ML19242B317
| ML19242B317 | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 07/03/1979 |
| From: | Ippolito T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Groce R YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7908080073 | |
| Download: ML19242B317 (3) | |
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G79 Docket No. 50-271 Mr. Robert H. Groce Licensing Engineer Yankee Atomic Electric Company 20 Turnpike Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581
Dear Mr. Groce:
By letter dated August 16, 1978 and February 23, 1979, you requested an amendment to the Appendix B Non-Radiological Enviromental Technical Specifications (ETS) for the Vemont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. We addressed the portion of the August 16, 1978 request pertaining to open cycle operation in Amendment No. 48 to the Vemont Yankee license dated October 13, 1978.
In addition to open cycle operation, you also proposed changes to limiting conditions for operation, reporting requirements and monitoring programs which would eliminate duplication of regulation by EPA and NRC.
As your proposed changes are extensive, we are preparing to rewrite the entire appendix B ETS in a new famat.
This femat is used for the ETS on newly licensed plants and will be used to " standardize" ETS for all plants.
The changes that will result from adopting the new ETS are as folicws:
1.
Water quality limits in the current ETS, which are exactly duplicative of those in the NPDES pemit level will become ETS monitoring r quire-ments.
These monitoring requirements will refer to and rely on the NPDES pemit for the details of the program, the reporting of violatons, and the reporting of changes to the pemit.
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Water quality LCOs which differ from the NPDES pemit restrictions will be retained in the new ETS when the amendment of the ETS cannot be supported by an EIA.
Discussions with the NPDES pemitting authority and the utility will be conducted to resolve and eliminate differences to the maximum possible extent.
3.
When requested by the licensee, far-field monitoring programs in the current ETS will be reviewed for temination or mdification.
If any monitoring programs are to be continued and an acceptable monitoring program is required by the NPDES pemit then the new ETS will rely on the NPDES pemit requirement.
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Mr. Robert H. Groce Monitoring programs which are retained and do not rely on the NPDES pemit will have the details of the monitoring program placed in a separate " procedures" document to be administered by the licensee.
Fomal ETS changes will not be required for changes to the procedures manual.
4.
A new definition section is added to define more precisely important words or concepts, including those of importance in the NPDES pemit.
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A new administrative section is added which establishes procedures for: the reporting of monitoring results; reporting of violations to state and federal pemits; changes to station design or operating procedures; changes to the ETS or to the NPDES pemit which would affect the ETS; and tne retention of records.
Because you did not request all of the above changes, we have enclosed the rewritten ETS (Enclosure 1) for your review.
Should you have questions on the new ETS please call the Vemont Yankee Project Manager, Vernon Rooney on (301) 492-7872 to arrange such discussions as are necessary.
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Enclosure:
Enviromental Technical Specifications 5;j 5 Uo-
Mr. Robert H. Groce Yankee Atomic Electric Company 3-cc:
Ms. J. M. Abbey John R. Stanton, Director Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power.
Radiation Control Agency Corporation Hazen Drive 77 Grove Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Rutland, Vermont 05701 John W. Stevens Mr. Donald E. Vandenburgh, Conservation Society of Vice President Southern Vermont Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power P. O. Box 256 Corporation Townshend, Vermont 05353 Turnpike Road, Route 9 Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 Dr. Mars Longley, Di rector Division Occupational Health John A. Ritsher, Escuire 32 Spaulding Street Ropes & Gray Barre, Vermont 05641 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 New Endland Coalition on Nuclear Pollution Laurie Burt Hill and Dale Farm Assistant Attorney, General West Hill - Faraway Road Environnental Protection Division Putney, Vermont 05346 Attorney General's Office One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Public Service Board Boston 'tassachusetts 02103 State of Vermont 120 State Street Richard E. Ayres, Escuire Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Natural Resources Defense Counsel 91715th Street, N. W.
W. F. Conway, Piant Superintenden' Washington, D. C.
20005 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation Honorable M. Jerome Diamond P. O. Box 157 Attorney General Vernon, Vermont 05354 State of Vermont 109 State Street Mr. Charles Sheketoff Pavilion Office Building Assistant Director Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Inc.
Anthony Z. Roisman 26 State Street Natural Resources Defense Council Montpelier, Vermont 05602 91715th Street, N. W.
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