ML20076N218

Formal Discovery Requests Re Second Round of Interrogatories on Contention V-4

ML20076N218
Person / Time
Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	07/12/1983
From:	Romano F AIR AND WATER POLLUTION PATROL
To:	CONNER & WETTERHAHN, PECO ENERGY CO., (FORMERLY PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC
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Intervenor AWPP (Romano) ' formal Discovery Requests.of P.E. contd.

for each opinion. Identify by court, agency, or other body, each proceeding in which such individual rendered testimony on this (these) subject (s).

2. Identify by title, author, publisher and date of issu-ance or publication, all documents that you rely upon as a basis for your contention or that you intend to use (by way of refer-ence or evidentiary proffer) in presenting your direct case on Contention V-4 and all documents to which you intend to refer in conducting. cross-examination of other witnesses who may tes-tify in connection with any such contention (s) .

3. To the extent that your answer to any question is based upon one or more documents, (a) identify each such document on which your answer is based; (b) identify the specific infor-mation in such document upon which you rely; (c) explain how such information provides a basis for your answer.

4. To the extent that your answer is based upon any study, calculation, research or analysis, (a) describe the nature of the study, calculation, research or analysis and identify any documents which discuss or describe the study, calculation, re-search or analysis; (b) identify the person (s) or entity (ies) who performed the study, calculation, research or analysis; (c) describe in detail the'information which was the subject of the study, calculation, research or analysis; (d) describe the resul-ts of such study, calculation, research or analysis; (e) explain how such study, calculation, research or analysis provides a basis for your answer.

5. To the extent that your answer is based upon conversa-tions, consultations, correspondence or other communications with one or more individuals or entities, (a) identify each such indi-vidual or entity; (b) state the educational and professional back-ground of each such individual, including occupation and institut-ional affiliations; (c) describe the nature of each communicacion, including time and context, and describe the information received from each such individual or entity; (e) explain how such infor-mation provides a basis for your answer.

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'-(;p.. ] Intervenor AWPP (Romano) Formal Discovery Requests of P,.E. contd.

Contention V-4 -

_. __ - (a) Did Applicant determine how many single engine aircraft 4- -

use the twelve airports within 10 miles of Limerick per

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-(b) Did Applicant calculate how many single engine aircraft C;. . _ use the radio-guide VOR 116.5 approximately 1 mile f.am gi -

the reactor?

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(c) Did Applicant determine how many student pilots; how many first year pilots; how many pilots that fly less

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,l;" year's basis at the twelve airports within 10 miles of Limerick?

~; - (d) At what throttle RPM is Carburetor ice (and throttle

= ice) most likely to occur when dew point and air tem-perature are within 5 F between 32 0 F and 65 F with saturated and near saturated air?

' '(e ) Has Applicant obtained data relating to the instrumen-tation or indicators available to the pilots referred to in (a), (b), and (c)~ above?

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(f) Has Applicant determined what % of single engine airplanes

,- that fly in the Limerick area or otherwise have instru-c mentation or indicators available to the pilot?

(g) What plume studies has the applicant made including width, leng'th, grams of water per cubic meter, and

obstruction of view within the plume at different lengths, widths, and water vapor per cubic meter?

I (h) The Applicant has used the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) studies as in-h dicated by " Cooling Tower Plume-Indicated Flight Haz-

~1~. ards". These studies as stated in Chapter V, P.5-1 4; .y.27- show results are invalid near traffic patterns (as C ;- exist at Limerick). On what basis, then, does Appli-

-- cant overcome the use of a study that states it can-not apply to Limerick?

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(i) In.JHU/APL report " worst condition" air moisture concen-tration is stated to be 1 gram of moisture per cubic meter of air. How many cubic meters of air will develop

" worst condition" concentration as a result of release of 35 million gallons of water, as vapor, from the Lim-erick tower per day?

(j) Did Applicant study when air is at 0.9 grams of moisture per cubic meter,: .

. how many cubic meters of air will attain " worst concition" status by addition of 35 million gallons of water as vapor per 1 day; per 2 days; per 3 days?

(k) What Staff questions were asked of the Applicant relt-tive to carburetor ice potential in aircraft passing through or near the Limerick cooling tower plume in mar-ginal VFR conditions?What were the answers the Appli-cant gave in each case?

(1) Did Applicant (P.E. ) or its representatives perform quantative analyses on effect of saturated air (visible and invisible) on carburetor ice potential in the 1 mile; 2 mile; 3 mile; 4 mile; 5 mile area surrounding the Limerick reactor as affected by the addition of 35 million gallons of water, pel- day, as vapor? Did Appli-cant study potential re above question for carburetor ice in naturally saturated VFR conditions, with stagnant no-wind condition and compounding of 35 million gallons of water per dayg for threg or four days with tempera-tures between 32 F and 65 F?

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, (m) Further since carburetor ice potential is proportinal to degree gf saturagion of the atmosphere at temperatures between 32 F and 65 F or more, did P.E. do studies re number of days in the past ten (10 ) years during which the dew point was 5 F lower than the air temperature?

l (n) Did P.E. calculate the number of days in the past ten years in the Pottstown-Limerick area when cloud ceil-l ing was 1000 feet, 1200 feet, 1500 feet, and visibility was 4 miles, 3 miles, 3 miles?

(o) Did P.E. do quantitative studies which indicated there would be no potential for carburetor ice (or other ad-verse effect re flying hazard) from accumulation of 35

. million gallons as water per day of moisture from the 1

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AIR and WATER Pollution Patrol BROAD AXE, PA. July 12, 1983 (5)

Intervenor AWPP (Romano) Formal Discovery Requests of P.E. contd.

Limerick towers under no-wind naturally saturated. con-ditions present 2, 3, 4, days or more in a row from February through April and from September through Nov-ember.

(p) The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's Department of Transportation flyer re Advisory Circular AC-00-6, "Avia-tion Weather" (U.S. Government' Printing Office) states the basic requirements for a thunder storm and its haz-ardous effects such as wind shear are: (1) Unstable air, (2) an initial updraft, and (3) high moisture content as with 35 million gallons of water.as vapor at approxim-ately 112 F rising rapidly. Did P.E. do studies that prove the cooling towers do not initiate conditions con-ducive to wind shear and thunder storms?

(q) Has P.E. contacted the operators of the twelve airports--

in particular Pottstown-Limerick, Pottstown Municipal and Perkiomen Valley airports relative to the potential for carburetor ice and shear as a result of both visible (on marginal VFR days) and invisible plume, in particular on full VFR days?

(r) Did P.E. study how many days during 1980, 81, or 82 that the dew point conditions were reached within 1,3,5,7,10 miles from Limerick?

(s) Did P.E. study how many days during 1980,81, or 1982, the dew point was Within 1,3,5,7 degrees F of the air temper-l ature in the Limerick area?

(t) Re (r) and (s) above, did P.E. quantitate the grams of l

moisture per cubic meter of air on days when* dew point i

was within 1,3,5, degrees F of air temperature and on l days when air is stagnant and saturated, how much mois-ture is added per liter in a volume of air 1,000 feet high and 1 mile square with tower water vapor releases accumulating 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 days.

(u) I repeat this question since Applicant did not answer l when submitted in Septemper 3, 1982 interrogatory.

l Did P.E. study the " chimney" effect caused by rising hot moist air from the cooling towers to cause descend-ing air currents to create wind shear in the Pottstown-i l

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Intervenor AWPP (Romano) Formal Discovery Requests of P.E. contd.

Limerick area to augment carburetor ice danger? ,

(v) Did P.E. purchase the Pottstown-Limerick airport in order to control movement of aircraft in the immediate

. airspace, for hazzard considerations, or otherwise?

(w) Does P.E. intend to change or limit access to the Potts-town-Limerick airport by pilots and aircraft as compared to previous owners?

Very truly yours, Frank R. Romano, Chairman

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Air & Water Pollution Patrol 61 Forest Ave.

Ambler, Pa. 19002 FRR/jch I

I hereby certify that copies have been served by First Class Mail to: Lawrence Brenner; Richard F. Cole,; Peter a. Morris; Atomic l

l Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel; Docketing and Service Section; l Ann P. Hodgdon, Elaine I Chan; Botmic Safety and Licensing Board Panel; Philadelphia Electric Company, Edw. G. Bauer; Mark J. Wett-l erhahn & Troy B. Conner: Robert L. Anthony; Marvin I Lewis; Office l

of Inspection and Enforcement; Judith A. Dorsey; Jackie Ruttenburg, Cohen *;

Keystone Alliance *; Thomas U. Au*; Thomas Gerusky*; Walter W.

Managing Director City of Phila.*; Steven P. Hershey *; Donald S.

Eronstein*; Joseph White *; Dr. Judith Johnsrud*; Robert J. Sugar-man

• James M. Neill*; Director PEMA*.

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