ML072640665
| ML072640665 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1978 |
| From: | Jersey Central Power & Light Co |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| 2130-07-20506, TAC MC7624 | |
| Download: ML072640665 (9) | |
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1 Annotated List of Documents 2 Related to the 316(a) and (b) Demonstrations 3 for the Oyster Creek Generating Station 4
5 6 REGULATORY AGENCY DOCUMENTS/SUBMITTALS 7 Jersey Central Power & Light Company. 1978. Oyster Creek & Forked River Nuclear 8 Generating Stations, 316(a) & (b) Demonstration. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, 9 Morristown,.NJ. An abbreviated version of the Table of Contents is provided below.
10 Volume: Text.
11 Chapter 1 - Background and Rationale 12 > Summary description of the Oyster Creek and Forked River Generating Stations and 13 the surrounding environment.
14 > Biological Summary of the 316(a) and (b) Demonstrations 15 Thermal Discharge. Effects - Representative Important Species Demonstration 16
- Thermal Discharge Effects- Absence of Prior Appreciable Harm Demonstration 17 " Impingement and Entrainment Effects 18 Chapter 2 - Hydrothermal Considerations 19 . Temperature distribution in Oyster Creek and Barnegat Bay 20 > .Thermal plume measurements/modeling 2.1 Recirculation Analysis.
22 Chapter 3 - Environmental Effects of the Station's Discharges 23 > Representative Important Species Demonstration' 24 > Absence of Prior Appreciable Harm Test 25 Chapter 4 -Environmental Effect/Impact of Cooling Water.Intake Structures .
26 > Decision criteria and overall rationale 27 > Impingement and entrainment effects 28 Chapter 5 - Alternative Systems
- 29. > Discharge/cooling system alternatives:
.30 > Intake structure alternatives 31 Chapter.6 - Economic Analysis 32 > Cost/benefit analysis of discharge/cooling system and intake system alternatives 33 34 Page 1 of .9
35 Volume: Appendices Al-Cl 36 Appendix Al - The Environment of Barnegat Bay, Oyster Creek, and Forked River.
37 Appendix A2 - Description of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 38 Appendix A3 - Description of the Forked River Nuclear Generating Station 39 Appendices Bl-B12 - Descriptions of hydrographic and thermal plume studies 40 performed by government and utility scientists; analysis of the plume relative to the NJ 41 Surface Water Quality Standards.
42 Addendum Bl-B5 - Copies of hydrographic and thermal plume related reports 43 Appendix C1 - Effects of thermal discharges on plankton, macroinvertebrates, and fish 44 > Distribution of organisms in Barnegat Bay and contiguous waters
- 45. Temperature shock studies 46 > Dilution pump passage 47 ; Delayed mortality studies 48 > Life history studies 49.
50 Volume: Appendices C2-C6 51 Appendix C2 - Effects of Thermal Discharges on Mortality of Mercenaria mercenaria in 52 Barnegat Bay.
53 Appendix C3.- The Marine Boring and Fouling Invertebrate Community.
54 Appendix C4 - Woodborer Study Associated with the Oyster Creek Generating Station -
55 Annual Report for June 1, 1975 - May 31, 1976.
56 Appendix C5 - Woodborer Study Associated with the Oyster Creek Generating Station -..
57 Annual Report for June 1, 1976 - November 30, 1977.
"58 Appendix C6 - A Seasonal Plankton Cycle in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.
59 60 Volume: Appendices C7-D1 61 Appendix C7 - Composition and Periodicity of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton from 62 Barnegat Bay..
63 Appendix C8 - Effects of Thermal Discharges on the Structure of Periphytic Diatom 64 Communities.
65 Appendix C9 - Benthic Macroinvertebrates 66 Appendix C10 - Fishes of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, with Particular Reference to
'67 Seasonal Influences and the Possible Effects of Thermal Discharges.
68 Appendix D1 - Effects of Impingement and Entrainment at the OCNGS on Plankton, 69 Macroinvertebrates, and Fish.
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70 Volume: Appendices El-F1 71 Appendix E1 - OCNGS Alternative Cooling Water System Study.
72 Appendix E2 - Alternative Discharge Cooling Systems for the Forked River Nuclear 73 Generating Station.
74 Appendix F1 - An Evaluation of the Economic Benefits and Costs of Alternative 75 Cooling Systems at OCNGS.
76 77 Volume: Addendum 1 to Appendix C1 & Addendum 1 to Appendix D1 78 Addendum 1 to Appendix C1 - Effects of Thermal Discharges on Plankton, 79 Macroinvertebrates, and Fish.
80 Addendum 1 to Appendix D1 - Effects of Impingement and Entrainment at the Oyster 81 Creek Nuclear Generating Station on Plankton, Macroinvertebrates, and Fish.
82 83 Volume: Working Papers Volume 1 84 Working Papers A:
85 Final Environmental Statement for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (JCP&LL, 86 December 1974). .
87 Final Environmental Statement for the Forked River NuclearGenerating Station (JCP&L, 88 February 1973).
89 NPDES Data Monthly Summaries - June 1975 to December 1977.
90 Working Papers B:
91 Simulation of the Effluent Plumes from the Oyster Creek Nuclear' Generating Station.
92 (Lawler et al., March 1978).
93 Simulation of the Effluent Plumes from the Forked River Nuclear Generating Station 94 (Lawler et al.,. February 1978)..
95 Working Papers C:
96 Responses of Some Estuarine Fishes to Increasing Thermal Gradients (Gift and 97 Westman, June 1971).
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- 99 Volume: Working Papers Volume 2 100 Working Papers C (Continued):
101 The Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Benthic Flora and fauna of Barnegat 102 Bay Before and After the Onset of Thermal Addition (nine progress reports on studies 103 conducted by Rutgers University).
104 The Ecology of the Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (Phillips, 105 June 1972).
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106 Zooplankton of Barnegat Bay: The Effect of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant 107 (Sandine, October 1973).
108 Supportive Experimental Data on Representative. Important Species.
109 110 Volume: Working Papers Volume 3 111 Working Papers C (Continued) 112 Progress Reports of Ecological Studies on Fin- and Shellfish and Plankton for the Oyster 113 Creek Nuclear Generating Station -September 1975 - April 1976 (Ichthyologicalt 114 Associates, Inc.).
115 116 Volume: Working Papers Volume.4 117 Working Papers C (Continued) 118 Preliminary Final Report of Ecological Studies on Fin- Shellfish and Plankton for the 119 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station - September 1975 - August 1976....
120 (Ichthyological Associates, Inc.).
122 Volume: Working Papers Volume 5 123 Working PapersC (Continued) 124 : ':." ..: .i.Preliminary'Final Report of Ecological Studies for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Geherating 125 Station- (Continued):
.126 September 1975 to August 1976 - Volume 2;.Part2,; Plankton (Ichthyological' 127 Associates, Inc., May 1977).
128 Report on Data Collected for Ecological Studies f6r.the.Oyster Creek Nuciear!"Generating 129 Station:
.130 September 1976 to February 1977 - Part One; Finfish, Shellfish,. and Plankton 131 (Ichthyological Associates, Inc., June 1977).
132 September 1976 tO February 1977 - Part Two; Appendix Tables (Ichthyological" 133 Associates, Inc. June 1977).
134 Working Papers D: BLANK 135 Working Papers E: BLANK 136 Working Papers F:
137 General Analysis of the Impact of an Alternative Discharge/Cooling System on the Rate 138. Payer (JCP&L, 1978).
139 Estimation of Annual Stock Weight Gains of Aquatic Species From Substitution of 140 Alternative Closed-Cycle Cooling Systems for the Existing Once-Through System at the 141 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Fitzgerald, 1978).
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142 Working Papers F: Continued -
143 Valuation of Economic Costs of Fogging and Icing (Fitzgerald, 1978).
144 Evaluation of Costs of Damages to Materials from Increases in Salt Deposition Rates 145 (Fitzgerald, 1978).
146 Evaluation of the Economic Costs of Cooling Tower Noise (Fitzgerald, 1978).
147 148 GPU Nuclear. 1988. GPU Nuclear comments on Versar's draft final report titled. "Technical 149 review and evaluation of thermal effects studies and cooling water intake structure 150 demonstration of impact for the Oyster Creek-Nuclear Generating Station, volumes I and II.
151, Summers, J. K., A. F. Holland, S. B. Weisberg, L. C. Wendling, C. F. Stroup, R. L. Dwyer, M..
152 A. Turner, and W. Burton. 1989. Technical review and evaluation of thermal effects studies 153. and cooling water intake structure demonstration of.impact for the Oyster.Creek Nuclear 154 Generating Station, revised final report, Volume I - text. Prepared for New Jersey Department
.155 of Environmental Protection Division of Water Resources. Versar, Inc., ESM Operations, 156 Columbia, MD.-.
157 Summers, J. K., A. F. Holland, S. B. Weisberg, L. C. Wendling, C. F. Stroup, R. L. Dwyer, M.
158 A. Turner, and W. Burton. 1989. Technical review and evaluation.ofthermhal effects studies.,
159 and cooling water intake structure demonstration of impact for the Oyster Creek Nuclear 160 Generating Station, revised final report, volume II - appendices. Prepared for New Jersey 161 'Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Resources. Versar, Inc., ESM.
162.q. Operations, Columbia, MD.
.163 New:Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.: 1994. New Jersey Pollutant Discharge.
164 Elimination System, Discharge to Surface Water Permit Number.NJ0005550. Fact Sheet/Basis 165 sectionprovides the scientific and regulatory basisfor the NJDEP's determination*thatthe 166 existing cooling water intake structure, in conjunction with dilution pump optimization 167 .*studies, should be designatedBest Technology Available under section 316(b).
168 169 170 IMPINGEMENT & ENTRAINMENT/FIN- & SHELLFISH POPULATION STUDIES-.
171 172 Ichthyological Associates, Inc. 1979a. Report of data collected for ecological studies for the 173 Oyster CreekGeneratinrgStation, September 1977-March 1978, part one. Ichthyological 174 Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 93 pp.
175 Ichthyological Associates, Inc. 1979b. Report of data collected for ecological studies for the 176 Oyster Creek Generating Station, September 1977-March 1978, part two. Ichthyological 177' Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 290 pp.
178 Danila, D. J., C. B. Milstein and Associates. 1979. Ecological studies for the Oyster Creek 179 Generating Station, progress report for the period September 1977-August 1978, (finfish, 180 shellfish, and plankton). Ichthyological Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 391 pp.
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181 Ichthyological Associates, Inc. 1979c. Report of data collected for ecological studies for the 182 Oyster Creek Generating Station, September 1978-March 1979, part one, finfish, shellfish, and 183 plankton. Ichthyological Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 135 pp.
184 Ichthyological Associates, Inc. 1979d. Report of data collected for ecological studies for the..
185 Oyster Creek Generating Station, September 1978-March 1979, part two (appendix tables)..
186 Ichthyological Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 223 pp.
187 Danila, D. J. and D. M. Byrne. 1979. Tagging study of winter flounder taken in Barnegat Bay.
188 Progress report for the period December 1978 through July 1979. Ichthyological Associates, 189 Inc., Ithaca, NY, 29 pp.
.190 Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1980. Progress report of ecological studies at the Oyster Creek Nuclear 191 Generating Station, April-August 1979, part one: Ecological Analysts, Inc., Towson, MD.
192 Danila, D. J. 1980. Tagging study of winter flounder taken in BarnegatBay. Progress report for,.
193 the period August 1979 through June 1980. Ichthyological Associates, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 24 pp.
.194 Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1.98 la. Ecological studies at. the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 195 Station, progress report, September 1979-August 1980. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Sparks, MD.
196 Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1981b. Ecological studies at the Oyster Creek Nucleai Generating 197 Station, progress report, September 1980-February 1981. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Towson,
.198 MD.
199 Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1982. Ecological studies at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 200 Station, progress report, September. 1980-August 1981L. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Sparks, 201 MD.Ecological Analysts, Inc.. 1983. Ecological. studies at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 202 Station, progress report, September 1981-August.1982. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Sparks, MD,.
203 Ecological Analysts, Inc. 1984. Ecological studies at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 204 Station, progress report, September 1982-August 1.983. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Sparks, MD.
205 EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. 1986. Entrainment and impingement studies at.
206 the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station 1984-1985. EA Engineering, Science, and 207 Technology, Inc., Sparks, MD.
208 209 210 211 212 213 Page 6 of 9
214 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 215 Kennish, M. J. and R. A. Lutz, editors. 1984. Ecology of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Springer-216 Verlag, New York, NY. Collaborationof scientistsfrom the utility, academia,and consulting 217 industry to develop a collection of peer reviewed articlesOn various aspects of the ecology of 218 BarnegatBay. The 316(a) & (b) studiesfor the Oyster Creek GeneratingStation served as 219 the basisfor most of the articles.
220 Vouglitois, J. J., K. W. Able, R. J. Kurtz, and K. A. Tighe, 1987. Life history and population 221 dynamics of the bay anchovy in New Jersey. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 222 Vol. 116, No. 2, pp 141-153. Collaborationof scientistsfrom the utility, academia,and the 223 FederalGovermnent to synthesize the available biological/ecologicaldata on the bay 224 anchovy in New Jersey. Among other things, demonstratedthat widely fluctuating 225 population levels in BarnegatBay were associatedwith mortality during the overwintering 226 period on the inner continentalshelf or changes in migratorypatterns,ratherthan survival 227 of the early life stages in the estuary.
228 229 THERMAL PLUME AND HYDROGRAPHIC STUDIES 230 Jersey Central Power & Light Company. 1980. Oyster. Creek Nuclear Generating Station, 1979 231 annual environmental operating report for the Oyster Creek environmental technical 232 specifications, appendix B to license number DPR-16, docket number 50-219, section 4.2, 233 thermal plume measurement program, and section:4.3, hydrographic study. Thermalplume 234 measurements and intake/dischargecanalsoundings requiredby the US Nuclear 235 Regulatory Commission.
236 Jersey Central Power & Light Company. 198l.OysterCreek Nuclear Generating Station, 1980 237 annual environmental operating report for the Oyster Creek environmental technical 238 specifications, appendix B to license number DPR-16, docket number 50-219, section.4.2, 239 thermal plume measurement program, and section 4.3, hydrographic study. Thermalplume 240 measurements and intake/dischargecanalsoundings requiredby the US. Nuclear 241 Regulatory Commnission.
242 Starosta, T. P., M. B. Roche, D. W. Ballengee and V. L. Ohori. 1981. Hydrographic study of 243 Barnegat Bay, New Jersey 1979. GPU Nuclear Corporation, Parsippany, NJ.
244 GPU Nuclear Corporation. 1982. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, 1981 annual 245 environmental operating report for the:Oyster Creek environmental technical specifications, 246 appendix B to license number DPR-16, docket number 50-219, section 4.2, thermal plume."
247 measurement program, and section 4.3, hydrographic study. Thermal plume measurements 248 and intake/dischargecanal soundings requiredby the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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251 GPU Nuclear Corporation. 1983. Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, 1982 annual 252 environmental operating report for the Oyster Creek environmental technical specifications, 253 appendix B to license number DPR-16, docket number 50-219, section 4.2, thermal plume 254 measurement program, and section 4.3, hydrographic study. Thermalplume measurements 255 and intake/dischargecanalsoundings requiredby the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
256 257 ALTERNATIVE COOLING SYSTEM STUDIES/ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS 258 Ebasco Services Incorporated. 1977. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Oyster Creek 259 Nuclear Generating Station, alternative cooling water system study, volume 1, executive 260 suimmary. Ebasco Services Incorporated, New York, NY. Submitted as part of the 316(a) & (b) 261 Demonstration for the Oyster Creek and Forked River Nuclear Generating Stations.
262 Ebasco Services Incorporated. 1977. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Oyster Creek 263 Nuclear Generating Station, alternative cooling water system study, volume 2, study text.
264 Ebasco Services Incorporated, New York, NY. (Submitted as part of the 316(a) & (b) 265 Demonstration for the Oyster Creek and Forked River Nuclear Generating Stations).
266 Ebasco Services Incorporated. 1977. Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Oyster Creek 267 Nuclear Generating Station, alternative cooling water system study, volume 3, exhibits. Ebasco 268 Services Incorporated, New York, NY. Submitted as part of the 316(a) & (b) Demonstration 269 for the Oyster Creek and Forked River Nuclear Generating Stations.
270 Fitzgerald, Dr. T. K. 1977. An evaluation of the economic benefits and costs of alternative 271 cooling systems at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. National Economic Research 272 Associates, Inc. (Submitted as part of the 316(a) & (b) Demonstration for the Oyster Creek and 273 Forked River Nuclear Generating Stations).
274. Kahal, M. I. 1988. Determination of retrofit costs at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 275 Station. Exeter Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. (Included as an appendix to Summers, J.
276 K., A. F. Holland, S. B. Weisberg, L. C. Wendling, C. F. Stroup, R. L. Dwyer, M. A. Turner, 277 and W. Burton. 1989. Technical review and evaluation of thermal effects studies and cooling 278 water intake structure demonstration of impact for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating 279 Station, revised final report, volume II - appendices. Prepared for New Jersey Department of 280 Environmental Protection Division of Water Resources. Versar, Inc., ESM Operations, 281 Columbia, MD).
282 Harrington" Dr. W. 1988. Estimating the economic value of fisheries resources at the Oyster 283 Creek Nuclear Generating Station. Exeter Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. (Included as an 284 appendix to Summers, J. K., A. F. Holland, S. B. Weisberg, L. C. Wendling, C. F. Stroup, R.
285 L. Dwyer, M. A. Turner, and W. Burton. 1989. Technical review and evaluation of thermal 286 effects studies and cooling water intake structure demonstration of impact for the Oyster Creek 287 Nuclear Generating Station, revised final report, volume II - appendices. Prepared for New 288 Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Water Resources. Versar, Inc.,
289 ESM Operations, Columbia, MD).
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290 Reddy, B. J., and J. H. Wile. 1988. Assessment of Versar analysis of cost and benefit estimates 291 of modifying the cooling system of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant. Prepared for GPU Nuclear 292 Corporation. National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (Submitted to NJDEP along with 293 GPU Nuclear. 1988. GPU Nuclear comments on Versar's draft final report titled "Technical 294 review and evaluation of thermal effects studies and cooling water intake structure.
295 . demonstration of impact for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, volumes I and II.
296 Ebasco Services Incorporated. 1992. GPU Nuclear Corporation, update of alternate cooling 297 water system study for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, volume 1, technical and 298 economic evaluation. Ebasco Services Incorporated, New York, NY.
299 Ebasco Services Incorporated. 1992. GPU Nuclear Corporation, update of alternate cooling -
300 water system study for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, volume 2; environmental 301. effects and cost analyses. Ebasco Services Incorporated, New York, NY...
302 303 MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 304 Most of the biological.and physical/chemical data gathered by Ichthyological Associates, Inc.
305 and Ecological Analysts, Inc. are stored in a database called OCEAN. As part of the. ownership 306 transition during 2000-2002, GPU was supposed to provide AmerGen with a copy of the-307 *OCEAN database.
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