ML073330625
| ML073330625 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/2007 |
| From: | Johnston G L Florida Power & Light Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| L-2007-190 | |
| Download: ML073330625 (7) | |
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P I=PL Florida Power & Light Company, 6501 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957 November 20, 2007 L-2007-190 10 CFR 50.36.b EPP 3.2.3 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 RE: St. Lucie Units 1 and-2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Environmental Protection Plan Report Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit The attached minor revision to the Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit is being submitted pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.2.3 of the St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 Environmental Protection Plans. The revision was approved on October 15, 2007.Please contact Ken Frehafer at (772) 467-7748 if there are any questions on this matter.Very truly yours, GordonL.Johnston 7 )Site Vice President St. Lucie Plant GLJ/KWF Attachment coof an FPL Group company St. Lucie Units I and 2 L-2007-190 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Attachment Environmental Protection Plan Report Page 1 of 6 Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit Charlie Crisr S -AIllIllONFlorida Department of Governor Environmental Protection eff Koikan Bob Martlnez Center 2600 Blair Stone Road Michaerl W Sole Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400 sccrctaD, October 15, 2007 Mi. Gordon I.. Johnston BY CERTIFIED MAIL Site Vice President
-St Lucie Plant RETURN RECEIPT REQUESI ED Florida Power & light Company 6501 S Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Flotida 34957 RE: Florida Power & Light Company NPDES Pernit F10002208 St. Lucie Power Plant, St Lucie County Minor Permit Revision
Dear Mr Johnston:
The Department received a minor permit revision application for the Florida Power & Light Company (FPI)St- Lucie Power Plant. The application proposed 1) the discharge of non-nadiological laboratory wastes to the onsite evaporation and percolation basins; and 2) the discharge of purge water fiom monitoring well sampling through internal Outfall 1-003. After review of the application and subsequent information, the Department has determined that the proposed revisions to permit number F10002208 do not substantially change the characteristic of the effluent or increase the potential for adverse impact on the aquatic system.Because the proposed modifications are not expected to result in any water quality degradation, the permit is hereby modified pusuant to Rules62-620.200(24),62-620.200(25), and 62-620 325(2), Florida Administrative Code. Note, this letter does not alter the expiration date, other Specific or Genenal Conditions, or monitoring tequirements of the permit. This letter and accompanying revised permit page must be attached to the original permit.The peimit is ievised as stated in the attached permit pages unless FPL decides to file a timely, sufficient petition for an administrative hearing under Section 120.57, Florida Statutes.
The procedures for petitioning for a hearing are set forth in the attachment titled "Notice of Rights " If you have any questions regarding this permit revision, please contact Marc Harris, P E., in the Industrial Wastewater Section at (850) 245-8589.Jant le%~ ely Director Division of Water Resource Management JGL/wfi/bn Attachment cc: Tim Powell, PE., DEP West Palm Beach Mike Halpin, P.E., DEP Office of Siting Coordination John Williamson, DOH Bureau of Radiation Control Xfor Protection Irss Proc ras Friritwdtp vlaltr~lss St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 L-2007-190 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Attachment Environmental Protection Plan Report Page 2 of 6 Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit NOTICE OF RIGHTS A person whose substantial interests are affected by this permit revision may petition for an administrative pioceeding (hearing) in accoidance with Section 120 57, Florida Statutes.
Ihe petition must contain the information set forth below and must be filed (received) in the Office of General Counsel of the Department at 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 35, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000, within 14 days of receipt of this Permit. A petitioner, other than the applicant, shall mail a copy of the petition to the applicant at the address indicated in the attached letter at the time of filing. Failure to file a petition within this time period shall constitute a waiver of any tight such person may have to request an administrative determination (hearing) under Section 120.57, Florida Statutes..
The Petition shall contain the following information: (a) The name, address, and telephone number of each petitioner; the name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner's representative, ifany; the Department case identification number and the county in which the subject matter or activity is located;(b) A statement of how and when each petitionei received notice of the Department action;(c) A statement of how each petitioner's substantial interests are affected by the Department action;(d) A statement of all disputed issues of material fact. If there are none, the petition must so indicate;(c) A statement of facts that the petitioner contends warrant reversal or modification oftthe Department action;(f) A concise statement of the ultimate facts alleged, as well as the rules and statutes which entitle the petitioner to relief', and (g) A statement of the relief sought by the petitioner, stating precisely the action that the petitioner wants the Department to take Ifa petition is filed, the administrative hearing process is designed to formulate agency action.Accordingly, the Department's final action may be different hrom the position taken by it in this intent.Persons whose substantial interests will be affected by any decision of the Department with regard to the application have the tight to petition to become a party to the proceeding.
The petition must conform to the requirements specified above and be filed (teceived) within 14 days of receipt ofthis intent in the Office of General Counsel at the above addiess of the Department.
Failure to petition within the allowed time flame constitutes a waiver of any right such person has to request a hearing under Section 120 57, F.S.., and to participate as a party to this proceeding.
Any subsequent intervention will only be at the approval ofthe presiding officer upon motion filed pursuant to Rule 28-5207, F.AC St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Environmental Protection Plan Report Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit L-2007-190 Attachment Page 3 of 6 STATE OF FLORIDA INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER FACILITY PERMIT PERMIIIEE:
FPL- St. LIucie Power Plant 6501 S. Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, F. 34957 PERMII NUMBER: PA FILE NUMBER: ISSUANCE DAITE: EXPIRATION DAIE: FL0002208 (Rev C)FL0002208-003-IWIS January 20, 2006 January 19, 2011 RESPONSIBLE AUIHORIIY; William Jefferson, hT Vice President FACILITY: St Lucie Power Plant Units I and 2 Hutchinson Island St Lucie County, Florida Latitude:
See Note Below Longitude:
See Note Below Note: Latitude and longitude are not shown at the Permittee's request, for purposes of Homeland Security pursuant to federal regulations found at IG CFR 388.113(c)(i) and (ii) and by Presidential Directive dated December 17, 2003 Ihis permit is issued under the provisions of Chapter 403, Florida Statutes (F .S.) and applicable rules of the Florida Administrative Code (F .AC..). TIhe above named Permittee is hereby authorized to operate the facilities shown on the application and other documents attached hereto or on file with the Department and made a part hereof and specifically described as follows: 1he facility consists of two nucleas powered steam electric generating units (Unit 1 and Unit 2) each with a nominal rating of 850 MW The iadioactive component of the discharge is regulated by the U S Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the Atomic Energy Act, and not by the Department or the U S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act.WASI EWATER TREAIMENT:
Facility dischaige and treatment include the following Once-through non-contact condenser cooling water (OICW)and auxiliary equipment cooling water (AECW) are chlorinated.
Low volume waste (LVW) (consisting of water treatment system wastewater, steam generator/boiler blowdown, laboatory, waste and equipment area floor drainage), non-radioactive wastes/liquid radiation waste, and stoimrwater associated with industrial activity are treated by chemnicallphysical processes including neutralization, settling, ion exchange and micro filtration.
Non-industrial storumwater and intake screen wash water are discharged without treatment.
St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 L-2007-190 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Attachment Environmental Protection Plan Report Page 4 of 6 Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit PERMITI"EE:
PERMIT NUMBER: FL0002208 (Rev. C)FPL. -St Lucie Power Plant Issuance date: December 9, 2005 6451 S Ocean Dr Expiration date: December 8, 2010 fensen Beach, FL 34957 Additions to the permit are identified by italics and underline Deletions ale identified by siikethiough e Quality Assurance Requirements (1) A standard reference toxicant (SRI) quality assurance (QA) acute toxicity test shall be conducted with each species used in the required toxicity tests either concurrently or started no more than 30 days before the date of the "routine" test, or follow-up test conducted The SRI-QA data shall be included in the reports for each companion "routine" or additional test required.(2) If the mortality in the control (0% effluent) exceeds 10% for either species in any test, the test foa that species (including the control) shall be invalidated and the test repeated.(3) If, dining any separate glab sample test, 100% mortality occurs psiox to the end of the test, and control mortality is less than 10% at that time, that test (including the control) shall be terminated with the conclusion that the test fails and constitutes non-compliance (4) Additional, follow-up tests shall be evaluated foi acceptability based on the concentration-response relationship, as required by EPA-82 I-R-02-012, Section 12.2.6.2.
and included with the submitted bioassay reports f. Reporting Requirements (1) Results from all required tests shall be reported on the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) as follows: (a) Routine lest Results: The lowest calculated IC50 effluent concenetation for the fous separate tests shall be entered on the DMR fox that test species (b) Additional Follow-up lest Results: For each additional test required, the calculated .C50 value should be entered on the DMR for that test species and the 95% confidence limits, (2) A bioassay laboratory report fos the routine test shall be prepared according to EPA-821-R-02-012, Section 12, Report Preparation and lest Review and mailed to the Department at the address below within 30 days of the completion of the test (3) Fot additional, follow-up tests, a single bioassay laboratory report shall be prepared according to EPA-821-R-02-012, Section 12, Report Preparation, and mailed within 45 days of completion of the second additional, valid test If any additional test fails to meet the effluent limitation in 8.a. above, the petmittee shall contact the Department within 30 days of the bioassay report submittal to discuss the corrective actions necessary to remedy the observed acute toxicity (4) All bioassay reports shall be sent to Florida Department of Environmental Protection Southeast District Office Industnial Wastewater Section 1801 SE Hillmoor Drive, Suite C-204 Post St. Lucie, Florida 34952 (772) 871-7662 9. Daning the period beginning on the issuance date and lasting thuough the expiration date of this peimit, the Peimittee is authorized to discharge ptocess wastewater and nionitoring well sample 1ur1e Nwater from Internal Outfall 1-003 to the onsite discharge canal Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements Parameters (units) Daily Average Daily Monitoring Sample lype Sample Maximum Frequency Point Flos, (MGD) Report Report I/Batch Calculated out-t St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Environmental Protection Plan Report Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit L-2007-190 Attachment Page 5 of 6 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2600 BLAIR STONE ROAD TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-2400 STATEMENT OF BASIS Permit Number: FL0002208 Application No: F_0002208-006-IWB/MR Permit Writer: Bala Noni Application Date: November 27, 2006 Additional Information:
February 19, 2007 &May 16, 2007 1 SYNOPSIS OF APPLICATION A, Name and Address of Applicant Florida Power & Light Company Post Office Box 14000 Juno Beach, Florida 33408 For St. Lucie Plant 6451 S Ocean Drive lensen Beach, Florida 34957 B. Description of Proposed Activity: The Department received a minor revision application dated November 27, 2006 requesting the following:
- 1) authorization to discharge 5,000 gallons of secondary non-radiological laboratory wastes to the onsite evaporation and percolation (E/P) basins, which occasionally discharge to the facility's intake canal through internal outfall 1-008; and 2) authorization to discharge purge water from monitoring well sampling to internal outfall 1-003.Discharge Non-radiological Laboratory Wastes to E/P Basins During a recent internal audit, FPI discovered that an existing discharge of wastewater fiom the onsite"secondary" laboratory to the evaporation/pmcolation (E/P) basins was inadvertently omitted from the St Lucie Plant industrial wastewater permit application The secondary laboratory monitors the secondary non-radiological systems at the plant (similar to those systems monitored by the laboratories at FPL fossil-fueled plants). In accordance with 40 CFR 423.11 (b), laboratory waste is a low volume waste and can be commingled with the other low volume wastes such as stormwater or plant wash water that also discharge to these E/P basins. The average daily volume of laboratory waste discharged to the E/P basins is approximately 5,000 gallons. This volume is minor compared to storm and wash water from floor chains and other low volume waste sources that are discharged to E/P basins The E/P basins have a combined minimum operating capacity of approximately 27 million gallons and only occasionally discharge to the plant's intake canal via internal outfall 1-008..Discharge Purge Water from Monitoring Well Sampling through Internal Outfall 1-003 In the past, FPL has had releases of turbine lube oil, diesel fuel and solvents to the ground at the facility.The sites of these spills are in various stages of remediation with groundwater compliance monitoring St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 L-2007-190 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 Attachment Environmental Protection Plan Report Page 6 of 6 Minor Revision to Industrial Wastewater Facility Permit required by the Department's Division of Waste Management at each of the contaminated sites pursuant to waste cleanup or petroleum cleanup cotrective actions These corrective actions are not associated with the NPDES permit Prior to collecting samples fiom the compliance wells, the wells must be purged. This purge water is typically collected in 55-gallon drums and disposed offsite in an approved manner.. FPL recently found small concentrations of tritium present in some of these wells.Tritium is a naturally-occuning, mildly radioactive form of hydrogen that is produced in the atmosphere when cosmic rays collide with air molecules.
Like normal hydrogen, tritium can bond with oxygen to form water. When this happens, the resulting water (called "tritiated water") is radioactive.
Tritiated water, (not to be confused with heavy water) is chemically identical to normal water and the tritium cannot be filtered out of the water. The radiation emitted fiom tritium is a low-energy beta particle that does not travel very far in air and cannot penetrate the skin. Water containing tritium and other radioactive substances is normally released from nuclear plants under controlled, monitored conditions the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) mandates to protect public health and safety NRC regulations require nuclear power plants to have various effluent and environmental monitoring programs to ensure that the impacts fiom plant operations are minimized.
The NRC has contracted with the Florida Department of/-ealth to conduct periodic onsite inspections of each Florida nuclear power plant's effluent and environmental monitoring programs to ensure compliance with NRC requirements In order to facilitate accounting for the amount of radioactive water released from the site, FPL has proposed to release the well purge water through internal outfall 1-003, Liquid Radiation Waste System.To accomplish this, the drums ofpurge water would be moved into the Reactor Auxiliary Building and the purge water added to the liquid radiation waste system. This water would then be commingled with other waste streams in a holding tank for batch discharge to the plant's discharge canal via outfall 1-003 According to the calculations submitted under the seal of*FPLI's Engineer of Record, the radioactivity of the well purge water is four magnitudes lower than that of the wastewater currently discharged through outfall 1-003; hence, the purge water is expected to reduce the activity of the wastewater discharged through 1-003.The radioactive component of this discharge is regulated by NRC under the Atomic Energy Act, and not by the Department or the U.S.. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act. Thus, the NRC and the Florida Department of Health oversee enforcement of effluent standards and monitoring requirements for tritium in the discharge, This constitutes Revision C (Rev. C) to the permit. All changes to the permit are noted in Rev C by underline or strike-through, with a margin bar indicating lines where changes have been made for this revision,