ML19269D610

Forwards Pages 243 & 244 & Revised Table of Contents to Be Added to Annual Environ Rept 1978,Nonradiological,Vol 1, Previously Forwarded on 790326.Pages Summarize Use of Herbicides

ML19269D610
Person / Time
Site:	Beaver Valley
Issue date:	05/30/1979
From:	Dunn C DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.
To:	Schwencer A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 7906050275
Download: ML19269D610 (7)

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'Af (412) 471-4300 435 S,ath Averue Pitt; burgh, Pennsylvania 15219 M/ r 30,1979 1978 Annual Environmental Report Non-radiological - Volume #1 Additional Information Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: A. Schwencer, Chief Operating Reactors Branch No. 1 Division of Operating Reactors c/o Distribution Services Branch, DDC, ADM Washington, DC 20555

Reference:

Beaver Valley Power Station Docket No. 50-334 Gentlemen:

Attached are seventeen (17) copies of pages 243 and 244 which are to be added to the Beaver Valley Power Station 1978 Annual Environmental Report, Non-radiological, Volume No. 1 previously forwarded to you on March 26, 1979. These pages summarize the use of herbicides at the Beaver Valley Power Station site and were inadvertently omitted from the original issue. Also attached are revised pages of the Table of Contents noting this addition to the 1978 report. Please insert the attached pages in your copy of the report.

Very truly yours,

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C. N. Dunn Vice President, Operations Attachment 2261 283 79060502l5 k00 L*'b Ilin

. . . o DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY 1978 Annual Ecological Report TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)

Page Zooplankton............................................ 69 Objectives.......................................... 69 Methods............................................. 69 Seasonal Distribution............................... 69 Comparison of Control and Non-Control Transects..... 81 Comparison of Preoperational and Operational Data... 81 Summary and Conclusions............................. 81 Fish................................................... 85 Objective........................................... 85 Me th o d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Catch Results....................................... 35 Age and Growth Results.............................. 90 Comparison of Preoperational and Operational Data... 90 Conclusions......................................... 97 Ichthyoplankton........................................ 98 Objectives.......................................... 98 Methods............................................. 98 Results............................................. 98 Comparison of Control and Non-Control Transects.... 101 Comparison of Preoperational and Operational Data.. 101 S ummary an d Co nc lu s io n s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 F i s h Imp ing eme n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 Objective.......................................... 106 Methods............................................ 106 Results............................................ 106 Comparison of Impinged and River Fishes............ 106 Comparison of Operating and Non-Operating Intake Bay Collections.......................... 112 Summary and Conclusions............................ 112 P l ank to n En tra inme n t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 A. Ichthyoplankton................................ 114 Objectives..................................... 114 Methods........................................ 114 Results........................................ 114 Comparison of Day and Night Data............... 121 Entrainment Losses............................. 121 Summary and Conclusions........................ 122

') .B. Phytoplankton.................................. 123 Objective...................................... 123 Methods........................................ 123 Comparison of Incake and River Samples......... 123 Summary and Conclusions........................ 126 C. Zooplankton.................................... 127 Ob j e c t ive s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 Methods.................................. 127 Comparison of Intake and River Samples......... 127 Summary and Conclusions........................ 132 11 2261 284

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Page VI. RE F E RE NCE S C I TE D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 VII. MONITORING PROGRAMS ( TE RRE S TRI AL ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 Aerial Infrared Photography........................... 134 Objective.......................................... 134 Methods............................................ 134 Field Sampling..................................... 134 Laboratory Analysis................................ 135 Evaluation of Photographs.......................... 137 Results,........................................... 137 Summary............................................ 138 Soil Chemistry........................................ 140 Objective.......................................... 140 Methods............................................ 140 Results............................................ 142 Discussion of Results.............................. 145 Summary of 1978 Results............................ 157 Migrating Bird Survey................................. 159 Objective.......................................... 159 Methods............................................ 159 Results............................................ 159 Summary............................................ 159 VIII. APPENDIX "A" Assessment - Aquatic Transect 43 162 APPENDIX "B" Assessment - Sodium Sulfate 200 APPENDIX "C" Assessment - Sodium Chloride 214 APPENDIX "D" Assessment - Borated Water 229 APPENDIX "E" Use of Herbicides 243 h

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DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY 1978 Annual Ecological Report LIST OF TABLES (CONTINUED)

Table Page V-19 NUMBER OF FISH COLLECTED BY GILL NETTING AND ELECTROFISHING AT TRANSECTS IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978.................................... 91 V-20 NUMEER OF FISH COLLECTED BY GILL NETTING IN THE CHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978......................... 92 V-21 NUMBER OF FISH COLLECTED BY SEINING IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978.............................. 93 V-22 AGE AND TOTAL LENGTH OF SELECT FISH SPECIES COLLECTED IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978........ 94 V-23 MEAN ELECTROFISHING CATCH (FISH / HOUR) AT TRANSECTS IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1974-1978............. 95 V-24 MEAN GILL NET CATCH (FISH /24 HOURS) AT TRANSECTS IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1974-1978............. 96 V-25 DENSITY OF FISH EGGS, LARVAE AND JUVENILES 3 ) COLLECTED IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR (NUMBER /100M BVPS, 1978......................................... 99 V-26 DENSITY OF FISH LARVAE (NUMBER /100M3) COLLECTED IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978.................. 102 V-27 DENSITY OF FISH EGGS, LARVAE AND JUVENILES (NUMBER /100M3) COLLECTED IN THE OHIO RIVER NEAR VPS, 1973-1974, 1976-1978.......................... 103 V-28 LIST OF SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES OF FISHES COLLECTED ON THE BVPS TRAVELING SCREEN, 1976-1978.. 107 V-29 NUMBER AND WEIGHT OF FISH COLiECT.D ON THE BVPS TRAVELING SCREENS, 1978............................ 108 V-30 TRAVELING LCREEN WASH DATA AT BVPS, 1978........... 109 V-31 NUMBER AND PERCENT OF ANNUAL TOTAL OF FISH COLLECTED ON THE BVPS TRAVELING SCREENS AND IN

'THE OHIO RIVER NEAR BVPS, 1978..................... 111 V-32

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OF FISH COLLECTED ON THE BVPS TRAVELING SCREENS, 1976-1978................................. 113 V-33 DENSITY OF FISH EGGS, LARVAE AND JUVENILES (NUMBER /100M3 ) COLLECTED IN THE BVPS INTAKE BAYS, 1978............................................... 116 v111 2261 286

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DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY 1978 Annual Ecological Report LIST OF TABLES (CONTINUED)

Table Pace V-34 DENSITY OF FISH EGGS, LARVAE AND JUVENILES (NUMBER /100M3 ) COLLECTED AT THE ENTRAINMENT RIVER TRANSECT, 1978............................... 118 V-35

SUMMARY

OF PHYTOPLANKTON GROUP DENSITIES (CELLS /ML) AND DIVERSITY VALUES IN INTAKE ENTRAINMENT SAMPLES AT BVPS, 1978.................. 125 V-36 COMPARISON OF MEAN DENSITIES (NUMBER /L) OF DOMINANT (GREATER THAN 1%) ZOOPLANKTON TAXA FROM INTAKE SAMPLES AND RIVER SAMPLES NEAR BVPS, 1978... 129 -

V-37 MEAN ZOOPLANKTON GROUP DENSITIES (NUMBER /L) AND PERCENT COMPOSITION OF SAMPLES COLLECTED IN BVPS INTAKE BAYS, 1978.................................. 131 VII-l AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY VEGETATION DISTURBANCES......... 139 VII-2 SOIL -

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OF pH LEVELS (JUNE 1978)............ 143 VII-3 SOIL -

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OF CONDUCTIVITY VALUES (JUNE 1978).. 144 VII-4 SOIL - COMPARISONS pH AND CONDUCTIVITY JUNE 1976 AND JUNE 1973...................................... 146 VII-5 SOIL -

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OF pH LEVELS ( DECEMBE R 19 7 8 ) . . . . . . . . 152 VII-6 SOIL -

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OF CONDUCTIVITY VALUES (DECEMBER 1978).............................................. 153 VII-7 SOIL - COMPARISON OF pH AND CONDUCTIVITY DECEMBER 197o AND 1978............................. 134 VII-8 MIGRAT0RY BIRDS - COLLISION WITH COOLING TOWER. . . . . 160 VIII-l HERBICIDES APPLIED AT BEAVER VALLEY SITE . . . . . .244 2261 287

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._ . . m SECTION VIII DUQUESt1E LIGHT COMPAt4Y APPEtlDIX "E" 1978 Annual Ecological Report Use of Herbicides No herbicides were applied to habitated areas, water supplies, pastureland, and accessible areas with edible wild fruits in the vicinity of the Beaver Valley Power Station. Herbicides were used, however, in the Beaver Valley Power Station switchyard in September,1978 and summarized in Table VIII-1.

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