ML14118A040

2013 Annual Environmental Operating Report

ML14118A040
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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	04/11/2014
From:	Perkins E Exelon Generation Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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~ Exeton Generation.

April 11, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 ATTENTION: Document Control Desk

SUBJECT:

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit 2 Renewed Facility Operating License No. NPF-69 Docket No. 50-4 10 2013 Annual Environmental Onerating Renort In accordance with Appendix B, Environmental Protection Plan, of the Renewed Operating License NPF-69 for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2, enclosed is the Annual Environmental Operating Report for the period of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.

There are no new regulatory commitments in this letter.

Should you have questions regarding the information in this submittal, please contact me at (315) 349-5219.

Sincerely, Everett P. Perkins Director - Licensing EPP/TAB

Attachment:

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2, 2013 Annual Environmental Operating Report cc: Regional Administrator, Region I, NRC Project Manager, NRC Resident Inspector, NRC Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63, Lycoming, NY 13093

.f ATTACHMENT NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION UNIT 2 2013 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013 Renewed Facility Operating License NPF-69 Docket No. 50-410 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC April 11, 2014

ATTACHMENT NMPNS UNIT 2 2013 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP), as contained in Appendix B of the Renewed Operating License for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 2, requires that an Annual Environmental Operating Report be submitted to the Commission prior to May 1 of each year. The following addresses the requirements found in Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP for the submittal of the Annual Environmental Operating Report:

1. Providesummaries and analyses of the results of the environmentalprotection activities required by Subsection 4.2 (if any) of the EPPfor the reportperiod, including a comparison with related preoperational studies, operational controls (as appropriate), and previous non-radiological environmental monitoring reports, and an assessment of the observed impacts of the plant operation on the environment. If harmful effects or evidence of trends towards irreversible damage to the environment are observed, a detailed analysis of the data and a proposed course of mitigatingaction shall be provided Subsection 4.2 of the EPP denotes three areas of environmental monitoring:

• Subsection 4.2.1 (Aquatic Monitoring) has no specific monitoring requirements although it is noted that the Commission will rely on the decisions made by the State of New York under the authority of the Clean Water Act for any requirements. Aquatic monitoring is specified in the station's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (SPDES Permit) which is a site permit applicable to Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station Unit 1 and Unit 2. The SPDES Permit requires a limited Aquatic Monitoring Program (referred to in the permit as Biological Monitoring Requirements) which, at the present time, is only applicable to Unit 1. Unit 2 is in compliance. Therefore, no Aquatic Monitoring Program is presently required for Unit 2.

• Subsection 4.2.2 (Terrestrial Monitoring) does not contain any monitoring requirements.

• Subsection 4.2.3 (Noise Monitoring) does not contain any monitoring requirements.

2. Provide a list of EPP non-compliances and corrective actions taken to remedy them.

A review of the EPP requirements and plant records showed that there were no non-compliances with the EPP requirements during 2013.

3. Provide a list of all changes in station design or operation, tests, and experiments made in accordance with EPP Subsection 3.1 which involved a potentially significant unreviewed environmental question (non-radiological).

A review of plant records, including environmental evaluations, showed that there were no changes in station design/operation, tests, or experiments during 2013 that could have involved a potentially significant unreviewed environmental question (non-radiological).

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ATTACHMENT NMPNS UNIT 2 2013 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT

4. List all nonroutine reportssubmitted in accordancewith Subsection 5.4.2 of the EPP.

During 2013, there was one nonroutine report submitted to the Commission in accordance with Subsection 5.4.2 of the EPP. The report, dated October 25, 2013, documented the events leading to a minor fish kill that occurred on September 25, 2013.

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