ML20029D631

1993 Annual Environ Operating Rept (Nonradiological) Hope Creek Generating Station. W/940429 Ltr

ML20029D631
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/31/1993
From:	Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NRL-E94065, NUDOCS 9405090102
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. Pubhc Servk,e Electoc and Gas Company Steven E. Mittenberger Pubhc Service [ tettnc a',d Gm Cornpany P O. Boe 236. liancocks Bndge. NJ 08038 009 339-4199 o, n o m, n,y en c, e.m. om .

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ARTICLE NUMBER: Z 691 525 102 APR 2 01994 NLR-E94065 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:

1993 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT .

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 The attached annual environmental operating report is hereby submitted pursuant to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan (Non-radiological) for Hope Creek Generating Station. The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operating License NPF-57 (Docket No. 50-354).

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1993 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)

January 1 through December 31, 1993 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY P.O. BOX 235 HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 08038 APRIL 1994 I

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

............................ 1 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES..... 2 2.1 AQUATIC ISSUES.......................... 2 2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES...................... 3 3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS................... 3 3.1- EPP NONCOMPLIANCES...................... 3 3.2 REVIEW.................................. 3 4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION.. 4 5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS...................... 4-l l

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1. 0 - INTRODUCTION This 1993 Annual Environmental Operating Report (AEOR) for the Hope Creek Generating Station was prepared in accordance with subsection 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Environmental Protection Plan (Non-radiological). The reporting requirements of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) became effective April 11, 1986, with the issuance of the initial Hope Creek Operating License (NPF-57). This is the eighth AEOR submitted for Hope Creek Generating Station. It corresponds to the reporting period January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1993.

Hope Creek Generating Station produced 8,825,300 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy during this period.

As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included.

summaries and analyses of all required environmental protection activities. This information is described in Section 2.0. Section 3.0 addresses the issue of EPP compliance. Changes to station design or operation and the review for potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0. Administrative review procedures and unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.

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2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 AOUATIC ISSUES Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act as the mechanism for protecting aquatic biota through water quality monitoring. The NRC relies upon the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water Act, to insure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring are implemented.

The state of New Jersey requires as part of their New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the results summarized and submitted monthly on discharge monitoring report forms (DMR's). The monitoring is intended to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. NJ0025411) effluent limitations. We have reviewed.the DMR's corresponding to the 1993 AEOR reporting period and have determined that no significant deviations have occurred.

Copies of monthly DMR's are routinely sent to the document control desk and additional copies are available upon request.

In March 1990, PSE&G submitted an application to the NJDEPE for renewal of the Station's NJPDES permit which was to expire on September 30, 1990. In support of this permit application, PSE&G submitted a supplement to the application on August 19, 1991, which contained additional data not provided in the original application and updated and clarified previously submitted information. PSE&G continues to operate under the conditions of the expired NJPDES permit in accordance with NJDEPE's letter of May 23, 1990.

Effective January 11, 1990, PSE&G entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the NJDEPE to resolve historical NJPDES permit violations. The majority of the violations occurred during Station startup and were due in part to the inappropriate use of pre-operational design criterion in establishing NJPDES permit limitations. As a condition of the ACO, PSE&G was required to conduct several studies during the 1990-91 time period to determine the operating capabilities of its treatment and discharge systems. The last of these studies, the Cooling Tower  :

Blowdown Study, was submitted to NJDEPE on October 30, 199'1.

L PSE&G is currently awaiting action by the NJDEPE to close the ACO through the issuance of a renewed NJPDES permit.

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1 While the NRC relies on the State of New Jersey and the NJDEPE for protection of the water quality, the National Marine Fisheries service maintains regulatory authority with respect to certain migratory threatened and endangered aquatic species. On May 15, 1993 the NMFS issued a revised Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion. The revision removed all requirements for marine life monitoring at the Hope Creek Generating Station. This revision was incorporated into the Facility Operating License No. NPF-57 through Amendment No. 60. Monitoring at the Hope Creek intake structure did not occur during the summer months of-1993 as a result of this revision.

2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES The Salt Drift Monitoring Program requirements specified in Section 4.2.2 of the EPP have been satisfied and demonstrated that no significant adverse impacts will occur as a result of cooling tower operation. No further terrestrial ecology monitoring is required by the EPP and there have been no unreviewed environmental impacts to the terrestrial ecology of the area as a result of facility operation.

PSE&G has been voluntarily monitoring the osprey population that nest on our transmission towers through a joint effort-with the NJDEPE since 1989.

3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of EPP noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them. No previously unreviewed environmental impacts i attributable to the operation of the Hope Creek Generating

Station were observed during 1993. Likewise, there were no instances of noncompliance with the EPP.

3.2 REVIEW Subsection 5.1 of the Hope Creek Generating Station EPP requires that an independent review of compliance with the Environmental Protection Plan be maintained and made available for inspection. PSE&G's Environmental Compliance Group in the Environmental Affairs Department in Newark, NJ recently conducted an environmental compliance review of the Hope Creek Generating Station in July 1993 which conforms to the objectives stated in the EPP.

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I' 4 .' O hllMLGES IN STATION DESlqN OR OPERATIOE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the EPP, station design / operational changes during the time period covered by this report were reviewed for potential environmental impact. None of the recommended changes posed a potential to significantly affect the environment, and therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change in the EPP.

5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of nonroutine reports submitted to the NRC during 1993 be included with this report. No environmentally related nonroutine reports were submitted to the USNRC in 1993 Hope Creek Generating Station experienced no unusual or important events that indicated or could have resulted in "significant environmental impact" during the 1993 reporting period.

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