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Consumers Power Co., Palisades - Hearing June 23, 1970
ML18352A290
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Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 06/10/1970
From: Purdy R
State of MI, Dept of Natural Resources
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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STATE Of MICHIGAN VtJc .}( e .J. !Vo, NA TU*Ai. iilliSOUllC!!S COMMiHION AUOU5T 5CHOllf WAHR RESOUllCES COMMiSSION JOHN E. VOGT Cholnnan Cholrman CAllL l. JqHt,SON P M. lAITAlA WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, Governor STANLfY QUACKENBUSH Vice Chairman ROllEi!T C. MclAUGH.llN HARRY H. WHITELEY DEPARTMENT Of NATURAL RESOURCES STEVENS T. MASON LANSING, MICHIGAN 48926 RAL .. H A. MAC MULLAN, Di111ctor Junf.! 10, 1970 GERALD E. EDDY JOHN P. WOODFORD JIM GILMORE GEORGE F. LIDDLE JOHN H. KITCHEL, M.D.

Hearing Board U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. C. 20545 )-/ f-

Dear Sir:

Re: Consumers Power Company (Palisades Plant) Hearing June 23, 1970 Docket No. 50-255 The Consumers Power Company, on June 21, 1966, filed with the Michigan , Water Resources Commission a statement of new use of the waters of the state for disposal of cooling and condensing water and other waste water from its proposed Palisades Nuclear Power Plant to be located near South Haven, Michigan.

The statement was filed in* accordance with the requirements.

of Section 8 (b) of Act 245, Public Acts of 1929, as amended, which states in part: ;_""), 11 0n and after May 18, 1949, any person requiring a new or substantial increase over and above the present use now made of the waters of the state for sewage or wa.ste disposal purposes shall file with the a ten statement setting forth the nature of the enterprise or development contemplated, the amount of water required to be used, its source, the proposed point of discharge of the wastes into the waters of the state, the estimated amount so to be discharged, and a fair statement setting forth the expected bacterial, physical, chemical and other known characteristics of the wastes. Within 60 days of receipt of the statement, the commission sha11 make an order stating such minimum restrictions as in the judgment of the commission may be necessary to guard adequately against such unlawful uses of the waters of the state as are set forth in section 6. 11 U. S. Atomic Energy Commission June 10, 1970 Section 6 of the Act reads in part: 11 It shall be unlawful for any person direct"ly or indirecti.Y to discharge into the waters of the state any substance which is or may become injurious to the public heali.h, safety or welfare; or which is or may become injurious to domestic, corm1ercial, industrial, agricultural, recreationa*1 or other uses which are being or ma..v be made of such waters; or which is or may become injurious to the value or' utility of riparian lands; or which is or may become injurious to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, aquatic life or plants or the growth or propagation thereof be prevented or injuriously affected; or whereby the value of fish and game is or may be destroyed or impaired.11 The Water Resources Commission, at its October 27, 1966 meeting, adopted an Order of Determination placing on the quantity of radioactive heat and other wastes contained in the wastewater discharges which were deemed necessary by the Commission to prevent unlawful pollution of the* receiving waters, consistent w'ith Section 6 of the Water Resources Commission statute. Submitted herewith is a copy of the Order of Determination, No. 931, to the Company. The restrictions on radioactive substances in.the wastewater discharge conform to Part 20, Title 10, Code of Fe*dera 1 Regulations.

In consultation with staffs of the Bureau of Commercial F*isheries, Department of Natural Resources Fish Division and Water Resources Commis5ion, the Company has agreed to perfonn appropriate pre and po'.:t operational studies to demonstrate any effects of its radioactivE!

wastes and discharges on the aquatic environment.

The Company has agreed to submit operational reports of the studies on a regular basis for staff review. In addition to the Company studies, Corrmission staff, with the assistance from various divisions of the Department of Natural Resources, are conducting pre and post operational studies to verify and supplement the Company 1 s effor**:s.

The pre operational studies by Consumers Power Company and this agency are now nearing completion.

The thermal categories of the water quality standards adopted by the Water Resources Commission, fol"lowing public hearings, pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 (c) of PL 84-660, as amended, have not as yet been approved by the Secretary of the Interior. . -----_....,,-On March 19, 1970, the Commission held another public hearing on these categories in an effort to identify the revisions that would be necessary to secure the Secretary 1 s approval.

Testimony at the hearing by two representatives of the Federal Water Quality Administration were not in mutual agreement and, at the request of the Commission, negotiations with that agency 1 s staff to finally resolve the matter are continuing.

TK:ms Enclosure Very truly yours, ::?R c,;1 SSfJION Ralph W. Purdy Executive Secretary STATE OF MICHIGAN WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION Statement of CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY, Maine Corporation, Regarding a New Use of LAKE MICHIGAN and OTHER WATERS OF THE STATE 1 near SO.!:!_TH HAVEN, MICHIGAN ORDER OF DETERMINATION Order No. 931 WHEREAS, Consumers Power Company, a Maine Corporation, has filed with the Water Resources Commission a written statement dated June 21, 1966 for a new use of waters of the state for disposal of wastes from a pressurized water nuclear reactor steam electric generating plant to be located on the shore of Lake Michigan approximately five miles south of South Haven, Michigan, and known as the Palisades Plant; and WHEREAS, the said written statement sets forth that Consumers Power Company proposes to discharge 743. 041 MGD. of condensing and auxiliary systems cooling water, five thousand {5,000) gallons per day of demineralizer regeneration water, one hundred ten (110Y gallons per day of laundry waste water, two hundred fifty (250) gallons per day of reactor system process waste and eighty four thousand (84,000) gallons per day of steam and power conversion equipment waste from the operation and maintenance of a pressurized water nuclear reactor steam electric gen'erating plant into Lake Michigan and three thousand five hundred (3,500) gallons per day of sanitary sewage into the ground by subsurface percolation methods; *and

  • WHEREAS) the Commission at its meeting on October 27 , 1966, after. giving due consideration to the statement and to investigations by its staff of the factors involved, is of the opinion and has *determined that the and conditions as hereinafter set forth are necessary to protect the waters of the state against unlawful pollution; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that it is the order of the that Consumers Power Company, its agents or successors, in disposing of sewage and wastes from a proposed pressurized water nuclear reactor steam elec.tric generating plant to be located on the shore of Lake Michigan approximately
  • five miles south of South Haven, Mich_igan shall comply i-ii th the followi.ng restrictions and condi*tions
A. Waste discharges to Lake Michigan from all sources, either separately or combined, including but not limited to cooling and condensing water, demineraiizer regeneration water, boiler blow laundry waste, and miscellaneous process wastes from the operation and maintenance of a pressurized water nuclear reactor steam electric generating plant shall* be SO treated OI' controlled that they shall;
  • 1. Not contain radionuclides in excess of the following limits: a. If the discharge is an unidentified mixture of radionuclides, the concentration averaged over any 365 consecutive days shall not exceed 3x10-8 uc/cc above that of plant intake water from Lake Mich:igan; or *

.. :i .... . ORDER OF DETERMINATION.

CONSUMERS POWER COMPANY PAGE 2 b. If the discharge .is a mixture of radionuclides in which the absence of Ra226 and Ra228 has been demonstrated by appropriate analysis, the concentration averaged over any 365 consecutive

  • days shall not exc.eed lO-7 uc/ cc aboV'e that of plant intake water from Lake Michigan; or c.
  • If all rad!onuclides present in the dischar1e are identified the concentrations shall be such that when ave?:'.aged over .any 36.5 c::msecutive days, the sum i Ci
  • 1 where . Ci is the concentration of each MPC7 1 of the radionuclides and MPCi is the correspondi.ng MPC in Appendix B, Table II of Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 20, Code of Federal* Regulations, "Standards for Protection

_Against Radiation".

  • 2. Not contain more than ten (10) per liter of ether extractable substances.
3. Not contain more than five (5) per liter of boric acid ( H3B03 h 4. Not have a pH greater than 9.5 nor less than 6.5. 5. Not contain-settleable or floating solids in amounts suffic.:i.ent to create unnatural deposits on the bed, surface or shores of the receiving waters which are or may become injurious to lawful uses made of the waters. 6. Not impart heat.or contain any substances in sufficient quantity to create conditions which are or may become injurious to the public health, safety welfare; or which are or may , become injurious to domestic, conunercial, industrial, agricultql'al, recreational or other uses which are being or may be made of such waters; or which are or may become injurious to the value or utility of riparian lands; or which are or may become injurious to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or aquatic life or the growth or thereof. B. No liquid wastes contaminated by radionuclides greater than the concentration specified in paragraph A (1) shall be discharged unless one or more condensi_ng water pumps are
c. From and after the date the Order becomes final the Company shall notify the of the Chief of the Commission:
l. Immediately by telephone or telegraph when an accident or other situation occurs-which.results or may result in the release of contaminants from the Palisades Plant to the waters of the state in concentrations which, if averaged over a 24-hour period.9 would exceed 5000 times the limits in A* (1) above. < ' \

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  • OF I . CONSUMERS POWER COMPANl'I' , PAGE 3 . 2. Within 24-hours by telephone or telegraph when an accident or other situation occurs which results or may result in the release of radioactive contam*inants froo1 the .. Palisades Plant to the waters of the.state In which, if averaged over a 24-hour period, would exceed 500 times the limits in A (1) above. . ' 3. Within 30 days by when an other situation occurs which resu1ts*Tn release *of radioactive contaminants frcm the Palisade!.

Plant to the waters of the state In trations which exceed 10 time.s*tne 1.imlts in A (1) above. D. The Company shall make measurements of the wastes discharged to Lake Michigan and shall perform such analyses as are necessary to strate that the requirements of this Order are being met. Reports of such analyses and measurements shall be avai Jab le for inspection by authorized employe*es of the Water Resources Canrr.ission and an annual report thereof shall be submitted to the Canmission by the Company. E ** No human sewage sha 11 be discharged into the surface waters of the State, but the same shall be disposed of into the ground by subsurface percolation methods, facl llties for which are constructed in accordance with plans submi"tted to the Chief E1nglneer of the Commission and approved by the Di rector or the Michigan Department of Puhl ic Health. . ' F. Facilities necessary for compliance with the restrictions and conditions set forth In A ( 1) above sha 11 be constructed In accordance with design er i ter i a to be submitted to the Ch I ef Engl neer of _the Commission prior to i ns ta 11 at ion. G. Facilities necessary for compliance:

with the restrictions and conditions set forth in A (2), (3), (4), (5) a1nd (6) above sha 11 be constructed In accordance with design criteria submitted in duplicate by the Chief Engineer of the Commi!i.slon.

WYla/ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that *the aforesaid restdctlons and conditions set forth in this Order sha 11 become effective at and f rem the time this Order becomes final as provided herein and shall remain In effect unti 1 further order of the Commission.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Instrument does not obviate the necessity of obtaining such permits as may be required by Jaw frc1nt'other units of government.

  • This Order this 27th day of October , 1966, by the Ccrnmission in accordance with*Act 245, P.A. 1929, as amended, &nd shall be final in the of request for hearing fi Jed within 15 days *after.receipt hereof, on motion by Mr. Murray ,

by Hr. Vogt, and carried. PRESENT AND VOTING: Gerald .E. Eddy (Acting Chairman), for Director of Conservation John E. Vogt, for Director of Public Health Stanley Quackenbush, for Di rector of Agriculture James V. Murray, for State Highway Cannlsslon Lynn Baldwin, Conservation Groups

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