RBG-44-543, NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 980519,sample Was Inadvertently Missed During Discharge of 19,575 Gallons of Rejected Water from Demineralizer Unit.Caused by Infrequent Discharges.Will Reemphasize Notification Requirements

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 980519,sample Was Inadvertently Missed During Discharge of 19,575 Gallons of Rejected Water from Demineralizer Unit.Caused by Infrequent Discharges.Will Reemphasize Notification Requirements

ML20195J564
Person / Time
Site:	River Bend
Issue date:	06/12/1998
From:	Stoma S ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
To:	Hart K, Levy LOUISIANA, STATE OF
References
RBG-44-543, NUDOCS 9811250014
Download: ML20195J564 (3)

Text

-

M, i 9 ENTERGY l" eve %irl"="" '"*

PO Box 220 l l

St. Franc:svme LA 70775 8

June 12,1998 Assistant Secretary Office of Water Resources '

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 82215 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2215 Attention: Kentya C. Hart

Subject:

May 1998 DMR " Failure To Monitor"

Reference:

Permit No.'s LWDPS WP0409 and NPDES LA0042731 File No.: G1.11.2 RBG - 44,543

Dear Ms. Levy:

This letter is being written in response to the telephone conversation I had with Kentya Hart on 6/11/98 concerning the missed permit sample for outfall 002, Permit No.'s NPDES LA0042731 and LWDPS WP0409. Due to infrequent discharges from permitted outfall 002 during the month of May, a sample was inadvertently missed during a discharge of 19,575 gallons of reject water from a water demineralizer unit used at the station. Station personnel failed to adequately communicate that a ,

/

discharge of ionic reject water was occurring on May 19,1998. As a result, during -

preparation of DMR's for May 1998 it was discovered that a discharge had occurred I without taking a sample. This reject water (outfall 002) normally flows to the Mississippi River via outfall 001. Recent ionic reject samples during the months of March and April 1998 showed very low TSS and O&G analytical results which is typical for this outfall. Based on historical data, there were no probable permit limit-f exceedances during this discharge. To prevent this incident from happening again, ]; (/ 7 3 procedural notification requirements will be reemphasized during upcoming training and administrative processes will be adjusted to compensate for any inadequacies concerning notification procedures during discharges.

9811250014 980612 8 ADOCK 0S00 gDR

I

~ June 12,'1998 RBG - 44,543 Page 2 of 2 Please contact me at (504) 381-4784 if you need any additional information regarding this matter.

Sin rely, m

Sitmuel K. Stoma -

'Sr. Environmental Specialist SKS/sks

MONTHl Y COMPLIANCE

SUMMARY

Permit Number: LA0042731 MonthNear: May,1998

• Facility Name: ENTERGY Type of Violation Permit Date of Duration of (Avg / Max, Bypass Cause of Violation Corrective Action or Other Narrative Overflow, Etc.) Limit Violation Viol.

inadequate Training and reinforcement of station TSS -30/100 5/19/98 66 minutes Failure to monitor communications procedural requirements to notify Outfall 002 for TSS & O&G - 15/20

' personnel of discharges will be O&G conducted. This is a one time occurrence and not typical of plant operations.

_ _ _ . - _ - - - . _ _ _ - _ _ . _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ - - - _ _ _ - _ - _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ - - - _ - - - - - _ _ _ - - _ - _ - - - - - - _ _ - - _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ - - - - _ -