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Dear Mrs. Bowers:
This concerns the motion for susponnion of discharging dated November 9, 1974 made by William P. Cornucll. My carlior responces to hic previouc requccts apply equally to his intest one. Suspension of uce of the discharge pumps would interfore with the orderly startup of the units and would provent PGandE's per- ) formance of the thermal tests outlined in the Board's order dated : August 2, 1974. '! i Moreover, the dischargo is being monitored by personnel of the California Department of Fish and Gamo and the California Regional Unter Quality Control Board - Central Coast Region. In i this connection I cdclo'cc a copy of tho Board 's Ordor No. 74-41 dated October 11, 3974 covering wanto dischargo rcquiroments #-- tho Diablo Canyon Plant. On November 13,.1974 the monitoring p .-- l gram included in the Board'c order was updated and expanded. A copy of the roviced monitoring program also is enciccod. Wo bo-lieve that compliance with this program will confirm that the pumpo can be oporated without harmful effects 'on the environment.
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Elizabeth S. Bowers, Esq. 2 November 22, 1974 1 d CC w/ attachment: Elizabeth E. Apfelberg ,. Richard L. Black,.Esq. , q Glenn O. Bright William P. Cornwell - i Fredorich Eisslor , l John J..Forator Lonnio Valentine
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Dr. William E. Martin . i Alan S. Rosenthal, Esq. j Secretary
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I h- .. SAN LUIS OSISPO COUi!TY The California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region, (hereafter Board), finds that: -
- 1. The Pacific Gas & El.cetric Company (hereafter discharger) by application I No. 075-OYQ-2-000169, dated August 30, 1973, has applied for waste dis- I charge requirements and a permit to discharge vastes under the National I Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. I i
- 2. The discl)arger proposes to discharge wastes from Diablo Canyon Nuclear -
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Discharge 001 Cooling water discharge Donign Flow: 2497 million gallons per operating day Average Temperature: 770F Summer; 720F Vinter i Discharge 002 (Intake screen backwash water) . I
- 4. The cooling water intake is located at the shoreline in a mad-mado cove
- o. 1000 feet south of the power plant and draws water from the surface to a depth of 31 5 feet. The maximum water velocity at the point of in-take is 0.8 fps at LLLW and at the traveling screets is 1.0 fps at LLLV.
5 The discharge is presently governed by Waste Dischcrge Requirements entitled Waste Dischargo Requirements, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Diablo Can-yon Power Plant, adopted October 17, 1969, which allova discharge to the Pacific Ocean.
- 6. A Water Qaality Control Plan Report for the Central Codstal Basin was adopted by the Board on September 13, 1974. The Dacin Plan Report con-tains water quality objectives for the Pacific Ocean in the area of Diablo Canyon. ~
7 The State Water Resources Control Board adopted the Water quality Control Plan for Control of Temperature in the Coastal
. and Enclosed Bays and Estuarios of Califomia. ,and ThisInterstate Waters plan contains water quality objectives for the Pacific Ocean in the area of Diablo Canyon.
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Order !!o. 74-41' . *
- 8. The State Water Resources Control Board adopted the Water QLiality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California on July 6,1972. This plan contains water qu'ality objectivos for the Pacific Ocean in the area of Diablo Canyon. '
9 Effluent limitations, national standards of perform:nco, toxic and pre-treatment effluent standards, and ocean discharge criteria established pursuant to Sections 301, 302, 303(d), 304, 306, 307, 316, . and 403 of *
, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto are ap- t plicable to the discharge. - (t
- 10. The beneficiel uses of the Pacific Ocean include industrial water supply, .
recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation, and the preservation and on- ~ hancement of fish, wildlife, and other marine resources and preserves.
- 11. The Board has notified the discharger and' interested agencies and persons of its intent to prescribe waste discharge requirements for the proposed. . i discharge and has provided them with an opportunity for a public hearing i and an opportunity to submit their written views and recommendations.
- 12. The Board in a public meeting on October 11, 1974, heard and considered all comments pertaining to the discharge. .
IT IS HEREBY ORDERID, Pacific Gas & Elec'tric Company, in order to moet the provisions contained in Division 7 of the California Water Code and regula-tions adopted thereunder and the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and regulations and guidelines adopted thereunder, shn11 comply with the follouing: *
. A. Discharge Requirements l *
- 1. Existing Waste Discharge. Requirements adopted October 17, 1969, shall remain in effect.
- 2. Pursuant to Section 13370 of the Porter Cologne Vater Quality Control A,ct,* the discharge shall comply with all applicable effluent limita- )
1 tions, national standards of performance, toxic and retreatment effluent standards, ocean diceharge criteria and all other final regulations established pursuant to Sections 301, 302, 303(d), 304, 306, 307, 316, and 403 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and amendments thereto. I
" 3.' The discharge shall not cause a violation of any applicable water I
- quality standard for receiving waters adopted by the Board or the
, state Water Resources control Board. '
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- 1. In c'ases of disagreement between this Order and existing waste dis-charge requironents, adopted October 17, 1969, this Order will apply. ,
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The diccharger chall initiate actions nececcary to accuro compliance with all applicable provisions of thoco laws and regulations refer- #
- enced, in Discharge Requirements A.2. and A.3. uhich have implementa-tion daten after the expiration date of this Order.
3 The monitoring and reporting programs of waste dischargo requirements adopted October 17, 1969 chall remain in effect. The xecutive fficer may revise or amend this prograp for any reason including gathering data on low volume waste sources which are subject to control by applicablo regulation. , 4., Within twelve (12) months of the dat.c of this Order the discharger sh'all submit any requests for exceptions as provided for in those laws and regulations described in .A.2. ,and 'A.3. above. Such requests shall be accompanied by all necessary supporting data and studies as required by the Board or the Stato Water Resources control Board or applicablo State or Federal regulations. If such requests are required at an earlier date by regulation established pursuant to Sections 304 or 316 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the request chall be. made by the presgribed date. -
- 5. Within twelvo (12) conths of the date of this Order tho' discharger shall complete all studico necessa'ry to implement the all regulations established purcuant to Section 316(b)provicions of of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. .
- 6. Dischneger does not univo any right it may have to administrative or judicial review of any limitation, standard, criterion, or regulation.
. 7. The discharger shall comply with all items of the attached " Standard
) - Provisions and Reporting Requirements for Steam Power Plants". - l 8. This Order expires May 1,1976. The discharger must file a report of waste discharge in accordanco with Title 23, Chapter 3, Subchapter 9 of the California Administrative Code, not later than 180 days in - advance of such expiration date as application for issuance of now l wasto discharge requirements. These requirements will implement all applicablo provisions of those laws and regulations referenced in dischargo requirements A.2. and A.3 This Order shall serve as a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Syrtent pomit purcuant to Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollu-ion Control Act or l acondments thereto, and shall take effect at the .end of 10 days from date of cdoption has provided the Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, no objections. - * - ! I, KENNETH R. JONES, Executive Officer, do hereby certify the foregoing is a j full, true, and correct copy of ati Order adopted by the California Regional i Water Quality Contr,o1 Board, Central Coast Region, on October 11, 1974. - Executive bf'ficcr -
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- 3. . Neither the treatment' nor the Sincliargo of wastes c.hnll
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a nuisance or pollution as defined in the California j
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The requirements prescribed horcin do not authorize the
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- another, nor protect the discharger from his liabilities under federal, stnte, cir local laws, nor guarantce the discharger a ocpacity right in the receiving' waters., - ,
3 The discharger shall permit; the Regional Doard:
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1 ! (a) Entry upon prcmises Where an effluent source is located or in which any.requirca records are kept; l i (b)
Access at reasonabic timos to copy any records "rcquirc0 to bc kept under terms and co n diti ons I of this Order; .- '
l (c) Inspection or at records; reasonable'timos of monitoring equipment and - ' (d) Sampling'at reasonabic times of any dischargo. > 4. All discharge'c authorized by this Order shall be consistent
,with the terms and conditions of this Order. "The dischartio of any pollutant more frequently than or at a 1cvel in ~
excess of that iden'tified and authcfrized by this Order she.11 constitute a viointion of tho.tcrms and conditions of this
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5. hhc discharger shall maintain in good work'ing or0er and ' operate as efficiently as possibic any focility or control system with the installed wasto dischargo by the discharger requircicants. to adhieve compliance 6. Afterbenotico may no$ified, and opportunity for a hearing, this Order -' suspended, or revchcd, in.v; hole or in ' part, Ocring its term for cause . including but not limited to, the follctring:
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(a) Violation.of any termo or conditions of thic Order; t (b) Obtaining thic Order by microprecentation or failurc tp diccloca fully all. rclovant f actc; j
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(c) A tcyporary or permanent reduction or elimination of l w - the authorized diccharge; or ,-
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A cha'nge in ch'cracter, location or. volume of dicchargo.
' 7 .' Collected screenings, ciudges, and other solido removed
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- Division 7.5 of the California Water Cose. For the purpoce .
- of this.. requirement, a. legal point of disposal is defined ac.one for t'hich waste dicchar,ge requirements have been
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- In the event the . discharger does not.' comply or ufil be unable to comply with any. ' prohibition, daily ma:timum effluent limitation, or rocciving uater limitation of
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as' he or'liis agents have knowledge of such noncompliance, and shall Ucohs. confirm this notification in triting within two The written notification chall state the nature, time and' cause of noncompliance, and chall deceribe the i j measures taken' to correct the problem and the dates thereof, and the maacures being taken to provent recurronecc. 9.. . dho requirements and provicienc of thic Order arc csverabic.
- . If'pny requir'ements and provicions of this, or the appli-cation of any..of the requi'rements or provisionc of this ;
pormit to any circumstances in hold invalid, the application of cuch requirements and provisions to other circumstances,
. and the reminder of .this permit chall not be, affected thorchy .
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10. In order tio maintain compliance Ordei, 'with the offluent limitations and - prohibitions of thic. the diccharger cha.11 cithor:
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(a) In $ccordance with the Schedulo of .Complianco con tained in the'provicient of this Order, pr'ovido an alternative poucr' source sufficient to operato the " wastewater control facilitics; or
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1 A. General R5poiting Requircyontn:
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The diccharger cach ccL;plianceshall report submit date, to the noard on or beforo a 'roport detailing his "complianc.c or noncompliance with the specific schedulo dato and t.ask. . If noncompliance is being reported, the rencons for such nonco nplicnco chall .be stated, plus an estimate of the Octo when the discharger will be in conglianco. The discharger shall notify the Board by letter ifnen he has returned to complicnce with the timo schedule. 2. The discharger shall notify the Bonrd not lator than 100 - days in advanco of implementation of any plans to alter production capacity of the product line of the manufac~ . ;
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Such notification shnll' includc. estimates of prop'osed production ratc/ the type of proccis and projected offects on offluent quality. .Notif.ication shall includo
.cubmittal fa.la.ng feo.of a new report of waste dischargo and pippropriate
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. change of volume ortheproposed diccharge. chan'Jo in the character, location or
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- neporting Requirements for Monitoring:
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For cvory item of monitoring data where the requirc*nonts the actions undertaken or proposed ifnich will brina discharge earlicct into timo, full compliance with requirements at the CorrcCtiVo CChi.and on s. shall submit a timetcblo. for such
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By an annuclJanuaryreport 30 ofto cachthe year,Board. the discharger' chall submit The report shall contain
, both obtained during the previous year. of the monitoring data tabular and grcphical nu=arice In addition, the Siis-t:tve actionp ta':en or planned thich may bc ner the .dir.chargo into full cc:cFliance with the uncto dirchcrgo
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and annlyti' cal results, incl uding ct' rip charta; the dato, ! cxact place, and time of sampling; .the analyst's namo; ' analytical techniques uced; and results of all analycen. , Such records shall be retained for a rinir,um of three years.. Thin period of rote' ntibn chall be extended during . the coarce of any unrcoolved litigatica regarding thic I discharge or when requested by the Doard. Monitoring
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rcLults shall be submitted on forms provided by the Doard. - 4.
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The diccharger chall file vith the Donrd technical rcoorts J on self-monitoring work performed accor6ing to the doicailed
. specifications Progran au dirceted contained by thein any Executive 14cnitoring Officer. and Roporting
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In the caso of a' solo proprietorship, by' the f>roprietor;
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In the caso of a nnuii'cipal, stato.cr other pubiic facility, by' either a principal. executive officer, emp{.Loyec.ran :ing elected official, or other duly authorized.
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G. The results of any analycis of san?,d.es ti: ken more frequentiv'
- ., .Program at the locations.cpecified shall be reported in to Monitorir.g the Board. and Reporting '
7. The discharger shall mail a copy of each nonitoring report on the apprcprinto...... form...to be supplied by the Board to: ,
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Any. diversion from or bypass of facilition nece ssary to i Order is prohibited, main,tain except a cor.plicnce with thes termi proven 4 loso Ohc're ('e)unnvoidabic to
.5 vtacre cxcenn of life or ive otorm drainage or runoff would d amage cover property dama limitations and ' prohibitions of this Crderuent .
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or. bypass . ndivorci c-Except for data determined to bo confidential . .- under Soc-tion 303 of the Fedcral rc. ports prepared in accordance 'with terms of this Watcr Pollutien o Actr O3ntr allOrd l shall of thobe . availabic for public inspection at the o ffi ces er ' Regi;onal>cgional Waterof, Ounlity EPA. Control Soard, and the Administrator i efflu'ont data shall not be ' cons Ac rocaired -hy thcl Act, idered confidential.
' may result in the it.tposition of. criminalKnowin such report I provided for in Section 309 of the Act. penaltics as
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controlled by the diccharger at.ly o.mo'd. or ' I Order this B.oard.by letter, a copy of t/nich . ctence chall":e of this ftho l D. . orwarded to . - I . PROVISIODS FOR V.ONITORING ' . .- All sampling,
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'procedurec (EPA) upon application mcy, beb i;pp:oved by the Rogiunder alternato test certain c
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- 3. All m..alysen shall be' pc fort v in a laboratory approved to perform cuch analysco by the California Stato Depart::.cnt of Health. ,In the event that an
' approved laboratoi,/ is not the E:'.ccutivo Officer may authorite the cubmittal ofavailtble to analyses vided thatperformed by a nonapproved laboratory pro-(a) the laboratory subrait an application for approval to the California'Stato Dopartment of -
Health and (b) within cix months the laboratory of theapproval' recaivos 6 ate of thic frcmOrder the '.
- Department of Hocith within two years of, the date of thic Order. '
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> Yne laboratory which performs the samplo analyses much be identified in all monitoring reports cubraitted 1
' to the Regional Board Executive Officer and the 1
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Effluent samples .chall be taken dotinstroam of tho'
.last addition of waste to the treatment or diccharqc works tfnerc a representative sample may be obtained ~
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All monitoring instruments and devices used by tho , diccharger to fulfill
- the preccribed monitoring program shall be properly, maintained and calibrated
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- 1. q The "30-day average" concentration, expressed as milli--
grams per liter (tr.g/1) , other than for focal . or total ' coliform bacteria, .rccanc the arithmatic mean of measure ~ - monto mndo during a 30 consecutive calendar-day period. The 30-day average concentration for fccal or total coliform bacteria 2ncans the geometric mean of :rcasurements maco during a 30 coneccutivo calendar-day period. 'fa c i georr.ctric mean is the nth root, of 'the product of n' numberc. ' l I If fewcr, than four measurements arc made during a 30 con ~ ' secutivo ' calendar-day period, then compli'ance 'or non-compliance chall not be Octormined. with the 30-day. average concentration limitation ..
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- (lb/ day), meanc the total diccharge of a constituent byp ospe l .voight during~a 30 connocutivo calendar-day period, divided by occurred. the nu=ber of days in the period that tho dicchargo Whcre sampling loss frecuent than daily is required by this order, the 30-day averago diccharge shall -
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' measurement made on 'any ninglo campic 5/acther discre'ec' cr J composite.
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