ML20151V115

1987 Annual Environ Operating Rept

ML20151V115
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/31/1987
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'1987 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL' OPERATING REPORT' HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET-NO. 50-354-OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 ,

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY P.O. BOX 236 HANC0CKS. BRIDGE,-NEW JERSEY 08038 APRIL, 1988

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TABLELOF CONTENTS Section' Page

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1 2.0 ~ ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES' 2-2.1 AQUATIC MONITORING 2 2.2 TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY MONITORING 3 3.0' -EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS 4 4.0 UNREVIEWED ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS. 5 5.0 .NONROUTINE REPORTS 6 Appendix- , SALT DRIFT MONITORING PROGRAM REPORT w

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This 1987 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, Environmenta3 Protection-Plan (Nonradiological). The reporting requirements of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) became. effective

~f April ll, 1986, with the issuance of the initial Hope

. Creek operating license, (NPF-57). This is the second AEOR submitted for Hope Creek Generating Station. It corresponds to the reporting period January 1, 1987 to December 31, 1987. Hope Creek Generating Station produced 7,279,214 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy during this period.

As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of the results 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 involvement of potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0. Unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0. Supplemental information, corres-ponding to the environmental monitoring requirements of the EPP is included as an appendix to this AEOR.

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d .9 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 Aquatic Monitoring Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act as the mechanism for protecting aquatic biota through-water quality monitoring.

The NRC relies upon the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water-Act, to ensure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring.are implemented.

The State of New Jersey requires as part of their NJPDES permit program that effluent mon-itoring be performed, with the results summarized and submitted monthly.on discharge monitoring report forms (DMR's). The monitoring is intended to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. NJ0025411) effluent limitations. We have reviewed the DMR's corresponding to the-AEOR reporting period and have determined that no significant deviations have occurred. We have observed no evidence of trends toward irreversible damage to the environment. Copies of DMR's are available upon request.

The NJPDES permit for Hope Creek Generating Statio:. was modified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection effective July 1, 1987.

This modification eliminates the settling pond t

which was closed in 1986 and changes the chlorine residual monitoring requirements from Free Available Chlorine to Total Residual Chlorine, maintaining the same limitations.

During 1987, construction approvals were obtained for a proposed, new sewage treatment plant to be located at Hope Creek Generating Station.

The new facility is designed to provide more effective treatment. Waiver of Treatment Works Approval, Stage 2 was granted by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection August 7, 1987.

Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) "Section 3.8 Compact" approval was received October 28, 1987 for the project.

We anticipate that during 1988 we will be seeking a modification to the existing NJPDES permit to include this sewage treatment plant.

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'3 2.2 Terrestrial Ecology Monitoring . ir s 4 The primary potential affect of station oper-ation on terreatrial resources derives from

.g- ' cooling tower drift. Subsection 4.2.2 of the EPP requires that a "Salt Drift Monitoring Program" be implemented to measure drift rate and deposition on native vegetation, and to assess the impacts of cooling tower salt drift on the environment in the Hope Creek Generating Station vicinity.

The complete 1987 study program report describing the Salt Drift Monitoring Program is included with thi s AEOR as an appendix. The. program report aescribes monitoring results covering.

the first full year of commercial operation for Hope Creek Generating Station.

The goal of the study program was to collect operational data cn1 salt deposition Nacl-concentrations in vegetation and soils in the vicinity of the Hope Creek Generating Station.

After collecting a second year of operational data, the data will be analyzed for seasonal and spatia l trende as well as correlations with meteorological data. In all three studies (salt deposition, native vegetation, and surface soils), no obvious trends in salt deposition or concentration either by site or by season were apparent in the first full year of operational data. Variability ot :he data most likely masks any potential differences by season er site. A description of the study program as well as the detailed data collected during 1967 appears in the Appendix to this report.

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3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS

- Subsection 3.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of EPF noncompli-ancesc.and the corrective actions taken,to remedy them. -

No previously unreviewed environmental impacts attributable

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of, noncompliance with the EPP.

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=s; 4.0 UNREVIEWED ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS

' Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the EPP, station design / operational changes for~the AEOR affected time period were. reviewed for potential environmental impact. ~None of the recommended changes posed a potential to significantly affect the environment, and therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change-in the EPP.

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5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP_ requires that a list'of all'

nonroutine' reports'(submitted in accordance with Suasection.

5.4.2) be included as part of the AEOR. -Hope Creek-Gener-ating Station experienced no unusual or important events that indicated ~or could have resulted in "significant env-ironraental impact" during the 1987 reporting period. Con-sequently, there were no nonroutine reports submitted to the NRC.

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