ML18101A682
| ML18101A682 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1994 |
| From: | Hagan J Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| LR-E95059, NUDOCS 9505040192 | |
| Download: ML18101A682 (8) | |
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'_' Company Joseph J. Hagan Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-1200 Vice President - Nuclear Operations CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ARTICLE NUMBER: P 885 152 384 APR 2 81995 LR-E95059 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
1994 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT SALEM GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-70 AND DPR-75 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 The attached annual environmental operating report is hereby submitted pursuant to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan (Non-radiological) for Salem Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.
The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operation License DPR-70 and DPR-75 (Docket Nos.
50-272 and 50-311).
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Salem U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail Stop 14E21 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. c. S. Marschall (S09)
USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Salem Generating Station Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 95-4933
1994 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)
January 1 through December 31, 1994 SALEM GENERATION STATION UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-70 AND DPR-75 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY P.O. BOX 236 HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 08038 APRIL 1995
section 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 4.0 5.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title INTRODUCTION * ****.*..*************** ~ **
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES **.*
AQUATIC ISSUES *..**** * **********.**.****
TERRESTRIAL ISSUES ********.************
EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS *************.*.**
EPP NONCOMPLIANCES....***************.*
REVIEW * ****......*.*.***********.*.....
CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION.
NONROUTINE REPORTS....**..*.*********...
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
This 1994 Annual Environmental Operating Report (AEOR) is submitted in accordance with Section 5.4.1 of the Salem Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Environmental Protection Plan, Non-radiological (Appendix B to Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75, Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311, respectively).
This is the sixth Annual Environmental Operating report submitted under the EPP and covers Salem Unit No. 1 and Salem Unit No. 2 for the period from January 1 through December 31, 1994.
During 1994, Salem Unit No. 1 generated 5,744,611 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy.
Salem Unit No. 2 generated 5,596,267 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy.
As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of the results of all required environmental protection activities.
This information is described in Section 2.0.
Section 3.0 addresses the issues of EPP compliance.
Changes to station design or operation and the review for potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0.
Unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.
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2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 AQUATIC MONITORING ISSUES Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act as a mechanism for protecting aquatic biota through water quality monitoring.
The USNRC relies on the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water Act, to insure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring are implemented.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is the state's regulatory agency.
The NJDEP requires as part of the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the results summarized and submitted monthly on Discharge Monitoring Report forms (DMRs).
The monitoring is intended to determine compliance with the effluent limitations of the station's NJPDES permit (No. NJ0005622).
We have reviewed the DMRs corresponding to the 1994 AEOR reporting period and have determined that no significant deviations have occurred.
We have observed no evidence of trends towards damage to the environment.
Copies of monthly NJPDES DMRs for the 1994 report year are available upon request*and have been transmitted to the USNRC.
on June 1, 1990> the Salem Generating station filed an application for the renewal of their NJPDES permit.
Additional s~pplements to the permit application were filed with the NJDEP on August 31, 1990, January 10, 1991, and April 23, 1991.
Copies of the application and supplemental data were also provided to the USNRC.
The NJDEP issued a draft NJPDES permit to the Salem Station on October 3, 1990.
The draft permit contained several new treatment requirements and monitoring conditions which PSE&G believed were excessive and restrictive.
PSE&G submitted.
written comments on the draft NJPDES permit to the NJDEPE on January 13, 1991.
Over the last three years, PSE&G and the NJDEP have been working together to resolve all outstanding issues.
The work has culminated in the issuance of a final NJPDES permit on July 20, 1994 which resolved the treatment and monitoring issues.
The Special Conditions of the final permit include:
- Modification of the circulating water intake structure travelling screens
- Wetlands restoration and enhancement
- E~imination of impediments to fish migration 2
- Sound deterrent feasibility study
- Enhanced biological monitoring
- Additional chemical and toxicity testing of plant effluents The final NJPDES permit took effect on September 1, 1994.
While the USNRC relies on the State of New Jersey and the NJDEPE for protection of the water quality, the National
,Marine Fisheries Service maintains regulatory authority with respect to certain migratory threatened and endangered aquatic species.
As required by Amendments 129 and 108 to the Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 and the Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion, Salem Generating Station conducted inspections of the circulating water intake trash bars at least every two hours during the 1994 sea turtle season.
One sea turtle, a loggerhead, was recovered alive and returned to the Delaware Bay in 1994.
Salem Generating.station will continue to implement the Conservation Recommendations referenced in the revised Section 7, Consultation.
2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES Section 4.2.2 of the EPP,no longer requires terrestrial monitoring.
Monitoring of Diamondback Terrapin nesting and the Osprey and Bald Eagle survey were completed in 1989.
However, PSE&~ has voluntarily continued to monitor the osprey population in a joint effort with the NJDEP.
3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a.list of EPP noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to reme¢iy them.
No significant environmental impacts attributable to the operation of Salem Generating Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2 were observed during 1994.
PSE&G continued to operate Salem Unit Nos. 1 and 2 in compliance with the EPP during 1994 and had no instances of noncompliance th.at required corrective actions.
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3.2 REVIEW Subsection 5.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan for Salem Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, requires that an independent review of compliance with the EPP be maintained and made available for inspection.
PSE&G's Corporate Environmental Compliance Group in the Environmental Affairs Department in Newark, New Jersey recently conducted an environmental compliance review of the Nuclear Business Unit in September 1994 which conforms to the objectives stated in the EPP.
4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan for Salem Unit Nos. 1 and 2, station design changes and operation performance of tests or experiments, for the AEOR covered time period, were reviewed for potential environmental impact.
None of the recommended changes posed a potential to significantly affect the environment, therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change in the EPP.
5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of all nonroutine reports (submitted in accordance with Subsection 5.4.2) be included as part of the Annual Environmental Operating Report.
Two environmentally related nonroutine reports were submitted to the USNRC in 1994.
One report involved the incidental take of a Loggerhead sea turtle on the circulating water intake trash bars.
The turtle was recovered alive and undamaged.
The turtle was flipper tagged and released at the mouth of Stow Creek in the Delaware Bay.
It was also equipped with transmitters to allow tracking upon release.
The other report involved the incidental take of two shortnose sturgeon on the circulating water intake trash bars.
Both sturgeon were dead when recovered.
After positive identifications were made the specimens were put on ice and frozen.
At request from NMFS, the barbels from the two specimens were sent to the National Fish Health Research Laboratory in Kearneysville, West Virginia, and the remainder of the specimens were sent to the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology in Wayland, Massachusetts.
Salem Generating Station experienced no unusual or important events that indicated or could have resulted in "significant environmental impact" during the 1994 reporting period.
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