ML19317H260
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| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 09/26/1975 |
| From: | Cavanaugh W ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. |
| To: | Boyd R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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.8005050 ARK ANS AS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY 72203.(5011372-.2311 DTH f. LOUISIAN A GTnE.TG. L,7 TLE HOCK. APK ANSAS September 26, 1975 Mr. R. Boyd, Acting Director Division of Reactor Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.
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Arkansas Power G Light Company Arkansas Nucicar One-Unit 1 Docket No. 50-313 License No. DPR-51 Environmental Technical Specifications
Dear Fk. Boyd:
Attached find responses to those questions contained in Mr. B. J. Youngbloods letter of August 5,1975 concerning our proposed Environmental Technical 1975. Your prompt review of these Specifications as submitted on July, 8
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QUESTION Provide summaries of the data collected pursuant to ETS 3.3; 4.1.1.a(1),
4.1.1.a (4), and 4.1.1.a (5).
RESPONSE
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I Data taken pursuant to ETS 3.3, 4.1.1.a(1), 4.1.1.a(4) and 4.1.1.a(5) from Janury 1975 through May 1975 is summarized below.
Sample Intake Canal Discharge Canal Max. 475 Max. 507 Conductivity (pmho)
Avg. 258.15 Avg. 262 Min. 158 Min. 160 Max. 112 Max. 122 Chloride (C1~)(mg/1)
Avg. 43.69 Avg. 44.15 Min.'15 Min. 15 Max. 40 Max. 35 Sulfate (SO )(mg/1)
Avg. 21.07 Avg. 21.23 Min. 15 Min. 12 Max. 60 Max. 50
'Ibrbidity (JTU)
Avg. 36 Avg. 35.38 Min. 8 Min. 15 Max. 260 Max. 264 Total Dissolved Solids Avg. 170.38 Avg. 203.62 (mg/1) hun. 44 bun. 108 Max. 3.5 Max. 3.5 Phosphate (mg/1)
Avg. 2.64 Avg. 2.52 Min. 2.0 hun. 1.8 Max. 8.3 Max. 7.5 Silicate (SiO )(mg/1)
Avg. 5.74 Avg. 6.32 2
Min. 4.3 Min. 4.1 Max. 0.009 Max. 0.007 (N 11 )(mg/1)
Avg. <0.0036 Avg. <0.0036 i
Min. <0.002 Min. <0.002 j
Max. 0.18 Max. 0.155 Boron (mg/1)
Avg.'O.114 Avg. 0.103 h
q Min. 0.05 Min. 0.06 Max. 0.656
-Max. 0.704 Iron (mg/1)
Avg. 0.464 Avg. 0.469 Min. 0.182 Min. 0.248 2
bbx. 0.02 bhx. 0.013 Copper (mg/1)
Avg. 0.00696 Avg. 0.0057 Min. 0.002 Min. 0.0025 M
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~ Ammonia (Nif )(mg/O Min. <0.1 3
. Min. <0.1 Max. 0.03 Max. 0.2 Manganese (mg/1)
Avg. <0.034 Avg. <0.037 Min. <0.01 Min. 0.009 Max. 13.6 Max. 13.6 0xygen (0 )(mg/1)
Avg. 11.36 Avg. 11.35 2
Min. 8.3 Min. 7.8 Max. 118 Max. 124 Ilydrogen (11)
Avg. 70.08 Avg. 71.19 Min. 40 Min. 38 2.
Question Provide a copy of Arkansas Department'of-Pollution Control and Ecology's Summarize pertinent sampling and reporting require-Regulation No. 2.
ments applicable to ANO-1.
RESPONSE
Attached find three (3) copics of Arkansas Water Quality Standards, Regulation No. 2, as amended (September 1973) as issued by the Arkansas
'Ihose " sampling Department of Pollution Control G Ecology (ADPCGE).
and reporting requirements" as may be applicabic to Arkansas Nuclear One-Unit 1 (ANO-1) are shown as specific standards on pages 4 through 10 and are delineated below.
Temperature - Temperature increase is covered by ETS 2.1.2 and (a) will not be affected by this ETS ' amendment.
Color - No sampling is required, nor is it deemed plausible that (b) color will be altered by the operation of ANO-1.
Turbidity - Distinctly visible turbidity increase has not occurred (c)
Increase in turbidity from intake and is-not expected to occur.
to discharge is meaningless as two bodies of water are being sampled (i.e., - Illinois Bayou, Arkansas River). Any increase is expected to be the result of large particles in the intake being broken up in the circulating water ' system before discharge.
Taste and Odor - No sampling is required. The usage of the water (d)~ - precludes any_ mcasurabic change in its taste or odor.
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(c) Solids, Floating bbterial, and Deposits - Floating solids, foam, g
or scum will not be of a persistent nature.
Foam may be pro-duced at the discharge flume as a result of chlorination, but this will remain within our discharge canal and will definitely not be persistent.
Floating solids may be found as a result of fish
- grinding, but the EPA and ADPCGE have indicated co.nfinement within the embayment will result in no violation.
This is also not con-sidered to be of a persistent nature.
(f) Oil and Grease - No sampling is required until 7/1/77 per NPDES Per-mit No. AR0001392. Any oil and grease discharged will be the result of waste through turbine building floor drains and will be in ex-tremely small quantities so as to be undetectable in the discharge canal.
(g) pil - Sampling of the waste tanks before discharge (per NPDES Permit No. AR0001392) covers this item after 7/1/77.
No problem in meeting the Arkansas Regulation No. 2 limits of 6.0 to 9.0 standard units is anticipated.
pl! will be monitored prior to re-Icase to ensure compliance with this regulation.
(h) Dissolved Oxygen - This sampling is being carried out by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and will not-be affected by this ETS amendment.
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Radioactivity - Radioactive discharges are covered by ETS 2.4 and ETS 4.2 and will not be affected by this amendment.
(j) Bacteria - Sampling of the Sanitary Sewage Discharge (per NPDES Permit No. AR0001392) covers this item.
(k) Toxic Substances - Sampling of the waste tanks (per NPDES Permit No. AR0001392) will indicate whether any toxic substances will be discharged as a result of leakage into the waste system from isolated systems (ICWS, etc.) and will be corrected.
(1) Mineral Quality - Sampling of waste tanks, and maintaining free available chlorine concentration per NPDES Permit No. AR0001392 will satisfy this concern.
(m) Nutrients - Phosphate treatment will not be utilized in plant other than in laundry wastes.
Calculations have shown that the maximum concentration of phosphate discharge from the plant from this laundry system is well within ADPCGE limits.
No sampling will be done based on these calculations and NPDES Permit No.
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QUESTION Provide a copy of your National Pollutant Discharge Permit No. AR0001392.
Summarize pertinent sampling and reporting requirements of the permit.
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RESPON'E S
1hree (3) copies of National pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. AR0001392 are attached.
Those " sampling and reporting" requirements are summarized below.
Flow - m3/ day (MGD) - at point where once through cooling water and previously monitored effluents discharge to the canal.
Daily average and daily maximum limits are 1140 MGD and 1145 MGD, respectively. Mode of sample is continuous recording.
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Temperature will be measured at the point where the once through cooling water and previously monitored effluents discharge to the canal. The daily average and daily maximum limits are 40.6C (105F) and 43.3C (110F), respectively, measured and recorded continuously.
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Free available chlorine will be measured at the point where the once through cooling water and previously monitored effluents discharge to the canal. The daily average and daily maximum limits are 0.2 mg/l and 0.5 mg/l for a two hour period per day, respectively. Grab samples are to be taken weekly.
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Flow - m / day (MGD) - will be measured at the point where low volume waste water is discharged prior to mixing with any other waste water.
The flow will be estimated and based on a daily average.
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Oil and Grease are limited by Arkansas St ate Regulation No. 2 until 7/1/77.
On 7/1/77 this effluent will be limited to a daily average and daily maximum concentration of IS mg/l and 20 mg/1, respec-tively on the basis of one grab sample per week from the low-level waste discharge prior to mixing with any other waste water.
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Total Suspended Solids are limited by the Arkansas State Regulation No. 2 until 7/1/77 at which time NPDES Permit No. AR0001392 will limit the daily average and daily maximum concentration to'30 mg/l and 100 mg/1, respectively. Sampling will be by grab sample once per week from the low-volume waste discharge prior to mixing with any other waste water.
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pil will be limited by Arkansas Regulation No. 2 until 7/1/77 when NPDES Permit No. AR0001392-states that pil shall not be less than 6.0 standard units and not greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored once per week by grab sample.
The pil will be measured at the point where low-volume waste water is discharged prior to mixing with any other waste stream.
It should be noted that Reg-ulation 'No. 2 and the NPDES Permit are consistent on this item.
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y SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM 1.
BOD.will be monitored at the sanitary sewage outfall.
The daily average limitation will be 30 mg/l and the daily maxim:m vill be 45 mg/l based on a grab smaple of once per week.
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Total Suspended Solids will be monitored at the sanitary sewer outfall. Daily average and daily maximum limitations are 30 mg/l and 45 mg/1,.respectively, based on a once per week grab sample.
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Fecal coliform is limited to a daily average of 200 mg/100 ml and a 400 mg/100 ml calculated as a geometric mean. The sampics will be collected at the sanitary sewer outfall on a once per week grab sample basis.
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pil of the sanitary sewage system is limited to not. less than 6.0 standard. units and not greater than 9.0 standard units measured by once per week grab sampics at the sanitary sewer outfall.
GENERAL 1.
Floating solids or visibic foam will not be discharged from any discharge point other than in trace amounts.
Records of all sampling will be retained for at Icast three (3) years, unless a longer retention time is requested by the Regional Adminis-trator or the State water pollution control agency.
Monitoring results will be summarized and provided to the EPA every three (3) months.
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QUESTION Clarify the manner in.which you intend to apply the Environmental Protection Agency guidelines on chlorine discharges, i.e., will the
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condenser effluent not exceed 0.2 mg/l free available chlorine when j
averaged over the chlorinatien period? Where will the effluent be monitored for chlorine?
RESPONSE-
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1he effluent will be sampled at the.end of the discharge flume prior to entering the discharge-canal.
A daily average concentration of 0.2 ppm free availabic chlorine will be maintained.- The " daily. average" concentration means the arithmetic average (weighted by flow value) of all daily determinations of con-centration made during a calendar month. Daily' determinations of concentration made using a composite sample shall be the concentration of the composite sample. When grab samples are used, the daily deter-mination of concentration shall be the arithmetic average (weighted by flow value) of'all the samples collected during that calendar day, q
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.'A daily maximum concentration will be limited to 0.5 ppm free avail-able chlorine. 'Ihe '? daily maximum" concentration means the maximum concentration.for any period of time during a calendar day.
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QUESTION Describe changes to your chlorination procedures, if any, you intend to make.
-RESPONSE Chlorination of both tunnels of the discharge flume will be instituted based on the results of the previous chlorination practice of chlorina-The cross-tion practice of dalorinating only one tunnel at a time.
over line between the two lines before entering the condenser is an eleven (11) foot diameter, five (5) foot long pipe.
Because of the dimensions of this pipe, chlorination of one side of the condenser effectively is not possible as the chlorinated portion of the circula-ting water flow is continuously diluted and split between the two tunnels. Chlorination of both sides of the flume will eliminate this
' problem and provide more effective control of microbiological growth in the c'ondenser. Since the average free availabic chlorine concentration of 0.2 ppm over a two ' hour period per day is the limiting factor at the exit of the discharge fiume to the discharge canal, no adverse effects relative to this new procedure are conceivable.
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QUdSTION Provide an assessment of the environmental impact of the higher chlorine effluent releases requested.
RESPONSE
Literature has revealed the following data concerning environmental impact to fish (common to Lake Dardanelle) and aquatic organisms due to free availabic chlorine in receiving waters:
Chlorine con-Exposure time Type of Remarks Reference centration in Organism mg/l - (ppm).
0.15 to 0.12 12 to 16 days carp 25% killed 1,2 0.3 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> minnows no effect 3
2.0 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> green sunfish no mortality 4
0.18 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> Chlore11a 30% killed 5
Pyrenoidosa 0.42 96 hours0.00111 days <br />0.0267 hours <br />1.587302e-4 weeks <br />3.6528e-5 months <br /> Chlore11a 80% killed 5
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' Die occurrence of fish-kills in and around the chlorinated effluent is not expected at Arkansas Nuclear One.
The three (3) hour residence time of the discharge in the embayment, prior to mixing with the lake, ensures that no free available chlorine will exist in the main stream.
Also, the fish in the receiving waters, since they are not captive, will avoid any area where irritation will occur.
If there are any fish with-in the area of maximum chlorine residual, the amount of time for the fish to swim to an area of no irritation is expected to be no more than a few minutes.
Therefore, it is -clearly felt that no " kills" as a result of chlorine residual will occur.
The presence of 0.2 ppm free chlorine is not expected to reduce the algae population. 5 Chlorination of wastewater dischargas have proven to be benefi:ial to the habitat of aquatic life. This procedure, in fact, has improved stream biology of the receiving water in that no harm was done to aquatic life and one or more new aquatic species may appear after in-itiation of the chlorination procedure.
Such a case on record was reported by the Texas State Department of Health in 1970. 6 REFERENCES 1.
Southgate, B.A., " Treatment and Disposal of Industrial Waste Water."
Dept. of Scientific and Ind. Res., H. M. Stationery Office (1948).
2.
Ebeling, Dr. G., "The Influence of Sewage Chlorination on Streams Containing Fish, Recent Results of Investigations of the Results of the Effect of Cellulose Factory Wastes on Fish." Sewage Works Jour.
4, 198 (1932).
3.
Schant, G. G., " Fish Catastrophes During Drought." Jour. A. W. W. A.
31, 771 (1939).
4.
Pannikkar, B. M., " Low Concentrations of Calcium Hypochlorite as a Fish and Tadpole Poison Applicable for Use in Partly Drained Ponds and Other Small Podies of Water." Progressive Fish Culturist 22,117 (1960).
5.
Kott, et.al, Water Quality Criteria Data Book Vol. 3.
EPA Research and Monitoring (1971),'p.A-28.
6.
White, G. C., llandbook of Chlorination for Potable Water, Waste-water, ' Cooling Water, Industrial Processes, and Swimming Pools.
Van _ Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York (1972) p. 455 4
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1 ARKANSAS WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATION NO. 2, AS AMENDED J
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ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL & ECOLOGY 8001 NATIONAL DRIVE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72209 i
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ARKANSAS DEPARTAIENT OF CORRECTION CORRECTIONAL INDl!STRIES CENTRAL DUPLICA TING CENTER
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Regulation No. 2, As Amended REGULATION ESTABLISHING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATERS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS l
Lection 1.
AUTHORITY, GENERAL PRINCIPLES, AND COVERAGE (a)
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act (Act 472 of the Acts of Arkansas for 1949, as amended; Ark. Stats.,
Sec. 82-1904), and in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of s
e 1972 (Public Law 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, 33 U.S.C. 1151) the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology, (hereinafter referred to as " Commission",) hereby i
promulgates this Regulation No. 2, as amended, establishing water quality standards for all surface waters, interstate and intrastate, of the State of Arkansas.
(b)
The water quality standards herein set forth are based upon present, future and potential uses of the waters of
-the State and a statisti. cal evaluation of past water quality conditions.
The standards are designed to enhance the quality, value and beneficial uses of the water resources of the State of Arkansas, to aid in the prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, to provide for the protection and propagation of fish and wildlife and to provide for recreation in and on the water.
In establishing these standards, the Arkansas Commission on Pollution Control and Ecology has taken into. consideration the use and value of the streams for public water supplies, commercial, i~ndustrial, agricultural and other beneficial uses, aesthetics, recreational purposes, and propagation of fish and wild-life, and the view expressed at public hearings.
The State of Arkansas has an exceptionally large volume of high~ quality water.
With few exceptions the streams and lakes of Arkansas contain waters of a quality suitable for all legitimate uses without the necessity of unreasonable water. treatment.
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Where man-made pollution l
exists substantial progress has been and is being made in abatement.
It is'the purpose of these regulations to preserve and enhance the quality of this water so that i
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J it shall be reasonably available for all beneficial uses and thus promote the social welfare and economic well-being of the people of the State.
It is further the s
purpose of these regulations to designate the uses i
for which the various waters of the State shall be h
maintained and protected; to prescribe the water quality standards required to sustain the designated uses ; and to prescribe regulations necessary for implementin6, y
achieving and maintaining the prescribed water quality.
The standards, therefore, are applicable to all surface I
waters within the State.
(c)
The water quality standards herein established will be reviewed by the Commission at least once each three year period beginning as of October 18, 1972 and revis-g j
ions may be made to take into account changing technology of waste production, treatment and removal, advances in g
knowledge of water quality requirements, and other relevant factors.
Section 2.
NON-DEGRADATION POLICY b
It is recognized that certain waters of the State i
possess an existing quality which is better than es-i tablished standards.
The quality of these waters will i
be maintained unless and until it has been affirmatively i
demonstrated to the Commission that any reduction in p
quality is justifiable as a result of necessary economic and social development.
The water quality criteria 11 herein contained shall not be construed as permitting any waste amenable to treatment or control to be dis-pI charged into any waters of the State of Arkansas without reasonable treatment or control.
The Arkansas Water h
and Air Pollution Control Act provides, among other 1
things, that it shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any waste into any waters of the State with-i h
out having first obtained a written permit from the a
j 1 Department of Pollution Control and Ecology (hereinafter j ]
referred to as " Department").
A disposal permit may not h.;
be issued unless there is submitted to the Department h 4 plans and specifications for a disposal system adequate to treat or control wastes so as not to cause water h
pollution as defined in the Act.
Such treatment or il control must be' consistent with the state of the art and best practicable control technology, the minimum i
requirements being secondary treatment or equivalent, giving due regard to the quality and flow of the I
receiving waters, the present, future and potential n
uses of such waters, economic feasibility, and other i
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relevant factors.
The Commission will cooperate with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in implementing j
the Arkansas Water Quality Standards in general and this non-degradation policy in particular, including the furn-j ishing of relevant information and data.
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r Section 3 USE CLASSIFICATIONS (a)
Substantially all waters of the State are presently suitable for recreational uses in and/or on the water and for the preservation and propagation of desirable
. species of aquatic-biota.
The few exceptions noted in the use classifications established herein are of limited extent and are the. result of natural i
salinity, stream channelization, ph, oil field brines, and similar unusual factors.
These exceptions will be periodically reviewed and the use classification upgraded as feasible.
(b)
The surface waters of the State, both interstate j
and intrastate, are classified for use and fisheries as set forth in Appendix A attached hereto.
The most stringent criteria specified for each parameter shall be applicable where waters are classified for multiple uses.
Where stream segments are not specifically stated, the standards apply from the headwaters to the mouth.
(c)
The use classifications are defined as follows:
Class AA:
Extraordinary recreational and aesthetic value.
Suitable for primary contact recreation, propagation of desirable species of fish, wildlife and other aquatic life, raw water source for public water supplies, and other compatible uses.
Class A:
Suitable for primary contact recreation, propagation of desirable species of fish, wildlife and other aquatic life, raw water source for public water supplies, and other compatible uses.
Class B:
Suitable for desirable species of fish, wildlife and other aquatic and semi-aquatic life, raw water source for public water supplies, secondary contact recreation and~other uses.
(d)
The fisheries classifications are defined as follows:
W - Warm Water Fishery S - Smallmouth Bass Fishery T - Trout Fishery Section 4.
GENERAL STANDARDS (a)- Methods-- The methods of sample collection, preservation, measurements and analyses shall be in accordance with the latest edition of " Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" or other Lproven methods acceptable to the Commission.
(b)
Location - The effects of wastes on the receiving stream shall be determined after the wastes have been thoroughly mixed with the stream water, but consideration will also be given to the quality of the waste effluent in determining the adequacy of treatment.
to minimize the extent of mixing zones and in noOutfall st case shall the zone of mixing exceed 25 percent of the cross sectional area and/or volume of the stream flow.
The remaining 75 percent of the stream shall be maintained as a zone of passage for swimming and drifting organisms, and shall remain of such quality that stream ecosystems are not significantly affected In lakes shall be defined by the Department of Pollutiv.iand res be kept at a minimum.and Ecology on an individual basis, and the Control free passage of fish or significantly affect aquaticMixing zo ecosystems.
(c)
_ Ephemeral Streams - Where there are streams with intermittent flow, 1
thereto shall be no less than conventional secondaryt
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Stream Flows - These standards are based upon the assumption that existing flow conditions in streams shall continue without material change.
Quality Standards shall apply at all times except The Water during periods when flows are less than the average minimum 7-day low flow which occurs once in ten years.
Section 5 SPECIFIC STANDARDS I
(a)
Temperature - During any month of the year, heat shall not be added to any stream in excess of the amount that will elevate the temperature of the water more than 5 F based upon the monthly average of the maximum daily temp eratures as measured at mid-depth or 5 feet, whichever is-less.
In lakes and reservoirs, the temperature shall not be raised more than 30F above that which existed b addition of heat of artificial origin e
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Red River - 93 F.
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Kelley Bayou - 91 F.
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Bajou Dorcheat - 91 F.(State Line to Remmel Dam) - 91 F.
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Ouachita River 5
Lake Catherine - 93 F.
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Bayou Macon -.91 F.
Arkansas River - 93 F.
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Dardanelle Reservoir (Segmentwith S F. maximum increase.
O White River (Mouth to Lock and Dam 1) - 93 F.
Spring River (Mouth to mouth of South Fork) - 9 9
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McKinney Bayou - 93 F.
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Color - True color attributable to municipal, industrial, agricultural or other waste discharges shall not be (b) increased in any waters to the extent that it willinterfe these waters.
Turbidity - There shall be no distinctly visible in-crease in turbidity of receiving waters attributable (c) to municipal, industrial, agricultural, or otherin no case shall Specifically, waste discharges.
the turbidity any such waste discharge cause (1)of warm water streams to exceed or of trout or smallmouth bass streams 10 Jackson units; or (2) the turbidity of warm water lakes to exceed 25 Jackson units, or of cold water or oligotrophic lakes to exceed 10 Jackson units.
Taste and Odor - Taste and odor producing substances attributable to municipal, industrial, agricultural, (d).
or other waste discharges shall be limited in receiving waters to concentrations that will not interfere with the
- production of potable water by reasonable water treatment procerses, or impart unpalatable flavor to food fish, or result in offensive odors arising from the waters, or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use of the water.
Solids, Floating Material, and Deposits - Receiving waters shall have no distinctly visible solids, scum, (e) nor shall there be or foam-of a persistent nature, any formation of slime, bottom deposits or sludge banks, attributable to municipal, industrial, agricultural, or other waste discharges.
Oil and Grease - Oil, grease or petrochemical substances, attributable to municipal, industrial, agricultural (f) or other waste discharges shall not be present in L
they produce receiving waters to the extent that j.
globules or other residue or any visible color film on the surface, or coat the banks and/or bottoms of the water course or adversely affect any of the associated biota.-
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H fluctuate in excess of 1.0 pH unit, within the range of 6.0 to 9 0, over a period of 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
The pH shall not be below 6.0 or above 9 0 due to wastes discharged to the receiving waters.
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Dissolved' Oxygen - The dissolved oxygen in the waters shall not be less than 5 milligrams per liter (mg/l),
and in streams this shall be the critical deficit point of the dissolved oxygen profile.
The only exceptions will be when periodic lower values are of natural origin and therefore beyond control of the water user.
For trout and smallmouth bass waters the minimum dissolved oxygen content shall not be less than 6 mg/1.
The dissolved oxygen sample in streams shall be taken at mid-depth or 5 feet, whichever is less, and at mid-stream in smaller streams.
On the larger rivers the dissolved oxygen chall be determined by the average of concentrations in samples collected at quarter points across the river.
(1)
Radioactivity - The Rules and Regulations for the Control of. Sources of Ionizing Radiation, of the Division of Radiological Health, Arkansas State Board of Health limits the maximum permissible levels of radiation that may be present in effluents to surface waters in uncontrolled areas.
These limits shall apply for the purposes of these standards, except that in no case shall the levels of dissolved radium -
226 and strontium - 90 exceed 3 and 10 picoeuries/ liter respectively in the receiving waters after mixing, nor shall the gross beta concentration exceed 1000 picocuries/
liter.
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Bacteria - The Arkansas State Board of Health has the responsibility of approving or disapproving surface waters for public water supply and of
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approving or disapproving the suitability of specifically delineated outdoor bathing places for body contact recreation, and it has issued rules and regulations pertaining to such uses.
This ~ Regulation No. 2 applies to all other waters and'.all other water uses, and the following criteria shall apply:
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Class-AA and A Waters - Based on a minimum of not less than 5 samples taken over not more-than a 30-day period, the' fecal coliform content shall not exceed a log mean of 200/100 ml norcshall more than 10 percent of total samples during any 30-day period exceed 400/100 ml.
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Class B Waters - The fecal coliform content shall l
(2) r.ot exceed a log mean of 1000/100 m1, nor equal or exceed 2000/100 ml in more than 10 percent of the samples taken in any 30-day period.
Toxic Substances - Toxic materials attributable to (k) municipal, industrial, agricultural, or other waste discharges, shall not be present in receiving waters in such quantities as to be toxic to human, animal, plant or aquatic life or to interfere with the normal propagation of aquatic life.
For any toxicants, con-centrations in the receiving waters after mixing shall not exceed 0.01 of the forty-eir,ht (48) hour Median Tolerance Limit.(TLm), unless they can be shown to be.nonpersistent and non-cumulative, and to exhibit no synergistic interactions with other wasto or stream components.
In no case shall con-centrations exceed 0.05 of the 48-hour TLm.
Mineral Quality - Existing mineral quality shall not (1) be altered by municipal, industrial, agricultural or other waste discharges so as tc interfere with other The following limits. ball apply n
beneficial uses.
to the streams indicated:
Max. Allowable Concentrations, mg/l Cl SO4 TDS Stream i
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Arkansas River Basin Arkansas River (Mouth to L&D #7) 250 100 750 Arkansas River (L&D #7 to L&D #10) 250 100 750 100 20 280 I
Cadron Creek Arkansas River (L&D #10 to i
OK Line, jncl. Dardanelle Res.)
250 120 750 20 100 140 James Fork 20 20 300 Illinois River t
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White River Basin 20 60 430 White River (Mouth to L&D #3) 20 30 270 Tributaries White River (L&D #3 to Mo. Line 20 20 180 7
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St. Francis Basin St. Francis River (Mouth to 360 N. Lat.)
10 30 330 St. Francis River (36 N. Lat.
to 36030' N. Lat.)
10 20 180 Tributaries 20 30 200 (4)
Ouachita River Basin t
Bayou Bartholomew 30 30 220 Chemin-a-Haut Creek 50 20 570 i
Overflow Creek 20 30 170 Bayou Macon 30 40~
330 Boeuf River 90 30 460 Big Cornie Creek 230 30 560 Little Cornie Creek 200 10 100 Three Creeks 800 10 1500 Little Cornie Bayou 200 20 560 Bayou D'Loutre 800 90 1500 Ouachita River (La. Line to Camden) 160 40 350 Saline River 20 40 120 Hurricane Creek 20 500 1000 u
Lost Creek 20 500 1000 Holly Creek 20 500 1000 I
Moro Creek 30 20 260 i
Smackover Creek 1000 30-3 30 Ouachita River (Camden to Carpenter Dam).
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Red River Basin 250 10 650 Bayou Dorcheat 250 70 500 Cypress Creek Crooked Creek 350 10 650 250 70 650 Bodcau Creek 120 40 1000 Posten Bayou Kelly Bayou' 90 40 660 340 220 1160 Red River 50 30 240 Sulphur River 500 250 800 Days Creek 180 60 480 McKinney Bayou 20 20 100 Little River 20 10 90 Saline River Rolling Fork 100 20 200 20 20 110 Mountain Fork (6)
Mississippi River' Basin Mississippi River (La. Line.to 60 150 425 Ark. River)
Mississippi River (Ark. River to 60 175 450 Mo. Line)
For. tributary streams not listed, the corresponding limits 1
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This Regulation, as amended, shall be in full
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STREAM CLASSIFICATION c
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Streams that are not specifically listed should be assumed to *7 in the same classes as the streams to which they e tributary.
Those streams noted l'
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USE FISHERY STREAM CLASS CLASS I.
Arkansas River Basin Arkansas River (Mouth to Lock & Dam 7)
B W
Big Bayou Meto B
W Wabbaseka Bayou B
W Salt Bayou Ditch B(Ex.)
W Caney Creek B
W Plum Bayou B
W Clear Creek B
W Fourche Bayou B
W Fourche Creek B
W Arkansas River (Lock & Dam 7 to Lock & Dam 10)
A W
Little Maumelle River A
W Big Maumelle River (Below Lake Maumelle)
B W
Lake Maumelle A
W Big Maumelle River (Above Lake Maumelle)
A W
Palarm Creek
'B W
Lake Conway
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Fourche La Fave River (Below Nimrod Lake)
B W
Harris Brake Lake B
W South Fourche La Fave River A
W Nimrod Lake A
W Fourche La Fave River ( Above Nimrod Lake)
A W
Cadron Creek (East Fork to Mouth)
B W
East Fork B
W Cadron Creek (Source to East Fork)
A W
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W Flat Cypress Creek B
W Point Remove Creek B
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W West Fork Point Remove Creek A
W Petit Jean River B
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W Blue Mountain Lake A
W Galla Creel:
B W
Harris Creel:
B W
Dardanelle Heservoir A
W
. Illinois Bayou (Below Hirhway 7)
A W
Illinois Bayou ( Above liighway 7)
A S
Big. Piney Creek AA S
Big Shoal Creek A
W Cane Creek A
W Spadra Creek A
W llorsehead Creek A
W Six Mile Creek (Below Short Mountain Cr.)
B W
Short Mountain Creek B
W Six Mile Creek (Above Short !!ountain Cr.)
A W
- Arkansas River (Lock & Dam 12 to State Line)
B W
White Oak Creek A
W MulberryLRiver AA S
All Tributaries i
A S
Mill Creek A
W Frog Bayou A
S Lake Fort Smith A
W Big Creek B
W Vache Grasse Creek B
W
- Lee Creek (State Line to Mouth)
A W
- Poteau River (State Line to Mouth) u W
James Fork A
W Prairie Creek B
W
- Poteau River'(Source to State Line)
A W
- Lee Creek (Source to State Line)
A S
- Barren Fork A
W
- Illinois River A
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- Sager Creek.
B S
- Flint Creek A
W
- Spavinaw Creek (State Line to llwy 59)
A T
-Spavinaw Creek (Source to Rwy 59)
A S
- Beaty Creek-A' W
"lloney Creek A
W
- Eutler Creek A
S ulittle Sugar Creek A
S II. White River Basin
- White River (Lock.& Dam 3 to Mouth)
B W
. lloney. Locust Bayou B
W LaGrue Bayou B
W Cypress Bayou B
W Big Creek B
W Dials. Creek B
W Big Cypress Creek B
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-Beaver Bayou B
W Lick Creek B
W Big Cypress Creek B
W Hog Tusk Creek B
W Piney Creca B
W East Bayou B
W
- J Rock Roe Bayou B
W
- Cache River (Atove Poinsett County Line)
B(Ex.)
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B W
J Bayou DeView B
W Flag Slough Ditch B(Ex.)
W Johnson Ditch B(Ex.)
W Big Creek Ditch B(Ex.)
W Mud Creek B
W Lost Creek B
W Willow Ditch B(Ex.)
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Gum Slough B(Ex.)
W Swan Pond Ditch B(Ex.)
W Wattensaw Bayou B
W Bayou Den Arc B
W Raft Creek B
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'Little Red River (Searcy to Mouth)
B W
Big Mingo Creek B
W Overflow Creek B
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A T
Big Creek A
W-Ten Mile Creek A
W Fourteen Mile Creek A'
W Big Creek A
S Wilburn Creek' A
W Greers Ferry Reservoir A
W Choctaw' Creek A
W South Fork Little Red River A
S Middle Fork Little Red River A
S Hill Creek A
W Devils Fork A
S Departee Creek B
W Village Creek B
W Jack Creek B
W
- Black River B
W Dota-Creek ~
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Curia Creek A
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Strawberry River (Cooper-Creek to Mouth)
AA W
lj Caney Creek A
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S Strawberry River ( Above flouth of Cooper Creek)
AA S
' Big Running. Water Creek B
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. CLASS Spring River (llardy to.* lou th )
- Eleven Point River ( Above livy 90)
AA S
AA S
All Other Tributarica
- Spring River (:1ammoth Snring to liardy)
A S
All Tributaries AA T
- Fourche River (Below Iley A
S 115)
Fourche River (Above IIwy 115)
A W
Current River (Below 1!wy. 67)
A S
- Current River ( Above,IIwy. 67)
AA W
Little Black River AA S
11urray Creek Ditch A
W Winding Slough B
W Salado Creek B
W Polk Bayou A
W Spring Creek A
U Wolf Bayou A
U White River (Bull Shoals Dan to Lock &
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Laf ferty Creek Dan 3)
A T
Rocky Bayou A
N liidden Creek A
W Rocky Bayou A
W I
South Sylamore Creek A
W North Sylamore Creek A
S Livingston Creek AA S
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S Sneeds Creek A
S IJorfork River (Below llorfork Dan)
A U
Otter Creek A
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- Lake Norfork A
W BSc Creek A
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S Bennetts Bayou A
S Ilicks Creek A
S Buffalo River A
S All Tributaries AA S
Crooked Creek A
S Ash Creek A
S liightower Creek A
W
- Bull Shoals Lake A
W Bear Creek AA W
Sugarloaf Creek A
S A1] other Tributarien A
- Lonr. Creek A
W
- Kinga River A
S AA S
E Onage Creek (Below Berryv lle)
Onage Creek (Above Berry :lle)
B S
i All Other Tributarjen A
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War Eagle Creek A
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S Richland Creek A
S West Fork White River A
S A
W Lake Sequoyah Middle Fork White River A
S III. St. Francis River Basin St. Francis River (Mouth to 36 30'11. Lat.)
B W
B W
L'Anguille. River First Creek B(Ex.)
W Brushy Creek B(Ex.)
W Cane Creek B(Ex.)
W B
W Morgan Creek llayfield Ditch B(Ex.)
W All Other Tributaries b
W B
W Cow Bayou Fifteen Mile Bayou B
W Crow Creek B
W i
Straignt Slough Ditch B(Ex.)
W Bee' Tree Slough B
W Tyronza River (Dyess to Mouth)
B W
Ditch lio. 40 B(Ex.)
W Tyronza River (Above Dyess)
B(Ex.)
W Little River B
W Left lland Chute B(Ex.)
W uPemiscot Bayou B
W Right Hand Chute B(Ex.)
W Buffalo Creek Ditch B(Ex.)
W lioney Cypress Ditch B(Ex.)
W Big Lake Area B
W Eightmile Creek Ditch B(Ex.)
W Village Creek B
W Locust Creek Ditch B(Ex.)
W llenderson Creek B
W Big Ditch Slough B(Ex.)
W Post Oak Creek B
W St. Francis River (360 N. Lat. to 36 30' N. Lat.) A W
Old River Slough B
W IV. Ouachita River Basin
- Bayou Bartholomew B
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- Bayou Macon B
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B W
Lake Chicot (Upper Portion)
A W
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W All Tributaries B
W B(Ex.)
W Cypress Creek
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" Camp Bayou B(Ex.)
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" Dry Bayou B
W
- Overflow Creek B
W
" Chemin-A-Haut B
W Bearhouse Creek B
W Cutoff Creek B
W Fourmile Creek B
W Turtle Creek B
W
" Big Cornie Creek B
W
- Little Cornie Creek B
W "Three Creeks B
W Beech Creek B(Ex.)
W "Cornie Bayou B
W
- Bayou D'Loutre B(Ex.)
W
- Frank Pierre Creek B
.W Ouachita River (State Line to Camden)
B W
Coffee Creek B(Ex.)
W Lapile Creek B
W Brushy Creek B
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Saline River (Tull Bridge to Mouth)
A W
Hurricane Creek (Hwy 183 to Mouth)
B(Ex.)
W Simpson Creek A
W Hurricane Creek (Above Hwy 183)
B W
Lost Creek B(Ex.)
W Francois Creek B
W Huskey Creek A
W Brushy Creek A
W Saline River (Above Tull Bridge)
A S
Lake Winona A
W Moro Creek B
W Champagnolle Creek B
W Smackover Creek B
W Holmes Creek B
W Camp Creek B
W Gum Creek B
W Locust Bayou B
W East Two.uayou B
W West Two Bayou (Below Camden)
B(Ex.)
W West Two Bayou (Above Camden)
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Ouachita River-(Camden to Remmel Dam)
A W
Bayou-Freeo B
W
' Tulip Creek B
W French Creek B
T1 Little Missouri River (Muddy Fork'to Mouth)
B W
Terre Noire Creek
'B W
White Oak Creek B
W Caney. Creek B
W Terre Rouge Creek B
W
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USE FISIIERY STREAM CLASS CLASS Antoine River A
W Ozan Creek B
W Hickory Creek B
W Saline Creek A
W Vaughn Creek A
W Prairie Creek B
W Muddy Fork B
W Little Missouri River (Greeson Dam to Muddy Fork)
A T
Lake Greeson A
W Little Missouri River (llwy 84'to Lake Greeson)
AA S
llurricane Creek A
W Little Missouri River ( Above IIwy 84)
AA T
Cypress Creek B
W Deceiper Creek B
W L' Eau Frain Creek A
W Caddo River (DeGray Dam to Mouth)
A W
DeGray Reservoir A
W Caddo River (Above DeGray Reservoir)
AA S
All Tributaries A
S DeRoche Creek A
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Prairie Bayou A
W Cove Creek A
W Lake Catherine A
W Gulpha Creek (Below Hot Springs STP)
B W
Gulpha Creek ( AbVe liot Springs STP)
A W
Lake lianilton A
W
.Little Mazarn Creek B
W llot Springs Creek B
W ~
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W
-Bull Bayou B
W Maza~rn Creek A
S llallmans (Cearly) Creek A
W Glazypeau Creek (Below Mt. Pine )
B S
Glazypeau Creek (Above Mt. Pine )
A S
Lake Ouachita AA W
Blakely Creek A
W tlorth Fork A
W.
Twin. Creek A
W Irons Fork A
W Muddy Creek A
W Ouachita River (Above Lake Ouachita )
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Red River Basin
- Bayou Dorcheat B
W
- Cypress Creek B
W
- Crooked Creel:
B W
Horschead Creek B
W Big Creek B
W Beech Creek B
W Clear Creek B
W
-aBodcaw Creek B
W Lake Erling B
W
- Posten Bayou B
W
- Kelly Bayou B
W mRed River B
W
- Sulfur River B
W
- Days CreeX B
W Boggy Creek B
W
- McKinney Bayou B
W Bois D' Arc Creek B
W
- Little River A
W Millwood Reservoir A
W Mine Creek B
W Saline River (Dierks Res. to Millwood Res.)
A W
Holly Creek A
S Dierks Creek A
W Saline _ River (Above Dierks Res.)
A S
Lick Creek B
W Cossatot River (Hwy 70 to Mouth)
A W
Cossatot River (Above Hwy 70)
AA S
All Tributaries A
S Flat Creek B
W Rolling Fork (Rock Creek to Mouth)
A W-Bear Creek (Below DeQueen)
B W
Bear Creek (Above DeQueen)
A W
- Rock Creek A
W i
DeQueen Reservoir A
W Rolling Fork (Above Rock Creek)
A S
- Robinson Creek A
W Mountain Fork AA S
All Tributaries A
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Except for those parameters noted as being excepted due to the limiting condition involved, these waters shall conform to Class B standards.
All exceptions should_be considered temporary, with streams to be upgraded when feasible.
In the following list of excepted streams the' limiting conditions are designated as follows:
SC - These are streams primarily in the agr',ultural re-gions that have been dredged and channelined to facilitate drainage.
High turbidity, siltation and habitat destruction have rendered these streams unsuit-able for the uses noted above, pH - These streams are subject to periodic influxes of low pH water due to acid mine drainage or other similar leaching processes.
pH and mineral quality in these streams are such as to limit their use for fish and wildlife propagation.
OF - These streams contain high concentr ' ions of dissolved solids, primarily chloride, that derive from the leaching of salts that have been deposited in their water-sheds over the years through oil field brine discharges, or fron illegal direct discharges of such brines.
P!4 - Such streams receive large volumes of treated paper mill wastes in proportion to their flow and are unsuitable for Class B uses due to excessive color and low dissolved oxygen.
1 FC - These streams receive _ waste discharges from municipal rewage treatment plants or other sources so that fecal coliform bacteria concentrations prohibit recreational u,ses of the stream.
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Parameters Permissible Condition Excented Levels Ouachita River Basin Canal 43 SC Turbidity 150 JCU Cypvens Creek SC Turbidity 150 JCU Camp Bayou SC Turbidity 150 JCU Bayou D'Loutre OF pH 5-9 i
DO 4 mg/l Coffee Creek PM DO 2 mg/l Hurricane Creek pH pH 5-9 (Below Hwy 183)
Lost Creek pH pH 5-9 West Two Bayou PM DO 2 mg/l The following streams are excepted from the turbidity standards because of stream channelization (SC).
In general, these streams should not exceed 150 Jackson Turbidity Units.
Arkansas River Basin - Salt Bayou Ditch White River. Basin - Cache River (above Poinsett County Line),
Flag Slough Ditch, Johnson, Big Creek Ditch, Willow Ditch, Gum Slough, Swan Pond Ditch.
St. Francis River Basin - First Creek, Brushy Creek, Cane Creek Hayfield Ditch, Straight Slough Ditch, Ditch No. 40, Tyronza River (above Dyess), Left Hand Chute, Right Hand Chute, Buffalo Creek Ditch, Honey Cypress Ditch, Eightmile Creek Ditch, Locust i
Creek Ditch, Big Ditch Slough.
Drainage Ditches - All drainage ditches not otherwise classified are excepted from the turbidity standard.
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NPDES DETERMINATION The Regional Administrator, after considering the facts and the requirements and policies expressed in Public Law 92-500 and implementing regulations, has determined that proposed Permit Vo. AR0001392,' Arkansas Power and Light shall be modified and issued as r.dicated in a Public Notice of modification, subject to timely cortification (or waiver thereof) by the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology; provided however, that any condition (s) contested in a request for an Adjudicatory Hearing submitted within 10 days from November 26, 1974 shall be a
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U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PUBLIC NOTICE November 16, 1974 The purpose of this notice is to indicate substantial changes to the proposed permits identified on the attached list, under the authority of the Federal Waster Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500.
. modified permits to be effective.DecemberIt is the Regional 16, 1974 state certifying agency denies certification prior to that date.
, unless the Any person may submit a request for an adjudicatory hearing within 10 days from receipt of Regional Administrator's determination to reconsider the permit.
The contested provisions of the proposed permit shall then be stayed pending final action of the Agency pursua to 40 CFR 125.36.
Requirements which must be satisfied prior to the granting of a request for an adjudicatory hearing or for request to be party at an adjudicatory hearing may be obtained from 40 CFR 125.36(b), or from available fact sheets.
writing:
Further information may be obtained by lis. Gwendolyn Gates U. S. Environmental Protection A Region VI, Permits Branch (6AEP)gency 1600 Patterson St., Suite 1100 Dallas, Texas 75201 Monday through Friday.or by telephone (214) 749-1983, 'betwe l
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The applicant's mailing address is: Arkansas Power and Light Company
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P. O. Box 551 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 The discharge is made into Dar'danelle Reservoir, a water of the United desirable species of fish, wildlife and other. aquatic lifeSt source for public water supplies; and other compatible uses;, and is raw water of the Arkansas River) in Pope County near London, A code 4911 which result in the existing discharge are t The cooling tower overflow and boiler blowdown. electrical power w The substantial changes from the proposed pennit are:
Once through cooling water is authorized for the entire period of the permit.
Free available chlorine in once through cooling water is limited to 0.2 mg/l daily average and 0.5 mg/l daily maximum.
Effluent limitations for low-volume waste water, metal cleaning waste wacer, and boiler. blowdown has been revised to total suspended solids of 30 mg/l daily average and 100 mg/l daily maximum; oil and grease ~ of 15 mg/l daily average and 20 d.g/l daily maximum; total tron of 1 mg/l daily average and daily maximum; and total copper of 1 mg/l daily average and daily maximum.
Limitations have been deleted for total suspended solids and phosphorus in cooling tower blowdown effluents; and for total manganese, oil and grease, and phosphorus in boiler blowdavn effluents.
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In compliance with the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C.1251 et. seq; the "Act"),
Arkansas Power and Light Company P. O. Box 551-Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 is authorized to discharge from a facility located at Arkansas Nuclear One P. O. Box 608 ~
Russellville, Arkansas 72801 to receiving waters named Dardanelle Reservoir In accorde.nce with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements and ot'her conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and !!! hereof.
This permit shall become effective on December 16, 1974 This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight. December 15, 1979 Signed this 16th day of November 1974
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During the period beginning effective date and lasting through the expiration of this permit, the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 001, once through cooling water and perviously monitored effluents.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristic Discharge I. imitations Monitoring Requirements kg/ day (Ibs/ day)
Other Units (Specify) i Measurement
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Continuous Record Temperature N/A N/A 40.6*(105*F) 43.3*C(110 F)
Continuous Record Free Available chlorine ** N/A N/A 0.2 mg/l 0.5 mg/l 1/ Week Grab
- Instantaneous Maximum.
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The pil sha* 1ot be less than N/A standard units nor greater than N/A standard units and shalhbe monitored N/A EE 5,
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
(n Samples taken in compliance with the monitoring requirements specified above shall be taken at the following location (s):
At Outfall 001 where once through coolin'g water and previously monitored effluents discharge s'
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Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as sp ecified below:
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Monitoring Requirements mg/l mg/l Measurement Sample Daily Avg Daily Max Daily Avg Daily Max Frequency Type Flow-m / Day (MGD) 3 Total Suspended Solids N/A N/A N/A N/A 1/ Week Grab Daily Average Estimate Oil and Grease N/A N/A N/A N/A 1/ Week Grab
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The pil shall not be less than N/A 1/ week by grab sample.
standard units nor greater than N/A standard units and shalIbe monitored There shall be no discharge'of floating solids or visible foam in other th an trace amounts.
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Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristic Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements kg/ day (Ibs/ day)
Ot7h r Units (Specify) mg/l mg/l Measurement Sample Daily Avg Daily Max Daily Avg Daily Max Frequency Type Flow--m / Day (MGD)
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Total Suspended Solids N/A N/A 30 100 1/ week Grab Oil and Grease N/A N/A 15 20 1/ week Grab
- See Part III The pil shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shad'be monitored 1/ seek by grab sample.
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,During the period beginning effective date and lasting through 6-30-77,
'the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 001 cooling tower blowdown.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristic Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements kg/ day (Ibs/ day)
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Measurement Sample Daily Avg Daily Max Daily Avg Daily Max Frequency Type 3
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The pH shall not be less than il/A standard units nor greater than il/A standard units and shall be monitored 1/ week by grab sample.
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. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristic Discharge i. imitations hfonitoring Requirements kg/ day (lbs/ day)
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.During the period beginning effective date and lasting through~ the expiration of this permit,
'the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number (s) 002, treated sanitary sewage offluents.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
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Other Units (Specify) mg/l mg/l Measurement Samele Daily Avg Daily Max Daily Avg Daily Man Frequency Type 3
Daily Average Estimate Flow--m / Day (MGD)
N/A N/A 30 45 1/ week Grab BOD 5 Total Suspended Solids N/A N/A 30 45 1/ week Grab Fecal Coliform N/A N/A 200/100 m1* 400/100 ml 1/ week Grab
- Fecal coliform count shall be calculated as geometric mean.
The pli shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored 1/ week by grab sample.
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- 1. The permittee shnll achieve compliance with the effluent limitations specif discharges 11: accordance with the following schedule:
Report of progress 3-31-75
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- 2. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above sche compliance, the permittee chall submit either a report of progress or, in the ca.
speelfic actions being required by identified dates, a written notice of complian noncompliance. In the latter case, the notice shallinclude the cause of nonco any remedial actions taken, and thi probability of meeting the next scheduled requirement
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C. MONITORING AND REFORTING
- ~ ' 1., Representative Sampling Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be representative of the v and nature of the monitored discharge.
- 2. Reporting 3 months shall be summarized for Monitoring results obtained during the previous cach month and reported on a Discharge Monitoring Report Form (EPA No. 33201),
postmarked no later than the 28th day of the month following the completed repo 28, 1975
. Duplicate signed copies of period. 'Ihe first report is due on J.inuary these, and all other reports required herein, shall be submitted to the Regional Administrator and the State at the following addresses:
Mr. S. Ladd Davies, Director 1Ir. Arthur.W. Busch, R.A.
Arkansas Department of Pollution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VI, Pennits Branch (6AEP)
Control and Ecology 1600 Patterson Street, Suite 1100 8001 National Drive Dallas, Texas 75201 Little Rock, Arkansas 72209 3 Definitions The " daily average" discharge means the total discharge by weight during a calendar month divided by the number of days in the month that the production or a.
commercic] facility was operating. Where less than daily sampling is required by this permit, the daily average discharge shall be determined by the summation of all t mersured daily discharges by weight divided by the number of days during the calendar month when the measurements were made.
- b. The " daily maximum" discharge means the total discharge by weight during any calendar day.
- 4. Test Procedures Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to regulations published pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act, under which such procedures may be required.
' 5. Recording of Results
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For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requircraents of this permit, the permittee shall record the following information:
The exect place, date, and time of sampling; a.
- b. The dates the analyses were performed;
- c. The perton(s) who performed the analyses; 3
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- d. The analytical techniques or methods used; and The results of all required analyses.
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G. Additionalblonitoring by Permittee if the permittee monitors any pollutant at the. location (s) designated herein more frequer.tly than required by this permit, using approved analytical methods as specified above, the results of such monitoring shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the values required in the Discharge Monitoring Report Form (EPA No. 33201). Such increased frequency shall also be indicated.
- 7. Records Rctention All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities required by this permit including all records of analyses performed and calibration and maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from continuous monitoring instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of three (3) years, or longer if requested by the Regional Administrator or the State water pollution control agency.
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- 6. RemovedSubstances
-- Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of t.ea control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in a manner such as to prevent any from such materials from entering navigable waters.
- 7. Power Failurcs In order to maintain compliance with the effiuent limitations and prohibitions of permit, the permittee shall either:
In accordance with the Schedule of Compliance contained in' Part 1, provide a.
alternative power source sufficient to operate the wastewater control facilities or,if such alternative power source is not in existence, and no date for its imp appears in Part I,
- b. 11 alt, reduce or othetwise control production and/or all discharges upon reduction, loss, or failure of the primary source of power to the wastewater facilities.
B. RESPONSIBILITIES
- 1. Right of Entry The permittee shall allow the head of the State wa credentials:
To enter upon the permittee's premises where an effluent source is locate a.
which any records are required to be kept under the terms and conditions o permit;and
- b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required t the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect any monitoring equipme monitoring method required in this permit; and to sample any discharge 'of
- 2. Transfer of Ownership or Control In the event of any change in control or ownership of fapilities from which the
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' existence of this permit by letter, a copy of ' r&'.shs". be forwarded to Administrator and the State water pollutiM ".2 <@ densy.
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- 3. Availability of Reports Except for data determined to be confidential under Section 208 of th:
prepared in accordance with the terms of this permit shall be available for s
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Change in Discharge All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications which will result in - new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must be reported by submission of a new NPDES application or, if such changes will not violate the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by notice to the permit issuing authority of such changes. Following such notice, the permit may be modified to specify and limit any pollutants not previously limited.
- 2. Noncompliance Notification if, for any reason, the permittee does not comply with or will be unable to comply with any daily maximum effluent limitation specified in this permit, the permittee shall provide the llegional Administrator and the state with the following information, in writing, within five (5) days of becoming aware of such condition:
A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance:and n.
- b. The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times; or, if not corrected, the anticipated time the noncoinpliance is expected to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent recurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
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- 3. Facilities Operation The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and operate as efficiently as porsible all treatment or control facilities or systems' installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit.
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Any diversion from or bypass of facilities necessary to maintain compliance with the terms and conditions of this permit is prohibited, except (i) where unavoidab!c to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or (ii) where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities necessary for compliance with the effluent limitations and prohibitions of this permit. The permittee shall promptly notify the Regional Administrator and the State in writing of each such diversion or bypass.
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.. Administrator. As required by the Act, effluent data shall not be considered confidential.
Knowing;ly mching any false statement on any such report may result in the imposition of criminal penalties as provided for in Section 309 of the Act.
- 4. Permit Modification After notice and opportunity for a hearing, this permit may be modified, suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause including, but not limited to, the following:
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Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
- b. Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully all relevant facts; or c.
A change in any condition that requires either n temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
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Toxic Pollutants Notwithstanding Part II, B-4 cbove, if a toxic effluent standard or prohibition (including any cchedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or prohibition) is estcblished under Section 307(a) of the Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge and such standcrd or prohibition is more strin:;ent than cny limitation for such pollutant in this permit, this permit shall be revised or modified in accordance with the
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d G. Civiland CriminalLiability Except as provided in permit conditions on " Bypassing" (Part II, A.5) and " Power Failures" (Part II, A.7), nothing in this permit shall be construed to relieve the permittee from civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance.
7.' Oil and Ha:ardous Substance Liability Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,.. liabilities, or penalties to which the
' permittee is or may be subject under Section 311 of the Act.
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- 8. State Laws Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the insutution of any legal action or
- clieve the permittee from any responsibilities,liabi,lities, or penalties established pursuant to any applicable State law or regulation under authority preserved by Section 510 of the Act.
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- 9. Property Rights
... The issuance of this permit does not convey any' property rights in either real or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any infringement of Federal, State or local laws or
.ulations.
- 10. Scverability The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circumstance, is held invalid, the applicatior. of such provision to other circumstances, and the remainder of this permit, shall not te affected thereby.
PART III OTIIER REQUIREMENTS There shall be no discharge of polychlorinated biphenyl transformer fluid.
The " daily average" concentration means the arithmetic average (weighted by flow value) of all the daily determinations of concentration made during a calendar month. Daily determinations of concentration made using a composite sample shall be the concentration of the composite sample.
When grab samples are used, the daily determination of concentration shall be the arithmetic average (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected during that calendar day.
The " daily maximum" concentration means the daily determination of concentration for any calendar day.
Daily average temperature is defined as the flow weighted average temperature (FWAT) and shall be computed and recorded on a daily basis.
FWAT shall be computed as, the, average.in a 24-hour period of flow weighted temperature (FWT) which is computed at intervals not greater than two hours.
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. using the amperometric titration method for free available chlorine described in " Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste-water",'page 112 (13th edition).
Neither free available chlorine nor total residual chlorine may be
- discharged from any unit for more than two hours in any one day and not more than one unit in any plant may discharge free available or total residual chlorine at any one time unless the permittee can demonstrate to-the permitting Agency that the units in a-particular location cannot operate at or below the limitations specified in this permit.
The term " low-volume waste sources" means, wastewaters from, but not limited to; wet scrubber air pollution control systems, ion exchange water treatment systems, water treatment, evaporation blowdown, laboratory and sampling streams, floor drainage, cooling tower basin cleaning wastes and blowdown from recirculating house service water systems.
As a provision of this penmit, the applicant is subject to the requirements of PL 92-500 section 316(b).
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