ML19269D021
| ML19269D021 | |
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| Site: | Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png |
| Issue date: | 02/05/1979 |
| From: | Ballard R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Eric Turner HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER CO. |
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| NUDOCS 7902260592 | |
| Download: ML19269D021 (10) | |
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FEB 5 1979 Docket No. 50-466 i
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ATTN: Mr. E. A. Turner j
Vice President l
Power Plant Construction l
and Technical Services Electric Tower, P. O. Box 1700 Houston, Tcxas 77001
Dear Mr. Turner:
The NRC staff has reviewed the Nuclear Power Plant Siting Study that was discussed at the HL&P/NRC staff meeting on January 3,1979, and intends to conduct a more detailed review of the following sites:
Li-3 Je-3 Ma-3 Bz-l (This site was identified in a subsequent transmittal by HL&P).
Since the staff's review of these sites will require more information j
than is available in the HL&P documents now available, we plan to conduct a visit to each of the above sites, and to the South Texas Project site.
l These sites have been selected as representative of those candidate areas described in the staff's Final FES supplement.
The staff also wishes to visit the Allens Creek site and, if time permits, site Au-2 and the W. A. Parrish site.
Arrangements for these visits are being made by R. W. Froelich, the NRC environmental project manager, and Mr. McGuire of your staff.
Present plans are to conduct the visit during the week of February 5, 1979. We understand that it may not be possible to physically walk each site, in which case a helicopter fly-over will be acceptable.
Helicopter transportation from site to site is anticipated. We will appreciate a briefing by HL&P personnel on Monday, February 5, to j
outline the proposed helicopter routes, present specific details of i
site locations, and to complete arrangements for the helicopter flights.
l During this briefing we wish to review topographic maps of each site area.
These maps should have the site boundaries marked-in.
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Houston Lighting & Power In addition to the material provided in the HL&P fluclear Power Plant Study, the staff will be seeking answers to the enclosed list of questions.
These quesitions will be discussed with HL&P during the site visit. To the extent possible, HL&P is requested to provide any available information regarding these subjects at the beginning of the site visit, including (if not available to HL&P) the identification of data sources (e.g., Federal or State resource agencies in the area) that i
I could provide this material to the staff.
We er..phasize that the material requested is of reconnaissance-level nature; that is, infomation that i
may be obtained from published reports, public records, public and private agencies, and individuals knowledgeable about the site location.
In general, it refers to data that already exists.
Scme of the questions may be answered as a result of our site visits; others may require material that is not available.
F.esponses by HL&P that such is the case are acceptable.
We plan to discuss these questions, plus any other questions that j
develop during the site visits, with members of your staff during an open meeting to be held at the Houston-Gulf Freeway Holiday Inn, 2391 South Wayside Drive, Houston, Texas, beginning at 1:00 pm on Thursday, February 8, 1979.
Sincerely,
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Ponald L. Bal; lard, Chief i
l Environmental Projects Branch 1 Division of Site Safety l
and Environmental Analysis i
Enclosure:
List of Questions cc: Service list 0
Houston Lighting & Power Company
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- Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chariman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccamis! ion i
Board Panel Washington, D. C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Wayne Rentfro P. O. Box 1335 Dr. E. Leonard Cheatum Rosenberg, Texas 77471 Route 3, Box 350A Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 Mr. John F. Doherty Armadillo Coalition of Texas, Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Hcuston Chapter Atomic Safety and Licensing 4438 1/2 Leeland Avenue l
Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission Houston, Texas 77023 Washington, D. C. 20555 6b0W 28th 02 f
R. Gordon Gooch, Esq.
Austin, Texas 78705 Baker & Botts 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Mr. D. Michael McCaughan Washington, D. C. 20006 Member The Environmental Task Force J. Gregory Copeland, Esq.
3131 Timmons Lane Apr 254 Baker & Botts Houston, Texas 77027 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002 Mr. John R. Shreffler 5014 Braeburn Jack Newman, Esq.
Bellaire, Texas 77401 Lowenstein, Reis, Neviman and Axelrad 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W Ms. Shirley Caldwell 14501 Lillja Uashington, D. C. 20037 Houston, Texas 77060 Richard Lowere, Esq.
Asst. Attorney General for the Mr. Robert S. Framson 4822 Waynesboro Drive State of Texas Houston, Texas 77035 P. O. Box 12548 Capitol Station Carro Hinderstein Austin, Texas 78711 8739 Link Terrace l
Houston, Texas 77025 Honorable John R. Mikeska IAustin County Judge Ms. Ann Wharton P. O. Box 310 Bellville, Texas 77418 1424 Kipling Houston, Texas 77006 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U. 5. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555
Houston Lighting & Power Company Allens Creek (page 2)
Jar.:es Scott, Jr., Esq.
Dr. Joe C. Yeldernan Texas Public Interest Box 303 Research Group, inc.
Needville, Texas 77461 Box 237 UC University of Houston Ms. Kathryn Hooker Hcuston, Texas 77004 1424 Kipling Houston, Texas 77006 Mr. Emanuel Baskir 5711 Marm Springs Road Ms. Patricia L. Day
' Houston, Texas 77035 2432 Nottingham Houston, Texas 77005 Mrs. R. M. Bevis 7706 Brykerwoods Mr. David Marke Houston, Texas 77055 3940 Harehouse Row Suite C j
Mr. F. H. Potthoff, III Austin, Texas 78704 1814 Pine Village Houston, Texas 77080 Ms. Madeline Bass Franson 4822 Maynesboro Drive Brenda A. McCorkle Houston, Texas 77035 l
6140 Darnell Houston, Texas 77074 Gregory Kainer 11118 Mickwood Steven Gilbert, Esq.
Houston, Texas 77024 Van Slyke & Gilbert Attorneys at Law Joseph F. Archer, Esq.
500 Morton Street Ccmbs, Archer and Peterson Richmond, Texas 77469 811 Dallas #1220 Houston, Texas 77002 Mr. Jean-Claude De Bremaecker 2128 Additon Ms. Lois H. Anderson i
l Houston, Texas 77030 Mr. John V. Anderson 3626 Broadmead Mr. Brent Miller Houston, Texas 77025 4811 Tamarisk Lane Bellaire, Texas 77401 Mr. Lee Loe 1844 Kipling Mr. Allen D. Clark Houston, Texas 77098 5602 Rutherglenn Houston, Texas 77096 Mr. John Renaud, Jr.
4110 Yoakum Street
~ D. Marrack Apt. 15 420 Mulberry Lane Houston, Texas 77006 Bellaire, Texas 77401 Mr. George Broze 1823-A Marshall Street Houston, Texas
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- Allens Creek (page 3) t;ational Lawyers Guild EIS Coordi.nator Houston Chapter 4803 Montrose Blvd.
EPA Region 6 1201 Elm Street i
Suite 11 Houston, Texas 77006 First International Bldg.
I Dallas, Texas 75270 Edgar Crane 13507 Kingsride
,' Houston, Texas 77079 V. L. Hill Municipal Court Judge City of Sealy Municipal Center Sealy, Texas 77474 j
Dee E. Brune i
City of Sealy j
Municipal Center Sealy, Texas 77474 Coral Ryan 106 13th Street San Antonio, Texas 78215 Honorable Jim Walters Municipal Center Sealy, Texas 77474 C. M. Jackson, Superintendent Wallis - Orchard Independent School District P. O. Box E Wallis, Texas 77485 Leroy Zapalac, President Citizens State Bank P. O. Box 600 Sealy, Texas 77474 dohn R. Salman, Sr.
Chairman of the Board Citizens State Bank P. O. Box 600 Sealy, Texas 77474 e
ALLEtlS CREEK ALTERttATIVE SITE VISIT QUESTI0 tis
- Unlass otherwise noted, the following apply to sites Ma-3, Je-3, Li-3 and Bz-1.
Where reconnaissance-level data are not available, please specify the reason or reasons.
1.
Estimate changes in site area, pond area, land and water requirements, etc., as needed to compare these sites with I
the single-unit Allens Creek site.
2.
Using Soil Conservation Service data, provide approxinate acreages of price and unique farmlands present on site to be disturbed by construction of plant facilities and to be covered by the cooling pond.
If these areas have not yet been mapped for price and unique farmland, provide acreages of Soil Capability Classes I, II and III.
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Provide a current market value for crop production and, if possible, indicate how much crop production will be reduced by construction of the proposed facility.
4.
For sites Je-3, Ma-3 and Bz-1, indicate how much land would be required if a cooling tower were to be used.
5.
For site Li-3, why was a cooling pand not considered?
If a cooling pond is feasible at this site, provide a map showing its approximate location and indicate the needed acreage for the pond.
An infor.aal list of these questions was transmitted to tir. ficGuire of your staff on January 22, 1979.
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Indicate the approximate lengths, corridor widths and acreages invoived in construction of transmission lines.
Where available, indicate the amounts of major land uses affected by construction of the transmission lines.
If availabe, provide maps showing potential transmission corridor routes.
7.
Provide the acreages and land use types affected by construction of makeup and discharge pipelines.
8.
Provide approximate salt concentrations that would be present in cooling tower drift.
If available, provide any provisional l
information on drift deposition.
Identify and designate land uses in the general vicinity of the site and areas to be affected by transmission lines for j
all alternative sites.
Include national and state parks, I
recreational areas, wildlife areas, national historic sites, national landmarks, critical habitats for endangerad species, and any other important land uses or ecological area.
10.
Provide a map showing the relationship of Site Li-3 to the Big Thicket National Preserve.
Will any transmission lines, access roads, etc., for site Li-3 cross or affect the preserve?
11.
Identify the major labor pools within commuting distance of each site.
Based on available public data, (e.g., naps, census data), identify the potentially impacted communities surrounding each site, and describe the commuting highway systems.
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Provide bathymetry information on the cooling water source, specifically depth contouring in the vicinity of the proposed intake and discharge structures.
Locate the proposed intake and discharge water pipelines running from the cooling water body to the proposed site.
Describe any obvious shoals, coves or other shallow waters that may be impacted by construction activities.
This infonaation should in large part be avail-able on USGS topographic or US Coast & Geodetic Survey maps.
13.
Provide information on the effect of differential water use (makeup and bicwdown) on water quality impacts between use of cooling towers and cooling ponds.
Give concentra-tion cycle proposed for cooling towers.
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14.
Provide any available information from Federal, State or local authorities on the existence or potential occurrence of any recreationally or commercially valuable finfish and shellfish fisheries on or in the vicinity of the proposed site and the proposed cooling wate-body intake and discharge location.
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Provide any available information on the presence of spawning nursery, or feeding grounds or areas of migration for these 3
fisheries that may be impacted by activities associated with the proposed site development.
Relate any potential impacts to the presence of similar nearby habitat that may minimize any ecological effects.
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Provide information on the general water quality of the proposed cooling water body, especially turbidity, total I
dissolved oxygen, temperature, nutrients, and toxic trace elements.
Identify major downstream industrial, agricultural or municipal use of the water body recelving plant effluents.
17.
Provide stream / river discharge dcta for the cooling water body and any major tributories on the site.
Data on average monthly discharges for the most recent 12 month period should be included along with data on historic high and low flows, l
especially the seven-day-once-in-ten-year low flow.
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this information to proposed makeup and discharge volumes.
18.
Identify any existing and proposed dedicated areas for servation of aquatic resources that exist on site or in the 4
i close vicinity of the site.
19.
Identify any Federal and State listed rare, threatened or endangered species and their existing and proposed critical j
habitats that are present on or in the close vicinity of the proposed site.
20.
Identify any sites that are located on a floodplain, and for any such sites, descri' the floodplain and indicate its approximate bount 'u;-
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Provide documentation (references) for all factual matter given in response to the above questions, and identify (name, organization, phone number) all personal contacts used to develop substantial qualitative information.
22.
For the South Texas indicate the acreages of pri.ne and unique farmland that would be affected by construction and operation of a third unit at that site.
Provide a current i
market value for any crop production in this area, and if possibel indicate how much production will be lost by con-struction of a third unit.
Indicate how the transmission lines related to Unit No. 3 would relate to those of Units 1 and 2, and provide a table showing the major land uses that I
i wcald be affected by construction of transmission lines for Unit No. 3.
Discuss aditional makeup water wit'hdrawals, cool'ng pond discharges, or any additional construction activities associated with adding a third unit.
Id_ntidy any existing cuatic resource problems requiring mitigation that would pot "tially be exacerbated by the addition of a third unit.
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