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Forwards Responses to Questions in NRC 750805 Ltr Re Proposed ETS Submitted on 750708
ML19326C849
Person / Time
Site: Arkansas Nuclear Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 09/26/1975
From: Cavanaugh W
ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.
To: Boyd R
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8004280776
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                                                                                                                                                                  .e Attuehed find resoonses to those questions contained in Mr. P.. J. Youngbloods                                         .wiS#I letter of M gust "5,1975 concerning our pmposed Environmental 'lechnical                                               h;h Speci fics: ions as submitted on July, 3, 1975. Your prompt review of these                                           USVj responses and consents and/or approval ' 'equested.                                                                             h3

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Min. 160 s . I M. 112 Max. 122 - Chloride (C1-)(cg/1) Avg. 43.69 Avg. 44.15 L _..-;Y'i Min. 15 Min. 15 'NT d l' *% 1Lu. 40 Ru. 35 Ei74% Sulfate (50 )(ug/1) Avg. 21.07 Avg. 21.23 ,, Ni Min. 15 Min. 12 k@ 5 o

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I 8 . P:evide a copy of Arkansas Departnent of Pollutics Control and Ecology's  %'.cg Regulation No. 2. Sun =arize pertinent sanpling and reporting requirc-1 F cents applicable to A W 1. i'. ' [ PasPON53 g.m h-g Attached find three (3) copies of Arkansas Kater Quality standards, i Regulation No. 2, as aconded (Septerber 1973) as issued by the. Arkansas f f Department of Pollution Control 4 Ecology (ADPCSE). Tnose " sampling and reporting requirenents" as eay be applicabic to Arkansas Nuclear h.fj O E One-Unit' l (ANO-1) are shcwn as specific standards on pages 4 through g 10 and are delineated belev. d. M ? (a) Terperature - Tecperature incres.se is covered by ETS 2.1.2 and ,h^

vill not be affected by this ETS amendment.

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  • sacpled (i.e., Illinois Bayou, Arkansas River). Any increase is expected to be the result of large particles in the intake being ipy@.j g

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                                    -(d)- Taste and Odor - No surpling is required. Tne usaso of the water                                                                                                               swd (i                                              precludes any acasurabic change in its taste or odor.

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pi; .b;~: (e) Solids, Ficating 1htrrial, and D posits - Floating solids, fcan, ijK{? p-or scun wi11 not be of a persistent nature. Foa!: nay be pro- 3~ - L duced at the di ;;harge flupe as a result of chlorination. but tnis l#y.-3 9 will remain within our discharge' canal and will definitely not be 4. , :J _. persistent. Floating solids :.ay be focnd as a result of fish [6.s 1. grinding, but the EPA and ADPCSE have indicated confincrent within & dj g the ertaynent will result in no vicistion. Wis is also not con- g sidered to be of a persistent nature. ~ M. p-- ~x:.@]

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(f) Oil and Grease - No sampling. is required unt u 7/1/77 per NPDES Per- 7'id h  ;~ di, mit No. AR0001392. Any oil and grease discharged will be the result MW of wasta through turbine bailding floor drains and will be in ex-

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rn e-(g) pH - Samling of the waste tanks before discharge (per NPDES Q,1 :Q y;. Pemit No. AP0001392) covers this iten after 7/1/77. No probicm s-di tj$, in ncoting the Arkansas Rem o 1ation No. 2 limits of 6.0 to 9.0 Q:~ wy 6M m, - standard units is anticipated.. oH will be monitored prior to re- ^ 9En F345: lease to ensuro cocpliance utth this regulation. $$iY N$

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(i) Radioactivity - Radioactive discharges are covered by ETS 2.4 and ETS 4.2 and will not be affected by this amend ent. M Q p-gG @JL

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(j) Bacteria - Samling of the Sanitary Swage Discharge (per NPDSS MWE gln f emit No. AR0001392) covers this iten. fifj2 G me=n um v m [M.w > (k) Toxic Substances - Sanpling of the waste tanks (per NPDES Pomit No. AR0001392) will indicate whether any toxic substances will be h,h h jup discharged as a result of Icakage into the waste systes fron g)j ih. Qf. isolated systens (ICW3, etc.) and will be corrected, gp. g (1) Mineral Quality - Sa=pling of wasto tanks, and ::sintaining free M$ bc

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available chlorine concentration per tiPDES Pcmit No. AR0001392 Wt will satisr.y this concem, W En.

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(W , (n) Nutrients - Phosphato treat:mnt will not be utill:ed in plant P$Q by7 other than in laundry wastes. Calculations have shown that the WM DE A w naxieun concentration of phosphate dischar;;c tron the plant from w:e (ps g.. this laundry syston is well within ADPC6E liriits. No suppliny. @yh (fR will be done based on these calculations and NPDES Permit No. AR0001392.

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Dree (3) copies of National Pollutant Discharge EliJination Syste::: *$hM i (hTDES) Pernit No. AR0001392. are ;tached. Dose "sarpling and !1: Eld reporting" requirements are sn--urised below. M[h cupts CIP.CU1.\T1.NG MATER SYSTEM hy Ed3X

1. Ficw - a3/ day (mn) - at point where once through cooling wate:- .

ed previously monitored effluents discharge to the canal. Daily yy[g gg  : average and d:sily naxicua limits are 1140 ND sad 1145 HGD, SMM l respectively. Mode of sample is continuous recording. hig 2.

                                                                                                                      $9M Tecperature will be ncasured at the point where the once through                        %T2d cooling water and previously monitored effluents discharge to                           LMT the canal. The daily average and daily ;-mWw 11.'aits are 40.6C (105F) and .43.3C (110F), respectively, naasured and recorded gg the continuou3ly.

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[ once through cooling water and previously nonitored effluents I discharge to the canal, ne daily average and daily naximum f!$_ @@ limits are 0.2 ag/l and 0.S ndl for a two hour period per day, respectively. Crab sagles are to be taken weekly. M L 432_ m

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waste water is discharged prior to nixing with any other waste i78 i water. He flow will be estinated and based on a daily average. ((pM

2. Oil and Grease are littited by Arkansas State Regulation No. 2 until t a t J.i 7/1/77. On 7/1/77 this effluent will be limited to a daily averago I dE and daily naninua concentration of 15 ag/l and 20 ng/1, respec-tively on the basis of onc grab sanoic por week frc:s the low-level hi@d wasta discharge prior to mixing with any other waste water. gNy 4

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3. Tot::1 Suspended Solids are li=ited by the Arkansas Stato Rogulation 6

No. 2 until 7/1/77 at which time NPDES Permit No. AR0001392 will [Q".. limit the d.tily average and daily naxacun concentration to 30 ng/l I4 and 100 mg/1, respectively. Sampling will be by grab sa=ple once

  • 1 per week fron the low-volum waste discharge prior to mixin2 with , ih any otner waste water.

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yd ulation No. '2 and the NPDES Pett: tit are consistent on this itca. hay iidL WBk1 S'm fCa

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L.: .. - ,u $p, 1, 800 will be nonitcred at the sanitary sewage outfall. The daily 7. avarag; li=Ltation will be 30 mg/l and the daily naxicus will be F 71 45 og/l based on a grab scapio of once per wech. - vm n c ~, _ E 2. Total Suspended Solids will be nonitored at the sanitary sewer g gi yi cutfall. D2ily average and daily rmxiruca linitations are 30 ag/l 'l and 45 mg/1, respectively, based on a once per week grab sacpte. f]j 3 d e-3E 3. Fecal coliforn is limited to a daily average of 200 ng/100 ml and a 400 mg/100 :d calculated as a geometric nean. The sa:alc5 will R }$ W y' be collected at the sanitary sewer outfall on a once per week i9.; 2M grab sacple hasis. * % %s N 4. pH of the sanitary sewa;;e system is limited to not less than o.O N standard units and not 1reator than 9.0 standard units neasured N]5

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INI n y 1. Floating solids or visible foan will not be discharged from any id?4

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A discharge point other than in trace soounts. n e.o @ Records of all sarpling wil, be retained for at least three (3) years, d,- univss a longer retention tine is requested by the Regional Adminis- $ N5 % trator or the State water pollution control agency. (Q M tW M W Monitoring results vill be sur:=arized and provided to the EPA cvery g w three (3) conths. %J H? Gm iT:1 4 QL"r.STION W 1.5

-                                                                                                         hTE td$.E Q,                            C1stify the runner in which you intend to apply the Environmental              w-w                             Protectica Agency guidelines on chlorine discharges, i.e., will the          (sy

%. condenser effluent not exceed 0,2 ng/l free availabic chlorino when Q % averaged o r the chlorination period? hnere vill the effluent be b @ ronitored fc. chlorine? .n % h[.3$ e.- p if RESPONSF. n 1 f m The effluent will be sacpled at the end of the discharge fitme prior h(( } to entering the discharge canal. y[ M $5" Mi A daily average concentration of 0.2 ppm free availablo chlorino will W-ii; he maintained. The " daily average" concentration twans the arithnetic h [d average (weighted by flow value) of all daily determinations of con-7 iQ centration nade during a calendar nonth. Daily deteminations of @y j$ concentration rndc using a composite saplo shall be the concentntica p of tne ccmosite sarple. hhen grab sa:ples are used, t.hc daily deter- i h =: nation of concentration shall be the aritheetic average (weighted

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g& anlo chlorine. The " daily ca.xintn" concentration reans the naxit:ua concentration for any period of time during a calendar day. T . ~ M{4 MR s* V% . D.,. g - [ y' yT hm %-

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Wi.Y2d Chlorination of both tunnels of the discharge flu =e will be instituted based on the results of the previous chlorination practice of chlorina- MQQ H. tion practice of chlorinating only one tunnel at a time. Tne cross-- $$9 [%MQq

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over line between the two lines before entering the condenser is an A ca . cleven (11) foot diameter, five (5) foot long pipe. Because of the [hy$@ E @ dimensions of this pipe, chlorination of one side of the condenser kJ23 nW otfectively is not possible as the chlorinated portion of the circula- -e sw W V ting water f1:r.< is continuously diluted and split between the two h"];M% 8;(s-# tunnels. Glorination of both sides of the flune will cli=inate this iRM% $ problem and provide nore effective control of nicrobiological grcwth in $:8E~ b!.M the condenser. Since the average free available chlorine concentration BUR;) d$s of 0.2 pp:2 over a two hour period per day is the liaiting factor at the exit of the discharge flune to the discharge caaale no tidverse $$DM n n W. ~ effects relative to this new procedure are conceivable. . NW B .= w r%

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Wi;E Also, the fish in the receiving waters, since they are not captive, will OJ avoid any arca where irritation will occur. If there are any fish with- Q $ --in the area of naxican chlorine residual, the amount of time for the y;, R$ fish to swin to an arca of no irritaticrris expected to be no nore than C: Ifg a few ninutes. ~!herefore, it is c1carly felt that no " hills" as a resuit ~5 hy of chlorine residual will occur. The presence of 0.2 ppa free chlorinc g M9 is not expected to reduce the algae population.5 Jg. @M , it gib W." ) Q1orination of wastewater discharges have proven to be beneficial- ls$: ;: f to the habitat of aquatic life. This procedure, in fact, has improved $F M stroan biology of the receiving water in that no.har:s was done to N.1 - NN aquatic life and one or :mre new aquatic species nay appear after in - i $th' itiation of the chlorination procedure. Such a esse on record was f{ig pgi & reported by the Texas state Department of !!calth in 1970. 6 .g

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Q' yf the Effect of Cellulose Factory Wastes on Fish." 7cwage Works Jour. fgG, Mi Efyd 4, 198 (1932). .k/ 3., Schant, G. G. , " Fish Catastrophes During Drought." Jour. A. W. W. A. # 49 31, 771 (1939). S!k

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kC 3.g Fish and Tadpole Poison Applicable for lise in Partly Drained Ponds g nmi ich and Other S=all Bodies of Water." Progressive Fish Culturist 22,117 l% @F (1960). [36 (p{h 5. Xott, et.al, Water Quality Critoria Dua Eook Vol. 3. Eb UPA Research  ; gg and Monitoring (1971), p.A-28. j

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