ML20126B226

Annual Environ Operating Rept for 910915-920914

ML20126B226
Person / Time
Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	12/15/1992
From:	Fenech R TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9212220015
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Tennessee Valley Authorsty. Post Omce Box 2000. Soddy-Dasy. Tennessee 373797000 Robert A. Fenech Vce President. Sequo)ah Nuclear Plant December 15,.1992 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 Gentlement In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-327 Tennessee Valley Authority ) 50-328 SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN) - ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT The enclosure contains the Annual Environmental Operating Report for SQN for the period from September 15, 1991, through September 14, 1992. This report is submitted in accordance with Appendix B Technical Specification 5.4.1.

Please direct questions concerning this issue to W. C. Ludwig at (615) 843-7460.

Sincerely, hk $. <:A Robert A. Fenech Enclosure cc: .See page 2 210030 l t

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Mr. D. E. LaBarge, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint, North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2739 NRC Resident Inspector Sequoyah Nuclear Plant 2600 Igou Ferry Road Soddy Daisy, Tennessee 37379-3624 Mr. B. A. Wilson, Project Chief U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 101 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 2900 Atlanta, Georgia 30323-0199 l

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

! SEQUOYAH' NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN)-

i ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT L September.15, 1991, through September 14, 1992 1

1. -In accordance with Environmental Technical Specification (ETS) 5.3.0,

, the facility design'and operational. changes were reviewed for the '

i potential effect on the environment. A study of facility design and

! operational changes from September 15, 1991,_through" . .

l September ~ 14, 1992, that could have affected the environment was l' performed. Projects considered to have potential impact on the environment included: (1) those involving excavation, construction.-

or asbestos removal; and-_(2) those resulting in new-or increased discharges to outside drains. The study identified and' documented a basis that the design and operational changes did not involve an 7

unreviewed environmental . quer, tion'. A copy of this study is attached.

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2. In accordance with ETS 5.4.1, the following report is-specified'in-1 SQN National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit- '

j No. IN0026450, and has been previously submitted-to the NRC:

-Report on results of Nonradiological Aquatic Monitoring Program -

Rotenone Studies,: submitted June 25, 1992.

3. The following information is provided as required by ETS 5.4.1.

l a. All ETS noncompliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy-j them:

4 There were no-ETS noncompliances during the reporting period..

I b. Changes made to applicable state and federal permits and

[ ceri.ifications:

The state issued Aquatic Resource' Alteration Permit-No.:92-084 on L September 14.-1992, to permit the discharge of settled. dredge

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transpoct water f rom the essential raw cooling water intake

channel dredging operation.

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! c. The changes _in station design.that could involve ~a significant

! environmental impact or change the findings of the Final

, Environmental Statement:

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As. concluded in.the attachment, there have been'no facility

design.or operational" changes since September 15, 1991, that have i- -resulted in-an unreviewed environmental question. - .

i. d. A11'nonroutine reports submitted [in accordance with ETS-.

Section'4.1:

1 No nonroutine reports were submitted during this report period. ._

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! -e. Changes in approved ETS:  :

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There were no changes made during this report period.'

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c ATTACHMENT TO.THE ENCLOSURE i- ., STUDY OF_SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT (SQN)-

DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15,:1991, AND SEPTEMBER 14, 1992 i FOR EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT During this report period, the facility design and operational changes and major maintenance and modification projects have-been reviewed for potential i to affect the environment as described below. The criteria used to identify those projects-with a potential for environmental effects included _ _(1) those '

I involving excavation, construction, or asbestos removal; and-(2) those resulting in.new or increased discharges to outside drains.

1. The following projects were reviewed and evaluated in accordance.with the i above criteria for potential environmental impact.

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Only 10 new project packages were reviewed during.this report period.

( All of_those projects were designed to-comply with regulatory i

permitting processes, and none of them involved any environmental impacts that were not reviewed in the original environmental impact i statement.

b. Special Tests

! -There were no special tests conducted during this period that met the

environmental impact criteria.

l c. Temporary Alterationg 1 There were no temporary alterations made-during this period that met-

! the environmental impact criteria.

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2. Design and operational changes with a potential for causing new or increased discharges to outside drains, including runoff from excavation, were reviewed and determined to be within~the scope of the SQN National i Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.~

i 3. Monthly discharge monitoring reports submitted as required by the SQN i NPDES permit were reviewed. . Permit excursions'were attributed to either-l natural causes, equipment malfunctions,-or operational _ errors'and i' determined to be within the purview of the NPDES permit 'and associated environmental evaluations.

'The cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyl discovered in the low volume waste-

, -treatment pond effluent in October 1988 was_ completed.

1 1 In summary, there have been no facility design or operational changes from September 15, 1991, to September 14, 1992,_ that have resulted in an~unreviewed environmental question.

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