ML19309A981

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 800305,Discharge 019 from Svc Bldg Sump Effluent Exceeded Max Permit Limitation. Caused by Periodic Discharge of Small Vols of Cleanup Wastes.Sump Cleaned & Measures Taken to Minimize Input

ML19309A981
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	03/13/1980
From:	Elashry M TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	Harlow G ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Nohnis. TLNPoEEEEE 37820 Forestry Building MARCH 13 1930 Mr. George L. Ilarlow Chief, Water Enforcement Branch Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV 345 Courtland Street, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Dear Mr. Harlev:

NOTIFICATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS -. NPDES PErdtIT NO. TN0026450 - SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT l

,Det.criptfon of the dischure,e--Discharge No. 019 - Service Building Sump Effluent. A sample collected and analyzed on March 5,1980, conta1ued 104 mg/l of suspended solids, exceeding the maximum permit limitation of 100 mg/1.

Cause and period of the noncowliance--Small volumes of cleanup wautes (cleaning of floors, tools, paint brushes, etc.) containing i high solids concentrations are periodically discharged to the ,

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" service building sump. These solids slowly accumulate in the i surep and have been mechanically removed in the past. I Sters taken to prevent recurrence of the noncomplying discharge--The j sump was mechanically cleaned on March 12, 1980, and measures to l minittize the input of solids into the sump or to reroute this discharge I through other treatment devices are being evaluated. Once the alt'er-natives have been evaluated the necessary measures will be instituted.

Sincerely yours, Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Ph.D.'

Director of Environmental Quality -

cc: Tennessee Department of Public Health Division of Water Quality Control 621 Cordell Hull Building )

Nashville, Tennessee 37219 , l A 5:;. Orre te tv E-o'ev., 8004020 (,