ML20087H660

1994 Annual Environ Operating Rept (Non-Radiological),Jan Through Dec 1994. W/950428 Ltr

ML20087H660
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	12/31/1994
From:	Hagan J Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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LR-E95058, NUDOCS 9505040187
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I Pablic SeNice Electre and Gas l Company Joseph J. Hagan Public Service Electnc and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-1200 yke Presulent . Nucleer Operations I

CERTIFIED NAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ,

ARTICLE NUMBER: P 884 152 385  :

APR 2 81995 LR-E95058 l United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk i Washington, DC 20555 i

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1994 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 '

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The attached annual environmental operating report is hereby  ;

submitted pursuant to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental l Protection Plan (Non-radiological) for Hope Creek Generating Station. The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operating License NPF-57 (Docket No. 50-354).

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King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. D. Moran, Licensing Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission t One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike  ;

Mail Stop 14E21  ;

Rockville, MD 20852 l

Mr. R. Summers (SO9)  :

USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K. Tosch, Manager IV NJ Department of Environmental Protection  !

Division of Environmental Quality  :

Bureau of Nuclear Engineering '

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i 1994 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT i

(NON-RADIOLOGICAL)

January 1 through December 31,_1994 i

HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION-DOCKET NO. 50-354 OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 l 1

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HANCOCKS BRIDGE, NEW JERSEY 08038 ,

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

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2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES..... 2 t

L 2.1 JM2UATIC IS SUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ,

2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES...................... 3 3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS................... 3 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES...................... 3  ;

3.2 REVIEW.................................. 3 4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION.. 3 5.0 NONROUTINE REPORTS...................... 4 i 4

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This 1994 Annual Environmental Operating Report (AEOR) for a the Hope Creek Generating Station was prepared in accordance with Subsection 5.4.1 of Appendix B to Facility Operating License No. NPF-57, Environmental Protection Plan.(Non-  ;

radiological). The reporting requirements of the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) became effective April 11, 1986, with the issuance of the initial Hope Creek Operating License (NPF-57).

This is the ninth AEOR submitted for Hope Creek Generating ,

Station. It corresponds to the reporting period January 1,  !

1994 to December 31, 1994. Hope Creek Generating Station- l produced 7,125,636 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy during this period.

As required by Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of all required environmental protection activities. This information is described in Section 2.0. Section 3.0 addresses the issue of EPP -

compliance. Changes to station design or operation and the:

review for potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0. Administrative review procedures and unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.

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o ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.0 2.1 AQUATIC ISSUES

Subsection'4.2.1'of the EPP references the clean Water Act Las the mechanism for. protecting aquatic biota through water quality monitoring. The NRC relies'upon'the State of New-Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water Act,. .

to insure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring are {

implemented.- The New Jersey Department of Environmental ~ l D Protection (NJDEP) is the state's regulatory agency. l The state'of New Jersey requires as part of their New' Jersey. j Pollutant Discharge Elimination System-(NJPDES) permit  ;

program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the l results summarized and submitted monthly on discharge j monitoring report forms (DMR's). The monitoring is intended '

to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. NJOO25411) effluent limitations. We have reviewed the.13(R's corresponding to the 1994 AEOR reporting period and have i determined that no significant deviations have occurred.  ;

Copies of monthly DMR's are-routinely sent to the document j control desk and additional copies are available upon  :

request.

f In Narch 1990, PSEEG submitted an application to the NJDEP-for renewal'of the Station's NJPDES permit which was to expire on September 30, 1990. In support of this. permit ,

application, PSEEG submitted a supplement to the application-  !

on August 19, 1991, which contained additional data not {

provided in the original application and updated and  !

clarified previously submitted-information. . PSE&G continues  !

to operate under the conditions of.the expired NJPDES permit  !

in accordance with NJDEP's letter of May 23, 1990. l Effective January 11, 1990, PSEEG entered into an.  !

Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the NJDEPE to l resolve historical NJPDES permit violations. 'The majority l of the violations occurred during Station startup and were j due in part to the inappropriate use of pre-operational j design criterion in establishing NJPDES permit limitations.  ;

PSE&G is currently awaiting action by the NJDEP to close the  ;

ACO through the issuance of a renewed NJPDES permit. .

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'While the'NRC relies on the State of.New JerseyJand the "

-NJDEP-for protection of thatwater quality, the National Marine Fisheries Service maintains regulatory authority'with respect'to certain migratory threatened and endangered aquatic'apacies. On May-15,'1993 the NMFS issued a revised Section 7' Consultation, Biological Opinion.- The revision

, removed all requirements for marine life monitoring at the.

Hope Creek Generating Station. This revision was

' incorporated.into the Facility Operating _ License.No. NPF-57 through Amendment'No. 60. Monitoring et the Hope Creek j intake structure did not occur'during the summer months of

1994 as'a result lof this revision. l

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PSE&G.has been voluntarily monitoring the osprey population that nest on our transmission towers through a joint effort with the NJDEP since 1989.

3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS 3.1 EPP NONCOMPLIANCES

-Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of'EPP l noncompliances and the corrective actions takenLto remedy them. No previously unreviewed environmental impacts attributable to the operation of the Hope Crecx Generating Station were observed during 1994. Likewise, there were no instances of noncompliance with the EPP. 3 3.2 REVIEW

• Subsection 5.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan for Hope Creek Generating Station requires that an. independent review of compliance with the Environmental Protection Plan be maintained and made available for inspection. PSE&G's Environmental Compliance Grouplin the Environmental Affairs Department in-Newark, New Jersey'recently conducted an .

environmental compliance review of the Nuclear Business Unit in September 1994 which conforms to the objectives stated in;

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4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION j i

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the EPP, .l station design / operational changes during the time period j covered by this report were reviewed for potential )

environmental impact. None.of the recommended changes posed- 1 a potential'to significantly affect the environment, and. ~

therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental 1 question or a change in the EPP.

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>>s 5.0' NONROUTINE REPORTS  :

Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of nonroutine reports submitted to the NRC during 1994 be i I

included with this report. No environmentally related nonroutine reports were submitted to the USNRC in 1994

(< Hope Creek' Generating Station experienced no unusual or important events that indicated or could have resulted in "significant environmental impact" during the 1994 reporting l' period.

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