ML20095K082

1991 Annual Environ Operating Rept (Non-Radiological) for Jan-Dec 1991

ML20095K082
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/31/1991
From:	Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NLR-E92101, NUDOCS 9205040317
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- Gentlemen:

1991 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT HOPE: CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 The attache'd annual environmental operating report is hereby submitted pursuant _to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan _(Nonradiological) for-Hope Creek Generating Station. The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operating License NPF-57 (Docket-No. 50-354).

.If any questions arise concerning this report, please contact Mr. F. X. Thomson, Jr., Manager - Licensing and Regulation at

'(609) 339-1229.

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, 1991 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING-REPORT-(NON-RADIOLOGICAL)

Jandary 1-through December 31, 1991 t'

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354 OPERAT7'iG LICENSE NO. NPF-57

.PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY P.O. BOX 236 HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 08038 APRIL 1992

, TAE4E OF CONTENTS Section Title E_agg

1.0 INTRODUCTION

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2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES..... 2 2.1 AQUATIC ISSUES........ ................. 2 2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES...................... 3 3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS................... 3 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES...................... 3-

'3. 2 REVIEW.................................. 4

-4.O CHANGES IN STATION DFSIGN OR OPERATION.. 4 1

5.O NONROUTIiiE REPORTS...................... 4 l 1

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. 1.0 INTRODUCTIQH:

This 1991 Annual Environmental Operating Report (AEOR) for the Hope Creek Generating Station was prepared in accordance with Subsection 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Environmental Protection Plan (donradiological). The reporting requirements of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) became effective April 11, 1986, eith the issuance of the initial Hope Creek Operating Licene2 (NPF-57). This is the sixth AEOR submitted for Hope Creek Generating i;tation. It corresponds to the reporting period January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991. Hope Creek Generating Station produced 7,394,425 negawatt-hours of net electrical energy during this period.

On September 5, 1991, PSE&G received Amendment No. 43 for Hope Creek Generating Station. The Amendment changes Subsection 4.2.1, Aquatic Monitoring, of the Environmental Protection Plan, Appendix B of the Facility Operating Licenso.

As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of all required environmental protection activities. This information is described in Section 2.0. Section 3.0 addresses the issue of EPP compliance. Changes to station design or operation and the review for potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addrecsed in Section 4.0. Administrative review procedures and unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.

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. 2'.0 " ENVIRONMENTAI; PROTECTION ACTlylTRS 2.1 AOUATIC ISSUES Subsection ;.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act P as the mechanism for protecting aquatic Piota through water quality monitoring. The NRC relies upon the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the clean Water Act, to insure applicable requirements for aquatie monitoring are

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The state of New Jersey requires as part of their New Jersey ,

Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systel (NJPDES) permit program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the ,

results summarized and submitted monthly on discharga  !

monitoring report forms (DMR's). The monitoring is intended I to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. nT002L411) )

effluent limitations. -We have reviewed the DMR's I corresponding to the 1991 AEOR reporting period and have  ;

determined that no significant deviations have occurred. l Copies of monthly DMR's are routinely sent to the document i control-desk and additional copies are available upon l request.

In March 1990, PSE&G submitted an application to the NJDEPE for renewal of the Station's NJPDES permit which was to expire-on September 30, 1990. In support of this permit

. application, PSE&G submitted a supplement to the application on August 19, 1991, which contained additional data not provided in the original application and updated and

. clarified-previously submitted information. PSE&G continues to operate under the conditions of the expired NJPDES permit in'accordance with NJDEPE's letter of May 23, 1990.

Effective January 11, 1990,'PSE&G entered into an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the NJDEPE to resolve

-historical NJPDES permit violations. The majority of the violatione occurred during Station startup and were due in

.part to the inappropriate use of pre-operational design criterion in establishing NJPDES permit limitations. As a condition of the ACO, PSE&G was required to conduct several studies during the 1990-91 time period to determine the

operating capabilities of its treatment and discharge L . systems. The last of these studies, the Cooling Tower Blowdown Study, was submitted to NJDEPE on October 30, 1991.

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On April 12, 1991, PSE&G submitted an application to NJDEPE for a Treotment Works Approval (TWA) for construction and operation of a sewer extension and lift station to service the new Centralized Warehouse constructed on the Hope Creek site. The project was granted a TWA permit on October 7, t 1901.

While the NRC relies on the State of New Jersey and the NJDEPE for protection of the water quality, the National Marine Fisheries Service maintains regulatory authority with respect to certain migratory threatened and endangered aquatic species. As required by Amendment 43 to the Facility Operating License NPF-57 and the incorporated Endangered Species Act, Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion, Hope Creek Generating Station is required to conduct daily inspections of the service water intake trash bars on a seasonal basis for stranded sea turtles. Hope Creek complied with these newly incorporated revisions to subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP; however, no sea turtle incidental takes occurred during 1991. Hope Creek Generating Station is proceeding to implement the Conservation Recomnendations now referenced in Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP.

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

3.0 EPP COMPLTANCE STATUS 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLI ANCES Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of EPP noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them. No previously unreviewed environmental impacts attributable to the cperation of the Hope Creek Generating Station were observed during 1991 Likewise, there were no instances of noncompliance with the EPP.

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3.2 REVIEW Subsection 5.1 of the Hope Creek Generating Station EPP

-requires that an independent review of compliance with the Environmental Protection Plan be maintained and made

- available'for inspection. PSE&G's Environmental Compliance Group in the Environmental Affairs Department last conducted an environmental compliance review of the Hope Creek Generating Station in July 1990.

4.0 _ CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATIQH Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the EPP, station design / operational changes during the time period covered by this report were reviewed for notential environmental impact. None of the recommerded changes posed a potential'to significantly affect the environment, and tnerefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change in the EPP.

5.0 NON-ROUTIFE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of nonroutine reports submitted to the NRC during 1991 be included with this report. In accordance with the NJDEPE's revised Discharge Prevention Control and Countermeasure regulations effective September 11, 1991 (N.J.A.C. 7:1E),

PSE&G is required to report the discharge of virtually any amount of any hazardous material to the land or waters of the State. While these discharges may not meet the definition of aa unusual or important environmental event as defined by CPP Subsection 4.1, Hope Creek Generating Station did provide the NRC with Four-hour reports in accordance with 10CFR50. 72 (b) (2) (vi) because a notification to another government agency was required.

Hope Creek Generating Station also provided the NRC with copies of the 30-day written. confirmation reperts submitted to the NJDEPE for any such discharges as specified in EPP Subsection 5.4.2.

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The following discharges-of hazardous materials we;*e reported

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.Date of Amount' Chemical

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L 07/26/91' 1 No. 2 fuel oil 09/16/91 400 . sodium hypochlorite solution 09/23/91 2 diesel-fuel 10/05/91 40 ammonium bisulfite solution 10/05/91 <1 diesel fuei  !

10/29/91 3 No. 2 fuel oil The July 26, 1991 discharge of No. 2 fuel oil did enter the I Delaware' River due to a-temporarily overloaded Low Volume )

Oily Waste treatment system. Every=other discharge was to '

. the soil and did'not enter any ground or surface water of the State. .Each discharge was investigated, cleaned-up, and:

corrective measures to minimize the pctential for future reoccurrence were implemented.

Hope Creek Generating Station experienced'no unusual or 11mportant events that indicated or could have resulted in "significant environmental impact" during the 1991 reporting period.-

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