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NJDEP Case #13-07-01-0901-47, Operator #25 National Response Center Incident #1052340 30-day Discharge Confirmation Report
ML13220A018
Person / Time
Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 07/29/2013
From: Gregory H
Public Service Enterprise Group
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, State of NJ, Dept of Environmental Protection
References
LR-E13-0099, 13-07-01-0901-47
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PSEG Nuclear LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 IRE3-0099 0 PSEG Dated: JUL 2 9 2013 AVudear LLC UPS Tracking Number: 1Z 273 AEO 01 9738 5593 Bureau of Release Prevention New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection PO Box 420, Mail Code 22-03D Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420 Attn: Discharge Confirmation Report RE: PSEG Nuclear LLC - Hope Creek Generating Station NJDEP Case #13-07-01-0901-47, Operator #25 National Response Center Incident #1052340 30-day Discharge Confirmation Report

Dear Sir/Madam:

In accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:1E-5.8, PSEG Nuclear LLC (PSEG) is submitting the enclosed discharge confirmation report. This report describes the suspected release of approximately 2 gallons of oily water to the Delaware River.

The discharge was reported to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) hotline at 09:00 hours on July 01, 2013 and assigned case number 13-07 0901-47 by Operator #25. This discharge was also reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to that agency's requirements. Finally, the discharge was also reported to the National Response Center and assigned Incident Report #1052340.

Although this discharge entered a storm drain that discharges to the Delaware River, no sheen was observed on the river at the time of observation.

The enclosed report contains the information as known at the time of this report.

Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Tanya Timberman at (856) 339-1426, Tanya.Timberman(pseg.com.

Sincerely, Helen Gregory Environmental Compliance Manager - Nuclear Attachments (3)

Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E13-0099 cc: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested Article Number: 7012 1640 0000 4257 4890 NJDEP Site Remediation Program P.O. Box 420, Mail Code: 401-05H Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested Article Number: 7012 1640 0000 4257 4906 NJDEP - Water Compliance and Enforcement Southern Water Enforcement Attn: Steven Mathis 2 Riverside Drive, Suite 201 Camden, NJ 08103 Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested Article Number:' 7012 1640 0000 4257 4913 Lower Alloways Creek Township 501 Locust Island Road PO Box 157 Hancock's Bridge, NJ 08038 Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested Article Number: 7012 1640 0000 4257 4920 2

Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E13-0099 bc: Site Vice President - Salem Plant Manager - Salem Site Vice President - Hope Creek Plant Manager - Hope Creek Director - Regulatory Affairs Manager - Nuclear Environmental Affairs Manager - Hope Creek Regulatory Assurance ARCADIS NRC Resident 3

Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E13-0099 Discharge Confirmation Report PSEG Nuclear LLC - Hope Creek Generating Station NJDEP Case No. 13-07-01-0901-47 7:1E-5.8(c), Confirmation Report:

1. Name, Address and Telephone Number of Individual who Reported:

Name: Ken Breslin

Title:

Shift Operations Manager PSEG Nuclear LLC - Salem Generating Station PO Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 (856) 339-3027

2. Name, Address and Telephone Number of Individual Submitting Report:

Name: Helen Gregory

Title:

Environmental Compliance Manager - Nuclear PSEG Nuclear LLC PO Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 (856) 339-1341

3. Name, Address and Telephone Number of Owner/Operator of Facility Where Discharge Occurred:

PSEG Nuclear LLC - Salem Generating Station PO Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 (856) 339-1341

4. Source of Discharge, if known:

A small portable generator was situated on a secondary containment. After rain events, the containment was filled and subsequently overflowed onto the asphalt.

The spill entered the storm drain adjacent to the secondary containment, discharging through DSN 463A.

5. Location of Discharge:

Name: PSEG Nuclear LLC - Hope Creek Generating Station Street Address: Hancocks Bridge Road Block/Lot: B-26, L-4.01 Municipality: Lower Alloways Creek County: Salem Site Map: Identified on the Site Map in Attachment B.

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Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E13-0099

6. Common Name and Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number of each hazardous substance discharged:

" Petroleum oil

  • Gasoline, CAS No. 8006-61-9
7. Quantities of each hazardous substance discharged:
  • Approximately 2 gallons of a petroleum oil, gasoline and water mixture.
8. Date and Time Discharge Began, Was Discovered, Ended and Was Reported:

Case No. 13-07-01-0901-47 Began: 07/01/13 Discovered: 07/01/13 at 08:46 Ended: 07/01/13 at 08:50 Reported: 07/01/13 at 09:00

9. Detailed Description of Containment, Cleanup and Removal Measures Summary of Cost Incurred:

The spill was contained using oil absorbent boom. The remaining oily water was cleaned up using a vacuum truck. Clean up costs are estimated to be $1,000.00.

10. Detailed Description of Corrective Actions or Preventative Measures:

They were walked down and dewatered as needed.

" Procedures are being evaluated for any gaps.

11. Name, Address and Telephone Number of Cleanup Entities:

PSEG Nuclear LLC - Salem Generating Station PO Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038-0236 (856) 339-1341

12. Description of Sample Date, Type, Quantity and Location No samples were obtained.
13. Certification of Financial Responsibility - Included as Attachment C
14. Supplemental Information - None
15. Any Additional Information - None
16. Certification of hiahest rankina individual - Included as Attachment A 5

Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E1 3-0099 ATTACHMENT A Certificationin accordancewith 7:1E-4.I (a) 6

Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E1 3-0099 Discharge Confirmation Report PSEG Nuclear LLC - Hope Creek Generating Station NJDEP Case No. 13-07-01-0901-47 7:1E-4.11(a), Certification:

I certify under penalty of law that the information provided in this document is, to the best of my knowledge, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are significant civil and criminal penalties, including the possibility of fines or imprisonment or both, for submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information.

Eric Carr Date:

Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear, LLC 7

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Bureau of Discharge Prevention - Discharge Confirmation Report LR-E1 3-0099 ATTACHMENT C Certificationof FinancialResponsibility 9

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Enclosed are an original and ten copies of updated financial responsibility documents pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7: IE-4.4. The enclosed documents include the Chief Financial Officer's Letter a*nd a Guarantee executed by the President and Chief Operating Officer of PSEG Power LLC. Each specifies the eleven major facilities that are covered-If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Very truly yours, Ceraldine A. Smith Enclosures

V GUARANTEE Guarantee made this April -j, 2013 by PSEG Power LLC, a business entity organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, herein referred to as guarantor, to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("Department") and to any and all third parties, and obligees, on behalf of its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, PSEG Fossil LLC, which operates the Bergen, Burlington, Essex, Edison, Hudson, Kearny, Linden,. Mercer and Sewaren Generating Stations and PSEG Nuclear LLC, which operates Hope Creek and Salem Generating Stations, of 80 Park Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07101.

(1) Guarantor meets or exceeds the financial test criteria of NJ.A.C. 7:1E-4.4(g) and agrees to comply with the requirements for guarantors as specified in NJ.A.C.

- 74E-4A(h-).

(2) PSEG Fossil LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of guarantor, operates the following major facilities covered by this guarantee:

Bergen Generating Station Victoria Terrace Ridgefield, New Jersey 07657; Hudson Generating Station Duffield & Van Keuren Avenues Jersey City, Nev Jersey 07306; Kearny Generating Station Foot of Hackensack Avenue Keamy, New Jersey 07032, Essex Generating Station 155 Raymond Boulevard Newark, New Jersey 07105; Linden Generating Station Grasselli Area of Wood Avenue South Linden, New Jersey 07036; Sewaren Generating Station 751 Cliff Road Sewaren, New Jersey 07077-1439; Edison Generating Station 164 Silver Lake Avenue Edison, New Jersey 08817;

Mercer Generating Station Lambenon Road Trenton, New Jersey 08611; and Burlington Generating Station W. Broad Street & Devlin Avenue Burlington, New Jersey 08016.

PSEG Nuclear LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of guarantor, operates the following major facilities covered by this guarantee:

Salem Generating Station FoorofBuxtonwmod RoMd-P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038; and Hope Creek Generating Station Foot of Buttonwood Road P.O. Box 236 Hancoeks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 This guarantee satisfies the requirements of N.J AC. 7:1E-4.4 for assuring funding in the amount of SI ,000,000 per occurrence per facility and S2,000,000 annual ag-gregate per facility for cleanup and removal activities arising from operating the above identified major facilities.

(3) On behalf of our wholly owned operating subsidiaries, PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC, guarantor guarantees to the Department and to any and all third parties that:

In the event that PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC fails to provide alternate coverage within 60 days after receipt of a notice of cancellation of this guarantee and the Department has determined or suspects that a discharge has occurred at a facility covered by this guarantee, the guarantor, upon instructions from the Department, shall fund a standby trust fund in an amount sufficient to cover cleanup and removal costs, but not to exceed the coverage limits specified in N.J.A.C. 7:1E-4.4(b).

In the event that the Department determines that PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC has failed to perfbrm cleanup and removal activities arising out of the operation of the above-identified facilities, the guarantor, upon written instructions from the Department, shall fund a standby trust in an amount sufficient to cover cleanup and removal costs, but not to exceed the coverage limits specified above.

I (4) Guarantor agrees that if at the end of any fiscal year before cancellation of this guarantee, the guarantor fails to meet the financial test criteria of N..A.C. 7:1E-4.4(g), guarantor shall send within 120 days of such failure, by certified mail, notice to PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC and the Department. The guarantee will terminate 120 days from the date of receipt of the notice by PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC or 120 days from the date of receipt of the notice by the Department, whichever is later, as evidenced by the return receipt.

(5) Guarantor agrees to notify PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC by certified mail of a voluntary or involuntary proceeding under Title I1 (Bankruptcy), U.S.

Code, naming guarantor as debtor, within 10 days after commencement of the proceeding.

(6) uarantor-agreet o-retain-b-o-d-umderthiugtm ntithstaadig-a-fy-modification or alteration of any obligation of PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC, pursuant to NJ.A.C. 7:I E.

(7) Guarantor agrees to remain bound under this guarantee for so long as PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC must comply with the applicable financial responsibility requirements of N.J.A.C. 7: 1E-4.4 for the above-identified facilities, except that guarantor may cancel this guarantee by sending notice by certified mail to PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC, and the Department, such cancellation to become effective no earlier than 120 days after receipt of such notice by PSEG Fossil LLC and PSEG Nuclear LLC, or 120 days from the date of receipt of the notice by the Department, whichever is later, as evidenced by the return receipt.

(8) The guarantor's obligation does not apply to any of the following; (a) Any obligation of PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC under a worker's compensation, disability benefits, or unemployment compensation law or other similar law; (b) Bodily injury to an employee of PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC arising from, and in the course of. employment by PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC.

(c) Bodily injury or property damage not related to a discharge arising from the ownership, maintenance, use, or entrustment to others of any aircraft, motor vehicle, or watercraft; (d) Property damage to any property owned, rented, loaned to, in the care, custody, or control of,or occupied by PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC that is not the direct result of a discharge from the facility; (e) Bodily damage or property damage for which PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC is obligated to pay damages by reason of the assumption of liability in a contract or agreement other than a contract or agreement entered into to meet the requirements of N..A.C. 7:1 E-4.4.

(9) Guarantor expressly waives notice of acceptance of this guarantee by the Department or by PSEG Fossil LLC or PSEG Nuclear LLC.

I hereby certify that the wording of this guarantee is identical to the wording specified in Appendix B of N.J.A.C. 7: 1E as such rules were constituted on the effective date shown immediately below.

Effective date: April _.ZL, 2013 PSEG Power LLC WiQiam L-evis_

President and Chief Operating Officer Signature of witness or notary: ~ 4

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LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE VICE PRESUDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER I am the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PSEG Power LLC, 80 Park Plaza, P.O. Box 117 1, Newark, New Jersey 07101-1171. This letter is in support of the use of the financial test of self-insurance and/or guarantee to demonstrate financial responsibility for cleanup and removal activities arising from operating:

Bergen Generating Station Victoria Terrace Ridgefield, New Jersey 07657; Hudson Generating Station Duffield & Van Keuren Avenues Jersey City, New Jersey 07306; Kearny Generating Station Foot of Hackensack Avenue Kearny, New Jersey 07032; Essex Generatin Station 155 Raymond Boulevard Newark. New Jersey 07105; Linden Generating Station Grasselli Area of Wood Avenue South Linden, New Jersey 07036; Sewaren Generating Station 751 Cliff Road Sewaren, New Jersey 07077-1439; Edison Generating Station 164 Silver Lake Avenue Edison, New Jersey 08817; Mercer Generating Station Lamberton Road Trenton, New Jersey 08611; Burlington Generating Station W. Broad Street & Devlin Avenue Burlington, New Jersey 08016;

WEENEI.-

Salem Generating Station Foot of Buttonwood Road P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038; and Hope Creek Generating Station Foot of Buttonwood Road P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 in the amount of at least One Million Dollars (SI.000,000) per occurrence per facility, and Two Million Dollars (S1000,000) annual aggregate per facility.

A financial test is also used by this owner or operator to demonstrate evidence of financial responsibility in the following amounts under the following EPA or State rules or regulations (i.e., RCRA, ECRA, UST, etc.):

NiA This owner or operator has not received an adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, or a going concern qualification from an independent auditor on his or her financial statements for the latest completed fiscal year.

ALTERNATIVE I (Niliions)

1. Amount of annual DCR ag~eegate coverage being assured by a financial test andior guarantee S 22
2. .nAmount of annual aggregate coverage for all other Federal or State regulatory costs (i.e. RCLA, ECRA, UST, etc.) covered by a financial test, andor *guarantee S 0
3. Sum of lines I and2 S 22
4. Total tangible assets S 10.982
5. Total liabilities [if any of the amount reported on line 3 is included in total liabilities, you may deduct that amount from this line and add that amount to line 6] S 5.593
6. Tangible net worth [subtract line 5 from line 4) S 5.389

YES NO

7. Is line 6 at least $10 million? X
8. Is line 6 at leat 10 times line 3? X
9. Have financial statements for the latest fiscal year been filed with the Securities Exchange Commission? X
10. Have financial statements for the latest fiscal year X

been filed with the Energy Information Administration? _

11. Have financial statements for the latest fiscal year been filed with the Rural Utilities Services or the Board of Thiblic-Util~iris -. ___
12. Has financial information been provided to Dun and Bradstreet, and has Dun and Bradstreet provided a financial strength rating of 4A or 5A? (Answer Yes only if both criteria have been met] x X

I hereby certify that the wording of this letter is identical to the wording specified in Appendix B of NJ.A.C. 7:lE, as such rules were constituted on the date shown immediately below.

Caroline Dorsa Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: April _ 2013

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