ML20079N192
| ML20079N192 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | FitzPatrick  |
| Issue date: | 11/11/1991 |
| From: | POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
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| References | |
| RTR-NUREG-1437 AR, S, WM, NUDOCS 9111110104 | |
| Download: ML20079N192 (35) | |
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Resnonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant A.
Spent fuel questions:
Q. 1.
Which of the following current techniques for at-reactor storage are you using and how?
A.
Re-racking of spent fuel.
B.
Control rod repositioning.
C.
Above ground dry storage.
D.
Longer fuel burnup.
E.
Other (please identify).
Ans.
1.
Response
"A" The JAF Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) was re-racked in 1981
-with high density racks to provide storage capacity i
for 2244 fuel assemblies.
.1 1991, 553 storage locations will be added to increase the total t
capacity to 2797.
Q.
2.
Do you plan on continuing the use of these Gurrtnt techniques for at-reactor storage of spent fuel during the remaining tims of your operating license or do you expect to change or modify them in some way?
Ans.
2.
The rack addition in 1991 will not be sufficient to meet storage needs at JAF till 2014, the year the operating license expires.
In the next 5 y ors, it is anticipated that a different method of sccrage will be implemented at JAF.
Q.
3.
Which of the following techniques for at-reactor storage do you anticioate using until off-site spent fuel storage becomes available and now?
A.
Re-racking of spent fuel.
i B '.
Control rod repositioning.
C.
Above ground dry storage.
D.
Longer fuel burnup.
E.
Other (please identify).
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ResDonses to_JfUMARC Survey for James A. FitzPatrick__ Plant Ans.
3.
A.
Re-racking implemented in 1981 and rack addition currently underway were described in the response to Question 1.
D.
Control rod repositioning is used as a means of extending control rod lifetimes on a short-term basis.
However, this htthod does not substantially reduce the number of control rods discharged from the plant.
C.
At JAF, above-ground dry storage may be used for spent fuel until off-site spent fuel storage becomes available.
The storage system could either be casks (concrete or metal) placed on a concrete pad or modular storage such as NUHOMS system.
Prior to handling spent fuel casks, the reactor building crane may have to be modified to better halidle heavy loads.
W9 are also considering fuel consolidation as a means of increasing capacity of systems and lowering cost.
D.
JAF is going to higher fuel burnup in order to minimize the number of fuel assemblies discharged from the core.
Q.
4.
Will the techniques described above be adequate for I
continued at-reactor storage of spent fuel for the l
operating lifetime of the plant, including a 20-year period of license renewal, or are you developing other plans?
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4.
The techniques described in Answer 3 should be technically adequate for continued at-reactor storage with cost rising as we implement dry storage techniques.
In addition to the 2797 spaces in the SFP, approximately 2900 locations will be required for discharged fuel (including a 20-year period of license renewal).
There is no reason to believe that currently available dry storage methods are technically inadequate for this purpose.
The above estimates assume that no fuel has been consolidated.
If fuel consolidation were to be undertaken at JAF, the number of assemblies requiring out-of-pool storage would decrease.
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Resnonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Q.
5.
Do you anticipate the need to acquire additional land for the storage of spent-fuel for the i
operating lifetime of the plaht, including a 20-year period of license renewal?
If so, how much land?
When would this acquisition occur?
Where?
(If answer is "yes", 3-4 sentences)
Ans.
5.
For JAF, there is sufficient land to accommodate out-of-pool storage for all assemblies discharged-during the operating lifetime of the plant, incitding a 20-year period of license renewal.
Q.
6.
Do you anticipate-any additional construction activity on-site, or immediately adjacent to the power plant site, associated with the continued
-at-reactor storage of spent fuel for the operating lifetime of the plant, including a 20-year period of license renewal?
(yes/no)
Ans.
6.
Additional construction activity on-site will be required in order to provide dry storage for spent fuel.
Q. 7.
If you answered yes to question 6, briefly describe this construction activity (e.g., expansion of fuel storage pool, building above ground dry storage facilities)
Ans.'7.
plans for out-of-pool storage at JAF have not beer.
finalized.
Naturally any ex-pool dry storage system chosen for interim storage of spent fuel at JAF will require some construction activity.
In the case of modular-concrete storage (such as NUHOMS), an additional superstructure is required to house the canisters.
In the case of modular vault storage, a vault would have to be constructed.
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RasDonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Pignt B.
Low-level radioactive vaste management questions:
Q.
1.
Under the current scheme for LLRW disposal (i.e.,
LLRW Policy Amendments Act of 1985 anG regional compacts) is there currently or will sufficient capacity for wastes generated during the license renewal period be available to your plant (s)?
If so, what is the basis for this conclu-ion?
Ans.
1.
The Authority expects to have sufficient disposal capacity for its LLW tor at least the first portion of the license renewal period.
This expectation is based on the following:
the requirements set forth in the New York State Low Level Waste Management Act (i.e., that the State will provide disposal capacity), the current plans being considered by the NYS LLW Siting Commission (i.e., that the facility will be designed for a minimum of thirty years), and the current schedule published by the Siting commission (i.e., that the disposal facility will ;ommence operation in late 1995).
Q.
2.
If for any reason your plant (s) is/are denied access to a licensed disposal site for a short period of time, what plar,s do you have for continued LLRW disposal?
Ans.
2.
The Authority has no plans for continued LLW I
disposal in the event that New York generators are denied access to operating LLW disposal facilities Zor a short period of time.
However, our plants would resume LLW disposal at the operating facilities whenaver access to them is reinstated.
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Resnonse_to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Q.
3.
In a couple of pages, please describe the specific methods of LLRW mansges;r.' currently utilized by your plant.
What per t act t ge of your current LLRW (by volume) is manaq /
A.
Waste compaction?
B.
Waste segregation (through special controls or segregation at radiation check point)?
C.
Decontanination of wastes?
D.
Sorting of waste prior to shipment?
E.
Other (please identify)
Ans.-3.
Process Waste Strenanz Process waste streann include backwash sludge wastes from the RWCU system, waste.and floor drain filters, the fuel poal filter, spent resin from the wante and condensate demineralizers and conce' rated waste fron the waste concentrators.
URC wastes, backwash sludges from the floor drain collector filter, waste-r 'ilector filter, funi pool filters 'nd RWCU phase-separators discharge to an 11,000 gallon Waste Sludge Tank.
After solids have settled in the tank the liquid is decanted to the waste collector or-tlee floor drain tank for reproceasing. - The solids in the waste sludge tank are transferred to a waste processing contractor.
The-wastes are dewatered-and shipped in a high integrity container.
L Concentrates from the waste concentrator are L
discharged to the concentrated waste tank.
Contents of the tank are transferred to a waste contractor.
Concentrated wastes are solidified in cemer.t and shipped in a steel liner.
~All spent reein slurries from-radicactive waste and condensate demineralizers are sluiced into a 3,000-gallon spent resin tank.
The contents of the spent resin tank are transferred to a waste processing contractor.
The wastes are dewatered and shipped in a high integrity container.
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Resnonses to NUMARC Survey for James __A.
FitzPaarick Plant The waste processing contractor provides the shipping containers, solidification and dewatering equipment and transportation of ttr processed waste to the licensed disposal facility.
Dry Wastes.
Dry wastes are managed through a combination of1 segregation, decontamination and volume reduction and recycle.
Dry active wastes are' segregated-into the basic categories of retrievables and non-retrievables.
Segregation occurs both at the point of genero".lon and through trash sorting for metals, wood, equipment and clothing.
Virtually all of the non-retrievables are compacted either by the onsite box compactor or by offsite volume reduction vendors (super-compaction or incineration).
Decontamination or onsite reuse is the method used for basically all of the retrievable dry wastes.
Wood is planed in large lots, and metal and equipment are bead blasted or freon cleaned.
Hydrolasing and power brushing are also used.
Bulk metals are also sent offsite_for removal of contamination and recycle.
Compaction:
100% of non-retrievables Segregation:
100% of dry wastes Decontaminationt 20% of dry wastes 100% of retrievables sorting:-
60% of dry wastes other:
oil precipitation Metal recyle B.-
Low-leveliradioactive waste management questions:-
Q.
4.
In a. couple of pages, please describe the anticioated plans for LLRW management to be L
utilized by your plant (s) during the remainder.of the operating license and through the-license i
renewal term.- What percentage of your anticioated l
waste (by volume) will be managed-by:
A.
Wasta compaction?
4 B.,
Naste' segregation (through special controls or segregation at radiation' check points)?
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FitzPatrick Plant C.
Decontamination of wastes?
D.
Sorting of waste prior to shipment?
E.
Other (please identify)
Ans.
4.
Waste management techniques that are currently under consideration for future application include:
resin drying (20% volume reduction); DAW incineration (offsite) and metals smelting (offsite).
Q.
5.
Do you anticipate the need to acquire additional land for the storage of LLRW for the operating lifetime of the plant, including a 20-year period of license renewal?
If so, how much land?
When would this-acquisition occur?
Where?
(If answer is "yes", 3-4 sentences.)
Ans.
5.
The Authority does not anticipate the need to purchase additional land for LLW storage.
Q.
6.
To provide information on the timing of future low level waste streams, if you answered yes to question #5, over what periods of time are these activities contemplated?
Ans.
6.-
The Authority does not have sufficient basis to provide a response to this question at the present time..
Q.
7.
Do you anticipate any additional construction activity, onsite, or immediately adjacent to the power plant site, associa';ed with temporary LLRW storage for the operating lifetime of the plant, including a 20-year period of license renewal?
(yes/no)
Ans.
7.
The Authority has already constructed five-year interim oncite LLW storage facilities at both the IP3 and JAF sites.
The design basis for each storage facility included the LLW produced by the plant over a five-year period, as currently provided for under NRC guidelines and 10CFR50.59.
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- The design-for each facility also took into account the possibility of expansion at some future date.
Assuming the regulatory approvals are in place
-under which storage could extend beyond five years, the Authority would need to modify and expari the existing storage facilities or construct additional capacity onsite.
Q.18.
If youl answered yes to-question 7, briefly describe this~ construction activity (e.g., storage areas for steam generator components or other materials exposed to reactor environment).
Ans. 8.
As stated 1above, the nature of any construction
. activity related to LLW would most likely be to
- modify and expand the LLW storage facilities that currently exist at each site.
Also,.under the proper ~ regulatory framework, the-Authority-might
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- establish the means for onsite disposal of certain
. ofEits-LLW,.for instance waste that might be deemed
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Q.
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To provide information on future _ low-level waste streams.which:may affect workforce levels, exposure, and waste compact planning, do you anticipate any_ major _ plant modifications or refurbishment that are likely-to generate unusual-
- volumes of low-level radioactive _weste' prior to, or during, the. relicensing-period _for the olant?
If so, please describe these: activities._ Also,-what.
types _of: modifications do you anticipate to be-necessary to achieve limense renewal-opetation through a 20-year _ license re..ewal' term?-
Ans._9.
Tne Authority implements major plant modifications that maintsin or. improve the safety,. reliability.
and operability of_the plant; that are imposed by; regulation; or-thatLean be shown'to-have significant benefits in. terms oftoperating costs and radiation exposure reduction.. Specific activities that might -have a. major-impaction the LLW stream are not estt lished-at the present-time.
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Resoonses to NUMARC Survov for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant C.
Mixed low-level radioactive waste question:
Q.
1.
If-your plant genorates mixed LLRW, how is it currently being stored and what plans do you have for managing this waste during the license renewal period?
Ans.
1.
Mixed LLW at JAF is currently stored in accordance with interim status requirements undar a Part A
- application filed with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
The storage facility is a separate, curbed area in the northwest corner of the Turbine Building Track Bay.
The Authority is attempting to mir.imize and eliminate this waste stream where possible as well as identify suitable alternatives to processes that produce mixed LLW.
As far as the license renewal period.is concerned, the Authority does not at the present time have sufficient knowledge of future management schemes to respond.
However, the Authority-expects that adequate mixed LLW disposal capacity will be provided in the-state LLW disposal facility.
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BAER2nges to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Acuatic Resource Ouestions Q.1.
Post-licensing modifications and/or changes in operations of intake and/or discharge systems may have altered the effects of the power plant on aquatic resources, or may have been made specifically to mitigate impacts that were not anticipated in the design of the plant.
Describe any such modifications and/or operational changes to the condenser cooling water intake and discharge systems since the issuance of the Operating License.
Ans.
1.
No modifications of this type have been made, j
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2.
Summarize and describe (or provide documentation of) any known impacts on aquatic resources (e.g.,
fish kills, violations of discharge perr.it conditions) or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) enforcement actions that have occurred since issuance of the Operating License.
How have these been resolved or changed over time?
(The response to this question should indicate whether impacts are ongoing or were the result of start-up problems that were subsequently resolved.)
Ans.
2.
No known impacts on aquatic resources have been detected.
Q.
3.
Changes to the NPDES permit during operation of the plant could indicate whether water quality parameters were determined to have no significant impacts (and were dropped from monitoring requirements) or were subsequent 2y raised as a water quality issue.
Provide a brief summary of changes (and when they occurred) to the NPDES permit for the plant since issuance of the Operating license.
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Resconses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Ans. 3. A.
Condition 10(B) (3) (**) at page 4 of 17 was revised to read as follows:
During those periods when intake water tempering. occurs,- thel intake: temperature shall be monitored and reported before tempering and at the condenser inlet.
The discharge-intake temperature difference limit shall be based on intake temperature at the condenser _ inlet.
B.
Condition 10(B) (1) (A) (4) at page 4 of 17 is-revised.
The pH now has a greater range.
The new range is 6.0-9.0.
C.
Condition '10 (B) (1) (A) (4 ) (* ) at page 4;of 17 was revised to. read as follows:
If conductivity is equal to or.less than 10 44mhos/cm, then the pH limit-is 4.0-9.0-(range).
Monitoring is only required when pH range is exceeded.
D.-
' Condition -10(B) (1) (A) (5) at page -4 of 17. is deleted.
E.
Condition 10(B) (2) at page 5 of 17 was revised to read.as'follows:
There shall be no discharge of. auxiliary boiler _ chemical-cleaning: wastes and other l
metal: cleaning waste waters.
F.
Condition 10(B) (4)" at page 5 of.17 reference to Fecal Coliform bacteria has been amended to include the following:
- Fecal-Coliform-6-hour. geometric mean shall L
not exceed 800/100;ml.
- Fecal Coliform no individual sample may-exceed 2400/100 ml.
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Responses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant
- If chlorine is used for disinfection, a chlorine residual of 0.5-2.0 mg/l shall be maintained in the chlorine contact chamber whenever disinfection is required.
If specified here, the chlorine residual in the final discharge shall not exceed 0.5 mg/1.
G.
- Condition 10(B) (5) ( A) at page 5 of 17 was amended to include the following at the end of the sentence...without prior application to NYSDEC for their use.
H.
Condition 10(B) (5) (B) at page 5 of 17 was deleted.
I.
Condition 11(A) at page 6 of 17 was deleted as a result of the Regional Administrator's and State Certifying Agency's determination that the permittee's proposed alternative thermal limitations are acceptable.
J.
Condition 12(A) at page 7 of 17 was deleted since the requirement for a cooling tower was deleted.
K.
Condition 13 ( A) (1) at page 8 of 17 was revised from a twice weekly frequency analysis to a weekly analysis.
L.
Condition 13(A)(2) at page 8 of 17 was deleted for unknown reasona.
M.
The single asterisk which applies to Condition 13 ( A) (2) at page 8 of 17 was revised.
Flow will now be listed as on a list of effluent parameters.
See page 2 of 18 1985 SPDES.
N.
The double asterisk which applies to Condition 13 ( A) (2) at page 8 of 17 was deleted for unknown reason.
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Responses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant O.
The triple asterisk which applies to Condition 13 ( A) (?) at page 8 of 17 was deleted since this condition was added earlier with 10 (B) (1) ( A) ( * * * ) to form footnote c.
P.
Condition 13 (B) (1) at page 9 of 17 was deleted
- MONITORING NO LONGER REQUIRED.
See page 3 of 18 013-025 Sanitary Wastes.
Q.
Condition 13(B) (3) at page 9 of 17 was revised.
See page 11 of 18, #5.
R.
Condition 13(c) at page 9 of 17 was deleted.
S.
Condition 13(d) at page 10 of 17 was deleted.
T.
Condition 13(c) at page 11 of 17 was deleted.
U.
Condition 13(f) at page 11 of 17 was revised.
The updated version can be found in General Condition, Part II, Page b, Section 10.3.
V.
Condition 13(g) at page 12 of 17, titled
" Sampling & Analysis" was deleted.
W.
Condition 13(h) at page 12 of 17 was deleted.
X.
Condition 14 at page 13 of 17 was revised in its entirety.
It's now located in General Conditions, Part II, Page 7-8, Section 31.5.
Y.
Conditions 15 and 16 at page 13 of 17 have been revised.
The new revision can be found in 11.2, page 6 of General Condition, Eart II.
Definitions - pgs. 15-16 of 17 With the exception of the definitions - Daily Average, Daily Maximum, and Monitoring Locations - all other definitions were deleted.
Most of the changes to the NPDES permit during the 10-year period of 1975 through 1985 dealt with the structure of the document.
The permit was revised to give it concise qualities, while at the same time, an ordered structure was implemented into it.
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p i h.ttachment 2 (cont'd)
Resoonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Major discrepancies between the two permits deal with Laundry Waste and limitations for a Cooling Tower.
There is no longer any laundry waste.
A cooling tower was never implemented into the system as the original document had predicted, therefore, page-6 of-17 was deleted-in its-entirety.
The-only other modification-other then the ones documented are changes that were added throughout the document.
Discharge Limitation and. Monitoring Requirements were added for the
'following outfalls;
- 1. 011 and Grease-2.
001-a-Clarifier Blowdown
.3.
001-b-Anthracite Filter Backwash 4 '. 001-c - Waste Neutralization Tank Discharge 5.
001-d ~Clearwell' Overflow 6.
001-e Low Conductivity waste Sample Tank
- 7. 001-f Borated Water 8.
001-g-Floor Drain Sample Tank 9.
001-h Service Water
- 10. 001-1 Detergent Wastes 11 1002-2 Oil / Water. Separator
-12.
012-Sanitary _ Wastes
-13.-'013-025 Sanitary Wastes
.Other-additions include-' footnotes a,id, f, Pages 7 and 8'of 18 were-also added.
These pages. consist of a flow diagram-of SPDES monitoring points-and a diagram of-the water-intake-and
. discharge arrangement.
More additions can be~found in the Additional-Requirements Section (pgs. 9-18 of 18)-of.the permit. LThese additions include numbers 3,.4,-5, 6,
7,- 8, 9,
11, 12,-13,-'14, 15, 16,17,
- 18. :
Page 16'of'18 -= Schedule of Compliance for; Effluent-Limitations was also added-.to the_-permit..
The general. conditions of the original permit (pgs. 2-3 of 17)-
can now be found'in General-Conditions (Part:II).
Everything in this partfof_the permit:is new with the exception-of the general conditons just mentioned and-the.following:- Section 10.2, pg.
- 4-5; Section:10.3, pg. 5; and Section 11.2,--pg.
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i Attachment 2 (cont'd)
Resnonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Q.
4.
An examination of trends in the effects on aquatic resources monitoring can indicate whether impacts have increased, decreased, or remained relatively stable during operation.
Describe and summarize (or provide documentation of) results of monitoring of water quality and aquatic biota (e.g.,
related to NPDES permits, Environmental Technical Specifications, site-specifiu monitoring required by Federal or-State agencies).
What trends are apparent over time?
Ans.
4.
Results of monitoring of water quality and aquatic biota at the power plant are not suitable for examining trends in the effects on aquatic resources.
Q.
5.
Summarize types and numbers (or provide documentation) of organisms entrained and impinged by the condenser cooling water system since issuance of the operating License.
Describe any ueasonal patterns associated with entrainment and impingement.
How has entrainment and impingement changed over time.?
Ans.
5.
Impinged fish have been collected annually at JAF since 1975.
Total impingement ranged from 115,994 to 4,313,562 fish (Table 1).
Species composition of impinged fish has ranged form 20 to 54 species per year.
During 1988, 39 species and one genus of fish were identified in impingement samples (Table 2).
Two invertebrate taxa (crayfish and clam) were also identified.
No rare, endangeted or threatened fish species were collected during 1988.
The peak of impingement abundance occurs in the spring (April and May) and to a lesser degree in early summer (June and July) coinciding with the movement of fish to the shallow inshore areas to spawn.
This seasonal movement is primarily determined by water temperature, therefore, the tiging of migratory movements inshore (and the
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Besnonses to NHMARC Survey for James A. FitzPatrick Plant associated increase in impingenent abundance) may vary each year.
Impingement uunally decreases in the summer as adult fish move offshore after spawning.
Impingement abundance then increases in the fall and winter when young-of-the-year fish (particularly alewife and rainbow smelt) impingement of fish in the fall and winter are specific meteorological conditions to which young of the year seem particularly susceptible.
Historically, at JAF, specific storm conditions, i.e.,
strong winds from the west or northwest with a combined increase in wave action, have resulted in short-term increases in impingement abundance.
Statistically significant correlations between environmental factors (wave height, water temperature, and wind action) and impingement at power plants have been found on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Wave height was_ correlated at a higher level than either of the other factors.
They hypothesized that wave-induced turbulence and possible turbidity interfere with a fish's norma) ability to detect and avoid and intake structure.
Meteorological conditions can be influential in causing species-specific fluctuations in population densities which can also be reflected in the impingement collections.
It is well documented in the literature that alewife exhibit definite periodic fluctuations in population size.
Periodic massive dio-offs of alewife in the spring night be coincidental with some combination of climatic conditions and the physical condition of the population.- The alewife population in Lake Ontario declined due to a die-off during Winter 1976-1977; a winter of severe cold.
Losses were estimated as high as 60-75 percent of the adult population, resulting in the complete elimination of the 1976 year class.
The total estimated impingement of 1976 accounted for 51 percent of the total impingement from 1976 through 1988.
The estimated alewife impinged in 1976 (3,877,550) accounted for 61 percent of the total estimated alewife impingement through 1988 (6,388,206).
Since 1976,
- Attachment 2 (cont'd)
ResDonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
Pl.tzPatrick Plant Lake Ontario winters have been mi e3r than normal and there have been no catastrophi; die-offs recorded, although smaller die-offs have been
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1983 and 1986.
The severe Winter of 1976-1977 also affected the rainbow smelt population, as is evident by the 1976 impingement estimates in comparison with the years following (1977-1988).
Rainbow smelt have also displayed periodic fluctuations in population abundance in the Great Lakes.
USFWS biologists have noted yearly fluctuations in rainbow smelt abundance with high recruitment occurring in the odd years.
Currently,-USFWS biologists believe that cannibalism is responsible for the alternating patteln.
The historical impingement data (1976-1988) for rainbow smelt does not exactly follow the cyclic population fluctuations seen by the USFWS primarily as a result of additional influences on the impingement process.
Collections of young rainbcw smelt are-shown to be susceptible to impingement in greater numbers during previously described meteorological conditions.- These cond!": ions could cause_an increase in impingement abundance of young-of-the-year rainbow smelt in the impingement collections may then appear high at a time when-the lakewide population is exhibiting a reduction in-overall population size.
It appears that changes in relative abundance of fish populations in the vicinity of JAF are the result of fluctuations in natural mortality and spawnir 7 auccess in the various species which compose i.).e local fish community.
These naturally occurrinq fluctuations can be reflected in the impingement abundance. -Most often the impingement abundance numbers are influenced by station operating conditions and short-term localized meteorological conditions.
No long-term trends toward reductions in the fish populations due to impingement have been apparent.
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TA8LE 3-9 ESTIMATED MONTMLT IMFINGEMENT (BASED 08 FLOW) AT TWE JAMES A.
FITEFATRICI WUCLEAR Fowt2 STATION DUR IV..'976-1988 Year JAN FEB RAF _
APR RAT JUS JUL AUG SEP OCT pov DEC Total 1974 12.208 1.300
~50,037 689,466 2,850,935 304,206 160,379 5,147 6,524 8,178 188,928 36,23e 4,313,562 1977 19.526 5,068 13,813 50,490 119,725' 15,910*
152 223 15,56e 32,428 29,711 30,837 333,443 1978 41,595 16,64.
87,854 25,014 88,712 42,887 13,392 33,708 31,578*
286 558 42,051 424,193 1979 13,436 9,115 8,362*
5,629 14,453 1,675 219 227 18,132 38,649 46,209 96,123 244,229 1980 45,794 10.197 2,998 27,371 13,854*
59,916 19,690 5,966 4,072 42 '51 40,026 23,632 296,267 1981 6,159 8,046 17,572 44,405 34,936 35,879 55,165 116,356 49,081 15 3,,t 2 3
- 2,378 4,050 527,260 1982 47,283 3,533 14,095 91,148 110,301 38,996 142,100 22,753 11.453 817 2,295 118,508 603,252 1983 4,826 1.421 3,945 9.832 51,562 2.739*
832 4,945 15,971 2,870 1,277 16,674 115.994 1984 1,441 1,538 2,539 3,332 140,421 43,211 95,471 6,958 3,416*
101 2,788 71,168 372,584 1985 16,045 6,486*
C 20,715 186.113 117,628 53,100 22,900 31,458 2.77-
'8,768 10,920 595,969 1986 17,750 1,974 3,100*
48,697 96,717 11,690 16,991 22,685 18,854 6.>
7,065 8,422 260,024 jd 1987 42,959*
912 103 5.775 55,500 1,494 8,936 9,127 3,437 6,5<
4,349 19.22e 164,382 l
N FJ 1988 15.613 4,713 3,174 56,707 5?,127 7,831 913 5,485 198 119 5,856 13,218 167,064 Total 284,665 70,949 201,592 1,978,581 3,816,336 698,822 567,340 256,680 208,936 287.687 460,118 490,177 8,419,023 b
Outages:
1976 - No plant operating data.
1983 - 94 JUW 1983 - 82 SEP 1983 1977 - 22 JUN 1027 - 23 SEP 1977 196. - 16 SEP 1984 - 05 Nov 1984 l'
1978 - 17 SEP 1978 - 86 DEC 1978 1985 - 16 FEB 1985 - 01 Jun 1985 1979 - 16 MAR 1979 - 87 SEP 1979 1986 - 15 RAR 1986 - 30 RAR 19861 29 SEP 1986 - 88 OCT 1986 9980 - 67 KAY 1980 - 13 AUG 1880 1987 - 16 JAN 1987 - 28 AFB 1987 1981 - 30 oCT 1981 - et RAR 1982 1988 - 28 AUG 1988 - 23 sov 1988 Cther outages may have occurred from 1976-1997, however, impintement is influence 1 meet bT entended estages as shows.
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17 Plow (MC9 9 5.166 6.833 1.341 31.176 39.980 7.728 8.056 11.047 2.425 2.339 5.789 6.284 133.264 species Alewife
'1.549 0.732 3.950 873.428 831.781 107.402 9.062 8.724
- 0.428 25.566 3.97s mA mainbow smelt.
89.431 64.832-26.563 68.450 23.618-s8,152 'O.372 9.776 1.649 0.855 79.461 119.649 mA Sculpin family 64.654 2.049 1.498
'2.342 2.821 0.388 0.497 26.070
- 2.138 1.555 2.387 NA Sgottail shiner 46.458 2.488 1.498 6.736 ~
.0 691 5.952 0.621 9.957 1.649 3.109 5.570 mA Crayfish family 93.109 1.756 0.545 1.636 0.3C7' 9.129 0.372 1.177 1.727 4.774 mA Trout-perch 1.742 0.146 2.149 10.773' 5.176 0.124 9.724 8.159 NA Threespine stickleback 9.*85 10.537 15.665 4.394 2.943 0.259.
0.173 NA Gissard shed 11.848 0.585- 0.272 0.064 8.637 56.174 NA 3
O.272 white perch 9.872.'3.512 0.545 1.251 0.333 9.129 9.248 1.267
- 0.855
'4.837 27.689 NA Tesse11sted darter 4.665 0.257 1.586
'2.070 20.368 0.412 0.855 0.691
.e.318 mA smallmouth bass 19.840 0.146 0.272 0.096 0.102 0.518 0.124 13.307 0.518 17.505 mA Rock bass 6.931 1.111 0.136 0.706 9.844 0.129 1.738 5.612 0.412 1.283 5.'700 7.161' WA Bluegill 2.323 0.064 3.455 19.980 WA
'Pumpkinseed
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8.392'
't.129 EA Stonecat 2.719 0.146 9.513 8.281 0.776-
- e.543 8.412 9.855 1.555 1.273 mA' Yellow perch 3.678 1.293-8.135 0.160-8.526
- c.124 2.625 0.691 1.591 sA white base 1.549 'O.732 6.489 0.353 9.951 Lake chub 3.871-WA.
8.051 e.318 mA white sucker 1.742 0.032 0.129' O.124 9.634 8.159 NA Clam 1.936 1.171 8.136 Y
American eel WA 0.064 4.077 0.518 0.248 8.991 u
contral mudainnow NA 0.146 0.817 0.169 Clupsidae (deaaged)
- 2.323 NA WA Largemouth bass 1.273 BA Lake trout 9.518 S.248 2.091 Sta r bot
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S.146 9.136 0.096 9.926
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EA 8.128 sA Rainbow smelt (damaged) 0.518 e.991 h.
Northern pike 3A 8.362 Brook stackleback WA 0.032 9.877 Banded killifish S.774 sA Longnose gar LO.774 sA Channel catfish WA 0.032 8.124 0.173 Chinook satsen nA 0.259 Longnose dace 0 051 WA WA.
Sea lamprey 0.032 0.026 Common shiner sA 0.064 Spottail shiner (damaged)
L WA e.e25 9.359 en Centrarchidae (damaged)
Creek chub 0.173 9.159 NA
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S.426 Caerald shiner (damaged) mA 0.032
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NOTE:
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Resoonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Q.
6.
Aquatic habitat enhancement or restoration efforth (e.g., anadromous fish runs) during operation may have enhanced the biological communities in the vicinity of the plant.
Alternatively, degradation of habitat or water quality may have resulted in loss of biological resources near the site.
Describe any changes to aquatic habitats (both enhancement and degradation) in the vicinity of the power plant since the issuance of the operating License including those that may have resulted in different plant impacts then those initially i
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Ans.
6.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has been stocking large numbers of Pacific salmonids into Lake Ontario I
since the mid 1970's.
The Response:
Historically, there has been a strong relationship between yearling survival and adult abundance of alewives l
and rainbow smelt in Lake Ontario.
However, the i
strong 1986 year class of alewives was detected in relatively low numbers during the spring of 1988.
l The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ' Service and the New York State Department
,4 Environmental Conservation (DEC) have concluded that the annual stockirg of salmonids into Lake Ontario since the late 1970's by the DEC has caused the abundance of alewives and rainbow smelt to decline.
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7.
Plant operations may have had positive, negative, or no impact on the use of aquatic resources by others.
Harvest by commercial or recreational fishermen may be constrained by plant operation.
Alternatively, commercial harvesting may be relatively large compared with fish losses caused by the plant.
Cascribe (or provide documentation for) other nearby uses of waters affected by cooling water systems (e.g., swimming, boating, annual harvest by commercial and recreational
- isheries) and how these impacts have changed since issuance of the operating License.
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Resnonses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Ans. 7.
The population of yellow perch in Lake Ontario has been declining since the late 1970's, due in part to poor reproductive success.
USFWS biologists have found that in 11 years of assessment fishing, young of the year were caught in large numbers only in 1978 and 1985; 1978 was the year with the highest abundance.
Yellow perch impingement abundance estimates were highest in 1978 also.
The USFWS speculates that the yellow perch stock in northeastern Lake Ontario will continue to decline I
primarily.due to poor reproduction and recent heavy-exploitation of older (> age 3) fish in sport and i
commercial fisheries.
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8.
Describe other sources of impacts on aquatic resources (e.g., industrial discharges, other power plants, agricultural runoff) that could contribute
'to cumulativa impacts.
What are the relative contributions by percent of these sources, including the contributions due to the power plant, to overall water quality degradation and losses of aquatic biota?
Ans.
8.-
Other sources of impact may include industrial discharges, sanitary waste. facility discharges,
. agricultural, municipal and industrial water withdrawals, agricultural runoff, fishing and fish stocking could contribute to cumulative impacts.
However, insufficient data are available to determine the relative contribution-by percent of i
l these sources'to overall water quality-degradation-and ' losses of aquatic ' biota.
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Rasconses to NUMARC Survev-for James A. FitzPatrick Plant Q.
9.
Provide a copy of your Section 316(a) and (b)
Demonstration Report required by the Clean Waste Act.
What Section 316(A) and (B) determinations have been made by the regulatory authorities?
Ans.-9.
None.
SOCIOECONOMIC QUESTIONS FOR ALL UTILITIES Q.'1.
To understand the'importance of the plant and the degree of its socioeconomic impacts on the-local region, estimate the number of permanent-workers on-site for the most recent year for which data are available.
Ans.
1.
Xsar No. of Permanent Emolovees 1990 600 Q.
2.
'To understand the importance of the-plant:to the local region, and how that has changed over time, estimate the average number of permanent workers on site, in five-year increments starting with the issuance of the plant's operating License.- If possible, provide this information'for each unit at a plant site.
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Recoonses to IMMARC Survey for JarLq.3 A. F_itzPatrick Plant r
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Five-year increments starting with the issuance of OL Avg. no. of permanent workers Year EXEh Nia. Mohawk
- 1975 - 1980 100 170 1981 - 1985 420 1986 - current 520
- - NYPA assuned operation from Niagara Mohawk in 1978.
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3.
To understand the potential impact of continued operation for an additional 20 years beyond the original licensing term, please provide for the following three cases:
A) a typical planned outage; B) an ISI outage; and C) the largest single outage-(in terms of the number of workers involved) that has occurred to date an estimate of additional workers involved (for the entire outage and for each principa) task), length of outage, months and year in which work occurred and cost.
Also, estimate occupational doses received by permanent and temporary workers during each principal task.
Ans.
3.
Typical planned outage - 1988 Refuelina Outace Data - 8/27/88 to 11/24/88 Duration - 89 days Cost - $24.million (not including material costs for funded projects)
Additional workers for the-outaae - 630 Total outace exDoggrg - 490 man-rem
, Attachment 2 (cont'ql Resconses to NUMARC Survey for James A.
FitzPatrick Maior Tast Add'l Workers Doses man-rem NYPA Contractor
- ISI pragram/
weld overlay 150 48 90
- Recirculation system decontamination 30 10 15
- core spray pipe crack repair 40 4
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- containment isolation valves replacement 80 lb 27
'A' turbine rotor replacement 90 2
5 ISI outage - All ISI work is scheduled to be performed during refueling outages, no separate 10 year ISI outage is planned.
Largest single outage - 1981/1982 refuelina outagg Date - 11/06/81 to 3/14/82 Durat19.D - 127 days Cost - $30 million (not including material costs for capital funded projects)
Total additional workers - 1600 Total outace exposure - 1578 man-rem Maior Tas.R Add'1 Worker Doses man-rem FYPA Contractor
- Torus modification 600 108 625
- ISI 80 31 69
- core spray piping replacement 70 4
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- Target rock valves 190 6
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- Installation of safety / relief valves vacuum breaker 120 8
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Responses to NUMARC-Survev'for James A.
FitzPatrick Plant Q.
4.
To understand the plant's fiscal importance to specific jurisdictions for 1980, 1985, and the latest-year for which data are available, estimate the entire plant's taxable assessed value and the amount of taxes paid to the State and to each local taxing jurisdiction.
Ans, A.- As a non-profit, public benefit corporation of the State of New York, the Power Authority is exempt from payment of State and local taxes.
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NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION STATE POLLUTANT DISCHARGE CLIMINATION SYSTEM (SPDES)
DISCHARGE PERMIT r
GENERAL CONDITIONS (PART II)
SECTION PACE 1.
General Provisions......................................................
1 2.
Special Reporting Requirements for Existing Manuf acturing. Commercial.
Mining and Silvicultural Dischargers....................................
1-2 3.
EXClusionb..............................................................
6 4.
Modification. Suspension, Kevocation....................................
2 5.- Reporting Noncompliance.................................................
3 6.
I n s p e c t i o n a n d En t r y....................................................
3 7.
Transfer of Perait......................................................
3-4 8.
Permit Renewa1..........................................................
4 9.
Special Provisions - New or Modified Disposal Systems...................
4 10.
Monitoring. Recording, and Reporting....................................
4 10.1 Genera 1...........................................................
4 10.2 Signatories and Certification.....................................
4-5 10.3_ Recording of Monitoring Activitier and Results....................
5 10.4 Test and Analytical Procedures....................................
5-6
- 11. Disposal System Operation and Quality Contro1...........................
6 11.1 Genera 1...........................................................
6 11.2 Bypass............................................................
6-7 11.3 Upset.............................................................
7 11.4 Special Condition - Disposal Systems with Septic Tanks............
7 11.5 Sludge Disposa1...................................................
7-8 12.
Conditions Applicable to a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (P0TW).......
8 12.1 Genera1...........................................................
8 12.2 Natismal Pretreatment Standards: Prohibited Discharges............
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1 FART 11 - CENERAL CONDITIONS j.bi iCENEAAL PROVISIONS 4." A dstermination has been made on the beefe of a submitted application, plano, or other available inforsation, that
-iplianca with the specified permit previsions will reasonably assure compliance with applicable water quality etendards.
.tefactisa of permit provisione notwithetending if operation pursuant to the permit causes or contributee to a condition cetrzvintion of State water quality standards, or if the Department determines, on the beats of notice provided by the cittse end any related investigation inspection or sempling, that a modification of the parait to necessary to assure
.Ittnance of water quality standarde or compliance with other provisions of ECL Article 17. or the Act, the Department
-a rtquire such a modification and may require abatement action to be taken by the permittee and asy also prohibit the
- i md cet until the permit has been modified.
b.
All discharges authorised by this permit shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this permit. Tacility 3:nsions, production increases, or process modifications which result in new or increased discharges of pollutants-into the
- sta of the _ state must be reported by submission of a new SPDES application in which case the permit may be modified
- ordingly. (The discharge.of any pollutant, not identified and autho"ised of the discharge of any pollutant more frequently
_ ani or at a level in excess of. _ that identified and. authorized by this permit shall constitute a violation of the terms and
'tditions of this permit. Tacility modifications. process modifications, or production decreases which result in decreased wharass of pollutants must be reported by submissien of written notice to the permit-issuing authot" in which case the reit-issuing authority may require the permittee -to submit a new SPDES application;
- c. c The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the application of any provielen 7 this permit to any ciremetence. is held invalid, the application of such provision to other circissotances, and the maindst of this.petuit shall not be affected thereby.-
- d. 'If the discharge (s) permitted herein originate within the* jurisdiction of an interstate water pollution control itney, thin the permitted discharge (s) must also comply with any applicable affluent standards or water quality standards
.soulgated by that interstate agency.
i Th3 persittee ouet comply with all conditions of this permit. Any permit noncompliance constitutes a violation of c.
- e Envirassental Conservation 1.av and the' Cinn Water Act and to grounds for enforcement actient for permit termination, escition and reisevance, or aceificationi or for dental of a permit renewal application.
Whsre the permittee becomes avere that it failed to evbmit any relevant facts in a permit application, or submitted f.:
correct'information in e permit application or in any report to the Department, it shall promptly submis such facts or.
frenatita.-
- 3. = It shall not be a defenn for a permittee in an enforcement actio. that it would have been necessary to halt on :
- d:cs the permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the conditions of this permit.
. h.n Tht permittee shall comply with effluent standards or prohibitions estabilebed under section 307(a) of the Clean
?t:r ' Act for to 1c pollutants.within the. time provided in the regulations that establish these standards or prohibitions.-
ren 1f ths permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the requirement. -
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- 1. - The Clean Water Act provides that any person who violates a permit condition implementing sections -301, 302, 306
?7f 08, 318, or 405 of the clean Water Act is outdect to a civil penalty not to exceed ' $10.000 per day of such violation.
3 301. 302, 306, 307, or 306 of the-iy.p:rcon who willfully or-negligently violates permit conditione implementing sections by imprisomment
, cio Watsr Act is subject to a fine of not less then $2.500 nor more than $25,000 per day of violation, or 4r nst r.cre than one year..or both.
dy The filing of a toquest by the permittee for a permit modification, revocation, transfer, or a notification of
, anned changes or anticipated noncompliance.. does not stay any petuit condition.
k.
Tht permittee shall furnish to the Department, within a reasonable time. any information which the Department may 1 squ: t ta detetuine whether cause exista for modifying. auspending, or revoking this permit, or to determine complianc
'ith this permit. The permittee'ahall also furnish to the Department, upon request. copies of records required to be kept
- y this partit.
M SIIVICULTURAL DISCRARCERE SPECIAL REPORTING REQUIRINENTS y0R E%ISTINC MMUy ACTt'RI% Cr*QCJAL. P!yr*g must notify the Department se soon as I
All esisting manufacturing. ccamercial'. Eining and e11v1 Nltural dischtreerk
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hey kriew or have reason to believer -
That any activity has occurred or vill occur which would result in the discharge, on a routine or f requent basis, of any. toxic pollutant which As not specifically controlled in the permit. pursuant to General provision 1 (b) 1.
herein.
2.
Ihat any activity has occurred er wall occwt stict w:ule result i t. any discharge, on a non-toutine or infrequent basis, of a tesic pollutant which 16 net Itntted an tne pert.t. 11 that oiscLarge will exceed the highest of the ic11oving ** notification levels;
(1) 500 micrograms /1tr'+;
'11) 1.0 c1111 gram /1-
. for antimony;
. 4) Ten times the maA.aua concentration value reported f or that pollutant in the permit application in accotdance with 40 CFR ll22.21(g)(7); or (iv) The level established by the Department in accordance with 40 CFR 6122.44(!).
3.
That they have begun or expect to begin to use, or manuf acture as an intermediate or final product or by-product, any toxic pollutant which was not reported in the persit application under 40 CFR ll22.21(g)(9) and which is being or may be dis.harged to waters of the state.
3.
EXCLUSIONS a.
The issuance of this permit by the Department and the receipt thereof by the Applicant does not supersede, revoke o recind an order or modification thereof on consent or determination by the Commissioner issued heretof ore by the Department or any of the terms, conditions or requir.ments contained in such order or modification thereof.
b.
The issuance of this permit does rot convey any property rights in either real or personal property. or any exclusi privileges, nor does it authorise any injury to private property or any Lnvasion of personal rights, por any inf ringement o Federal. $ tate or local laws or regulations: mor does it obviate the necessity of obtaining other sesent required by law fo the discharge authorised, c.
This permit does not authorise or approve the construction of any onshore or of f shore physical structures or facilities or the undertaking of an; work in any navigable waters.
d.
011 and hasardous substance liability. The imposition of responsibilities upon, or the institution of any legal cetion agaLnst the permittee under Section 311 of the Clean Vater Act shall be in conf ormance with regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 311 governing the applicability of Section 311 of the Clean Vater Act to dischstges f rom f acilities wit-NPDES permits.
4.
MODIFICATION, SUSP ENS ION. LEVOCATION a.
If the permittee f ails or ref uses to comply with any requirement in a $PDES permit, such noncompliance shall censtitute a violation of the permit for which the Commissioner may modify. suspend. or revoke the permit at take direct enforcement action purusant to law.
When, at any tima during or prior to a period for compliance, the permittee announces scherwise lets it be known. or the Commissioner on reasonable cause determines. that the permittee will not make the tsquisite ef forts to achieve compliance with an interim or final requinement, the Commissioner may modify, suspend or revok.
thi permit and take direct enforcement action pursuant to law, without waiting f or expiration of the period for compli e
with such requirements, b.
Af ter notice and opportunity for a hearing, this persit may be modified, suspended or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause including, but not Italted to, the f ollowing 1.
Violation of any provision of this permit; or 2.
Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or is11ure to disclose fully all relevnet f acts at any time; or matettally f also or Laaccurate statements or information in the application or the permit; or 3.
A change in any physical circumstances, requirements or. criteria applicable to discharges that requires either temporary or permanent reduction or elimination of the permitted discharges, such aos (1) standards for construction or operation of the discharging facilityg (11) the characteristics of tho waters tuto which such discharge is made; (iii) the water quality criteria applicable to such waters; (iv) the classification of such watets; or s
(v) effluent limitations or other requirements applicable pursuant to the Act or State Law.
4 A determination that the permitted activity endangers human health or the environment and can baly be regulate to acceptable levels by permit modification, a suspension, or revocation.
S.
Failure to satisfy the reporting requirements of General Provision 1(b) heretn.
6.
- Violation of any provision of ECL or regulation promulgated thereunder. which is directly related to the permitted setivity, c.
If any applicable toxic effluent standard or prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such effluent stand.rd or prehabition) is promulgated under section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act f or a toxic pollutant and that a42tandard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation on the pollutant in the permit, the Department shall institute proceedings to modif y the permit in troer to achieve conformance wi;h the toxic effluent standard or prohibition.
If PORT!AC ArNr0VT;1AACT a.
Anticipated nonteer11ance. The pertittee shall gibt advarae actice to the Departteet ef any plant.ed changes in the pery11te$ f acility er activit) vtich tav result ir non:oepliance with peruit requireseets.
b.
Twenty-four hout reporting. The permittee shall report any noncompliance which eav endantet health er the environ-actt. Any inf ormation shall be provided orally within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> f rom the time t he pe rmit tee becomes aware e f the c irc us-stances. A vritten sabaission shall also te provided within five (5) days of the t Lee the pertittee beceast svare of the circumstances.
The written subetssion shall contain a descriptten of the noncorp114%ce and its cause; the seriod of non-CD3pliance, including exact dates and tLaes. and if the noncompliance has not been cerrected, the anticipated tLae it is capseted to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce, olttinate, and prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance.
c.
1.
The following shall be included as information which must be repcrted within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> under para-graph (b.) abevet (i) Any unanticipated bypass which violates any effluent limitation in the peratti (11) Any upset which violates any ef fluent limitation in the permit s (iii) Vicistion of a anztmum daily discharge 1Laitation for any of the pollutante listed by the Department in the permit to be reported within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
(iv)
Any unusual situation, caused by a deviation f rom normal operation or experience (e.g. a chemical or oil spill) which creates a potentially hazardous condition.
2.
The Department may vaive the written report on a case-by-case basis if the oral report has been received within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />.
3.
Dat.rg weekends, oral noncompliance reports, required tv this parsgraph. may be made 516-457-7362 d.
Other' noncompliance. The permittee shall teport all ite.tances of noncompliance not otherwise required to be F
r3 ported under this section or other sections of this permit, when its Discharge Monitoring Reporte are submitted. Such ripsrts chall contain the infermation listed in paragraph (b.) above.
e.
Duty to mitigate. The peretttee shall take all reasonable steps to sinimise er nrevent any diacharee in violation of this permit which kas a reasonable likelihood of adversely affectirg human health or the environment.
6.
INS?tCTTON AND ENTITY a.
The permittee shall allow the Commissioner of the Department, the EPA gegional Administrator, or their authertsed Ttprecintatives, upon the presentation of credentials and other documents as say be required by law, tot 1.
Enter upon the permittee's prestees where a regulated f acility or activity is located or conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of this permiti 2.
Rave access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the conditions of this permit; 3.
Inspect at reasonable times any f acilities, equipment (including monitoring and control equipment),
practices, e operations regulated or required under this peretti and 4
Sample o+ monitor at reasonable t0ses, for the purposes of assuring permit compliance or as otherwise authorised b;. the Clean Water Act or Environmental Conservation Law, any substances or parameters et any location.
7.
TRANSFER OF PERMYT a.
This permit is not transferable to any person except af ter notice to thc Department. The Department say require codification et revocation and issuance of a new permit to change the name of the permittee and incorporate such other rcquiremsnts as may be necessary under the Clean Water Act or Environacetal Conservation Law, b.
Transf ers by modification. Except as provided in paragraph (c.) of this section, a permit may be transferred by the p;rmittee to a new owner or operator only if the permit has been modified to ' identify the new permittee and incorporate such other requirements as may be necesarry under the Clean Water agt. L%til auch transfer is effected, any discharge by the nsw owner or operator constitutes a violation of ECL, Section li-0801.
c.
Automatic transfers. As an alternative to transfers under paragraph (b.) of this section, any SPDES permit may be automatically transferred to e new permittee if:
1.
The current permittes notifies the Deper sent at least ?6 devs in advance of the proposed transfer date in paragraph (c.)(2.) of this section:
2.
The notice includes a written agreement betver-the asistint nd new ne r:ittees certaining a. pacific date for transfer of permit responsibility, coverage, and liability between them; and 3.
The Department does not notify the existing permittee and the proposed new permittee of its intent to modify the permit er require a new cermit. A modification under this subparagraeh may aise be a minor modification. If this notice is not retelved, tha trans:er le eff-ctive on the date sp ec if ie d in t he agreement mentioned in paraaraph (c.)(.'.) af tb ts se e tion.
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The terms and conditione of this permit are binding on the succesects or assigne in interest of the cristnal
. persittee.
e.
The Department may require the new permittee to submit a new application.
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PERMTT RENTWAL a.
Any permittee who wishes to continue to discharge af ter the expiration dat? of a permit shall apply for renewal of its permit no later than 180 days prior to the permit's expiration date (unless peseission for a later date has been granted i
by the Department) by submitting any forms, fees, er supplemental informatien which may be required by the Department. L'pon rcqu:st, the Department shall provide the permittee with specific information concerning the forms, f ees, and supplemental information requined, b.
When a permittee has made timely and sufficient application for the renewal of a permit or a new permit with teference to any activity of a continuing nature, the existing perett does not espire until the application has been finally determined by the Department, and, in case the application to denied or the terms of the new permit limited, until the last day f or sasking review of the Department order or a later date fixed by order of the revieving court, provided that this subdivision ehall not' af f ect any valid Department action then in ef fect sanearily suspending such permit.
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SPECIAL novis10NS - NYV OR MODIFl!!) DISPOSAL ST5TD45 e.
Prior to construction of any new waste disposal system or modification which would materially alter the volume of, er ths sethod or ef f ect of traating or disposing of the oevage, industrial weste or other vestes, from an existing waste disposal system, the Permittee shall submit to the Department or its designated field of fice for review, en approvable engineering report, plans, and specifications which have been prepared by a person or fire licensed to practice Profeselonal Engintering in the State of New York.
b.
The cons truction of the above new or modified disposal system shall not start until the Permittee receives written Cyproval from the Department or its designated field of fice, c.
The construction of the above new or modified disposal system shall be under the general supervisten of a person or
. firm licensed to practice Prof essional Engineering in New York State, and upon completion of construction that person or firm tha11 certify to the Department or its designated field of fice ttat the system has been fully cospleted in accordance etth the approved engineering report, plans and specifications, permit and letter of approval.
- d. - The Department and its designated field of fices review wastewater disposal system reports, plans, and specifications for treatment process capability only, and approval by either of fice does not constitute approval of the system's structural integrity.
- 20. MONITORINC. RECOR31NO. AND REPORTINO 10.1 CENERAL The permittee shall comply with all recording, reporting, monitoring and sampling requirements a.specified in this permit and such other additional terns, provietone, requirements or conditions that the Department may deem to be. reasonably necessary to achieve the purposes of the E* aonmentst Conser-vation Law, Article 17, the Act, or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, b.
Samples and measurements taken to meet the monitoring requiremente speelfied in this permit shall be representative of the quantity and character of the monitored discharges. Composite samples shall be cumpesed of a sinimum of 8 grab samples, collected over the specified co11 action perloc, either at a constant sample volume for a constant flow interval or at a flow-proportioned sample velume f or a constant time interval, unless otherwise specified in Part I of this permit. Crab sample means a single sample, taken over a period not exceeding 15 minutes, The permittee shall periodically calibrate and perform skintenance procedures on all sonitoring ar.d c.
scalytical inetgumentation to, insure sceuracy of measuremente.
d.
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, tampers with, or knowtngly renders inaccurate any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this permit, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per violation, or hy imprisoamant for not more than 6 months per violation or by both.
10.2 $fCNATORTIS AND CERTIFICATION a.
All reports required by this permit shall be signed as follows:
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For a corporations by a principal executive officer of,at least the level of vice-presafanti or 2.
For a partnership or sole proprietorshipt by a general partner or the proprietor, respectively; cr g
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For a municipa11tv. state.-federna, or other public agency: by either a principal or executive officer.
or tschinc elected official. Fer purposes of this section. a principal executive officer of a federal asenry includes (1) the chief executive officer of the agency, er (11) a senior executive officer having respenst-bility for the everal! eperations of a erancipal geographie unit of the a g e".c y.
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i.. A duly authet tred represetstive of the peter, described it. items (1.). (2.1 rr (1.).
A person in
-a duly authertred terre 6entativt Only if:
(1) The authorisation is made in writing by a person described in paragraph (a.)(1.). (2.), or (3.) of this section (ii) The autherlantien specifies either an individual or a pattien hav1N restc%1Fli ttv fa the overall operation of the regulated facility or activity such as the position of platt ne ager, eparatcr of a well or well field, superintendent, position of equivalent responsibility, or an indivicual cr position having overall respensibility for environmental natters for the tempany. (A dulv authoriPed.
representative may thus be either a named individual or any individuas occuyping a named position.)
(iii) The written authorisation to submitted to the Department.
b.
Changes to authoritatient tf an authoritation under subperagraph (e.)(4.) of this section is no longer accurate
.~ bIceuse a different individual or position has. responsibility for the overall operation of the f acility, a new authorisation -
catisfying the requirements of subparagraph (a.)(4.) of this section suet be submitted to the Department prior to or together (with any reporte, information, or applications to be signed by an authorised representative.
c.
Certification: Any person signing a report shall se6e the following certifications "I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supsrvision, in accordance with a system, designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my1 1nquiry of the person or persons who nausgo the system. c4 those persons directly responsible for gathering the information. the information submitted is. to the best of my knowledge and belief, true.
cccurate, and complete. I as aware that there are significant penalties for submitting f alse information includine th~e possibility of fine;and imprisonment.for knowing violetions."
d.
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who knowingly sakas any false statement, representation, or certi.
ficatica in any record or other document submitted or required to be maintained under this permit. including monitoring rtports cr reports of compliance or noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10.000 g' per vislation, or by impriesament for not more thso 6 months per violation, or by both.
10.3 Rgc0RDING OF MONITORING ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS a.-.The permittee shall retain records of all sonitoring information including all calibration and maintenance
,rtestdo tad all original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all reporte required 2
by this permit, sad records'of all data used to complete the application for this permit, for a period of at least 3 years
~ from the date of. the sample 'aeasurement, report or application. This period may be extended by request of the Deparcment
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Records of monitoring information shall includet 1.
The date.Josset place, and time of sampling or sessurementag.
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The individual (s) who performed the sampling or seasurements; 3.o The date(s) analyses were performed:
i' 4 The individual (s):who performed the analyses 5.' The analytical techniques or methods used: and s
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The results of such analyses.
t10.4--TEST A s A tivTtCAL, PROCEDURES
- a.. Monitoring smasi be conducted vains w ;wneedures prob 1gsted, pursuant to 40 CTR Part 136 exceptt 1.
Those promulgated test procedures, proposed to be extended to adattiaa*. pnematers on October 26. 1984 (49 Federal' Register 43437) are approved for the analysis of such additional parameters.
2.
Should the Department. require the use of a parcicular test procedure, such test procedure will be
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3.
Should the permittee desire to use a test method not approved herein, prior' Department approval is
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required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section.
b.
Application for approval of test procedures shall be made to the Permit Administrator (see Part 1. page 1 for sddress), and shall containt' 1.
the name and address of the applicant or the responalble person making the discharge the applicable SPDES identification. number of the existing or pending permit. M me of the permit issuing agency name end.
telephone number of' applicant's contact t.erson; 4.
-he nellutants or nerameters. for which an alternate testine procedure is beine tenested.
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justilitatsoa f or ustna test praedures. other than those approved in paragraph (a) of this section; and 4.
A detailed destilption of the alternste peced sre. together with 4
(1) references to t+1 dished studies. if any, cf the applicebility of the alternate test procedee tt>
,Q' the effluente in qwestiong (b
(11) data regarding analttital sensitivity (i.e. lese 16 of detection). ectutacy, and reproducibility.
Se c19 ding supportinA ';uelity control /tuality assutanco 6tudies; and (iii) infore.stion un know interferences if any.
Addittoral infers.stion can es oh' sided by centacting the bureau of Vater R: search Wi$Dr.C. 50 Wolf koad.
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- 11. DitPOSAl 1"YSTfM owl 10E AFD QUAlffY C0hTP3, 11.1 CfxthAL i
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h e diepseal eyotes shall oot recetee er be commis.
to receive westee heyevd its design capacity se to volunt and characte. of vastes treated. rot shall the system be e.aterially altered as tot type, degree, or espacity of treettent prov'dedi disposal of treated ef fluents of treatsent and dispsal of separated scuu,11gulds, solids or "3 bit.etions thereof resulties from the treatment process without prior written sprtovel cf the Department cf Envirormental h servation or its designated field office, b.
The persittee shall. at all t:mes protetty vperate and u.alntain all facilities and systets of treatment and corittel (and related appurtenances) which are installed or uve by the permittee to achieve cost 11ance with the conditions of this permit. Preper operation and maintenance also in:h Jes edequate laboratory controle end appropriate quality s e r1utance precedures. This trovision requires the creistion of backup or auxiliary facilities or stallar ovetees wMeh ers 1.netalled by a pere.ittee only when the operation is necessary to achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.
c.
When required under Title 6 ef the Of ficial Lorp11stion of codes. Rules end Regulation of the State c,f liew York (6NYCRR650). suf ficient personos! seeting cuellficetier.e f or operr. tore of sewage treatment works es required therett shall be employed to artisf actorily operate and maintain the treatment works.
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The penittee shall not discharge floating solids or visible fosa.
11.2 'j rFA 35 a.
Definittere:
1.
" Bypass" me6ts the intentional diversien of vsete stresse from any portion of a treatment facility 2.
"0 are prop 6ty desage" means subitantial phystest datase to property. das.ase to the treat-sent N '11tise whiet esusce them to become inoperable, or substar.ttal and permanent loss of natural tesources which can reasonably be expeated to occur to the absence of a bypese. bevere property damage does not seen economic lose caused by delays in production.
b.
Pypass not escoeding limitations:
The penittee may allow any bypass to occur whict does not toute effluent liettations to be viestsd. but enly if it also is for essenttal mainter.ance to assure ef ficient operction. These bypasses are not subject to the provtstons of paragraphs (c.) and (d.) cf this section.
c.
Ilotice:
1.
Anticipated bypass - If the permittee knowe in adven>s of the nesd for a bypses it shall su1mit prior writtan notice at least ten days before the date of the bypass.
2.
Unauticipate$ bypass - The persittee shall eutoit notice id *
- Ltf cipated bypass as required in Section S. paragraph c. of this pe't (24 hout actice).
S.
Prohibition of bypase 1.
Sypsee le prohibited, and the Department nav take enf cement action against a permittee for bypass, urless:
(1) syysse was unavoidable to prevent loss of lift
.1 injury, or severe
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(11) There wete no feasit.le alternatives to the bypass such as the use tI availlary treettent facilities.
retentiM of untreated vastes, or maintenance during riornal p*tiods of equittent dwntie4. This condition is not satisfied if adequate backup equipment should h?ve been installed in the esercise of reasonable engineering judgsant to prevent a byp.se which occurred during hermal periods (f equipment doentime or preventive e intenancei and (tit) The permittee submitted noticse as required under paragraph (c.) of this section.
2.
The tepartment may approve an anticipated bypass af ter consider 1tig its adverse effects. if the betertrent determines that it vill ed et the three conditions listed in paragraph (d)(1) of this section. It appt vvit s such bypass the Department may tepose conditions, designed to sintelse any adverse environmental impact of the bypass.
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Definition:
"t! Poet" seene an esceptional incident in Web there to unintentional and temporary noncompliance with permit effluent Itaita; because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. An upset doe 6 n, c19de noncumpliance to the outent caused by operational errer. improperly designed t u sent facilittee. Inedequate treatment facilities lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation, b.
Effect of an upset s An upset constitutes an offirmatter defense to an action brought for noncompliance with such permit effluent 11altations if the requiremente of paragraph (c.) of this section are met. No detePination sede durant administrative review of c1 stas that nonecepliance was caused by upset and before an action for noncert11ance. is final ede.inistrat;ve action subject to judicial review.
c.
Conditione necessary for a demonstration of upsets A permittee who wishes to estabitch the offirmetive defense of upset shall deacustrate.
through properly eigeod, contemporaneous operating toge or other relevant evidence that:
1.
An upset occurred and that the permittee con identify the,couse(s) of tbe vpost3 2.
ne permitted f.cility wee at the time being properly operated; and 3.
The peretttee suksitted metice of the upset as required to section $.
Paragraph c. of thle part f14 hour motice).
4 The permittee complied with any remed 41 mesourse required under Section 5.
paragraph e. of this p rt.
4.
Surden of proof In say enforcement proceeding the ituittee i eeling to establish the occurrem of an upset has the burden of proof.
11.4 _tPE LIAL CONDTTTON - DTSP01AL SYSTEMS WITW t ' TIC TAwKS If a septic tank to installet as part of the e. weal oystem.'it shall be inspected by the permittee or his agent I
f;r Ccan and sludge occumulation at intervals not to excees a year's duration, and such occumulation will be removed betsrs the depth of either esteede one-foureh (%) of the liquia depth so that no settleable solide or ocus will leave in the I
septic tank effluent. Such s tumulation shall be disposed of in an approved manner.
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.. The storage or dispceal of collected screenings, sludges, other solida, or precipitates separated from the piraitted discharges and/rt intake er supply water by the permittee shall be done in such a meaner es to prevent creation of tvisance conditions or entry of such meteriale into eleselfied waters or their tributarise, and in a manner approved by t he Depit tment. - Any live fieb. ehalliteh. or other animale collected or trapped se a result of intake water screening or treatact may be returned to their water body habitat. The permittee shall maintain tecords of disposal on all effluent actr,entage, sludges and other solide associated with the discharge (s) herein described. The following data shall be com-piled cad reported to the Department or its designated field office upon requeett 1
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The emurces of the materiale to be disposed of 2.
The opproalaste voluses and weights:
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The method by which they were rencved end transported 4.
Their firal disposal locations.
- 12. 00ef t10wl AtyLICAttf To a Prtt10tY OWIT 7ttAMIVf WFl (POTV) 12.1 CP. mat All POWS must provide adequate notice to the Departnest of the followina 4.
1.
Any new introduction of pollutante into that POTV from an indirect discharger which would be subject to sectione 301 or 306 of the Clean Watet Act if it were directly dischargirt those pollutants and 2.
Amy substantiel change in the volume or character of polluten's being introduced into that PO!v by a source introducing pollutante into the POW at the time of issuance of the persit.
3.
Por purposes of this paragraph, adequate notice shall include inforsation est (1) the quality and quantity of effluent introduced into the POW 1 sad (ii) eny enticipp ed impact of the change on the quantity or quality of effluent to be discharged free the POTV.
12.2 Ff 0NA1 H PTP f.ATMtvf ST ACARt$1 PROPIB1TT3 01$CRAUt!
(Notes The following sectier vos published in the Fedets) Register. Vol. A6. No. 16
- Vednesday January 20. 1981. The effective date of the regulation (Pan 603) vos March 30,1961)
I403.$ National Pretreatment Standardet Prehlbited Dis:harges, s.
General prohibitione Po11utente introheed into POTV's by an tion-domustic source shall not Paes Through the POTV or Interfere with the operation or performance of tne works. These general prohicitions and the specific prohibitions in paratraph (b.)
af this section apply to all non-domestir ocurces introducing pollutante Anto a PCW vbetr.er or not the source le subject ts sther National Pretreatment $tandarde or any.ational. State, or local Pretreatment Requirements.
b.
Specific prohibitions:
In addition, the following pollutante shall not be introduced into a POTV 1.
Pollutants which create a fire or eJrplosion herstd in the POW; 2.
Pollutants which vill cause corrosive ettvetural damage to the POW. but in no caso di6thme with pH lower than 5.0 unless the works is specifically designed tc acconnodate such discharges 3.
Solid or viscoue pollutsic.s in enounts which vill cause obstruction to the ibv in the POW resulting in Interference:
4 Any pollutant including oxygen desanding pollutante (BOD. etc.) released in a Discharge at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which vill c&use laterference with the POTW.
5.
Beat in amounts which will irthibit Hological activity in the POTV resulting in Interfetence, but in no esse heat in such quantittee that the temperature at the POW Treatment Plant e.scoede & DOC (104*T) unless the Approval Authority, upon request of the POTV approves alternate temperature limits.
c.
when Specific Lia1*.s Must be oeveloped by POTVt 1.
POTV's deve13 ping POTV Pretrastv et Programs pureisnt to 9 403.8 shall develop and enforce e.cific limits to ' plement the prohibitions listed in I 403.5(as and (b).
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All other POW's shell, in roses where pollutante centributed by L'oer(s) result in Interference or rose.Through, and such violation is likely to recur. develop and enforce specific ef fluent limite fer Industria11'oer(s), and all other users, as orpropriate, i
which, together with appropriate changes in the POW freetsent Plant's Petilittee or i
operation, ere.tsecessary to onoure renewed and continued compliance with the Me hTDES perett or sludge ues or disposal practices.
3.
Specific effluent limite shall not be developed and enforced without indleidual nottre to persons or groups who have requested such notice and en opportunity to respond.
d.
14cel Limiter Where specific prohibitione or limits on pollutants or pollutant parametere are developed by a POW in.
eccord:nce with peregraph (c.) above, such liatte shall be desmed Pretreatment standerde for the purposes of section 30?(d) of the Act.
e.
EPA and State ReforcearK Actionet If, within 30 dare af ter motice of en Interference or Pese Through violatico hee been sent by epa or Dtc ts (Es PotV. and to persons or groups who have requested such notice, the POTW fe11e to commente appropriate enf orcement cetion to cortect the violation, f.PA or DEC may take erPropriate enforcement action.
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Compitante Dead 11aeat Compliance with the provisions of this section is required beginning ou March 13. 1981 escept for
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- Ph (b.)($) of this section which emot be emptied with by August 25, 1981.
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