ML19341D768
| ML19341D768 | |
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| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 03/31/1981 |
| From: | ALABAMA POWER CO. |
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| EIS-810331, NUDOCS 8104090278 | |
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APPENDIX 8 t
TO FACILITY LICENSE NO. NPF-8 JOSEPH M. FARLEY NL' CLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 l
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ALA8AMA POWER COMPANY 00CXET NO. 50-364 l
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN I
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JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page
- 1. 0 Cbjectives of the Environmental Protection Plan...
1-1 2.0 Environmental Protection Issues...............
2-1 2.1 Aquatic Issues 2-1
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3.0 Consistency Requirements 3-1 3.1 Plant Des'gn and Operation 3-1 3.2 Reporting Relatea to the NPOES Permits and State Cartification.
3-2 3.3 Changes Required for Compliance with Other Environmental Regulations........................
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- 4. 0 Environmental Conditions l
4-1 4.1 Unusual or Important Environmental Events..........
4-1 4.2 Environmental Monitoring 4-1 5.0 Acministrative Procecures...........
5-1 5.1 Review and Audit 5-1
- 5. 2 Reco rcs Retantion......................
5-1 5.3 Changes in Environmental Protection Plan 5-2 5.4 slant Recorting Requirements 5-2 l
- 1. 0 Cbjectives of the Environmental Protection Plan The Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) is to provide for protection of environ-mental values during construction and operation of the nuclear facility.
The principal objectives of the EPP are as follows:
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Verify that.the plant is operated in an environmentally acceptable manner, as established by the FES and other NRC environmental impact assessments.
(2) Coordinate NRC requirements and maintain consistency with other Federal, State and local requirements for environmental protection.
1 (3) Keep NRC informed of the environmental effects of facility construction and oceration and of actions taken to control those effects.
.nvircnmental concerns identified in the FES wnich relate to water quality I
mattert are regulated by way of the licensee's NPOES permit.
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- 2. 0 Environmental Protection Issuas In the FES-OL dated Decencer 1974, the staff considered the environmental impacts associated with the operation of the two-unit Farley Nuclear Plant.
Certain environmental issues were identified which required study or license conditions to fasolve environmental concerns and to asrure adequate protection of the environment.
2.1 Aquatic Issues 1.
The need for aquatic monitcring programs to confirm that thermal mixing occurs as predicted, that chlorine releases are controlled within those disenarge concentrations evaluated, and that effects on squatic biota anc water quality due to plant operation are no greater than predicteo.
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The need for special studies to cocument levels of intake entrainment and imoingement.
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Summary and Conclusions and Sections 5.2, 6.3, ard 6.6) l Acuatic issues are addressed by the effluent limitations, monitoring recuirements and the Section 316(b) demonstration requirement contained in the effective NPOES permit issued by E?A-Region IV and now implemented by tne Aiacama Water Improvement Commission.
The NRC will "ely on these agencies for regulation of matters involving water quality and tauatic biota.
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2.2 Terrestrial Issues 1.
Potential impacts on the terrestrial environment associated with drift from tha mechanical draft cooling towers.
(FIS-OL Section 6.5) 2.
Potential increase in fogging associated with ope,ra. ion of the mechanical draft cooling towers.
(FES-OL Section 6.5).
This issue is being resolved throegh studies required by the Farley Unit 1 Operating License.
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Potrntial erosion and visual effects alorig transmission line corridors e
e and at highway crossings, respectively.
(FES-OL Sections 4.2, 5.4.4.1, 11.2). This issue is being resolved through studies required by the Farley Unit 1 Operating License.
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The need for controlled used of hercicides on transmission rights of-way.
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The need for documee. cation of the licensee's commitment to conduct a land management program.
(FES-OL Sections 5.2 and 6.5)
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i NRC requirements with regard to the terrestrial issues 1, 4, and 5 above are soecified in Subsection 4.2 of this E?P.
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3.0 Consistency Requirements 3.1 Plant Design ano Operation The licensee say make changes in station design or operation or perform tests or experiments affecting the environment provided sucn enanges, tests or exceriments do not inv.olve an unreviewed environmental question, and do not involve a change in the Environmental Protection Plan. Changes in plant cesign or operation or performance of tests or experiments which do not affect the environment are not subject to the requirements of this EPD. Activities governed by Section 3.3 are not subject to the requirements of this section.
Before engaging in additional construe fon or operational activities wnica may affect the environment, the licensee shall precare and record an environmental evaluation of sucn activity. When the evaluation incicates that such activity involves an unreviewed environmental question, the licensee shall provice a rittan evaluation of sucn activities and catain prior approval fecm the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. When such activity involves a change in tne Environmental Protection Plan, such activity and enange to the Environmental Protection Plan may be implemented only in accordance with an accropriate license amendment as set forth in Section 5.3.
A prooosed change, test or experiment sna11 te deemed to involve an unreviewed environmental question if it concerns (11 a matter wnien may result in a significant incruse in any adverse eavironmental imoact previously evaluatec in the final environmental statraent (FES) as modified y staff's testimony to tne Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, suoplements to the FES, environmental 4:cact scoraisals, or in any cecisions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing 3-1
Board; or (2) a significant change in effluents or power level (in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51.5(b)(2)] or (3) a matter not previously revfewed and evaluated in the documents specified in (1) of this Subsection, which may have a significant adverse environmental impact.
The licensee shall saintain records of enanges in facility design or operation and of tests and experiments carried out pursuant to this Subsection.
These records shall include a written evaluation wnich provice bases for the deter-mination that the change, test, or experiment does not involve an unreviewed environmental question nor constitute a decrease in the effectiveness of this EPP to meet the objectives specified in Section 1.0.
The ifcensee snail include as part of his Annual Environmental Operating Report (per Sucsec-tion 5.4.1) brief descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations of suen changes, tests and experiments.
- 3. 2 Reporting Related to the NPOES Permits and State Certifications Violations of the NPOES Permit or the State certification (pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act) shall be reported to the NRC by submittal of c Dies of the reports required by the NPDES Permit or certification. The licensee shall also provide the NRC with copies of the results of the following studies at the same time they are submitted to the permitting agency:
i) Section 315(b) Demonstration Stucy ii) Chlorine Minimi:ation Study 3-2
Changes and additions to the NPDES Permit or the State certification shall be reported to the NRC within 30 days following the date the change is aoproved.
If a permit or certification, in part or in its entiret i, is appealed and stayed, the NRC shall be notified within 30 days followita the date the stay is granted.
The NRC shall be notified of changes to the effective NPOES Permit proposed cy the licensee by providing NRC with a copy of the proposed change at the same time it is submitted to the permitting agency.
The notification of a licensee-initiated change shall include a copy of the requested revision submitted to the permitting agency. The licensee shall provide the NRC a copy of the application for renewal of the NPOES permit at the same time the application is submitted to the permitting agency.
- 3. 3 Changes Required for Como11ance with Other Environmental Regulations Changes in plant design or operation and performance of tests or experiments
.nich are required to achieve compliance with other Federal, State, or local environmental regulations are not sucject to the requirements of Section 3.1.
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- 4. 0 Environmental Conditions 4.1 Unusual or Important Environmental Events Any occurrence of an unusual or in'portant event that indicates or could. result in significant environmental impact causally related to plant operation shall be recorded and promptly reported to the NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> by telephone, telegraph, or facsimile transmissions followed by a written report per Subsection 5.4.2.
The following are examples:
excessive bird impaction events, onsite plant or animal disease outbreaks, mortality or unusual occurrence of any species protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, fish kills, increase in nuisance organisms or conditions and unanticipated or emergency discharge of waste water or chemical substances.
No routine monitoring programs are required to implement this condition.
4.2 Environmental Monitoring 4.2.1 Aerial Remote Sensing Vegetation communities of the site and vicinity within 1 kilometer of the cooling towers in all directions shall be aerially photographed to cetect and assess the significance of damage, or lack thereof, as related to cooling tower drift dispersions. Photography shall be done by aerial overflight curing May or June. Monitoring sna11 include a program of low altituce false l
coler aerial photography (either color infrared photography or multisoectral or multibano photograohy). The scale for full coverage shall be acequate to I
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enable identification of vegetative damage over relatively small areas of terrain.
Some circumstances say warrant inspection of photographs discerning individual trees.
Such scale should be in the interval between 1:1000 and 1:12,000 as appropriate to resolve impacted features.
Photograchs shall be compared with baseline to ascertain changed vegetation.
Photographic int $rpretations shall correlate data from ground truth frem ground inspection surveys with areas of stress and non-stress as seen on the photographs for purposes of verification of results and interpretation.
Ground truth surveys shall be performed during the aerial photographic monitoring for two-unit operation.
This program shall require aerial photographic monitoring during the first %y-June period after Unit 2 has been in operation for one l
year and the program shall be repeated once during the same period two years later.
A report shall be submitted as part of the annual report following each serial photographic monitoring period. The report shall contain a descrip-tion of the program, results, and interpretative analyses of environmental' impacts.
Results reported shall contain information encompassing but not limited to the following:
sampling data; time of day; film types; spectral bands; and one (1) set of resultant color transparencies encompassing an area within approximately a one kilometer (1 km) radius of the Unit 1 and 2 towers.
4.2.2 Hercicide Appifcation The use of herbicides within the following corridor rights-of-way shall conform to the approved use of selected heroicides as registered by the Environmental i
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Protection Agency and a;p oved by State authorities and applied as directed by said authorities:
i) Farley to Pickard-South 230KV
- 11) Farley to Webb to Pickard 230KV iii) Farley to Snowdown 500KV Records shall be maintained in the appropriate division office concerning herbicide use. Such records shall include the following information:
commercial and chemical names of materials used; concentration of active material in formulations dilutee for field use; diluting substances other than water; rates of application; sethod and frequency of application; location; ar.d the date of application.
Such records shall be maintained for a period of 5 years and be made readily available to the NRC upon recuest.
There shall be no routine reporting requirement associated with this condition.
4.2.3 Land Management There shall be a land management program instituted at the FNP to provide for revegetation of site areas incacted during construction as described in Section 5.2 of the FES-OL.
This program requires landscaping of certain areas arounc the plant buildings and the revegetation and management of the remainder of the site as a wildlife refuge. There shall be no reporting requirement associated with this condition.
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- 5. 0 Administrative Precedures 5.1 Review and Audit The licensee shall provids for review and audit of compliance with the Environ-mental Protection Plan. The audits chall be conducted independently of the individual or groups responsible for performing the specific activity.
A description of the organization structure utfifzed to achieve the independent review and audit function and results of the auait activities shall be maintained and made available for inspection.
- 5. 2 Records Retention Records and logs relative to the environmental aspects of plant operation shall be made and retained in a manner convenient for review and inspection.
These records and logs shall be made available to NRC on request.
Records of modifications to plant structures, systems and components determined to potentially affect the continued protection of the environment shall be retained for the life of the plant. All other records, data and logs relating to this EPP shall be retained for five years or, wnere applicaole, in accorcance with the requirements of other agencies.
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5.3 Changes in Environmental Protection Plan Request for change in the Environmental Protection Plan shall include an assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed change and a supporting justification.
Implementation of such changes in the EPP shall not commence prior to NRC approval of the proposed changes in the fors of a license amend-ment incorporating the appropriate revision to the Environmental Protection Plan.
5.4 Plant Reporting Requirements 5.4.1 Routine Reports An Annual Environmental Operating Report describing implementation of this E?P for the previous year shall be submitted to the f RC prior to May 1 of each The initial report shall be submitted prior to May 1 of the year year.
folicwing issuance of the operating license. The period of the first report shall begin with the date of issuance of the operating ifcense.
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The report shall include summaries and analyses of the results of the environ-mental protection activities required by Suosection 4.2 of this Environmental Protection Plan for the report period, including a comparisen with preoperational l
i studies, operational controls (as appropriate), and previous non-radiological environmental ::'onitoring reports, and an assessment of the observec impacts of the plant operation on the environment.
If harmful effects or evidence of trends towards irreversible damage to the environment are observed, the licensee l
shall provide a detailed analysis of the data and a croposed course of action to sileviate the prooles.
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The Annual Environmental Operating Report shall also include:
(a) A list of EPP noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them.
(b) A list of all changes in station design or operation, tests, and experiments l
3ade in accordance with Subsection 3.1 which involved a potentially significant unreviewed environmental issue.
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(c) A list of nonroutine reports submitted in accordance with Subsection 5.4.2.
t In the event that some results are not available by the recort due date, the report shall be submitted noting and explaining the missing results.
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missing data shall be sucaitted as soon as possible in a succlementary report.
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5.4.2 Nonroutine Reports A written report shall be submitted to the NRC within 30 days of occurrence of nonroutine event.
The report shall (a) describe, analyze, and evaluate the event, including extent and magnitude of the impact and plant operating characteristics, (b) describe the probable cause of the event, (c) indicate the action taken to correct the reported event, (d) indicate the carrective action taken to preclude repetition of the event and to prevent similar occurrences involving similar components or systers, and (e) lridicate the agencies notified and their preliminary responses.
Events reportable under this suosection whien also require reports to other Federal, State or local agencies shall be reported in accordance witn those reporting requirements in lieu of the requirements of this subsection.
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NRC snail be provided a copy of such report at ti.' same time it is submitted 1
to the other agency.
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