ML20091L277

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NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 810228,effluent Sample Contained 75.9 Mg/L Suspended Solids.On 810110,13 & 28, Coliform Readings Were 1609 mpn/100 ml,1180 mpn/100 Ml & 1609 mpn/100 Ml,Respectively
ML20091L277
Person / Time
Site: Calvert Cliffs  
Issue date: 02/24/1981
From: Russell L
BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
To: Riggin R
MARYLAND, STATE OF
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  1. f IDearlMr. Riggins' jp.dring the month'offJanuary, there vere four violations-in:the:sevage-m

' plant operation;at the-Calvert 011f fs Nuclear Power Plsnt not previously

reported in accordance with :section IIJB.2-of!the; Maryland State Discharge Pemit No.17h-DP-0187A. Infomation. cencerning..these, violations,is pre-1 sented below:

-1)T ' On: January 128,lani effluent sample vas foundLto contain,75 9 mg/1-

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suspended solids. This is' greater than the ' k5 - mg/1. authorized

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L mpn/100 m1,y t 1180 mpn/100 ml and 1609 mpn/100 ml respectively, igreate'.:Y,he.n the 'allovable 70 mpn/100 ml.,

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These even1;s were all dua to execptionally-high flows currently being experienced by the sewage treatuont' plant.

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Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (both Unit = 1 and ' Unit 2)!has been in a scheduled 5

, refueling / major modification outage, vP ch demands:- a-large work force popu-g'

--lationO The' euisting sevage 'treatnent plant has.not.been fully capable of

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.. d' Mr. Raymond E. Riggin Page 2 To correct this situation, a staff engineer and two chemistry technicians are working toward a pinnt modification program designed to provide full compliance by June 1,1981. Also, larger or additional sewage treatmenc-f acility is being planned as. a major _ component of the Nuclear Pover Plant expansion.

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