ML20216F447
| ML20216F447 | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 03/06/1998 |
| From: | Eric Simpson Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| ML20216F452 | List: |
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| LR-E980072, NUDOCS 9803180394 | |
| Download: ML20216F447 (7) | |
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Company E. C. Simpson Public Service Electric and Gas Company PO. Box 236. Hancocks Bridge. NJ 08038 609-339-1700 Sena V,ce President Nuclear Engmeenng MAR 061998 l
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Washington, DC 20555 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR LCR H97-18 APPENDIX B - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN SECTION 4.2.2 " TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY MONITORING" I
HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSES NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 Gentlemen:
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On December 19, 1997, Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G)
Company submitted LCR H97-18 to revise the Technical Specifications (TS) for the Hope Creek Generating Station.
The purpose of this submittal is to provide revised marked-up pages to address NP.C reviewer comments.
A revision to the description of the change and the background information is contained in Attachment 1.
The corresponding revised pages are included as Attachment 2 to this letter.
The revision does not affect the original no significant hazards evaluation nor its conclusion.
Should you have any questions regarding this request, we will be pleased to discuss them with you.
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-Ms. Brenda'Mozarfi, Licensing Project Manager-- HC U.-S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Mail-Stop 14E21 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr.
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USNRC Senior Resident Inspector - Hope Creek Mr. K. Tosch, Manager, IV l-Bureau of Nuclear ~ Engineering
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E. C.'Simpson, being duly sworn according to law deposes and says:
I am Senior Vice President - Nuclear Engineering of Public
_ Service Electric and Gas Company, and as such, I find the matters set forth in the above referenced letter, concerning Hope Creek Generating Station, are true'to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
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l Document Control Desk LR-E980072 LCR H97-18 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NPF-57 DOCKET NO. 50-354 ADDITIONAL INPVRMATION FO H97-18 SECTION 4.2.2 " TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY NONITORING" ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN BASIS FOR REQUES'?ED CHANGE REQUESTED CHANGS AND PURPOSE The proposed changes modify Section 4.2.2,
" Terrestrial Ecology Monitoring", in Appendix B of the Hope Creek, Facility Operating License (Environmental Protection Plan) as shown in Attachment 2.
PSE&G is proposing to modify Section 4.2.2, Terrestrial Ecology Monitoring, of the Environmental Protection Plan to state that PSEGG has implemented the Salt Drift Monitoring Program and further actions are not required.
PSE&G has drafted the following paragraphs for this section:
"PSE&G has completed the implementation of the Salt Drift Monitoring Program to assess the impacts of cooling tower salt drift on the environment in the HCGS vicinity.
This study was completed by the submission of two reports: " Pre-operational Summary Report for Hope Creek Generating Station Salt Drift Monitoring Program, August 1984-December 1986" and " Operational Summary Report for Hope Creek Generating 9tMl. ion Salt Drift Monitoring Program, January 1987-March i
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The pre-operational report was submitted to the NRC on April 30, 1987 (NLR-E87144) as an Appendix to the 1986 Annual Environmental Operating Report.
The operational report was submitted to the NRC on October 10, 1989 (NLR-N89201).
The " Operational Summary Report" contained informati v. that fulfilled the requirements of a final report, and thtJefore will be considered the " Final Report".
This report discusses salt deposition data, native vegetation studies, compurison of estimated salt drift and deposition with actual data, environmental effects of salt drift and pre-and post-operational data comparison.
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LCR H97-18 The study indicated that only minor, localized effects of cooling tower drift deposition are occurring.
Higher deposition rates potentially attributable to the cooling tower were measured at only one location, which is on station property at a distance of 0.4 km southeast of the cooling tower.
The salt depositior rate at this site is 113 2
mg/m / month, which is well below the. ;
71 tion levels that have been reported to cause vegetati n de' age of 10,000 2
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Hope Creek Generating Statich is surrounded by extensive areas of tidal salt marsh and the nearest uplands are located approximately three miles to the east, therefore no significant adverse impacts will occur as a result of cooling tower operation.
PSE&G has satisfied the commitments unde this requirement.
No further monitoring is required."
BACKGROUND Condition No. 5, of NRC Construction Permit No. CPPR-120, issued for the Hope Creek Generating Station, required PSE&G to conduct a preoperational and operational monitoring program to evaluate the effects of salt deposition from the Hope Creek cooling tower on the environment.
PSE&G initinted a. salt drift monitoring program in August 1984 according
. the NRC approved study plan.
The goal of the study program was to collect preoperational and operational data on salt deposition and sodium chloride (Nacl) concentrations in vegetation and soils in the vicinity of Hope Creek Generating Station.
The preoperational monitoring program began in August 1984 and contir 'ed through December 1986.
PSE&G submitted the "Prr 11.ational Summary Report for Hope Creek Generating Station Salt. ift Monitoring Prooram, August 1984 to December 1986" to the NRC as an Appendix to the 1986 Annual Environmental Operating Report on April 30, 1987.
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l LCR H97-18 The operational monitoring program began in January 1987 and continued through March 1989.
PSE&G submitted the " Operational Summary Report for Hope Creek Generating Station Salt Drift Monitoring Program, January 1987 to March 1989" to the NRC on October 10, 1989. The operational report contained information i
that fulfilled the requirements of the final report, and therefore is considered the " Final Report".
The report discusses salt deposition data, native vegetation studies, comparison of estimated salt drift and deposition with actual data, l
environmental effects of salt drift and pre-and post-operational
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Currently, Section 4.2.2 includes the wording, " Annual monitoring
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reports shall be submitted to the NRC for review."
Since the completion of the study, PSE&G has not submitted any salt drift j
monitoring reports to the NRC.
These changes will remove this 1
wording and state that the study has been completed and no future j
actions are required.
JUSTIFICATION OF REQUESTED CHANGES The proposed changes to the Hope Creek operating license is administrative in nature and would in no way affect plant operation or accident analyses.
The proposed changes involve no increase in the amounts, and no changes in the types, of any effluents that may be released offsite.
There is no increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure associated with these changes.
Pursuant to 10CFR51.22 (b), PSE&G believes that no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment needs to be prepared in connection with these proposed changes.
As indicated in the proposed revision to Section 4.2.2 to Appendix B, the results of the monitoring program s) owed that only minor, localized effects of cooling tower drift deposition are occurring.
Higher deposition rates potentially attributable to the cooling tower were measured at only one location, which is on station property at a distance of 0.4 km toutheast of the cooling tower.
The salt deposition rate at this site is 113 i
2 mg/m / month, which is well below the deposition levels that have 2
been reported to cause vegetative damage of 10,000 mg/m / year.
These changes will only report the completion of the study and that no further activities are required.
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' Attachment 1 LCR H97-18 CONCLUSIONS The proposed changes' modify the section to document.-that the salt drift study was completed in 1989.
The changes clarify.that j-annual reports on the study are no longer required.
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