ML20215E701
| ML20215E701 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Limerick  |
| Issue date: | 11/28/1986 |
| From: | Anthony R ANTHONY, R.L. |
| To: | DELAWARE, STATE OF |
| References | |
| CON-#486-1932 OL, NUDOCS 8612230077 | |
| Download: ML20215E701 (1) | |
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WMET NtE*BER M M2/,.355 J0 Delcoars River Bacin Ccamissio2 900.& UTIL FAC....y.e / _,Box 186 Koylon.Pa.19065 B:x 7360 toot Trutco,NJ. 08628 Novezbar 28,1986 ww : Pimp Luc. Umcrn *LK Ladies and Gentlenes,
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' 11/25/86 We received a public motice of the DRBC hearing scheduled r
in Philadelphia to take testimony on PECo's request to reduce the flow require-tgr ffg the most from 530 ofs to 415 cf for withdrawal of Schuylkillg i p p Limerick nuclear plant cooling.
As an intervenor for mysT1f tud riddY of time Earth in the Limerick proceedings and as an aggrieved citizen I respectfully urge the Commission to refuse this change.
I had hoped 4W state our opposition in persca but at the last moment was not able to attend @ hearing. 4Will you please enter the following points in the record as our testlaosy'and act to deny PECo's application.
We direct DRBC's atten tion to our testimony on 4/15/86 against PECo's application to use Titus,Cromby, Tamaqua,and Beechwood Pit water which we pointed out would subject the Schuylkill to extreme stress during the summer 1
low flev period.
We demonstrated this with the DO levels and low flow readings i
for 1985 taken from DRBC and PECO records. These were included in follow-up/16/86.
" Conclusions and Recommendations"which we submitted to DRBC in writing on 4 It appears that DRBC did met heed our evidence but proceeded to issue PECo's requested amendment.
We feel that DRBC did not act in good faith because i
it mover acknowledged our research nor did it respect our petition to honor its obligation to another U.S. agency,the NRC, to withhold its deciaba on this appli-cation until the NRC had acted on our petition to suspend the Operating License for Limerick.
Our petition was based on PECo's violation of the requirements of the operattag license which require a license amendment for any change in the enviremmental impacts,specifically such a change as increasing Schuylkill withdrawals and removing temperature restraints.
DRBC granted the agieudment on 4/29/86; NR0 did not act on our petition to suspend the license becau e of Schuylkill water violations until 10/16/86.
s We enclose a copy of the cover letter from H.R.Denten to R.L. Anthony of that date.
We intend to appeal this decision and again respectfully remind DR3C of the need for it to respect the NRC process and the rights of an aggrieved citizen by declining to act on PECO's current application until our appeal of the NRC action has been heard and decided.
We ask DRBC again to review the evidence we presented in our letter of 4/16/06 and to consider again the further evidence in our response to the NRC to our ;ctition of 3/5/86 to suspend the operating license.
ne sent a copy or of this response dated 6/19/86 to DRBC on that date.
Our evidence shows the threat to the Schuylkill River from PEco's increased withdraws]s. As you are i
2 well aware these increases were never considered originally by DRBC.
- It received assent from PECe that it would operate Limerick under the constraints of the River Follower principle.
As we showed,the addition of Tamaqua water and trans-n for of Titus and Cromby allotments did metremove the severe downstream effects i
y of Limerick's full power operation, unit 1., during the low flow summer mgathg,1985 moa Our evidence showed that temperatures at the Vincent dam persisted at 70 -84
[8 during July and August 1985 We showed that with Limerick withdrawsla down-g stream from Vgacent the water remaining in the Schuylkill low flow could rise l
well above 84, to a point which could " cook" the river's organisms.
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bu We request the DRBC to provide us with the record of Schuylkill tempera-n<
tures and flow and DO content for the summer months of 1986.
We are certain that the life of the river was damaged while PECo operated Limerick at full power g
fromf/2$6to10/31/86 with only 8 days of shudown 7/5-7/12. We insist that (no b this damage not be further augmented by reducing the flow minimum of 530 cfs.
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