ML20030D843
| ML20030D843 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/02/1981 |
| From: | Crutchfield D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Finfrock I JERSEY CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. |
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| ML20030D844 | List: |
| References | |
| LSO5-81-09-002, LSO5-81-9-2, NUDOCS 8109170047 | |
| Download: ML20030D843 (6) | |
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September 2,1981 Docket No. 50-219 LS05-81-09-002 Mr. I. R. Finfrock, Jr.
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Vice President Jersey Central Power & Light Company Post Office Box 388 Forked River, New Jersey 08731
Dear Mr. Finfrock:
SUBJECT:
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CHANGES The Commission has issued the enclosed Amendment No. 56 to Provisional l
Operating License No. DPR-16 for the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station. This amendment is in response to your application dated January 8,1981.
l Th'eamendmentopproveschangestotheAppendixB(Environpental) l Technical Specification (ETS) which will allow: (1) suspension of i
certain monitoring programs [ Sections 3.1.2.A(2) ai ' 3.1.2.C], and l
(2) editorial corrections required because of inconsistencies, or redundancies. The onsite meteorological monitori, j program in the Appendix A Technical Specifications is duplicated in Section 3.3, l
and we have deleted it from Section 3.3.
A discussion of our review and evalu6 tion follows.
Section 3.1.2 Biotic - Aquatic A.
General Ecological Survey 2)
Finfish Species and Abundance Trends You requested that this study, which consists of monthly trawl and beach seine hauls at four locations in the vicinity of the station, be suspended for a period of two years. The objectives of this study, as set forth in the ETS, are to monitor the presence and abundance of key finfish and crustaceans in the vicinity of the station and compare the results of these studies with existing operating and preoperational data as well as contemporaneous impingement and entrainment data.
You compared abundance trends for key species over the last 5 years and haveshown that the species composition of the fish and principle crustacean comunities of the western portion of Barnegat Bay in vicinity of the Oyster Creek Station have not changed significantly from that observed by Marcellus (1972) and McClain (1973).
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l Mr.I. R. Finfrock, Jr. Septembe? 2,1981 l
Variations in abundance of certain key species have been observed. However, these variations are within the range of variability reported for these species from other estuaries and are probably not due to operat' ion of Oyster Creek. Based on the results of five years of sampling, the catch per unit effort values for the bay anchovy, weakfish, and Atlantic menhaden have declined while Atlantic silverside, northern pipefish, summer flounder, sand shrimp and blue crab have increased.
Other key species showed no discernable long term trend.
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) concluded, based on the comparison of data taken ducing impingement sampling to trawl and seine data, that the po,wer station intake is far more efficient in sampling organisms inhabiting l
the western portion of Barnegat Bay than the trawling and seining program.
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Based on a review of the five years of trawling and sampling data submitted by the. licensee, which did not reveal any significant changes in population l
levels of key species that could not be explained by normal fluctuations, we conclude that the study be discontinued. Our recommendation is further l
supported by the comparison of impingement data to trawl and seine data l
which indicates that species composition and abundance of finfish and nektonic l
crustaceans inhabiting western Barnegat Bay can be characterized by impingement I
sampling alone. Although you requested suspension of the program for two years, we recommended and your representative agreed that this program be deleted from the ETS.
Based on the foregoing discussion wa find it acceptable to delete ETS 3.1.2.A(2).
Section 3.1.2 Biotic - Aquatic C.
Entrainment of Organisms JCP&L requested that this study, which consists of weekly tc monthly entrainment sampling using Bongo sa'mplers in the intake and discharge canals, be suspended for a period of two years. The objective of this program is to characterize the species composition and abundance of both ichthyoplankton and macrozooplankton t
entrained by the Oyster Creek Station and to estimate the survival rate of entrained key species of ichthyoplankton.
You summarized the results of five years of entrainment sampling and found that the most abundant species of ichthyoplankton taken are bay ancht.,, winter l
flounder and northern pipefish.
The most abundant macrozooplankters taken were Neomysis americana, sand shrimp, blue crab, megalops and zoea, and ctenophores.
Based on a review of your five years.of data, we conclude that a reasonable characterization of the species composition and abundance of ichthyoplankton and i
macrozooplankton exists. Thus, cont'nuation of this portion of the entrainment study is unnecessary.
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f Mr'. I. R. Fin frock, Jr. September 2,1981 Survival estimates based on a comparison of mortality rates from intake and discharge samples were obtained during entrainment sampling. These-values were used to estimate immediate condenser passage mortality and immediate entrainment survival.
You provided estimates of the survival of these organisms and life stages after condenser and canal passage.
However, the confidence that can be placed on the accuracy of these -
estimates is questionable. This concern is based on the limitations in the sampling gear, in which an unquantifiable portion of captured organisms experience mortality due to compaction or are lost due to cxtrusion.
Furthermore, no long term survival estimates of entrained organisms are provided and the mortality associated with passage down the discharge canal and Oyster Creek is also not quantified.
We have assisted in the program of study which is currently being finalized between JCP&L the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
'and representatives of the State of New Jersey.
In conjunction with this effort, you have committed to a two-year program that is designed to determine the abundance of entrainable sized organisms passing through the dilution pumps and the initial and lateni. mortality of key species entrained in the condenser and dilution pump flows.
The resulting mortality data, used in conjunccion with the abundance data collected si.nce 1975, will be used to assess the impact of cooling system and dilution pump entrainment.
Since this program will attempt to provide a more detailed estimate of mortality due to both the cooling and the dilution systems, examine both.short term and latent mortality, and will use state-of-the-art.
methodology and equipment, we recommended and your representative agreed with the deletion of the remaining portion of the ETS requirement dealing with entrainment. Therefore, we found it acceptable to delete this Specification.
We have also considered the editorial corrections you requested in your January 8,1981 application, and have determined that they are ministerial in nature, and would rectify inconsistencies and redundancies.
Thus, we find these proposed ETS corrections acceptable.
The amendment applies to ETS surveillance requirements and editorial corrections and, therefore, does not authorize a change in effluent types or amounts or an increase in power level, and will not result in any environmental impact. Having made this determination, we have further concluded that the amendment involves an action which is insignificant from the standpoint of environmental impact and pursuant to 10 CFR 551.5(d)(4) that an environmental impact statement or negative declaration and environmenta? impact appraisal need not be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
Since the amendment pertains to ETS surveilla.'ce requirements and, editorial
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corrections. it does not involve significant new safety information of a type not considered by a previous Commission safety review of the facility It does not involve a significant increase in the probability or consequences of an accident, does not involve a significant decrease in a safety margin and,
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. I. R. Finfrock, Jr. September 2,1981 therefore, does not involve a significant hazards consideration. We have also concluded that there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by this action and that the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
The Notice of Issuance is also enclosed.
Sincerely.
Original signed by Dennis M. Crutchfield, Chief Operat19g Reactors Branch #5 Division of Licensing
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Mr.* I. R. Finfrock, Jr. September 2,1981 therefore, does not involve a significant hazards consideratior,. We have also concluded that there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety'of the public will not be endangered by this action and that the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the ccmmon defense and security or to the. health and safety of the public.
The Notice of Issuance is also enclosed.
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Enclosures:
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20036 380 Scotts Road Trenton, New Jersey 08628 J. B. Lieberman, Esquire Berlack, Israels & Lieberman Comissioner 26 Broadway New Jersey Department of Energy New York, New York 10004 101 Comerce Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 Natural Resources Defense Council 91.715th Street, N. W.
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20006 Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station J. Knubel P. O. Box 388 BWR Licensing Manager Forked River, New Jersey 08731 Jersey Central Fewer & Light Company Madison Avenue at Punch Bowl Road Resident Inspector Morristown, -New Jersey 07960 c/o U. S. NRC P. O. Box 445 Joseph W. Ferraro, Jr., Esquire Forked River, New Jersey ~ 08731 Deputy Attorney General.
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