ML071450190

Draft Surface Water Renewal Permit Action, November 07, 2002

ML071450190
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek  (NJ0025411)
Issue date:	11/07/2002
From:	Auriti M State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection
To:	Keating E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Public Service Enterprise Group
References
46815
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State nf ldtr J rt James E. McGreevey Department of Environmental Protection Bradley M. Campbell Governor Division of Water Quality Commissioner P.O. Box 029 Trenton, NJ 08625-0029 Phone: (609) 292-4860 Fax: (609) 984-7938 CERTIFIED MAIL NOV 0 7 2002 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Ed Keating PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236 / N21, Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Re: Draft Surface Water Renewal Permit Action Categories: B, RF NJPDES Permit No. NJ0025411 Hope Creek-Generating Station, Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County

Dear Mr. Keating:

Enclosed is a draft New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) pennit action identified above which has been issued in accordance with NJA.C. 7:14A. This permit action authorizes discharge activities applicable to the discharge categories identified above.

Notice of this draft permit action will appear in Today's Sunbwn and in the November 13, 2002 DEP BuLletin. The DEP BuLetin is available on the internet at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/bulletin or by contacting the DEP Document Distribution Center at (609) 777-4398. In accordance with NJA.C. 7:14A-15.10(c) li, the public comment period will close thirty days after its appearance in the newspaper.

As detailed in the DEP Bulletin and aforementioned newspaper written comments or a request that the Department hold a non-adversarial public hearing on the draft document must be submitted in writing to Pilar Patterson, Chief, Bureau of Point Source Permitting - Region 2, P.O. Box 029, Trenton, NJ 08625 by the close of the public comment period. All persons, including the applicant, who believe that any condition of this draft document is inappropriate or that the Department's tentative decision to issue this draft document is inappropriate, must raise all reasonable arguments and factual grounds supporting their position, including all supporting materials, during the public comment period.

The NJDEP will respond to all significant and timely comments upon issuance of the final document. The permittee and each person who has submitted written comments will receive notice of the NJDEP's final decision to issue, revoke, or redraft the document.

If you have questions regarding the draft action, please contact Susan Rosenwinkel (609) 292-4860 concerning any chemical-specific conditions and Shashi Nayak at (609) 633-7021 concerning any stormwater conditions.

Sincerely,

/I llelisse Carasia Auriti Supervising Environmental Specialist Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2 Enclosures c: Permit Distribution List, Masterfile #: 15647; PI # 46815 New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer perdtcv.rtf Recycled Paper

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION NJPDES Permit Number: NJ0025411 Surface Water Renewal Permit Action Program Interest Number: 46815 Table of Contents This permit package contains the items listed below:

1. Cover Letter

2. Table of Contents

3. Public Notice (Included in draft permit only)

4. Fact Sheet / Statement of Basis (Included in draft permit only)

5. NJPDES Permit Authorization Page

6. Part I - General Requirements: NJPDES

7. Part II - General Requirements: Discharge Categories

8. Part III - Limits and Monitoring Requirements

9. Part IV - Specific Requirements: Narrative

10. Attachment 1 - Contents of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP)

11. Attachment 2 - SPPP Preparation Certification

12. Attachment 3 - SPPP Implementation and Inspection Certification toc dsw.rtf

NJD02541 Aiioway t.reeK ICeCK KO Hancocks Bridge Salem County 3usan KosenwinKe Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2 (609) 292-4860 Zone 5 DSW Major II Delaware River Basin i ne proposea permit action is a renewai permit to autnorize me aiscnarge or wastewater through several outfalls as well as the intake of Delaware River water for use in the permittee's process. DSN 461A discharges approximately 46.9 million gallons per day of cooling tower blowdown as well as wastewater from two internal monitoring points DSN 462B and DSN 461C. DSN 462B contains treated sanitary wastewater whereas DSN 461C contains wastewater that has been routed through the oil water separator. This permit also authorizes the discharge of stormwater through DSN's 463A (South Yard Drain), 464A (Perimeter Drain) and 465A (North Yard Drain). A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and other requirements have been applied for these three outfalls.

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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Quality Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) proposes to issue the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) Discharge to Surface Water (DSW) Permit NJ0025411 in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et seq., and by authority of the Water Pollution Control Act at N.J.S.A. 58: 1A-1 et seq, for the following discharge:

Applicant or Permittee Facility PSEG Nuclear LLC Hope Creek Generating Station PO BOX 236/N2 1, Alloway Creek Neck Road Artificial Island, Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Lower Alloways Creek, NJ 08038-0000 The applicant operates an existing electric generating station (Standard Industrial Classification code 4911) consisting of one nuclear powered boiling water reactor which is operated with a recirculating cooling water system (i.e. cooling tower).

Discharge serial number (DSN) 461 A is the discharge from the recirculating cooling water system that consists of approximately 46.9 million gallons per day (MGD) of cooling tower blowdown which is chlorinated then dechlorinated prior to discharge. DSN 461A also contains limited quantities of treated wastewater from the internal monitoring points DSN 461C and DSN 462B. DSN 461C (an internal monitoring point) discharges approximately 0.04 MGD from the low volume oily waste system which has first been treated by an oil/water separator prior to combining with DSN 461A.

DSN 462B (an internal monitoring point) discharges approximately 0.02 MGD of sewage treatment plant effluent. Sanitary wastewater i.s generated on-site from the Salem and Hope Creek facilities and is then treated by oxidation, clarification, settling, sand filtration and chlorination. After all treatment, this sanitary wastewater effluent is discharged through DSN 462B (an internal monitoring point) and combines with DSN 461A. DSN 461A discharges to Zone 5 of the Delaware River.

This permit also authorizes discharges from DSNs 463A (South Yard Drain), 464 (Perimeter Drain) and 465 (No*th Yard Drain). These outfalls discharge primarily stormwater where monitoring conditions and Stormwater Polhttion Prevention Plan requirements have been included for such.

Modification provisions as cited in the permit may be initiated in accordance with the provisions set forth in Part IV and upon written notification from the Department.

A draft NJPDES permit renewal has been prepared for this facility based on the administrative record filed at the NJDEP, 401 East State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625. Copies of the draft document are obtainable, for a nominal charge, and the administrative record is available for inspection by appointment only, Monday through Friday. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment or requesting specific information regarding the draft document, contact Susan Rosenwinkel of the Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2 at (609) 292-4860.

Written comments must be submitted in writing to Pilar Patterson, Chief, or-Attention: Comments on Public Notice NJ002541 1, Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2, P.O. Box 029, Trenton, NJ 08625 by the close of the public comment period, which closes thirty calendar days after publication of this notice in the newspaper.

All persons, including the applicant, who believe that any condition of this draft document is inappropriate or that the Department's decision to issue this draft' document is inappropriate, must raise all reasonable arguments and factual grounds supporting their position, including all supporting materials, during the public comment period.

The N-DEP will respond to all significant and timely comments upon issuance of the final document. The permittee and each person who has submitted written comments will receive notice of the Department's permit decision.

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Fact Sheet Page I of 28 NJPDES # : NJ0025411 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Quality Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2 Bureau of Non-Point Pollution Control Masterfile #: 15647 PI#: 46815 This fact sheet sets forth the principle facts and the significant factual, legal, and policy considerations examined during preparation of the draft -permit. This action has been prepared in accordance with the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act and its implementing regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et Mq. - The New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

PERMIT ACTION: Surface Water Renewal Permit Action The permittee has applied for a New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) Surface Water Renewal Permit Action through an application dated September 25, 2001.

Name and Address of the Applicant:

PSEG Nuclear LLC PO Box 236/N21 Alloway Creek Neck Road Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Name and Address of the Facility/Site:

Hope Creek Generating Station Artificial Island Alloway Creek Neck Road Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County, NJ 08038 lU Discharge Location and Discharge Component Information:

Outfall:

Discharge Components:

Receiving Water:

Via:

Classification:

County:

Municipality:

WtAh*:

Watershed:

Subwatershed:

H1UC 14:

Latitude; Longitude:

461A Cooling Tower Blowdown as well as discharges from 461B, 462B and 461C.

Delaware River Pipe Zone 5 Salem Lower Alloways Creek 17 Delaware River Hope Creek / Artificial Island 02040206060100 390 28' 14" 750 32' 34" Outfall:

Discharge Components:

Receiving Water:

Via:

Classification:

County:

Municipality:

WMA*:

Watershed:

Subwatershed:

HUC 14:

Latitude:

Longitude:

461C (internal monitoring point)

Low Volume and Oily Waste System Combines With 461A Pipe Zone 5 Salem Lower Alloways Creek 17 Delaware River Hope Creek / Artificial Island 02040206060100 390 28' 14" 750 32' 34" J

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Fact Sheet Page 2 of 28 NJPDES

NJ0025411 Outfall:

Discharge Components:

Receiving Water:

Via:

Classification:

County:

Municipality:

WaeseA*:

Watershed:

Subwatershed:

HUC 14:

Latitude:

Longitude:

462B (internal monitoring point)

Effluent from On-site Sewage Treatment Plant Combines with 461A Pipe Zone 5 Salem Lower Alloways Creek 17 Delaware River Hope Creek / Artificial Island 02040206060100 390 28' 14" 750 32' 34" Outfall:

Discharge Components:

Receiving Water:

Via:

Classification:

County:

Municipality:

WMA*:

465A, 463A, 464 Stormwater from North Yard Drain (465A), South Yard Drain (463A),

Perimeter Drain (464)

Delaware River Pipes (DSN's 465A, 463A)

Ditch (DSN 464)

Zone 5 Salem Lower Alloways Creek 17 Watershed:

Delaware River Subwatershed:

Hope Creek / Artificial Island HUC 14:

02040206060100 Latitude:

390 28' 14" (465A) 390 27' 54" (463A) 390 28' 15" (464)

Longitude:

750 32' 34" (465A) 750 32' 23" (463) 750 32' 34" (464)

• "WMA" means Watershed Management Area ftl Facility Overview:

The facility is classified as a major discharger by the Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rating criteria. The facility's estimated combined long term average flow is 48.2 million gallons per day (MGD).

The Hope Creek Generating Station, hereafter "Hope Creek" or "The Station" is located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, at River Mile 51 on the Delaware River Estuary, 17 miles south of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The Station is located on a projection of land known as Artificial Island on the eastern shore of the Delaware Estuary. The estuary in the area of the Station is approximately 2.5 miles wide. The tidal flow of the estuary past the Station is approximately 400,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) or 259,000 million gallons per day (MGD). The estuary in the vicinity of the station is characterized by variable salinity, tidal currents and a high quantity of particulate material suspended in the water column.

Hope Creek is a single unit nuclear power steam electric generating facility. In addition to the generating station, the Hope Creek site contains associated buildings and structures, a sewage treatment plant, an electrical switchyard, parking areas, roads, and equipment laydown areas. Riprap and bulkheads protect the shore from erosion. Hope Creek Unit 1 is a boiling water reactor design. The boiling water reactor has two major cooling systems, namely the reactor system and the cooling water system. Hope Creek operates with a non-contact, closed cycle cooling water system.

The construction of Hope Creek was completed in 1986 and the Station has a US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) license to operate until 2026. Hope Creek is designed to operate continuously at the licensed thermal

)power rating -as a base-loaded electrical generating unit. Hope Creek's electrical output is approximately 1049 Megawatts Electric net Maximum Dependable Capacity (MDC), which reflects the 1.4 % increase in power licensed by the USNRC.

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Fact Sheet Page 3of 28 NJPDES # NJ0025411I As described in the permittee's application, the nuclear reaction process produces heat which is transferred to the reactor water that creates steam in the reactor vessel. The steam enters the high-pressure turbine, then the three low-pressure turbines which causes them to rotate. This rotation is transferred to the generator which generates electricity.

The exhausted steam leaves the turbines and enters the main condenser, where it is condensed by cooling from the circulating water system that is contained inside the condenser tubes. As this is a non-contact cooling water system, the steam and circulating waste are isolated from each other. The condensed steam is purified and returned to the reactor for reuse in the generation of steam.

Several* figures and diagrams have been included in an effort to better describe the facility. These include a Site Location Map, Schematic of Water Flow for the Facility, General Site Map, Diagram of a Cooling Tower, Diagram of the Service Water Intake, Schematic for DSN 461A, and Schematic for DSN 462B.

All figures have been included at the end of this Fact Sheet.

Summary of Station Cooling Water Systems, Station Intakes and Wastewater Components:

Circulating Water System and Cooling Tower Operation The circulating water system is a non-contact cooling water system that transports excess heat from the. condensers to the cooling tower for dissipation. The cooling tower is a natural draft, counterfiow, evaporative type which is 432 feet in diameter at the base and 512 feet high. The cooling tower basin contains approximately 9 million gallons of water and, with the volume of the circulating water system, provides an operating volume of 11I million gallons. In the circulating water system, the four circulating water pumps draw water from the cooling tower basin, pump the water through the main condensers, where it picks up excess heat from the steam, and return the circulating water to the cooling tower above the fill through a distribution system. As the circulating water falls back to the cooling tower basin over the fill, heat is transferred from the circulating water to the air that is naturally drafted counter to the circulating water flow. This transfer of heat allows the circulating water to be reused. Since there is some evaporative loss, solids from the* Delaware Estuary concentrate in the cooling tower basin and continuous blowdown is used to control this concentration. Makeup water to replace the evaporative losses and the continuous blowdown back to the Delaware Estuary is provided by the service water system.

The function of the cooling tower is to reduce the temperature of the circulating water entering the cooling tower to a lower temperature, so that it can be recycled for further use. Natural draft cooling towers are essentially static devices which rely on the design of the tower and operation of the laws of thermodynamics to accomplish the cooling of circulating Water. The cooling tower is least efficient for removing heat when the wet bulb temperature is high and the relative humidity is low. The cooling tower utilizes cool ambient air in such a way that the heat is transferred from the hot water to the cool air through both latent heat transfer and, to a lesser extent, sensible heat transfer. When warm water contacts cool air in the tower, the air is warmed because it receives sensible heat from the water; the water, in turn, loses sensible heat and is cooled. As the air is warmed, it also becomes lighter. The difference in specific weight between the air inside and outside the cooling tower causes the natural draft. effect through the tower. The actual transfer of heat from the water to the air is accomplished primarily in the fill, where warm water is passed downward in very thin films through a stream of air moving upward as a result of the natural draft. The fill is designed to maximize the surface area of the water exposed to air, thereby maximizing the amount of evaporation that occurs. The warmed, moist air is then drawn upward through the drift eliminators which contain wave-shaped passages designed to reduce the amount of water leaving the tower as droplets with the warmed air. By causing the air to change direction, the drift eliminators collect many of the water droplets carried by the air. The warm air is then discharged into the atmosphere, and cooled water falls to the cooling tower basin to be recycled in this closed-loop cooling system.

Service Water System

)The service water system provides Estuary water to cool the Safety Auxiliary Cooling System and the. Reactor Auxiliary Cooling System heat exchangers. The safety auxiliary cooling system is a nuclear safety-related cooling system designed to provide cooling water to the engineered safety features, equipment during normal and emergency Fact-dsw.rtf

Fact Sheet Page 4 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ002541 I plant conditions. The reactor auxiliary cooling system provides cooling water to the reactor subsystems during normal

>plant operations. After cooling these two systems, the service water is directed to the cooling tower basin for makeup water. If the cooling tower is not in service, the service water can bypass the cooling tower and discharge directly to the cooling tower blowdown line.

Service Water System Intake The service water intake structure is located on the shoreline, approximately 800 feet due west of the reactor building.

The intake occupies approximately 112 feet of shoreline, extends 75 feet inland, and rises 35 feet above grade (excluding the gantry crane). The west face of the intake is parallel to and flush with the shoreline. The intake structure is constructed of reinforced concrete and seismically designed for nuclear safety purposes. The intake consists of eight bays where four of the bays are used to support Hope Creek, the other four bays were designed for the cancelled Hope Creek Unit 2 and are idle. The front of the intake contains a continuous line of trash racks and associated trash rakes and a skimmer wall. Each of the eight bays is equipped with its own traveling screen, service water pump, service water strainer, and associated equipment. A description of the.intake structure components is included below.

" Trash Racks The trash racks are located in front of the intake structure to prevent heavy debris from entering the intake and damaging the traveling screens. They are constructed of coated carbon steel, three inches deep and 0.75 inch wide and are set on three inch centers. Mechanical rakes remove collected debris which is aggregated in trash containers for off-site disposal. The bottom of the trash racks are at elevation 70 ft (PSD). Velocity through the trash racks is approximately 0.1 foot per second. The skimmer wall is designed to prevent the entrance of an oil slick or ice, velocity under the skimmer wall is approximately 0.35 foot per second.

e Traveling Screens After passing through the trash racks, intake water flows through vertical traveling screens of a modified Ristroph design at approximately 0.39 ft/sec. Each traveling screen is a continuous linkage of framed baskets. Each basket is approximately 2.5 feet high and 8.33 feet wide and the screening material is No.14 W&M gage monel wire mesh with 0.375 inch square openings. Each basket has a trough (fish bucket) on the lower lip designed to prevent re-impingement of fish and provide the mechanism to return fish to the Delaware Estuary. The fish buckets allow organjsms to remain in the water while being lifted to the fish return trough. As the traveling screen panel travels over the head sprocket of the traveling screen, low pressure sprays (less then 20 psi) wash the orgahisms into the fish return trough. As the traveling screen panel traverses further, high pressure sprays (approximately 90 psi) remove the remaining debris into the debris trough. The fish and debris troughs are combined and returned to the Delaware Estuary at a distance from the intake to reduce the potential for re-impingement on the screens.

" Service Water Pumps After passing through the traveling screen, the intake water enters the respective service water pump. Each service water pump is a vertical, wet-pit, turbine type, centrifugal pump rated at 16,500 gallons per minute. Sodium hypochlorite is continuously added at the suction of the service water pumps as a biocide to prevent fouling.

" Service Water Strainers Service water next passes through the service water strainers where smaller particles and debris are removed. The service water strainers are full-flow, self-cleaning, strainers withnominally 250-380 micron elements. The strainers continuously backwash when the associated service water pump is operating and the backwash water is discharged in the debris trough. Strainer backwash water, traveling screen spray wash, and service water pump bearing lubrication water are drawn from the system after the service water strainers.

• Miscellaneous Components that Discharge to the Receiving Waters Any leakage or drains within the building which houses the service water pumps, screens, strainers, and associated equipment is directed to the building sumps which discharge to the Delaware Estuary along with the traveling Fact dsw.rtf -

Fact Sheet Page 5 of 28 NJPDES #: NJ0025411 screen and strainer backwash waters. Since sodium hypochlorite is added to the suction side of the service water pumps, residual chlorine may be present in the service water used to wash the screens and strainers or the sumps.

Wastewater Components for the Station - Station Outfalls and Discharge Components There are four outfalls associated with this facility and three internal monitoring points.

Considering all these outfalls and internal monitoring points, only three outfalls/internal monitoring points have been assigned numerical permit limitations. A description follows later in this fact sheet regarding the basis for regulation of each of these points. Other outfalls are regulated by a separate authorization for stormwater or are covered by other monitoring points. While the permittee's stormwater discharges are currently regulated under Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan requirements, the Department has determined it appropriate to regulate the stormwater discharges under the General Stormwater Permit NJ0088315 which will be issued upon finalization of this draft renewal permit.

A tabular summary of each outfall and/or internal monitoring point is included below followed by a description:

Discharge Name of Operation or Discharges Requirements Imposed?

Effluent Serial Process to:

flow (MGD)

Number 461A Cooling Tower Blowdown Delaware Requirements imposed at DSN 461A.

46.9 River 461B Liquid Rad Waste System DSN 461A Requirements imposed at DSN 46 IA.

0.06 461C Low Volume and Oily DSN 461A Requirements imposed at internal 0.04 Waste System monitoring point DSN 461 C.

465A North Yard Drain Delaware Requirements imposed at DSN 465A.

0.24 River 462B Sewage Treatment Plant DSN 461A Requirements imposed at internal. 0.02 monitoring point DSN 462B.

463A South Yard Drain Delaware Requirements imposed at DSN 463A.

0.51 River 464A Perimeter Drain Delaware Requirements imposed at DSN 464A.

0.41 River Discharge Components of DSN 461A:

The discharge flow from DSN 461A consists of cooling tower blowdown (46.9 MGD) with minor waste stream contributions from the Low Volume and Oily Waste System (DSN.461C, 0.04 MGD), liquid radioactive waste system (DSN 461B, 0.06 MGD), and the Sewage Treatment System (DSN 462B, 0.02 MGD) as shown in the schematic for DSN 461A at the end of this fact sheet. Sediment which collects in the cooling tower basin is removed as necessary for disposal at an onsite dredge spoil area.

Service water is withdrawn through the service water intake as cooling tower make-up water (evaporative loss from the cooling tower is 13 MGD). The service water entering the cooling tower is chlorinated to prevent biofouling, using sodium hypochlorite, at the service water intake. Additional sodium hypochlorite is added to the cooling tower basin to prevent biofouling and biological growth. Ammonium bisulfite is added-in the-cooling tower blowdown to dechlorinate the cooling tower blowdown before discharge to the Delaware Estuary. Sodium hydroxide is added to the cooling tower basin to protect the cooling tower structure and components. Boron used in the Station can enter the circulating water, primarily in the condenser bay dewatering sump, and is discharged in the cooling tower blowdown.

The station is equipped with a deicing line, which allows a small amount of heated water from the circulating water system or service water system to be directed to the service water intake to prevent icing during harsh winter

,conditions. This flow path bypasses the dechlorination system but is infrequently used and most of the water used for deicing is returned to the system through the service water pumps.

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Fact Sheet Page 6 of 28 NJPDES # NJ002541 I Discharge Components of DSN 461B:

,.The liquid radioactive waste system is a low volume (0.06 MGD) wastewater source which mixes with the cooling tower blowdown, prior to the effluent monitoring point at DSN 461A. The liquid radioactive waste system is designed to process liquid waste streams from inside power generation facilities that may potentially contain radioactivity.

PSEG states in its application that the treatment system contains all necessary equipment to meet both U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) standards for the discharge of radioactivity and the applicable New Jersey State Water Quality Standards. Much of the wastewater processed through the system is recycled back into a 500,000 gallon condensate storage tank for reuse by the reactor water makeup systems.

The influent waste streams at DSN 461B include the following systems: equipment drain wastes; floor drain wastes; high conductivity wastes; chemical wastes; and detergent wastes. PSEG also states in its application that treatment of liquid radioactive waste system influent is dependent on the source and type of wastewater received. Each of the five.

types of influent waste streams is processed differently and can be routed through various components of the treatment system. Wastewater is treated in a batch mode and not all wastewater is routed through every component of the treatment system. The various subsystems of the LRW treatment system have numerous cross connections to allow operating flexibility. Wastewaters can also be-recirculated back to collection tanks for reprocessing as needed.

Discharge Components of DSN 461 C:

The discharge from the internal monitoring point DSN 461C consists of effluent from the low volume oily waste system (0.04 MGD). The low volume oily waste system collects and treats potentially oily wastewater from area, building, and equipment drains throughout the site as well. as auxiliary boiler blowdown 'and miscellaneous stormwater sources. Most flows to the system are intermittent. Flows from containments and dikes are primarily precipitation but may include circulating or service water. Wastewater from the system is collected in one of two lift stations which have level operated pumps to transfer the wastewater to the treatment system. Collected waste streams are processed through an API type oil water separator for removal of solid and floatable materials. Settleable solids are removed from the waste stream by gravity separation and are transferred to the waste oil sludge holding tank. If the residuals contain low levels of radioactivity, they are removed and disposed of at a USNRC licensed facility. If the residuals do not contain low levels of radioactivity, they are removed and trucked offsite to a licensed disposal facility. The system also has provisions for recycling of this sludge to aid in settling of influent wastewaters. Treated effluent is then discharged through the internal monitoring point DSN 461C (for which effluent limitations and monitoring requirements are specified) prior to mixing with DSN 46 IA for discharge.

Discharge Components of DSN 462B:

The discharge from the internal monitoring point DSN 462B consists of treated domestic wastewater from the Sewage Treatment System (0.02 MGD). Influent to this system consists of domestic wastewater from the Hope Creek and Salem facilities including administrative facilities and sewage holding facilities from unconnected buildings on-site.

Influent wastewater and return activated sludge are introduced into the single channel oxidation ditch where extended aeration is used to oxidize the organic constituents of the influent wastewater.

This process acts to remove biochemical oxygen demand, reduce suspended solids, nitrify, and partially denitrify the wastewater. Rotor aerators are used to mix air into the contents of the basin and to keep the contents moving around the oxidation ditch.

Following aeration, settling in the biological clarifiers is used to separate solids from the liquid flow. The settled solids, or sludge, is either returned to the oxidation ditch or wasted to sludge holding tanks, based upon process requirements.

The liquid wastewater flows from the clarifiers to the sand filters or directly to the chlorination facilities.

The deep-bed downflow gravity sand filters can be used to further reduce suspended solids. Filtered effluent flows to the clearwell for use as filter backwash water or is discharged to the chlorination facilities. The chlorination system is a flow-dependent tablet chlorination system (currently calcium hypochlorite tablets are used) followed by chlorine contact tanks to provide retention for the biocide. to function. The effluent of the chlorine contact tanks flows over a cascading weir to the effluent pump lift station. Level-controlled effluent pumps transfer

the treated water (0.02 MGD) to DSN 461A for discharge to the Delaware Estuary. Residual dechlorination chemical (ammonium bisulfite) that is in the cooling tower blowdown acts to dechlorinate the sewage treatment system effluent.

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Fact Sheet Page 7 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ002541 I dewatering before being trucked offsite to a licensed disposal facility. The sludge is sent to an USNRC-licensed facility if the residuals contain low levels of radioactivity, Yard Drains (DSN's 463A, 464A, 465A):

The North Yard Drain (DSN 465A) collects and discharges (0.24 MGD) site drainage from the following areas: the facility parking lots, centralized warehouse roof drain, loading ramp catch basins, auxiliary boiler roof drains, fire water pump house, No. 2 Reactor Building roof and area drains, materials center area and roof drains, construction and excavation dewatering, and runoff from other miscellaneous sources. The North Yard Drain system may contain precipitation, river water or groundwater (including fresh water and potable water), but the effluent consists primarily of Delaware Estuary water, largely due to the tidal influence. The sewage treatment system (DSN 462B) emergency overflow can discharge through this outfall but the sewage treatment system is monitored independently.

Containments and other catch basins which collect precipitation or other sources of water are first evaluated for pollutants prior to any release to the North Yard Drain system.

DSN 465A had been identified as DSN 462A in the NJPDES permit application. The Department has renamed this outfall as DSN 465A. This change has been made because two outfalls can not be assigned to the same numerical designation in the NJEMS database. In other words, the NJEMS database will not accept "DSN 462B" (which is the designation for the internal sanitary discharge monitoring location) and DSN 462A (North Yard drain discharge).

Since DSN 462B has a regulatory history where limits and monitoring conditions have been set including the collection of data, the Department has chosen to maintain this designation for DSN 462B, but to change the designation for DSN 462A to DSN 465.

The South Yard Drain (DSN 463A) collects and discharges (0.51 MGD) site drainage from the following areas: the Security Center roof, drain and parking lot, roof and area drains from the Administrative Building, Auxiliary Boiler, Turbine Building, Reactor Building, Materials Center, and Services Facility Building, safety shower, as well as the Chlorine Structure drains, service water valve pit, dewatering sump, construction and excavation dewatering, and runoff from other miscellaneous sources. The South Yard Drain system may contain precipitation, river water or groundwater (including fresh water and potable water), but the effluent consists primarily of Delaware Estuary water, largely due to the tidal influence. Containments and isolated catch basins, which collect precipitation or other sources of water, are first evaluated for pollutants then released to the yard drain system.

The evaluation includes a determination based on the source of the water and the potential for pollutant presence and then, if appropriate, the water is analyzed prior to release. For example, the service water sodium hypochlorite tank containment may contain precipitation, fresh water, and service water and contain low concentrations of chlorine residual. Service water can also be discharged via DSN 463A on an emergency basis. This bypass discharge happens infrequently and has not occurred since 1998.

The perimeter drain (DSN 464) collects and discharges (0.41 MGD) site drainage and runoff from the following areas: access road area, Administration Building roof drains and parking lots, Combo Shop roof drains, catch basins in undeveloped portions of the site, groundwater infiltration, natural drainage from the adjacent marshes and drainage from areas external to the Hope Creek site. Due to the facility elevations and proximity to the River, this outfall is also tidally influenced.

Description of the Receiving Water and Outfall Locations:

Treated and untreated wastewater is discharged through discharge serial number (DSN) 461A to the Delaware River.

The discharge through DSN 461A includes effluent from the internal monitoring points DSN 46 lB, 461C and 462B.

The Delaware. River is classified as Zone 5 at the point of discharge in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1 et seq. The outfall configuration for DSN 461A is a 48" diameter pipe. The outfall is usually submerged and is only visible

. during low tide. The outfall extends approximately 10' offshore.

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Fact Sheet Page 8 of 28 NJPDES #: NJ0025411 Stormwater is discharged through outfalls DSN's 465A; 463A and 464 to the Delaware River as described above. The Delaware River is classified as Zone 5 at the point of discharge for DSN's 465A, 463A and 464.

The outfall pipes for DSN's 465A and 463A are 60" diameter pipes where the top of the pipe is just visible at mean water. level and both these pipes extend about 3' into the river. DSN 464 is a ditch along the northern perimeter of the site.

A USGS quadrangle map indicating the location of the facility and discharge points is included at the end of this Fact Sheet.

Type and Quantity of the Wastes or Pollutants:

The Permit Summary Table at the end of this fact sheet contains a summary of the quantity and quality of pollutants treated and discharged from the facility and the proposed effluent limitations. Effluent data was obtained from the facility's Monitoring Report Forms for the time period specified in the table and the permittee's application.

Summary of Permit Conditions:

The existing and proposed effluent limitations,and other pertinent information regarding the draft permit are described below:

A. Basis for Effluent Limitations and Permit Conditions - General:

The effluent limitations and permit conditions in this permit have been developed to ensure compliance with the following:

1. NJPDES Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14A)

2. New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards (N.J.A.C. 7:9B)

3. Requirements of the Delaware River Basin Commission (N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.5(b) 1)

4. Wastewater Discharge Requirements (N.J.A.C. 7:9-5.1 et sec.),

5.

Secondary Treatment Standards (40 CFR Part 133, N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.2 and -12.3)

6.

Existing permit limitations in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19 and Section 402 of the federal Clean

.Water Act (antibacksliding requirements)

7.

Permit limitations in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.5(d) (antidegradation requirements)

8. Statewide Water Quality Management Planning Rules (N.J.A.C. 7:15).

9. Technology Based Treatment Requirements or Effluent Limitation Guidelines Requirements (N.J.A.C.

7:14A-13.2 to 13.4)

10. Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14C)

Technology based limitations are authorized by Section 301 of the Clean Water Act, 40 CFR 122, N.J.S.A. 58: 10A-4, and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.2(a)l.ii., 13.3(b), and 13.4. In general, effluent limitations are based on Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs), developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), or on case-by-case limitations developed through a Best Professional Judgment (BPJ) analysis in cases where ELGs are not available or appropriate. ELGs are minimum technology based requirements applicable on a nation-wide basis. ELGs consider the category of industry that produce common pollutants taking into account the specific factors unique to a particular type of industry (manufacturing process, type and quantity of pollutants generated, types of treatment facilities available to treat the pollutants, etc.). ELGs are published in 40 CFR Subchapter N. BPJ determinations are authorized by Section 402 (a)(1) of the Clean Water Act.

In accordance with N.J.A.C. 13.5, Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations (WQBELs) are imposed when it has

)been determined that the discharge of a pollutant causes an excursion of the New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS), N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.1 et sq., and the Federal Water Quality Standards, 40 CFR Part 131. WQBELs are authorized by Section 301 of the Clean Water Act, 40 CFR 122, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-4, and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.2 and 13.3. The policies used to develop WQBELs are contained in the State and Federal Standards. Specific procedures, Fact dsw.rtf

Fact Sheet Page 9 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ002541 I methodologies, and equations are contained in the current USEPA "Technical Support Document for Water Quality-

,based Toxics Control" (TSD) (EPA-505/2-90-001) and are referenced in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.5 and 13.6.

Expression of all effluent limitations is in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.14 and 13.15.

Whole effluent toxicity limitations are expressed as a minimum as a percent.

B. Basis and Derivation for Effluent Limitations - Specific:

Discharee Serial Number 461A

1. Flow - Intake and Effluent: This permit does not include a numerical limitation for effluent flow. Monitoring and reporting conditions for effluent flow a's a monthly average and daily maximum are applied pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.13. Monitoring and reporting conditions for intake flow are being included to document the withdrawal flow volumes which are a factor in the Department's determination under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act. Monitoring for both intake and effluent flow is required on a continuous basis using a flow meter.

2. Total Organic Carbon (TOC): Net TOC has been retained in this permit as a monitoring requirement. Daily maximum and monthly average monitoring is required for Net TOC.

Because this limit and monitoring requirement is imposed on a net basis, gross and intake TOC values shall also be monitored and reported. TOC shall be monitored on a monthly basis where grab sample types shall be used for intake and effluent TOC. Net TOC values shall be calculated based on the equation included in Part IV.

The Department recognizes that the permittee has requested deletion of the TOC limit and monitoring requirement based on data (4/1/97 - 3/30/01) which shows an average net TOC value of - 0.02 mg/L and a maximum. net TOC value of 6.0 mg/L.

While the Department agrees that recent data shows consistent compliance with the permit limits, the Department has determined that TOC has the potential to be present in the discharge due to the various additives the permittee uses in its cooling tower operation as well as in other wastestreams that are discharged through DSN 461A. As such, the Department has determined it appropriate to retain the TOC monitoring requirements.

The Department has also determined. that a monthly monitoring frequency is appropriate given the significant flow volume that is discharged through DSN 461A.

3. Temperature - Intake and Effluent: Monitoring for intake temperature is retained from the existing permit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. Reporting as a monthly average and daily maximum is required for intake temperature. Monitoring for intake temperature is required on a year-round (January through December) continuous basis.

A daily maximum effluent limitation of 97.1 degrees Fahrenheit (36.2, degrees Celsius) for effluent temperature is retained from the existing permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. Reporting as a monthly average is also required for effluent temperature. Monitoring for effluent temperature is required on a year-round (January through December) continuous basis.

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Fact Sheet Page 10 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ0025411 In the -event of certain meteorological conditions, the permittee may not be able to attain the effluent temperature limit of 97.1 degrees so the Department has determined it appropriate that an alternate temperature limit shall apply under such meteorological conditions. This is due to the fact that the efficiency of the Hope Creek cooling tower is affected by certain meteorological conditions. Therefore, if these certain meteorological conditions occur, the permittee is not required to meet the daily maximum effluent limitation of 97.1 degrees Fahrenheit but instead is required to monitor for temperature as well as other information. These meteorological conditions and other reporting requirements are as follows:

Given a coincident occurrence of wet bulb temperature that exceeds 760 F and a relative humidity below 60 %

during a given day for a period equal to or greater then 60 minutes, the daily maximum temperature limit does not apply and monitoring only is required. If these two conditions for wet bulb temperature and relative humidity occur, as well as an exceedance of the temperature limit of 97.1 degrees Fahrenheit at DSN 461A, the permittee is required to submit a chart with columns for the following data for each hour of that day; (1)

Cooling Tower Blowdown flow (gpm); (2) Intake Temp; (3) Blowdown Temp ('F); (4) AT ('F) MBTU/Hour; (6) Dry Bulb Temp ('F); (7) Dew Point Temp ('F); (8) Wet Bulb Temp (0F); and (9) Relative Humidity (%).

Dry bulb temperature, dew point, barometric pressure and wind speed and direction are measured at 15-minute intervals at Hope Creek's meteorological Station. Wet bulb temperature and relative humidity are computed using measurements of dry bulb temperature and dew point with a numerical algorithm that relates the dependence of wet bulb temperature and relative humidity on dew point, dry bulb temperature, and atmospheric pressure. In the event that data are not available from the Hope Creek meteorological Tower, then PSEG may utilize data collected at the Wilmington meteorological Station (Wilmington). The use of another alternative source (other than Hope Creek meteorological Tower data or Wilmington meteorogical Station) must be approved in advance by the NJDEP and duly noted on the DMR. The permitee must retain records of the Wilmington data or any other data in its DMR back up file for the term specified by the applicable provisions of the NJPDES regulations.

This alternate temperature condition was originally included in a modification to the existing permit dated October 9, 2000 (effective December 1, 2000). This meteorological condition has only occurred one time and for one day on July 5, 1999 where an effluent limit of 36.7 degrees Celsius (98.0 degrees Fahrenheit) was achieved.

4. Heat Rate: A daily maximum effluent limitation for heat rate of 662 MBTUI/Hr is retained from the existing permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19 for September through May. A daily maximum effluent limitation for heat rate of 534 MBTU/Hr is retained from the existing permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19 for June through August. Reporting as a monthly average is also required for heat rate from September through May as well as for June through August. Heat Rate shall be calculated on a daily basis as the product of heat capacity, effluent flow and discharge to intake temperature difference as indicated in Part IV.

5. pH. A daily minimum pH limitation of 6.0 standard units and a daily maximum pH limitation of 9.0 standard units are retained from the existing permit and are applied in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. Monitoring shall be performed on a weekly basis using a grab sample type.

6. Chlorine Produced Oxidants: A monthly average effluent limitation for chlorine produced oxidants (CPO) of 0.2 mg/L and a daily maximum effluent limitation of 0.5 mg/L are retained from the existing permit in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. These limitations were originally based on the Effluent Limitation Guidelines for the Steam Electric Category (40 CFR Section 423) for cooling tower blowdown. A narrative condition has been retained from the existing permit, which states that CPO may not be discharged from any operating unit for more than two hours in any one day. Monitoring shall be performed on a continuous basis using a meter sample type.

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The Department recognizes that the existing permit requires the permittee to sample "three times 13er week" with a grab sample type. However, given the amount of discharge volume, the Department has determined it more appropriate to sample on a continuous basis. To allow the permittee some time to install the necessary continuous meters, the continuous sample type does not become effective until the effective date of the permit plus one year.

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)7. Phosphorus: The existing permit specifies monitoring for phosphorus where this monitoring is conditional on the permittee using an anti-scalant agent that contains phosphorus. Specifically, this provision allowed for the use of an agent containing phosphorus if such a treatment chemical was needed to protect the mechanical integrity of the cooling tower system.

There has been no use of phosphorus containing treatment chemicals during the course of this existing permit cycle (April 1, 1997 through March 31, 2002). Because the permittee does not anticipate use of a treatment chemical that contains phosphorus in the future, the permittee has requested deletion of this conditional phosphorus condition. The Department does not object to this request and therefore has deleted the phosphorus monitoring condition. In the event that the permittee wishes to use a treatment chemical containing phosphorus in the future, the Department shall be notified in accordance with item E. i.e. of Part IV.

Anti-Backsliding / Anti-Degradation: Because the permittee has no intention of using an anti-sealant agent containing phosphorus as authorized under the existing permit, deletion of this monitoring condition will not affect the quantity of phosphorus in the permittee's discharge through DSN 461A nor will it affect the quality of the receiving waters with respect to phosphorus. As stated previously, the monitoring requirement for phosphorus was conditional on the permittee using an anti-scalant agent. This monitoring condition was hever used during the course of the existing permit cycle since the permittee has not used an anti-scalant agent containing phosphorus.

8. Total Suspended Solids and Oil and Grease: In the existing February 14, 1997 permit, the Department required the permittee to conduct a total suspended solids (TSS) study. The purpose of this study was to assess the permittee's effluent discharge of total suspended solids in order to determine the need for additional restrictions on TSS. This study also required the permittee to collect influent data. This study required the permittee to determine if the cooling tower system was quantitatively changing the volume of total solids from the influent.

This study, dated October 22, 1999, concludes that a statistically significant change (namely a mean difference from 0 mg/L) in the 24-hour concentration of TSS in the influent and effluent concentrations was not measured.

Similarly, a statistically significant change in the average mass rate of TSS in the effluent and influent was not measured.

Based on the results of this study, the Department has concluded that effluent limitations for TSS are not warranted at this time. It should be noted that a New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standard for total suspended solids does not exist at this time for saline waters.

The Department did not impose effluent limitations or monitoring for oil and grease in the February 14, 1997 permit at DSN 461A. This was based on the nature of the operations involved at the site and the effluent sample results which showed that all reported values were less than 1 mg/L at DSN 46 IA. Therefore, the Department concluded in that 1997 permit action that the discharge at DSN 461A has a low potential to exceed the effluent standards at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.8.

The Department has determined that oil and grease effluent limitations and nl9.itorijng requirements continue to be unnecessary at DSN 461A based on available data and the wastewater characteristics at DSN 461A. However, the Department has included a narrative condition in Part IV stating that the effluent shall not exhibit a visible sheen at DSN 461A.

Please note that although effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for oil and grease have not been included at DSN 461A, effluent limitations for oil and grease have been included at DSN's 462B and 461C both

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of which are internal monitoring points that discharge to DSN 461A. This is described later in the Fact Sheet.

Considering the nature of the wastewater components that are monitored at DSN's 462B and 461C, effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for oil and grease are more appropriate at these internal locations.

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9. Whole Effluent Toxicitv (WET): Section 101(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes a national policy of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the Nation's waters. In addition, section 101(a)(3) of the CWA and the State's Surface Water Quality Standards (SWQS) at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.5(a)3 state that the discharge of toxic pollutants in toxic amounts is prohibited. Further, 40 CFR 122.44(d) and N.J.A.C.

7:14A-13.6(a) require that where the Department determines using site-specific WET data that a discharge causes, shows a reasonable potential to cause, or contributes to an excursion above the SWQS, the permitting authority must establish effluent limits for WET. In order to satisfy the requirements of the CWA, the State's SWQS and the NJPDES Regulations, the need for a water quality based effluent limitation (WQBEL)-for WET was evaluated for this discharge.

The February 14, 1997 final permit included a requirement to conduct an acute and chronic toxicity characterization study for DSN 461A. The test results for this study are as follows:

Type of Test Date Results Species Acute 8/25/98

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Acute 1/13/99

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Acute 4/20/99

>100%

Mysidopsis bahid Acute 6/8/99

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Chronic 8/25/98

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Chronic 8/25/98

>100%

Sheepshead minnow Chronic 12/1/98

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Chronic 12/1/98

>100%

Sheepshead minnow Chronic 4/20/99

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Chronic 4/20/99

>100%

Sheepshead minnow Chronic 6/8/99

>100%

Mysidopsis bahia Chronic 6/8/99

>100%

Sheepshead minnow In a permit modification dated February 2, 2000, the Department informed the permitee that it had reviewed the results of the acute and chronic toxicity characterization study and deemed them acceptable.

Th&Department maintains that acute and chronic whole effluent toxicity requirements are not necessary at DSN 461A at this time based on the results of the above referenced data where all results were >100%. Any future requirements for whole effluent toxicity would be issued in a permit modification which would be subject to public comment and notice procedures in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16.4.

Discharge Serial Number 461C

1. Flow: This permit does not include a numerical limitation for flow. Monitoring and reporting conditions for flow as a monthly average and daily maximum are applied pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.13. Monitoring for flow is required on a continuous basis using a flow meter.

2. Total Organic Carbon (TOC): The daily maximum effluent limitation of 50 nfig/L f6r TOC is retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. Monthly average monitoring is also retained for TOC.

TOC shall be monitored on a monthly basis where a composite sample type shall be used.

3.

Petroleum Hydrocarbons: The daily maximum effluent limitation of 15 mg/L and the monthly average limitation of 10 mg/L have been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. These effluent limitations are also consistent with N.J.A.C. -7:14A-12.8. Petroleum Hydrocarbons shall be monitored on a twice/month basis using a grab sample type.

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4. Total Suspended Solids: The monthly average effluent limitation of 30 mg/L and the daily maximum effluent limitation of 100 mg/L have been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. TSS shall be monitored on a monthly basis using a composite sample type.

5. Wastewater Characterization Requirement: Due to the presence of some metals (e.g. copper 191 gg/L; zinc 63.6 jgg/L; cadmium 0.59 gg/L) in the application data, the Department is requiring a wastewater characterization requirement (WCR) for these three metals at this outfall. In addition, the Department is requiring additional sampling for ammonia as a WCR requirement given the use of ammonium hydroxide as an additive and given the recently promulgated NJ surface water quality standard for ammonia for saline waters. A minimum of four samples are required to be obtained from the effective date of the permit (EDP) until EDP + 1 year on a quarterly basis. A composite sample type shall be utilized. In the event that these compounds are shown to be present at levels of concern, the Department reserves its right to reopen the permit to incorporate additional

.monitoring requirements and/or effluent limitations pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16.4.

Discharge Serial Number 462B

1. Flow: This permit does not include a numerical limitation for flow. Monitoring and reporting conditions for flow as a monthly average and daily maximum are applied pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.13. Monitoring for flow is required on a continuous basis using a flow meter.

2.

5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD 5): The monthly average effluent limitation of 8 kg/day has been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. This limitation corresponds to the First stage oxygen demand (FSOD) DRBC allocation of 9.5 kg/day (21 lbs/day). Weekly average reporting for BOD 5 has also been imposed. BOD 5 shall be monitored on a monthly basis where a composite sample type shall be used.

The Department has incorporated a monthly average concentration limit for BOD5 of 30 mg/L and a weekly average limit of 45 mg/L in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.2 (b), the Secondary Treatment Standards.

BOD5 concentration limits are routinely applied to sanitary discharges throughout the state and is particularly appropriate for discharges where the flow volumes fluctuate over time (as is the case with the permittee).

The daily minimum BOD 5 percent removal limitation of 87.5% has been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. Monthly average monitoring and reporting has also been required in this renewal permit. BOD 5 percent removal shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

3. Total Suspended Solids: The monthly average effluent limitation of 30 mg/L and the weekly average limit of 45 mg/L have been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19 and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.2.

Both these limits are consistent with the Secondary Treatment Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.2 (e). TSS shall be monitored on a monthly basis using a composite sample type.

The daily minimum TSS percent removal limitation of 85% has been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19 and N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.2. Monthly average monitoring and reporting has also been required in this renewal permit. TSS percent removal shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

4.

Oil and Grease: The daily maximum effluent limitation of 15 mg/L and the monthly average limitation of 10 mg/L have been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19.

These effluent limitations are also consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.8. Oil and Grease shall be monitored on a monthly basis using a grab sample type.

5. Fecal Coliform: The monthly average effluent limitation of 200 # MPN/100 ml and the weekly average limitation of 400 # MPN/100 ml have been retained from the existing permit consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-13.19. These Fact dsw.rtf

Fact Sheet Page 14 of 28 NJPDES # NJ0025411 effluent limitations are also consistent with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12.5.

Fecal Coliform shall be monitored on a monthly basis using a grab sample type.

6. Chlorine Produced Oxidants (CPO): Although the permittee chlorinates at DSN 462B, the Department has not imposed a CPO limit at DSN 462B since this is an internal monitoring point. A CPO limit has been imposed at DSN 461A to control the discharge of CPO to the receiving waters.

7. Wastewater Characterization Requirement: Due to the presence of some metals (e.g. chromium 3.0 jig/L; copper 76.8 gig/L; cadmium 0.52 [ig/L; nickel 5.9 p.g/L; zinc 302 ýtg/L; and cyanide 14 ýtg/L) in the application data, the Department is requiring a wastewater characterization requirement (WCR) for these metals at this outfall.

Specifically, a minimum of four samples are required to be obtained from the effective date of the permit (EDP) until EDP + 1 year on a quarterly basis. A composite sample type shall be utilized. In the event that these compounds are shown to be present at levels of concern, the Department reserves its right to reopen the permit to incorporate additional monitoring requirements and/or effluent limitations pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16.4.

Discharge Serial Numbers 463A, 464A, 465A Areas of industrial activity exposed to stormwater include secondary containment for the aboveground storage tanks, construction and excavation dewatering, and drum storage areas. As a result, pH, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPHC), and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) are pollutants of concern and will be monitored through this permit. The monitoring requirements were derived from the 1978 EPA Region II Guidance for stormwater runoff from industrial sites, and NJPDES "Oil and Grease Effluent Limitations"(N.J.A.C. 7:14A-12).

Semi-annual monitoring for pH, TPHC, and TOC are proposed.

Although DSN's 463A and 465A discharge primarily stormwater and tidal influx waters, the Department has included narrative conditions at these outfalls to address the emergency discharge of cooling tower blowdown through DSN 463A where this water is discharged via DSN's 463A and 465A. These narrative conditions are included in Part IV.

C. Influent Monitoring Requirements:

In ordqr to calculate percent removals for DSN 462B, influent monitoring is required for TSS and BOD 5 in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.5(b) and -11.2(a) 2 as specified in Part III.

D. Effluent Monitoring Requirements:

Monitoring frequencies and sample types are in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-14, unless specified otherwise in the permit. Monitoring frequencies for all parameters are based on N.J.A.C. 7:14A-14.2(c)1. and are addressed for each individual parameter above.

In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-14.2, the permittee may submit a written request for a modification of the permit to decrease monitoring frequencies for non-limited parameters listed in Part III if site specific conditions indicate the applicability of such a modification.

E. Recommended Quantitation Levels Policy (ROLs):

The Department developed the RQLs to insure that useful data is provided to the Department in order to characterize the discharger's effluent. The Department recommends that the permittee achieve detection levels that are at least as sensitive as the RQLs found in Part III. The Department has determined that the quantitation levels listed therein can

'be reliably and consistently achieved by most state certified laboratories for most of the listed pollutants using the appropriate procedures specified in 40 CFR Part 136. FAILURE TO ATTAIN A QUANTITATION LEVEL AS SENSITIVE AS A LISTED RQL IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT, BUT DOES TRIGGER SOME Fact dsw.rtf

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.PERMIT.

For the purposes of the WCR Requirements specified for DSN's 462B and 461C, the RQLs are based on DRBC requirements. Specifically, the RQLs for zinc, copper, and lead are DRBC requirements and are more sensitive than those recognized by the Department since the DRBC has identified three metals that are a problem in the Delaware River. The RQLs for copper, lead, and zinc shall be 2 ug/L, 1 ug/L, and 10 ug/l respectively.

F. Reporting Requirements:

All data requested to be submitted by this permit shall be reported on the Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs),

Waste Characterization Reports (WCR), and Residual Transfer Reports (RTR) as appropriate and submitted to the Department as required by N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.8(a).

G. General conditions:

In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.3 and 6. 1(b), specific rules from the New Jersey Administrative Code have been incorporated either expressly or by reference in Part I and Part II.

H. Operator Classification Number:

The operator classification requirement is no longer included in the permit. To obtain or determine the appropriate licensed operator classification for the treatment works specified, the permittee shall contact the Bureau of Engineering South at (609) 984-6840 to determine the appropriate licensed operator classification for the treatment works specified.

I. Flow Related Conditions:

All flow related conditions are incorporated into the permit to implement the Treatment Works Approval Program (N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22), the Capacity Assurance Program (N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22.16), the Sewer Ban Program (N.J.A.C.

7:14A-9,2.17), the applicable Water Quality Management Plan (N.J.A.C. 7:15), the Delaware River Basin Commission Requirements (N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.3(b)), and the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14-4).

This facility is recognized as part of the Lower Delaware Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-15.4(b); however, a specific numerical flow restriction is not included in the WQMP.

J. Residuals/Sludge Conditions:

The Limits and Monitoring Requirements in Part III will be deactivated upon issuance of the permit since the domestic and industrial residuals generated at this site are currently managed at a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensed or a NRC Agreement State licensed facility. In the event either source of residual is not managed as a low-level radioactive waste or as a hazardous waste, the appropriate Limits and Monitoring Requirements in Part III will be activated. It will be the responsibility of the permittee to notify the Department to activate the Limits and Monitoring Requirements.

All treatment works with a discharge regulated under N.J.A.C. 7:14A must have permits that implement applicable technical standards for residual's management. Generally, the permit issued to the treatment works generating the residual will include applicable residual quality monitoring as well as other general conditions required by N.J.A.C.

,7:14A-6. In addition, the permit may include conditions related to any aspect of residual management developed on a case-by-case basis where the Department determines that such conditions are necessary to protect public health and the environment.

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)The permit may also include conditions establishing requirements for treatment works that send residual to other

'facilities for final use or disposal. Thus, ALL residual preparers (that is, generators as well as persons who manage the residual) are required to submit basic information concerning their residual use and disposal practices. This basic information is submitted by compliance with the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14C).

The documents listed below have been used to establish the residual conditions of the Draft Permit:

a. United States Environmental Protection Agency "Standards for the use or disposal of sewage sludge" (40 CFR Part 503),

b.

"New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" (N.J.A.C. 7:14A),

c. Technical Manual for Residuals Management, May 1998,

d. USEPA Part 503 Implementation Guidance, EPA 833-R-95-001, October 1995. This document is a compilation of federal requirements, management practices and EPA recommended permit conditions for sewage sludge use and management practices,

e. USEPA A Plain English Guide to the EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule, EPA/832/R-93/003, September 1994,

f. New Jersey "Statewide Sludge Management Plan", November 1987 and

g. New Jersey "Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations" (SQAR), N.J.A.C. 7:14C.

K. Compliance Schedule:

In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.4(a), a schedule of compliance is included in the permit, including interim deadlines for progress or reports of progress towards compliance with the conditions of this permit.

1. Installation of Continuous Sampler for Chlorine Produced Oxidants at DSN 461A:

a. During the initial phase, from the effective date of the permit (EDP) through EDP + 1 year the permittee shall sample CPO three times per week.

b. During the final phase, from EDP + 1 year through EDP + 5 years the permittee shall sample CPO with a continuous sampler.

L. Other Operating Conditions included in Part WV PCB's The Department has retained the narrative condition in Part IV, which prohibits the discharge of PCB's such as those which are commonly used for transformer fluid.

This subject permit renewal does not require effluent PCB monitoring as DRBC communicated to the Department on May 8, 2002 that it is not necessary for the Department to require any PCB monitoring at this time.

Continuous Monitoring Because continuous monitoring is required at DSN's 461A, 461C and 462B, the Department has included narrative guidance as to how the permittee should monitor flow and/or temperature in the event that those meters are temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, calibration or inoperability.

Service Water Bypass Authorization to temporarily redirect service water to DSN 463A, thereby bypassing DSN 46 IA, has been granted in Part IV. This authorization is only permissible during station maintenance where certain notification conditions are specified.

Flow Measurements Using Rhodamine Dye Authorization to perform periodic flow measurement of the cooling tower related systems using Rhodamine WT Dye has been specified in Part IV. Certain notification conditions are specified.

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Fact Sheet Page 17 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ0025411 U* Section 316 Determination Under Section 316(b), the Department must determine whether the location, design, construction, and capacity of the Station's intake structure reflects the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact.

Decisions under Section 316(b) concerning BTA for cooling water intake structures require a case-by-case determination and should include an evaluation of economic considerations. BTA is intended to mean the best technology available commercially at an economically practicable cost and, further, that the co'sts of a technology must not be wholly disproportionate to the environmental benefit to be gained. In the Matter of Carolina Power and Light Company (Brunswick Steam Electric Plant), NPDES Permit No. NC0007064 (November 7, 1977)) at 31-32; In the Matter of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire (Seabrook Station), Case No. 76-6 (June, 1977) ("Seabrook Administrator's Decision") at 13; Letter from Cynthia C. Dougherty, Director, Permits Division, USEPA to John Fields, NJDEP.

As described previously, Hope Creek has a shoreline intake structure which withdraws cooling water from the Service Water System. After use in the Service Water System, the cooling water is utilized as makeup water for the closed cycle cooling system where this system relies on a natural draft cooling tower for evaporative cooling of the condenser cooling water.

The Hope Creek intake structure is equipped with Ristroph travelling screens and a fish return system. The intake structure is located parallel to and nearly flush with the shoreline. This location increases tidal flushing of the forebay, and eliminates long intake canals and blind pockets, thus reducing the entrapment potential. The intake structure is equipped with vertical travelling screens and a fish return system that includes screen panel buckets, a low pressure fish removal system, a high pressure debris removal system, and troughs to return debris and fish to the river.

The intake flow velocities through the trash racks and travelling screens are approximately 0.1 foot per second and 0.39 foot per second, respectively. This reduces the swim speed necessary for a fish to escape the intake's attractive forces and allow most organisms to escape impingement.

The volumes of water associated with Hope Creek's closed cycle cooling system are relatively low, approximately 103 cubjc feet per second (66.8 million gallons per day) during normal operations. Because of this flow volume the number of organisms susceptible to entrainment and impingement is relatively low. Water usage at the Station during normal operations accounts for less than 0.02 percent of the tidal flow of the Estuary.

Based on the above, the Department has determined that the location, design, construction, and capacity of Hope Creek's cooling water intake structure continues to reflect BTA. This technology significantly minimizes the potential mortality of aquatic life typically associated with cooling water intake structures, namely impingement and entrainment. This minimization of mortality is primarily due to the lesser amount of intake flow of closed-cycle cooling systems as compared to once-through cooling systems. Facilities that utilize closed-cycle cooling are recognized in EPA's proposed Section 316(b) rule for existing facilities (Federal Register Notice, April 9, 2002) as having minimized adverse environmental impact.

Variances or Alternatives to Permit Conditions:

Not Applicable Procedure for requesting variances or alternatives to water quality based effluent limitations:

Procedures for modifying water quality based effluent limitations are found in the New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards, N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.8 and 1.9. If a water quality based effluent limitation has been proposed -in this permit

'action, the permittee may request a modification of that limitation in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-I 1.7(a). This request must be made prior to the close of the public comment period. The information that must be submitted to support the request may be obtained from the Division of Watershed Management at (609) 633-7020.

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Fact Sheet Page 18 of 28 NJPDES #: NJ0025411 Description of Procedures for Reaching a Final Decision on the Draft Action:

Please refer to the procedures described in the public notice that is part of the draft permit. The public notice for these actions are published in Today's Sunbeam and in the DEP Bulletin.

MContact Information If you have any questions regarding this permit action, please contact Susan Rosenwinkel, Bureau of Point Source Permitting - Region 2 at (609) 292-4860.

Permit Summary Tables Permit Summary Table for DSN 461A "NL" indicate s that monitoring and reporting is required although no limit has been applied for that parameter.

Dashes (--) indicate there is no effluent data, no limitations, or no monitoring for this parameter depending on the column in which it appears.

PARAMETER UNITS AVERAGING WASTEWATER APPLICATION EXISTING FINAL PERIOD DATA 1/01 -2/02 DATA*

9/25/01 LIMITS LIMITS EFFLUENT Flow MGD Monthly Avg 41.8 46.9 NL NL Daily Max 82.1 96.9 NL NL Data points 14 1461 INTAKE Flow MGD Monthly Avg NL Daily Max NL NET Total Organic Carbon (TOC) mg/L Monthly Avg

-0.714 0.02 NL NL Daily Max 2

6.0 20 NL Data points 14 48 GROSS Total Organic Carbon (TOC) mg/L Monthly Avg 4.28 NL NL Daily Max 6.5 NL NL Data points 14 INTAKE Total Organic Carbon (TOC) mg/L Monthly Avg 3.5 NL NL Daily Max 7.3 NL NL Data points 14 INTAKE Temperature

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Monthly Avg 12.45 12.9 NL NL (September-May)

Daily Max 32.6 28.6 NL NL Data points 11 1096 INTAKE Temperature

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Monthly Avg 27.0 25.3 NL NL (June - August)

Daily Max 29.4 30.3 NL NL Data points 3

365 EFFLUENT Temperature

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Monthly Avg 21.64 22.3 NL NL (September - May)

Daily Max 32.6 34.6 36.2 (97.1)**

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Daily Max 34.8 36.7 36.2 (97.1)**

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Daily Max 309 500.0 662 662 Data points 11 1461 Heat Rate MBTU/Hour Monthly Avg 134 175.8 NL NL (June - August)

Daily Max 263 376.0 534 534 Data points 3

1461 Chlorine Produced Oxidants mg/L Monthly Avg

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Daily Minimum 7.6 6.9 6.0 6.0 Daily Max 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.0 Data points 14 208 Phosphorus mg/L Monthly Avg 0.27 NL Daily Max 0.27 NL Data points I

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Fact Sheet Page 19 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ0025411 Footnotes for Permit Summary Table for DSN 461A The permittee included one sampling point in its application for metals, volatile organics, acid extractables and base/neutrals. Only the following parameters were present in detectable quantities: chromium 7.7 jLg/L (intake 6.5 g.g/L); copper 7.4 j.g/L (intake 8.3 pgg/L); lead 4.0 ptg/L (intake 2.9 gg/L); nickel 4.7 gtg/L (intake 4.3 gg/L);

zinc 44.1 g.g/L (intake 38.9 ptg/L); bromoform 4.6 ýig/L (intake 34 gg/L); chlorodibromomethane 0.15 jig/L (intake 1.8 ptg/L); and di-N-butyl plithalate 0.4 gig/L (intake <4.5 g.g/L).

• • In the event of extreme meteorological conditions as specifically defined in Part IV of this-permit, the permittee is only required to monitor for effluent temperature and is not required to comply with the effluent temperature limit.

• • • Acute and chronic characterization studies were required in the February 14, 1997 permit. Based on the receipt of four acceptable acute and chronic whole effluent toxicity tests, the Department issued a permit modification

-dated February 22, 2000 to eliminate acute and chronic whole effluent toxicity testing.

Permit Summary Table for DSN 461C "NL" indicates that monitoring and reporting is required although no limit has been applied for that parameter.

Dashes (--) indicate there is no effluent data, no limitations, or no monitoring for this parameter depending on the column in which it appears.

-PARAMETER UNITS AVERAGING WASTEWATER APPLICATION EXISTING FINAL PERIOD DATA DATA*

LIMITS LIMITS 1/01-2/02 9/25/01 Effluent Flow MGD Monthly Avg 0.039 0.04 NL NL Daily Max 0.130 0.27 NL NL Data points 14 1461 Total Suspended Solids mg/L Monthly Avg 9.16

<1.0 10 10 Daily Max 57 8.0 15 15 Data points 14 96 Petroleum Hydrocarbons mg/L Monthly Avg 1.87 10.1 NL NL Daily Max 4

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1. detected 3

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1. non-detect 11 Total Org~anic Carbon (TOC) mgfL Monthly Avg 5.64 6.5 30 30 Daily Max 11 22.0 100 100 Data points 14 48 The permittee included one sampling point in its application for metals, volatile organics, acid extractables and base/neutrals. Only the following parameters were present in detectable quantities: copper 191 Vtg/L; zinc 63.6 jig/L; cadmium 0.59 ptg/L; bromoform 0.4 gg/L; chloroform 1.0 gtg/L; and diethyl phthalate 4.4 ptg/L.

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Fact Sheet Page 20 of 28 NJPDES # : NJ0025411 Permit Summary Table for DSN 462B PARAMETER UNITS AVERAGING WASTEWATER APPLICATION EXISTING FINAL PERIOD DATA DATA*

'LIMITS LIMITS 1/01 -2/02 9/25/01 Effluent Flow MGD Monthly Avg 0.010 0.02 NI; NL Daily Max 0.030 0.07 NL NL Data Points 14 1.461

BOD, Kg/day Monthly Avg 0.2857 12.6 8

8 Weekly Avg NL Daily Max 1

35.0 NL Data Points 14 16 BOD5 mg/L Monthly Avg 30 Weekly Avg 45 Daily Max BOD 5-Percent Removal

% Daily Monthly Avg 96.3 NL Minimum 88.4 87.5 87.5 Data Points 14 Total Suspended Solids mg/L Monthly Avg 11.6 18.2 30 30 Daily Max 19 60.0 Weekly Avg 11.6 45 45 Data Points 14 48 TSS - Percent Removal Monthly Avg 96.95 NL Minimum 93.3 85 85 Data Points 14 Fecal Coliform MPN/100 ml Monthly Avg 3.75 4.2 200 200 Weekly Avg.

6 99.0 400 400

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1. non-detect 10 Oil and Grease mg/L Monthly Avg 2.5 1.4 10 10 Daily Max 7

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1. detected 6

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1. non-detect 8

• The permittee included one sampling point in its application for metals, volatile organics, acid extractables and base/neutrals. Only the following parameters were present in detectable quantities: chromium 3.0 p-g/L; copper 76.8 V.g/L; cadmium 0.52 j.ig/L; nickel 5.9 pgg/L; zinc 302 p-g/L; cyanide 14 ptg/L; chloroform 2.8 jtg/L; toluene 10 j-g..L; bis-2-ethylhexyl phthalate 1.3 ptg/L; diethylphthalate 3.4 ug/L; and di-N-butyl phthalate 0.4 gig/L.

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Fact Sheet Page21 of 28 NJPDES # NJ0025411 CONTENTS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD The following items are used to establish the basis of the Draft Permit:

1.

33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

2.

N.J.S.A. 58: 10A-1 et seq., New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act.

3.

40 CFR Part 122, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

4.

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et seq., New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Regulations. [A]

5.

N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1 et seq., New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards. [A]

6.

40 CFR Part 131, Federal Water Quality Standards. [A]

7.

"Field Sampling Procedures Manual", published by the NJDEP. [A]

8.

"Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Instructional Manual", published by the NJDEP. [A]

9.

"EPA Technical Support Document for Water Quality-based Toxics Control", EPA/505/2-90-0O1, March 1991. [A]

10.

"Basis and background: Regulation of Toxics in NJDES/DSW Permits," NJDEP, April 15, 1993.

11.

Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Regulations

12.

NJPDES/DSW Permit Application dated September 25, 2001

13.

NJPDES/DSW Permit NJ002541 1, issued February 14, 1997 and modification's February 2, 2000 and October 9, 2000.

14.

Site Visit on May 21, 2002.

15.

Discharge monitoring reports dated January 2001 through February 2002.

16.

40 CFR Part 423, EPA Effluent Limitation Guidelines for the Steam Electronic Power Generating Category.

17.

DRBC.Docket 73-193-CP, revised April 25, 1984.

18.

Communication dated May 8, 2002 from Patricia McSparran of DRBC to Susan Rosenwinkel and NJDEP stating that PCB monitoring need not be a component of any renewal permit.

19.

Correspondence dated October 1, 2001 addressed to NJDEP from G. Salomon of PSE&G to transmit the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Inspection and annual update.

20.

Submittal dated August 31, 2001 addressed to Carol Collier of the DRBC from Maureen Vaskis of PSE&G concerning PCB monitoring samples that were collected December 7, 2000, January 25, 2001, and March 21,

....2001.

21.

Correspondence dated October 22, 1999 addressed to Debra Hammond of NJDEP from J. Eggers of PSE&G transmitting the final report for the Cooling Tower Total Suspended Solids study.

22.

Correspondence dated July 9, 1998 addressed to Administrator of Water Compliance and Enforcement notifying the Department of an upset condition where an effluent temperature value of 98.0°F was reached on July 5, 1999. This correspondence requests an affirmative defense for the violation done to extreme meteorological conditions.

23.

Correspondence addressed to David Powell of PSE&G from Richard DeWan dated November 25, 1997 approving the cooling tower total suspended solids study work plan.

24.

Correspondence addressed to Suzanne Dietrick of PSE&G from David Powell dated October 1, 1997 containing a cooling tower suspended solids work plan.

25.

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan submitted by PSE&G on September.0, 1997 and approved by NJDEP on December 4, 1997.

26.

1978 EPA Region II Guidance for stormwater runoff from industrial sites.

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Permit Number: NJ0025411 Draft: Surface Water Renewal Permit Action Permittee:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC PO BOX 236/N21 ALLOWAY CREEK NECK ROAD HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NJ. 08038 Property Owner:

PSEG NUCLEAR LLC 80 PARK PLAZA NEWARK, NJ 07101 Co-Permittee:

Location Of Activity:

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION ARTIFICIAL ISLAND FOOT OF BUTTONWOOD RD LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, NJ 08038-0000

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Commissioner's Office DEP AUTHORIZATION' Pilar Patterson, Chieft-Bureau of Point Source Permitting - Region 2 Division of Water Quality (Terms, conditions and provisions attached hereto)

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION Lower Alloways Creek Permit No. NJ0025411 Discharge to Surface Water Surface Water Renewal Permit Action PART I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

NJPDES A.

General Requirements of all NJPDES Permits

1.

Requirements Incorporated by Reference a.. The permittee shall comply with all conditions set forth in this permit and with all the applicable requirements incorporated into this permit by reference. The permittee is required to comply with the regulations, including those cited in paragraphs b. through e. following, which are in effect as of the effective date of the final permit.

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b.

General Conditions Penalties for Violations Incorporation by Reference Toxic Pollutants Duty to Comply Duty to Mitigate Inspection and Entry Enforcement Action Duty to Reapply Signatory Requirements for Applications and Reports Effect of Permit/Other Laws Severability Administrative Continuation of Permits Permit Actions Reopener Clause Permit Duration and Renewal Consolidation of Permit Process Confidentiality Fee Schedule Treatment Works Approval

c.

Operation And Maintenance Need to Halt or Reduce not a Defense Proper Operation and Maintenance

d.

Monitoring And Records Monitoring Recordkeeping Signatory Requirements for Monitoring Reports

e.

Reporting Requirements Planned Changes Reporting of Monitoring Results Noncompliance Reporting Hotline/Two Hour & Twenty-four Hour Reporting Written Reporting Duty to Provide Information Schedules of Compliance Transfer N.J.A.C. 7:14-8.1 et seq.

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.3 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)4i N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)l & 4 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)5 & 11 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.1 1(e)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.9 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4.2(e)3 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-4.9 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)6 & 7 & 2.9(c)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.2 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.8 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.7(c)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)10 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.7(a) & (b)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-15.5 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-18.2 & 2.1 l(g)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-3.1 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-22 & 23 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.9(b)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.12 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.5 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.6 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.9 N.J.A.C..7:14A-6.7 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.8 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.10 & 6.8(h)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A,6.10(c) & (d)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.10(e) &(f) & 6.8(h)

N.J.A.C. 7:14A-2.11, 6.2(a)14 & 18.1 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.4 N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)8 & 16.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS Page I of 1.

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action PART II GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

DISCHARGE CATEGORIES A.

Additional Requirements Incorporated By Reference

1. Requirements for Discharges to Surface Waters

a. In addition to conditions in Part I of this permit, the conditions in this section are applicable to activities at the permitted location and are incorporated by reference. The permittee is required to comply with the regulations which are in effect as of the effective date of the final permit.

i.

Surface Water Quality Standards N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1 ii.

Water Quality Management Planning Regulations N.J.A.C. 7:15 B.

General Conditions

1.

Scope

a. The issuance of this permit shall not be considered as a waiver of any applicable federal, state, and local rules, regulations and ordinances.

2.

Permit Renewal Requirement

a. Permit conditions remain in effect and enforceable until and unless the permit is modified, renewed or revoked by the Department.

b. Submit a complete permit renewal application: 180 days before the Expiration Date.

3.

Notification of Non-Compliance a, The permittee shall notify the Department of all non-compliance when required in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6. 10 by contacting the DEP HOTLINE at 1-877-WARNDEP (1-877-927-6337).

b.

The permittee shall submit a written report as required by N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.10 within five days.

4.

Notification of Changes

a. The permittee shall give written notification to the Department of any planned physical or operational alterations or additions to the permitted facility when the alteration is expected to result in a significant change in the permittee's discharge and/or residuals use or disposal practices including the cessation of discharge in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.7.

b. Prior to any change in ownership, the current permittee shall comply with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16.2, pertaining to the notification of change in ownership.

5.

Access to Information a, The permittee shall allow an authorized representative of the Department, upon the presentation of credentials, to enter upon a person's premises, for purposes of inspection, and to access /,copy any records that must be kept under the conditions of this permit.

6.

Operator Certification General Discharge Requirements Page I of 3

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.N.J0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action

a. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:1OA-1.1 et seq. every wastewater system not exempt pursuant to N.J.A.C.

7:10A-1.10(b) requires a licensed operator. The operator of a system shall meet the Department's requirements pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:1OA-I.1 and any amendments. The name of the proposed operator, where required shall be submitted to the Department at the address below, in order that his/her qualifications may be determined prior to initiating operation of the treatment works.

i.

Notifcations shall be submitted to:

NJDEP Examination and Licensing Unit P.O. Box 417 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 (609)777-1012

b. The permittee shall notify the Department of any changes in licensed operator within two weeks of the change.

7.

Operation Restrictions

a. The operation of a waste treatment or disposal facility shall at no time create: (a) a discharge, except as authorized by the Department in the manner and location specified in Part III of this permit; (b) any discharge to the waters of the state or any standing or ponded condtion for water or waste, except as specifically authorized by a valid NJPDES permit.

8.

Residuals Management

a. The permittee shall comply with land-based sludge management criteria and shall conform with the requirements for the management of residuals and grit and screenings under N.J.A.C.

7:14A-6.15(a), which includes:

i.

Standards for the Use or Disposal of Residual, N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20; ii.

Section 405 of the Federal Act governing the disposal of sludge from treatment works treating domestic sewage; iii. The Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:lE-1 et seq., and the Solid Waste Management Rules, N.IA.C. 7:26; iv. The Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations, N.J.A.C. 7:14C;

v.

The Statewide Sludge Management Plan promulgated pursuant to the Water Quality Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 58: I1A-1 et seq., and the Solid Waste Management Act, N.J.S.A. 13:IE-1 et seq.;

and vi. The provisions concerning disposal of sewage sludge and septage in sanitary landfills set forth at N.J.S.A. 13:1E-42 and the Statewide Sludge Management Plan.

vii. Residual that is disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit shall meet the requirements in 40 CFR Part 258 and/or N.J.A.C. 7:26 concerning the quality of residual disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit. (That is, passes the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure and does not contain "free liquids" as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.)

b. If any applicable standard for residual use or disposal is promulgated under section 405(d)of the Federal Act and Sections 4 and 6 of the State Act and that standard is more stringent than any limitation on the pollutant or practice in the permit, the Department may modify or revoke and reissue the permit to conform to the standard for residual use or disposal.

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action

c. The permittee shall make provisions for storage, or some other approved alternative management strategy, for anticipated downtimes at a primary residual management alternative. The permittee shall not be permitted to store residual beyond the capacity of the structural treatment and storage components of the treatment works. N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20.8(a) and N.J.A.C. 7:26 provide for the temporary storage of residuals for periods not exceeding six months, provided such storage does not cause pollutants to enter surface or ground waters of the State. The storage of residual for more than six months is not authorized under this permit. However, this prohibition does not apply to residual that remains on the land for longer than six months when the person who prepares the residual demonstrates that the land on which the residual remains is not a surface disposal site or landfill. The demonstration shall explain why residual must remain on the land for longer than six months prior to final use or disposal, discuss the approximate time period during which the residual shall be used or disposed and provide documentation of ultimate residual management arrangements. Said demonstration shall be in writing, be kept on file by the person who prepares residual, and submitted to the Department upon request.

d. The permittee shall comply with the appropriate adopted District Solid Waste or Sludge Management Plan (which by definition in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2 includes Generator Sludge Management Plans), unless otherwise specifically exempted by the Department.

e. The preparer must notify and provide information necessary to comply with the N.J.A.C.

7:14A-20 land application requirements to the person who applies bulk residual to the land. This shall include, but not be limited to, the applicable recordkeeping requirements and certification statements of 40 CFR 503.17 as referenced at N.J.A.C 7:14A-20.7(j).

f. The preparer who provides biosolids to another person who further prepares the biosolids for application to the land must provide this person with notification and information necessary to comply with the N.J.A.C. 7:14A-20 land application requirements.

g. Any person who prepares bulk residual in New Jersey that is applied to land in a State other than New Jersey shall comply with the requirement atN.J.A.C. 7:14A-20.7(b)l.ix and/or 20.7(b)1.x, as applicable, to provide written notice to the Department and to the permitting authority for the State in which the bulk residual is proposed to be applied.

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HOPE CREEK GENr

'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek PART 1II LIMITS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS A.

STORMWATER DISCHARGE Permni NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rene rmit Action Monitored Location Group Members 463A Stormwater, 464A Stormwater, 465A Stormwater Consolidated DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Semi-Annual DMR: within twenty-five days after the end of every 6 month monitoring period beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP).

Ta;,le III - A - 1: Consolidated DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point Base Frequency Type Period Limit pH Effluent REPORT Daily 1 / 6 Months Grab January thin December Final Gross Value SUR" Maximum Petrol Hydrocarbons, Effluent REPORT Daily 1 / 6 Months Grab January thru December Final Total Recoverable Gross Value MG/L Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic GoEffluent REPORT Daily 1 / 6 Months Grab January thru December Final (TOC)

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HOPE CREEK GEN" * 'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perm NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated RenE armit Action B.

461A DSN 461A - DSW Location Description Samples shall be collected at a point after combination with all wastewater components and after dechlorination but prior to discharge to the Delaware River. DSN 461A is located at latitude 39 degrees, 28', 14" and long. 75 degrees 32' 34". DSN 461A discharges to Zone 5 of the Delaware River. The initial period is effective from the effective date of the permit (EDP) to EDP + 1 year whereas the final period becomes effective on EDP + 1 year. The permittee shall install a continuous sampler for CPO by EDP + 1 year.

Discharge Categories Industrial Wastewater Surface Water DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Monthly DMR: within twenty-five days after the end of every month beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP).

Table III - B - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification I Point Base Frequency Type Period Limit Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Average Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Maximum Flow, In Conduit or Intake From REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Stream MGD Average Flow, In Conduit or Intake From REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Stream MGD Maximum pH Effluent 6.0 Daily 1 / Week Grab January thru December Final Gross Value SU Minimum pH Effluent 9.0 Daily I / Week Grab January thru December Final Gross Value SU Maximum Chlorine Produced Effluent 0.2 Monthly Continuous Grab January thru December Final 0.1 Oxidants Gross VlIIueI MG/L Average Rec Quant Level Chlorine Produced Effluent 0.5 Daily Continuous Grab January thru December Final 0.1 Oxidants Gross Value MG/L Maximum Rec Quant Level Temperature, Effluent REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Final oC Gross Value DEG.C Average Temperature, Effluent 36.2 Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Final oC Gross Value DEG.C Maximum Temperature, Intake From REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Final oC Stream DEG.C Average Temperature, Intake From REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Final oC Stream DEG.C Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent REPORT Monthly I / Month Grab January thru December Final (TOC)

Gross Value MG/L AverageII I

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HOPE CREEK GENr'ýTING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permi*"',. NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rene irmit Action Table III - B - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample oin Limit Statistical Sampling Sample 1

Monitoring TiPhase 1

Quantification Point [_________j Base j

Frequency Type J

Period j___________Limit Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent REPORT Daily I / Month Grab January thru December Final (TOC)

Gross Value MG/L Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent Net REPORT Monthly 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Final (TOC)

Value MG/L Average Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent Net REPORT Daily 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Final (TOC)

Value MG/L Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic Intake From REPORT Monthly I1 / Month Grab January thru December Final (TOC)

Stream MG/L Average Carbon, Tot Organic Intake From REPORT Daily I

/ Month Grab January thru December Final (TOC)

Stream MG/L Maximum Heat (summer)

Effluent REPORT Monthly 1 / Day Calculated June thru August Final (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Average Heat (summer)

Effluent 534 Daily 1 /Day Calculated June thru August Final (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Maximum Heat (winter)

Effluent REPORT Monthly 1 /Day Calculated September thru May Final (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Average Heat (winter)

Effluent 662 Daily 1 / Day Calculated September thru May Final (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Maximum Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Initial Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Average Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Initial Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Maximum pH Effluent 6.0 Daily I

/ Week Grab January thru December Initial Gross Value SU Minimum I

I pH

.Effluent 9.0 Daily 1 / Week Grab January thru December Initial Gross Vakue SU Maximum Chlorine Produced Effluent 0.2 Monthly 3 / Week Grab January thru December Initial 0.1 Oxidants Gross Value MG/L Average Rec Quant Level Chlorine Produced Effluent 0.5 Daily 3 / Week Grab January thru December Initial 0.1 Oxidants Gross Value MG/L Maximum Rec Quant Level Temperature, Effluent REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Initial oC Gross Value DEG.C Average Temperature, Effluent 36.2 Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Initial oC Gross Value DEG.C Maximum Temperature, Intake From REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Initial oC Stream DEG.C Average Temperature, Intake From REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Initial oC Stream DEG.C Maximum Limits And Monitoring Requirements Page 3 of 16

HOPE CREEK GEIS'- -TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perrr PER020001 Consolidated Ren NJ0025411 ermit Action Table III - B - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statisti Sampling Sample T

Monitoring Phase Quantification

______Point__

I EPRTf ta~~

Frequency Type Period Limit~

Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent REPORT Monthly I / Month Grab January thru December Initial (TOC)

Gross Value MG/L Average I

I Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent REPORT Daily 1 / Month Grab January thru December Initial (TOC)

Gross Value MG/L Maximum I

I Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent Net REPORT Monthly 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Initial (TOC)

Value MG/L

Average, Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent Net REPORT Daily 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Initial (TOC)

Value MG/L Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic Intake From REPORT Monthly 1 / Month Grab January thru December Initial (TOC)

Stream MG/L Average Carbon, Tot Organic Intake From REPORT Daily 1 / Month Grab January thru December Initial (TOC)

Stream MG/L Maximum Heat (summer)

Effluent REPORT Monthly 1 /Day Calculated June thru August Initial (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Average Heat (summer)

Effluent 534 Daily 1 /Day Calculated June thru August Initial (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Maximum Heat (winter)

Effluent REPORT Monthly I / Day Calculated September thru May Initial (per Hr.)

Gross Value MBTU/HR Average Heat (winter)

Effluent 662 Daily I

/ Day Calculated September thru May Initial (per Hr.)

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HOPE CREEK GE0 TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Pern NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rent ermit Action C.

461C DSN 461C - DSW INTERNAL Location Description Samples for this internal monitoring point shall be collected after all treatment has been performed and prior to mixing with cooling tower blowdown. This internal discharge point discharges through DSN 461A where DSN 461A discharges at latitude 39 degrees, 28', 14" and long. 75 degrees 32' 34".

Discharge Categories Industrial Wastewater Surface Water DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Monthly DMR: within twenty-five days after the end of every month beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP).

Table III - C - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point I

Base Frequency Type Period Limit Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Monthly Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Average Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Daily Continuous Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Maximum Solids, Total Effluent 30 Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Gross Value MG/L Average Solids, Total Effluent 100 Daily 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Gross Value MG/L Maximum Petrol Hydrocarbons, Effluent 10 Monthly 2 / Month Grab January thru December Final Total Recoverable Gross Value MG/L Average Petrol Hydrocarbons, Effluent 15 Daily 2 / Month Grab January thru December Final Total Recoverable Gross Value MG/L Maximum Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent REPORT Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final (TOC)

Gross Vilue MG/L Average Carbon, Tot Organic Effluent 50 Daily I / Month Composite January thru December Final (TOC)

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HOPE CREEK GEN"- "NTING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perrr' NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rent ermitAction Surface Water WCR - Quarterly Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Quarterly WCR: within twenty-five days after the end of every quarterly monitoring period beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP). A minimum of four samples shall be taken during the period beginning with the effective date of the permit (EDP) until EDP + 1 year for DSN 461C. After EDP + 1 year, the Wastewater Characterization Requirement is no longer required for DSN 461C.

Table III - C - 2: Surface Water WCR - Quarterly Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Compliance Units Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Quantity Type Period Limit Nitrogen, Ammonia REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 20 Total (as N)

I Rec Quant Level

Zinc, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite I January thru December Final 10 Total Recoverable_

Rec Quant Level

Cadmium, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 4

Total Recoverable Rec Quant Level

Copper,

"'REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 2

Total Recoverable I

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HOPE CREEK GEF

'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perur NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rent ermit Action D.

462B DSN 462B - DSW OUTFALL Location Description Samples obtained from this internal monitoring point shall be collected after all treatment has been performed and prior to mixing with cooling tower blowdown. This internal discharge point discharges through DSN 461A where DSN 461A discharges at latitude 39 degrees, 28', 14" and long. 75 degrees 32' 34".

Discharge Categories Industrial Wastewater Surface Water DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Monthly DMR: Within twenty-five days after the end of every month beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP)..

Table III - D - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and. Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point Base' Frequency T Type Period Limit Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Monthly I / Day Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Average I

Flow, In Conduit or Effluent REPORT Daily I / Day Metered January thru December Final Thru Treatment Plant Gross Value MGD Maximum BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Raw REPORT Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Sew/influentj MG/L Average BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Raw REPORT Daily I / Month Composite January thru December Final

[Sew/influent MG/L Maximum BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Effluent 8

Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Gross Value KG/DAY Average BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Effluent REPORT Weekly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final

[Gross Value KG/DAY Average BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Effluent 30 Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final

__Gross Vlue MG/L Average I

BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Effluent 45 Weekly I / Month Composite January thru December Final Gross Value MG/L Average BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Percent 87.5 Daily 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Final Removal PERCENT Minimum BOD, 5-Day (20 oC)

Percent REPORT Monthly 1 / Month UCalculated January thru December Final Removal PERCENT Average Solids, Total Raw REPORT Monthly I / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Sew/influent MG/L Average Solids, Total Raw REPORT Daily 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Sew/influent MG/L Maximum Solids, Total Effluent 30 Monthly 1 / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Gross Value MG/L Average I

I I

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HOPE CREEK GE

\\TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Per PER020001 Consolidated Rer,

.NJ0025411 c'ermit Action Table III - D - 1: Surface Water DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point I

I Base Frequency Type Period ILimit Solids, Total Effluent 45 Weekly I / Month Composite January thru December Final Suspended Gross Value MG/L Average Solids, Total Percent 85 Daily 1 / Month Calculated January thru December Final Suspended Removal PERCENT Minimum Solids, Total Percent REPORT Monthly 1 /Month Calculated January thru December Final Suspended Removal PERCENT Average Oil and Grease Effluent 10 Monthly 1 / Month Grab January thru December Final Gross Value MG/L Average Oil and Grease Effluent 15 Daily 1 / Month Grab January thru December Final Gross Value MG/L Maximum Coliform, Fecal Effluent 200 Monthly 1 /Month Grab January thru December Final General Gross Value

1. /100ML Geo Avg Coliform, Fecal Effluent 400 Weekly 1 / Month Grab January thru December Final General

[Gross Valuej

1. /100ML Geometric Surface Water WCR - Quarterly Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Quarterly WCR: within twenty-five days after the end of every quarterly monitoring period beginning from the effective date of the permit (EDP). A minimum of four samples shall be taken during the period beginning with the effective date of the permit (EDP) until EDP + I year for DSN 462B. After EDP + 1 year, the Wastewater Characterization Requirement is no longer required for DSN 462B.

Table III - D - 2: Surface Water WCR - Quarterly Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter C ompliance Units Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification I

Quantity Type Period Limit Cyanide, Total REPORT UG/L Grab

'January thru December Final 40 (as CN)

Rec Quant Level

Nickel, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 10 Total Recoverable Rec Quant Level

Zinc, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 10 Total Recoverable Rec Quant Level

Cadmium, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 4

Total Recoverable Rec Quant Level

Chromium, REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 10 Total Recoverable Rec Quant Level

Copper, I

REPORT UG/L 24 Hour Composite January thru December Final 2

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HOPE CREEK GEN- - "TING STATION, LowerAlloways Creek Perrr NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rent ermit Action E.

SI6A OIL/WATER SEPARATOR Location Description A representative sample of residuals generated by the Oil/Water Separator shall be analyzed pursuant to the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (SQAR, N.J.A.C. 7:14C).

Discharge Categories Industrial Wastewater Residuals DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit an Annual DMR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar year:

Table III - E - 1: Residuals DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring I

Phase Quantification Point Base Frequency Type Periodj Limit Nitrate Nitrogen, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight

_Residualsj MG/KG Averagej_

Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Total, Dry Wt Residuals MG/KG Average Styrene Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Nitrogen, Ammonia Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Sulfide, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I1

/ Year Composite January thru December Final (as S)

Residuals MG/KG Average Magnesium Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Barium, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final (as Ba)

Residuils MG/KG Average Boron, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final (as B)

Residuals MG/KG Average Manganese, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final (as Mi)

Residuals MG/KG Average Titanium, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final (as Ti)

Residuals MG/KG Average Molybdenum Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Phosphorus Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Arsenic, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Limits And Monitoring Requirements Page 9 of 16

HOPE CREEK GEIV'

'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perrr".-

NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Reni ermit Action Table III - E - 1: Residuals DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification o

Point I

Base Frequency Type Period I

I Limit Cobalt, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final (as Co)

Residuals MG/KG Average Silver, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Antimony, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Aluminum, Total Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final (as Al)

Residuals MG/KG Average Selenium, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals M G/KG Average Copper, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Cadmium, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals M G/KG Average Zinc, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals M G/KG Average Lead, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Nickel, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals M G/KG Average Mercury, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Chromium, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Iron, Dry Weight

-Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Benzene, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Bis(2-chloroethyl)

Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final ether, Dry Wt Residuals MG/KG Average Butyl benzyl-Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final phthalate, Dry Wt Residuals MG/KG Average Dimethyl phthalate, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1I /Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Naphthalene Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final D ry W eight R esiduals M G /K G A verage Jan ar Final 2-Chloronaphthalene, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals M G/KG Average Limits And Monitoring Requirements Page 10 of 16

HOPE CREEK GEl'

'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perrt PER020001 Consolidated Ren, NJO025411

!ermit Action Table III - E - 1: Residuals DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Q uantification Point Base Frequency Type Period I

Limit Di-n-butyl phthalate Industrial REPORTM/

Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG_

Average Hexachlorobenzene, Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Carbon Tetrachloride Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Chlorobenzene, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Chloroform Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals MG/KG Average Ethylbenzene Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals M G/KG Average Methylene Chloride, Industrial REPORT Monthly I 1/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals M G/KG Average I

Tetrachloroethylene, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals M G/KG Average I

Toluene, Dry Weight Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average Trichloroethylene, Industrial REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Residuals M G/KG Average 1,1,1-Trichloro-Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final ethane, Dry Wt Residuals MG/KG Average Carbon disulfide Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average I

Vinyl acetate

-Industriral REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residud s MG/KG Average Xylene Industrial REPORT -

Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average I

I Acetone Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals MG/KG Average I

t Phenol, Single Industrial REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Compound, Dry Wt Residuals MG/KG Average 2,4-D Industrial REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Residuals M G/KG Average I

I I

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HOPE CREEK GEN" TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permý'

NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated RenE armit Action Residuals WCR - Monthly Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Monthly WCR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar month.

Table III - E - 2: Residuals WCR - Monthly Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Compliance Units Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Quantity Type Period Limit Sludge Landfilled REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Land Applied REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Disposed REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Out-of-State I

Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT WCY/MO Calculated January thru December Final Wet Cubic Yards Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT WMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Wet Metric Tons Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT GAL/MON Calculated January thru December Final Gallons Sludge Bene Use REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Out-of-State Sludge Surface REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Disposed Total Amount of REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Removed o

Sludge Incinerated REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Disposed-REPORT DMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Other Methods Sludge/Septage Rcvd REPORT WMT/MO Calculated January thru December Final Offsite Srces Wet MT Sludge/Septage Rcvd REPORT GAL/MON Calculated January thru December Final Offsite Srces Gals Sludge/Septage Rcvd REPORT WCY/MO Calculated January thru December Final Offsite Srces Wt Yd3 Solids, Total REPORT

%TS Composite January thru December Final Limits And Monitoring Requirements Page 12 of 16

HOPE CREEK GEN- " 'TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perrr' NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Ren ermit Action Residuals Transfer Reporting Requirements:

Submit a Monthly RTR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar month.

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HOPE CREEK GEIV TING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Perm' NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Ren(

ermit Action F.

SLIA STP SYSTEM Location Description A representative sample of residuals generated by the STP System shall be analyzed pursuant to the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (SQAR, N.J.A.C. 7:14C).

Discharge Categories Industrial Wastewater Residuals DMR Reporting Requirements:

Submit an Annual DMR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar year.

Table III - F - 1: Residuals DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point Base Frequency Type Period Limit Solids, Total Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final I_

I__J %TS Average Nitrate Nitrogen, Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight I

I MG/KG Average Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Total, Dry Wt MG/KG Average Potassium Residuals REPORT Monthly I1

/ Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight MG/KG Average Nitrogen, Ammonia Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight MG/KG Average Calcium Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December jFinal Dry Weight MG/KG Average I

Molybdenum Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight I

MG/KG Average Phosphorus Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight M G/KG Average Arsenic, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final MG/KG Average Selenium, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final I

MG/KG Average Copper, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final I

MG/KG Average Beryllium Residuals REPORT Monthly 1 / Year Composite January thru December Final Dry Weight Id MG/KG Average Cadmium, Dry Weight Residuals, REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final MG/KG Average Limits And Monitoring Requirements Page 14 of 16

HOPE CREEK GE1 TING STATION, Lower Altoways Creek Pern' NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Rent.

.ermit Action Table III - F - 1: Residuals DMR Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Sample Limit Statistical Sampling Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification Point Base Frequency Type Period Limit Zinc, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I

/ Year Composite January thru December Final MG/KG Average Lead, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I / Year Composite January thru December Final IIMG/KG Average Nickel, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I

/Year Composite January thru December Final MG/KG Average Mercury, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I

/Year Composite January thru December Final IMG/KG Average Chromium, Dry Weight Residuals REPORT Monthly I

1/Year Composite January thru December Final MG/KG Average

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HOPE CREEK GEV' ITING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek I

Pern;*. NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Ren,

'ermit Action Residuals WCR - Annual Reporting Requirements:

Submit an Annual WCR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar year.

Table III - F - 2: Residuals WCR - Annual Limits and Monitoring Requirements Parameter Compliance Units Sample Monitoring Phase Quantification l

a Quantity Type Period Limit Sludge Landfilled REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Land Applied REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Disposed REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Out-of-State Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT WCY/YR Calculated January thru December Final Wet Cubic Yards Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT-WMTIYR Calculated January thru December Final Wet Metric Tons Amt Sludge Rmvd, REPORT GAL/YEAR Calculated January thru December Final Gallons Sludge Bene Use REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Out-of-State Sludge Surface REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Disposed Total Amount of REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Removed Sludge Incinerated REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Sludge Disposed-REPORT DMT/YR Calculated January thru December Final Other Methods Solids, Total REPORT

%TS Composite January thru December Final Residuals Transfer Reporting Requirements:

Submit an Annual RTR: due 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar year.

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.N.J0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action PART IV SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: NARRATIVE Industrial Wastewater A.

MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

1. Standard Monitoring Requirements

a. Each analysis required by this permit shall be performed by a New Jersey Certified Laboratory that is certified to perform that analysis.

b. The Permittee shall perform all water/wastewater analyses in accordance with the analytical test procedures specified in 40 CFR 136 unless other test procedures have been approved by the Department in writing or as otherwise specified in the permit.

c.

The permittee shall utilize analytical methods that will ensure compliance with the Quantification Levels (QLs) listed in PART Il. If the permittee and/or contract laboratory determines that the QLs achieved for any pollutant(s) generally will not be as sensitive as the QLs specified in PART III, the permittee must submit a justification of such to the Bureau of Point Source Permitting Region 2. Failure to submit a justification is a permit violation.

d. All sampling shall be conducted in accordance with the Department's Field Sampling Procedures Manual; or an alternate method approved by the Department in writing.

e. All monitoring shall be conducted as specified in Part III.

f. All sample frequencies expressed in Part III are minimum requirements. However, if additional samples are taken, analytical results shall be reported as appropriate.

g. The permittee shall perform all residual analyses in accordance with the analytical test procedures specified in 40 CFR 503.8 and the Sludge Quality Assurance Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:14C) unless other test procedures have been approved by the Department in writing or as otherwise specified in the permit.

h. Flow shall be measured using a flow meter at DSN's 461A, 461C and 462B.

i.

The net amount of heat per unit time shall be calculated by multiplying heat capacity, discharge flow, and discharge-intake temperature difference.

j.

Net limitation shall be calculated by multiplying [(gross effluent concentration)*(gross effluent flow) - (intake concentration)*(intake flow)}/(gross effluent flow).

B.

RECORDKEEPING

1. Standard Recordkeeping Requirements

a. The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information including all calibration and maintenance records, all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all reports, and all data used to complete the application for this permit.

b. Records of monitoring information shall include the date, locations and tiftie of sampling or measurements, the individual who performed the sampling or measurements, the date the samples were collected, the date the samples were analyzed, the individual who performed the analysis, the analytical method used, and the results.

c.

The permittee shall retain copies of all reports required by a NJPDES permit and records of all data used to complete the application for a NJPDES permit for a period of at least 5 years unless otherwise required by 40 CFR Part 503.

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d. The permittee shall allow an authorized representative of the Department, upon the presentation of credentials, to enter upon a person's premises, for purposes of inspection, and to access / copy any records that must be kept under the conditions of this permit.

C.

REPORTING

1.

Standard Reporting Requirements

a. The permittee shall submit all required monitoring results to the DEP on the forms provided to the following addresses:

i.

NJDEP Division of Water Quality Bureau of Permit Management P.O. Box 029 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 ii.

DRBC P. 0. Box 7360 West Trenton, New Jersey 08628

b. If requested by the Water Compliance and Enforcement Bureau, please send the information requested to the following address:

i.

Southern Bureau of Water Compliance and Enforcement One Port Center 2 Riverside Drive, Suite 201 Camden, NJ 08103.

c. For submittal of paper monitoring report forms:

i.

All monitoring reports shall be signed by the highest ranking official having day-to-day managerial and operational responsibilities for the discharging facility in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.9.

ii.

The highest ranking official may delegate responsibility to sign in accordance with NJAC 7:14A-6.9(c).

d. Monitoring reports shall be completed in accordance with the current Discharge Monitoring Report Manual and any updates.

e. When quantification levels (QL) and effluent limits are both specified for a given parameter in Part III, and the QL is less stringent than the effluent limit, effluent compliance will be determined by comparing the reported value against the QL.

f. If monitoring for a parameter is not required for that monitoring period, the permittee is required to report "CODE=N" on that Monitoring Report Form.

g. For intermittent discharges, the permittee shall obtain a sample during at least one of the discharge events occurring during a monitoring period. Place a check mark in the "No Discharge this Monitoring Period" box on the monitoring report submittal form only if there are no. discharge events during the entire monitoring period.

D.

SUBMITTALS

1.

Standard Submittal Requirements

a. The permittee shall amend the Operation & Maintenance Manual whenever there is a change in the treatment works design, construction, operations or maintenance which substantially changes the treatment works operations and maintenance procedures.

E.

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1. Discharge Requirements

a. The permittee shall discharge at the location(s) specified in PART IlI of this permit. -

b. The permittee shall not discharge foam, or cause objectionable deposits, or foaming of the receiving water.

c. The permittee's discharge shall not produce objectionable color or odor in the receiving stream.

d. The discharge shall not exhibit a visible sheen.

e. The Permittee is authorized to use the following additives:

DSN 46 1A: sodium hypochlorite (although not in excess of two hours per day), ammonium bisulfite and sodium hydroxide. Refer to item G. 1. for more information concerning chlorine produced oxidants. There shall be no detectable amount of the 126 priority pollutants contained in chemicals added for cooling tower maintenance in the discharge from DSN 46 IA.

DSN 461 C: Carbohydrazide, Ammonium Hydroxide, Hydrazine.

All outfalls: If the permitee decides to begin using additional agents or replace the above agents in the future, the permitee must notify the Department at least 180 days prior to use so that the permit may be reopened, if necessary, to incorporate any additional limitations deemed necessary.

2.

Applicability of Discharge Limitations and Effective Dates

a. This permit includes a schedule for compliance for the following parameters:

An alternate sample type for chlorine produced oxidants at DSN 46 IA. The initial phase limits are effective from EDP until EDP + 1 year. The final phase will become effective on EDP +1 year

3.

Operation, Maintenance and Emergency conditions

a. The permittee shall operate and maintain treatment works and facilities which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit as specified in the Operation & Maintenance Manual.

b. The permittee shall develop emergency procedures to ensure effective operation of the treatment works under emergency conditions in accordance with NJAC 7:14A-6.12(d).

F.

CONDITIONS FOR MODIFICATION

1.

Causes for modification

a. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-6.2(a)(10)(iii), the Department may modify or revoke and reissue any permit to incorporate limitations or requirements to control the discharge of toxic pollutants, including whole effluent, chronic and acute toxicity requirements, chemical specific limitations or toxicity reduction requirements, as applicable.

b.

The Department may incorporate requirements to file monitoring data required by this permit electronically through a minor modification in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14A-16.5(a)1.

c. The permittee may request a minor modification to eliminate the monitoring requirements associated with a discharge authorized by this permit when the discharge ceases due to changes at the facility.

G.

Custom Requirement

1.

Chlorine Produced Oxidants at DSN 461A:

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a. Chlorine produced oxidants may not be discharged from any unit for more then two hours in any one day and not more than one unit in any plant may discharge chlorine produced oxidants at any one time. Both these conditions remain in effect unless the permittee can demonstrate to the Department that the units in a particular location cannot operate at or below this level-of chlorination. Any alternate condition would be subject to a permit modification.

2.

Effluent Temperature at DSN 461A

a. Effluent temperature shall be measured at DSN 461A on a continuous basis. The effluent temperature values measured over the course of a calendar day shall be averaged on a daily basis consistent with the definition of daily discharge pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2. These daily discharge points shall be utilized for the purposes of completing discharge monitoring reports as well as for calculation purposes.

3.

Discharge of PCB's at all Outfalls

a. There shall be no discharge of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCB's) such as those which are commonly used for transformer fluid.

4.

Continuous Monitoring

a. As indicated in Part III, continuous monitoring is required for certain parameters at DSN's 461A, 461 C, and 462B. In the event the continuous monitors are temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, calibration, or inoperability of the continuous monitor, the permitee may use one of the following methods for reporting during such interim periods:.

i.

DSN 46 1A Effluent Temperature-temperature detector located at the dechlorination system, a temporary continuous temperature monitor, or manual sampling once per twelve hour shift.

ii.

DSN 46 1A Intake Temperature - a temporary continuous temperature monitor, intake temperature at the adjacent Salem Generating Station, or manual sampling once per twelve hour shift.

iii. DSN 461 A Effluent Flow-an installed float meter, manual measurement of the height over the effluent weir once per shift, or a calculation based on the difference between intake flow and estimated evaporative losses.

iv. DSN 461A Intake Flow - calculations based on pump run hours.

v.

DSN 46 1A Effluent CPO - manual sampling once per twelve hour shift.

vi. DSN 461 C Effluent Flow-calculations based on lift station pump operating hours or pumping events.

vii. DSN 462B Effluent Flow - manual measurement of the height of the effluent over a V-notched weir.

b. Any results from the alternative monitoring methodologies shall not be reported for periods when the primary monitoring device is correctly operating. This authorization to use alternative monitoring methodologies does not alleviate permittee's obligation to maintain the primary monitoring instrumentation and devices and to ensure their proper operability and availability to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the applicable requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et. seq.

5.

Service Water Bypass

a. To facilitate necessary Station maintenance, the permitee is authorized to temporarily redirect service water to discharge through DSN 463A, bypassing DSN 461A. The addition of sodium hypochlorite (or any other chemical biocide authorized by the Department) shall be terminated during the bypass discharge. The following conditions shall be met by the permittee when service water is discharged through DSN 463A:.

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i.

Provide written notification to the Chief, Bureau of Point Source Permitting-Region 2 and the Southern Bureau of Compliance Water Enforcement prior to the bypass discharge. This notification shall include the expected dates of the bypass, confirmation that sodium hypochlorite addition to the service water will be terminated during the bypass, and a brief description of the reason the bypass is necessary.

ii.

Provide oral notification to the Southern Bureau of Compliance and Water Enforcement at least 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> prior to commencing the bypass discharge.

6.

Flow Measurements using Rhodamine WT Dye

a. The permitee is authorized to perform periodic flow measurement testing of the cooling tower related systems using Rhodamine WT Dye as a tracer. This dye will discharge to the Delaware River through outfall DSN 46 IA. The following conditions must be met by the permittee:.

i.

Provide written notification to the Chief, Bureau of Point Source Permitting-Region 2 and the Southern Bureau of Compliance Water Enforcement prior to the use of Rhodamine WT dye.

This notification shall include the expected dates of the discharge, the expected concentration of Rhodamine WT dye in the effluent, and the anticipated concentration of Rhodamine WT due to be added.

ii.

Provide oral notification to the Southern Bureau of Compliance and Water Enforcement at least 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> prior to commencing the discharge of Rhodamine WT dye.

iii. Within thirty (30) days of completion of the flow measurement testing, provide written notification of completion to the Chief, Bureau of Point Source Permitting-Region 2 and the Southern Bureau of Compliance and Water Enforcement. This notification shall include the actual dates of the discharge, the actual concentration of Rhodamine WT dye in the effluent at DSN 46 IA, and the total quantity of Rhodamine WT dye added.

7.

Other Regulatory Requirements a.. The permittee shall comply with all regulations set forth in N.J.S.A. 26:2D-1 et seq. regarding Radiation Protection. All radioactive wastes shall be collected, removed, and disposed of in

• accordance with N.J.S.A. 7:28-11.1 et seq.

b. The permittee is licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) and responsible to that agency for compliance with radiological effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other licensing conditions.

8.

Section 316 Determination Upon Permit Issuance

a. With respect to Section 316 (b), the Department will make a determination at the time of permit renewal which will include, but will not be limited to, an evaluation of whether technologies, their costs and benefits, and potential for application at the Station have changed.

9.

Compliance with DRBC Requirements

a. The permittee shall discharge so as not to violate the Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Regulations as amended for Zone 5 waters. This includes the stream quality objectives for radioactivity namely: alpha emitters - maximum 3 pc/L (picocuries per liter) and beta emitters

- maximum 1000 pc/L.

b. The permittee shall ensure that any thermal discharge complies with the temperatture and heat dissipation requirements imposed in any current DRBC docket.

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a.

Given a coincident occurrence of a wet bulb temperature that exceeds 76 degrees Fahrenheit and a relative humidity below 60 percent during a given day for a period equal to or greater than 60 minutes, the daily maximum temperature limit does not apply and monitoring only is required. If these two conditions for wet bulb temperature and relative humidity occur, as well as -n exceedance of the temperature limit of 97.1 degrees Fahrenheit at DSN 461A, the permittee is required to submit a chart with columns for the following data for each hour of that day: (1)

Cooling Tower Blowdown Flow (gpm); (2) Intake Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit); (3)

Blowdown Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit); (4) Change in Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit);

(5) MBTU/Hour; (6) Dry Bulb Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit); (7) Dew Point Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit); (8) Wet Bulb Temperature (degrees Fahrenheit); and (9) Relative Humidity (percent).

b. Dry bulb temperature, dew point, barometric pressure and wind speed and direction are measured at 15-minute intervals at Hope Creek's meteorological Station. Wet bulb temperature and relative humidity are computed using measurements of dry bulb temperature and dew point with a numerical algorithm that relates the dependence of wet bulb temperature and relative humidity on dew point, dry bulb temperature, and atmospheric pressure. In the event that data are not available from the Hope Creek meteorological Tower, then PSEG may utilize, data collected at the Wilmington meteorological Station (Wilmington). The use of another alternative source (other than Hope Creek meteorological Tower data or Wilmington metorological Station) must be approved in advance by the Department and duly noted on the monitoring report form. The permittee must retain records of the Wilmington data or any other data in its monitoring report form back up file for the term specified by the applicable provisions of the NJPDES regulations.

11. Proper Operation and Maintenance of Cooling Tower

a. The Department reserves the right to revoke the alternate temperature condition at DSN 46 IA, which is conditional on the occurence of extreme meteorological conditions, if it is determined that the cooling tower is not being properly operated and maintained.

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.N.J0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action Stormwater A.

Monitoring

1. Monitoring Schedule

a. The permittee shall monitor its stormwater discharge in accordance with the monitoring requirements contained in Part III of the permit.

i.

For example, if monitoring is required to be semi-annually, this means every 6 months beginning with the effective date of permit (EDP). Monitoring Report Forms are due by the 25th day of the month, immediately following the semi-annual monitoring period. For example, if a monitoring period is January to June and the EDP is January 1st, then the monitoring shall occur between January 1st and June 30th with the DMRs submitted to the Department by no later than July 25th.

2.

Criteria for a Valid Storm Event

a. The permittee shall only monitor its stormwater discharge during a valid storm event.

i.

The criteria for a valid storm event during which a sample shall be collected is any storm event that produces a stormwater discharge during normal working hours and which has not been preceded by another storm event within the last 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />.

ii.

If the permittee controls the discharge of its stormwater by the use of a sump pump, valve, or other means and does not discharge during a precipitation event, then the facility shall monitor its stormwater discharge at the time of the discharge.

3.

Monitoring Locations

a. Samples taken in compliance with the specified monitoring requirements contained in Part III shall be taken at the following locations: DSN463A; DSN464A; DSN465A.

i.

All samples shall be taken at the monitoring points specified above, and in all cases be before the effluent joins or is diluted by any other wastestream, body of water or substance.

ii.

Sampling points shall not be changed without notification to and the approval of the Department.

B.. Reporting

1. Stormwater Monitoring Report Forms

a.

Sampling results shall be summarized and reported in accordance with the requirements contained in Part III of this permit on the appropriate monitoring report forms mailed separately by the Bureau of Permit Management.

i.

If the permittee finds that the pre-printed monitoring report forms they receive from the Department contain errors or discrepancies from the monitoring and reporting requirements contained in Part III, the permittee should immediately contact their case manager at the Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control at (609) 633-7021.

ii.

The permittee is required to monitor its stormwater discharge and submit appropriate monitoring report forms to the Department in accordance with the conditions of the permit even if the pre-printed monitoring report forms contain errors.

iii.

The permittee shall make hand corrections to the monitoring report fo-rns ifcorrected forms are not received prior to the monitoring report due date.

2.

Reporting "No Discharge"

a. If a discharge does not occur during a particular reporting period, the permittee should check "No Discharge this monitoring period" on the monitoring form transmittal sheet for each discharge monitoring location which had "no discharge".

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3.

Mailing Monitoring Report Forms

a. Unless otherwise specified or directed, signed copies of required monitoring report forms shall be submitted postmarked no later than the 25th day of the calendar month following the completed monitoring period to the address given below:

i.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Permits Management P.O. Box 029 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0029 Attn. Monitoring Reports

4.

Annual Reports and Recertifications

a. The permittee shall prepare an annual report summarizing the findings of the annual inspection performed in accordance with the "Operations and Maintenance" section of Part IV of the permit.

This annual report shall include:

i.

the date of inspection; ii.

name(s) and title(s) of the inspectors; and iii. shall be accompanied by an annual certification (Attachment 3) that the facility is in compliance with its SPPP and this permit.

iv. If there are any incidents of non-compliance, those incidents shall be identified in the certification and the steps being taken or taken to remedy the non-compliance, and to prevent such incidents from recurring.

b. The annual report and recertification shall be submitted annually after SPPP implementation in accordance with the requirements contained in the "Submittal" section of Part IV of the permit.

5.

Reporting Storm Event Information

a.

In order for the Department to better assess the monitoring results provided by the permittee, the Department requires that supplemental storm event information is recorded and reported along with monitoring results.

b. The permittee shall record and submit on Wastewater Characterization Report forms provided by the Department, the following storm event information:

i.

date and approximate time that the storm event began;.

ii.

an estimate of the inches of rainfall or snowfall, which can be based upon such data as recorded by a local weather monitoring station(s) or an on site maintained monitoring station; iii. storm event duration in hours and/or minutes,'as appropriate; iv.

a statement that there has not been a storm event which caused a stormwater discharge in the last 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br />; and

v.

date and time that grab sample was collected.

C.

Record Keeping

1. Record Keeping Requirements

a. The permittee shall retain records of all monitoring information, maintenance records, and copies of all reports required by this permit for a period of at least five years.

2.

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a. The SPPP shall be signed by the permittee, and the original shall be retained at the facility for use and inspection by the Department.

b. The SPPP must be made available, upon request, to a representative of the Department and to the owner and operator of any municipal separate storm sewer receiving the stormwater discharge.

c. The SPPP shall be made available to the public upon request.

d. The facility may claim any portion of the SPPP as confidential in accordance with the provisions set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-18.2.

3.

Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Record Keeping

a. If the permittee is required to implement a Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan as a result of construction activities or land disturbance greater than 5 acres, a copy of the plan shall be retained by the permittee for a period of at least 5 years after the completion of construction.

D.

Submittals

1. SPPP Preparation Certification (Attachment 2) and SPPP Implementation Certification (Attachment 3) Submittal Requirements

a. A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) shall be prepared and certified in accordance with the SPPP Preparation Certification (Attachment 2), and implemented and certified in accordance with the SPPP Preparation Certification (Attachment 3). The SPPP Preparation Certification and the SPPP Implementation Certification shall be submitted to the Department in accordance with the submittal schedule below:

i.

Submit an SPPP Preparation Certificate: within 6 months from the effective date of this document. This certification is Attachment 2 ii.

Submit an SPPP Implementation and Inspection Certification: within 18 months from the effective date of this document. This certification is Attachment 3

2.

Annual Recertification (Attachment 3) Submittal Requirement

a. The permittee shall prepare and submit an annual report and annual certification (Attachment 3) to the Department as required in the "Reporting" section of Part IV of the permit, which certifies that the facility is in compliance with its SPPP and this permit. The annual certification shall be submitted to the Department in accordance with the submittal schedule below:

i.

Submit an SPPP Implementation and Inspection Recertification: annually, beginning thirty months from the effective date of this document. This certification is Attachment 3.

E.

Operations and Maintenance

1. Facility and BMP Operation and Maintenance

a. The permittee shall be responsible for supervising and managing the operation and maintenance of this facility and any BMPs which are installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of this permit and with the requirements identified in the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. Proper operation and maintenance also requires the operation of backup or auxiliary facilities or similar systems when necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.

2.

Annual Inspections

a. Once the SPPP has been implemented in accordance with this permit, the permittee shall conduct annual inspections of the facility to assess all areas contributing to the stormwater discharge authorized by this permit, to evaluate whether the SPPP complies with and is implemented in accordance with this permit, and whether additional measures are needed to meet the conditions of this permit. It is this Bureau's judgement that frequent and thorough inspections are necessary to ensure adequate functioning of measure controls.

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i.

Inspections during dry periods allow facilities to identify and address any problems prior to a storm event, thereby minimizing the chance for storm water contamination.

ii.

Inspections during significant storm events ensure that measures are functioning as originally intended and provide an opportunity for facilities to observe what materials and/6r activities are exposed to stormwater.

iii. A summary of any modifications (if any) should be included in the SPPP and submitted to the Southern Bureau of Water Compliance and Enforcement.

3.

Soil Erosion Sediment Control Plan

a. For construction activities disturbing five acres or more of total land area or less than five acres which are part of a greater than 5 acre plan of development or sale, authorization must be obtained under either a modification to this permit or under NJPDES Permit No. NJ0088323 (General Stormwater Permit Construction Activity), for stormwater from such construction activities that would be discharged to surface waters

b. Land disturbances that may result in a stormwater discharge authorized by this permit, shall be executed only in accordance with a soil erosion and sediment control plan certified pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:24-43, or requirements for soil erosion and sediment control established in or pursuant to a municipal ordinance in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:24-48, whichever is applicable.

c. A copy of this plan shall be retained by the permittee for a period of at least 5 years after the completion of construction.

F.

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

1. Preparation and Implementation of SPPP

a. A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) shall be prepared, certified in accordance with the SPPP Preparation Certification (Attachment 2), and implemented in accordance with the SPPP Implementation and Inspection Recertification (Attachment 3).

i.

Deadlines for the preparation and implementation of the SPPP and for the submittal of the certifications are in the "Submittal" section contained in Part IV of the permit.

2.

SPPP Minimum Requirements

a. The SPPP must address all stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity and/or source materials at the facility.

b. Except for the areas where there are Site Specific BMPs which state otherwise (Site Specific BMPs are listed in the "Site Specific.BMPs" section of Part IV of the permit), the SPPP for all other areas, activities, and materials shall demonstrate that upon its implementation, there is either;

i.

BMPs are in place preventing exposure (e.g., the materials/activities/areas are inside, or if outside, under a cover, or the area is plumbed to discharge to sanitary sewer, or hauled to a POTW with necessary approvals granted, etc), or ii.

BMPs are in place which reduce or minimize exposure or the effects of exposure of industrial materials, machinery, industrial waste products or other source materials to stormwater discharging to surface waters (see Attachment 1 - Removal, Cover or Control of Industrial Activities).

c. The following outside areas/activities/source materials, at a minimum, msii be addressed and controlled in the SPPP:

i.

outside vehicle/equipment fueling, maintenance and washing areas, and fuel storage (e.g., diesel fuel);

ii.

outside areas used for waste management/handling or storage of equipment (e.g., dumpsters, scrap metals, vehicle parts, drums, and garbage);

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.N.J0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action iii. pavement and access roads needing repairs and unpaved surfaces with the potential to erode and discharge solids (soils and/or sediments) to surface waters; iv.

catch basins, trench drains and roof drains discharging to surface waters;

v.

loading docks; vi.

spills/leaks/non-stormwater discharges of fluid products, and raw material, vehicle coolants and lubricants, and caustic and acidic chemicals;

• vii. above ground storage tanks containing caustic and acidic chemicals; and viii. other areas/activities with stormwater discharges to surface water associated with industrial activity as defined by the federal rules (40 CFR 122.26 (b) (14) and contained by reference in the state rules.

d. The SPPP shall identify existing BMPs and additional BMPs necessary to address the areas and source materials specified in this section.

i.

Existing BMPs, if adequate, shall be continued, or replaced with more effective BMPs.

e.

The permittee shall demonstrate that upon implementation of the SPPP, it has minimized exposure, or the effects of exposure, during and after storm events, of source materials located at the facility to stormwater discharged to surface water.

3.

Readily Implementable BMPs

a. Readily implementable BMPs (Spill response, good housekeeping, maintenance; logs and schedules of same) shall be implemented in 30 days of EDP, in accordance with Attachment 1.

4.

Engineering Practices

a. The SPPP shall be prepared and implemented in accordance with good engineering practices and shall include, at a minimum, all of the items and information identified in Attachment 1: Contents of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.

5.

SPPP Signatory Requirements

a. The SPPP shall be signed by the permittee.

b. The original SPPP shall be retained at the facility for use and Department inspection.

c. Copies of the SPPP shall be submitted to the Department's Southem Bureau of Water Compliance and Enforcement and the Department's Central File Room as specified in Attachment 1 and by the deadline in the "Submittal" section contained in Part IV of the permit.

G.

Site Specific Best Management Practices

1.

BMP - Discharge of Stormwater from Secondary Containment (version #1)

a. The following BMPs shall be implemented for discharging stormwater from secondary containment areas at the facility. This facility is only authorized to discharge stormwater from these secondary containment areas in accordance with the following conditions:.

i.

the stormwater in the containment area can not have come into conta-c with the contents of the wastewater storage tank(s);.

ii.

the discharge pipe/outfall from the containment area must have a valve and the valve must remain closed at all times except when discharging stormwater;.

iii. a visual inspection of the tank must be performed on a routine basis to insure the physical integrity of the tanks. An inspection log must be maintained regarding this condition;.

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HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION, Lower Alloways Creek Permit No.NJ0025411 PER020001 Consolidated Renewal Permit Action iv. regular maintenance of the wastewater tank must be performed (e.g. painting, repair) to insure the tanks integrity;

v.

a visual inspection of the stormwater is to be performed prior to the onset of a discharge to insure that the stormwater has not been contaminated by the contents of the tank or by other materials; vi. alternative means for disposing the stormwater must be established for stormwater that has or is suspected to have been contaminated by the contents of the tank or by other materials.

2.

BMP - Preventative Maintenance

a. Standard operation procedures shall be established for preventative maintenance.

b. The procedures shall include timely inspections and maintenance of stormwater management devices, including, but not limited to:

i.

the cleaning of oil/water separators; ii.

the removal of debris from catch basins; and iii. the inspection, testing and maintenance of facility equipment and systems to uncover conditions that could cause breakdowns or failures that may result in the discharges of pollutants to surface waters.

3.

BMP - Drum Storage

a. Drums that contain source material and are exposed to stormwater at a minimum must be covered and placed on spill platforms to prevent contact with stormwater. An area graded and/or bermed that prevents run-through of stormwater may be used in place of spill platforms.

b. The spill platforms must be regularly maintained.

c. Whenever practicable drums should be stored indoors.

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ATTACHMENT 1:

CONTENTS OF THE STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN

8. location of existing stormwater structural control measures (e.g., containment, berms, detention/retention basins, grassed swales, oil/water separators); and

9. areas of existing and potential soil erosion.

C. Narrative Description of Existing Conditions The SPPP shall include a narrative description concerning the existing management of all source materials at the facility which are handled, treated, stored, disposed, or which otherwise exist in a manner allowing contact with stormwater. The narrative description shall address the following where appropriate:

1. any discharges of domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, or process water that are listed in accordance with A.2 above (unless such discharges have been authorized by other NJPDES permits or identified in applications or requests for authorization submitted for other NJPDES permits);

2. description of type of industrial activities and/or areas (e.g., fueling, material handling, manufacturing or processing areas) at the site;

3. the actual or potential pollutant categories associated with each industrial area and/or activity where source materials are likely to be exposed to stormwater including,. but not limited to:

fueling stations, loading/unloading areas, maintenance shops, areas where spills and/or leaks of source materials frequently occur, equipment or vehicle cleaning areas, outdoor storage areas, outdoor manufacturing or processing areas, onsite waste disposal areas, above ground liquid storage tanks, outside storage of raw materials, by-products, or finished products, (e.g., fueling area - diesel fuels, gasoline, petroleum hydrocarbons); and

4. a description of existing management practices employed to : a) eliminate contact of source materials with stormwater; b) minimize or reduce pollutants from source materials through structural or non-structural measures; c) divert stormwater to specific areas on or off-site, including diversion to containment areas, holding tanks, treatment facilities, or sanitary or combined sewers; d) treat stormwater discharging from the site; and e) prevent or permit any discharges of domestic wastewater, non-contact cooling water, or process wastewater to surface water.

V. Best Management Practices (BMP) Selection and Plan Design The permittee shall evaluate the information from the site assessment phase of this plan to identify potential and existing sources of stormwater contaminated by source material. All discharges to surface water of domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, and process waste water must be eliminated or permitted. Based upon the site assessment performed, the permittee shall develop BMP's that will effectively eliminate or reduce pollutant loadings in stormwater discharges from the facility in accordance with the following sections. BMPs are 3

measures used to prevent or mitigate pollution from any type of activity. The evaluation and selection of the BMP's addressing each area, and/or activity where source materials are exposed to stormwater discharging to surface water, shall be documented in the SPPP and shall include at a minimum the following BMPs:

A. Non-Stormwater Discharges into Storm Sewers The facility shall ensure that it does not generate and discharge, through storm sewers to surface waters, any domestic sewage, non-contact cooling water, or process wastewaters, unless that discharge is authorized by another NJPDES permit or identified in an application or request for authorization submitted for another NJPDES permit.

B. Removal, Cover or Control of Industrial Activities Except as specified and required in Part IV of the permit for certain, specific exposures of source materials, all other source materials shall be moved indoors, covered, used, handled, and/or stored in a manner so as to prevent contact with stormwater that is discharged to surface water.

Each BMP that prevents such contact shall be identified and discussed in the SPPP.

C. Diverting Stormwater Approved diversion of contaminated stormwater to either a domestic or industrial wastewater treatment plant may also be considered when choosing an appropriate BMP where feasible.

(Diversion to groundwater may require a separate NJPDES permit. Consult the Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control.)

D. Spill Prevention and Response Areas where actual or potential spills of source materials are exposed to stormwater discharges can occur, and their accompanying drainage points shall be identified clearly in the SPPP.

Where appropriate, specific material handling procedures, storage requirements and use of equipment such as diversion valves shall be developed and practiced to prevent and/or eliminate spills and/or leaks of source materials from being exposed to stormwater. Procedures for cleaning up spills shall be specifically included in the plan and made available to the appropriate personnel through scheduled employee training. In addition, the facility shall provide or otherwise make available to its personnel the appropriate and necessary-spill cleanup equipment to effect an immediate and thorough spill cleanup.

E. Good Housekeeping The SPPP must include a good housekeeping program to help maintain a clean and orderly work place. For certain activities or areas, the discharge of stormwater exposed to source materials 4

may be prevented merely by using good housekeeping methods. The following are some simple procedures that a facility can consider incorporating into an effective good housekeeping program:

1. conduct cleanup immediately after discovery of leaks and spills;

2. implement careful material storage practices;

3. improve operation and maintenance of industrial machinery and processes;

4. maintain up-to-date material inventory;

5. maintain well organized work areas;

6. provide regular pickup and disposal of waste materials;

7. maintain dry and clean floors and ground surfaces by using brooms, shovels, vacuum cleaners, or cleaning machines; and

8. train employees about good housekeeping practices.

F. Preventative Maintenance The SPPP shall include a Preventative Maintenance Program to include timely and regular inspections and maintenance of stormwater management devices (e.g., cleaning oil/water separators, catch basins, drip pans, catch basins, detention basins, covers, treatment units) and routine inspections of facility equipment and operations to detect faulty equipment. Equipment (such as tanks, piping, containers, and drums) should be checked regularly for signs of deterioration.

G. Inspections and Evaluation Process

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Regular Inspections The SPPP shall require regular inspections of the facility's equipment, exposed source materials and industrial areas to provide that all elements of the SPPP are in place and working properly.

Inspections shall be conducted by qualified, trained plant personnel. Records of these inspections shall be kept onsite with the SPPP. These inspection records shall consist of the following, at a minimum: date of inspection; location of and problem(s) identified; steps taken to correct problem(s) and prevent recurrence; and inspector's names and title. In addition these inspection records shall record any incidents such as leaks or accidental discharges, and any failures or breakdowns of structural BMPs.

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Annual Inspections The SPPP shall also require an annual inspection and shall include an annual report of the entire facility in accordance with Part IV of this permit.

3.

Evaluation Process The SPPP shall include a system to routinely and continually evaluate the SPPP for effectiveness, any flaws that may have developed, and maintenance that may be required. The routine evaluation must include, but not be limited to, regular and annual inspections, inspection logs and records, internal reporting, plan revisions to correct any flaws detected in the SPPP or to reflect changes/additions at the facility, and logs of preventative maintenance performed at the facility. In addition, the Annual Reports and Certifications required under Part IV are integral to the evaluation process.

Vl. Implementation Schedule The SPPP shall include an implementation schedule for all structural and non-structural BMP's including a schedule(s) for removal, coverage, minimization of exposure of source material to stormwater, and/or stormwater diversion or treatment. The schedule shall meet the deadlines established in the permit in accordance with Part IV.

Upon completion of the initial SPPP, those BMP's (e.g., spill response, good housekeeping) that may readily be implemented shall be done so within 30 days, if not already practiced.

VII. General Plan Requirements This section provides additional requirements on the administrative requirements related to finalizing your SPPP. It covers (1) required signatures, (2) requirements for plan location and access, and (3) required certifications.

A. Required Signatures for SPPP and Attachments 2 and 3 The SPPP and Attachments 2 and 3 shall be signed as follows:

FOR A CORPORATION: a "responsible corporate officer" or duly authorized representative. A "responsible corporate officer" is (i) a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation; or (ii) the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities* employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if 6

authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.

FOR A PARTNERSHIP OR SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP: a general partner or the proprietor, respectively, or duly authorized representative.

FOR A MUNICIPALITY, STATE, FEDERAL OR OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY: either a principal executive officer or ranking elected official, or duly authorized representative.

A "responsible corporate officer", general partner, proprietor, principal executive officer of a public agency, or ranking elected official may assign his or her signatory authority for this Certification to a duly authorized representative, which is a named person or generic position (e.g., plant manager, superintendent, plant engineer, operations manager, etc.) having overall responsibility for facility operation or the permittee's environmental matters, by submitting a letter to the Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control stating said authority and naming the person or position.

Whenever there are two or more permittees for the facility, all of those permittees shall jointly submit this Certification, unless permittees received authorization on different dates and this Certification is therefore due from them at different dates.

B. Plan Location and Public Access

1. The SPPP and inspection and preventative maintenance records or logs shall be maintained on site at all times. These documents must be made available, upon request, to a representative of the Department and to the owner and operator of any municipal separate storm sewer receiving the stormwater discharge.

2. The SPPP shall be made available to the public upon request. The facility may claim any portion of the SPPP as confidential in accordance with the provisions set forth in N.J.A.C.

7:14A-18.2.

3. A copy of the SPPP shall be submitted to the appropriate Regional Bureau of Water Compliance and Enforcement and to the Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control. Revisions made to the facility's SPPP shall be submitted also.

C. Certification of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan

1. Attachment 2 shall be signed and submitted by the permittee to the Department's Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control as required by Part IV of the permit.

2. Attachment 3 shall be signed and submitted by the permittee to the Department's Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control as required by Part IV of the permit, and annually thereafter in accordance with the permit.

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VIII. Special Reauirements A. Facilities Subject to Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Statute For facilities subject to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

Section 313, the SPPP shall include, or cite the location of, any spill reports prepared under that Act.

B. Facilities with SPCC Plans, DPCC Plans, or DCR Plans The SPPP shall include, or cite the location(s) of, any Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC Plan) prepared under 40 CFR 112 and section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.§ 1321; and any discharge prevention, containment and countermeasure plan (DPCC plan) and discharge cleanup and removal plan (DCR plan) prepared under N.J.A.C. 7:1E.

C. Facilities Undergoing Construction Activities Whenever construction activities are undertaken at the facility, the SPPP shall be amended, if necessary, so that the SPPP continues to be accurate and to meet the requirements of Part I of this permit.

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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nonpoint Pollution Control S#m ATTACHMENT THREE Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP)

Initial Implementation and Inspection Certification Individual Industrial Stormwater Permit SUBMIT THIS FORM ONCE, AFTER SPPP IS IMPLEMENTED. FOR EXISTING FACILITIES, THE SPPP MUST BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN 18 MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PERMIT UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT GRANTS AN EXTENSION.

Facility Name:

NJPDES No.

"I certify under penalty of law that this Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP)

Implementation and Inspection Certification and all attached documents were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering this information, the information in this Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) Implementation and Inspection Certification and all attached documents is to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete.

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"I certify that the facility has been inspected to identify areas contributing to the stormwater discharge(s) authorized under the permit and to evaluate whether the SPPP prepared complies with the permit requirements for stormwater discharge of the permit and is being properly implemented.

"I certify that the SPPP referred to in this Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Implementation and Inspection Certification has been and will continue to be fully implemented at this facility in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit. I also specifically certify that this facility does not generate and discharge, through storm sewers to surface waters, any domestic wastewater, non-contact cooling water, or process waste water (including leachate and contact cooling water) other than stormwater, unless that discharge is authorized by another NJPDES permit, identified in an application (or request for authorization) submitted for another NJPDES permit or, proof that a determination has been made by the NJDEP that no permit is necessary.

"I also certify that this facility is not in violation of any condition of the permit for preparation and implementation of a SPPP, except for any incidents of noncompliance (which are noted in the attached report). For any incidents of noncompliance identified in the annual

Please attach all reports and plan revisions to this certification and submit it to the Bureau of Nonpoint Source Control and submit a copy to the appropriate Regional Bureau of Water Compliance and Enforcement. The original SPPP and a copy of this certification are to remain ON SITE available for inspection.

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