ML18043A229

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Annual NPDES Compliance Evaluation Insp Rept.Facility in Compliance
ML18043A229
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 08/23/1978
From: Przybysz R
MICHIGAN, STATE OF
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REMARICS 54 i AOCITIONAI.

SECTION A* Permit Summary jNAME ANO AQORESS OF FACI I.ITV (lriclude County, State and ZIP code) fe;CPIRATIOl\i OAT:;

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  • Efflu*nt Charac:taristics (Additional sheen attached - - - -

1 IPA~~fF~~~/ l l*1 l~l-1t1ltli1i i l l ilil'l il~ . MINIMUM I AVERAGE MAXIMUM ACCITIONAI.

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MEASUREMENT *.) .c'*l 1.

PERMIT REQUIREMENT I SAMPl.E MEASUREMENT

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SAMP!.E MEASUREMENT PERMIT

  • REQUIREMENT SAMPL.E MEASUREMENT PERMIT REQUIREMENT SAMPL.E MEASUREMENT PERMIT REQUIREMENT
  • s:;.::TION C
  • Facility Evaluation (S.a Satisfactory, U =U11mtufactory, N/A ""Not appliC4ble)

< *.* i:SFFL.UeNTWITHIN PERMIT RECLJIREMENTlf ~ OPERATION ANO MAINTENANCE  :; SAMP!.ING ?l'ICC:So:..;;:;::s

  • .~l;:;ec:ORCS ANO REPORTS ~* COMPL.IANCE SCHECUL.E ' L.ASORATO!'!Y ?F!.=o.CT: C2$

. '.' 1t>ERMIT VERIFICATION .) . Fl.OW MEASUREMENTS

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  • lnsp*ciion/Rs7~::TURES I AGENCY I CATE  ;~*~;:~~r:v>
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."'A :=ORM 3560.3 19-77) REPL.ACES EPA FORM T*51 19*761 WHICH IS OSSOL.ETE. .":>~,*.. :.

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  • ;s~CTICN  ;: *Facility and ?ermit SllCkground RESS OF PERMITTES~F OIFFERENT FROM ?ACIL.ITY CATE OF I.AST PR::v1ous INVESi"iGA7iON <iY e?A/:il,;..";"i; ding City, County and ZIP code) l//77

, FINDINGS s ,, 1.~Ji jSZCTION G

  • Racorcla and Ropons

!RECORDS AND REPORTS MAINTAINED AS REQUIRED SY PERMIT. C;J'YES 0No 0 N/A (Further expkmalion .;uacii~r.1 ---of j OETAIL.S:

jCul ADEQUATE RECORDS MAINTAINED OF:

iii SAMPl.ING OAi"E, TIME. EXACT l.OCATION I_. '.'~S c .. ,-; _. .., *'.

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iiv) iNOIVIOU~L. r>gRFORMING ANAL.YSIS ANAL.YTICA'- McTHOOS/TECHN:aues USED ~

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1vi ANAL. YTICAL. RESUL.TS (e.g., consistent with sel[-mo11itoring report data)

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ttol MOll.iTORING RECOAOS (e.g.,flow, pH, D.O., etc.) MAINTAINEO FOR A MINIMUM OF THRE'i Y'::Ai'IS

. l~CL.UOiNG AL.L ORIGINAL. STRIP CHART RECORCINGS (e.g. conrinuoiu monitoring instrumentation, calibrtltion 1111d 1111lintenance records). i:;"YES Cl ,,c ON/"' f 1Cc:l I.AS EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION ANC MAINTENANCE RECOrlOS KEPT. r:l YES 0 N- ... ,:: ,\I/,:..  ;

i(dl FAC:L.ITY OPERATING RECORCS KEPT INCLUDING OPERATING t..OGS FOR EACH TREA'TMENTUNIT.

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'.<el CIJAL.iTY ASSURANCS AECOROS KSPT.

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ifl RECOAOS MAINTAINED OF MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INCUSTRIES (and their compliance status) USING

~ ?l.JS:..;CL.Y OWNEOTREATMENTWORKS. 0 YES 0 NO  :::..'~/.C..

'...>~.:TiO~ H *Permit Verifle11tion

  • 1:-0S?E:CTION OBSERVATIONS VERIFY THE PERMIT. j;;JY:s ONO 0 N/A (Further e:xplar.c:ion auached -----1

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0 YES ~ .'\10 -**~.-;.,.

i=AC! L.ITY IS AS OESCRISEC IN PERMIT. ~~es a NO ;_; ~iA ll\IC
?AL. PROCUCT(S) ANC PROOUCTION RATES CONFORM WITH THOSE SET FORTH IN PERMIT PL.I CATION. e YES 0 NO S
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c; "!"F!CATMENT PROCESSES AR5 AS CliSCRIBED IN PERMIT A?PLICATION. ~ YES c
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iici :'-:OT*FICATION GIVEN TO EPA/STATE OF NEW, OIFFERENT OR INCREASED OISCHARGES. g Y5S <-I  :"';:

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,,*,ACCURATE RECOROS OF RAW WATER VOL.UME MAINTAINED.  ;...;. Y!~

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"' COFiRECT NAME ANO 1.0CAT!ON OF RECEIVING WATSAS. =- Y~G "A;..:.. DISCHARGES ARE PERMITTED. ~* ygs c  :~.'=

s:;cTI0:\11 *Operation and M;intcnanca I'  ::"REATMENT FACIL.ITV PROPERLY OPERAT5D ANC MAINTAINED. [jJ YES 0 NO 0 NIA (Furtherexpilin::tion .:::.;.:'. - - - - -

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':i; Si"All:OBY POWER OR OTHER EQ.UIVAL.ENT PROVISIONS PFIOVIOED.  ::r Y5S L... 1 .. \_,

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bl ADEQUATE ALARM SYSTEM FOA POWER OR EQUIPMENT FAILURES AVAILASL:O. :J YEil -

,~; AE?ORTS ON*AL.TERNATE SOURCE OF POWER SENT TO EFA!TATE AS AEOUIREO av PERMIT. 2 YES

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{*;i Sl.UDGES ANO SOLIOS AOEQUATEL.V DISPOSED. ..... ':'SC '- ' *-.

(.J) Al.L. TREATMENT UNITS IN SERVICE. lSI YES  :....; ,~

,1, CONSUL.TING ENGINCiEFI RETAmED OR AVAILABLE FOR CONSUL.TATION ON OPERATION ANO Si YES .

.VAINTENANCE PRCBl.EMS. *-- " ---*- - .. --*

'.,\~i Q;.;AL.IFIEO OPERATING STAFF PROVIDED.  ::s* '!~3 ,.,;

\1) iOSTABLISHEO i'ROCEOUFIES AVAIL.AaL.e FOR TRAINING NiiW C?Sl'IATORS. ~ Y5S .~~ C* '-

ii) Fl LES MAINTAINED ON SFARE ?ARTS INVENTORY, MAJOR EQ.UIP1*1ENT --~~-~------~----~~~-----~~

SPECIFICATIONS, ANO

?ARTS ANO EQUIPMENTSUPPL.IERS. s y:;s ..**-~

i,l ;,'1,;;;iTRUCi"IONS FIL.ES ICEPT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EACH ITEM OF MAJOR i;QUIPMENT. 0 'ft:~  :....: ..*

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. ~l Oi'EFIATION AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL MAINTAINED. YES ~ .'!0

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..,* ::iEGUL.ATORY AGENCY NOTIFIEO OF BY PASSI NU, Y SY.PASSING SINC5 L.AS7 ll':SPEC7lON.

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ITTEE IS MEETING COMPL.IANCE SCHEOUL.E *. DvEs DNo JZ'NI A (Further expillnario11 arrac/11:1.i ----1 ECK APPROPRIATE PHASE(S):

0 (al THE PERMITTEE HAS OSTAINEO THE NECESSARY APPROVAL.S FROM THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.

Cl (b) PROPER ARRANGEMENT HAS SEEN MACE i=OR i=INANCING (mortgage commitmenti;, grant:s, etc.).

0 (c) CONTRACTS i=OR ENGINEERING SERVICES HAVE SEEN EXECUTC::C.

0 (d) OESIGI\! P.L.ANS AND SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPL.ETEO.

CJ let CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED.

Cl (f) CONSTRUCTION ANO/OR EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION IS ON SCHECUL.E.

J (9) CONSTRUCTION 1'4AS SEEN COMPL.ETEC.

C (hi SIART-UP HAS COMMENCED.

~ :;; THc PERMITTEE HAS REQUESTEO AN EXTENSION OF TIMC:.

i::;<:CiiON :<*Self-Monitoring Program lP:m l - Flow measurement (fllrtller e.'Cpill11ation auaclred _ _ _..,

PERMITTEE FL.OW MEASUREMENT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS ANO INTENT OF*THE PERMIT. c:i' YES a  :-.io OETAIL.S*

llal?RIMARYMEASURINGOEVICEPROPERL.YINSTAi..L.EO. S:,*,, rJTT/j~Jilld1v'T c-i ,-;-*i.* 0 YES CJ _NO t TYPE OF DEVICE: DwEIFI 0PARSHAL.L.FL.UME 0MAGMETEFI DvENTUFll METER OoTHER ISoecifi* ,,,;

ibl CA1..iSFIATION FREQUENCY AOEQUATE. Datco las:tcalibration 0 YES CJ NO

1~1 ?RI MARY FL.OW MEASURING OEVICE PFIOPERL.Y OPERATED ANO MAINTAINEO. 0 YES 0 ...o
.::1SECONOARY INSTRUMENTS (tcJtali:ers:. recorders, etc.) PFIOPERL.Y OPERATED ANO MAINTAINED. 0 YES 0 NC

\~, i"i..OW MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT AOEQUAT5 TO HANOl.E EX?ECTEC RANGES OF Fl.OW RATES. 0 YES 0 NO C: N/.:...

  • !Part 2 - Sampling (Further explanation aua,*hr:d - - - - 1

!i'ERMITTEE SAMPl..ING MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS ANO INTENT Oi= THE PERMIT. c;r YES 0 NO

  • t CETAU.S:

CATIONS AOEQUATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE SAMPl..ES.

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A.RAMETERS ANO SAMPt.ING ~REQUENCY AGREE.WITH PERM~T; ~ YES 0 NO av PERMIT. .,, ..

il.:i PERMITTSE IS USING METHOO OF SAMPl..E COL.L.ECTION RSQUIREO ~ YES 8 ~o -**"*""*

i >F NO, 0 GRAS 0 MANUAL. COMPOSITE 0 AUTOMATIC COMPOSITE i=REQUENCY

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?ROPER PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES USEC

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L.: YES 0 YES rbd i 1\:0 0 :'JO I (iii~ i=l.OW PROPORTIONEO SAMPl..SS OSTAINEO WHERE ?ISQUIREO BY PERMIT c YES 0 i\!O .. ',/ ...

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! (ivl SAMPLE HOL.OING TIMES PRIOR TO ANAL.YSES IN CONFORMANCE WITH 40 CFR 136.3 ~ vc:s-- 0 r..o -***""'.

c ..; MONITORING-ANO ANAl.YSes BEING PERFORMEO MORE Fi'IEQUENTl..V THAN REQUIREO BY t ?ERMIT. 13 ves 0 NC

~ii IF (al IS YES. RESUt.:TS ARE REPORTEO IN PERMITTEE'S SEl.F*MONITORING REPORT. j;/ ~ ves .... .,...,

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.,r>:ir;: 3 .- Laboratory (Furtl1er e.'Cplanation auaclled _ _ __

.;PSRMITTEE L.ASORATORV PROCEOURES MEETTHE REQUIREMENTS ANO INTENT OF TH a PERMIT. c YES -*.  :;.~.

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iiJ) EPA APPROVEO ANAL.YTICAI. TESTING PROCECUFISS USEC. (40 CFR 136.J) c YES c N*::l .. .-

1;,; ; F .:.1.TERNATE ANAL. YTicA;:""?FiocEou RES ARE us_E_o-.P_R_O......;.P_E_R_A_P_P_R_o_v_A_L._H_A_S_B_E_E_N_O_B_T_A_l_N_E_o_.------------- 0 YES CJ !'"C ,:..

'~ cl ?Ar!AMETERS OTHSR THAN THOSE RSQUIREO BY .,-HC: PERMIT ARE ANAL.VZEO. ....

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'al SATtSi=ACTOFIY CAl..l~RATION ANO MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUMENTS ANO EO.UIPMENT. ......

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  • el QtlAL.1 .... Y CONTROi.. PROCEDURES useo. ...... i'IC

!*;; :JUPLICATE SAMPl..ES ARE ANAl..YZEO.  % Oi= TIME. 0 YES ~  :~o

ig) SPIKEO SAMPl..ES ARE USEC.  % OF TIME. ~ YSS ~~ *'*"--'
  • ,,..,COMMERCIAL. I.AS-ORATORY useo. 0 YES ~

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ti;) COMMERCIAL. L.ASORATORV STATS CERTIFIED. 0 ves of'_;J NO - :*.: .~

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eCTION L

  • Effluant/Receiving Water Observations (Fiutlrcr cxpia11atio11 atrachcd,___-1 /~ ... '  : ,.;,.* *11 <. :.:* :. .

VISIBLE VISIBLE r-AL.L. NO, OIL SHEEN GneASE TURBIOITY FOAM COL.OR OTh.:i'l FL.OAT SOL

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ec:ions M and I

Complete as appropriate for sampling in5pe.-:tions)

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._. SAMPLE SPLIT WITH PeRMITIEE 0 CHAIN OF CUSTOOY EMPl.OYEO

.0 SAMPLE 08TAINEO FROM FACILITY SAMPLING OEVICE lcoMPOSITING F R E Q U E N C Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PRESERVATION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  • !s.i.MP'L.E REFRIGERATED CURING COMPOSITING: Oves ONO cl LE REPRESENTATIVE OF VOLUME ANO NATURE OF D I S C H A R G E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

.! SECTION N

  • Analytica4 Results (Attach report if neceSSJZTy)
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..,A Form 3560.3 (9-771
  • WATER QUALITY PIVISION N.P.D.E.S. COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION REPORT Consumers Power Company Palisades Nuclear Plant Route 12, Box 154 Covert, Michigan 49043 Purpose A compliance evaluation inspection was conducted *at the Consun:ers Powa;--

Company's Palisades Nuclear Plant on August 17, 1978 to determine compliaiice with N.P.D.E.S. Pennit No. MI 0001457.

Plant Operations Consumers Power Company's Palisades Plant is a nuclear-powered e1ectri-cal generating plant with a designed operating capacity of 800,000 kilowatts.

At the time of this inspection, the plant was running at approximately 85% of its power. The plant operates 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> per day seven days per week when in operation, and has approximately 200 employees.

The fuel utilized at the plant is enriched uranium dioxide. The uranium

  • fuel bundles are bombarded by neutrons which results in a fission process which produces heat within the reactor. Pressurized* water, circulating with-in the reactor is heated by the. fissioning process and then is pumped thrai;gh the primary system to the steam generator. The heat contained in the prassi.4r-ized water in the primary system is transferred through* the walls a7 tubes ~ ..

the steam generator to the secondary system, where steam is produced. Ti1c steam then moves through steam lines to exert pressure against the turb*L1e blades causing the spinning act.ion necessary for the generation of elec~ricity.

After passing through the turbine, the steam is cooled by water from La!<.:

Michigan and condensed back into water to repeat the cycle. Two large ecol ing towers are utilized by the company to reuse the lake water for steam ccr.cci-:sa-tion.

The plant is licensed* by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is in-spected frequently by that agency to assure compliance with technical spcci71-cations required as part of the licensing.

Strict security is provided at the plant by Burn Security Agency.

Water Supply, Wastewater and Treatment The major source of water- used at the plant is cooling water from La:~:::

Michigan. An intake crib is located 3,300 feet offshore at a dspth of 20 feet. This water, after passing through the screen house, fs divided into two major systems. The first is di 1uti on water* which is pumped at a ?"a-:~ c7 60,000 gpm to the mixing basin. The dilution water provides no cooling pu; 4 pose, but provides the necessary dilution of the various other coo1ing \*:a.t<:::"'

  • discharge sources to assure adequate radioactive dispersion rates as provided in the plant technical specification. The second system is the service water system which provides lake water for various cooling purposes in addition to makeup water in *the*cooling towers. While all the* service water is not uti~

lized, it is pumped at a *rate of 10 ,000 gpm to the cooling water makeup basin.

That portion of the service water not utilized is discharged to the mixing basin.

  • A third cooling system of smaller proportions is the component cooling system. This is a closed-loop system which serves noncritical areas in the primary system (e.g., bearing cooling, etc.). The water in this system dccs have a corrosion inhibitor added as potassium chromate. There is no discharga from this sys tern to the 1ake.

The specific points of discharge i den ti fied in the permit are as fo11ows:

Discharge 001 is the primary discharge point to Lake Michigan. This dis-charge consists of dilution pump water, overflow of A and B cooling tower pump suction basins, cooling tower blowdown, steam generator blowdown, rjd waste discharges, neutralizer tank wastes, laundry wastes, and turbine sump oil separator wastewater.

Discharge 002 and 003 is the overflow from the cooling tower basins. In the event the coo1ing towers overflow, there is a direct discharge to Lake Michigan. This discharge is an infrequent occurrence and is not pa*rt of a normal operating procedure *

  • Discharge OOA arid 008 is the cooling tower pump suction basin overf1ow.

This overflow to the. mixing bas.in is excess water not utilized for cooiing purposes.

Di~charge OOC is the Cooling Tower Slowdown. rne blowdown of the coo1fr1g tower 1s nonna11y at a maximum, rate of 900 gpmfrom each of the two towers.

The blowdown is continuous except during periods of chlorination and p1ar:t .:cvm time. The cooling tower blowdown is mixed with the dilution pump wat:ar ;Jrior to entering the mixing basins. Chlorination procedures are described in t::e report supplement Section B~ Effluent Characteristics.

Discharge 000 is the 1aundry wastewater. This is a batch discharge frc*-:1 the 1aunde ring of covera 11 s used in various a re as of the p1ant. The 1aun d:Ay wastewater is filtered and then held in an accumulation tank. Prior to dis-charge, this tank is homogenized and a sample is - "'"' 1ected for analysis. :;*,;

laundry wastewater is piped to the dilution pu:*... ..;;r prior to entering ti:a mixing basin.

Discharge COE is the rad waste system discharge. The rad waste sys~~:n collects drainage from areas within the plant associated with the primary cooling system. This drainage is collected and run through evaporators v:h~ci:

reduce and concentrates the wastewater. The condensate is captured and stored in the primar'J system storage tank or the utility water storage t'7.:-::~.

Occasionally more condensate is collected than used. In this event, t1e co~

densate is discharged to the lake via the laundry waste piping to the d~~~.

tion water pumps. The concentrate is solidified using a urea forma1de~yde

  • process and stored in special containers for disposal at specified dispcs~:

sites. The* disposal sites are located outside of Michigan.

  • Discharge OOF is the neutralizer tank wastewater. This wastewater is composed of the acid and caustic regeneration waters from the deminera1izer systems. The wastewater is neutralized and released on a batch basis to the.

mixing basin. * * *

  • Discharge OOG is the turbine sump oil separator wastewater. This waste-water is composed of miscellaneous drainage whiCh is co11ected and discharged to an oil separator emulsion break treat system. From this point, the waste-water is collected in.a holding tank which is batch released to the mixing
  • basin. *
  • Discharge OOH is the steam enerator b1owdown. Blowdo\-Jn of the staa:r.

is an *infrequent occurrence and would on y occur in the event of a chemical imbalance in the steam generator water. Should a blowdown of the steam gener-ator occur, the blowdown, depending upon the quality, may be discharged to the mixing basin 9r the rQd waste system.

Two wells at the plant provide water for domestic purposes. Domestic wastewater from the plant is discharged to a septic tank tile field app~oved by the Van Buren County Health Department.

Roger* Przybysz

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  • Attachment to N.P.O.E.S. Compliance Inspection Section B - Effluent Characteristics Chlorination Procedure:

R~port for Permit MI 0001457 The condenser cooling system. at Palisades i*s divided into the east and west half, each being* served* by separate cooling towers with a c:"Oss corrnac-tion between tile two systems at the cooling tower pump suction basin. Tha east and west condensers are chlorinated separately prior to en:e:--i.":g ~!i.:

turbine condenser for approximately half an hour each, every .other day. Du;-

ing chlorination, the cooling tower blowdown is shut off. Technica1 S~e~ifi cations under the N.R.C. regulations require that the period of chlori~ation cannot exceed one hour in a 24-hour period, which is more restrictive tha:i the N.P.O.E.S. Permit which limits the period of chlorination to four hours .

in a 24-hotir period. An attempt to maintain a l ppm chlorine residual is made during chlorination of each. half of the condenser. Ch-lorine levels are measured by ampercmetri c titration at the overflow from the coo 1in g tc\*:er pump suction basin. A calculated value is then arrived at for the discharge from the mixing basin after accounting for the 60,000 gpm dilution watar.

Monitoring Program:

Flow - The flow reported for outfall 001 is a calculated va:~a b~sad o~

weir readings at the weirs from the cooling tower pump suction basin, coo1ing towerblowdown, which is a*constant flow except during periods of chlcri:1at~on, and the dilution pump water which is also: a constant flow ..

  • Outfalls 002 and 003 are overflows from the cooling tower basins wi1~ c.:;

are only emergency overflows and are seldom used.

Outfalls OOA and OOB are overflows from the cooling tower pump suctio~

basin. This is excess water not used for cooling and is measured at tha outfall weirs for each basin.

Discharge OOC is the cooling tower blowdown which is a constant disc.i;.~.. £~

of 900 gpm *for each cooling tower.

Discharges 000, OOEs OOF, OOti and OOH are all batch discharses.

Sampling *-Temperature* is measured* at the intake screen and at. t:la :~,-..:

let of the mixing basin. The pH is measured continuously at the out1et :r/

the mixing basin and grab sampled at all other locations identifi~ci ::: *::.-:.::

pennit .. Conductivity is measured continuously of the cooling tower bio~*:::'.-:;*,*;-:;

however, the instrurr.entatiori has experienced some fouling prob 1e:ns. Ci&; *.;:-.:~:.

occasions, grab samples have been taken while the system i.s being sa:"vic.::d.

All other parameters identified in the permit are grab samples cf ba~~~ ~:~

charges sampled at locations identified in the permit *

  • Analysis - Amperometric titration is used for total chlorine residuals.

All other analyses are perfonned in the. Palisades plant laboratory using Standard Methods procedure. No outside corrmercial laboratory is used.

Effluent Compliance Evaluation:

The N.P.D.E.S. Pennit 1 s final effluent limitations were compared with ~:~.::

company's monthly operating reports for May, June and Ju1y of 1973. A : 2'.':2*::

4 of this data found the company in compliance with the permit effluent :~w~~a tions, and type and frequency of sampling. There was, however, sor.~:= ;~r:.5L:::c'.2'."

standing involving the use of the abbreviation 11 C11 for continuous mcnitJ1 ir:g 4

for flow reporting on the monthly reporting font!S for outfa11s 001, GOA, CGS and OOG. The company has been instructed that a 11 1 11 should be used for a one-time measure~ant *

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