ML20244C661

Environ Protection Plan (Nonradiological), App B to Licenses NPF-68 & NPF-81

ML20244C661
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	03/31/1989
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FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE N0. NPF-68 AND FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-81 V0GTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 GEORGIA POWER COMPANY DOCKET NOS. 50-424 AND 50-425 l

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1.0 Objectives of the Environmental Protection Plan The Envirombental Protection Plan (EPP) is to provide for protection of nonradiological environmental values during operation of the nuclear-facility..The principal objectives of the EPP are as follows:

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(1) Verify that the facility is-operated in an environmentally acceptable manner, as established by the Final Environmental Statement - Operating Licensing Stage (FES-OL) and other NRC environmental impact assessments.

(2) Coordinate NRC requirements and maintain consistency with other Federal, State and local requirements for environmental protection.

(3) Keep NRC informed of the environmental effects of facility construction and operatinn and of actions taken to control those effects.

i Environmental concerns identifiet in the FES-OL which relate to water quality 5

matters are reculated by way of the licensee's NJPDES permit.

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H 2.0 Environmental Protection Issues intheFES(NIIREG-1087),datedMarch,1985,thestaffconsideredthe

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environmental impacts associated with the operatice of the two unit t

Yogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP). Certain environmental issues were identified which required study, or license conditions to resolve j

concerns and assure adequate protection of the environment.

2.1 Aquatic !ssues No specific aquatic issues were identified in the FES-0L.

1 2.7 Terrestrial Issues I

No specific terrestrial issues were identified in the FES-OL.

l 2.3 Issues Related to Maintenance of Transmission Line Corriders P

Routine maintenance requirements for the extent of use of herbicides, trirrfrg of the trees, and for preservation of National Natural Landmarks and Historic Places are discussed in Section 4.2.3.

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-2) 2.4 Noise Issues Noise levels at residences along the transmission lines could be slightly above ambient levels. Ponitoring requirements for reise associated with transmission facilities are specified in Section 4.2.4.

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3.0 Consistency Requirements ~

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Plant Design and Operation The licensee may make changes in plant design or operation or perform 3

tests or experiments affecting the environment provided such activities de not involve an unreviewed environmental question and de not involve a change in the EPP*. Change's in plant design or operation or performance i

of tests or experiments which do not affect the environment are not sub,iect

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to the requirements of this EPP. Activities governed b.y Section 3.3 are not subject to the requirements of this Section.

Before engaging in additional construction or operational activities which 0

mav significantly affect the environment, the licensee shall preoarc and record an environmental evaluation of such activity. Activities are

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excluded from this requirement if all measurable nonradiological environ-mental effects are confined to the on-site areas p'reviously disturbed during site preparation and plant construction. When the evaluation e

indicates that such activity involves an unreviewed environmental question, the licensee shall provide a written evaluation of such activity and obtain

' prior NRC approval. When such activity involves a change in the EPP, such activity and change to the EPP may be implemented only in accordance with an appropriate license amendment as set forth in Section 5.3 of this EPP.

This provision does not relieve the licensee of the requirements of 10 CFR 50.59.

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A proposed change. test or experiment shall be deemed to involve an unreviewed environmental question if it concerns:

(1) a swtter which may-result in a significant increase in any adverse environmental impact previously evaluated in the FES-OL. environmental impact appraisals, or in any decisions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; or (2) a significant changeineffluentsorpowerlevel;or(3)amatter,notpreviouslyreviewed and evaluated in the documents specified in (1) of this Subsection. which I

may have a significant adverse environmental impact.

The licensee shall maintain records of changes in plant design or operation and of tests and experiments carried out pursuant to this Sub-section. These records shall include written evaluations which provide bases for the determination that the change, test, or experiment does not involve an unreviewed environmental question or constitute a decrease in the effectiveness of this EPP to meet the objectives specified in Section 1.0.

The licensee shall include as part of the Annual Environmental Operating Report (per Subsection 5.4.1) brief descriptions, analyses interpretations.

and evaluations of such changes, tests and experiments.

t 3.2 Reporting Related to the NPDES Pemit and State Certification Changes to, or renewals of, the NPDES Pemit or the State certification shall be reported to the NRC within 30 days following the date the change or renewal is approved. If a pemit or certification in part or in its entirety, is appealed and stayed, the NRC shall be notified within 30 days following the date the stay is granted.

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2 The licensee shall notify the NRC of changes to the effective NPDES Permit proposed by the licensee by providing NRC with a copy of the proposed change at the same time it is submitted to the permitting agency. The licensee shall provide the NRC 4 copy of the application for renewal of the NPDES Pernit at the same time the application is submitted to the permitting agency.

3.3 Changes Required for Compliance with Other Environmental Regulations Changes in plant design or operation and performance of tests or experiments "

which are required to achieve compliance with other Federal, State, and local environmental regulations are not subject to the requirements of Section 3.1.

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4.0 Environmental Conditions 4.1 linusual or Important Environmental Events 1

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Any occurrence of an unusual or important event that indicates or could result in significant environmental impact causally related to plant

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operation shall be recorded and reported to the NRC within FA hours followed by a written report per Subsection 5.4.2.

The following are examples: excessive bird impaction events; onsite plant or animal disease-outbreaks; mortality or unusual occurrence of any species protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973; fish kills or impingement events on the intake screens; increase in nuisance organisms or ennditions; unanticipated oremergencydischargeofwastewaterorchemicalsubstances;anddamageto vegetation resulting from cooling tower operations.

No routine monitoring programs are required to implement this condition.

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4.2.1 Aquatic Monitoring j

I The certifications and pemits required under the Clean Water Act provide mechanisms for protecting water quelity and, indirectly, aquatic biota.

The NRC will rely on the decisions made by the State of Georgia under the authority of the Clean Water Act for any requirements for aquatic monitoring.

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a 4.2.2 Terrestrial Monitoring i

Terrestrial monitoring is not required.

4.2.3 Maintenance of Transmission Line Corridors Tne use of herbicides within the Vogtle Electric Generating Plar.t transmission line corridors'(VEGP-Thalmann, VEGP-Scherer, Georgia side of l

-VEGP-South Carolina Electric and Gas, and VEGP-Goshen) shall conform to the -

approved use of selected herbicides as registered by the Environmental.

Protection Agency and approved by the State of Georgia authorities and applied as directed on the herbicide label.

1 Receeds shall be maintained in accordance with EPA or State of Georgia requirements by the licensee's Transmission Operating and Maintenance Department concerning herbicide use. Such records shall be made readily available to the NRC upon request. There shall be no routine reporting

. requirement associated with this condition.

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Any routine maintenance involving triming of the trees within the National Natural Landmark area necessary to maintain conductor clearance shall be donebyhand($ection5.2.2.FES-OL).

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Routine maintenance invn1ving triming of the trees within the National Register of Historic Places property necessary to maintain conductor i

clearance shall be done by hand (Memorandum of Agreement between Advisory u

. Council en Historic Preservation (ACHP), U.S. Nuclear Pegulatory Comission i

(NRC), State kiistoric Preservation Officer ($HP0) for Georgia Power Compan.v).

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_ Cultural Properties Along Transmission Line Corriders Routine maintenance activities in these areas will be in accordance with' the Final' Cultural Resource Management Plan.

4.2.4 Weise Monitoring Complaints received by Georgia Power Company regarding noise along the hich voltage transmission lines (VEGP-Goshen, VEGP-Scherer, VEGP-Thalman, and Georgia side of VEGP-5CEG) and a report of the actions taken in response to f

any complaints shall be submitted to the NRC in the annual report (FES-OL Section 5.12.2).

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5.1 Review and Audit

' The licer:see shall provide for review and audit of compliance with the EPP.

The audits shall be conducted independently of the individual or groups responsible for performing the specific activity. A description of the organization structure utilized to achieve the inefependent review and audit function and results of the audit activities shall be maintained and made available for inspection.

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-Recor.ds Retention Records and logs relative to the environmental aspects of station op? ration shall be made and retained in a manner converient for review and inspection.

These records and logs shall be made available to NP.C on request.

Records of modifications to station structures, systems and components, detemined to potentially affect the continued protection of the environ-l ment shall be retained for the life of the station. All other records, data and logs relating to this EPP shall be retained for five years or, where applicable, in accordance with the requirements of other agencbs.

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5.3 Changes in Environmental Protection Plan Request $ for changes in the EPP shall include an assessment of the environmeetet impact of the proposed change and a supporting. justification.

Implementation of such changes in the EPP shall not comence prior to NRC approval of the proposed changes in the fem of a license amendment

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incorporating the appropriate revision to the EPP.

l 5.4 Plant Reporting Requirements 5.4.1 Routine Reports An Annual Environmental Operating Report describing implementation of this EPP for the previous year shall be submitted to the NRC orfor to May 1 of each year. The period _ of the first report shall begin with the date of issuance of the Operating License for Unit 1. and the initial report shall be submitted prior to May 1 of the year following issuance of the Operating

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License for' Unit 1.

The report shall include sumaries and anal.vses of the results of the environmental protection activities required by Subsection 4.2 (if any) of j

this EPp for the report period, including a comparison with related preopera-tional studies.. operational controls (as appropriate), and previous nonradiological environmental monitoring reports, and.an assessment of the I

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effects or evidence of trends toward irreversible damage to the environment are observed, the licensee shall provide a detailed analysis of the data and a proposed course of mitigating action'.

The Annual Environmental Operating Report shall also include:

i fli A list of EPP noncompliance and the enrrective. actions taken to remedy them.

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A list of all changes in station design or operation, tests, and experiments made in accordance with Subsection 3.1 which involved i

a potentially significant unreviewed environmental question.

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(3) A list of nonroutine reports submitted in accordance with Subsectier 1

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In the event that some results are not available by the report due date, the i

report shall be submitted noting and explaining the missing results. The missing results shall be submitted as soon as possible in a supplementary report.

5.4.7 Nonroutine Reports A written report'shall be submitted to the NRC within 30 days of occurrence of a nonroutine event. The report shall: (a) describe, analyre, and evalunte 1

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the event, including extent and magnitude of the impact, and plant operating characteristics; (b) describe the probable cause of the event; (c) indicate the action taken to correct the reported event;.(d) indicate the corrective action taken to preclude repetition of the event and to prevent similar occurrences involving similar components or systems; and (e) indicate the agencies notified and their preliminary responses.

Events reportable under this subsection which also require reports to other Federal. State or_ local agencies shall be reported in accordance with those.

reporting requirements in lieu of the requirements of this subsection. The NRC shall be provided with a copy of such report at the same time it is submitted to the other agency.

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Accendix C Antitrust Conditions The following antitrust conditions are hereby incorporated in Facility Doerating Lfconse NPF-81:

-(1) As used herein:

(a) " Entity" means any financially responsible person, private or public corporation, municipality, county, cooperative, association, joint stock association or business trust, owning.. operating or proposing to own or operate equipment or facilities within the State of Georgia (other than Chatham, Effingham, Fannin, Towns and Union Counties) for. the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, provided that, except for municipalities, counties, or rural electric cooperatives, " entity" is restricted to those which are or will be public utilities under the laws of the State of Georgia or under the laws of the United States, and are or will be providing retail electric service under a contract or rate schedule on file with and subject to the regulation of the Public Service Cossiission of the State of Georgia or any regulatory agency of the United States, and provided further, that as to municipalities, counties or rural electric cooperatives, " entity".is restricted to those which provide electricity to the public at'rutail within the State of Georgia (other than Chatham, Effinpham, Fannin, Towns and Union Counties) or to responsible and legal.y qualified organizations of such municipalities, counties and/or cooperatives in the State of Georgia (other than Chatham, Effingham, Fannin, Towns and Union Counties) to the extent they may bind their mes6ers..

(b) " Licensee" means Georgia Power Company, any successor, assignee of this license, or assignee of all or substantially all of. Georgia l_

Power Company's assets, and any affiliate or subsidiary of Georgia Power Company to the extent it engages in the ownership of any bulk power supply generation or transmission resource in the State of Georgia (but specifically not including (1) flood rights and other land rights acquired in the State of Georgia incidental to hydro-electric generation facilities located in another state and (2) facilities located west of the thread of the stream on that part of the Chattahoochee River serving as the boundary between the i

States of Georgia and Alabama).

(2) Licensee recognizes that it is often in the public interest for those engaging in bolk power supply and purchases to interconnect, coordinate for reliability and economy, and engage in bulk power supply transactions in order to increase interconnected system reliability and reduce the costs of electric power. Such arrangements must provide for licensee's costs (including a reasonable returns in connection therewith and allow other participating entities full access to the benefits available from interconnected bulk power supply operations and must provide not benefits to licensee.

In entering into such arrangements neither licensee nor any other participant should be recuired to violate the principles of sound engineering practice or forego a reasonably contemporaneous altern-ative arrangement with another, developed in good faith in arins length

e-2 negotiations (but not including arrangements between licensee and its affiliates or subsidiaries which impair entities' rights hereunder more than they would be impaired were such arrangements made in good faith between licensee and a non-affiliate or non-subsidiary) which affords it greater benefits. Any such arrangement must provide for adequate notice and joint planning procedures consistent with sound. engineering practice, and must relieve licensee from obligations undertaken by it in the event such procedures are not followed by any participating entity.

licensee recognizes that each entity may acquire some or all of its bulk power supply from sources other than applicant.

In the implementation of the obligations stated in the succeeding para-graphs, licensee and entities shall act in accordance with the foregoing orinciples, and these princiofes are conditions to each of ifcensee's obligations herein undertaken.

(3) Licensee shall interconnect with any entity which provides, or which has undertaken firm contractual obligations to provide, some or all of its bulk power supply from sources other than licensee on terms to be included in an interconnection agreement which shall provide for accropriate allo-cation of the costs of interconnection facilities; provided, however,- that if an entity undertakes to negotiate'such a fim contractual obligation, the licensee shall, in good faith, negotiate with such entity concerning any proposed interconnection. Such interconnection agreement shall provide, without undue preference or discrimination,'for the following, among other things, insofar as consistent with the operating necessities of licensee's T

and any participating entity's systems:

(a) maintenance and coordination of reserves, including, where appropriate, the purchase and sale thereof, (b) emergency support, (c) maintenance support, (d) economy energy exchanges, (e) purchase and sale of finn and non-fim capacity and energy, (f) economic dispatch of power resources within the State of Georgia, provided, however, that in no event shall such arrangements impose a higher I

percentage of reserve requirements on the participating entity than that maintained-by licensee for similar resources.

i (4) Licensee shall sell full requirements power to any entity. Licensee i

shall sell partial requirements power to any entity. Such sales shall be I

made pursuant to rates on file with the Federal Power Consnission, or any successor regulatory agency, and subject to reasonable terms and conditions.

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3 (5) (a) Licensee shall transmit (" transmission service") bulk oower over its system to any entity or entities with which it is interconnected, pursuant.to rate schedules on file with the Federal Power Comission which will fully compensate licensee for the use of its system. to the extent that such arrangements can be acconnodated from.a functional engineering standpoint and to the extent that licensee has surolus line capacity or reasonably available funds to finance new construction for this purpose. To the extent the entity or entitles are able, they shall reciprocally provide transmission service to 11censee. Trans-mission service will be provided under this subparagraph for the delivery of power to an entity for its or its members' consumption and retail distribution or for casual resale to another entity for (1) its consumption or (2) its retail distribution. Nothing contained herein shall require the licensee to transmit bulk power so as to have the effect of making the Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") or its dis-

- tributors, directly or indirectly, a source of power supply outside-the area determined by the TVA Board of Directors by resolution of May 16, 1966 to be the area for which the TVA or its distributors were the ortmary source of oower supply on July 1,1957, the date specified in the Revenue Bond Act of 195g,16 USC 831 n-4 (b) Licensee shall transmit over its system from any entity or entities l

with which it is interconnected, pursuant to rate schedules on file with the Federal Power Comission which will fully compensate licensee for the use of its system, bulk power which results from any such entity having excess capacity available from self-owned generating

,i resources in the State of Georgia, to the extent such excess necessarily; results from economic unit. sizing.or from failure to forecast load accurately or from such generating resources becoming operational earlier than the planned in-service date, to the extent that such arrangements can be accommodated from a functional engineering stand-point, and to the extent licensee has surplus line capacity available.

(6) Upon. request, licensee shall provide service to any entity purchasing partial requirements service, full requirements service or transmission service from licensee at a delivery voltage appropriate for loads served by such entity, commensurate with licensee's available transmission facilities. Sales of such service shall be made pursuant to rates on file with the Federal Power Comission or any successor regulatory agency, and subject to reasonable terms and conditions.

(7) Upon reasonable notice licensee shall grant any entity the cooortunity l

to purchase an appropriate share in the ownership of, or, at the cotton of the entity, to purchase an aoorocriate share of unit power from, each i

of the following nuclear generating units at licensee's costs, to the ex-l tent the same are constructed and operated: Hatch 2. Vogtle 1. Vogtle 2 and any other nuclear generating unit constructed by licensee in the State of Georgia which, in the apo11 cation filed with the USAEC or its successor agency, is scheduled for comercial operation prior to January 1, 1989.

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4 An entity's. request for a share must have regard for. the economic size of such. nuclear unit (s), for the entity's load size, growth and characteristics.,

and for demands upon licensee's system from other entities and licensee's retail customers, all in accordance with sound engineering practice.- Execu-tory agreements to accomplish the foregoing shall contain orovisions reascnably specified by licensee requiring the entity to consumate and pay for such purchase by an early date or dates certain.

For ourposes of this provision, " unit power" shall mean capacity and associated energy from i

a specified generating unit.

(8) To effect the foregoing conditions, the following staps shall be taken:

(a) Licensee shall file with the appropriate regulatory authorities and.

thereafter maintain in force as needed an appropriate transmission tariff available to any entity; (b) Licensee shall file with the appropriate regulatory authorities and thereafter maintain in force as needed an appropriate partial require-ments tariff available to any entity; licensee shall have its liability <

limited to the partial requirements service actually contracted for and the entity shall be made responsible for the security of the bulk oower-supply resources acquired by the entity from sources other than the.

. licensee; (c) Licensee shall. amend the general tems and conditions of its current Federal Power Commission tariff and thereafter maintain in force as needed provisions to enable any entity to receive bulk power at trans-mission voltage at appropriate rates; (d) Licensee shall not have the unilateral right to defeat the intended access by each entity to alternative sources of bulk power sucoly ero-vided by the conditions to this license; but licensee shall retain the right to seek regulatory approval of changes in its tariffs to the end that it be adequately compensated for services it provides, specifically including, but not limited to, the provisions of Section 205 of the Federal Power Act;

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(e) Licensee shall use its best efforts to amend any outstanding contract to which it is a party that contains provisions which ara inconsistent with the conditions of this license; (f) Licensee affims that no consents are or will become necessary frofr licensee's parent, affiliates or subsidiaries to enable licensee to carry out its obligations hereunder or to enable the entities to en. icy 1

their rights hereunder; (g) All provisions of these conditions shall be subject to and implemented in accordance with the laws of the United States and of the State of Georgia, as applicable, and with rules, regulations and orders of agencies of both, as applicable.

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Docket No. 50-424,.50-425 Amendment to Indemnity Agreement No. B-107 Amendment No. 5 I

Effective March 31 1989

, Indemnity Agreement No. B107, between Georgia J

Power Company, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Municipal Electric Authority of j

Georgia, City of Dalton, Georgia and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, dated j

August 21, 1986, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:

j Item 3 of the Attachment to the indemnity agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:

4 Item 3 License number or numbers a.

SNM-1967 (From 12;01 a.m., August 21, 1986, to 12 midnig t, January 15, 1987 inclusive NPF-61 (From 12:01 a.m., January 16, 1987, to 12 midnight, March 15, 1987, j

inclusive)

NPF-68 (From12:01a.m., March 16,1987)

SNM-1981 (From 12:01 a.m., July 13, 1988, to 12 midnig t, February 8, 1989, inclusive NPF-79 (From 12:01 a.m., February 9, 1989, to 12 midnig t, March 30, 1989, inclusive NPF-81 (From 12:01 a.m., March 31, 1989

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FOR THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Cecil 0. Thomas, Chief Policy Development and Technical Support Branch Program Management, Policy Development and Analysis Staff Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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, 1989 By By Municipal Electric Authority City of Dalton, Georgia of Georgia i

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