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| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/01/1979 |
| From: | Robert E. Uhrig FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | James O'Reilly NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
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Dear Mr. O'Reilly:
Re: Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 Docket Nos. 50-250 and 50-251 Non-Radiological Environmental Monitoring Report No. 12, Supplemental Report FPL submitted the Non-Radiological Environmental Monitoring Report for Turkey Point Units 3 and 4 for the period July 1, 1978 through 'December 31, 1978, to you by my letter dated March 29, 1979 (L-79-74). A recent review of the document revealed some pages which had been inadvertently omitted in the reproduction process. Enclosed are two .(2) copies of pages III.B.1-47 through III.B.1-61 with which to complete the report sent to you earlier.
Yours very truly,
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,Dj.rector-, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (17)
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Table l. A list of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
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RELATIVE SEASON OF COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME ABUNDANCE OCCURRENCE White Pelican Pelecanus Rare . Winter er throrhynchos Brown Polican Pelecanus occidentalis Uncommon Permanent, carols.nensa.s Double-crested Phalacrocorax auritis Common Permanent Cormorant Red-brested ~Ner us serrator Common Winter Merganser Blue-winged Teal: Anas discors Uncommon Winter I
American- Coot Fulica americana Common Winter Florida Gallinule Common Permanent Mottled Duck Uncommon Permanent Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus ~odi.ce s Common Permanent Herring Gull Fairly Common Win ter Ring-billed Gull Larus delaware nsis Fairly Common Winter Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Common Permanent Least Term Sterna albifrons Common Summer Belted Kingfisher Common Permanent
Table l. A list of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
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RELATIVE SEASON OF
,COMMON NAME SCXENTXFIC NAME ABUNDANCE OCCURRENCE Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Common Permanent Black Vulture ~Cora y s 'atratus Common Permanent Gray Kingbird ~T rannus dominicensis Common Permanent dominicensis Red-winged E" Common Permanent Blackbird House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common 'ermanent Savannah Sparrow: Passerculus Common Winter sandwichensis Tree Swallow Uncommon Winter Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Fall Common Crow Crovus brach rh nchos Common Permanent White-crowned Columba leucocephala Uncommon Summe r Pigeon Rock Dove Columba livia" Common Permanent Mourning Dove Zenaidura macroura Common Permanent Ground Dove Columbi ullina Common Permanent asserina
Table l. A list. of Birds observed in the Study Area for 1978.
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COMMON NAME SCIENTIPIC NAME RELATIVE SEASON OF ABUNDANCE OCCURRENCE Northern Seivrus noveboracensis Rare Winter Waterthrush Yellowthroat Uncommon Permanent Blue-Gray Gnat Uncommon Winter Catcher Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Common Winter Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica strata Uncommon Spring 6 Fall Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Fairly Common Permanent House Wren d Common Winter Bobolink Fairly Common Spring 6 Pall Indigo Bunting Passerine ~c anea Uncommon Spring 6 Fall Mockingbird Mimus porc lot tos Common Permanent Catbird Dumetella Common Permanent carolinensis Cardinal Richmondena Common Permanent cardinalis Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella ~acana Common Permanent
Table 2. A list of Reptiles and Amphibians observed in the Study Area for 1978.
COMMON .NAMl'CIENTXFXC NAME . PREFERRED HABXTAT American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus Salt or brackish-water Florida Softshell Trionyx ferox Lakes, ponds, canals, roadside ditches Florida Snapping Turtle Any permanent body of freshwater Eastern Xdigo Snake Near thickets of dense natural vegetation Mangrove Water Snake Natrix fasciata com ressicauda Salt or brackish water Black Rat Snake ~Ela be obsolete obsolete Extremely variable Mud Snake Farancia abacura Swamps and lowlands Reef Gecko S haerodactylus notatus notatus Around buildings South Eastern Fivelined On spoil banks Skink Brown Anole Anolis ~sa rei Green Anole Cuban Tree Frog Anolis carolinensis
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Table 3. A list of Mammals observed in the Study Area for 1978.
COMMON NAtlE SCIENTIFIC NAME PREFERRED HABITAT Cat Marsh Rabbit Raccoon ~Phoo on Felis domestica
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Table 4. A comparison of Study Area Bird species 1978, to Surrounding Area species.
TURKEY SURROUNDING POINT AREA American Bittern X American Coot X American Goldfinch X American Kestrel X American Redstart X Anhinga X Bald Eagle X X Barn Swallow X X Belted Kingfisher X Black-bellied Plover X X Black-crowned Night Heron X Black-necked Stilt X Black Skimmer X Black Vulture X Blackpoll Warbler X X Black-whiskered Vireo X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X Blue Jay X Blue-winged Teal X Boat-tailed Grackle X Bobolink X X Broadwinged Hawk X Brown Pelican X X Cardinal X X Caspida Tern, X Catbird X Cattle Egret X X Cedar Waxwing X Chuck-Will's Widow Clapper Rail X Common Crow X Common Egret X X Co~amon Flicker X Co~on Grackle X Common Nighthawk X Common Snipe X Double-Crested Cormorant X Downy Woodpecker X Eastern Meadowlark X Eastern Phoebe X Florida Gallinule Glossy Ibis X Gray Kingbird X X Great Blue Heron X X Great White Heron X I
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Table 4; ,A comparison of Study Area Bird species (CONT.'D)'978, to Surrounding Area species; TURKEY SURROUNDING POINT AREA Green Heron Ground Dove X Herring Gull X House Sparrow X House Wren X .X Killdeer X, X Laughing Gull X X Least. Tern X X Little Blue Heron X X Louisana Heron X X Magnificent Frigatebird X X Marsh Hawk X Merlin X X Mockingbird X Mottled Duck X Mourning Dove X Northern Waterthrush X X Osprey X X Palm Warbler X X Peregrine Falcon X Pie-billed Grebe X Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler X Red-bellied Woodpecker X. X Red-brested Merganser X X Reddish Egret X X Red-shouldered Hawk X Red-winged Blackbird X X Ring-billed Gull X X Roseate Spoonbill X X Rock Dove X Royal Tern X Sanderling X Savannah Sparrow X Screech Owl X Semipalmated Plover .X Sharp-shinned Hawk X Snowv Egret X Tree Swallow X X Turkey Vulture X X White-crowned Pigeon X White-eyed Vireo White Ibis i I I I. B. 1-53
Table 4. A comparison of Study Area Bird species (CONT'D) 1978, to Surrounding Area species.
A TURKEY SURROUND1NG POXNT AREA White Pelican X X Willet X Wood Duck X Wood Xbis Yellowlegs X.
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Table 5. A comparison of Study. Area Reptiles and Amphibians for 1978, to Surrounding Area species.
TURKEY SURROUNDING POINT AREA American Alligator X American Crocodile X Bahaman Bark Anole X
, Black Rat Snake Brown Anole X Corn Snake X Cuban Treefrog X X Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake X Eastern Indigo Snake X Everglades Racer X Florida Cricket Frog X Florida Softshell X X Florida Snapping Turtle X Florida Water Snake X Green Anole X Green House Frog X Green Treefrog X Key West Anole X Mangrove Water Snake X X Mud Snake X Cuban Tree Frog X Pig Frog Reef Gecko X South Eastern Five-lined Skink X Southern Leopard Frog Spadefoot Toad III.B.1-55
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TURKEY SURROUNDING POXNT AREA Black Rat X X Bob Cat X Cotton Rat X Dolphin X Domestic Cat House Mouse X Manatee X Marsh Rabbit X X Raccoon X X Rice Rat X White Tailed deer X I I I . 8. 1-56
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5'0 BBO/QS J REFERENCES 0 I11090WQ Applied Biology, Inc. 1978. Evaluation of Ecological Studies Conducted at Turkey Point and South Dade Area.
Atlanta, Georgia. r Applied Biology, Inc. 1978. Baseline Ecological .Study of a Subtropical Terrestrial Biome in Southern Cad County, Fl or i da. Atlanta, Georgi a.
Florida Power and L'ight Company. 1976. Turkey Point Units 3 & 4 .
Semiannual Environmental t1onitoring Report No. 9. Hiami,
,. Florida.
Florida Power and Light Company. Unpublished. Environmental Report, South Dade Plant Units 1 5 2. Vol. 1,2. Miami, Florida.
Peterson, R.T. 1947. A Field Guide to the Birds. Houghton Nifflin Company. Boston, tlassachuetts.
Robbins, C.S., B. Br uun, and H. S. Zim. 1966. Birds of North America. 'Hestern Publishing Company, Inc. Rocaine, Wisconsin.
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Induced Reve etation Method The 30 species of grasses, shrubs, and trees plant d during the p
1973-74 Initial Study Project were checked quarterly for survival
~ and vitality (Table 1). The parameter of vitality was an attempt to single out plants which could survive, but were in some manner inhibi ted in growth.
Di s cuss i on and Concl us i ons Growth rates and vitality continued to be higher in the more organic areas and lower in the mucky clays. These trends were best observed in the species with excellent survival rates. For example, the Coccoloba uvifera (sea grapes), planted in organic soils, were 2
as tall as 3.5 meters and ocvered areas of 9m or more. These large plants produced an abundance of seeds, resulting in numerous seedlings.
Sea grapes planted in the mucky clays, although seeming healthy, remained, small and exhibited little new growth. No plantings of the Initial Study remained in the clay areas. Several of the sites have b g by 1 pl p 1 .p 1 1 1 ~C erectus (buttonwoods), with a resulting loss of vigor and increase in mortality to the test species.
Plants in the "Excellent" and "Good" survival categories generally exhibited "Good" vitality, thus indicating a tolerance to wind ex-posure and saline conditions on the berms. An exception, Cocculus laurifolius, showed only "Fair" survival, but "Excellent" vitality.
It survived only in organic soil areas that were protected from extreme sun and wind by native- vegetation.
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Vitality EXCELLENT (90% survival)
Good Coccoloba uvifera Sea Grape Good Silver Button Bush Good Scaevola frutescens Scaeval Shrub Exc. ~Zo aia ~aonica Zoysia Grass GOOD (60-89% survival)
Fair Green Piitosporum Good Rhoeo discolor Oyster P ant Good Zamia inter rifolia Cootie Evergreen FAIR (30-59% survival)
Fair Cocos nucifera Coconut Plam Good Variegated Pittosporum Good Crinum asiaticum Crinum Lily Fair Bitter Blue Grass Exc. Cocculus laurifolius Snail Seed POOR (30% survival)
Fair Eucuenia uniflora Florida Cherry Poor Poor a~
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Introduction The purpose of the soil study was to conduct limited sampling of soil nutrients to the south and west of the Turkey Point canal system.
Materials and methods Soil samples were taken from the midpoint of Transects 1, 3, 5, 7~ and 9 (Soil Study Figure 1). A small coring'of several grams was taken after removal of the first inch of soil. A second sample was taken 12 inches below the 'first. All samples were preserved on ice and sent to the laboratory'. An, acidified sodium chloride extraction procedure was used for nitrite and nitrate procedures -(Jackson, 1958).
Nitrate'as reduced to nitrite by a cadmium column and the nitrite was analyzed using the diazotization method (APHA, 1976).
Nitrite and nitrate values were reported as nitrogen in mg/g of dry weight of sample (Soil Study Table 1). All values were less than 0.2 mg/g which is the limit of detection for this method.
Summar and conclusions There was no increase in nitrite and nitrate values in sediments when compared with analyses performed in earlier years.
LITERATURE CITED APHA. 1976. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, 14th ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. 1193 pp.
Jackson, N.L. 1958. Soil chemical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. pp. 193-194.
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SOIL STUDY TABLE 1 LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF TEN SOIL SAMPLES TURKEY POINT PLANT DECEMBER 1978 Tr ansect , Soil Nitrite N Nitrate N Number De th in m m 1 <0.2 <0.2 12 <0.2 <0.2 1 <0.2 <0.2 12 <0.2 <0.2 1 <0.2 <0.2 12 <0.2 <0.2 1 <0.2 <0.2 12 <0.2 <0.2 1 <0. 2 <0.2 12 <0.2 <0.2 III.B.2-4
Ve etation Stud (ETS 4.2.2.3)
Introduction The purpose of this study was to determine if the vegetation to the west and to the south of the Turkey Point Plant cooling canal system has changed as a result of the system's operation.
Communities resent - The vegetation was sampled initially in 1972, using traditional botanical survey methods, to provide a base-line characterization of the local communities (FPL, 1972). This data has been used for qualitative comparisons with subsequent data.
Based on the 1972 baseline survey and on interpretation of aerial photographs, the vegetation has been classified into three community-types.
The community-type to the south of the cooling canal system is a mangrove community which occupies the transition zone between the communities to the west of the study area and the salt- 'reshwater water communities to the east. The dominant community-type to the west of the cooling canal system is a grassland characterized by sawgrass, salt rush and salt grass', this is interrupted by the third community-type, which consists of tree islands characterized by mangrove species and buttonwoods. Each of these community-types has been sampled for this study.
'~E'd' i -I 1975. h d d ig d di between vegetational changes attributable to the cooling canal system and those not caused by the system; that is, caused by natural factors such as 'frost or succession or caused by the L-31 levee and borrow canal.
The key to detecting the operational impact of the cooling canal system is the assumption that this impact is the only effect which should decrease with distance from the system. The locations for the sample quadrats were chosen according to the principles of statistical experimental design. Thus, the effects of the cooling canal system can be tested for significance by analysis of frequencies for the community composition data and by analysis of variance for the biomass data. This statistical study design has been used for each study since 1975, so the data sets are directly comparable between years.
Since 1976, the data have come from permanent transects. This has reduced the sampling error and, from a practical point'f view, has increased the ability to detect even small changes in vegetation.
Parameters monitored - The vegetational communities could re-spond to the effects of the cooling canal system by changes in composition, that is, the species present; or by changes in structure, that is, the amount of biomass available to capture solar energy and transfer the energy up the food chain.
For the present study, coranunity composition has been estimated by relative frequency, which is defined as the number of quadrats in which the species occurred divided by the total number of quadrats.
Thus, the resulting values estimate the probabilities of encountering at least one individual of the species in one quadrat.
Biomass has been estimated by a volume-density index developed 2K for this study. This index estimates the volume (height x radius )
and weights it by the density of individuals within the volume. This method is analogous to traditional measures of yield (Greig-Smith, 1964) and shares the advantage of the traditional measures in that it can be determined easily in the field. The volume-density index has the further advantage of making possible comparisons of 'species with different growth forms.
Materials and Methods Transect lines - Nine transect lines were established; six transects ran east-west, adjacent to the western border of the canal system and three transects ran north-south, adjacent to the southern border of the canal system (Vegetation Figure 1). The transect into quadrats. Eight quadrats, 5x5 (2 2l) lines were then divided m m were delineated, so that four quadrats lay north or west of the transect and four lay south or east. Thus, 72 quadrats were laid
'ut encompassing a sample area of 1800 m2 .
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The six transects west of the canal system were chosen so that three transects sampled tree islands and three sampled grasslands.
The transect lines were specifically selected so that the first and last quadrats were in either woody or graminoid areas. The remaining quadrat locations were a fixed distance from the predetermined quadrats and were thus random in relation to the habitats between two points.
Control uadrats - The South Florida Water Management District L-31 levee and borrow canal lies just west of the Turkey Point canal system. Because much of the sampled vegetation lay between this active drainage canal and the Turkey Point canal system, suitable control quadrats had to be located outside the influence of both systems. To prevent potential impacts of the i-31 levee and borrow canal from confounding the study results, control quadrats for east-west transects 1 through 5 were located west of the canal. Control quadrats for Transect 6 were located east of the canal because the distance between the cooling canal system and the L-31 canal was too great to place them to the west.
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VEGETATION TABLE 3 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL tlUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 1 1978 uadrat S echoes 1Al lA2 1B1 1B2 1Cl 1C2 1Dl 1D2 Totals Aster Sp. present 10 Cladium jamaicensis 222 234 153 662 398 444 2,113 Conocarpus erecta 831 3,948 319 244 19,791 421 340 25,894 Disti eblis spicata 1 58 59 Eleochari s cell ulosa 801 54 48 193 161 20 14 1,291 Ipomoea saggi t tata Juncus roemeri anus 216 129 42 14 142 543 Typha Sp. 2,870 27 2,897 TOTALS 1,018 1,236 4,275 584 3,570 20,480 847 798 32,808
VEGETATION TABLE 4 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 2 1978 Uadrat S ecies 2A1 2A2 2B1 2B2 2C1 2C2 2D1 2D2 Totals Acrosti chum aureum present Bacchari s gl omeruli folia present Cladium jamaicensis 1,747 13,348 2,239 5,591 13,859 10,664 2,660 7,042 57,150 Corocarpus erecta 3,081 291,169 1,067 2,412 2,442 352 2,027 178 302,728 Ipomoea saggi t tata present Juncus roemeri anus 77 77 Lagunculari a rac'emosa 839 6 117 1 5,264 216 6,444 8ikania scandens present Rhi zophora mangle 1,165 391 110 5,353 147 607 7,774 Solanum blodgettii 5 Tillandsia circinata present present present Ti llandsia flexuosa present present present TOTALS 6,832 304,914 3,533 13,357 21,565 11,026 5,127 7,827 374,181
VEGETATION TABLE 5 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL gUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 3 1978 uadrat S echoes 3Al 3A2 3Bl 3B2 3C1 3C2 3D1 3D2 Totals Aster Sp. 9 1 2 12 j
Cladi um amaicensi s 804 2,086 213 1,953 640 4,643 917 747 12,003 Conocarpus erecta 3,310 1,437 137 4,884 Ipomoea saggi t tata 13 present Juncus roemeri anus 137 108 245 TOTALS 804 2,086 3,545 3,391 777 4,890 917 747 17,157
VEGETATION TABLE 6 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 4 1978 uadrat Species 4Al 4A2 4B1 4B2 4C1 4C2 4D1 4D2 Total s Acrosti chum aureum present present 7 Aster Sp. present present present 1 Bacchari s angustifolia 137 102 241 Bacchari s gl orner uli f1 ori a 661 661 Bacchari s hali mi folia present present Blechnum serrulatum 18 14 34 f
Casuari na equi sti oli a present Cladi um jamaicensis 567 1,584 2,946 12,994 4,604 14,275 14,922 1,355 53,247 Conocarpus erecta 49 7 79 2,653 20 531 1,460 2 4,801 Eupatori um capillifolium present present present 1 1 Hyperi curn Sp . 1 present 1 Ipomoea saggi ttata present present present present present Iagvncularia racemosa 41,497 2 41,499 tudvigia repens present 3 present 5 Hi kani a scandens present 1 present 1
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DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 4 1978 uadr at S ecies 4A1 4A2 4B1 4B2 4C1 4C2 4D1 4D2 Totals proserpi naca Sp. 1 present 2 Rhexi a mariana 1 1 Rhi zophora mangle 78 present 78 Rhus radi cans present present Sabal palmetto 10,140 2,662 115,706 128,508 Salix longi pes 42 42 Sebi nus terebi thi foli us 11 Solanum blodgettii 76 present 59 194 216 545 Thelypteris sp. present present Xyris Sp. present 616 1,745 3,026 25,794 49,055 15,679 132,411 1,360 229,686
VEGETATION TABLE 7 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 5 1978 Uadrat S echoes 5Al 5A2 581 5B2 5Cl 5C2 5Dl 5D2 Totals Aster Sp. present 7 2 2 15 Bacchari s glomerufoli a present Cladi um jamaicensis 956 2,369 663 1,858 441 3,812 1,573 451 12,123 Conocarpus erecta 243 7,182 14,176 1,419 1 106 23,127 Ei eochari s cell ulosa 21 272 293 I'pomoea saggi t tata present present TOTALS 1,199 2,369 7,853 16,036 1,862 3,813 1,704 723 35,559
VEGETATION TABLE 8 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 6 1978 uadrat S echoes 6Al 6A2 6B1 6B2 6C1 6C2 6D1 6D2 Totals Acrosti chum aureum 31 3,148 3,179 Aster Sp. 1 Baccharis SP. 10 10 Blechnum serrulatum 3,696 122 209 4,027 Causuari na equi seti folia preSent 95,173 70,423 1 165,599 Cephalanthus occidentali s Chamegsyce SP. present Chiococco alba present present present Cladi um jamaicensis 1,104 2,290 9,800 2,235 . 991 29 4,790 5,605 26,844 Conocarpus erecta 23 14,129 23 702 204 13 15,094 Cyperaceae present Dichronena floridensis present Di pholi s sa lici foli a 18,750 18,750 Eugeni a buxifolia 1.772 1 772
VEGETATION TABLE 8 (continued)
DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL OUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 6 1978 uadrat S ecies 6A1 6A2 6B1 6B2 6C1 6C2 6D1 6D2 Totals Eugeni a confusa 1,026 218- 1,244 Ilex cassine 1,566 1,566 Jacquemonti a recli nata present present present Lantana involucrata 5 16 21 Lagunculari a racemosa 51 51 Magnolia virginiana 400 400 Metopi um taxi ferum 3,409 21,688 11,132 98,452 134,693 Myri ca ceri fera present 10,289 15 150 270 10,724 Passi flora subserosa present Persea borboni a 1,838 1,838 Phlebodi um SP. present Pingui cula pumila present Pluchea rosea present Randia aculeata 92 2 400 494
VEGETATION TABLE 8 (continued)
DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL OUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 6 1978 uadrat S ecies 6A1 6A2 6B1 6B2 6C1 6C2 6D1 6D2 Total s Rapanea guianensi s 28 355 6,542 1 1,044 106 . 8,076 Rhizophora mangle 6,970 6,970 Rhus Sp. present Sabal palmetto 78,400 36,125 3,520 present 118,045 Schinus terebi thifolius -present 9,943 25 9,968 Solanum blodgettii ll 13 137 214 213 24 124 736 mi crocephal a 144 144 Soli dago Swi eti ennia mahogani 74,471 477,669 552,140 Torrubi a longi foli a 9,126 173 present 9,299 91 Trema mi crantha 91 Vi ttaria Sp. present Vi tis rotundifolia present present present Xyris brev'folia present TOTALS 83,239 116,833 73,344 72,682 98,779 503,676 19,269 123,954 1,091,776
VEGETATION TABLE 9 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL qUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 7 1978 uadrat S ecies -
7Al 7A2 7Bl 7B2 7C1 7C2 7D1 7D2 Totals Aster Sp. present 224 226 Baccharis Sp. present Borrichia frutescens 1 2 Cladium jamaicensis 1,793 770 1,335 1,288 4,958 1,029 21 11,194 Conocarpus erecta 2,136 1,575 80 16 6 1,022 4,835 Di s ti chli s spica ta 861 20,668 21,529 f I@peri curn SP. present present Ipomoea saggi ttata present present present Laguncul aria racemosa 14 87 101 Xyris Sp. present TOTALS 1,793 2,907 1,335 2,864 5,039 1,269 882 21,799 37,888
VEGETATION TABLE 10 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 8 1978 uadrat S echoes 8A1 8A2 8B1 8B2 8C1 8C2 8D1 8D2 Totals Acrostichum aureum 3,288 3,288 Borri chia frutescens 2 casuari na equi seti folia 7,000 11,281 51,200 69,481 j
Cl adi um amai censi s 575 216 8,563 3,634 1,620 1,824 16,432 Conocarpus erecta 259 1,675 1,816 3,993 2,503 106 10,356 Cuscuta Sp. 1 1 Distichli s spi cata 4,613 43 4,656 1
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Juncus roemeri anus 150 128 215 43 72 608 Laguncul aria racemosa 302 30,095 2,505 1,483 303,195 337,580 Rhi zophora mangle 9,934 37 97 9 48 10,125 Salicornia virginica 69 present 69 Solanum biodget tii 167 170 TOTALS 7 984 1 3 300 20 830 92 i 41 4 4 1 66 4 537 6 ~ 251 303 287 452 769
VEGETATION TABLE 11 DENSITY-VOLUME INDEX OF VEGETATIONAL QUADRATS ADJACENT TO THE TURKEY POINT. CANAL SYSTEM TRANSECT 9 1978 Uadrat S ecies 9Al 9A2 9B1 982 9C1 9C2 9D1 9D2 Total s Acrosti chum aureum 2,714 2,714 Aster sp. 1 Bacchari s angustifolia 5 Borri chi a arborescens 42 42 Borrichia frutescens 22 present 4 present 28 Cladi um jamaicensi s 201 495 65 761 Conocarpus erecta 9,025 6 136 662 506 10,335 Di sti chli s spi ca ta 63 14 15 1,071 37 76 55 ; .1,331 Juncus roemeri anus 43 43 Laguncul ari a racemosa 42,364 477 3 present 10 244 914 44,012 Rhi zophora mangle 42,360 578 229 4,953 157 2,141 4,014 2,051 56,483 Schoenus nigri cans 277 249 48 83 2 659 TOTALS 96,527 1,401 837 5,016 2,483 2,794 4,336 3,020 116,414
VEGETATION TABLE 12 ANALYSIS OF ALL TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1978 Factor Degrees of Sum of Mean Calculated F ps F py level freedom s uares s uare F Transects 121.7 X 10 15.21 X 10 2.82 3.17 guadrats Interaction- 24 4.984 137.7 X X
10 10 1.661 5.738 X
X 10'.33 10 10 0..31 1.06 2.92 1.89 Error 36 193.6 X 10 5.738 X
VEGETATION TABLE 13 ANALYSIS OF GRASSLAND TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1978 Factor Degrees of Sum of Mean Calculated F ps level freedom s uares s uare F Transects 53.29 X 10 26.65 X 10 2.25 3.89 guadrats 26.02 X 10 8.672 X 10 0.73 3.49 Interaction 84.11 X 10 14.02 X 10 1.18 3.00 Error 12 142.0 X 10 11.83 X 10
VEGETATION TABI E 14 ANALYSIS OF MOODY TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1978 Factor Degrees of Sum of Mean Calculated F
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level freedom s uares s uare F Transects 2 24 63 X 10e 12 32 X 106 0.76 3.89 guadrats 134 4 X 10e 44.79 X 10 2.74 3.49 Interaction 197 6 X 10e 32 93 X 10e 2.02 3.00 Error 12 195.7 X 106 16 31 X 10e
VEGETATION TABLE 15 ANALYSIS OF SOUTHERN TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1978 Factor Degrees of Sum of Mean Calculated F level freedom s uares s uare F Transects 12.14 X 6.071 X 10~ 1.42 3.89 10'.024 guadrats X 10~ 3.008 X 0. 70 3. 49 10'.868 Interaction 23.21 X 10~ X 10~ 0.90 3.00 Error 12 51.45 X 10~ 4.288 X 10~
VEGETATION TABLE 16 FOUR-YEAR COMPARISON OF GRASSLAND TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1975-1978 Factor Degrees of Calculated F for ear level freedom 1975 1976 1977 1978 guadrats 3 25.72 1.77 1.33 2.25 Transects 2 30.69 4.53 0.59 0.73
(}uadrats x transects 24.29 1.26 0.73 1.18 Error 12 Significant at F = .05.
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VEGETATION TABLE 17 FOUR-YEAR COMPARISON OF WOODY TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1975-1978 Factor Degrees of Calculated F for ear level freedom 1975 1976 1977 1978 guadrats 2.65 0.51 0.34 0.76 Transects 0.26 0.42 0.32 2.74 guadrats x transects 4.05 1.65 0.58 2. 02 Error 12 Significant at F = .05.
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VEGETATION TABLE 18 FOUR-YEAR COMPARISON OF SOUTHERN TRANSECTS TURKEY POINT PLANT 1975-1978 Calculated F for ear Factor Degrees of level freedom 1975 1976 1977 1978 Ouadrats 48.83 10.32 1.32 37.59 13.56 4.40 0.70 Transects guadrats x 3.72'.42 transects 25.58 6.36 0.90 Error 12 Significant at F = .05.
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- 3. ANNUAL AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ETS 4. 2. 2. 1 )
Due to consistently overcast skies, the annual aerial infrared photograph for 1978 was not taken until February, 1979.
Because of this delayed accomplishment, the photographs have not I
yet been analyzed and are therefore not included with this report. The analysis will be submitted in a supplementary report by April 30, 1979.
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IV. CHANGES IN SURVEY PROCEDURES ETS 5.4.1 3 None
V. STUDIES NOT REQUIRED BY THE ETS (5.4.1(4))
A. DILUTION PUMPING PROJECT The Turkey Point plant condensers have experienced non-biological calcium carbonate scaling to such a degree that unit efficiencies have been impacted. A dilution test was conducted in 1978 to examine the effectiveness of add-ing sea water from Card Sound to the cooling canal water as a means of diluting calcium concentration 1n the cooling water.
Dilution water was pumped over the closure dam into the cooling canal system from Card Sound Canal. It mixed with cooling system water as it flowed north toward the plant intake.
Pumping began July 25, 1978 and continued through early November, 1978. Three pumps, each with a nominal output of 100 cfs we'e used; however, this capacity was rarely reached by any of the pumps. Average pumping rates were approximately 200 cfs or less throughout the test.
The ground water monitoring program was reviewed with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) prior to initiation of this test and temporarily augmented for the brief test period. No changes to. FPL's official agreement V.A-1
with SFWND were made. This augmented program showed no evidence of adverse changes in.the ground water regime .as a result of the dilution test.
The effectiveness of the test for reducing calcium carbonate scaling 'is still being evaluated.
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VI. VIOLATIONS OF THE ETS A. I 5 E REPORT ¹50-250/50-251/78-22 One item of non-compliance was cited in I & E Report
¹78-22. This involved review of the groundwater monitoring schedule by FPL in conjunction with the South Florida Water Management District and the USGS.
Appendix B Technical Specification 4.A.2.a (prior to Amendments 41 and 33 to OL ¹'s DPR-31 and DPR-41) required that this review occur quarterly. Contrary to this, the review was being performed semiannually. Amendments 41 and 33, issued by NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, on November 6, 1978 deleted the required frequency for review.
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VII. UNUSUAL EVENTS, CHANGES TO THE PLANT, ETS, PERMITS OR CERTIFICATES A. NPDES PERMIT A renewed NPDES permit was issued by EPA for the Turkey Point Plant, NPDES No. Fl 0001562, on June 14, 1978. This permit became effective on July 1, 1978 and will expire at midnight on September 30, 1980. A copy was forwarded to the NRC office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation with FPL letter 0 L-78-380.
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B. AMENDMENTS 41 AND 33 TO OL 8's DPR-31 and DPR-41 The subject amendments revise in its entirety, Appendix B to OL //'s DPR-31 and DPR-41. The amendments reduce the requirements of the environmental monitoring program based on data collected during five years of plant operation, remove reference to various studies that have already been completed, make several administrative changes, and d'elete the monitoring programs and limiting conditions for open-cycle operation.
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C. REPORTABLE EVENT NO. 250/251-B-78-01 This event invo1ved the discovery of a breach in the intake area dam. This breach has been repaired. A ful1 account was given in the subject report.
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