrastructure and communication paths to identify and resolve competing priorities. In recognition of these and other actions, the NRC agreed to not categorize the violations as deliberate and to not pursue any further enforcement action against Earth Exploration, Inc., for these violations. |
Earthline Technolgoies
(previously RMI Earthline Technologies), OH
EA-99-290 |
CPORDER $17,600
(re-issued 01/15/2001) |
01/04/2002 |
On September 24, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $17,600 was issued for a Severity Level II violation. The violation was based on the licensee discriminating against a radiation protection technician for engaging in protected activities. A Notice of Violation for a Severity Level III violation was also issued in conjunction with this case (see EA 01-037). |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$17,600 |
09/24/2001 |
Earthline Technolgoies
(previously RMI Earthline Technologies), OH
EA-01-037 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/24/2001 |
On September 24, 2001, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to licensed material in an unrestricted area and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of licensed material. A Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $17,600 was also issued in conjunction with this case (see EA 99-290). |
Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc., ID
EA-21-019 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/05/2021 |
On August 5, 2021, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc. (Licensee) for a Severity Level III problem associated with four related violations. The violations involved the licensee’s failure to: (A) monitor occupational exposure of workers from licensed and unlicensed sources of radiation as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 20.1502(a)(1); (B) develop and implement certain elements of its radiation protection program in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1101(a); (C) reduce the dose that an individual may be allowed to receive in the current year as required by 10 CFR 20.1201(f); and (D) provide instructions to individuals in accordance with 10 CFR 19.12(a)(3). Specifically, from August 5, 2016, to November 18, 2020, the licensee failed to adequately monitor the occupational exposure to radiation from licensed and unlicensed radiation sources and failed to require the proper use of individual monitoring devices by an authorized user. |
Eastern Isotopes, Inc.
EA-02-097 |
NOVCP
(SL II)
$4,800 |
07/30/2002 |
On July 30, 2002, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $4,800 was issued for a Severity Level II violation involving an overexposure to a pharmacist in excess of NRC requirements. Although the civil penalty would have been fully mitigated based on the normal civil penalty assessment process, the NRC exercised enforcement discretion in accordance with Section VII.A.1 of the Enforcement Policy and proposed a base civil penalty because the violation was assessed at Severity Level II and because it resulted in an overexposure. |
Eastern Shoshone & Northern Arapaho Tribes, WY
EA-06-040 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/14/2006 |
On July 14, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving failure to conduct operations so that the total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the public would not exceed 0.1 rem in a year. Specifically a member of the public, working in close proximity to the portable gauge storage area, received a calculated dose in excess of 0.1 rem during calendar years 2000 and 2001. In addition, from March 2000 through May 2006, the licensee failed to make or cause to be made surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the public as required. The NRC is exercising enforcement discretion and is refraining from issuing a civil penalty because the licensee has transferred all NRC-licensed material to an authorized recipient, and requested termination of its NRC license. |
Eastern Testing & Inspection, Inc. NJ
EA-96-085 |
ORDER |
03/29/1996 |
Deliberate use of radiographer without proper training, false certification of qualification. |
ECS Carolinas, LLP, Wilmington, NC
EA-14-029 |
NOV
(SL III) |
04/23/2014 |
On April 23, 2014, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to ECS Carolinas, LLP (ECS), for a Severity Level III Problem for two related violations. The violations involved ECS's failure to: (1) control and maintain constant surveillance of the gauge that is in an unrestricted area as required by 10 CFR 20.1802 and (2) use two independent physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure the gauge from unauthorized removal in accordance with 30.34(i). Specifically, on May 23, 2011, an unsecured portable gauge was inadvertently left unattended and uncontrolled at a jobsite at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune. The unattended gauge was recognized and recovered by a Camp Lejeune contractor, who secured the gauge and subsequently returned to ECS approximately three hours later. |
EDP Consultants, Inc., OH
EA-96-010 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/28/1996 |
Failure by a gauge technician to secure or maintain constant surveillance of material, and as a result the device was damaged. |
El Senoria PSI, PR
EA-01-145 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$2,750 |
09/28/2001 |
On September 28, 2001, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $2,750 was issued for a Severity Level III violation. The violation was based on the failure to issue film or thermoluminescent dosimeter whole body monitors to all individuals who were occupationally exposed to ionizing photon radiation on a regular basis. |
Empire Paving, Inc
North Haven, CT
EA-21-058 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/08/2021 |
On November 8, 2021, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Empire Paving, Inc. (Licensee) for five violations. The violations consist of a Severity Level (SL) III problem associated with four related violations (A+B+C+D) and a SL III violation (E). The violations involved the licensee’s failure to: (A) maintain a designated individual to serve as the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) as required by a license condition; (B) review the radiation protection program content and implementation as required by 10 CFR 20.1101(c); (C) test sealed sources for leakage and/or contamination at the appropriate intervals as required by a license condition; (D) conduct physical inventories at the appropriate intervals as required by a license condition; and (E) confine possession of licensed material to locations authorized on the NRC license as required by 10 CFR 30.34(c). Specifically, on July 10, 2019, the RSO named on the license left the employment of the licensee, and the licensee did not submit an amendment request to name a new RSO until March 23, 2021. During this period, no one was designated to fulfill the duties of the RSO and that resulted in the failure to perform the required radiation safety program review, leak tests, and physical inventories in a timely manner. Additionally, the licensee stored licensed byproduct material at a storage location not authorized on its NRC license. |
Empire Wireline, LLC
Manvel, TX
EA-23-113 |
NOV
(SL III) |
03/04/2024 |
On March 4, 2024, the NRC issued a notice of violation to Empire Wireline, LLC (Empire) for a Severity Level (SL) III violation. The violation involved Empire’s failure to file for reciprocity as required by Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 150.20(b) prior to performing work in federal jurisdiction (U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities located in Bryan Mound and Big Hill, Texas, and West Hackberry, Louisiana) on multiple occasions in 2019 and 2020.
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EMSI Engineering, Inc.
Manassas, VA |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$14,000 |
12/15/2016 |
On December 15, 2016, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $14,000 to EMSI Engineering, Inc. (EMSI), for a Severity Level III violation. The violation involved the failure to file NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States," at least three days prior to engaging in licensed activities within NRC jurisdiction, as required by 10 CFR 150.20. Specifically, between April 9, 2009, and November 18, 2015, EMSI, a licensee of the Commonwealth of Virginia, used byproduct material within NRC jurisdiction on numerous occasions without filing the required documentation with the NRC. |
Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd, VA
EA-05-005 |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/01/2005 |
On February 1, 2005, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving three instances where the licensee failed to secure, control or maintain constant surveillance of portable nuclear gauges containing NRC licensed material, in unrestricted areas at temporary job sites where the gauges were damaged by construction vehicles. |
Engineering Surveys and Services, Inc., MO
EA-98-386 |
NOV
(SL III) |
07/24/1998 |
Failure to control licensed material. |
Englewood Hosptial and Medical Center, NJ
EA-06-309 |
NOV
(SL III)
$3,250 |
04/30/2007 |
On April 30, 2007, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued for a Severity Level III problem involving the submittal of inaccurate information to the NRC in support of a request to amend the license to add an individual as an Authorized Medical Physicist. |
Envirocare of Utah, Inc., UT
EA-99-168 |
NOV
(SL III) |
08/16/1999 |
Failure to perform adequate surveys to ensure compliance with radiation dose limits to the public. |
Envirocare of Utah, Inc., UT
EA-97-303 |
ORDER |
06/25/1997 |
Violation of 10 CFR 150.10 |
Environmental Protection Agency, IL
EA-18-099 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/10/2018 |
On September 10, 2018, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Environmental Protection Industries Inc., (EPII) for a Severity Level III violation. The violation involved the failure to file NRC Form 241, "Report of Proposed Activities in Non-Agreement States," at least three days prior to engaging in licensed activities within NRC jurisdiction, as required by 10 CFR 150.20. Specifically, on several occasions between June 11, 2018, and July 5, 2018, EPII, a licensee of the State of Illinois, possessed and used a portable gauge containing licensed materials within NRC jurisdiction without filing the required documentation with the NRC. |
Environmental Protection Agency, AL
EA-98-545 |
NOV
(SL III) |
01/15/1999 |
Failure to secure licensed material. |
Environmental Protection Agency, Guam
EA-97-122 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$2,750 |
09/11/1997 |
Failure to secure gas chromatograph moved to storage location. |
Enviro-Test Laboratories LLC,WY
EA-04-007 |
NOV
(SL III) |
02/13/2004 |
On February 13, 2004, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity level III problem involving the failure to: (1) receive prior NRC approval of the decommissioning plan before beginning with decommissioning, (2) maintain security and control of licensable quantities of radioactive material (thorium-230), and (3) provide complete and accurate information to the NRC. |
Epsilon Products Co., PA
EA-06-026 |
NOV
(SL III)
$16,250 |
05/03/2006 |
On May 3, 2006, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $16,250 was issued for a Severity Level III problem composed of six violations of NRC requirements involving the licensee's failure to conduct operations such that the dose in an unrestriced area from external sources, exceeded regulatory limits. The most significant of these violations involved the radiation exposure of five employees and contractors, who were not radiation workers (and therefore considered members of the public), who received radiation doses in excess of the regulatory limit of 100 millirem in a year, i.e., they received estimated doses ranging from 103 millirem to 197 millirem. |
EquiMed, Inc., PA
EA-96-247 |
NOV
(SL III) |
11/07/1996 |
Failure to follow QM program. Therapeutic misadministration. |
ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC, WV
EA-17-062 |
NOV
(SL III) |
06/21/2017 |
On June 21, 2017, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to ERP Federal Mining Complex, LLC, for a Severity Level III problem for two related violations. The first violation involved a failure to assign a specific individual to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) as required by the NRC License Condition No. 12. Specifically, on January 25, 2017, the individual named as the RSO in Condition 12 of the NRC license, resigned from employment and the licensee did not submit an amendment request for the new RSO until April 26, 2017. The second violation involved a failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of the licensed material as required by 10 CFR 20.1802. Specifically, on February 5, 2017, a fixed gauge was left without any monitoring until it was transferred to a secured storage location on February 9, 2017. |
ESC, Ltd., VA
EA-02-200 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/03/2002 |
On October 3, 2002, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the licensee's failure to limit access to a portable moisture density gauge (containing 8 millicuries of cesium-137 and 40 millicuries of americium-241) located at a temporary job site (an unrestricted area), and failure to control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material. |
ESC, Mid-Atlantic, LLC., VA
EA-05-177 |
NOV
(SL III) |
05/22/2006 |
On May 22, 2006, a Notice of Violation was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to secure from unauthorized removal or limit access to a portable gauge containing licensed material, while the gauge was in an unrestricted area and not in storage; nor did the licensee control and maintain constant surveillance of this licensed material. While the gauge was unattended, it was run over by a front end loader and destroyed. |
ESC, Mid-Atlantic, LLC., VA
EA-05-078 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/08/2005 |
On September 8, 2005, a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued. The NOV cited two Severity Level III violations, both of which involved the transfer of licensed material in portable gauging devices to an individual not authorized to receive or possess byproduct material. The first violation, EA-05-078, involved the improper sale and transfer of a portable gauging device containing licensed material from the licensee's Richmond facility. |
ESC, Mid-Atlantic, LLC.,
EA-05-079 |
NOVCP
(SL III)
$3,250 |
09/08/2005 |
On September 8, 2005, a Notice of Violation (NOV) and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $3,250 was issued. The NOV cited two Severity Level III violations, both of which involved the transfer of licensed material in portable gauging devices to an individual not authorized to receive or possess byproduct material. The second violation, EA-05-079, which resulted in the imposition of a civil penalty, involved the willful transfer of several portable gauges containing licensed material from the licensee's Chantilly facility to the same individual. |
Escanaba Paper Company, MI
EA-11-061 |
NOV
(SL III) |
10/17/2011 |
On October 17, 2011, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Escanaba Paper Company for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to ensure that only persons specifically licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) or an Agreement State perform services involving the dismantling and non-routine maintenance or repair of components related to the radiological safety of the gauge. Specifically, on May 9, 2011, the licensee performed non-routine maintenance on a fixed level gauge by using a rod to change the position of the shutter contrary to NRC License No. 21-17630-01, Condition 17.B. The licensee was not specifically licensed by the NRC or an Agreement State to perform this service. |
Evart Products Co., MI
EA-96-254 |
NOV
(SL III) |
09/03/1996 |
Repetitive losses of PO-210 static eliminator sources. |