ML18100A690
| ML18100A690 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1993 |
| From: | Stone J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| GL-81-38, IEB-88-008, IEB-88-8, IEB-90-006, IEB-90-6, NUDOCS 9311100231 | |
| Download: ML18100A690 (29) | |
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I UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311, and 50-354 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 3. 1993 LICENSEE:
Public Service Electric and Gas Company FACILITY:
Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, and Hope Creek Generating Station
SUBJECT:
MEETING
SUMMARY
, STATUS OF LICENSING ACTIONS FOR SALEM UNITS 1 AND 2 AND HOPE CREEK On October 27, 1993, a meeting was held in Rockville, Maryland, between Public Service Electric and Gas Company (the licensee} and the NRC staff to discuss-the status of current licensing actions at Salem and Hope Creek.
These meetings allow the staff to be apprised of upcoming license change requests that are planned by the licensee and allow the licensee to find out the status of license changes that are undergoing staff review.
Significant new requests that the licensee expects to submit in the near term are:
Hope Creek
- 1. A request to modify the emergency diesel generator (EOG} technical specifications (TS} to delete the restriction that the plant has to be in cold shutdown while performing the 24-hour endurance test. The licensee contended that the diesel does not have to be declared inoperable while performing the test and any Engineered Safety Feature signal that requires the EOG to start and load would override the test performance.
They also stated that this would save them about 4 days of critical path time on a refueling outage.
- 2.
Requests to adapt the revised standard TS requirements for Post LOCA hydrogen recombiners, High Pressure Coolant Injection and Low Pressure Coolant Injection allowed outage times and surveillance requirements for EDGs if one offsite power supply is lost.
- 3. A request to withdraw the application to remove the Main Steam Isolation Valve leakage control system.
The licensee has determined that for them the new system would not be cost beneficial.
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A request similar to the Hope Creek request on the performance of the EOG 24-hour endurance test.
The licensee identified four Hope Creek license change requests that are currently being reviewed by the staff. They would like to have them approved by the end of CY 93, in preparation for the March 1994 Hope Creek refueling outage.
The four are:
- 1.
Instrumentation Requirement for Single-Loop Operation.
A supplement is required before the staff can complete their review,
- 2.
Extensions of surveillance test intervals and allowed outage times. for Emergency Core Cooling System and Reactor Core Isolation Cooling instrumentation,
- 3.
Recirculation Jet Pump surveillance requirements, and
- 4.
Revised testing requirements for safety relief valves. A supplement is required before the staff can complete their review.
The staff agreed to work to the schedule of issuing the amendments by the end of the year.
The major license change request for Salem, identified by the licensee, that they would like to have is the one that revises the EOG surveillance testing requirements.
The last supplement has been received and it is expected the amendments can be issued in about 30 days.
A number of issues were discussed that required additional information to be submitted before the staff could complete their review.
The major ones are:
- 1.
For Salem and Hope Creek, a revised Integrated Schedule program.
The supplement was in concurrence.
- 2.
For Salem, the analysis of systems connected to the reactor coolant system in response to Bulletin 88-08.
- 3.
For Salem the response to 90-06 on power operated relief valves and block valves will be revised to incorporate the requirements of the revised standard TS.
The following items were also discussed:
The licensee provided a status of the cooling tower issue at Salem.
This involves the State of New Jersey discharge permit.
The licensee has proposed a number of alternatives to compensate for the impact the Salem units might have on the population of certain species of fish in the Delaware river. is a copy of the handouts provided at the meeting, with some*
details.
The licensee will be proposing to Region I that, in lieu of the NRC performing a Service Water System Functional Inspection at Salem, they perform the inspection and the NRC then perform a review of that inspection. This would be similar to what was done for the emergency diesel system functional inspection.
The licensee has applied to the State of New Jersey to construct an interim low level waste storage facility at Artificial Island. This facility would be used to store low level waste generated at Salem and Hope Creek until the State of New Jersey has an approved low level waste storage facility available.
The licensee has performed the safety analysis of the facility under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59, as described in Generic Letter 81-38.
The licensee has established a program to identify cost beneficial licensing actions and has requested a meeting with the NRC staff to discuss their approach.
The meeting is tentatively set for November 12, 1993, in the NRC Rockville, Maryland, offices.
The current status of Salem and Hope Creek was discussed.
Hope Creek is operating at 100%.
Salem 2 is also operating at 100% power.
Salem 1 is in its eleventh refueling outage.
The outage is on schedule with 3800 out of 8000 scheduled activities completed. is a schedule and status of the major activities of the Salem 1 refueling. is a list of meeting attendees.
Enclosures:
- 1.
Cooling Tower Handouts
- 2.
Salem 1 Refueling Status
- 3.
List of Attendees cc w/enclosures:
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James C. Stone, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate I-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation DISTRIBUTION w/Enclosures l, 2, and 3 Docket File NRC & Local PDRs PDI-2 Reading JStone SDembek EWenzinger, RGN-I JWhite, RGN-I LNicholson
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- The licensee will be proposing to Region I that, in lieu of the NRC performing a Service Water System Functional Inspection at Salem, they perform the inspection and the NRC then perform a review of that inspection. This would be similar to what was done for the emergency diesel system functional inspection.
The licensee has applied to the State of New Jersey to construct an interim low level waste storage facility at Artificial Island. This facility would be used to store low level waste generated at Salem and Hope Creek until the State of New Jersey has an approved low level waste storage facility available.
The licensee has performed the safety analysis of the facility under the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59, as described in Generic Letter 81-38.
The licensee has established a program to identify cost beneficial licensing actions and has requested a meeting with the NRC staff to discuss their approach.
The meeting is tentatively set for November 12, 1993, in the NRC Rockville, Maryland, offices.
The current status of Salem and Hope Creek was discussed.
Hope Creek is operating at 100%.
Salem 2 is also operating at 100% power.
Salem 1 is in its eleventh refueling outage.
The outage is on schedule with 3800 out of 8000 scheduled activities completed. is a schedule and status of the major activities of the Salem 1 refueling. is a list of meeting attendees.
Enclosures:
- 1.
Cooling Tower Handouts
- 2.
Salem 1 Refueling Status
- 3.
List of Attendees cc w/enclosures:
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James C. Stone, Senior Project Manager Project Directorate 1-2 Division of Reactor Projects - I/II Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Public Service Elect~& Gas Gompany cc:
Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street NW Washington, DC 20005-3502 Richard Fryling, Jr., Esquire Law Department - Tower SE 80 Park Place Newark, NJ 07101 Mr. Calvin A. Vondra General Manager - Salem Operations Salem Generating Station P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. J. Hagan Vice President - Nuclear Operations Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Mr. Charles S. Marschall, Senior Resident Inspector Salem Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer I Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Dr. Jill Lipoti, Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Maryland People's Counsel American Building, 9th Floor 231 East Baltimore Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Mr. J. T. Robb, Director Joint Owners Affairs Philadelphia Electric Company 955 Chesterbrook Blvd., 51A-13 Wayne, PA 19087 Mr. S. LaBruna Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Salem Nucle~enerating Station, Units 1 and 2 Richard Hartung Electric Service Evaluation Board of Regulatory Commissioners 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Lower Alloways Creek Township c/o Mary 0. Henderson~ Clerk Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Frank X. Thomson, Jr., Manager Licensing and Regulation Nuclear Department P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. David Wersan Assistant Consumer Advocate Office of Consumer Advocate 1425 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17120 Mr. J. A. Isabella MGR. - Generation Department Atlantic Electric Company P.O. Box 1500 1199 Black Horse Pike Pleasantville, NJ 08232 Carl D. Schaefer External Operations - Nuclear Delmarva Power & Light Company P.O. Box 231 Wilmington, DE 19899
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Public Service Commission of Maryland Engineering Division ATTN:
Chief Engineer 231 E. Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21202-3486 Mr. Steven E. Miltenberger Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Public Service Electric and Gas Company Post Office Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038
ENCLOSURE 1 Page 1 o~ 12 Page~
Fact Sheet NJ0005622 STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY WASTEWATER FACll.ITIES REGULATION PROGRAM 401EASTSTATESTREET CN-029 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 08625 FACT SHEET FOR DRAFf NJPDES PERMIT RENE\\VAL INCLUDING SECTION 316(a) VARIANCE DETERM~ATION AND SECTION 316(b) "BTA" DECISION NJPDES Permit No. NJ0005622 DATE: 06-24-93 Name and Address of Applicant:
Name and Address of Facility Where Discharge Occurs:
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company
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Page 3 of 12 Pages Fact Sheet NJOOOS622 The Department received and considered comments from PSE&G and numerous other interested parties, including the USEP A, concerning the 1990 Draft Permit. These comments primarily focused on.
the Department's determination concerning PSE&G's Section 316{a) Variance Request. Responses to comments from those other than PSE&G and USEPA are included in Attachment D of this Permit.
PSE&G's comments ("PSE&G's Comments" or "1991 Comments") contained information, data and arguments not previously included in the administrative record relevant to the Section 316 determinations. PSE&G's Comments raised questions concerning certain infonnation, data and assumptions that fanned the basis for the 1990 Draft Permit decision that recirculating cooling towers are the Best Available Technology ("BAT") for controlling the thermal component of the discharges at the Station and the Best Technology Available ("BTA") for minimizing adverse environmental impacts resulting from the impingement and entrainment of aquatic species.by the Station's cooling water system.
On March 4, 1993, PSE&G filed a supplement to the Company's June 1990 Permit Application ("1993 Application Supplement") incorporating by reference certain of the additional data and information presented in the Company's 1991 Comments and*proposing special conditions for a draft NJPDES permit ("Draft Pennit"). The Special Conditions propose certain modifications to the intake screens, a limitation on the volume of intake flow, a program to restore and enhance wetlands, a fish migration barrier removal program, a study to determine the feasibility of sound as a fish deterrent, and the conduct of a baywide biological monitoring program ("Special Conditions"). The 1993 Application Supplement included a Technical Appendix which generally p~ovides the technical and scientific basis for the Special Conditions. The 1993 Application Supplement also proposed effluent limitations and associated tenns and conditions essentially similar to those contained in the Station's 1989 NJPDES pennit, the performance of an Effluent Characterization Study, and, if required, a Dilution Study.
In light of the infonnation presented in the public comments on the 1990 Draft Pennit, the Department has reconsidered the decision to require that the Station be retrofitted with closed cycle cooling. As a result of this reconsideration, the Department is issuing this draft NJPDES permit for the Station which proposes measures under Section 3 l 6(b) which will minimize adverse environmental impact. This Draft Permit also proposes to grant PSE&G a variance from thermal surface water quality standards. This Draft Pennit incorporates Special Conditions proposed by PSE&G in the 1993 Application Supplement.
As indicated above, the 1990 Draft Permit contained a number of new or revised effluent limitations and associated terms and conditions. Many of those permit limits were predicated on the conditions of the 1990 Draft Permit requiring PSE&G to retrofit the Station with a closed cycle cooling system. As this Draft Permit proposes to allow PSE&G to retain the existing once-through cooling water system, it also proposes to incorporate many of the effluent limits and associated terms and conditions of the Station's existing 1989 NJPDES Permit, applicable to the once-through cooling water system, and proposes requiring PSE&G to complete an Eflluent Characterization Study, Chronic Toxicity Characterization Study, and, if required, a Dilution Study. Upon submission of the final reports for the Eflluent Characterization Study, Chronic Toxicity Characterization Study, and, if required, the Dilution Study, the Department will determine whether water quality-based effluent limitations or additional modified permit conditions are necessary. In this Draft Permit, the Department has also modified the Station's
Page 5 o~ 12 Pages Fact Sheet NJ0005622 III.
DESCRIPTION OF \\VASTKWATER DISCHARGES AND INTAKES A. Station Outfalls The Station is designed to discharge. at a maximum. approximately 3,200 MGD of once-through, non-contact condenser cooling water through six submerged pipes or outfalls designated as Discharge Serial Numbers (DSNs) 481-486. This non-contact cooling water exits from the six discharge pipes at a rapid velocity (approximately 10 feet per second (fps)) at the bottom of the River (at center line pipe depth of approximately 31 feet below mean sea level) about 500 feet offshore. The high velocity causes rapid mixing of the cooling water with the River water.
Radioactive liquid waste, as permitted by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
("USNRC"), and non-radioactive liquid waste mix with the cooling water and discharge to the River through DSNs 481, 482, 484 and/or 485. Radioactive liquid waste. which averages approximately 0.017 MGD, meets USNRC discharge limitations and conditions. The non-radioactive liquid waste.
which averages approximately 0.26 MGD. is treated and monitored at an internal monitoring point.
DSN 48C, prior to mixing with the cooling wate.r and discharging to the River through DSNs 481, 482, 484 and/or 485.
The Station has other regulated outfalls or monitoring locations that also discharge to the Delaware River. These outfalls include DSNs 487, 4878, 488, 489, 489A, 4898, 490 and 491. DSN 4878 discharges approximately 0.002 MGD of wastewater consisting of stormwater, auxiliary boiler blowdown. and systems leakage to DSN 487, after treatment.by oiUwater skimming. DSNs 489A and 489B eacb discharge approximately 0.003 MGD of wastewater consisting of stormwater and systems leakage to DSN 489, after treatment by oiUwater skimming. In addition to the discharges discussed above, DSNs 487, 488, 489, 490, and 491 discharge stormwater runoff from the Station.
A site map that illustrates all intake and discharge points is presented in Figure 3 on page 10 of the Fact Sheet. A cutaway view of the facility's cooling water system is presented in Figure Ja on page 11 of the Fact Sheet.
B. Circulating Water Intake System The Circulating Water System ("CWS") intake, located at the southwestern side of Artificial Island.
supplies water to cool the condensers of Salem Units No. l and No. 2. The intake structure includes 12 separate intake bays (six for each of the two Salem units). Water enters the intake bays through mechanically cleaned trash racks (one per bay). each approximately 11 feet wide and 51 feet long. The trash racks are constructed of 0.5 inch wide steel bars on 3.5 inch centers; the size of the slot opening is 3 inches.
After passing through the trash rack. water. debris. and some small-sized aquatic organisms are drawn onto and through an uninterrupted linkage of continuously operating vertical traveling screens (3/8 inch mesh panels) (See Figure 4 on page 12 of the Fact Sheet). The screens normally rotate continuously at 0.9 inch/second. Faster screen rotation speeds are used at times of high debris loadings. The traveling
Page 7 qf 12 Pag~s Fact Sheet NJOOOS622 VI.
PROCEDURES FOR REACHING A FINAL DECISION ON THE DRAFT PER.i,IIT The procedures for reaching a final decision on the Draft Pennit are set forth in N.J.S.A. 58: I OA-7, N.J.AC. 7:14A-7.l et seg. and N.J.AC. 7:14A-8.l et seq. Included in the procedures are requirements for the submission of comments by the close of the comment period, scheduled dates and procedures for a non-adversarial public hearing, and other procedures for participation in the final agency decision.
N.J.S.A 58:10A-7 and N.I.AC. 7:14A-8.9G) provide that applicants/permittees/interested parties who believe the Department's tentative decision is inappropriate must raise all reasonably ascertainable arguments and factual grounds supporting their position on these issues, including all supporting material, by the close of the public comment period. If the applicant/permittees/interested party fails to raise any reasonably ascertainable issues at this time, it is deemed to have waived the right to raise or contest any such issues in any subsequent adjudicatory hearing or appeal. All supporting materials must be included in full and may not be incorporated by reference, unless they are already part of the administrative record in the same proceeding, or consist of State or Federal statutes and regulations, USEP A documents of general applicability, or other generally available reference materials.
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- NJDEPE CONTACT Additional information concerning the revised Draft Permit may be obtained between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, by contacting Richard Hyjack in the Bureau of Standard Permitting at 609-292-4860.
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PSE&G Fact sheet What is the Estuary Enhancement PrograJ1?
Public Service Electric and Gas Company's (PSE&G)
Estuary Enhancement Proqram is an environmentally responsible approach to resolvinq issues related to Salem Generatinq Station's surface water discharqe permit and concerns about losses of aquatic orqanisms due to station operation.
The proqram includes:
-- Modifications to the screens on Salem station's coolinq water intake system that should increase the survival of juvenile fish that become caught (impinqed) on the screens.
-- Feasibility testinq of state-of-the-art technology to create sound barriers that deter fish from enterinq the area of the station's coolinq water intake system.
-- Establishment of restrictions on the amount of coolinq water the station can draw from the river to a level 5% below desiqn specifications.
A proqram to restore, enhance, and preserve a minimum of s,ooo acres of wetlands in the Delaware River basin. -- The qrant to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE) of a conservation easement for PSE&G's Bayside Tract, an approximately 4,500 acre tract of land in Greenwich Township, CUmberland County.
-- Elimination of fish miqration impediments in certain tributaries in the Delaware Estuary.
-- Implementation of a Delaware Estuary biological monitorinq proqram developed in conjunction with the DEPE.
Why h PSB5G proposinq these measures?
Salem station draws water from the Delaware Estuary and returns the water to the estuary after it is used as a coolant in the electric qeneratinq process. PSE&G recoqnizes that a certain number of aquatic orqanisms -- fish eqqs, larvae, and juvenile fish --are lost when they enter Salem station's coolinq water system. Losses occur when eqqs and larvae are entrained --drawn throuqh the system, and also when juvenile fish are impinqed -- cauqht on the coolinq water system's intake screens. PSE&G, however, has performed extensive studies of station operation and its potential effect on the Delaware Estuary ecosystem and firmly believes that the station has not,.is not, and will not cause an 1
The wetlands program will increase production of aquatic species by providing foraging and refuge habitat, increased nursery areas for aquatic species, and increased food resources. In addition, the wetlands program will create increased wildlife habitat, increased habitat for certain endangered species and provide for protection and enhancement of water quality. Another benefit will be increased opportunities for public access to natural lands.
The wetlands program provides long-term, broad-based benefits to the entire Delaware ecosystem. PSE&G has also made a commitment to the municipalities-in which these wetlands are located to address their concerns about loss of tax revenue as a result of the program and concerns of local residents about management of the wetlands.
Elimination of fish migration impediments through construction of fish ladders will also provide long-term benefits by increasing spawning and nursery habitat and increasing the food supply for certain commercial and recreational fish.
The modifications planned for Salem station's water intake screens, the restrictions on water intake, and feasibility testing of a sound barrier system represent the latest and most cost-effective technologies to limit the loss of juvenile fish due to power plant operation.
Implementation of a biological monitoring program focusing on long-term abundance of fish and macroinvertabrates such as oppossum shrimp will provide the DEPE with an additional source of information on which to base resource management decisions.
Why is PSE~G Jlakinq this proposal if Sale11 station is not harminq the estuary?
PSE&G believes that Salem station's operation is not having an adverse impact on the ecology of the Delaware Estuary and, further, that construction of cooling towers, at a cost of more than $2 billion, represents an unfair and unnecessary burden on the electric customers served by the station. PSE&G, however, is sensitive to and cares about the concerns expressed by the DEPE and other interested parties about any potential adverse impact of plant operation and that forthright and responsible action is required. The estuary enhancement measures being proposed will provide the Delaware Estuary with long-term, meaningful environmental benefits, is consistent with PSE&G's environmental principles and is a scientifically sound, economically prudent approach to ensuring the environmental quality of the Delaware Estuary.
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PSE&G Fact sheet Estuary Enhancement Progrcm Bayside Tract Conservation Easement As part of its Estuary Enhancement Program, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is proposing to grant the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Enerqy (DEPE) a conservation easement for its "Bayside Tract," an approximately 4,500-acre tract of land in Greenwich Township, CUmberland County.
Granting of the conservation easement will allow continued existing use of this property and bar its future developmen~. The tract includes more than 2,600 acres of high quality salt marsh and almost 1,900 acres of uplands buffer. The conservation easement will augment PSE&G's plan to restore and enhance up to s,ooo acres of Delaware Bay wetlands as part of the overa*ll Estuary Enhancement PJ:*ogram.
PSE&G is making this proposal because of the concerns expressed by the DEPE and others about losses of aquatic organisms due to operation of the Salem Generating Station operated by PSE&G. The Estuary Enhancement Program is part of the company's application to the DEPE for renewal of Salem station's surface water discharge permit.
The Bayside Tract easement in conjunction with the wetlands restoration program will restore and preserve high quality wetlands and uplands buffer and provide long-term environmental benefits to the Delaware estuary. Wetlands increase production of fish and other aquatic species by providing increased foraging and refuge habitat, nursery areas for early life stages of aquatic species, and increased food resources.
PSE&G believes the Bayside Tract easement along with other aspects of the Estuary Enhancement Program is the best way to resolve the environmental issues related to Salem station's water discharge permit. The program will help ensure the environmental quality of the Delaware Bay.
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PSE&G Estuary Enhancement Program Fact sheet Zntake Screen Modifications/Zntake Water Flow Permit Restriction Public Service Electric and Gas company (PSE&G) uses sophisticated equipment called traveling screens to remove juvenile fish from Salem Generating Station's cooling water intake system and return the fish to the Delaware Estuary.
There are 12 of these screens, which look like conveyor belts made of screen material. They work by collecting fish in shallow troughs called fish buckets attached to the screens. The fish are then transferred to water-filled sluices and returned to the estuary.
While this system greatly reduces the mortality of juvenile fish that are impinged -- caught -- on the screens, PSE&G plans to install modifications to the fish buckets
- that will further improve fish survival. The modifications involve a new fish bucket design with an elevated and recurved leading edge. This creates a sheltered region inside the fish bucket and reduces buffeting of fish against the screens. In addition, short auxiliary screens will be added to the leading edge of the fish buckets. This will help prevent the escape of fish from the fish buckets and their re-impingement on the intake screens.
In addition to these measures, which represent the latest available intake screen technology, PSE&G has proposed a permit restriction on the amount of cooling water it pumps from the river.
PSE&G's original estimates of the loss of aquatic organisms due to Salem station operation was based, in part, on an assumption that the pumps that draw water into the station operate at 100% of design capacity. PSE&G has determined through careful examination of plant operating data that the station pumps water from the river at a rate approximately five per cent below the design capacity. The reduced estimates of losses PSE&G has furnished to the N.J.
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE) as part of its Salem station surface water discharge permit renewal application included this reduced intake flow.
PSE&G, as part of its permit application, has agreed not to exceed this reduced intake flow. This will help minimize losses of aquatic organisms due to station operation and will ensure that losses do not exceed estimates furnished to the DEPE.
The modifications to Salem station's intake screens and the intake flow limitations are part of PSE&G's Estuary Enhancement Program, which has been designed to resolve issues related to Salem station's permit application and 1
concerns about fish losses due to to station operation. The Estuary Enhancement Program is an environmentally responsible approach that will provide long-term, comprehensive environmental benefits and help ensure the environmental quality of Delaware Bay.
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PSE&G Fact sheet Estuary Enhancement Program Fish Ladders Fish ladders, sometimes called fish ways, are devices that can eliminate impediments to fish migration. As part of its Estuary Enhancement Program, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G)is proposing to construct fish ladders over dams on tributaries to the Delaware Estuary.
Certain species of fish that live in the ocean migrate into freshwater to spawn. Fish ladders allow fish to swim over dams and other man-made stream impediments and migrate upstream. PSE&G's proposal is to install modular-design fish ladders on a certain number of tidal streams to be designated by the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE). Installation of fish ladders and the elimination of fish migration impediments will increase spawning and nursery habitat and increase the food supply for commercial and recreational fish.
PSE&G's Estuary Enhancement.Program is part of its application to the DEPE for renewal of its surface water discharge permit for Salem Generating Station. The program is designed to resolve issues related to the permit and respond to concerns expressed by the DEPE and others about any future potential impact of station operation on aquatic species. The Estuary Enhancement Program will help ensure the environmental quality of the Delaware Estuary.
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PSE&G Fact sheet Estuary Enhancement Program Sound Deterrent Technologies Recent studies indicate that a new technology may be available to help keep fish away from power plant water intake systems. This technology involves creatinq underwater sound barriers by transmittinq sound at specific frequencies that deter fish from entering water intake areas.
Sound deterrent technology has the potential to reduce the number of juvenile fish that become cauqht (impinged) on water intake screens.
PSE&G, as part of its Estuary Enhancement Proqram, is proposinq to test the feasibility of this technology at Salem Generatinq Station. The Estuary Enhancement Proqram is part of PSE&G's application to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE).for renewal of Salem station's surface water discharge permit.
Successful sound deterrent tests have been conducted by the New York Power Authority at a larqe power plant on Lake Ontario and the American Electric Power Company at hydroelectric facilities on the Ohio River. In addition, sound was recently used successfully to pivert fish from the site of underwater blastinq associated with construction of a third Boston Harbor tunnel.
PSE&G is proposing a two-phased approach to test the feasibility of this technology at Salem station. The first phase would involve laboratory studies to determine specific sound frequencies emitted by certain species of fish and to develop species-specific sound frequencies to use in a sound deterrent system. The second phase would involve testing the effectiveness of an underwater sound barrier system at Salem station.
PSE&G believes stronqly that operation of Salem station is not causinq an adverse impact on aquatic species in the Delaware Estuary. The Estuary Enhancement Proqram is designed to respond responsibly to concerns expressed by the DEPE and others about potential future impacts of station operation. The Estuary Enhancement Proqram will help ensure the environmental quality of the Delaware Estuary.
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PSE&G Fact sheet Estuary Enhancement Program Wetlands Restoration, Enhancement and Preservation A key aspect of Public Service Electric and Gas Company's (PSE&G) Estuary Enhancement Program is the restoration, enhancement, and preservation of Delaware Bay wetlands. The wetlands program will increase production of aquatic species, including those species that are of concern to the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and Energy (DEPE) in relation to the operation of Salem Generating Station.
PSE&G's wetlands program includes the restoration of a minimum of s,ooo acres of wetlands, including acreage in Maurice River, Dennis, and Commercial townships that have-been diked for salt hay farms and other agricultural purposes. PSE&G has, to date, obtained options to purchase more than 4,000 acres for the program. The company also is proposing to obtain conservation easements for up to 4,000 acres of adjacent uplands to serve as a protective buffer for the wetlands.
PSE&G plans to restore tidal flow to wetlands areas that have been diked for agricultural purposes. The restoration of tidal flow will be conducted in a controlled manner to prevent excessive erosion and destruction of protective dikes. Restoration and maintenance of these lands will be in accord with a detailed management plan to be developed by PSE&G. PSE&G will work with local municipalities in developing its management plan to ensure protection of adjacent properties and meet residents' concerns about public access to wetlands and other issues.
PSE&G has also pledged that affected municipalities will not lose tax revenue as a result of the program.
The wetlands restoration program will increase production of aquatic species by providing increased foraqinq and refuge habitat; nursery areas for early life stages of aquatic species, and increased food resources. In addition, the wetlands program will benefit the entire Delaware Estuary ecosystem through creation of increased wildlife habitat, increased habitat for certain endangered or threatened species, and protection and enhancement of water quality.
An important companion program to PSE&G's acquisition and restoration of wetlands is the company's proposal to grant to the State of New Jersey a conservation easement for the company's Bayside Tract, a tract of approximately 4,500 acres located in Greenwich Township, cumberland County. The 1
- Bayside Tract contains approximately 2,600 acres of high quality salt marsh and almost 1,900 acres of upland buffers.
The conservation easement will allow for continued existing use of the property and will bar its future development.
PSE&G is proposing its Estuary Enhancement Program to resolve issues related to its application to the DEPE for renewal of Salem station's surface water discharge permit and concerns about losses of aquatic organisms due to station operation. While the company feels strongly that Salem station operation is not causing an adverse impact on aquatic species, it recognizes that the concerns expressed by the DEPE and others requires forthright and responsible action. The wetlands restoration program along with other components of the Estuary Enhancement Program, will help ensure the environmental quality of the Delaware Bay.
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J SALEM NJPDES DRAFT PERMIT OCTOBER 26, 1993
STATUS OF PERMIT PROCESS e
DRAFT NJPDES PERMIT ISSUED JUNE 24, 1993 e
PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD AT PENNSVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ON AUGUST 12, 1993 AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON SEPlEMBER 9, 1993 e
PHASE I PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1*993 e
PHASE II PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1993 e
NJDEPE NON-ADVERSARIAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 28, 1993 e
PHASE II PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SCHEDULED TO CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 4, 1993 e
ANTICIPATED DATE OF FINAL PERMIT ISSUANCE DURING FIRST QUARlER OF 1994
OTHER ISSUES e
PETITION TO USEPA BY ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS e
DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATIJRAL RESOURCES POSITION ON PERMIT e
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION DOCKET REVISION e
POlENTIAL FOR LITIGATION AFTER ISSUANCE OF FINAL NJPDES PERMIT AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE IN PERMIT
PERMIT SPECIAL CONDITIONS e
INSTAI I ATION OF MODIFICATIONS TO ALL 12 CWS INTAKE TRAVELING SCREENS TO INCORPORAlE NEW FISH BUCKET DESIGN e
RESTRICTION OF MONTHLY AVERAGE CWS FLOW RATE TO 3,024 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY e
IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM TO COLLECT INFORMATION 9N LONG-TERM ABUNDANCE OF FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATES IN ESTUARY e
ELIMINATION OF IMPEDIMENlS TO FISH MIGRATION ON NO LESS THAN FIVE TRIBUTARIES TO DELAWARE ESTUARY i
PERMIT SPECIAL CONDITIONS (CONTINUED) e CONDUCT A STUDY TO EVALUATE lHE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING SOUND TO DIVERT FISH FROM THE CWS INTAKE e
PRESERVATION OF UP TO 8,000ACRES OF UPLAND ADJACENT TO DELAWARE ESlUARY TIDAL WETLANDS e
LIMITATIONS ON FUlURE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPANY'S BAYSIDE TRACT THROUGH DEED RESTRICTION RESTORATION OF A MINIMUM OF 8,000ACRES OF WETLANDS IN THE DELAWARE ESlUARY I *t I
OTHER PERMIT CONDITIONS e
PERFORM EFFLUENT CHARAClERIZATION STUDY AT CWS INTAKE, NRLWDS AND DSN 489 e
PERFORM DILUTION STUDY AT CW INTAKE AND DSN 489 e
PERFORM CHRONIC TOXICITY CHARAClERIZATION STIJDY e
MEASURE FLOW FROM EACH CWS PUMP AT LEAST ANNUALLY e
INSTALL OIL WATER SEPARATOR AT DSN 489 BY APRIL 30, 1994
- e REROUTE EFFLUENT FROM NO. 3 SKIM TANK TO NRLWDS BY DECEMBER 31, 1993
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OCTOBER 27. 1993 ORGANIZATION NRC/NRR/PDI-2 NRC/NRR/PDI-2 NRC/NRR/PDI-2 NRC/NRR/PDI-2 PSE&G/Licensing ENCLOSURE 3 PSE&G/ Mngr., Licensing
& Regulation