IR 05000348/1979040
| ML19260C941 | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 12/10/1979 |
| From: | Cunningham A, Jenkins G NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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| 50-348-79-40, NUDOCS 8002070159 | |
| Download: ML19260C941 (3) | |
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R'. J in's, Acting Section Chief, FFMS Branch Date Signed SUMMARY Inspection on November 29-30, 1979 Areas Inspected This routine, unannounced inspection involved 16 inspector-hours onsite in the areas of Appendix B nonradiological environmental protection requirements including management controls, status of aquatic biological surveillance, review of Annual Environmental Report, and review of reporting requirements.
Results Of the four areas inspected, no apparent items of noncompliance or deviations were identified.
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DETAILS 1.
Persons Contacted Licensee Employees
- T. G. Arnold, Manager, Environmental and Research Services W. G. Hairston, III, Plant Manager R. P. Mcdonald, Vice President, Supply Services
- J. D. Grogan, Senior Aquatic Biologist C. D. Nesbitt, Chemical and Health Physics Supervisor R. D. Hill, Plant Quality Assurance Engineer
- J. E. Hubbard, Supervising Engineer
- F. V. Brown, Senior Environmental Specialist
- Attended exit interview 2.
Exit Interview The inspection scope and findings were summarized on November 29, 1979 with those persons indicated in Paragraph 1 above.
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Licensee Action on Previous Inspection Findings (Closed) Unresolved Item (50-348/78-21-01) Apparent Conflicting Log Data Supporting Required Frequency of Weekly Checks On Site Meteorological Instruments and Charts As Per Licensee Procedure FNP-0-ENV-17.
Review and audit of log facsimiles forwarded to the inspector and an additional audit of logs during the subject inspection disclosed that records in question indicated compliance with above cited procedure.
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Unresolved Items Unresolved items were not identified during this inspection.
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Management and Administrative Controls Section 5.0 of Appendix B to facility license NFP-2 defines adminis-a.
trative procedures and requirements o. the Environmental Technical Specifications (ETS). This section provides a broad framework for implementation of the ETS and should assure adherence to requirements of the ETS.
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Section 5.1.1 of the ETS assigns to the plant manager the following
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responsibilities:
(1) assuring adherence to the thermal and chemical limiting conditions set forth in Section 2.0 of the ETS; (2) assuring that the site meteorological tower is operated consistent with require-m-nts and objectives of Section 3.1.1(b)-3 of the ETS. Review of records, data, and reports, and discussions with licensee representa-tives disclosed that the above management requirements were implemented as assigned.
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Section 5.3.3 of the ETS requires that annual audits be conducted of activities performed by groups responsible for various portions of the environmental monitoring program. The inspector reviewed and discussed with licensee representatives audits of onsite and offsite nonradiologi-cal environmental monitoring conducted June 27-28, 1979, and June 29, 1979, respectively.
Impection also included a review of work procedures and check lists used ir conducting the audits.
Inspection disclosed that the above audits were consistent with ETS requirements and the commitments detailed in the licensee's audit procedures.
Inspection also disclosed that corrective actions were implemented in response to violations identified in the subject and previous audits.
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Section 5.5 of the ETS raquires development, maintenance and adherence to written procedures for c-tivities involved in meeting ETS requirements.
Inspection included a detailed review of monitoring, surveillance, and special studies procedures developed by the licensee to assure implemen-tation of ETS requirements.
Inspection disclosed that the procedures were consistent with ETS requirements and accepted industry practice.
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Environmental Surveillance
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The inspector rrviewed the Annual Environmental Report for the period a.
ending December 31, 1978 and implementation of requirements of Section 3.1 of the ETS defining the nonradiological surveillance program.
Requirements included the following:
(1) chemical discharges; (2) thermal measurements in the Chattahoochee River at the plant intake canal, vicinity of plant discharge, and at points one mile above plant intake and below plant discharge, respectively; (3) soil chemistry, i.e., determination of surface soil conductivity at assigned loci at the plant site for assessment of drift attributable to operation of the mechanical draft cooling towers. The inspection disclosed that the surveillance program was implemented as required by the ETS, and was consistent with the assigned nonradiological monitoring period for Unit 1 operation.
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Plant Reporting Requirements Appendix B, Technical Specification 5.6.1.a requires that the nonradiological report section of the annual environmantal operating report include and define the following:
(1) summaries, interpretations, and statistical evaluation of results of the nonradiological environmental activities of Section 3.1; (2) any special study activities conducted during the period; (3) assessment of observed environmental impacts of plant operation; (4) copies of reports submitted to EPA under the NPDES permit.
Inspection included a detailed review of the Annual Environmental Operating Report for the period ending December 31, 1978.
Inspection and discussions with licensee representatives disclosed that all reporting requirements were implemented in accordance with the above cited specification.
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