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| number = ML20154F227
| issue date = 10/02/1998
| title = Provides follow-up to Addendum for 980202,0413 & 0611 Sixty Day Oil Spill Repts,Submitted on 980908.Included Are Results of Sediment Samples Collected from Connecticut River & Results of Sediment Samples Previously Taken,For Comparison
| author name = Mellor R
| author affiliation = CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER CO.
| addressee name = Tordoff D
| addressee affiliation = ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
| docket = 05000213
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| document report number = CY-98-176, NUDOCS 9810090119
| document type = CORRESPONDENCE-LETTERS, EXTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE
| page count = 8
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Mr. David Tordoff, On-Scene Coordinator U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1 J. F. Kennedy Federal Building
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June 11.1998 Sixtv (60) Dav Oil Soill Reoorts

==Dear Mr. Tordoff:==

On February 2,1998, April 13,1998, and June 11,1998, sixty (60) day oil spill reports were                  I submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describing sheens that were observed at the water intake structure and in the discharge canal of Connecticut Yankee                   .
l Atomic Power Company's (CYAPCO) Haddam Neck Plant during 1997 and 1998. An addendum to those sixty day oil spill reports was submitted on September 8,1998m The           .
following supplements the subject reports as further investigation has been performed to determine the cause of the sheens near the intake structure.
As referenced in past reports, bubbles were observed rising from the sediments near the intake structure. Some of these bubbles released an oily sheen when they came to the surface. These sheens collect and are absorbed on the booms surrounding the intake structure and/or across the discharge canal. Scuba divers sampled the river sediments in front of the intake structure on June 25,1998, July 1,1998 and on July 15, 1998 to try and identify the source of these bubbles. Samples were analyzed for total petroleum hydrocarbons, oil and grease, and some were analyzed for diesel range organics by Gas Chromatography Flame Ionization Detector (GC/FID). Results of these analyses showed hundreds of parts per million levels of oil and grease and total
  .          petroleum hydrocarbons in the sediments within the boomed area of the CYAPCO intake structure.                                                                                       Gl 1
                                ),                                                                                 f (1)     CYAPCO Letter from R.A. Mellor to Mr. David Tordoff, " Addendum to February 2,1998, April 13,1998 and June 11,1998 Sixty (60) Day Oil Spill Reports" dated September 8,1998.
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!                CY-96176/Page 2 Based on these results, CYAPCO believes that petroleum products trapped in the river sediments were the likely cause of at least some of the sheens observed near the intake structure and in the discharge canal it appears that the petroleum products in these sediments are slowly decomposing and releasing oily sheens. These sheens then collect inside the booms around our intake structure and are carried through our plant.
In an effort to gather information regarding the potential source of the oil in the river sediments, scuba divers on September 4,1998, collected Connecticut River sediment samples upstream, downstream and across the river from CYAPCO. Results of these samples are included in Attachment A. Attachment B provides results of intake sediment samples previously submitted, and are included for comparison. The results of the samples clearly show that similar concentrations of oil and grease are present in the river sediments taken from the other locations in the Connecticut River. This is                                  ,
consistent with our assumption that the oil and grease in the intake sediments is the result of pre-existing river sediment contamination and not the result of activities from the plant.
CYAPCO plans to continue using sorbent booms, as necessary, as a protective i
measure to prevent any future sheens from entering the environment through our cooling water system. CYAPCO will continue to periodically monitor the intake l
structure and discharge canal for oil sheens.
Should you have any questions, please call Mr. Paul Brindamour, Environmental -
l Coordinator, at (860) 267-3510.
!                                                                                   Very truly yours,
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N, Russell A.Mellor l                                                                                    Vice President - Operations and Decommissioning I
Attachments cc:              NRC, Document Control Desk Mr. William J. Raymond, NRC, Senior Resident inspector
:                                 Mr. Michael McCann, CTDEP, Oil and Chemical Spill Response
;                                 Ms. Michele DiNioa, CTDEP, Water Management Bureau l                                 USCG, Marine Safety Office (MSO), New Haven, CT i
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Source Connecticut Yankee                                                        Lab Job Order 98-1233 l
Sample No Sampled / Received Sample Description      Parameter                                      mg/kg      Date Analyzed 3687         9/4/98         Bottom Sediment        Oil & Grease                                  153.43        09/14/98 9/9/98         -Haddam Island         Petroleum Hydro Total                         118.49        09/14/98 I
Stmple No Sampled / Received Sample Description      Parameter                                      mg/kg      Date Analyzed 3688         9/4/98         Bottom Sediment-Salmon Oil & Grease                                  536.30        09/14/98 9/9/98         River                  Pettoleum Hydro Total                         486.13        09/14/98 Simple No Sampled / Received Sample Description      Parameter                                      mg/kg      Date Analyzed 3689         9/4/98         Bottom Sediment -Boat  Oil & Grease                                  411.37        09/14/98 9/9/98         Ramp                   Petroleum Hydro Total                         332.45        09/14/98 j.
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Sample No Sampled #teceived Sample Descrip6on                       Parameter                                            mg/kg   Date Analyzed 2615               6/25/98          Intake Sediment down         Petroleum Hydro Total                               199.26     06/29/98 6/26/98          stream                       Oil & Grease                                        306.36     06/29/98 Pl. see the results of GC analyses performed by Environmantal Science Corp. Diesel Range Organics 3300 mg/kg Simple No Sampled / Received Sample Descrip6on                      Parameter                                             mg/L   Date Analyzed 2616              6/25/98            Intake oil skim            Petroleum Hydro Total         Less than                1.00     06/29/98 6/26/98                                       Oil & Grease                  Less than                1.00     06/29/98 Page 1

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Source Connecticut Yankee                                                                 Lab Job Order 98 0895 I     Sample No Sampled /Receked Sample Desenpdon                         Parameter                                    mg/kg   Date Analyzed 2660            7/1/98           "A" Bay Sediment               Oil & Crease                                495.06      07/13/98 l                         7/2/98                                          Petroleum Hydro Total                       527.39      07/13/98 Sample No Sampled,ReceNed Sample Desenption                       . Parameter                                    mg/kg   Date Analyzed
(         2661            7/1/98           *B" Bay Sediment               Oil & Grease                               248.17      07/13/98    I I                         7/2/98                                          Petroleum Hydro Total                      274.87                  l 07/13/98 I
l l     Sample No Sampled / Received Cample Description                     Parameter                                    mg/kg   Date Analyzed l        2662             7/1/98          "C" Bay Sediment                Oil & Grease                               291.01      07/13/98 7/2/98                                          Petroleum Hydro Total                      297.06      07/13/98 I
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2663             7/1/98          "D" Bay Sediment                Oil & Grease                               593.48      07/13/98    I 7/2/98                                          Petroleum Hydro Total                      514.74      07/13/98 i                                                                                                                                            l l
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!        2664             7/1/98          log north end                   Oil & Grease                               652.85      07/13/98 7'2.?R                                          Petroleum Hydro Total                      581.49      07/13/98 i
Simple No Sampled /Receivui Sample Descripton                      Parameter                                    mg/kg    Date Anatyzed 2665             7/1/98          log south end                  Oil & Grease                                511.36      07/13/98 l
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Sample No Sampled / Received Sample Descripton                     Parameter                                    mg/kg    Date Analyzed 2666             7/1/98          log middle                     Oil & Grease                                384.55      07/13/98 7/2/98                                         Petroleum Hydro Total                       380.67      07/13/98 Paae 1

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