ML18192A215
| ML18192A215 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palo Verde  |
| Issue date: | 01/16/1976 |
| From: | Van Brunt E Arizona Nuclear Power Project |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| ANPP-3721 | |
| Download: ML18192A215 (22) | |
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.$ 00% AfCYClfDPAPKA ARKQNAIJCLEAR PROJECf Post Office &ox 21666 Phoenix. Arizona 85036 January 16 1976 ANPP-3721 gegulato Docket U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.
C.
20555 Attentiori:
Director, Division of Reactor Licensing 1'E:
Docket Nos.
STN 50-528/529/530 NRC Letter of December 2,
1975 Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the Notice of Availabi;lity of the Draft Supplement to Final Environmental Statement for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1,,
2 and 3, dated November.25, 1975, forty (40) copies of the Applicants'omments to such Draft Supplement are submitted herewith.
We are also submitting as a part of these
- comments, forty (40) copies of a document erititled "Supplement:
to, Transmission System Environmental Analysis - Project No. 4," which describes and analyzes three alternate..route-'egments of preferred Alternative Route A (Red Lake Canyon to Mohave)'f Project No. 4, described and evaluated in Supplement No.
6 to the PVNGS Environmental Report.
'Such alternate route segments bypass a subdivided area, known
.as Bridge; Canyon Country Estates, located immediately west of,Seligman,
- Arizona, and referred to in the Draft 'Supple-ment in the paragraph commencing at the bottom of page S-9.
This document is responsive not only to the observations made in such paragraph, but also to the interest of the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee in considering acceptable means of bypassing the Bridge
- Canyon Country Estates subdivision.
We are including with these comments an errata sheet applicable to Supplement No.
6 to the PVNGS Environmental Report which may be useful in reconciling some of the comments to the Draft. Statement with Supplement No.
6.
Southern California Edison Co.
ANPPparticipants: Arizona Public Service Company
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~ Salt River Project
,Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. ~ Public Service Company of New Mexico ~ El Paso Electric Company
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U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission January 16,.1976 Page Two Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. g2.712, copies of this letter and the Applicants'omments to the Draft Supplement have been served on the persons listed. in the attached certificate of service.,
. Respectfully submitted, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY Edwin E.
Van Brunt, Jr.
Vice President, Nuclear Services On its own behalf and as agent, for all other joint applicants
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE It is hereby certified that true and correct copies of the Applicants'omments to the Draft Supplement to Final Environmental Statement for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating I
- Station, Units 1, 2 and 3, filed in NRC Docket Nos.
STN 50-528, 50-529 and 50-530, together with the letter, dated January 16, 1976, transmitting said comments, have been placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, this 16th day of
- January, 1976 to the following:
Mr. Hugh K. Clark, Chairman P.
O. Box 127A Kennedyville, MD 21645 Dr. Kenneth A. McCollom Associate Dean College of Engineering Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74074 Dr. Quentin J. Stober Research Associate Professor Fisheries Research Institute University of Washington
- Seattle, WA 98195 Stephen H. Lewis, Esq.
Stephen M. Sohinki., Esq.
Regulatory Staff Counsel U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary U.
S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Andrew W. Bettwy, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General 159 State Capitol 1700 West Washington
'Phoenix, AZ 85007 Charles R. Kocher Assistant Counsel Southern California Edison Co.
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.COMMENTS TO THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATXNG STATXON UNITS 1 g 2g AND 3 DOCKET NOS
-STN 50-528, STN 50-529/
AND STN 50-530 Submitted by ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVXCE COMPANY January 16, 1976
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COMMENTS TO THE DRAFT SUPPLEMENT NRC FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT Page S-1:
Page S-1:
Description of Project paragraph, fifth line:
Description of Project paragraph, first line:
4 Routing and Ecology; first Change 143 miles to 147 miles.
4 Routing and Ecology; second Add comma after substation.
Page 'S-2:
Change Figure S-l to reflect alternate route segments around Seligman.
(See attached supplement to the Trans-mission System Environmental Analysis).
Page S-3:
First complete paragraph, first line:
Change "40 to 50" to "15.to 20".
Last two sentences should be changed'o read:
"the minal road width will be 14 feet and the maximum sustained grade will be 12 percent.
The maximum grade for spur roads to structure sites will.be 18 percent."
Page S-4:
Table S-l, Natural Biotic Communities Traversed, miles:
Change Creosote Bush-Bursage from 0 to 26, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland from 101.5 to 70.
Page S-6:
Table S-2, Natural Biotic Communities Traversed, miles A:
Same change as Page S-4.
Access Roads:
Change Roads to Roads.
Page S-8:
Red Lake Canyon Study Site; first paragraph, second line:
Change "all trees" to most of the trees."
Fauna; second paragraph, second line:
Add desert bighorn sheep.
Page S-9:
Third paragraph, second line:
Delete "porcupine".
Page S-10: Impacts,'irst paragraph:
Change 154'cres to 147
- acres, 44.7 acres to 43 acres and 22.8 acres to 21 acres.
Second'aragraph:
Change 121 acres to 211 acres.
Page S-ll: Last paragraph, fourth line:
Change "U.S.B.R.
Mead-Liberty" to'.S.B.R.
Davis Dam-Prescott."
Page S-12': Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts, Air:
Second sentence is an overstatement of the facts.
Any ozone produced will be negligible in amount and will not cause any deterioration in air quality.
Page S-12: Alternative To The Proposed Route:
Add alternative termination system considered would connect the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station with Coxcomb (Eagle Mountain Area of California).
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Pa e 8-2, Section
- 8. 2. 2, Line 1, Text "A reserve margin of 14 percent is used as a minimum objective by the participants."
Revisions "Reserve margins of between 15 and 20 percent are used as minimum planned reserve objectives by the participants."
Pa e 8-2, Table 8.1 SCE intermediate unit capacity for 1974 should be 9930 MW, total intermediate for all participants should be 11233 MW, and total installed should be 18421" MW.
Pa e 8-3, Tab'le 8.2, Table 1.2-4
, Sheet No.
2 of Supplement No.
4 to the PVNGS Environmental Report incorrectly reported that the energy sales of Arizona Public Service Company in 1974 were 7,128 GWh; the correct figure, as shown in Table Al.2-4, Sheet No.
2 of Supplement No.
6, is 9,491 GWh.
Additionally, Table 1.2-4, Sheet No.
1 of Supplement No.
4 incorrectly reported that total energy sales for all participantes in 1974 was 24,894 GWh; the correct figure that should have been reported in Supplement No.
4 is 27,042.GWh.
Also, the total energy sales in 1974 for all participants except Southern California Edison Company, as reported in Table Al.2-4, Sheet No.
1 of Supplement no.
6, should be changed from 21,026 GWh to 23,174 GWh.
In order to properly reflect the forego'ing corrections, Table 8.2 of the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement should be changed as follows:
The energy sales for APS in 1974 should be changed from 7,128 GWh to 9,491 GWh.
The energy sales for all participants in 1974 should be changed from 77,416 GW h to 79,779 GWh.
Accordingly, the annual growth rates of energy sales, 1964-1974, should be changed for APS from 4.3% to 7.0% and for all participants from 6.2% to 6.5%.
Pa e 8-3, Section 8.2.3.1, first ara ra h Consistent with the changes in Table 8.2, the first paragraph of Section 8.2.3.1 should be changed to show the average annual rate of growth
-in energy generation for all participants between 1964 and 1974 to be 6.5%, rather than 6.2%.
Pa e 8-4, Table 8.5 The information shown below should be substituted for the SRP data in Table 8.5:
'alt River Pro'ect 1973 Level 8 Annual Increase 1963-1973 Residential:
Sales (million KWH) 2,640.9 No. Customers (000's) 209.3 KWH per customer 12,618.0
- 14. 78
- 7. 0%
- 7. 2%
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Pa e 8-4, Table 8.5 (cont,'d)
Salt River Pro ect 1973 Level 8 Annual Increase 1963-1973 Commercial
.6 Industrial:
Sales (million KWH) 2,894.9 No. Customers (000's) 15.4 KWH per customer 187,981.0 ll.5%
- 4. 6%
- 6. 4%
Pa e 8-5, Table 8.6 Change the word "decrease" to "increase" in the column heading of this table and change the number of 1974 residential customers from "23,857" (thousands),
to "2,385;7" (thousands).
Pa e 8-6, Section 8.3.1, Last Para ra h, Text "The impact of conservation and energy prices is incorporated into the sales forecasts by an adjustment of elasticity coefficients and energy price forecasts.
Population and economic activity are also factors in developing load forecasts.
Such data for the PVNGS participants are shown in Table 8.8."
Recommended revision "The impact of conservation and energy prices is incorporated into the sales forecasts by an adjustment based on elasticity coefficients.and energy price forecasts."
Population and economic activity data for the PVNGS participants are shown in Table 8.8."
r Pa e 8-6, Section 8.3.2.1, Line 40 The text suggests that energy consumption xn the participants'reas for October, 1974, to April, 1975, was 18 percent lower than for the corresponding period two years earlier.
Confirmation of this reduction based on the tables Al.2-3 and B1.2-3 is not possible.
Pa e 8-10, Section 8.2.3.4, Line 3, Text "Those who do have interruptible.loads do not use.it to reduce the annual peak demands of energy requirements in power planning studies."
Recommended revision
"...to reduce the annual peak demands in power planning studies."
Li.'ne 5, Text "...the load reduction must be large enough to be effective in system stability planning."
Recommended revision
"...the load reduction must be large enough to be effective in system capacity planning."
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Pa e 8-17, Table 8.18 Because of corrections made in Supplement No.
6 to the 7VNGS Environmental Report (see comments respecting Table 8.2 of the Draft. Supplement),
the annual percentage increase in energy use for the years 1974 and 1975 should be changed from -3.8% and 9.0%,
respectively, to -1.1% and 6.0%, respectively.
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PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION SUPPLEMENT 6
ERRATA TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS PROJECT NO.
4 PREPARED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY K
JANUARY 1976
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ERRATA TO THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS PROJECT NO.
4 Page 2-50: Section 2.2.2.1.1 Page 2-52:
Section 2.2.2.1.4 Add bighorn sheep and burros.
4th line, delete porcupine and add same to Section 2.2.2.1..5 Page 2-57: Section 2.3.1 Page 2-58: Section 2.3.1.1 Delete last sentence.
2nd line, change "and fourth" to fourteenth.
Page 2-67:, Section 2.'3.2.4.1 1st" line, change "less than 100" to less than 50.
Page 2-71: Section 2.3.2.6.3 1st line, change "the only state park" to a major state park.
Page 3-19: Table 3.3-1 Natural biotic communities traversed, change Creosote Bush Bursage
.from 0 to 26, Pinyon-juniper Woodland from 101.5 to 70.
Page 4-5: Section
- 4. 2. l. 1 1st paragraph, change 154 acres to 147 acres, 44.7 acres to 43 acres, 22.8 acres to 21 acres.
Section 4.2.1.2 2nd line, change 121 acres to 211 acres.
Page 4-6: Section 4.2.1.2 Page 4-8: Section 4.3.1 2nd line, change "will cause disruption" to"will not cause disruption."
Last line change. "route" to "routes."
Page 4-10:
17th line, change "U.S.B.R.
Mead Liberty" to "-U.S.B.R.
Davis Dam-Prescott."
Page 4-20:
Last paragraph Next to'ast line change "is" to "will be."
Page 4-21:
First paragraph Next to last line change "effects is" to "effects, construction is."
Page 4-23:
Table Change "Structing Torquing" to "Structure Torquing."
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Page 4-27: Sect'ion
- 4. 3..1.4.2 Page 4-29: Section 4.3.1.4.3.
2nd line, change
$50,342,000 to
$48,982,000.
Last. line, change
$2,648,000 to
$15,310,000.
Page 4-32:
Page 4-35:.Section 4.3.2.2 Second paragraph first line change "is." to "was."
Third line change "7" to "8."
Page '5-21: Section 5.2.3.6 Article 2 Next to last line should read "equal to or better."
Page 6-3: Section
- 6. 2. 2 2nd line, change "223 acres" to "222 acres."
2nd paragraph, change "238 acres" to "232 acres.'"
Page 7-6 Table 7.2-1 State and Local Income Taxes on Direct Con-struction Income, change "486" to "468."
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