ML18030A108

Submits Comments Re Des Draft Suppl Review.Clean Water Act Conditions & Mgt Practices Re Proposed Dam Encl.Document Should Address Flood Hazard of Spillway Overtopping

ML18030A108
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	05/27/1980
From:	TRIESCHMAN W E ARMY, DEPT. OF
To:	SELLS D E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NABPL-E, NUDOCS 8006020399
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SUBJECT:

SuhmitscommentsreDESdraftsupplreview.CleanWaterActconditions 4mgtoractices reproposedamencl'ocument shouldaddressfloodhazardofspillwayovertopping.

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MARYLAND21202REPLYTOATTKIITIOII OFsNABPL-E27May19.80Mr.DonaldE.SellsActingBranchChiefEnvironmental ProjectsBranch2DivisionofSiteSafety&Environmental AnalysisU.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Washington, D.C.20555

DearMr.Sells:

OurofficehasreviewedtheSusquehanna SteamElectricStation,UnitsOneand.Two,DraftEnvironmental Statement DraftSupplement, Conyngham TownshipofLuzerneCounty,Pennsylvania, inkeepingwith.thisoffice'sdirectresponsibility.

Thisagency'sareasofconcernarefloodcontrolhazardpotentials,,permit requirements underSection404oftheCleanWaterAct,andotherdirectandindirectimpactsonCorpsofEngineers existingand/orproposedprojects.

Inaccordance withtheseresponsibilities, ourofficehasthefollowing comments:

a.Theproposeddamistobeconstructed inwatersoftheUnitedStatesandis,,therefore, subjecttotheregulatory authority ofthisoffice.However,sincetheproposeddamistobeconstructed abovetheheadwaters ofPondHillCreek,theworkisauthorized undertheprovisions ofaDepartment oftheArmyNationwide Permit.Theattached'sheetdescribes theconditions whichmustbesatisfied forthepurposesofSection404oftheCleanWaterAct,andtheManagement Practices whichshouldbefollowed, tothemaximumextentpracticable, inthedischarges ofdredgedorfillmaterialtominimizetheadverseeffectsofthesedischarges ontheaquaticenvironment.

Theproposedintakestructure istoextendapproximately 30metersintotheSusquehanna River,anavigable wateroftheUnitedStates,therefore, anindividual Department oftheArmypermitfortheintakewouldberequiredinaccordance withSection10oftheRiverandHarborAct.b.Asnotedin4.4.2.3,Hydrologic DesignonDam,page4-11,theproposedspillwaywouldbeinadequate forpassingthePMFusingNRCcriteria.

Thus,apotential floodhazardwouldexistfromfailureofthedamduetoovertopping.

Thedocumentshouldaddressthisfloodhazard.

gABPL-E.DonaldE.Sells27May1980ElectricStation,UnitsOneandTwo,pro)actisTheSusquehanna Steamecistingupstreamoredtohaveadverseeffectsonanyexsnnotanticipate ofldtectionprospects onthedownstream CorpsofEngineerslocalooprongdCsofEngineers Susquehanna River.Noothengotherexistingorproposeorpishowever,Progectsarentecnhvicinity.

TheBaltimore Distrcts,onductintheCowanesque LakeReformulation yStudasancurrently conuctngethePondHillReservoir.

alternative watersupplysourcetoteonoortunitytocommentontheDraftEnvironmental

'Reappreciate theopportuntynbeoffurtherassistance, Statement DraftSupplement andifwecaneourepleasecontactus.Sincerely, lInclAsstatedILLE.CHEMI,Jr.Chief,PlanningDivision CRH)ZTTG<K I'~1.Thatthadischarge wi11notdestroyathreatened orendangered speciesaside'ntified undertheEndangered SpeciesAct,orendangerthecritica1habitatofsuchspecies;2.Thatthedischarge willconsistofsuitablematerialfreefromtoMcpollutants inotherthantracequantities; 3.Thatthefillcreatedbythedischarge willbeproperlymaintained to'revent erosionandothernon-point sourcesofpollution; and4Thatthedischarge willnotoccurinacomponent oftheNational.

WildandScenicRiverSystemorinacomponent ofaStateMldand.".,ScenicMverSystem.+J.'hNAGENER PRACTXCES I':-1.Discharges ofdredgedorM1materialintowatersoftheUnitedStates'..:shouldbeavoidedorminimized throughtheuseofotherpractical alternatives-,

f'2Discharges inspawningareasduringspawningseasonsshouldbeavoIded~.3.Discharges shouldnotrestrictorimpedethemovementofaquaticspecies~'ndigenous tothewatersoxthepassageofnormalore~ectedhghflowsorcausetherelocation ofthewaters(unlesstheprImarypurposeofthefillistoimpoundwaters)g*4~Xft:hedischaige createsanimpoundment ofwater,adverseicpactson-theaquaticsystemcausedbytheaccelerated passageofwaterand/ortherestriction ofitsflow,shouldbeminimized; 5.Discharges onwetlandsareasshouldbeavoided;6.Heavyequipment worksinwetlandsshouldbeplacedonmats;7.Discharges intobreedingandnestingareasformigratory waterfowl shouldbeavoided;and8.Alltemporary fillsshouldberemovedintheirentirety.