ML021340153

2001 Annual Environmental Operating Report

ML021340153
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/30/2002
From:	Salamon G Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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LR-E02-0174
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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 APR3 0 2002 0 PSEG Nuclear LLC LR-E02-0174 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ARTICLE NUMBER: 7099 3400 0003 6390 2737 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

2001 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 The attached 2001 Annual Environmental Operating Report is hereby submitted pursuant to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan (Non-radiological) for Hope Creek Generating Station. The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operating License NPF-57 (Docket No. 50-354).

Sincerely, Gabor Salamon Manager-Nuclear Safety & Licensing

/dkh Attachment (1) 95-2168 REV. 7/99

USNRC APR 3 0 2002 2

LR-E02-0174 C Mr. Hubert J. Miller, Administrator - Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. George Wunder, Licensing Project Manager - HC U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 8B1 Rockville, MD 20852 USNRC Senior Resident Inspector - Hope Creek Mail Code (X24)

Mr. K. Tosch, Manager, IV Bureau of Nuclear Engineering P.O. Box 415 Trenton, NJ 08625

2001 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)

January 1 through December 31, 2001 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 PSEG NUCLEAR LLC P.O. BOX 236 HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 08038 APRIL 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Title P

1.0 INTRODUCTION

............................ 1 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES ..... 1 2.1 AQUATIC ISSUES .......................... 1 2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES ...................... 2 3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS ................... 3 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES ...................... 3 3.2 REVIEW .................................. 3 4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION.. 3 5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS ...................... 3

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This 2001 Annual Environmental Operating Report (AEOR) for the Hope Creek Generating Station was prepared in accordance with Subsection 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Environmental Protection Plan (Non-radiological). The reporting requirements of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) became effective April 11, 1986, with the issuance of the initial Hope Creek Operating License (NPF-57).

This is the 16thAEOR submitted for Hope Creek Generating Station. It corresponds to the reporting period January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001.

Hope Creek Generating Station produced 8,065,273 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy during this period.

As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of all required environmental protection activities. This information is described in Section 2.0. Section 3.0 addresses the issue of EPP compliance.

Changes to station design or operation and the review for potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0.

Administrative review procedures and unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.

2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 AQUATIC ISSUES Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act as the mechanism for protecting aquatic biota through water quality monitoring. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) relies upon the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water Act, to insure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring are implemented. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is the state's regulatory agency.

The state of New Jersey requires as part of their New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the results summarized and submitted monthly on Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) forms. The monitoring is intended to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. NJ002541 1) effluent limitations. We have reviewed the DMR's corresponding to the 2001 AEOR reporting period and have determined that no significant deviations have occurred. Copies of monthly DMR's are routinely sent to USNRC's Document Control Desk and additional copies are available upon request.

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In September 2001, PSEG NUCLEAR LLC submitted an application to the NJDEP in support of renewal of the Station's NJPDES permit, which was to expire on April 1, 2002. Based on the timely submittal of the renewal application, the expiration date of Hope Creek's NJPDES Permit has been administratively extended. The application provided the information and data required by the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulations and requested a renewal of the Hope Creek NJPDES Permit with substantially similar conditions and requirements. The NJDEP is in the process of reviewing the renewal application.

While the NRC relies on the State of New Jersey for protection of the water quality, the National Marine Fisheries Service maintains regulatory authority with respect to certain migratory threatened and endangered aquatic species. On May 15, 1993 the NMFS issued a revised Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion. The revision removed all requirements for marine life monitoring at the Hope Creek Generating Station. This revision was incorporated into the Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 through Amendment No. 60.

2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES PSEG NUCLEAR LLC has been voluntarily monitoring the osprey population that nest on our transmission towers through a joint effort with the NJDEP since 1989.

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3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of EPP noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them. No previously unreviewed environmental impacts attributable to the operation of the Hope Creek Generating Station were observed during 2001. Likewise, there were no instances of noncompliance with the EPP.

3.2 REVIEW Subsection 5.1 of the EPP for Hope Creek Generating Station requires that an independent review of compliance with the EPP be maintained and made available for inspection. The EPP was last reviewed as part of the Self Assessment Program in 1999.

4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the EPP, station design/operational changes during the time period covered by this report were reviewed for potential environmental impact. None of the recommended changes posed a potential to significantly affect the environment, and therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change in the EPP.

5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of nonroutine reports submitted to the NRC during 2001 be included with this report. No environmentally related nonroutine reports were submitted to the USNRC in 2001.

Hope Creek Generating Station experienced no unusual or important events that indicated or could have resulted in a "significant environmental impact" during the 2001 reporting period.

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