ML19200A018

Staff Assessment of Revised 401 Certificate.Changes Made in Previous Thermal Effluent Limitations Do Not Affect Original Conclusions.Affidavit of CR Hickey Encl

ML19200A018
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	12/06/1977
From:	Hickey C NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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!! r. r,ruce P. Snith EPA Application PA000920 Permita Pranch "etropolitan Edison Campany U. S. F.ny t.runmen ta l Pi ot t eLion A[;cucy Three !!ile Inland !'uclear Statico S Lv.t.h and '.ia lnu t Stroet, Londonderrv Townchip Philadciphia, Penn:privania 19106 Dauphin County Dea. Mr. 5::ith:

The Ctrmonvcalth af Pennavl'e. inia hereby ecrtifics to the following and thus invalidates all past certifications:

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The Ar.cadmen ts 'en.

I and 2 issued 12/79/76 and 3/20/77 respectively for tbc 'ational Pollutant Discharr.e Elimination Svstca Permit for subject d i ncha r;;c r ;, c r e forwarded to the Cccc:caucalth of Pennsylvania purnnant to t he provisions of Section 401 of the Federal '.Jater Pollution Centrol Act Amendments of 1972.

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The efrluent Iimitationn and other limIiatfann, and monitoring, requirement:- an proponed in the tentative permit amendments cubmitted for our revit.w:

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Aseure that the applicant w!]l ecmply with applicable efflucnt iimitatienn under Section 30] or 302, ;tandards of perfor:ance under Section ?O6, or prohibition, effluent standards, or pre-t reat:acnt -tandards under Section 307 of the FWPCA A=endments of 1972 where they are presently applicable; b.

Shall bcctn>e a condition of a Foderal : PDES per: nit pursuant to Sectien 402 ot t he I4 PCA Am. nd::icn ts.

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This certlClentleu 1:. 5.ubj ect to the following, conditions:

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That the Pe r :a f t tee complien ulth Penunylvania's Clean Streams Law.

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That the Formittcc ccmplier z!th Indunttial Wante Permits 227020'.

and 2272202, acd Sewe rar,c Perriit 2273419 issued by the Depart: cat of Envirormental Resources.

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Utneharge 101 - IKffinert of ur. age t re..t nwn t f.;c i l i t ic s Total phenphotiu: shall ru t exceed 2 un/l nn.in average b.ts f r., nor 4 nn/1 at any Lfne.

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D!ncliarne 001 - Combined 'h ch.ntical Draf L Cooling Tower 1310wdo wn,

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Tin-perctitrec chalj at al] timos maintain in good wor k i.or. o r de r atul ope ra r e t h.' !!"cl an i c a l Draft Cooling i

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n f n i.n L: c t emperature d i f f c rential be t veen amb ient river te merature and the remperature of the discharne; provided, how.:ve r.

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.a - he ohnt driwn whrn in ihe judgn.cnt of tin. e. < p.in ; l h i c 1::l p"r'.une.

i cembination of afi"unph.rfe ca.nd i t len.,nd r ive r temper.it ure ay exist

.h lch ran:.c? tho wa :: L e ' at. r t o be heated an it pasnes through the UCT's or ice formation is observed to occur wi thin t he !!DCT 's.

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The te:rp" rat u re of t in. dLuchirne shall never exceed a maxnnon of 870 F, except.sh c q the ambient river temperature e xceed:: 87" r, in which cane, t he dise:harne temperature shall not execed th.' emh i eut river temperature, the temperature of the dincharne t: hall not change by more than 50 F during any one hcur period.

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cmhient river temperaturo 1: the temperature of the river u p c t re n o f t h e h e a t eil v; s t e di: charge. The ambient temperature campling point cheuld be unaffected by any nnurces of waste heat.

The tonperature of the intake water will be connLdored as.mblent river temperature so long an the intake water fs unaffected by 'C1's or any other nearby heated water discharr.e.

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The fol l owing temperature 1 Lnitations shall never be exeecded:

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During the peried November 1 through Arril 30. the teaperature of. % din.harge chall not execed 12 F above a.; blent river Lcmperature.

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Durinr, the pericd ?!ay I t hrnunii Detober 3], the r e-pe rat ure of t he d!ncharno cha]1 not execed 7 F above aribient river temperature.

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fr ine, pl.nt cec] h n operations the temperature of the dinebarne ch;ill not exceed 120 F above ambient river tenocrature.

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At no ri:m-uhall the dlnciiarne exceed the rate of 150 million rallons per day.

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The Chief of tho Operationr Section of the liarrisburr, Re;;ional Of fice of the P.ureau of t?ater Quality !!anarement '; hall be advised by tclephone wIthin 24 hoorn when the MDCT's are shut down for ren enc other than t.h o r.c rpccifIed In condition 2(a) above.ind. main u hen tcwcr eporation 1n renuned; nhall be notified 'ejthin 24 bcuru hen the dincharr.c limitations specified in raranraph 2(c) abere are exceeded and again when the dincharne ts in ecmp l i.ince with nsch limitations; and : hall be notifi.cd. at 1"1st thirty (30) dayn in advance, whenever ppscible of all scheduled plant cooldown operations.

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Ulthin two yearn after both nuclear reactor units are in cen nerc Lal eperation, the intropolitan-Edison Ccmpany will collect and vuhmit to the D"pa r t r'en t of Environmental Resources strea,dat.' which actn n tel, defines the thermal plume or anne of impact from the l': ' ' O. heated waste dtscharne. As a minJmum, thormal plume onrpinn data enllected to ment the

ucl ear lier.u la t ory Cmm i.,i on 's rcriu i remen ts shall be submitt.cd to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.

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That the Permittcc sub.it to t he Pennsylvania Der:::. cut of Envirunrental Resnurces within ninety (90) days of issuance of Amendment ::o. I to the ':Ptf 5 permit, an applicatica for a now Pennsylvania Water Qual i t. Fa na r.cmen t pernit for the facilitics associated with the thermal component of discharge 001.

4 We certif y that the final effinent 1: nit atiens cont ained herein and in the attached ::PhlL perm!t, t.o :he extent that t h e ', are not incon-sistent vith the ]Initations herein, are those offluent 11nltations which are reipiired t o achieve the federall:. approved water quality cr(tcria f or the receiv!nn 1tream.

.:e.il so certify rhat the compliance schednic therefn tr reawnable 1:e do in't c e r t i f '. that the :pplicant for an *: plies potntt ir now in compilance with our effluent l!mitat.lons or permit requit"mentn establinhed purruant to t he C l ean ';t reamn Law, Act af June 22, 1937. P.L.

1987, or anend.ed. 35 P.S.

691.1 or that such snurec f r dtnchnrninn in compliance with the teins or conditions of a state permit.

nr do we ce rt i f y that by atta!nton the Interi ctandards cont. tined in the :;rDib nermit that unch cource will be in cc::;,pliance with the aforementioned Clean Strcc=s Law and the Rules e

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' y, c. - r f l f,- i n n t 'i c final.if f i nen t standards and the t:che in ! e f or ru.pl iance to !e contained in tiac til'!)ES pe rmi t,

vc ilo not v. i ! v e eu r r i r.h t ' t o pr escro: e eit her civill) or crl:ainally all pant, p rc cut.uid in t'i re e l o l, t i n o r, of ur Clean Stream; I.aw and lo-1:nle

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modify final cf fluent certuirement:

.s in necennary to comply with PennuyIvania 1.aw.

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This cert ( f ic,t ion by the Depa ri s en t

m. n 1c appea led t o tiu: 1.nviron-ncntal llea r t on r.ea rd, first Flcor Annex, r.1ackntone Bu i l d i ny,,

132 Market "treet, ila rr i nl u rg, PA (il7) /'M7-3483, by any agnrieved person pornu.wt to tbc Act of December 3.

I'370, P.L. 33'.,

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Anno. 9510-1 et acq. and the th in t u tra tive Anency I.aw, the Act of June 13, 1945, P.L. 138", as tv ende.! 71 Pa. Stat. Anno. N1.710.1 et s e<[. Appoals au:: be filed with r. ! e F.nvironmental IInaring P. card

.ithin t h i r t.. (10) day: of ne rvier-of thl-certffication uniens the approprtate v.ta t u te p rovi rier, a it ' f f e ren t time period. Copics of the appeal fo r m anci the Departncnt'n rerulations novernin;; practice and procedure before the Board may be obtair.ed f rera the Board.

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