ML18094A072
| ML18094A072 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Browns Ferry  |
| Issue date: | 05/11/1982 |
| From: | Elashry M TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
| To: | Patrick J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II) |
| References | |
| 006, 6, NUDOCS 8205170472 | |
| Download: ML18094A072 (2) | |
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ENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORI KNOXVILLE.TENNESSEE 3I902 TVA Mailroom MAYl 1 1987.
%e W. FXW'OOrr Mr. James R. Patrick, Jr., Acting Chief Water Permits
- Branch, Water Management Division U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region XV 345 Courtland Street, NE.
Atlanta, Georgia 30365 g
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Dear Mr. Patrick:
NOTIFXCATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH EFFLUENT LXMXTATXONS-NPDES PERMIT NO. AL0022080 - BROWNS PERRY NUCLEAR PLANT Descri tion.of the dischar eDischarge No.
006 Sewage treatment plant effluent.
A sample collected on, April 15, 1982 and reported by. the laboratory on April 27 contained 47 mg/L of BODg, exceeding the maximum permit limitation of 45 mg/L.
Cause and eriod of the noncom liance This 30,000 gpd sewage. treatment system is.hydraulically and organically overloaded.
The. daily total glow was 69,000 gpd on the day the noncompliance occurred and averaged 68,448 gpd for the three days prior to the noncompliance.
The,large and variable flows and poor settling caused solids to be carried over into the chlorine contact tank and into the effluent resulting in the, noncompliance.
Ste s taken to reduce eliminate and revent recurrence of the noncom l in
~dischar eModification proposals are presently being reyiewed.
we will continue to operate the treatment system as efficiently as possible, until the system is modified or replaced.
I Sincexely, Assistant Manager of Natural Resources (Environment) cc,'labama Water Improvement Commission Public Health Services Building Montgomery, Alabama 36130 Director Division of Licensing U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
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