ML20042E821

Shoreham Nuclear Power Station Annual Environ Operating Rept,1989. W/900427 Ltr

ML20042E821
Person / Time
Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	12/31/1989
From:	Steiger W LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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SNRC-1706, NUDOCS 9005030172
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ASS 2 TANT VICE PRESICENT-NUCLE AR OPERATIONS SNRC-1706 APR 2 71990 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk

-Washington, D.C. 20555 l-l 1989 Annual Environmental Operating Report Shoreham Nuclear Power Station - Unit 1 Docket No. 50-322 i

Gentlemen:

Attached is a copy of the 1989 Annual Environmental Operating Report for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station (SNPS). l This report is being submitted in accordance with the requirement contained in Section 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Operating License NPF-82.  ;

If there are any questions,.please contact this office. l l l Very truly yours, W I W. E. Stei 4 , Jr.

Assistant Vice President Nuclear Operations MAP /ap  !

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.Shoreham Nuclear Power Station-Annual Environmental Operating Report - 1989 ,

1.0 Introduction ,

Appendix - B to the operating license - (NPF-82) for.the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station (SNPS) is entitled " Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological) . " This document' requires the submission-of an Annual Environmental Operating Report -

prior to May 1 each year for the previous' calendar year.- The report'which follows is submitted in fulfillment of'this requirement. It documents implementation of the '

Environmental-Protection Plan (EPP) and addresses all study, recording and reporting requirements of the Plan.

The period covered in this Annual Lnvironmental Operating.

Report is from January 1, 1989 to December 31, 1989. During ,

this period Shoreham was issued a full power license on April 21, 1989. However, except for the period January.3, 4 and-5, 1989 when reactor training criticals were performed, Shoreham was in a cold shutdown condition and subsequently defueled as.

the result of the Settlement Agreement reached with New York State. The plant never operated and the effect of SNPS on the environment was negligible.

2.0 EPP Non-Compliances (Section 5.4.1 of EPP)

None 3.0 Changes in Facility Design or Operation Involving arr Unreviewed Environmental Question (Section 3.1 of EPP)

None ,

4.0 List of Non-Routine Reports (Section 5.4.2 of EPP)

None .l 5.0 List of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination ~ System (SPDES)

Permit Related Reports Sent to the New York State Department i of Environmental-Conservation (NYSDEC) Relating to-Matters in EPP Section 2.1 (Section 5.4.1 of EPP) 5.1 Aquatic monitoring -- thermal ef fects None 5.2 Aquatic monitoring - intake related effects None

SNRC-1706 4- Attachment Page 2 of 3 6.0 Summary of Environmental Protection Activities Required by EPP Section 4.2 6.1 Groundwater Well Monitoring The EPP requires thatfan NRC approved groundwater well monitoring program be establishedfat the Shoreham Station to demonstrate that extraction of-groundwater from station supply wells for plant operation does not adversely impact:offsite private water supplies either due to excessive' drawdown or saltwater intrusion. No routine reporting is required except that if unusual or adverse effects are>noted, a report shall be issued pursuant to EPP Section 4.1 (Unusual or Important Environmental Events).

Although not required by the EPP until initiation of testing above 5% power, LILCO began sampling in 1987 to establish baseline water levels and chloride content.

The ground water sampling. program was discontinued in July 1989'after LILCO shareholders approved the Shoreham Settlement Agreement with New York State.

6.2 Protection of Wading River Marsh Protection of Wading River Marsh, particularly from drifting sand, was of concern during construction of-the plant. The construction permit' directed LILCO to protect the marsh from drifting sand through use of ground cover, other vegetation and administrative action. Now that construction has ended,-the potential for adverse affects has diminished.

Aside from the protections offered by the EPP, the Wading River marsh is protected through New York State wetlands laws and regulations; any activities that might affect the marsh in any way cannot be conducted without permission and permits from NYSDEC. There is no routine reporting requirement for this-item.

6.3 Beach Erosion Monitoring and Replenishment Section 4.2.3 of the EPP requires monitoring of beach sand accumulation and/or erosion in the vicinity of the plant site. Any beach material eroded from east of the plant's jetties is to be replaced with accumulated sand dredged from the plant intake or from the mouth of Wading River Creek. Monitoring, maintenance dredging and beach replenishment are also required to meet conditions of a Shoreham Technical Specification and the State Water Quality Certification issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The work is

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_ generally: conducted each spring to clean-the intake , ,

canal'and the mouth of Wading River Creek of sand that; i has accumulated since the previous' dredging. These activities are carried out under dredging and wetlands-permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the . .

New York State Department of Environmental' Conservation.

and the Town of Brookhaven.

Maintenance dredging and beach ~ replenishment.were-not. I conducted by LILCO in 1986 or 1987 because the'New York State Department of State '(DOS) declined to concur with' LILCO's certification that_the proposed dredging was  ;

. consistent with New York's Coastal Management Program.

DOS approval is required for the Army Corps o'f Engineers to issue the required maintenance permit to dredge. The previous ten year Army Corps permit had expired in 1985, the year of LILCO's last previous significant dredging.'  ;

In 1988 the Company received a favorable decision from the Secretary of U.S. Department'of Commerce-on its appeal against DOS' ' refusal to make the required

" consistency"-determination. The Corps subsequently issued the required permit andadredging of the intake canal was initiated in December 1988 and completed in February'1989. This. dredging was intended to re-establish the design;depthslof the intake canal-and bring it within technical. specifications; spoil' removed r from the intake canal during this operation was  :

temporarily placed in a holding area on Shoreham's west

. beach pending receipt of a renewed NYSDEC wetlands-permit to spread it as nourishment along the beaches east of the plant.

The dredging of Wading River Creek is now performed by l the Town of Riverhead since the renewed NYSDEC permit l issued on April 28, 1989 only authorized dredging in the l intake canal and then only in the event that LILCO's L shareholders disapproved the Shoreham Settlement l Agreement. Riverhead dredged Wading River Creek-in May-June 1989.

j 6.4 Herbicide Usage Section 4.2.4 of the EPP requires that records be maintained of any herbicides utilized on the plant's transmission line rights-of-way. These records, which

! are also required to be kept for review by NYSDEC for a '

period of 3 years, are maintained in the appropriate.

Divisional Offices at LILCO. There is no routine -

reporting associated with this item. {

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