SNRC-1579, 1988 Annual Environ Operating Rept

1988 Annual Environ Operating Rept

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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	12/31/1988
From:	Leonard J LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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SNRC-1579, NUDOCS 8905050203
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! SNRC-1579 Page 1 1968 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT Shoreham Nuclear Power Station l

l 1.0 Introduction Appendix B to the operating license for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station (SNPS) is entitled Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological). This document requires the submission of an Annual Environmental Operating Report prior to May 1 each year for the previous calendar year. The report which follows is submitted in fulfillment of this requirement. It documents implementation of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) and addresses all study, recording and reporting requirements of the Plan.

The period covered in this Annual Environmental Operating Report is from January 1; 1988 to December 31, 1988. During this period Shoreham's operating license remained restricted to 5% power and the effect of SNPS on the environment was negligible. l 2.0 EPP Non-Compliances (Section 5.4.1 of EPP)

None 3.0 Changes in Facility Design or Operation Involving an Unreviewed Environmental Question (Section 3.1 of EPP)

None 4.0 List of Non-Routine Reports (Section 5.4.2 of EPP)

None 5.0 List of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES)

Permit Related Reports Sent to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Relating to Matters in EPP Section 2.1 (Section 5.4.1 of EPP) 5.1 Aquatic monitoring - thermal effects None; not required until full power operation 5.2 Aquatic monitoring - intake related effects None; not required until full power operation 8905050203 881231 PDR ADOCK 05000322 fgA$

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SNRC-1579 L Page 2 6.0 Summary of Environmental Protection Activities Required by EPP Section 4.2 6.1 Groundwater Well Monitoring l

l As required by the EPP, an NRC approved groundwater well l monitoring program has been established at the Shoreham 1 Station. The program is intended to demonstrate that  !

extraction of groundwater from station supply wells for plant operation does not adversely impact offsite private water supplies either due to excessive drawdown l

or saltwater intrusion. Presently, ne routine reporting is required except that if unusual or adverse effects are noted, a report shall be issued pursuant to EPP Section 4.1 (Unusual or Important Environmental Events).

Although not yet required by the EPP, which calls for the program to commence at the initiation of testing above 5% power, LILCO began sampling in 1987 to establish baseline water levels and chloride content.

6.2 Protection of Wading River Marsh  !

Protection of Wading River Marsh, particularly from drifting sand, was of concern during construction of the plant. The construction permit directed LILCO to protect the marsh from drifting sand through use of ground cover, other vegetation and administrative action. Now that construction has ended, the potential for adverse effects has diminished. However, flushing rater of the marsh were being threatened by buildup of a sandbar at the creek mouth until it was dredged by the Town of Riverhead in October 1987 and June-July 1988 (see Section 6.3).

Aside from the projections offered by the EPP, the Wading River marsh is protected through New York State {

Wetlands laws and regulations; any activities that might affect the marsh in any way cannot be conducted without ,

permission and permits from NYSDEC. There is no routine reporting requirement for this item.

6.3 Beach Erosion Monitoring and Replenishment Section 4.2.3 of the EPP requires monitoring of beach sand accumulation and/or erosion in the vicinity of the plant site. Any beach material eroded from east of the ,

plant's jettles'is to be replaced with accumulated sand j dredged from the plant intake or from the mouth of  !

Wading River Creek. Monitoring, maintenance dredging  !

and beach replenishment are also required to meet l l

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~SNRC-1579 Page 3 l and beach replenishment are also required to meet I

conditions of a Shoreham Technical Specification and the State Water Quality Certification issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The work is generally conducted each spring to clean the intake yl canal and the mouth of Wading River Creek of sand that i

has accumulated since the previous dredging. These activities are carried out under dredging and wetlands )

permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the ]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 1 and the Town of Brookhaven.

I Maintenance dredging and beach replenishment was not conducted by LILCO in 1986 or 1987 because the New York State Department of State (DOS) declined to 7ncur with LILCO's certification that the proposed dredoing was consistent with New York's Coastal Managemerc Program.

DOS approval is required for the Army Corps of Engineers to issue the required maintenance permit to dredge. The previous ten year Army Corps permit had expired in 1985, the year of LILCO's last significant dredging.

In 1988 the Company received a favorable decision from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce on its appeal against DOS' refusal to make the required

" consistency" determination. The Corps subsequently issued the required permit and dredging of the intake canal was initiated in December 1988 with the expected completion sometime in 1989. This dredging is intended to re-establish the design depths of the intake canal ,

and bring it within Technical Specification requirements.

6.4 Herbicide Usage Section 4.2.4 of the EPP requires that records be maintained of any herbicides utilized on the plant's transmission line rights-of-way. These records, which are also required to be kept, for review by NYSDEC for a period of 3 years, are maintained in t5e appropriate Divisional Offices at LILCO. There is no routine reporting associated with this item.

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JOHN D. LEONARD, JR.

V1CE PRESIDENT NUCLE AR OPERATIONS i

' SNRC-1579 APR 2 81989 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comicission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 1988 Annual Environmental Operating Report l Shoreham Nuclear Power Station - Unit 1 l Docket No. 50-322 1

Gentlemen:  ;

Attached is a copy of the 1988 Annual Environmental Operating Report for the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station.

This report is being submitted in accordance with the requirement contained in Section 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Operating License NPF-36.

If.there are any questions, please contact this office.

Very truly yours,

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