ML18051A408
| ML18051A408 | |
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| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 04/27/1983 |
| From: | Johnson B Consumers Energy Co, (Formerly Consumers Power Co) |
| To: | James Keppler NRC Office of Inspection & Enforcement (IE Region III) |
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April 27, 1983 James G Keppler, Administrator Region III US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 799 Roosevelt Road Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 DOCKET 50-255 - LICENSE DPR PALISADES PLANT - 1982 ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT PR I NC I PAL STAFF RA ENF D/RA scs A/RA PAO DPRP SLO
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Appendix B to Provisional Operating License No. DPR-20 for the Palisades Plant dated January 22, 1981 requires Consumers Power Company to submit annually before May 1, the Environmental Operating Report.
This submittal covering the period January 1 to December 31, 1982 fulfills that requirement.
Brian D Johnson Staff Licensing Engineer CC Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement NRC Resident Inspector - Palisades Attachment - Environmental Operating Report I 8305100076 830427 PDR ADOCK 05000255 I
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Consumers Power Company Palisades Plant Docket 50-255 - License DPR-20 1982 ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT 4/27/83 OC0483-0015A-NL02
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1982 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT PALISADES PLANT 2
1.0 BACKGROUND
Appendix B to Provisional Operating License NO DPR-20 for the Palisades Plant, Consumers Power Company is entitled "Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological).
This document requires Consumers Power Company to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an Annual Environmental Operating Report which describes implementation for the Environmental
- Protection Plan.
The period covered by this second annual report is January 1 to December 31, 1982.
During this reporting period, the Palisades Plant generated a total of 3~345,123 MWh gross of electrical energy with an average on-line avail-
- ability factor of 54.7%.
During the first eight months of the year, the plant.experienced a series of unplanned outages which included a primary to secondary leak.
None of the outages were shown to have caused any deleterious effects upon the environment.
- 2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING A cooling tower drift study was completed in 1978 and submitted to NRC.
That study showed that cooling tower effects on the environment were very localized, and that overall environmental impact is negligible.
No further work was done during 1982 on this topic.
2.2 HERBICIDE APPLICATION No herbicides were applied to power line right-of-way, sub-station area, or other plant external areas during 1982.
2.3. CHLORINE MINIMIZATION STUDY The Palisades Plant NPDES Permit requires the plant to conduct a*chlo-rine minimization study which involves measurement of Free-Available-Chlorine (FAC) and Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) over the four seasons of the year.
An objective of the study is to reduce chlorine dose while maintaining condenser efficiency.
During each quarter of the year, TRC concentrations in the mixing basin will* be held at each of three dif-ferent levels (eg, 0.14, 0.10, and 0.05 ppm) for a month.
This study is
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tion in condenser efficiency has been encountered while meeting the environmental objectives.
This study indicates that the plant will probably have no difficulty meeting the new BAT Standards for FAC effective in July, 1984.
2.4 PLANT MODIFICATIONS 3
The only plant modification taking place during 1982 which is of inter-est from the consideration of potential environmental impact was the construction of a new plant parking lot.
Approximately twenty acres of sand dune habitat was affected but environmental assessments conducted by corporate environmental staff indicated that no endangered species were affected by the dune removal, and no significant effect on plant site dune habitat could be found.
A review was done during 1982 of the Palisades Plant Final Environmental Statement and the Final Addendum to the FES in order to establish that conclusions reached in these documents are still valid in view of facility changes which have transpired since the original submission*of these documents.
Results of this review were reported to NRC in a February 2, 1983 submission.
(Docket 50-255-License DPR-20-PALISADES PLANT - Results of Final Environmental Statement (FES) Review).
3.0 NPDES COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION The 1982 Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) was conducted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in September.
Action items resulting from the CEI were as follows:
- 1.
The company agreed to do a study of the existing oily wastewater treatment system.
This study has been completed and is discussed in Paragraph 4.
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The company agreed to revise its method of storing waste oil on site.
The company_plans to employ two 300-gallon*portable tanks which are held within a diked area.
When tanks are full, a disposa+
company will replace fu~l tanks with empty tanks.
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On October 9, i982 the company repaired the recording device for continuous monitoring of pH at Outfall 001 and this device has been in continuous service since being repaired.
4 *. The continuous temperature recorder at Outfall 001 was repaired and returned to service, but periodic "repairs to this recorder have been necessary since it was returned to service.
- 5.
A revised SPCC/PIPP spill prevention plan was written, reviewed, and will be submitted to Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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All gravity drain valves for site containment areas will be removed by September, 1983.
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. 4.0 NPDES PERMIT RELATED NON-COMPLIANCES Appendix B to Provisional Operating License No DPR-20 for the Palisades Plant requires that the Annual Environmental Operating Report should include a list of Environmental Protection Plan (EPP) non-compliances and corresponding corrective actions.
The following table summarizes non-compliances for 1982 relating to environmental matters.
The only environmental problem at the Palisades Plant during 1982 was the problem of non-compliances caused by oil and grease discharges from discharge point OOG which is the outlet from T-41 the Turbine Building Drain Tank~ Corrective action was to change filters in the oily waste polisher or to change absorbent pillow in T-41 whenever a non-compliance occurred.
In September, 1982 the plant adopted a program of increased preventative maintenance on the oily waste polisher which has reduced the frequency of equipment failure.
As a result, the frequency of non-compliance has been reduced.
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Januar~, 1982 01/05/82 01/08/82 01/12/82 01/21/82 Februar~, 1982 02/06/82 March, 1982 0,3/10/82 03/11/82
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. 03/15/82 June, 1982 06/28/82 06/29/82 06/30/82 Jul~, 1982 07 /12/82 01I13/82 07 /14/82 07/20/82 07/22/82 07/23/82 SeEtember, 1982 09/20/82 09/27/82 December, 1982
. 12/01/82 RP0383-0168B-NS02 TABLE 1 NPDES NON-COMPLIAN.CES Palisades Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Buildi~g Drain Tank C/T Suction Basin Overflow rurbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Bu idling Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank Turbine Building Drain Tank 5
- 1982 Oil & Grease 43 mg/l Oil & Grease 25.4 mg/l Oil & Grease 25.5 mg/l Oil & Grease 20.6 mg/l pH Flow existed over weir &
no pH analysis was made Oil & Greas~
50.2 mg/l Oil & Grease
- 188~ 1 mg/l Oil & Grease 63.8 mg/l Oil & Grease 55.5 *mg/l Oil & Grease 37.7 mg/l Oil & Grease 23.1 mg/l Oil & Grease 20.8 mg/l Oil & Grease
- 21. 7 mg/l Oil & Grease 25.5 mg/l Oil & Grease 112.5 mg/l Oil & Grease 23.5 mg/l Oil & Grease 26.5 mg/l Oil & Grease 31.8 mg/l Oil & Grease 123 mg/l Oil & Grease 23 mg/l Oil & Grease 33.2 mg/l
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NON-ROUTINE REPORTS On June 16, 1982 a spill occurred *when an acid feedline to the south side of cooling tower B failed.
Approximately 900 gallons of sulfuric acid was released to the sand.
The acid was neutralized in-situ with powdered limestone and subsequent soil analysis indicated the spill was cont.ained before reaching ground waters.
4.2 RESOLUTION OF OILY WASTE PROBLEM Consistent with an agreement with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the company has conducted a thirty day study of the present oily waste treatment system.
The study indicated that the oil inter-ceptor and emulsion breaker presently in service is not consistently effective in removing oil and grease from the waste stream.
Based on the study results, oil and grease removal from the stream occurs pri-marily in the effluent tank T-41 by physical clarification.
Two recom-mendations were made in the study to facilitate oil and grease removal from the waste stream.
As a* result of the study,_ the plant is currently pursuing the i~stallation of a 200-gpm API separator at the present*
The installation date for the system is subject to plant conditions and* has no.t yet been determined.
It is anticipated that review within the budgeting cycle will be completed by July, 1983.
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