NRC-10-0038, Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report for 2009

Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report for 2009

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Joseph H.

Joseph H. Plona Plona Presidentl Site Vice Presideni.

6400 N.

N.Dixie Highway, Newport, !viI MI 48166 734.586.5910 Fax: 734.586.4172 Tel: 7:34.58G.5910 734.586.4172 DYE Energy*

April 2010 28, 2010

Apri128, NRC-10-0038 NRC-10-0038 u.

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Document Control Desk Attention: Document Washington Washington DCD C 20555-0001

Reference:

Fermi 2 NRC Docket No. 50-341 NRC License No. NPF-43

Subject:

Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Environmental Operating Report Environmental Protection Plan, enclosed Pursuant to Section 5.4.1 of the Environmental Pursuant enclosed is the 2009 Non-Radiological Environmental Annual Non-Radiological Annual Operating Report for Fermi 2.

Environmental Operating Should you have any questions regarding this report, please contact Rodney W.

(734) 586-5076.

Johnson, Manager, Nuclear Licensing, at (734)

Sincerely, Lf~II/fo'~

Enclosure cc: Manager NRC Project Manager NRC Resident Office Office Chief, Branch 4, Region III Reactor Projects Chief, Regional Administrator, Region III Supervisor, Electric Operators, Michigan Public Service Commission Commission

~~Fermi 2 J Environmental Control Sis Yours 2009 Annual Non-RadiologicalNon-Radiological Environmental Operating Report Detroit Edison - Fermi 2 6400 North Dixie Highway Newport, MI 48166 Reporting Reporting Period:

January 1, 2009 to December December 31, 31, 2009

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Operating Report Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page 1 2009 ANNUAL ANNUAL NON-RADIOLOGICAL NON-RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE CONTENTS Section Section Page Number Number Number 1.0 EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY

1.0

SUMMARY

2

2.0 INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION 3 2.1 Purpose 3 2.2 Environmental Protection Plan Overview Environmental Overview 3 2.3 Annual Report Objectives Objectives 4 2.4 Site Description Description 5 TERRESTRIAL MONITORING 3.0 TERRESTRIAL MONITORING 5 MONITORING 4.0 HERBICIDE MONITORING 6 5.0 AQUATIC MONITORING AQUATIC MONITORING 7 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN NONCOMPLIANCES NONCOMPLIANCES 8 7.0 DESIGN OR OPERATION OPERATION CHANGES CHANGES 8 8.0 UNUSUAL OR IMPORTANT IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS 9 CONCLUSIONS

9.0 CONCLUSION

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2009 Annual Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Environmental Operating Report Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page 2 2009 ANNUAL NON-RADIOLOGICAL ANNUAL NON-RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL 1.0 EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY

summary of the 2009 Annual Non-Radiological The following is a brief summary Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report for the Detroit Edison Enrico Fermi Unit 2 Power Plant (Fermi 2):

Operating

• • No telTestrial terrestrial monitoring activities were conducted, conducted, or required to comply with the Fermi 2 Operating Operating License in 2009.

• • Six herbicides herbicides were used on site. All herbicides were applied within the parameters parameters of site procedures, in compliance compliance with State and Federal requirements.

ITC Transmission cunently currently owns and operates the transmission infrastructure, infrastructure, including the corridor rights-of-way where herbicides herbicides are applied. Eleven herbicides herbicides were used in the transmission corridor rights-of-way. All herbicides transmission cOlTidor herbicides were applied within parameters parameters of ITC procedures, procedures, in compliance compliance with State and and Federal requirements.

• • During the period covered covered by this report, there were no changes to station design that created environmental question, per the requirements and created an unreviewed environmental and Environmental Protection Plan (EPP).

definitions of the Environmental

• • No unusual or important environmental environmental events, events, as defined by the EPP, OCCUlTed.

occurred.

Accordingly, Accordingly, no nonroutine nonroutine reports were submitted.

• • No noncompliances noncompliances with the Fermi 2 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination occurred in 2009.

System (NPDES) Permit OCCUlTed

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Operating Report Detroit Detroit Edison Fermi 22 Page Page 3 ANNUAL NON*

2009 ANNUAL NON-RADIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL

2.0 INTRODUCTION

2.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to provide the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), site personnel, and the public with information regarding the implementation implementation of the Non-Radiological Environmental Environmental Protection Program (EPP) at the Detroit Edison Enrico Fermi Unit 2 Power Plant (Fermi 2). This report is due prior to May 11 of each year and requirements specified in Section 5.4.1 of the Fermi 2 Non-Radiological meets the requirements Non-Radiological EPP, which is included in Appendix B of Facility Operating License No. NPF-43.

2.2 Environmental Protection Plan Overview Overview As part of the application for the nuclear nuclear power plant construction permit and operating operating license, extensive environmental environmental studies were evaluate potential conducted to evaluate potential non-environmental risks that could result from the construction and operation radiological environmental operation ofof Fermi 2.

2. In August 1981, 1981, the NRC published the Final Environmental Statement Statement (FES) for the operation of Fermi 2. The FES was developed pursuant to the guidelines of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 51.

The EPP was prepared, based on the potential environmental environmental risks and monitoring requirements identified identified in the FES. The The purpose of the EPP is to provide for the environment dming protection of the environment during any additional construction construction and the continued continued operation operation of Fermi Fermi 2. The principle objectives objectives of the EPP are as follows:

1. Verify that Fermi 2 is operated in an environmentally environmentally acceptable acceptable manner, as established by the FES established FES and Environmental Environmental Impact assessments.

assessments.

Coordinate NRC requirements and maintain consistency

2. Coordinate consistency with other Federal, State State and and local requirements for environmental environmental protection.

protection.

3. Keep Keep the NRC informed informed ofof the environmental environmental effects effects of facility construction construction and and operation, operation, and of actions taken taken to control control those effects.

effects.

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report Environmental Operating Detroit Edison Fermi Fermi 2 Page 4 The components components of the EPP are as follows:

1. A terrestrial

1. telTest11al monitoring program program to detect long-term long-term or sudden changes changes in vegetation vegetation that may be attributable to the dispersion of Fermi Felmi 2 cooling tower vapor. The terrestrial monitoring program was completed telTestrial completed in 1994, after 4 successive monitoring cycles were completed, as required.

2. A program to establish establish the controlled use of herbicides within transmission transmission rights-of-way.

3.3. A program to ensure that changes changes to Fermi 2 design or operation and potential tests or experiments are adequately experiments adequately reviewed reviewed prior to implementation implementation to avoid adverseadverse environmental impacts not previously evaluated. Changes in plant design, operation, tests or experiments experiments which do not affect the environment environment or which are required to compliance with other Federal, State or local environmental achieve compliance environmental regulations, are not subject to the requirements requirements of this EPP.

4. Routine Routine monitoring monitoring for evidence evidence of unusual or important environmental events.

important environmental

5. Any changes,

5. changes, renewals or stayed appeals to the Fermi 22 National National Pollution Discharge Elimination Elimination System (NPDES) Pelmit,Permit, or the State certification, must be reported reported to the NRC within 30 days.

2.3 Annual Report Objectives According to Section 5.4.1 of the EPP, the required objectives objectives of the Annual Report are as follows:

• • Provide summaries summaries and analyses of the results of environmental environmental protection activities conducted in the following areas: unusual or important environmental environmental events and and terrestrial monitoring (includes aerial remote sensing and herbicide application).

telTestrial Where Where applicable, the report should compare compare these activities activities to pre-operational pre-operational operational controls, observed studies, operational environmental impacts, and previous observed environmental nonradiological environmental monitoring reports. Provide detailed data analysis and nonradiological environmental and a proposed proposed course of action if harmfulhmmful effects effects or evidence evidence of trends towards irreversible in'eversible damage to the environment are identified.

• • Describe any changes to the Fermi 2 design, operation, testing or experimentation experimentation that were implemented implemented without adequate review that adversely impacted, or could have environment, in accordance adversely impacted, the environment, accordance with Section 3.1 of the EPP.

• • Describe any non-compliance non-compliance with the EPP and the cOlTective corrective actions taken to correct con'ect the non-compliances.

non-compliances.

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Report Environmental Report Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page PageS5

• .. Describe any nonroutine Describe nonroutine reports submitted submitted to the NRC as the result of an unusual or or environmental event, in accordance with Section 5.4.2 of the EPP.

important environmental 2.4 Site Description Description Fermi 2 operates operates a 3,430 megawatt (gross) thermal General Electric Boiling Water Water Reactor 4 Nuclear Nuclear Power Power Plant. The FermiFermi 2 power block is situated in the northeast northeast quarter of a 1,260-acre 1,260-acre site that is located approximately 6 miles east-northeast east-northeast of of Monroe, Michigan Michigan and 30 miles southwest of Detroit, Michigan. The site is fenced with locked or guarded gates.

The Enrico Fermi 1 Power Plant (Fermi 1) is on the site as well. Felmi Fermi 1 was an experimental breeder reactor that is presently in a SAFSTOR experimental fast breeder SAFSTOR condition and is cunently undergoing decommissioning. Subsequent currently undergoing Subsequent to shut down, an oil-fired oil-fired boiler was constructed. Operation of this boiler ceasedceased in 1980 and it was removed from site in 1999.

Contiguous to the site are four oil-fired combustion turbine generators (CTGs), which are periodically operated operated during periods of high electricity demand. Also, there is an emergency emergency backup diesel generator generator for the site's station blackout (SBO) combustion turbine generator (CTG-1l-1),

(CTG-11-1), located adjacent adjacent to the combustion combustion turbine generators. In addition, five 2-megawatt SBO diesel generators are being installed installed in this area to eventually place of CTG-11-1.

eventually take the place CTG-11-1.

The site is bounded bounded on the north by SwanSwan Creek, on the east by Lake Elie, Erie, on the south by Pointe Aux Peaux Peaux Road, and on the west by a private road owned by Detroit Edison. The northel11 northern and southel11 southern areas of the site are dominated dominated by large lagoons. The western westel11 side of the site is predominately covered by several wood lots and a series of small quany predominately covered quarry lakes. Site elevation ranges from approximately approximately 25 feet above lake level on the westel11western edge of the site to lake level on the eastern eastel11 edge.

Per a Cooperative Agreement betweenbetween Detroit Edison and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Lagoona Beach Beach Unit of the Detroit River River International Intel11ational Wildlife Refuge has been located located on site since September September 2003.

3.0 TERRESTRIAL MONITORING Overview Overview Section 4.2.1 of the Fermi 2 EPP required required that a special surveillance surveillance program be conducted conducted to evaluate evaluate changes to vegetative communities within a 1 kilometer radius of vegetative communities of the cooling towers. This program involved analysis of low altitude altitude over flights prior to harvest utilizing color infrared infrared photography, backed up by field reconnaissancereconnaissance inspections to verify areas of vegetative stress and nonstress nonstress along with soil sampling and sampling and

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Environmental Operating Operating Report Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page 6 analysis. The first flights and report were required after one year of plant operation operation and and then every alternate alternate year for 3 successive periods.

It should be noted that the above-described above-described studies were not conducted to assess radiological radiological impacts to the terrestrial terrestrial environment, because discharge discharge from the cooling cooling towers is not radiologically radiologically active.

Activities Activities and Controls The final required aerial photographic events were performed pelformed in 1994 and a final terrestrial summarizing all collected telTestrial monitoring report summarizing collected data was completed in April 1995.

The report concluded concluded the following:

• • No long-term accumulation deposition was detected accumulation of dissolved solid deposition detected in any of the soil samples collected within the survey area.

• • No vegetative stress associated with cooling tower emission emission was observed in any of of the survey reports.

• • No con-elation correlation was observed between the distribution of stressed stressed vegetation vegetation areas and the calculated calculated deposition of dissolved solids and other materials contained contained within the vaporous cooling tower discharge.

• • The absence absence of observed observed impacts impacts attributable attributable to the cooling towers is consistent with findings in the scientific scientific literature.

terrestrial monitoring activities were conducted, or required, under the Fermi 2 No telTestrial Operating Operating License in 2009. Based on the findings and conclusions presented presented in the 1995 report, no further aerial photographic photographic evaluations are planned.

4.0 MONITORING HERBICIDE MONITORING Overview Overview Section 4.2.2 of the Fermi 2 EPP requires that herbicide herbicide use meet the following conditions:

1. Herbicides

1. Herbicides used must be registered by the United States Environmental Environmental Protection Protection Agency (EPA) and utilized in accordance accordance with EPA approved use instructions.

2. Herbicides Herbicides used must be approved by State authorities and applied in accordance accordance with state instructions.

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Operating Environmental Operating Report Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page 7

3. Records Records of herbicide herbicide use within the cOlTidor rights-of-way must be maintained for a corridor rights-of-way period of 5 years and contain period contain the following information:

information: commercial commercial and chemical chemical names of herbicide used; concentration concentration of active active material material in formulations formulations diluted for field use; diluting substances other than water; rates of application; total pounds used; method and frequency frequency of application; location; and, date of application.

application.

Activities and Controls Activities herbicide application The herbicide application program, detailed detailed in a conduct manual, is designed designed to maintain maintain records for herbicide herbicide application on-site. Six herbicides were used on-site. All herbicides were applied within the parameters herbicides parameters of site procedures and in compliance with State and Federal Federal requirements.

The transmission infrastructure infrastructure is currently currently owned and operated by ITC Transmission.

Records pertaining Records pertaining to the application application of herbicides within the rights-of-way rights-of-way have been obtained from ITC Transmission.

Transmission. These records include include extensive mapping of the Wayne-Monroe and Brownstown-Fermi Wayne-Monroe Brownstown-Fermi transmission transmission corridors showing locationlocation and and herbicide application. Data regarding method for herbicide application. regarding chemical chemical name, concentration, concentration, diluting substance, rate of application and total pounds used, method and frequency of application, location and date of application was provided location provided for 2009. Eleven herbicides herbicides were approved approved and used within the rights-of-ways. All herbicides herbicides within the rights-of-way rights-of-way were applied applied within the parameters parameters of ITC procedures, procedures, in compliance compliance with State and Federal requirements.

requirements.

5.0 AQUATIC MONITORING AQUATIC MONITORING Overview Overview According to Section 2.1 of the EPP, the NRC will rely on the Michigan According Michigan Department Department of of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) for the protection of the aquatic environment environment from nonradiological nonradiological operational impacts via the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit. NPDES permits are issued in Discharge Elimination in accordance with provisions of the Federal accordance Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 (33 U.S.C. 1251 1251 et seq.), Michigan Michigan Act 451, 451, P.A. of 1994, 1994, as amended, Part 31, 31, and Michigan Executive Executive Orders 1991-31, 1991-31, 1995-4 1995-4 and 1995-18.

1995-18.

Activities Activities and Controls Fermi 2 Chemistry Department Department closely monitors monitors effluent characteristics characteristics per the NPDES requirements. Effluent Effluent discharge data are summarized monthly Discharge summarized in monthly Discharge Monitoring Monitoring Reports, which are then submitted to the DNRE.

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Environmental Environmental Operating Report Detroit Edison Edison Fermi Fermi 2 Page 88 NPDES Permit Changes Fermi 2 applied for renewal of its NPDES Permit on April 1, 1, 2009.

Non-compliances in 2009 NPDES Non-compliances noncompliances with the Fermi 2 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System No noncompliances occurred in 2009.

(NPDES) Permit occun-ed 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN NON-COMPLIANCES ENVIRONMENTAL NON-COMPLIANCES Overview Overview In accordance with Section Section 5.4.1 of the EPP, all occun-ences occurrences of non-compliance non-compliance with the EPP must be reported along with a discussion of actions taken to correct the situation.

Activities and Controls Activities No incidents of EPP noncompliance occurred at Fermi noncompliance occun-ed Fermi 22 in 2009.

7.0 DESIGN OR OPERATION CHANGES CHANGES Overview Overview In accordance accordance with the Fermi 2 EPP, before engaging in additional construction construction or operational activities, activities, which might affect affect the environment, Fermi 2 is required to prepare and record an environmental environmental evaluation evaluation of such activity. If the evaluation evaluation should indicate that the proposed proposed activity involves involves an unreviewed environmental question, Detroit Edison unreviewed environmental must provide provide a written evaluation of the activity and obtain prior approval written evaluation approval from the Director, Office of Nuclear Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Activities Activities are excluded from this requirement requirement if all measurable, nonradiological nonradiological effects effects are confined to the on-site areas previously previously disturbed during site preparation preparation and plant construction.

Activities Activities and Controls During the period period covered covered by this report, there were were no changes changes to station design or or operational operational activities that created created an unreviewed unreviewed environmental environmental question question per thethe requirements requirements of the EPP.

2009 Annual Non-Radiological Non-Radiological Environmental Environmental Operating Report Detroit Detroit Edison Fermi 2 Page 9 8.0 UNUSUAL UNUSUAL OR IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS Overview Overview According to Section 4.1 of the EPP, any unusual OCCUlTence occurrence or important event which indicates, or could result in, significant environmental impact causally related to plant operation must be reported to the NRC within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br />, followed by a written report within 30 days.

The following are considered considered examples examples of unusual or important environmental environmental events:

• • Excessive bird impacts

• • On-site plant or animal disease outbreaks

• • Mortality or unusual OCCUlTence M011ality occurrence of any species protected protected by the Endangered Species Act

• • Fish kills Fish

• • Increase in nuisance organisms or conditions Activities and Controls Activities No unusual or important important environmental environmental events events occurred occulTed during 2009. Accordingly, Accordingly, no nonroutine reports reports were submitted.

9.0 CONCLUSION

S CONCLUSIONS In 2009, 2009, the environmental environmental health program program at Fermi 2 successfully successfully maintained maintained compliance compliance with the EPP and and all applicable environmental environmental regulations.