ML20126D678

Forwards Response to State of La 921119 Request for Addl Info Re Proposed Sampling & Analysis Methods for Use in Preparation of Wastewater Discharge Permit

ML20126D678
Person / Time
Site:	Claiborne
Issue date:	12/14/1992
From:	Leroy P LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES
To:	Aydell G LOUISIANA, STATE OF
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NUDOCS 9212280098
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/%%hhw LOJSANh Es ERGY December 14, 1992 Mr. Gary Aydell, Acting Administrator Water Pollution Control Division Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality P O Box 82215 a,

Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2215 r

Attention: Ms. Cheryl Legeune i

Subject:

Louisiana Energy Services, L.P.

Proposed Claiborne Enrichment Center LDEQ Wastewater Discharge Permit File: 6(M6-00-2001.06

Dear Mr. Aydell:

We are in receipt of your letter dated November 19, 1992, requesting additional information for use in preparation of the wastewater discharge permit. We discussed this information request with Ms. Cheryl Legeune and Mr. Max Forbes of your office by phone on December 4,1992, and reached an agreement to provide additional information as noted below.

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Physical configuration of Bluegill Pond: Attached Figures 2.5-6 and 2.5-7 trom the Environmental Report give the physical configuration of the pond aid transects. They also contain the pond surface area, perimeter, surface elevation and volume. The locations of the planned outfalls have been added to Figure 2.5-6.

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Quarterly water quality data on Lake Avalyn: The water quality data collected through June 1993 will be submitted to LDEQ. The dam will be submitted in the July-August 1993 timeframe.

3.

Hardness and TSS data for Bluegill Pond: Bluegill Pond will be sampled twice a month (plus the additional non-rou:ine sampling as noted in the enclosed Proposed Sampling and Analysis Methods) for five months for these two parameters and the data will be submitted to LDEQ along with the Lake Avalyn water quality data in July-August 1993. A pronosed methodology for sample collection and analysis is 3

attached for your review ad comment.

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Mr. Gary Aydell, Acting Administrator December 14,1992 Page 2 4.

Sulfate in the groundwater supply and Bluegill Pond: Existing sulfate data taken from the Environmental Report is attached. ER Table 2.5-5 contains sulfate data collected for Bluegill Pond. ER Table 2.5-10 contains sulfate data for groundwater wells developed in the Sparta Aquifer and located in Claiborne Parish. In order to provide additional sulfate data, the sulfate level in Bluegill Pond and a public water supply well located near the proposed facility and developed in the Sparta Aquifer will be sampk:d twice per month for five months (plus the additional non routine sampling as noted in the enclosed Proposed Sampling and Analysis Methods). The data will be submitted in July-August 1993.

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LDEQ request to visit site: Permission is granted as requested to visit the site and collect sulfate, hardness, and TSS samples from Bluegill Pond and Lake Avalyn. The local representative is Mr. Blake Hemphill. His telephone number is (318) 927-9110.

6.

Discharp pipe diameters: The Outfall 1 discharge nomina' pipe diameter will be 3 inches. The Outfall 2 discharge nominal pipe diameter will be 36 inches.

7.

The Louisiana Energy Services Federal Tax ID Number is 52-1645739.

These responses should address all of the information requests contained in your letter of November 19, 1992, and the additional information requested by Ms. Legeune in our phone conversation of December 4. If I can be of further assistance, please call me at (704) 373-8466.

i Sincerely, l

b Peter G. LeRoy Licensing Manager PRH.021 Attachments J1rcJohn W?N.THkkeyIChief#

Mr. Fred Humpke,6W-PI xc:

Fuel Cycle Safety Branch U. S. Environmental Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety Protection Agency, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Region VI U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1445 Ross Avenue l

Washington, DC 20555 Dallas, TX 75202 Attention: Docket 70-3070 l

Mr' Gary Aydell, Acting Administrator December 14, 1992 Page 3 bxc:

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W. H. Arnold (LES)

V. M. Anthony E. F. Kraska (Urenco)

J. M. McGarry (W&S)

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j PROPOSED SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS METHODS FOR LDEQ DATA REQUESTED NOVEMBER 19, 1992 I

i Proposed sample collection location (s), methodology and schedule for measuring total j

hardness, sulfate, and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in Bluegill Pond plus sulfate levels in groundwater which will be utilized as input process water for the proposed LES facility.

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Sample Collection and Analysis Goals 1)

Establish an adequate preoperational perspective of " average" total hardness, sulfate j

and TSS levels in pond waters which will receive liquid effluent discharges from the j.

LES facility.

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Establish an adequate preoperational perspective of sulfate levels which wUl be present j

in inpm process water for the LES facility.

j Sample Collection Location and Methodology i

1) hegilLP_ond i

Grab samples at point where pond discharges to offsite drainage stream.

i Sulfate:

Turbidimetric method - USEPA approved APHA method 426C - 17th Edition IotaLHardness:

.Titrametric method using Standard EDTA Titrant - USEPA approved APHA method 314B -_17th Edition l

Iotal Susoensled Solids (TSSh Spectrophotometric light attenuation method -

l comparison of light attenuation due to suspended l

particulate material in water versus standt.rd silica suspensions.

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Process input Water I

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Grab samples of fresh pumped groundwater from the " Arizona well." ~(Note: the l-Arizona Well is a public water supply well located approximately 1 1/2 miles from the LES facility site. The well draws from the " Sparta Aquifer" which will also be the source draw-point for site process waters).

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Turbidimetric method - USEPA approved APHA method 426C - 17th Edition Sampling Schedule

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Sample collections will be made at both a regular and non-routine basis. The schedule, as proposed, will ensure a "nonbiased basis" for arrivine M m erage" conditions plus j

incorporate measurement of parameter extremes asse u.

sith extremes in hydrological conditions.

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Regular Sampling Schedule i

l Samples for analysis to be collected every other Wednesday '(i.e., twice monthly) 1 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 3:00pm. Sample analysis to be completed within..

a three hour period following collection of the last sample collected.

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Non-Routine firregular) Sampling i

In addition to the regular samples, on occasions where there appears to be a hydrological extreme (e.g., immediately following periods of excessive rainfall)

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samples will be collected at the outfall of Bluegill Pond. Since the source of the i

Sparta Aquifer is a considerable distance west of the site plus is slow to react to real time events, no non-routine sample will be collected from the Arizona Well.

l (Note: To document excessive rainfall events, copies 'of precipitation records for a period of four-seven days before and after a chosen non-routine sample collection will j

be secured from the Homer Agricultural Station and appended to any analyses made i

from a non-routine sampling).

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Gros.ndwater in the Arcadia-Minden Area (a)

WELLS cL.120 CL-121 cL-130 cL-136 cL.138 CL.142A CL-142B cL.142c CL-145 DEPTHr 610 ft 530 ft 329 ft 835 ft 662 ft 461 ft 593 ft 702 ft 610 ft 4

4 Parameter SAMPLE f*TE: 7/17/68 7/17/68 8/6/70 5/29/74 3/14/75 7/16/76 7/12/76 7/1/76 10/20?76 specific conductance (umhos) 496 531 385 371 372 227 172 227 213 pH (units) 7.7 7.8 8.1 8

8.2 8.5 6.7 7.8 6.9 23.5 Temperature feelsius) 22 22 i

color (platinum-cobalt units) 5 10 5

120 30 25 5

to 0

1 Hardness (as Caco 3) 6 8

15 4

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Hardness, noncarbonate (CACO 3) calcium, dissolved 2.0 3.0 3.0 1.1 1.8 2.2 1.8 2.5 6.1 Magnesium, dissolved 0.2 0.1 1.8 0.3 0.6 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 1

Sodium, dissolved 110 130 86 81 85 49 36 49 38 Potassium, dissolved 1.3 1.2 3.1 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.0

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carbonate 0

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11 11 4.2 4.5 3.7 3.1 riuoride, dissolved 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 e

silica, dissolved 8.0 12 14 14 11 19 50 33 35 i

solids, dissolved 296 350 242 220 220 147 147 159 157 1,0 0.51 0.30 0.17 0

0 0.21 Nitrate, total

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Nitrate dissolved 0.1 0.1 Iron, dissolved 1.1 0.07 0.03 0.27 0.23 0.06 0.07 0.05 0.45 0

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cadmium, dissolved chromium, dissolved cobalt, dissolved copper, dissolved Lead, dissolved Lithium, dissolved Mercury, dissolved Holybdenum, dissolved Nickel, dissolved selenium, dissolved I

silver dissolved 1

Einc. dissolved l

(a) e (Reference 271.

Each of the wells listed above are located over ten miles to the south of the LEs site and none are considered as having potential to be affected by the LES site. The above data is -

presented solely as indication of regional groundwater quality within the sparta Sand aquifer.

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Weer Quality in the sparta Aquiter t r oie wells in claiborne Parish. Louisiana (b) tall values in ag/l unless stateo USGS Water Resources Data Louisiana

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I Wella CL-159 cL-160 CL-163A CL-163B CL-1228 CL-123 CL-126 cir129 CL-140A CL-140s Depth:

623 ft 668 ft Not Available Parameter sample Date: 3/11/82 3/22/82 1/11/84 12/20/93 10/24/67 07/23/68 08/14/68 01/28/69 02/10/76 01/29/76 AVERAGE (f)

MAXIM'.91 Specific conductance (umhos) 271 272 192 203 218 208 116 284 190 200 270.9 531 pH (units) 8 7.2 6.9 6.8 7.1 7.5 7.3 8.2 7.2 6.8 7.5 8.5 Temperature (celsius) 24.5 24 24 24 21.5 23 20 23 J2 23 22.8 24.5 color (platinum-cobalt units) 20 5

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60 15 20 19.7 120 Hardness (as caco 3) 1 2

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14.2 55 Calcium, dissolved

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32 4

32 7

16.0 55 Hardness, noncarbonate O.2 0.1 6.6 1.6 17 0.6 8.3 1

9.1 2.6 3.7 17 Magnesium, dissolved 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 3.1 0.1 2.7 0.4 2.2 0.1 0.8 3.1 l

Sodium, dissolved 68 64 32 31 24 50 9.3 70 28 42 57.0 130 l

Potassium, dissolved 0.7 1.1 2.5 1.5 2.6 0.9 2

0.6 2.9 1.3 1.6 3.5 Bicarbonate (as HCO3) 120 120 57 170 89 100 130.3 242 Carbonate

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NA NA sulfate, dissolved 17 21 16 13 0.2 6.6 3

0.2 9.8

<1.0 18.9 71 chloride, dissolved 5,1 4.9 6

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4.9 7.6 9.9 10 7.8 18 Fluoride, dissolved 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 silica, dissolved 15 27 51 39 18 43 45 9.8 30 53 27.7 53 solids, dissolved 183 183 158 152 132 163 106 175 137 161 183.6 350 Nitrate, total-0.64 0.72 0.09 0.33

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Nitrate, dissolved 0.1 0

0 2.1 12 Iron, dissolved 0.04 0.16 1.3 1

0.83 0.05 2.2 0.37 1.6 1.4 0.6 2.2 Manganese, dissolved 0

0 0.05 0.029 0

0.065 0.037 0.017 0.065 Alkalinity (as CACO 3) 127 107 70 75 95

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copper, dissolved

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0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 (b) = All of the wells listed above meere constructed as test-holes by the Louisiana Office of Public Works (1DPW),

None of the wells have ever been used for water supply purposeats'd most have been destroyed, abandoned,-or plugged since their date of construction.

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indication of regional grmindwater quality within the Sparta Sand aquifer (see Figure 2.5-11(h) for well locatione).

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(f) = Averages were calculated using only detected values.

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NA = Not applicable; no detected values or only 1 detected value so an average could not be calculated.

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