ML20141J388

Comments on Des (NUREG-1171).DES Deemed Inadequate Due to Document Indicating Little Change Since Last Survey 11 Yrs Ago.Public Being Misinformed Re Environ Impacts of Project

ML20141J388
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	04/21/1986
From:	Doherty J DOHERTY, J.F.
To:	Kadambi N Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
RTR-NUREG-1171 NUDOCS 8604280125
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1-April 21, 1986 J. F. Doherty c/oCasanova 37 Forest Hills St.

Jamaica Plain, llass. 02130 Dr. N. Prasad Kadambi, Project Manager Div. of PNR Licensing-A Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission Washington D. C. [3555 Docket No. 50-h98, h99, SOUTH TEXAS NUCIEAR PROJECT (STNP)

Subject:

CO?alENT ON THE DRAPr ENVIBONE'NTAL STATEMENT (DES)

ITEM 1 The DES-CB was issued on March 1975 11 years ago. Many of the findings in the DES-CP (NURE0-1171), refer to this document by indicating there has been little change since that survey.

Siree very few members of the public ever obtained the earlier document, and 11 years would be long time in which many persons might relocate into the South Texas region, the DES-CP should have included substantial reprinting of the DES-CP in order to infom the public of the environmental impacts. Therefore, the DES-OL is inadequate because it does not inform the public of environmertal impacts sufficiently for this reason. Moreover, in the past the office of NRR has issued such OL envirornental statements with reduced sized copies of the entire DES-CP when the gap between the two statements was less.

ITEM 2 The DFS-OL is insufficient because it did not include a single alternative to the proposed actions the use of Texas lignite. The construction of "mine mouth" plants has been underta' ten by several utilities in Texas using this native energy aource. Completion of the STNP is still considerable time and money away. The use of lignite is argusably cheaper and of less envirornental impact at this date. Hence, a special circumstance under 10CFR 2,758 exists ard the DES-OL should have included such information.

ITEM 3 Item h.2.h.1 describesthe Intake Syrten and mentions fish collected on the intake screens will be washed and returned.

A description of how fish are to be washed would have been appropriate since it is an uncomon procedure to mitigate the effects of screend intake systems in reactor cooling.

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COBIENT ON THE DES-OL, SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PIOJECT Ital h Section h.31.2 describes the expected gmuniwater impacts, par-ticularly the depth of earth materials to the groundwater table.

My comment is that them should be come indication if the site was surveyed for holes left fmm unsuccessful oil drilling in the Palachios, Matagorda County region. Seepage fmm the cooling lake to tbs groundwater table would be enhanced by old oil drilling holes, and the DES-OL should indicate something with regard to the known presence or absences of such drill holes.

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Lack of studies after 1982 in anergent vegetation (p. h-9) for the Little Robbins Slough / Marsh Complex because of "... curtailed by lack of access (the Marsh is privately owned)." is disturbing.

The DES should include infomation on what is involved in doing these studies and what effort .was made to get access to this area.

It is not sensible for a member of the public to believe without more infomation that a sufficient effort was made to obtain this information and this is an insufficiency of the DES-OL.

Respectfully submitted,'

John F. Doherty, J. O/

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