ML20215G945
| ML20215G945 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | North Anna  |
| Issue date: | 10/14/1986 |
| From: | Marshall B VIRGINIA POWER (VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO.) |
| To: | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8610210183 | |
| Download: ML20215G945 (7) | |
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l CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RELTIPT REQUESTED U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III Emergency Response Section (3HW22) 841-Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 011 Spill Questionnaire VA 86299 9/29/86 - North Anna Power Station Gentlemen:
Attached is the completed form submitted to this office on October 3,-1986 by Mr. Thomas I. Massey on the above referenced oil spill.
If you have any questions or desire additional information, please contact us.
Sincerely, MA B. M. Marshall Manager Water Quality Attachment GRK/yo cc: Mr. W. L. Kregloe (enclosure)
Dr. J. Nelson Grace, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339(enclosure)
Mr. Harold R. Denton, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339 (enclosure) /
Mr. M. W. Branch, USNRC, Docket No. 50-338/50-339 (enclosure) i i
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31986 Virginia Power Company P. O. Box 402 Mineral, VA 23117 Re: VA86299 9/29/86 Power Plant at Lake Anna, Route 700, Mineral, Louisa County, VA Centlemen:
This office has received notification that your facility discharged oil or hazardous materials in quantities that may be harpful, in violation of Section 311(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amend-ments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3). You are hereby requested to submit to EPA the following information:
(a) Time and date of discharge:
discovered at 1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br />, September 29, 1986 (b) Material (s) discharged:
light oil (c) Description of the vehicle or facility from which the material was discharged (i.e., pipeline, tank, well, etc.):
catch basin taking flow from storm drain and turbine building sumps (d) Name and address of the owner / operator of the vehicle or facility described above in (c):
Virginia Electric and Power Company attenuon: Mr. 5. M. Maoiiuii, Waius ^ual i ij Depe. 6e.>t P. O. Box 26666 ii i d unu nu, Virwinia 23201 f'
(e) Name and address of the operator of the vehicle or facility described.above in (c) and, if different from (d) above, describe the relationship between the owner and operator (i.e., employee, subcontractor, lessee, etc.):
see (d) above
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(f) Location of the discharge, including county and t near the intake structures for North Anna Fower Slaite:
ion Louisa County, Virginia (g) Quantity of material discharged from the facility or vehicle:
less than 1 quart (h) Did the material enter into any water (YES or NO): Yes Did the material enter into any sewer (YES or NO): No (1)'If YES, de' scribe the first water reached and the location of this water:
LakeAnnainLouisabounty,Virgi.nia (2) State the quantity of material reaching the water described above in (h)(1):
less than 1 quart (3) State the quantity of material reaching the shoreline of the water described above in (h)(1) which did not reach the water:
unknown (4) Was the water described above in (h)(1), at the time of the spill,
- a. tributary of, or physically connected to, any part or tributary of a riverine, hydrolegical or creek system? (YES or NO): Yes
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(5) If the answer to (h)(4) is YES, describe or name the waterways to which the waters in -(h)(1) connect or flow:
North Anna River (6) If the answer to (h)(4) is NO, does the water described above in (h)(1) periodically connect with or flow into any tributary or part of any riverine, hydrological or creek system?
If YES, describe the flow and connection:
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3-(i) Did the material cause any film, sheen, discoloration or irri-descent appearance on the adjoining shorelines of, or surface of, any. water described above in (3), (4), (5) or (6)?
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YES, describe:
A light sheen of oil was pooled behind a permanently deployed absorbant boom at the discharge from a storm drain.
(j) Did' the material cause any sludge or emulsion to be deposited on the adjoining shorelines of, or beneath the surface of, the waters described above in (3), (4), (5) or (6)?
If YES, describe:
No (k) Does the facility have a NPDES Permit? YES or NO: Yes (1) Did the discharge violate any applicable water quality standards,
-e.g., NPDES? If YES, describe:
To the best of our knowledge, no water quality standards were violated. No analytical data was obtained.
(m) Does the Facility currently have a RCRA Permit or under Interim Status:
No (n) Date and time of discovery that the discharge was entering the waterways:
1000 hours0.0116 days <br />0.278 hours <br />0.00165 weeks <br />3.805e-4 months <br /> September 29, 1986 (o) Describe in detail what actually caused the discharge The spill is believed to have occurred'when high capacity sump pumps were activated. High flow apparently carried over a small amount of oil from the turbine building sumps, i
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l (p) Describe any observed damage to animal life or vegetation:
None was observed i
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(q) Describe steps taken to contain and clean up the spilled material and mitigate environmental damage:
Absorbant pads were used to remove oil from the surface of the lake and the water in the catch basin. The catch basin was later pumped out and thoroughly cleaned.
(r) List the federal and state agencies, if any, to which the. owner or operator reported the discharge.
the date und time of notification and the official contacted:Show the agency, National Response Center, Washington, D.C.
September 29, 1986 at 105b nours (P. v. urown)
Virginia Water Control Board, Valley Regional Office.
September 29,1986 at 1100 hours0.0127 days <br />0.306 hours <br />0.00182 weeks <br />4.1855e-4 months <br /> (Steve Hetrick)
(s) List the state and local officials who were on-scene at the s' pill during or after clean up:
None (t) List the names and addresses o'f persons believed to have knowledge of the facts surrounding this incident:
E. W. Harrell, Station Manager, North Anna Power Station P. O. Box 702 Mineral, Virginia 23117
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(u) List the type of oil and total storage capacities at the facility fo'r any oil related products.
Describe the storage tanks at the facility, e.g., above ground, underground, etc.:
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i (v) Describe action taken or proposed to prevent a recurrence of this i
type of spill These pumps are run only when the skimmer pumps that carry oil from the turbine sumps to the oil / water separator are not able to handle the flow.
in those instances, attention will be paid to the possibility of oil escaping the catch basin.
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- (w) Does the f acility have a Spill Preven' tion Control and Counter-measure (SPCC) Plan certified and implemented in accordance with 40 CFR 1127 YES or NO: Yes (x) List any other information you wish to bring to the attention of the federal government:
None The above information should be mailed to U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY I
f REGION III EMERGENCY RESPONSE SECTION (3HW22) 841 CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 If you cannot answer this letter by
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are any questions on this matter, vou may caii Carol Oleksiak at (215) l 597-0496.
Sincerely, Thomas 1. Massey, Chief Emergency Response Section i
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Locat ion of Oils - North Anna Pouer Sta t ion Obara tien.
Fuel Oil - No. 2 1
5,000 bbl storage tank (210,000 gal)
Above ground 2
50,000 gallon storage tank Below ground 4
1,000 gallon day tanks D iesel Generator Roem Maximum Storage Capacity 316,000 gallons Average Daily Usage 6,000 gallons Average Daily Received 6,000 gallons 250 gallon fire pump-tank y
1 Vithin Service vache pump house 1
270 gallon fire pump-tank Vithin Varchouse !!o. 5 pump house 1.ubrica tino Oil 2
16,000 gallon storage tank
'Al thin Turbine Building 2
14,000 gallon storage tank Within Turbine Building 2
2,000 gallon storage tank Vithin Turbine Sullding 2
200 gallon storage tank Within Turbine Sullding Maximum Storage Capacity 64,000 gallons
_ Gasoline (Outside security fence - Adjacent to Varchouse flo. 2) 1 3 C00 gallon tank (regular) 4 Below ground 1
1,000 gallon tank (unicaded)
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4 18 MVA S tation transformers Cooling water intake structure 3
330 MVA Main station transformers licrth side of Turbine Building 6
15 MVA Station service trans-7:arth side of Turbine Building formers l.centlen of Olls - North Anna Unit 1 Cons truction 4,.. !
fuel Oil - Olesel i
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'l 7,500 gallon tank (fuel depot) 2 clew ground I
7,500 gallon tank (varehouse flo.1)
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