ML20004F805
| ML20004F805 | |
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| Site: | Sequoyah  |
| Issue date: | 06/30/1981 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUREG-0620, NUREG-620, NUDOCS 8106220425 | |
| Download: ML20004F805 (18) | |
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Technical Specifications Sequoyah l\\ uclear Plant Units 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328 e
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SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND'2
\\v ENVIR0fiMENTAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page l.0 Definitt o..s 1-1 2.0 Limiting Conditions for Operation (N/A) 2-1 3.0 Environmental Monitoring 2-1 4.0 Special Studies and Requirements............
4-1 4.1 Exceptional Occurrences.................
4-1 4.2 Special Studies.....................
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5.0 Administrative Controls.................
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5.1 Responsibility 5-1 5.2 Review and Audit 5-1 5.3 Changes in Station Design or Operation 5-2 5.4 Station Reporting Requirements 5-4 5.5 Changes in Environmental Technical Specifications and Pemi ts.....................
5-7 5.6 Records Retention....................
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1.0. Definitions
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Annually: - Annually is once per calendar year at intervals of twelve calendar months i 30 days.
Clean Water Act: Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) as amended.
NPDES Permit: NPDES permit is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systen Permit No. 7N 026450 issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This pennit authorizes TVA to dis-
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charge controlled waste water, from the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, into the Tennessee River.
Plant: Plant refers to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2.
Site: Onsite includes any area within the property owned by the TVA specif-icaliy described in the Sequoyah EIS Section 1.1.
Offsite includes all other areas.
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Station: Station refers to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2.
Unit: Unit refers only to Unit 1 or UnJt 2 of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, as defined by its usage.
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2.0 Limiting Conditions ~for Operation
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3.0 Environmental Monitering None required.*
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- In consideration of the provisions of the Clean Water Act (33 USC S 1251, et seq.) and in the interest of avoiding duplication of effort, the conditions and monitoring requirements related to water quality and aquatic biota are -
specified in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) i i
Permit No. TN 026450 issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
This permit authorizes TVA to discharge controlled waste water from the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, into the Tennessee River, i
e The Nuclear Regulatory Commissit will be relying on the NPDES permit for protection'of the aquatic environment from non-radiological effluents.
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4.0 Special Studies and Requirements 4.1 Exceptional Occurrences 4.1.1 Unusual or Important Envirorvnental Events Requirements The licensee shall record any occurrence of unusal or important events.
Unusual or important events are those that potentially could cause or indicate environmental impact causally related with station operation. The following are examples: excessive bird impaction events; onsite plant or animal disease outbreaks; unusual mortality of any species protected by the Endangered Spe-cies Act of 1973; fish kills near the plant site; unanticipated or emergency discharges of waste water or cherdcal substances.
This special requirement shall connence with the date of issuance of the operating license and continue for the life of the plant, unless changed in ac.crdance with Subsection 5.5.1.
Action Should an unusual or important event occur, the licensee shall make a prompt report to the NRC in accordance with the provisions of Subsections 5.4.2.a i
and 5.4.2.c or Subsection 5.4.2.d.
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a.2 4.1.2 Exceeding Litoits of other Pelevant Permits Requirerrnts The licensee shall notify the NPC of oc.orrences in which the limits specified in relevant permits and certificates issued by other Federal, State and local agencies are exceeded and which ar.! reportable to those agencies.
This requirement shall commence with the date of issuance of the operating license and continue for the life of the plant, unless changed in accordance with Subsection 5.5.1.
Action The licensee shall make a report to t1e fiRC in accordance with the provisions of Subsections 5.4.2.b and 5.4.2.c or Subsection 5.4.2.d in the event of a reportable occurrence in which a lim t specified in a relevant permit or certificate issued by another Federal, State or local agency is exceeded.
4.2 Special Studies flone requwed at the present time.
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5-1 5.0 Adninistrative Controls 5.1 -Pesponsibility The station superintendent be.s re$ponsibility for operating the plant in compliance with these environmental technical specifications.
5.2 Review and Audit 5.2.1 Review The TVA Regulatory Staff is responsible for the review of procedures for meeting these environmental technical specifications.
The above rentioned review shall be conducted on the fn11nwinn:
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Proposed changes to the Environmental Technical Specifications and evaluated impact of the change.
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Proposed changes to station operating procedures, which affect the environmental affects of the station.
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Proposed changes or modifications to station or unit equipment, or systens which might have an environmental impact, in order to detemine the environmental impact of the change.
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All routine reports prior to their submittal to NRC (described in Subsection 5.4.1).
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All nonroutine report < prior to submittal of the written report (described in Subsections 5.4.2.a. b, and c].
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Investiaations of all reported instances of noncompliance with Environ-mental Technical Specifications, associated corrective actions, and measures taken to prevent recurrence.
5.2.2 Audit The TVA Office of Power Quality Assurance and Audit Staff shall conduct an annual audit of the environmental monitoring program.
5.3 Changes in Station Design or Operation Changes in station design or operation may 6e made subject to the following conditions:
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The licensee may (1) make changes in the station design and operation, and (2) conduct tests and experirnents not described in this document without prior Commission approval, unless the proposed change, test or experiment involves a change in the objectives of the ETS and/or an unreviewed environmental question of significant 'npact.
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A proposed change, test or experirrent shall be deemcd to involve an unreviewed environnental question if it concerns (1) a matter which nay result in a significant increase in any adverse environmental impact O
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-(V) previously evaluated in the final environmental impact statement as modified by testimony to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, supplements thereto, environmental impact appraisals, or in initial or final adjudicatory decisions; or (2) a significant change in effluents-or
- power level as specified in Section 51.5(b)(2) of 10 CFR 51; or (3) a matter not previously reviewed and evaluated in the documents specified in (1) of this section which may have a significant adverse environmental impact.
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The licensee shall maintain records of changes in facility desion or operation made pursuant to this subsection. The ifcensee shall also maintain records of tests and experiments carried out pursuant to paragarph "A" of this subsection. - These records shall include a written evaluation which provides the bases for the determination that the v
change, test, or experiment does not involve an unreviewed environnental question of substantive impact or constitute a change ia the objectives of these ETS. The licensee shall furnish to the Commission, annually or at such shorter intervals as may be specified in the license, a repcrt contain-ing descriptions, analyses, interpretations, and evaluations of-such changes, tests and experiments.
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Changes in the special studies, it required in Section 4.2, which affect j.
sampling frequency, location, gear, or replication shall be reported to the NRC within 30 days after their implementation, unless otherwise reported in accordance with Subsection 5.4.2.
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5.4 Station Reporting Requirments 5.4.1 Poutine Reports Annual Environmental Operatina Report A report on the environnental monitoring programs for the previous year shall be submitted to the NRC separate from other NRC reporting requirements within 90 days following each anniversary of issuance of the operating license. The period of the first report shall begin with the date of issuance of the operating license. The report shall includ,e summaries, analyses, interpre-tations, and statistical evaluation of the results of the environmental monitoring reautred by special studies and requirenents (Section 4) for the report period, including a comparison with preoperational studies, operational controls (as appropriate), and previous non-radiological environmental monitoring reports, and an assessment of the observed impacts of the station operation on the environment.
If hannful effects or evidence of irreversible damage are suggested by the monitoring programs, the licensee shall provide a more detailed analysis of the data and a proposed course of action to alleviate the prshiem.
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5-5 for those programs concerned with water quality or protection of aquatic biota, (m) which are regulated under the Clean Water Act, the requirements of this section
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shall be satisfied by submitting to the NRC copies of the reports as required by the NPDES permit (or otherwise required pursuant to the Clean Water Act),
and in accorcin.ce with the frequency, content and schedu es set forth by the agencies responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act.
In the event that some results are not available by the report due date, the report shall be submitted noting and explaining the missing results. The missino data shall be submitted as soon as possible in a supplementary report.
The Annual Report shall also include a sumnary of:
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All ETS nonconpliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them.
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Changes made to applicable State and Federal pemits and certifications.
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Changes in station design which could involve a significant environmental impact or chanae the findings of the FES.
4 All nonroutine reports submitted per ETS Section 4.1.
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Changes in approved ETS.
5.4.2 Nonroutine Reports A report shall be submitted in the event that an "llnusual or Important Environmental Event," as specified in Section 4.1.1 occurs, or if another Q
relevant pemit is violated as specified in Section A.I.2.
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and content for these nonroutine reports are described below:
5-6 5.4.2.a Prompt Report Those events specified as requiring prompt reporting shall be reported within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> by telephone, telegraph, or facsimile transmission to the NRC followed by a written report to the NRC within 30 days.
5.4.2.b Thirty Day Report Those events not requiring a prompt report as described in Subsection 5.4.2.a shall be reported to the NRC within 30 days of-their occurrence.
5.4.2.c Content of Nonroutine Reports Written 30-day reports and, to the extent possible, the preliminary telephone, telegraph, or facsimile reports shall (a) describe, analyze, and evaluate the occurrence, including extent and magnitude of the impact, (b) describe the cause of the occurrence, (c) indicate the action taken to correct the reported occurrence, and (d) indicate the corrective action taken (including any significant changes made in procedures) to preclude repetition of the occurrence and to prevent similar occurrences involving similar components or systems.
5.4.2.d Exceptions for Matters Regulated Under the Clean Water Act for matters regulated under the Clean Water Act, the report schedules and content requirements described in Subsections 5.4.2.a. 5.4.2.b. and 5.4.2.c shall be satisfied by submitting, to the NRC, copies of reports as required by the NPDES pennit (or other regulations pursuant to the Clean Water Act) and in accordance with the schedules and content requirements imposed thereby.
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1 L.J 5.5.1 Chances in Environmental Technical Specifications Requests for changes in' environmental technical specifications shall be sub-mitted to the NRC for review and authorization per 10 CFR 50.90. The request shall include an evaluation of the environmental impact of the proposed chance and a supporting justification.
Implementation of such requested changes in ETS shall not commence prior to incorporation by the NRC of the new specifi-cations in the license.
5.5.2 Changes in Permits and Certifications Changes and additions to required Federal (other than NRC), State, local, and regional authority permits and certificates for the protection of the environ-ment shall be reported to the NRC within 30 day >.
In the event that the Itcensee initiates or becomes aware of a request for changes to any of the water quality requirements, limits or values stipulated in any certification er permit issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act, the NRC shall be notified within 30 days.
If a permit or certification, in part or in its entirety, is appealed and stayed, the NRC shall be notified within 30 days, If, as a result of the appeal process, the permit or certification requirements are changed, the change shall be dealt with as described in the previous paragraph of this section.
5-8 5.6 Records R t_ention Records and logs relative to the environment?1 Uxcts of station operation shall be nade and retained in a manner convenient for review and inspection.
These records and logs shall be made available to NRC on request.
5.6.1 The following records shall be retained for the life of the station:
(a) Record of changes to these Environmental Technical Specifications including, when applicable, records of NRC approval of such changes.
(b) Record of modifications to station structures, systems and components detemined to potentially affect the continued protection of the environnerft.
(c) Record of changes to pemits and certification reouf red by federal (other than NRC), state, local and regional authorities for the protection of the environment.
(d) Routine reports submitted to the NRC.
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5'f6. 2 Records of the following shall be retained for a minimum of six years:
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(a) Review and audit activities.
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(b) Events, and the reports thereon, which are the subjects of i
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