ML20272A146

NRC-2020-000123 - Resp 2 - Interim, Agency Records Subject to the Request Are Enclosed. Part 9 of 9

ML20272A146
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	09/24/2020
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From: Ford, William To: Folk, Kevin Cc: TurkeyPoint34SLR Resource

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TURKEY POINT: CCS 34 PSU Threshold and Subsequent Renewal Period Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 4:07:39 PM Importance: High Hi Kevin, Here is some suggested text in red for the final FSEIS to explains that the implications of the 34 PSU annual average salinity threshold in the CCS with respect to the beginning of the subsequent renewal period.

3.5.1.4 Adjacent Surface Water Quality and Cooling Canal System Operation Salinity Management Plan pgh 2 On June 20, 2016, a Consent Order (FDEP 2016a) was executed by FPL and the FDEP. The Consent Order requires FPL to maintain the average annual salinity of the CCS at or below 34 PSU. Further, it states that, [i]f FPL fails to reach an annual average salinity of at or below 34 PSU by the end of the fourth year of freshening activities, within 30 days of failing to reach the required threshold, FPL shall submit a plan to the [FDEP] detailing additional measures, and a timeframe, that FPL will implement to achieve the threshold. Subsequent to attaining the threshold in the manner set forth above, if FPL fails more than once in a 3 year period to maintain an average annual salinity of at or below 34 PSU, FPL shall submit, within 60 days of reporting the average annual salinity, a plan containing additional measures that FPL shall implement to achieve the threshold salinity level (FDEP 2016a).

This means that FPL has a requirement to reach the 34 PSU annual average salinity threshold in the CCS significantly before the beginning of the renewal period. If it fails to reach that threshold in the fourth year of freshening activities, FPL may be required by FDEP to take additional freshening activities. While it cannot be guaranteed that the FPL will achieve the 34 PSU threshold within the four-year timeframe; continued actions by FPL and regulatory oversight by the FDEP provide assurance that the CCS should reach the required PSU levels within or close to the beginning of the renewal period.

Thanks, Bill Ford 301-415-1263