ML18044A995

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Discusses NRC Concerns Re Containment Purging & Venting During Normal Operations.Includes Licensee Override of Safety Actuation Isolation Signals to Containment Isolation Valves & Valve Ability to Shut W/O Degrading Containment
ML18044A995
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 10/29/1979
From: Schwencer A
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To: Mayer L
NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.
References
NUDOCS 7912040164
Download: ML18044A995 (5)
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General Offices: 212 west Michigan Avenue, Jackson, Michigan 49201

  • Area Code 517 788-0550 November 27, 1978 Director, Nuclear Reactor Regulation Att:

Mr Denni's L Ziemann, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No 2 US Nuclear.Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 PALISADES PLANT - DOCKET 50-255 -

LICENSE.DPR SPECIAL NONRADIOACTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT is a Notice of Noncompliance and Order To Comply from the Michigan Water Resources Commission (MWRC). provides Consumers Power Company.'s response to th:i:s notice.

In accordance with Technical Specification 6.9.3.LD, 10 copies of this letter are enclosed.

David P Hoffman (Signed)

David P Hof.fman Assistant Nuclear Licensing Administrator CC:

JGKeppler, USNRC REGULATORY DOC}\\ET FILE COPY

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STATE OF MICHICAN DEPARTMENT OF.NATURAL RC~OURCES WATER,RESO~CES COMMISSION I

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'NPDES PERMIT NO. MI 0001457 WRC*No.:

NC-10-78-02-2862 NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND.* ORDF.R TO CO~PLY TO:

Consumers Power Com?any 212 West Michigan Avenu~

Jackson, Mi~higan 49201 Attention:

Mr. Paul Hittle PLEASE BE ADVISED that we have sufficient information to believe that your facility !:as faile*d to comp.ly with the terms and conditions of your National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued on June 24, 1977.

PURSUANT to the terms of the aforementioned :>ermlt (Part I, Section A.8), any discharge from your facility ij limited to the following for turbine sump oil separator wastes through outfall. 001:

Effluent Characteristics Discharge lbs/day Daily Daily Average Maximum Limitations

ig/ l Daily Average Daily Maximum Oil & Grease - Visual Observation:

The discharge shall not contain oil or other substances in amounts sufficient to create a.visible film or sheen on the receiving waters.

The monthly monitoring report submitted for the month of August, 1978 shows that your facility exceeded its authorized discharge limits according to the following:

Date Sampled Effluent Characteristics Reported Value 8/3778 oil & *Grease - visual

__ o 8/4/78 Oil & Grease Visual 2.0 8/5/78 Oil & Grease Visual 2.0 8/6/78 Oil & Grease Visual 2.0 8/7/78 Oil & Grease Visual 2.0 8/8/78 Oil & Grease - Vis:ial 2.0 8/9/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 2.5 8/10/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 2.5 8/11/78 Oil & Grease - visual 3.0 8/14/78 Oii & Grease - Visual 3.0 8/15/78 Oil & Grease* - Visual 2.5 8/16/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 2.5 8/17/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 2.5 8/18/78 Oil & Grease Visual 3.0 8/19/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 3.0 8/20/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 3.0 8/21/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 3.0 8/22/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 3.0 8/23/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 2.0 8/24/78 Oil & Grease Vi~ual 3.0 8/25/78 Oil & Grease - Visual 3.0 1 ----,..~~,__,._,,.,.

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IS THEREFORE ORDERED that.:1 written explanation* for these unatlthorized and excessive dischaq~es* be subnitted co the Commission by not later than November 15, 197a or further administrative remedies will be institut~d.

WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Date Is.sued: October 26, 1978 Ol.~.._. C1v---cr---.~

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~cretary Frank Baldwin, Chief NPDES Compliance Section ADDRESS FOR FURTHER CORRESPOUDENCE Frank Baldwin, Water Quality Administrator Michigan Water Resources Commission Water Quality Division/NPDES Compliance Section P. O. Box 30028 Lansing, Michigan 4ggo9 Telephone: (517) 373-1947

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llovember lG, 1978 Hr Fra...'lk Baldwin, Chfof Water Quf<l.ity A\\iministrator

!ic:Ug::m vfater.desource:-> Co:nr:dssion Water Quality Division/

1'iPDE3 Co;npliance Section FO Box 3002j

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1'JO'"i'IC:2 OP 7IQ}!COl*1PLIA:YC:-: A:D ORJE!{ TO CO!.lPLY NOV 2 O 1978

. '!'CLEAR LICENSING 0;.* Octo'ber 26, 1970 the ~:[lchlg:in Wa.te~ Hesources Cor,:!!'.issic*n (:.':WRC) icaued a Hotice of.i.{oncompli:ince c:.n<l Ora.~~r to Comply for tae Co:.:.pany' s Palissd.es Plant which tlle~-:;es the r~lant exceBd.ed liPVES

~~er:nit lir.;itations for o:i.l and. grea.:.;e disch!lT'.3ed fror:i the turbine sump oil sep~rator to k.ke :iichigan via outf:ill 001 fer the m.onth o:f' Aucust, l:J7i3.

In response to this ffotiee a..'1.d. Order ~h::::

follovinr; is ;irovided.

'i'he permit requires that turbine sunp oil separator w-:*.ste;:; be monit~::red for oil and grease throur:~h a daily visu~l observatio<:.

Tlre a.;;:ouut or oil or,~:;;c;:i.se present at the tme of observution i::. sub,1ectively rn.ted en a scale from ~~ero to 4, \\dth ::era = no oil a.ni !~ = t~1ick o.cc\\.1!~1ula.tion.

However, althout;'L th0re*

i::; this intr.?rn:.Ll ~oni torin.g requir~rncnt, there is no intern;:~l liuitatlon *en tile disc£1ar~-:::e of the t;u*bine s*..unp oil sepP.rat;or waste to th(:! IJ.ixin:; basin (outfall 001).

'?he only oil ~!1U. ~ease cli~char:~e limi ta.tion ~.pplicahlc to this disch11rg~ through outfall 001 is i::l subsection (1,) *on pa;:e 9 of J.!;, and this lini t.c.tio11 provides OLil:r tb::..t tl1e tt:.rbi.ne su::i) oil se ~a1*ator C:.isch*.lr(;c 11tlirough ou.tfall 001 to ;,a.t-:e !-lichi.'.:;:an

11 sm1.ll not contain oil or ot:1er s..ib**

stances in ru.10unts s;ffici~rri; "f'ocreat~ a vi:libl-.? fil!ll or sh-~en ~.r:i t;1~_,;:::_cei'7i_fl.2 W!!ters_

  • In no case h:,*.. ve rel*:!.:i.scs t'ro'.71 the turbine oil se)o.rator tank tli.rcup;h outfall 001 resulted in a vi!li1.le fiL"ll or sheen -.ipon L:-.ke ;achi;;:::..n.

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it app,~ars that tr.ere has been no violat:i..:.m of tb.e only oil !lll'-1 r;ren.S:! li::1i t2.tio~>

a 1jplicable to the <lisc.harse of tu.:*oine surr:p oil ~epD..r9..tor wastes throug:1 outfall 001, and thzi:~ in t.hi:> particular cs.sc the *'lfo~i'c~ of iionco1.;ipli,mce anr.1. Or..:.er ~o Cou:-;>ly was !!lisdirected.

Darin~ the Au:,:ust 17, 1978 NPDl:S Permit Cor;i.plia.Ii*::e i~val'-la~ion.Inn)ec ~ion. L1C>n*-

itorin2: of this particulei,r outf<"'..ll (000/00G '.l'urbine ~>ump Oil Sc;_;ar.:..tion) 1m.s cliscusned ::.t l.;nr,th w:!. th ; :r }(o!i::;!r Prz:'{bysz of t;1e D:l"~' s Distr5.ct Office.

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  • ;.s advised tha:~ vi*.itnl ob~erv£?.tions. a.r'! on.d.e of the surface or' tr*i-:

conte;it.s 0f t:1,~ '.i.'arhir!e

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i Oil Se,:;'ll"t'.tion T*.1lli-;. ( T--i:l) l:ec:.:.u3*:? no ~3.P"'-Ci i;:.r e;:i::its for Yisu~ o:Jscrvntio,*1 of the tJ?.n\\ effluent tcforc i:.i.ixing vith outf<.J.ll 001.

i:-ir Przybysz n*1S also advi:Jed T--41 is never co<n;:.letcly drain("::d; therefore,

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2 any oil o*n the surface of thf) tank i=i never discha.rsed.

  • To correct these monitori~g difficulties e.ud t9 insure thnt T-41 could never be co~pletely drained, it v<is a~~:reed tl*1at i goose r..eck disch::i.rc,e pi"-;e...-o*uic:~ be installed on T-41 to prevcmt total clraiuing of the tapk ana. that the d,.ily vi::;ua.l oil and grease monitorii;r, requirc1.1cnt vould be shifted to outfa.l.l. ;.)Ql.

For the3e reason~ the Co::ip:'..i~:r rf'."'q_uest!l the -:fotice of ':YoncomIJliar?ct:! e.nd Or*~er to Coe.ply, l*IRC r;o.:

ac--10-78-02**-2862 be resci!id,-,u.

T:"!e Compc*my !loea not vish to have incorrect nonco!::pliP..r..cc r.ot~ces on record for r.,ny of its f~~.cilities.

  • W>.:1.ter surveillB.!'ice fees nr} bi?.oed in part en the mlllber of no:ico::i.pliances experienced by a fe.cili t:r, a.:.id t~1e Co:opo.ny ha.!3 ir. the p:1st noted t:na.t '.;llis as:3es~:r.e:1t is l'.!!9i3/:!

with-'.)1~t C*:)n::;ic1eration a.s to w-het"::er or m*t mich ~1oncom*'.'.lli3.nc':::J 11cre s~tisf,:.i.ctorily r:::sulv~J.. It io the Conr~:iany's.mdr:-rstanrlin;:i; th:.t ther~ in nothim; in the 1*1WRC rules uhich would preclude tI1e l'as::indin:s of chis Hoticr:.

Your prompt attention to t'ds r-:-3.tter vould be a:pr,1recia:ted.

If there are any.

questions rega.rdi!lt; t!:is 4.:l.tter, :pl.:::ase contact this office.

P c riittle Dire-::tor of Envircn.ment:ll Acti *.ri ties By

. BLF/kek CC RCourchain~~ HWRC PZu;ger, HiffiC CHa.rvey, HWRC BCC AJI~empke, P-24-418 MCLara.cey, M-1019 MRPutna.m, P-14-307

  • F.BDe-w-ltt, P-21-*115A LKenaga, Palisades i:,./SCashell, P*-24-122
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