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PPL Susquehanna,
PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 11 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft Enviro
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PPL
Susq uehanna,
uehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susq
Susq ueha
ueha nna
nna Steam
Steam Elect
Elect ri
ri cc Stati
Stati on
on ,, Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft EnViron
EnViron mental
mental
Ass essment
Ass
essment and
and Finding
Finding of
of No
No Significant
Significant Impact
Impact Related
Related to
to the
the Proposed
Proposed License
License Amend
Amend ment
ment To
To
Increase the
Increase
the Maximum
Maximum Reactor
Reactor Power
Power Level
Level
PPL Susquehanna,
PPL
Susquehanna, LLCi
LLCi Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam
Electric Station,
Electric
Station, Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft Environmental
Environmental
Assessment and
Assessment
and Finding
Finding of
of No
No Significant
Significant Impact
Impact
Related to
Related
to the
the Proposed
Proposed License
License Amendment
Amendment To
To
Increase the
Increase
the Maximum
Maximum Reactor
Reactor Power
Power Level
Level
[Federal Reg
[Federal
Reg ister:
ister: Decembe
Decembe rr 55 ,, 2007
2007 (Volume
(Volume 72,
72, Numbe
Numbe rr 23
23 3)
3) ]]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
NUCLEAR
REGULATORY COMM
COMM II SS
SS II ON
ON
[Docket Nos.
[Docket
Nos. 50-387
50-387 and
and 50
50 -- 388
388 ]]
PPL Susquehanna,
PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 1
1
and 2;
and
2; Draft
Draft Env
Env ii ronmental
ronmental Assessment
Assessment and
and Finding
Finding of
of No
No Sig
Sig n
n ii fican
fican tt
Impact Related
Impact
Related to
to the
the Propos
Propos ed
ed Lic
Lic ense
ense Amendment
Amendment To
To In
In crea
crea ss ee the
the
Maximum Reactor
Maximum
Reactor Powe
Powe rr Level
Level
AGENCY :: U.S
AGENCY
U.S .. Nuclear
Nuclear Regul
Regul aa tory
tory Commission
Commission (NRC)
(NRC) ..
ACTION: Notice
ACTION:
Notice of
of Oppor
Oppor tun
tun it
it y
y f f or
or Publi
Publi cc Commen
Commen tt ..
SUMMARY: The
SUMMARY:
The NRC
NRC h
h as
as prepared
prepared aa Draft
Draft Enviro
Enviro nmental
nmental Assessment
Assessment as
as its
its
eval uu aa tt ion
eval
ion of
of aa re
re qu
qu est
est b
by
y PPL
PPL Susqu
Susqu ehanna
ehanna ,, LLC
LLC for
for aa li
li cc ense
ense amendment
amendment
to increase
to
increase the
the maximum
maximum thermal
thermal power
power at
at Su
Su squehanna
squehanna Steam
Steam El
El ee cc tt ri
ri cc
Sta tion
Sta
tion ,, Un
Un its
its 1
1 an
an d
d 22 (SSES
(SSES 11 and
and 2
2 )) ,, fr
fr om
om 33 ,, 44 89
89 megawatts
megawatts -- tt h
h ee rmal
rmal
(MWt )) to
(MWt
to 3
3 ,, 95
95 2
2 MWt
MWt at
at each
each unit
unit .. This
This rr ee present
present ss aa power
power incr
incr ee as
as ee of
of
approximately 1
approximately
13
3 pe
pe rr cent
cent thermal
thermal p
p ower
ower .. As
As st
st aa ted
ted ii n
n the
the NRC
NRC sta
sta ff ff '' ss
pos itio
pos
itio nn p
p ape
ape rr da
da tt ee dd FFebr
ebr uar
uar y
y 8
8 ,,
9 96
9
96 ,, o
o nn the
the Boil
Boil ing
ing -- Wat
Wat er
er Rea
Rea ct
ct or
or
Ex tended
Ex
tended Power
Power Uprate
Uprate (EPU)
(EPU) Pr
Pr og
og rr am
am ,, the
the NRC
NRC staff
staff (( the
the staff
staff )) wi
wi ll ll
prepare an
prepare
an environme
environme n
n tal
tal ii mpa
mpa ct
ct ss ta
ta te
te ment
ment ii ff it
it believes
believes aa power
power uprate
uprate
wo uld
wo
uld hh ave
ave a a si
si gnif
gnif ica
ica nt
nt imp
imp act
act on
on the
the human
human enviro
enviro nment
nment .. The
The ss tt aa ff
ff d
d id
id
no tt ide
no
ide nn tify
tify aa n
n yy sign
sign if
if ica
ica n
n tt imp
imp aa cc tt fro
fro m
m the
the ii nforma
nforma tt ion
ion pr
pr ovi
ovi ded
ded in
in
the licensee
the
licensee '' ss EPU
EPU appl
appl ii cat
cat ii on
on for
for Su
Su ss q
qu
u eh
eh aa nn
nn aa Ste
Ste aa m
m Elect
Elect rr ic
ic Sta
Sta tion
tion ,,
ts 11 aa nd
nd 2
2 ,, or
or tt he
he sta
sta ff'
ff' ss i i ndependent
ndependent rev
rev iew;
iew; the
the re
re ff o
o re,
re, the
the st
st af
af ff
Uni ts
Uni
ii ss docume
docume nting
nting its
its en
en viro
viro nmental
nmental rr eview
eview in
in an
an Envi
Envi rr onment
onment aa ll Asse
Asse ss sme
sme n
n t.
t.
Als oo ,, in
Als
in accordance
accordance with
with the
the position
position paper
paper ,, the
the Draft
Draft Environmental
Environmental
Assessment and
Assessment
and Findi
Findi ng
ng of
of No
No Sig
Sig ni
ni fican
fican tt Impa
Impa ct
ct is
is be
be ing
ing published
published in
in
tt hh ee Fed
Fed er
er al
al Re
Re g
g iste
iste rr ,vi
,vi th
th aa 30-da
30-da y
y pub
pub ll ii cc co
co mme
mme nt
nt peri
peri od
od ..
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PPL Susquehanna,
PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 11 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft Enviro
Enviro ...
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Env iro
Env
iro nme
nme ntal
ntal Asses
Asses ss ment
ment
Pla nn tt Sit
Pla
Sit ee an
an d
d En
En vv iro
iro n
n ss
SSE S
SSE
S is
is located
located ju
ju st
st wes
wes tt of
of tt he
he Susqu
Susqu eh
eh an
an na
na Ri
Ri ve
ve rr appr
appr o
ox
x imate
imate ly
ly 5
5
miles no
miles
no rth
rth ee ast
ast of
of Be
Be rwi
rwi cc k
k ,, in
in Luzerne
Luzerne County
County ,, Pe
Pe nn
nn ss ylv
ylv aa ni
ni aa .. II nn to
to ta
ta ll ,,
SSE S
SSE
S ma
ma jo
jo rity
rity owner
owner and
and lic
lic ee ns
ns ee d
d opera
opera to
to rr ,, PP
PP L
L Sus
Sus q
q uehanna
uehanna ,, LLC
LLC (( PPL
PPL ,,
the li
the
li cc ens
ens ee)
ee) ,, o
o wns
wns 2
2 ,, 35
35 5
5 aa cr
cr es
es of
of ll aa nn dd oo nn bo
bo tt h
h si
si d
d es
es of
of tt h
h ee
Su ss qu
Su
qu ee han
han nn aa River
River .. Gener
Gener aa ll ll yy ,, thi
thi ss ll and
and is
is cha
cha racte
racte rr ii zz ed
ed b
b yy ope
ope n
n
dd ee ciduo
ciduo us
us woodlands
woodlands ii nters
nters p
p er
er ss ed
ed wit
wit h
h g
g rass
rass ll and
and ss aa nd
nd orchards
orchards ..
Ap pr
Ap
pr oo xima
xima tt ee ly
ly 48
48 77 ac
ac rr ee ss ar
ar ee used
used ff or
or g
g enerati
enerati on
on ff ac
ac ii litie
litie ss aa nn dd
aa ss
ss ocia
ocia ted
ted mai
mai n
n tenance
tenance ff ac
ac ii ll ii tt ii ee ss ,, ll ay
ay down
down aa reas
reas ,, pa
pa rr ki
ki ng
ng ll oo ts
ts ,, and
and
rr oad
oad ss .. Appro
Appro ximat
ximat ely
ely 130
130 aa cr
cr ee ss ar
ar ee leased
leased tt o
o ll oc
oc aa ll far
far me
me rr ss .. PPL
PPL
mai nn tt aa in
mai
in ss aa 40
40 1-a
1-a cre
cre natur
natur ee pres
pres ee rve
rve ,, ref
ref ee rre
rre d
d tt oo a a ss tt hh ee Susque
Susque h
h aa nna
nna
Ri vv ee rl
Ri
rl aa nds
nds ,, which
which is
is lo
lo ca
ca ted
ted bet
bet ween
ween SS
SS ES
ES and
and the
the rr ii ve
ve r;
r; U.
U. S
S .. Ro
Ro u
u te
te 11
11
sep aa rates
sep
rates the
the Susqu
Susqu eha
eha nn
nn aa Ri
Ri v
v erlands
erlands ff rr om
om tt hh ee plant
plant site
site .. The
The land
land o
on
n
the we
the
we st
st side
side of
of the
the ri
ri v
v er
er is
is about
about 1
1 ,, 573
573 aa cc rr es
es and
and Gou
Gou ld
ld Is
Is ll and
and ,, aa 65
65 -aa cc re
re ii ss la
la nd
nd jj us
us tt no
no rth
rth of
of SS
SS ES
ES o
on
n the
the Su
Su squehan
squehan na
na Ri
Ri ve
ve r,
r, is
is cu
cu rren
rren tt ll y
y
jj oo ii ntly
ntly owned
owned between
between PP
PP L
L ( ( 90
90 %)
%) and
and Alleghe
Alleghe n
n yy Elect
Elect ri
ri cc Co
Co operative
operative
(10 %)
(10
%) .. Al
Al so
so ,, PPL
PPL currently
currently owns
owns an
an additional
additional 717
717 acres
acres of
of mostly
mostly
uu nn devel
devel op
op ed
ed land
land ,, whic
whic h
h ii nc
nc ll uu de
de ss nat
nat ural
ural recr
recr ee at
at ii o
o nal,
nal, aa nd
nd wi
wi ll dl
dl ii fe
fe
areas on
areas
on the
the ee aa st
st ss ii de
de of
of tt he
he rr ii ver
ver (Referenc
(Referenc ee 10
10 )) ..
SSES is
SSES
is aa two
two -- uni
uni tt plant
plant with
with General
General Elec
Elec tt rr ii cc bo
bo ili
ili ng
ng -- wa
wa tt er
er
rea cto
rea
cto rs
rs and
and ge
ge nerat
nerat or
or ss .. NRC
NRC ap
ap pr
pr oved
oved tt h
h ee Un
Un it
it 1
1 oo per
per aa tt ing
ing ll ii ce
ce ns
ns ee oo nn
JJ uu ll yy 17
17 ,, 1982
1982 ,, and
and cc ommerc
ommerc ia
ia ll ope
ope ra
ra ti
ti o
on
n bega
bega n
n J J une
une 8,
8, 198
198 3.
3. The
The Un
Un it
it 2
2
operati nn gg li
operati
li cense
cense wa
wa ss i i ss
ss u
u ed
ed on
on Ma
Ma rr ch
ch 3
3 ,, 11 9
98
8 4,
4, aa nd
nd commerc
commerc ii aa ll ope
ope rr aa ti
ti o
o nn
bb ee gan
gan February
February 12
12 ,, 1985
1985 .. Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2
2 both
both cu
cu rr rently
rently oper
oper aa te
te at
at 3
3 ,, 489
489
MWt
M
Wt (Re
(Re fe
fe renc
renc ee 8)
8) .. The
The uni
uni ts
ts ss h
h aa re
re aa c c ommon
ommon cont
cont ro
ro ll r r oo om,
om, rr ee fu
fu ee ling
ling
floor ,, tu
floor
tu rr b
b ine
ine operat
operat in
in g
g deck
deck ,, radwas
radwas tt ee system,
system, aa nd
nd o
o tt her
her aa uu x
x ii li
li aa ry
ry
ss ystems
ystems (Referen
(Referen cc ee 9 9 )) ..
SSE S
SSE
S uses
uses aa clo
clo sed
sed -cycle
-cycle h
h ee aa tt dis
dis ss ipa
ipa tio
tio n
n ss y
y st
st ee m
m (two
(two na
na tu
tu ralral- d
d rr aa ft
ft
cooli nn gg towers)
cooli
towers) tt o
o transfer
transfer waste
waste heat
heat ff rom
rom the
the circula
circula tt ii ng
ng wate
wate rr
system to
system
to tt he
he atmosphere.
atmosphere. The
The cc ii rc
rc u
u ll ati
ati n
ng
g water
water and
and tt h
h ee se
se rr vi
vi ce
ce water
water
ss ys
ys tems
tems dd raw
raw wa
wa te
te rr fr
fr om
om ,, and
and dis
dis cha
cha rr ge
ge tt o
o ,, tt he
he Susqu
Susqu ehanna
ehanna River
River .. The
The
rr ii ve
ve rr intake
intake ss tt ruc
ruc tt uu rr ee is
is ll ocate
ocate d
d on
on tt h
h ee we
we ste
ste rn
rn ba
ba nk
nk o
o ff t t hh ee ri
ri v
v er
er aa nd
nd
cons ii ss tt ss of
cons
of tt wo
wo wa
wa tt ee rr entrance
entrance cc hamb
hamb er
er ss wi
wi th
th II -inch
-inch ,, oo nn- ce
ce n
n ter
ter vert
vert ii cc al
al
tt rr ash
ash bars
bars and
and \\ 33 /8\
/8\ -- inch-mesh
inch-mesh tt rr ave
ave ll ing
ing ss creens
creens .. A
A lowlow- pressur
pressur ee
ss cc re
re ee nn- wa
wa sh
sh ss ys
ys tem
tem per
per iod
iod ical
ical ly
ly op
op erate
erate ss to
to rr el
el ease
ease aquat
aquat ic
ic o
o rr g
g an
an isms
isms
aa nn dd dd eb
eb ri
ri ss impi
impi n
n ged
ged on
on tt h
h ee tra
tra v
v ee ll ii n
ng
g s s cc reens
reens to
to aa pit
pit wi
wi tt hh debr
debr ii ss
rr ee moval
moval equ
equ ii pme
pme nt
nt th
th at
at co
co lle
lle cc ts
ts mat
mat ee rial
rial ii n
n to
to aa dd umps
umps tt er
er for
for o
o ff fsite
fsite
dd ii sposa
sposa ll .. Co
Co oo li
li ng
ng tower
tower bl
bl o
o wdown
wdown ,, ss p
p rr aa y
y ppo
o nd
nd o
o verfl
verfl ow,
ow, aa nd
nd ot
ot h
h er
er
permitted effl
permitted
effl u
u ents
ents aa rr ee di
di ss charg
charg ed
ed to
to tt he
he Sus
Sus q
q ue
ue ha
ha n
n nn aa River
River thr
thr ou
ou gh
gh aa
buried pp ipe
buried
ipe lea
lea d
d ing
ing tt o
o a a submerged
submerged d
d ii sc
sc h
h aa rr ge
ge diffuser
diffuser stru
stru ctur
ctur ee ,,
aa pp pp ro
ro xx ii ma
ma tely
tely 600
600 ff ee ee tt do
do wns
wns tt ream
ream oo ff th
th ee rr ive
ive rr ii nn ta
ta ke
ke s s tt ruct
ruct u
u re
re .. The
The
dif fuse
dif
fuse rr pp ipe
ipe is
is 200
200 -- fe
fe et
et ll oo ng
ng ,, wi
wi th
th th
th ee la
la st
st 1
1 20
20 fe
fe ee tt co
co n
n tt ain
ain ii n
n gg 72
72
four -- inch
four
inch p p o
o rta
rta ll ss t t hh at
at di
di re
re ct
ct tt he
he di
di ss cc harge
harge at
at aa 45
45 -- d
d ee gree
gree ang
ang ll ee
uu pward
pward ss an
an d
d dd oo wns
wns tt re
re aa m.
m. W
Warm
arm cc ircu
ircu ll ati
ati ng
ng wa
wa tt ee rr fr
fr om
om tt h
h ee cooli
cooli ng
ng tt owers
owers
cc an
an be
be di
di ve
ve rt
rt ed
ed tt o
o t t hh ee rr iver
iver ii nt
nt ak
ak ee st
st ru
ru ct
ct u
u re
re tt o
o pr
pr even
even tt ii cc ing
ing ;; th
th is
is
uu ss uu aa lly
lly occ
occ uu rr ss fro
fro m
m November
November th
th rr o
o ugh
ugh March
March o
on
n an
an as
as -- nee
nee d
d ed
ed b
b aa sis
sis
(Reference 1
(Reference
1 0)
0) ..
[[Page 68599]
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68599] JJ
For tt he
For
he spe
spe cific
cific purpo
purpo se
se of
of connec
connec ti
ti ng
ng SS
SS ES
ES to
to tt h
h ee re
re gi
gi onal
onal
transmi ss si
transmi
si on
on ss y
y stem
stem ,, there
there are
are app
app roxima
roxima tely
tely 1
1 50
50 miles
miles of
of tt ransm
ransm ii ssi
ssi o
on
n
line corridors
line
corridors tha
tha -- occupy
occupy 3
3 ,, 341
341 acres
acres of
of land
land .. The
The corridors
corridors pass
pass
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PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 11 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft Enviro
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th rou
th
rou gh
gh land
land tt hat
hat is
is p
p ri
ri marily
marily aa gricultu
gricultu ra
ra ll and
and ff ore
ore sted
sted wi
wi tt h
h low
low
po pu
po
pu lation
lation den
den sities.
sities. Two
Two SOOSOO- kilo
kilo volt
volt (kV)
(kV) lines
lines aa nd
nd one
one 230
230 -kV
-kV line
line
connect S SSES
connect
SES to
to the
the ee ll ec
ec tri
tri cc grid
grid ,, with
with appro
appro x
x ima
ima tt ely
ely 2
2 .. 33 miles
miles of
of
ss hor
hor tt tie
tie ss in
in th
th ee i i mmed
mmed ia
ia tt ee p p ll an
an tt vi
vi ci
ci ni
ni ty
ty tt o
o connect
connect SSES
SSES to
to th
th ee 230
230 -kV syst
kV
syst em.
em. The
The Stant
Stant on
on -- Su
Su squ
squ ee ha
ha n
n na
na #2
#2 230
230 -kV
-kV tra
tra n
n ss mi
mi ssion
ssion line
line
cc oo rridor
rridor runs
runs northe
northe aa ss tt from
from tt h
h ee plant
plant ff or
or approx
approx imately
imately 3
30
0 mmiles
iles and
and
ra nge
ra
nge ss from
from 100
100 -400
-400 ff eet
eet wide
wide .. The
The Susquehanna-Wes
Susquehanna-Wes co
co sville-Al
sville-Al burtis
burtis
500 -- kV
500
kV tr
tr ans
ans mission
mission ll ii ne
ne corr
corr ii d
d oo rr ranges
ranges fr
fr om
om 11 0
0 00 to
to 3S
3S 0
0 fe
fe et
et wide
wide an
an d
d
rr un
un ss gg enerally
enerally ss outhe
outhe ast
ast fr
fr om
om t t he
he plant
plant ff or
or appr
appr o
o xx ii mate
mate ll y
y 76
76 mi
mi ll es;
es; th
th ee
Sun bb uu ry-Susq
Sun
ry-Susq u
u ehanna
ehanna #2
#2 500
500 -kV
-kV tt rr an
an smiss
smiss io
io n
n line
line cc orr
orr ii dor
dor is
is
appr oo ximate
appr
ximate ll yy 325
325 fe
fe ee tt wide
wide and
and runs
runs 44
44 miles
miles west-southwes
west-southwes tt from
from the
the
pl an
pl
an tt .. The
The transmission
transmission line
line corridors
corridors cc rr o
o ss
ss th
th ee following
following Pennsylva
Pennsylva n
n ia
ia
counties :: Lu
counties
Lu zerne
zerne (the
(the location
location of
of SSES
SSES )) ,, Carbon
Carbon ,, Columbia,
Columbia, Le
Le high,
high,
No rthampton
No
rthampton ,, No
No rth
rth umberla
umberla nd
nd ,, M
Mo
o ntour
ntour ,, and
and Snyder
Snyder .. These
These transmission
transmission
lines are
lines
are cc uu rrently
rrently owned
owned by
by PPL
PPL Electric
Electric Utilit
Utilit ii es
es with
with the
the exception
exception
of 42
of
42 .3
.3 miles
miles of
of the
the 44
44 .. 22 mile
mile Sunbu
Sunbu ryry- Susquehan
Susquehan na
na #2
#2 500-kV
500-kV
line wh
line
wh ich
ich is
is cur
cur rentl
rentl y
y owned
owned by
by Allegheny
Allegheny Electric
Electric Coope
Coope rr aa ti
ti ve
ve .. All
All of
of
these lines
these
lines h
ho
o wever
wever ,, are
are integral
integral to
to the
the larger
larger transmissio
transmissio n
n system,
system,
and as
and
as such
such PPL
PPL Electric
Electric Ut
Ut ilities
ilities p
p lan
lan ss to
to operate
operate and
and maintain
maintain these
these
lines indefinitely.
lines
indefinitely. Except
Except for
for th
th ee short
short ties
ties on
on the
the plant
plant site
site ,, the
the
lines would
lines
would likely
likely remain
remain aa permanent
permanent part
part of
of the
the transmission
transmission system
system
even af
even
af ter
ter SSES
SSES is
is decommissioned
decommissioned (Reference
(Reference 10).
10).
Identif ii cation
Identif
cation of
of the
the Proposed
Proposed Action
Action
By lett
By
lett er
er dated
dated Octobe
Octobe rr 11,
11, 2006
2006 ,, PPL
PPL proposed
proposed amendments
amendments to
to the
the
operating licenses
operating
licenses for
for SSES
SSES Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2
2 to
to inc
inc rease
rease the
the maximum
maximum
thermal power
thermal
power level
level of
of both
both units
units by
by approximately
approximately 13
13 percent
percent thermal
thermal
power, from
power,
from 3
3 ,, 489
489 MWt
MWt to
to 3,952
3,952 MWt
MWt (Reference
(Reference 8).
8). The
The change
change is
is
considered an
considered
an EPU
EPU because
because it
it would
would raise
raise the
the reactor
reactor core
core power
power level
level
more than
more
than 7
7 percent
percent above
above the
the original
original licensed
licensed maximum
maximum power
power level.
level.
This amendment
This
amendment would
would aa ll
ll ow
ow the
the heat
heat output
output of
of th
th ee reactor
reactor to
to increase,
increase,
which would
which
would increase
increase the
the flow
flow of
of steam
steam to
to the
the turbine.
turbine. This
This would
would
result in
result
in the
the increase
increase ii n
n production
production of
of ele
ele cc tricity
tricity and
and the
the amount
amount of
of
waste heat
waste
heat del
del ii vered
vered tt oo the
the condenser
condenser ,, and
and an
an increase
increase in
in the
the
temperature of
temperature
of the
the water
water being
being disc
disc harge
harge d
d to
to the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River.
River.
PPL plans
PPL
plans to
to implement
implement th
th ee proposed
proposed EPU
EPU in
in two
two phas
phas es
es to
to obt
obt ain
ain
optimal fuel
optimal
fuel utilization
utilization and
and to
to ensure
ensure that
that manageable
manageable core
core thermal
thermal
limits are
limits
are maintained
maintained .. The
The core
core therma
therma ll power
power le
le ve
ve ll of
of Unit
Unit 2
2 would
would be
be
increased b
increased
by
y approximately
approximately 13
13 percent
percent ff oo llowing
llowing the
the spring
spring 200
200 9
9
re fu
re
fu eling
eling outage
outage .. Unit
Unit l's
l's core
core thermal
thermal power
power level
level would
would be
be inc
inc rea
rea sed
sed
in two
in
two stage
stage ss of
of aa bout
bout 7
7 percent
percent each
each during
during the
the spring
spring 2008
2008 and
and spring
spring
22 010
010 refueli
refueli n
ng
g oo utages
utages (Re
(Re ference
ference 8)
8) ..
Th ee o o rr ig
Th
ig ii nal
nal op
op erat
erat ing
ing l l ii cc en
en se
se ss for
for Units
Units 1
1 aa nn dd 22 au
au th
th orized
orized
operation up
operation
up to
to aa maximum
maximum p
p ower
ower leve
leve ll of
of 3
3 ,, 293
293 MW
MW tt per
per un
un it
it .. Sinc
Sinc ee the
the
uni ts
uni
ts wen
wen tt oo nline
nline ,, SSES
SSES hh as
as implemented
implemented two
two power
power up
up rr aa tes.
tes. Stre
Stre tch
tch
uprate ss (4
uprate
(4 .. 5
5 pe
pe rcen
rcen tt each)
each) we
we re
re implemen
implemen ted
ted in
in 1
1 994
994 (Unit
(Unit 2
2 )) and
and 1
1 995
995
(Unit I)
(Unit
I) ,, increa
increa ss ing
ing tt hh ee licensed
licensed th
th ermal
ermal powe
powe rr levels
levels o
o ff SSES
SSES Uni
Uni ts
ts 1
1
an dd 2 2 from
an
from 3
3 ,, 29
29 3
3 MWt
MWt to
to 3
3 ,, 4
4 41
41 MWt
MWt .. Two
Two separate
separate NRC
NRC envir
envir onmental
onmental
assess men
assess
men ts
ts each
each re
re su
su ll ted
ted in
in aa ff ind
ind ing
ing of
of no
no si
si gnifica
gnifica nt
nt impact
impact an
an d
d
dd ete
ete rmined
rmined that
that thes
thes ee ac
ac tions
tions "" ** ** ** would
would have
have no
no ss
fi cant
fi
cant impa
impa cc tt
on th
on
th ee qua
qua lity
lity of
of th
th ee h
h uman
uman enviro
enviro nment
nment .. "" These
These de
de cc isions
isions we
we re
re
published in
published
in the
the Fede
Fede rr al
al Regi
Regi ss tt er
er ,, Vol.
Vol. 59
59 ,, No
No .. 53
53 ,, pp
pp .. 12990
12990 -- 12992
12992 and
and
Vol .. 60
Vol
60 ,, No
No .. 99 ,, pp
pp .. 3278
3278 -- 3280
3280 (Eefer
(Eefer ee nce
nce 12
12 ,, 13
13 )) .. In
In 2001
2001 ,, aa
Measurement Unce
Measurement
Unce rta
rta inty
inty Recapture
Recapture (MUR
(MUR )) uprat
uprat ee of
of 1
1 .. 4
4 per
per cent
cent ii ncre
ncre ased
ased
the lice
the
lice nn ss ed
ed the
the rr mal
mal po
po wer
wer ll evels
evels o
o ff SSES
SSES Un
Un ii ts
ts 1
1 and
and 2
2 to
to 3
3 ,, 489
489 M
MWt
Wt ..
Th ee NRC
Th
NRC ee nn vironme
vironme n
n ta
ta ll asse
asse ssment
ssment fo
fo rr th
th is
is act
act ion
ion also
also rr ee su
su lted
lted in
in aa
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PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
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Susquehanna Steam
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Electric Station,
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finding of
finding
of n
no
o signif
signif ic
ic ant
ant impa
impa cc tt and
and was
was p
pu
u blished
blished in
in th
th ee FFee d
d ee ral
ral
Registe r,
Registe
r, Vol
Vol .. 66
66 ,, No
No .. 12
12 2
2 ,, pp
pp .. 33716
33716 -- 337
337 17
17 (Refe
(Refe rence
rence 14)
14) ..
The Need
The
Need ff or
or the
the Proposed
Proposed Acti
Acti o
on
n
SSE
SSE S
S is
is withi
withi n
n the
the transmission
transmission area
area contro
contro lled
lled by
by PJM
PJM
Interconne ction
Interconne
ction ,, L.L.
L.L. C
C .. (( PJM
PJM )) .. PJM
PJM opera
opera tt es
es the
the large
large st
st regional
regional
transmission tt erritory
transmission
erritory in
in the
the U.
U. S
S .,
., currently
currently serving
serving aa l64
l64 ,, 260
260 -s
-s quare
quare -­
mile area
mile
area in
in all
all or
or p
p arts
arts of
of 13
13 states
states and
and the
the District
District of
of Columbia
Columbia ,,
rr eprese
eprese nti
nti ng
ng approxima
approxima tely
tely 163,8
163,8 0
0 66 mega
mega watts
watts ee lectrical
lectrical (MWe)
(MWe) o
o ff
generat ing
generat
ing capac
capac ity.
ity. PJM
PJM has
has forecasted
forecasted that
that the
the summe
summe rr unrestricted
unrestricted
peak load
peak
load in
in the
the Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic geographic
geographic zone
zone where
where SSES
SSES is
is located
located
would grow
would
grow at
at an
an annual
annual average
average rate
rate of
of 1
1 .. 8
8 percent
percent for
for the
the next
next 10
10
years .. This
years
This represents
represents an
an increase
increase in
in peak
peak load
load of
of almost
almost 6
6 ,, 000
000 MWe
MWe
from 2005
from
2005 to
to 2010,
2010, when
when the
the proposed
proposed SSES
SSES EPU
EPU is
is scheduled
scheduled to
to be
be
completed. The
completed.
The proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would add
add an
an ave
ave rage
rage of
of 205
205 MWe
MWe of
of base
base
load gen
load
gen era
era tion
tion to
to the
the grid
grid from
from both
both Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2.
2. This
This added
added
electricity is
electricity
is projected
projected to
to be
be enough
enough to
to meet
meet the
the power
power needs
needs o
o ff
approximately 195
approximately
195 ,0
,0 00
00 homes
homes and
and is
is fore
fore casted
casted to
to be
be produced
produced for
for the
the
PJM grid
PJM
grid at
at aa cost
cost lower
lower than
than the
the projected
projected market
market price
price (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
PJM uses
PJM
uses aa queue
queue system
system to
to manage
manage requests
requests to
to add
add or
or remove
remove
generation from
generation
from the
the regional
regional transmission
transmission system.
system. SSES
SSES submitted
submitted an
an
application to
application
to PJM
PJM for
for the
the EPU
EPU additional
additional generation
generation on
on May
May 19,
19, 2004.
2004.
The PJM
The
PJM Interconnection
Interconnection Service
Service Agreements
Agreements and
and Construction
Construction Service
Service
Agreements were
Agreements
were signed
signed for
for Unit
Unit 2
2 on
on July
July 7,
7, 200
200 5
5 ,, and
and for
for Unit
Unit 1
1 on
on
January 20,
January
20, 2006
2006 (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
Environmental Impacts
Environmental
Impacts of
of the
the Proposed
Proposed Action
Action
At the
At
the time
time of
of issuance
issuance of
of the
the operating
operating licenses
licenses for
for SSES,
SSES, the
the
staff noted
staff
noted that
that any
any activity
activity authorized
authorized by
by the
the licenses
licenses would
would be
be
encompassed by
encompassed
by the
the overall
overall action
action evaluated
evaluated in
in the
the Final
Final Environmental
Environmental
Statement (FES)
Statement
(FES) for
for the
the operation
operation of
of SSES,
SSES, which
which wa
wa ss issued
issued by
by the
the NRC
NRC
in June
in
June 1981.
1981. This
This Environmental
Environmental Assessment
Assessment summarizes
summarizes the
the radiologica
radiologica ll
and no
and
no n-radiol
n-radiol og
og ical
ical impacts
impacts in
in the
the environment
environment that
that may
may resu
resu lt
lt from
from
tt he
he proposed
proposed action.
action.
Non-Radiological Impacts
Non-Radiological
Impacts
Land Use
Land
Use Impacts
Impacts
Po tential
Po
tential land
land use
use impacts
impacts due
due to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU incl
incl ud
ud ee impacts
impacts
fr om
fr
om constru
constru cc tion
tion and
and plant
plant mo
mo difications
difications at
at SSES
SSES .. While
While some
some plant
plant
compone nts
compone
nts would
would be
be modified
modified ,, most
most plant
plant changes
changes related
related to
to the
the
pp ropo
ropo sed
sed EPU
EPU would
would occur
occur with
with in
in ee xisting
xisting st
st ructures
ructures ,, buildi
buildi ng
ng ss ,, and
and
ff enced
enced equ
equ ipment
ipment yar
yar ds
ds housi
housi ng
ng majo
majo rr cc ompone
ompone nts
nts withi
withi n
n the
the devel
devel oped
oped
part of
part
of th
th ee site
site .. No
No new
new construction
construction would
would occur
occur o
o utside
utside of
of existing
existing
facilities ,, and
facilities
and no
no ee x
x pan
pan ss ion
ion of
of buildings
buildings ,, ro
ro ads
ads ,, parking
parking lots
lots ,,
equipme nt
equipme
nt storage
storage areas
areas ,, or
or tr
tr an
an smissi
smissi o
o nn f f ac
ac iliti
iliti ee ss would
would be
be required
required
to support
to
support tt he
he proposed
proposed EPU
EPU wi
wi th
th th
th ee f f ollowing
ollowing exceptio
exceptio ns.
ns.
The 23
The
23 0
0 -kV
-kV switchyard
switchyard lo
lo cated
cated on
on PPL
PPL property
property acro
acro ss
ss the
the river
river from
from
the stati
the
stati oo nn ,, and
and the
the 500
500 -kV
-kV swit
swit cc hyard
hyard ll oca
oca ted
ted on
on the
the plant
plant site
site would
would
both be
both
be expanded
expanded to
to house
house addi
addi tt ional
ional capacitor
capacitor b
b aa nk
nk ss .. The
The sit
sit ee rr oad
oad
adjacent to
adjacent
to the
the 500
500 -kV
-kV swi
swi tchya
tchya rd
rd wou
wou ld
ld be
be moved
moved to
to accommodate
accommodate this
this
expans ion
expans
ion .. Both
Both ss wit
wit chyar
chyar d
d modifica
modifica ti
ti ons
ons woul
woul d
d requ
requ ire
ire n
no
o land
land
disturb an
disturb
an ce
ce outs
outs ide
ide the
the po
po wer
wer bloc
bloc k
k ar
ar ea
ea .. Re
Re location
location o
o ff t t he
he roa
roa d
d
adjacent to
adjacent
to the
the 500-kV
500-kV switchyard
switchyard would
would occur
occur in
in aa previously
previously developed
developed
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ar ea
ar
ea of
of the
the plant
plant ss ii te
te ,, resulti
resulti n
ng
g in
in no
no or
or litt
litt ll ee ii mpact
mpact to
to ll and
and use
use ..
In addition
In
addition ,, th
th ee tu
tu rr bb ii ne
ne building
building may
may b
b ee expanded
expanded tt o
o allow
allow for
for the
the
in stallation
in
stallation o
o ff co
co nd
nd ee nsate
nsate filters
filters ,, aa nd
nd additional
additional ab
ab o
o veground
veground storage
storage
tt aa nks
nks may
may be
be rr ee quir
quir ee dd to
to support
support cooling
cooling tower
tower basin
basin acid
acid inject
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required ,, storage
required
storage tank
tank installation
installation and
and turbine
turbine building
building expansion
expansion
would be
would
be located
located in
in the
the developed
developed part
part of
of the
the site
site (Reference
(Reference 8
8 ,, 9).
9). An
An
above ground
above
ground ss hielded
hielded storage
storage facility
facility will
will be
be constructed
constructed onsite
onsite
within the
within
the Protected
Protected Area
Area to
to store
store the
the original
original steam
steam dryers.
dryers.
Existing parking
Existing
parking lots
lots ,, road
road access
access ,, lay-down
lay-down areas
areas ,, offices,
offices,
workshops ,, warehouses
workshops
warehouses ,, and
and restrooms
restrooms would
would be
be used
used du
du rin
rin g
g construction
construction
and plant
and
plant modif
modif ii cat
cat ii ons.
ons. Therefore,
Therefore, land
land use
use conditions
conditions would
would no
no tt
change at
change
at SSES.
SSES. Also
Also ,, there
there woul
woul d
d be
be no
no land
land use
use change
change ss along
along
trans mission
trans
mission lines
lines (no
(no new
new lines
lines would
would be
be required
required for
for the
the proposed
proposed
EPU) ,, transmis
EPU)
transmis sio
sio n
n corri
corri dors,
dors, switch
switch ya
ya rds
rds ,, or
or substations.
substations. Because
Because
land us
land
us ee conditions
conditions would
would not
not change
change at
at SSES
SSES and
and because
because any
any
disturbance would
disturbance
would occu
occu rr within
within previously
previously disturbed
disturbed areas
areas within
within the
the
plant site,
plant
site, there
there would
would be
be li
li ttle
ttle or
or no
no impac
impac tt t t oo aesthetic
aesthetic resources
resources
(except during
(except
during outside
outside construc
construc tt ion)
ion) and
and histo
histo ric
ric and
and archeological
archeological
resources in
resources
in the
the v
v ii cini
cini tt y
y of
of SSES.
SSES.
The impacts
The
impacts of
of continued
continued operation
operation of
of SSES
SSES Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2
2 combined
combined
with the
with
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would be
be bounded
bounded by
by the
the ss cope
cope of
of the
the original
original FES
FES
for operation,
for
operation, "" Final
Final Environmental
Environmental Statement
Statement Relat
Relat ed
ed to
to the
the Operation
Operation
of Susquehanna
of
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 1
1 and
and 2,
2, "" dated
dated 1981,
1981, and
and
therefore, the
therefore,
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that there
there would
would be
be no
no sig
sig n
n ificant
ificant
impact ss to
impact
to land
land use,
use, aesthetics,
aesthetics, and
and historic
historic and
and archaeological
archaeological
resources from
resources
from the
the proposed
proposed EPU.
EPU.
Non-Radiological Waste
Non-Radiological
Waste
SSES generates
SSES
generates both
both hazardous
hazardous and
and non-hazardous
non-hazardous waste.
waste. Under
Under the
the
Resourc ee Conservation
Resourc
Conservation and
and Recovery
Recovery Act
Act (RCRA)
(RCRA) Subtitle
Subtitle C,
C, SSES
SSES is
is
classified as
classified
as aa Large
Large Quantity
Quantity Generator
Generator of
of hazardous
hazardous waste,
waste, including
including
spent batteries,
spent
batteries, solve
solve nts,
nts, corrosives,
corrosives, and
and paint
paint thinners.
thinners. According
According to
to
the Environmental
the
Environmental Protection
Protection Agency
Agency 's
's Envirofacts
Envirofacts Warehouse
Warehouse database,
database,
there are
there
are no
no RCRA
RCRA violations
violations listed
listed for
for SSES
SSES related
related to
to the
the management
management
of these
of
these hazardous
hazardous wastes
wastes (Refe
(Refe rence
rence 11)
11) .. Non-hazardous
Non-hazardous waste
waste is
is
managed by
managed
by SSES
SSES 's
's current
current program
program and
and includes
includes municipal
municipal waste
waste ,,
maintenance waste,
maintenance
waste, wood
wood ,, and
and non
non -- friable
friable asbes
asbes tos
tos .. Plant
Plant modifications
modifications
necessary for
necessary
for the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU may
may result
result in
in additional
additional haza
haza rdous
rdous and
and
non-hazardous waste
non-hazardous
waste genera
genera ti
ti on
on ;; hh o
o wever
wever ,, all
all wastes
wastes would
would continue
continue to
to
bb ee managed
managed by
by the
the wa
wa ss te
te management
management program
program currently
currently in
in place
place at
at SSES,
SSES,
whi cc hh is
whi
is desi
desi g
gn
n ed
ed to
to minimize
minimize haz
haz aa rdou
rdou ss waste
waste genera
genera tt ii on
on aa nd
nd promote
promote
re cc yc
re
yc ling
ling of
of waste
waste when
when eve
eve rr poss
poss ible
ible (Re
(Re ference
ference 9)
9) aa nd
nd subje
subje ct
ct to
to sta
sta te
te
(c orr~onw ea lth ) and
and Federal
Federal oversight
oversight .. As
As such
such ,, the
the ss tt aa ff
ff co
co n
n cc ludes
ludes
tt here
here would
would be
be no
no ii mpa
mpa cc ts
ts from
from aa d
dd
d it
it ional
ional non
non -radi
-radi o
o ll ogical
ogical waste
waste
ge nn ee rr aa ted
ge
ted as
as aa res
res u
u lt
lt o
o ff the
the pro
pro p
po
o ss ed
ed EP
EP U.
U.
Cooling Tower
Cooling
Tower Imp
Imp aa cc ts
ts
SSES opera
SSES
opera tt es
es two
two natural
natural dra
dra ff tt cool
cool ing
ing towers
towers tt oo t t rr an
an ss ff er
er waste
waste
heat ff rr om
heat
om th
th ee cc ir
ir cc uu ll atin
atin g
g water
water system
system (whic
(whic h
h cools
cools the
the main
main
cond ee nse
cond
nse rs
rs )) to
to the
the atmo
atmo ss phe
phe re.
re. No
No aa dditi
dditi o
o nal
nal coo
coo ll ing
ing to
to we
we rr capacity
capacity is
is
pla nne
pla
nne dd
a c co ~m odate th
th ee pr
pr opo
opo ss ee d
d EPU
EPU .. Ho
Ho wever,
wever, additional
additional
aboveg rr oo und
aboveg
und s s torage
torage ta
ta nks
nks cc ou
ou ld
ld b
b ee requi
requi rr ee d
d to
to ss upp
upp ort
ort cc ool
ool ii ng
ng t t owe
owe rr
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PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
LLC; Susquehanna
Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
Station, Units
Units 11 and
and 2;
2; Draft
Draft Enviro
Enviro ...
ection. If
ection.
If built,
built, these
these tanks
tanks would
would be
be located
located in
in the
the
of the
of
the
site (Reference
site
(Reference 9).
9).
associated with
associated
with cool
cool
tower operation
tower
operation fol
fol
be similar
be
similar to
to those
those
associated with
associated
with current
current
and
and
visual
visual
from the
from
the
tower
tower
EPU. The
EPU.
The FES
FES for
for operation
operation evaluated
evaluated
noise
noise
of
of
of SSES
of
SSES and
and determined
determined that
that
pump and
pump
and motor
motor noise
noise from
from the
the cooling
cooling water
water
would not
would
not exceed
exceed
ambient (baseline)
ambient
(baseline) levels
levels in
in offsite
offsite areas
areas and
and that
that cool
cool
tower noise
tower
noise
would be
would
be aud
aud ii ble
ble for
for no
no more
more than
than aa mile
mile offsite
offsite to
to the
the west,
west,
southwest, and
southwest,
and southeast
southeast of
of the
the station.
station. PPL
PPL conducted
conducted an
an initial
initial noise
noise
survey in
survey
in 1985
1985 after
after commercial
commercial operation
operation of
of both
both units
units began,
began, and
and
again in
again
in 1995
1995 following
following the
the stretch
stretch uprate.
uprate. The
The 1995
1995 noise
noise measurements
measurements
were similar
were
similar to
to those
those recorded
recorded in
in 1985,
1985, and
and PPL
PPL received
received no
no noise
noise
complaints following
complaints
following implementation
implementation of
of the
the stretch
stretch uprate.
uprate. The
The staff
staff
concludes that
concludes
that the
the proposed
proposed EPU,
EPU, like
like the
the stretch
stretch uprate,
uprate, would
would not
not
produce measurable
produce
measurable changes
changes in
in the
the character,
character, sources,
sources, or
or intensity
intensity of
of
noises generated
noises
generated by
by the
the station's
station's cooling
cooling water
water system
system or
or cooling
cooling
towers (Reference
towers
(Reference 9).
9).
Conclusions reached
Conclusions
reached in
in NUREG-1437,
NUREG-1437, "Generic
"Generic Environmental
Environmental Impact
Impact
Statement for
Statement
for License
License Renewal
Renewal of
of Nuclear
Nuclear Plants
Plants (GElS),"
(GElS)," Volumes
Volumes 1
1 and
and
2, dated
2,
dated 1996,
1996, apply
apply to
to the
the proposed
proposed action
action regarding
regarding cooling
cooling tower
tower
impacts on
impacts
on crops,
crops, ornamental
ornamental vegetation,
vegetation, and
and native
native plants.
plants. The
The GElS
GElS
concluded that
concluded
that natural-draft
natural-draft cooling
cooling towers
towers release
release drift
drift and
and moisture
moisture
high into
high
into the
the atmosphere
atmosphere where
where they
they are
are dispersed
dispersed over
over long
long distances,
distances,
and increased
and
increased fogging,
fogging, cloud
cloud cover,
cover, salt
salt drift,
drift, and
and relative
relative humidity
humidity
have little
have
little potential
potential to
to affect
affect crops,
crops, ornamental
ornamental vegetation,
vegetation, and
and
native plants.
native
plants.
Impacts associated
Impacts
associated with
with continued
continued cooling
cooling tower
tower operation
operation at
at SSES
SSES
following the
following
the proposed
proposed EPU,
EPU, including
including noise,
noise, fogging,
fogging, cloud
cloud cover,
cover, salt
salt
drift, and
drift,
and icing
icing would
would not
not change
change significantly
significantly from
from current
current impacts.
impacts.
Therefore, the
Therefore,
the staff
staff concludes
concludes there
there would
would be
be no
no significant
significant impacts
impacts
associated with
associated
with cooling
cooling tower
tower operation
operation for
for the
the proposed
proposed action.
action.
basin acid
basin
acid
Transmission Facility
Transmission
Facility
The potential
The
potential impacts
impacts associated
associated with
with transmission
transmission facilities
facilities for
for
the proposed
the
proposed action
action include
include changes
changes in
in transmission
transmission line
line corridor
corridor
maintenance and
maintenance
and electric
electric shock
shock hazards
hazards due
due to
to increased
increased current.
current. The
The
proposed EPU
proposed
EPU would
would not
not
any new
any
new transmission
transmission lines
lines and
and would
would not
not
in the
in
the maintenance
maintenance and
and
of existing
of
existing
or substations.
or
substations. Corridor
Corridor maintenance
maintenance
would
would
be affected
be
affected
EPU ..
EPU
EPU would
EPU
would
re the
re
the
ion of
ion
of additional
additional
tor banks
tor
banks in
in tt hh ee 00
00 -- and
and 2
2 33 kV
kV
II
and PPL
and
PPL
to
to
power
power
environme ntal
environme
ntal risk
risk identificat
identificat
evaluation
evaluation
to these
to
these installations.
installations. The
The
tor bank
tor
bank installations
installations are
are the
the
modification of
modification
of transmission
transmission facilities
facilities that
that would
would accompany
accompany the
the
EPU. The
EPU.
The
to transmission
to
transmission lines
lines
current; vol
current;
vol
,, 200
200
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PPL
Susquehanna, LLC;
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Susquehanna Steam
Steam Electric
Electric Station,
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Units 11 and
and 2;
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Additiona ll ly
Additiona
ly ,, PPL
PPL has
has evaluated
evaluated all
all rr elated
elated transmission
transmission facilities
facilities and
and
fo uu nd
fo
nd these
these facilities
facilities tt o
o be
be within
within acceptable
acceptable design
design parameters
parameters
(Reference 9)
(Reference
9) ..
The Nationa
The
Nationa ll Electric
Electric Safety
Safety Code
Code (NESC)
(NESC) provides
provides design
design criteria
criteria
that limit
that
limit hazards
hazards from
from steady-state
steady-state currents
currents .. The
The NESC
NESC limits
limits the
the
short -circ
short
-circ uit
uit current
current to
to ground
ground to
to less
less than
than 5
5 milliamps.
milliamps. As
As st
st ated
ated
above ,, there
above
there would
would be
be an
an increase
increase in
in curre
curre nt
nt pas
pas sing
sing through
through the
the
transmission lines
transmission
lines associated
associated with
with the
the increa
increa sed
sed power
power level
level of
of the
the
proposed EPU
proposed
EPU .. The
The higher
higher electrical
electrical current
current passing
passing through
through the
the
transmission lines
transmission
lines would
would cause
cause an
an increase
increase in
in electromagnetic
electromagnetic field
field
streng tt hh .. However
streng
However ,, with
with the
the proposed
proposed increase
increase in
in power
power leve
leve l,
l, the
the
impact of
impact
of exposure
exposure to
to electromagne
electromagne ti
ti cc fields
fields from
from tt he
he offsite
offsite
transmissi on
transmissi
on lines
lines would
would not
not be
be expected
expected to
to increase
increase significantly
significantly over
over
the current
the
current impact.
impact. The
The transmission
transmission lines
lines meet
meet the
the applicable
applicable
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68601 JJ JJ
shock pre
shock
pre vention
vention provisio
provisio ns
ns of
of the
the NESC
NESC .. Theref
Theref ore
ore ,, even
even with
with the
the small
small
increase ii n
increase
n current
current attributable
attributable to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU ,, adequate
adequate
protection is
protection
is provided
provided agai
agai nst
nst hazards
hazards from
from electric
electric shock
shock ..
The impac
The
impac ts
ts assoc
assoc ii ated
ated wi
wi tt h
h transmission
transmission faci
faci li
li ties
ties for
for the
the
proposed act
proposed
act ion
ion wo
wo u
u ld
ld not
not change
change significant
significant ll y
y from
from the
the impacts
impacts
associated with
associated
with current
current plant
plant operation.
operation. There
There would
would be
be no
no physical
physical
modific ati
modific
ati ons
ons to
to the
the tran
tran smission
smission lines,
lines, tran
tran smi
smi ssion
ssion line
line corridor
corridor
mainten ance
mainten
ance pract
pract ii ces
ces would
would not
not change
change ,, ther
ther ee would
would be
be no
no change
change ss to
to
transmission line
transmission
line corrid
corrid ors
ors or
or v
v ertica
ertica ll cle
cle arances,
arances, electric
electric current
current
passing thro
passing
thro ugh
ugh the
the tra
tra nsmiss
nsmiss ii on
on lines
lines would
would increase
increase only
only slightly,
slightly,
and cap
and
cap acitor
acitor bank
bank modifica
modifica tio
tio ns
ns would
would occur
occur only
only with
with ii n
n the
the existing
existing
power blocks
power
blocks .. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that there
there wou
wou ld
ld be
be no
no
significant impacts
significant
impacts associated
associated wi
wi th
th transmission
transmission facilities
facilities for
for the
the
proposed ac
proposed
ac tion
tion ..
Water Use
Water
Use Impacts
Impacts
Po tential
Po
tential water
water use
use impact
impact ss from
from tt he
he pr
pr oposed
oposed action
action include
include
hydrol ogical
hydrol
ogical alterations
alterations to
to the
the Su
Su squehanna
squehanna River
River and
and changes
changes to
to plant
plant
water supply.
water
supply. SSES
SSES uses
uses cooling
cooling water
water from
from the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River and
and
discharg es
discharg
es water
water back
back to
to th
th ee river
river at
at aa poin
poin tt ap
ap proxima
proxima te
te ly
ly 600
600 fee
fee tt
downst ream
downst
ream of
of the
the intake
intake structure.
structure. River
River water
water enters
enters tt he
he plant
plant
cooling syst
cooling
syst em
em via
via cooling
cooling tower
tower bas
bas ii ns
ns and
and provides
provides water
water to
to the
the
cc ii rcu
rcu la
la ting
ting wa
wa tt er
er and
and service
service water
water systems
systems .. SSES
SSES uses
uses aa closed-cyc
closed-cyc ll ee ,,
natural -- draft
natural
draft cooling
cooling towe
towe rr heat
heat dissipation
dissipation system
system to
to remove
remove waste
waste
heat from
heat
from the
the main
main conden
conden sers;
sers; cooling
cooling tower
tower blowdown
blowdown is
is discharged
discharged
back to
back
to the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River (Refer
(Refer ence
ence 9)
9) ..
No changes
No
changes to
to the
the cooling
cooling water
water intake
intake system
system are
are expected
expected during
during
the
the
action .. While
action
While the
the volume
volume of
of int
int ake
ake embayments
embayments would
would n
n ot
ot
change, the
change,
the intake
intake flow
flow rate
rate would
would increa
increa se
se from
from an
an average
average of
of 58
58 .. 3
3
millio nn gallons
millio
gallons per
per day
day (gpd)
(gpd) to
to an
an average
average of
of 60.9
60.9 million
million gpd
gpd ,, as
as the
the
amount of
amount
of time
time all
all four
four ri
ri v
v er
er intake
intake pumps
pumps operate
operate would
would increase
increase .. This
This
represents aa 4 4 .. 55 -- percent
represents
percent increase
increase in
in intake
intake water
water withdrawn
withdrawn from
from the
the
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna
River and
and is
is not
not expected
expected to
to alter
alter the
the hydrology
hydrology of
of the
the
river significantly
river
significantly (Reference
(Reference 9)
9) .. The
The maximum
maximum withdrawal
withdrawal rate
rate possible
possible
as aa result
as
result of
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU is
is 65
65 .. 4
4 million
million gpd
gpd ,, which
which was
was
ca ll cc ulated
ca
ulated using
using worst-case
worst-case meteorological
meteorological conditions
conditions (NRC
(NRC 2006)
2006) .. This
This
represe nts
represe
nts aa l2
l2 .. 2
2 -percent
-percent increas
increas ee i i nn intake
intake water
water withdrawn
withdrawn from
from th
th ee
rive rr
rive
is not
is
not expecte
expecte d
d
alter the
alter
the hydrol
hydrol ogy
ogy of
of the
the river
river
si gnific
si
gnific ant
ant ly
ly ..
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Susquehanna, LLC;
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Susquehanna Stearn
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Electric Station,
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The amount
The
amou nt of
o f consumptive
c ons umptive water
wate r u usage
sag e due
due to
to evaporatio
evaporatio n
n an
an d
d drift
drift
of cooli
of
c ooli nn gg water
wate r tt hrough
hrough the
the cooli
cooling
n g towers
towe rs is
is expected
expec t ed to
t o increase
increase
ff rr om
om aa mo
mo n
n thly
thly average
ave r age o
o ff 38
38 million
milli o n gpd
gpd to
to 44
44 mi
mi llion
l lion gpd
gpd .. This
This
repre ss ee nts
repre
nts aa l5
l5 .. 7
7 -- perce
per c e nn tt increase
incre a se over
over cu
cu rrent
rrent usage.
usage. Based
Based o
on
n the
the
Susquehanna Ri
Susquehanna
Ri ver
ver '' ss ave
ave rage
rage ann
ann ual
ual flow
flow rr aa te
te of
of 9
9 ,, 427
427 millio
mi l lio n
n gpd
gpd ,, the
the
propose dd EEPU
propose
PU wo
wo uu ld
ld res
res ult
ult in
in an
an average
average aa nnua
nnua ll loss
loss of
of 0
0 .. 5
5 perce
perce nt
nt of
of
rive rr water
rive
water at
at tt hh at
at loc
loc ation
ation .. Dur
Dur ing
ing low
low -fl
-fl o
ow
w cond
cond ii tt ions
ions ,, wh
wh ii ch
ch us
us ual
ual ly
ly
occ ur
occ
ur in
in ll aa tt ee August
August ,, the
the average
average evaporat
evaporat ive
ive ll o
o ss ss a a tt SS
SS ES
ES may
may app
app roach
roach
11 pe
pe rr cc ent
ent of
of the
the low
low -- flo
flo w
w ri
ri ver
ver va
va ll uuee (( Refere
Refere n
n ce
ce 9)
9 ) .. The
The sta
sta ff
ff
concl
co ncl uu de
de ss tt h
h at
at the
the amount
amount o
o ff water
water co
c o nn sume
sume d
d by
by SSES
SSES und
und er
er the
the pro
pro posed
posed
EPU cc oo nd
EPU
nd ii tions
tions would
would no
no tt rr esu
esu lt
lt ii n
n significa
significa n
n tt alte
alte rr aa tt ions
ions to
to
Sus qq uu ee ha
Sus
ha nn
nn aa Rive
Rive rr flo
flo w
w pattern
pattern ss at
at this
this loc
loc ation
ation ..
Co nsump
Co
nsump tive
tive wa
wa ter
ter us
us age
age aa tt SSES
SSES is
is regu
regu la
la tt ee d
d by
by th
th ee Sus
Sus q
qu
u ehanna
ehanna
River Basin
River
Basin Co
Co mmis
mmis ss ii oo nn (SRBC)
(SRBC) ,, aa n
n ind
ind ee p
p ee ndent
ndent agen
agen cc y
y th
th at
at manages
manages water
water
usage along
usage
along the
the entire
entire length
length of
of the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna Rive
Rive rr .. The
The cur
cur rent
rent
permit grant
permit
grant ed
ed for
for SSES
SSES operation
operation by
by SRBC
SRBC ii ss for
for average
average month
month ly
ly
cc onsump
onsump tive
tive water
water usage
usage up
up to
to 40
40 mi
mi ll ll ii on
on gpd
gpd (permit
(permit #1
#1 99
99 50301
50301
EPUL -- 0578
EPUL
0578 )) .. In
In De
De cembe
cembe rr 2006,
2006, PPL
PPL submitted
submitted an
an application
application to
to SRBC
SRBC to
to
eliminate the
eliminate
the 4
40
0 million
million gpd
gpd aa v
v erage
erage mon
mon tt h
h ll yy limit
limit and
and to
to approve
approve aa
maxi mum
maxi
mum daily
daily ri
ri v
v er
er water
water wi
wi tt h
h drawa
drawa ll oo ff 66
66 mil
mil ll ion
ion gpd
gpd (Reference
(Reference 15
15 )) ..
SRBC is
SRBC
is curre
curre n
n tly
tly rev
rev ii ewing
ewing PPL's
PPL's appl
appl ii cation
cation and
and wi
wi ll ll make
make aa decis
decis ii on
on
independent of
independent
of the
the NRC
NRC whether
whether to
to aa ll
ll ow
ow the
the increased
increased cc oo nsumptive
nsumptive water
water
usage required
usage
required to
to ii mplement
mplement the
the p
p rr oo posed
posed EPU
EPU .. The
The SRBC
SRBC pe
pe rm
rm it
it is
is
required for
required
for p
p ll an
an tt operation
operation ,, and
and PPL
PPL mus
mus tt adhere
adhere to
to the
the p
p rr escrib
escrib ed
ed
water usage
water
usage ll imits
imits and
and any
any app
app ll ii cab
cab ll ee mitiga
mitiga tive
tive measures.
measures.
No changes
No
changes to
to tt he
he co
co oling
oling water
water intake
intake system
system and
and tt he
he volume
volume of
of
intake embayment
intake
embayment are
are expec
expec ted
ted for
for the
the propo
propo sed
sed EPU,
EPU, but
but the
the average
average
ii ntake
ntake flow
flow wou
wou ll d
d ii ncrease
ncrease by
by 4
4 .. 5
5 percent.
percent. The
The staff
staff conc
conc ll udes
udes this
this
ii ncrease
ncrease wou
wou ll d
d no
no tt alter
alter significantly
significantly the
the hydrology
hydrology o
o ff tt hh ee Susquehanna
Susquehanna
Ri ver
Ri
ver .. The
The pr
pr o
o posed
posed EPU
EPU wo
wo ul
ul d
d resu
resu ll tt in
in aa smal
smal ll inc
inc re
re ase
ase ii n
ntth
h ee a a mount
mount
oo ff Susquehanna
Susquehanna Rive
Rive rr consumptive
consumptive wate
wate rr usage
usage due
due to
to evapo
evapo ra
ra tive
tive ll osses
osses ..
However ,, t t he
However
he increased
increased loss
loss wou
wou ld
ld be
be ii nsignificant
nsignificant re
re ll ative
ative to
to the
the ff ll ow
ow
of the
of
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River ,, and
and SRBC
SRBC wou
wou ld
ld continue
continue to
to regulate
regulate SSES
SSES 's
's
cc oo nsumptive
nsumptive water
water usage
usage .. with
with respect
respect to
to the
the proposed
proposed action
action ,, th
th ee staff
staff
concludes tt here
concludes
here would
would be
be no
no sign
sign ificant
ificant impa
impa ct
ct to
to the
the hydrological
hydrological
pat tern
pat
tern on
on the
the Su
Su ss queha
queha nna
nna River,
River, and
and there
there would
would b
b ee no
no sign
sign ificant
ificant
ii mpact
mpact to
to the
the plant's
plant's con
con sumpt
sumpt ive
ive wat
wat ee rr supp
supp ly.
ly.
Discharge Impac
Discharge
Impac tt ss
Potent ii aa ll impa
Potent
impa cc tt ss tt oo the
the Su
Su squeha
squeha n
n na
na Rive
Rive rr fr
fr om
om the
the SSES
SSES discharge
discharge
include incr
include
incr ea
ea sed
sed turb
turb ii dity
dity ,, ss couring
couring ,, ee rr oo si
si o
on
n ,, and
and se
se d
d ii me
me n
n tt ation
ation ..
Thes ee dis
Thes
dis cha
cha rr ge
ge -- related
related impac
impac tt ss apply
app l y to
to tt h
h ee re
re g
g ii on
on near
near the
the d
d ischarge
ischarge
struc
s t ruc ture
ture d
d ue
ue to
to the
the la
la rr g
g ee v v olume
olume of
o f coo
coo ling
ling water
water released
released to
to tt he
he
rr iver
i ve r .. However
However ,, si
since
n ce tt he
he pr
pr op
op osed
os ed EPU
EPU woul
wo ul d
d res
res ult
ult in
i n no
no sign
sign ifican
ifican tt
cc han
han ges
ges in
in d
d is
is cc harge
h arge volume
volume or
or velocity
v e locity ,, the
the re
re wo
wo u
u ld
ld be
be no
no ee xpec
xpec tt ed
ed
cc hange
hange ss in
in turbid
tu rb i d ii ty
t y ,, sco
sco u
u rr ing,
ing, erosion
ero s io n oo rr sedime
sedime n
n tat
tation
i on relat
re l at ed
ed to
to the
the
ppropose
r o p o se dd EPU.
EPU.
Sur ff ace
Sur
ace and
and wastewate
wa s t ewate rr dis
discharg
cha rgee ss aa tt SSES
SSES are
are reg
reg u
u ll at
ated
ed throu
throu g
gh
h t the
he
Na
National
t i o na l Pollutant
Po ll ut a n t Discha
Dis c ha rr ge
ge Eliminati
El imina t i oo nn SSystem
y stem (N
(N PDES)
PDES ) permit
p e r mit (No
(No ..
PA00 473 25
PA00473
25 )) ,, which
whi c h is
is is
is ss u
u ee d
d and
and enforced
enforced by
by tt h
h ee P Pee nn nsylvania
nsylvania Department
Department
of Environme
of
Environme nn tt al
al Protection
Protection (DEP)
( DEP ) Bureau
Bu reau of
of Wate
Wate rr Supp
Su pp ll y
y and
and W
Was
as tewater
tewater
Mana gement
Mana
gement .. The
The DE
DE P
P periodi
periodically
c al ly re
re vi
vi ews
ew s and
a n d re
re news
news the
th e NPDES
NPDES pp ermit
ermit ;;
SSES '' ss c c uu rrent
SSES
rrent NPDES
NPDES p
p ee rmit
rmit was
was effective
effective begi
be gi n
n ning
nin g September
Septembe r 11 ,, 20
2 005
05 ,,
and is
and
is
id through
id
through Augus
Au gus tt 3311 ,, 2010
2010 .. The
The NPD
NPDES
ES ppermit
ermit sets
sets wate
wa te rr
qual ity
qual
ity st
st anda
an dards
rds for
for all
a ll
discharges to
discharges
to tt h
h ee Susquehanna
Susquehanna Rive
Rive r,
r,
includin gg limits
includin
limits on
on free
free av
av aa il
ilable
able chlorine
chlorine ,, tota
tota ll zi
zin
ncc ,, and
and tot
to t al
al
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chromium in
chromium
in cool
cool ing
ing tower
tower blo
blo wdown
wdown .. According
According to
to Penns
Penns yl
yl vania
vania 's
's
Environmen tal
Environmen
tal Fa
Fa cilit
cilit y
y Application
Application Comp
Comp liance
liance Tr
Tr acking
acking Syst
Syst em
em (eFACTS)
(eFACTS) ,,
there ar
there
ar ee no
no past
past or
or current
current NPDES
NPDES violations
violations lis
lis ted
ted for
for SSES
SSES
(( Reference
Reference 4)
4) ..
Whil ee the
Whil
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would inc
inc rea
rea se
se the
the amount
amount of
of coo
coo ll ing
ing tower
tower
blowdown to
blowdown
to the
the Susquehan
Susquehan na
na Ri
Ri ve
ve r,
r, ther
ther ee is
is no
no expe
expe cc ted
ted in
in creas
creas ee in
in
associa ted
associa
ted biocides,
biocides, solve
solve nts,
nts, or
or disso
disso lved
lved solids
solids ent
ent ering
ering th
th ee river
river ,,
and SSES
and
SSES would
would con
con ti
ti nue
nue to
to adhere
adhere to
to the
the water
water quality
quality st
st andards
andards set
set
within the
within
the NPDES
NPDES permit
permit .. The
The NPDES
NPDES permit
permit does
does no
no tt contai
contai nn therma
therma ll
discharge temperature
discharge
temperature limi
limi ts,
ts, but
but SSES
SSES must
must adhere
adhere to
to Su
Su ss quehanna
quehanna River
River
tt empe
empe rature
rature limit
limit ss prescribed
prescribed by
by Pe
Pe nnsyl
nnsyl vani
vani aa Code
Code wat
wat er
er qu
qu ali
ali ty
ty
ss tan
tan dards
dards (Reference
(Reference 1).
1). Thermal
Thermal discharge
discharge effects
effects and
and app
app ll ii cabl
cabl ee
Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania
Code wa
wa tt er
er quality
quality standards
standards will
will be
be discussed
discussed further
further in
in
the Impacts
the
Impacts on
on Aquatic
Aquatic Biota
Biota se
se ct
ct ion
ion ..
No expected
No
expected changes
changes in
in turbidity
turbidity ,, scouring
scouring ,, erosion
erosion or
or
sedimentation are
sedimentation
are expe
expe cte
cte d
d as
as aa resu
resu lt
lt of
of the
the propo
propo sed
sed EPU.
EPU. Surf
Surf ac
ac ee and
and
was tew
was
tew ater
ater discharges
discharges to
to the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna Ri
Ri ver
ver woul
woul dd continue
continue to
to be
be
regulated by
regulated
by the
the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania DEP
DEP .. Any
Any discharge-related
discharge-related impacts
impacts ff or
or
the proposed
the
proposed action
action would
would be
be similar
similar to
to current
current impacts
impacts fr
fr om
om plant
plant
operation, and
operation,
and tt here
here fore
fore ,, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes the
the proposed
proposed action
action
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would not
would
not result
result in
in ss igni
igni fican
fican tt impacts
impacts oo nn the
the Susque
Susque hh anna
anna Ri
Ri ver
ver from
from
cooling water
cooling
water d
d ischarge.
ischarge.
Impacts on
Impacts
on Aquatic
Aquatic Biota
Biota
The potential
The
potential impacts
impacts to
to aquatic
aquatic biota
biota fr
fr om
om tt he
he proposed
proposed EPU
EPU
in cc lude
in
lude impingement,
impingement, entrainment
entrainment ,, thermal
thermal discharge
discharge effects
effects ,, and
and
impa cc ts
impa
ts due
due to
to tr
tr an
an smission
smission line
line right-of-way
right-of-way maintenance.
maintenance. The
The aquatic
aquatic
species evaluated
species
evaluated in
in this
this draft
draft Environmen
Environmen tt al
al Ass
Ass ee ssment
ssment are
are tt hose
hose in
in
the vi
the
vi cin
cin ity
ity o
o ff the
the SSES
SSES cooling
cooling water
water intake
intake and
and discharge
discharge structures
structures
along the
along
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River ,, and
and tt hose
hose that
that occur
occur in
in water
water bodies
bodies
cr os
cr
os ss ed
ed by
by tt ransmiss
ransmiss ion
ion lines
lines associated
associated with
with SSES.
SSES.
The licen
The
licen see
see has
has conducted
conducted aquatic
aquatic biota
biota studies
studies of
of the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna
River upstream
River
upstream and
and downstream
downstream of
of SSES
SSES since
since 1971.
1971. The
The studies
studies assessed
assessed
water quality
water
quality ,, algae
algae (periphyton
(periphyton and
and photoplankton)
photoplankton) ,,
macroinvertebrates ,, and
macroinvertebrates
and fish
fish fro
fro m
m 1971
1971 tt oo 11 994
994 ,, wit
wit hh annual
annual fish
fish
studies beginning
studies
beginning in
in 1976
1976 .. The
The Sus
Sus quehanna
quehanna River
River in
in th
th ee vicinity
vicinity of
of
SSES has
SSES
has bo
bo th
th coolwater
coolwater and
and warmwater
warmwater ff ii shes,
shes, primarily
primarily consisting
consisting of
of
minnows (C
minnows
(C yprini
yprini dae
dae )) ,, suc
suc kers
kers (Ca
(Ca tastomidae),
tastomidae), catfish
catfish (( Ica
Ica lurida
lurida e),
e),
sunfish (Cent
sunfish
(Cent rr arc
arc hidae)
hidae) ,, and
and d
d arters
arters and
and perch
perch (Percidae
(Percidae )) .. There
There aa re
re
also records
also
records of
of smallmouth
smallmouth bass
bass (Mic
(Mic ropterus
ropterus dolomieu
dolomieu )) ,, walleye
walleye (Sande
(Sande rr
vitreus) ,, and
vitreus)
and cc hannel
hannel catfish
catfish (I
(I cc talurus
talurus punc
punc ta
ta tus
tus )) found
found in
in pro
pro xi
xi mit
mit yy
tt oo SS
SS ES
ES .. M
Monito
onito ri
ri ng
ng of
of ben
ben th
th ii cc ma
ma cc ro
ro ii nvertebrates
nvertebrates and
and biof
biof oul
oul ii ng
ng
moll usk
moll
usk ss was
was also
also in
in cl
cl uded
uded in
in the
the st
st ud
ud ies
ies .. No
No ze
ze bra
bra mu
mu ssel
ssel ss (D
(D re
re is
is sena
sena
po
p
o lymorpha
lymorpha )) ha
ha ve
ve been
been recorded
recorded at
at SSES
SSES or
or in
in the
the vicini
vicini tt yy of
of tt he
he Nor
Nor tt hh
Br aa nch
Br
nch oo ff th
th ee S Su
u squehanna
squehanna River
River ;; however
however ,, Asiatic
Asiatic cc lams
lams (Corbicula
(Corbicula
ff luminea)
luminea) ha
ha v
v ee bee
bee n
n f f oo und
und in
in the
the No
No rth
rth Branch
Branch of
of the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River
for severa
for
severa ll year
year ss a a nd
nd wer
wer ee cc ollecte
ollecte dd bb yy sc
sc uu ba
ba dd ivers
ivers in
in th
th ee SSES
SSES
engineered safeg
engineered
safeg uard
uard servic
servic ee water
water spray
spray pond
pond in
in July
July 200
200 55 ..
No sensiti
No
sensiti v
v ee aquatic
aquatic spe
spe cies
cies are
are known
known to
to occur
occur at
at or
or near
near SSES
SSES
(Ref erence
(Ref
erence 9)
9) ;; however
however ,, the
the 198
198 11 FES
FES for
for oo peration
peration ii ndicated
ndicated that
that two
two
endange red
endange
red and
and tt wo
wo rare
rare fi
fi sh
sh liste
liste dd by
by tt he
he Penns
Penns ylvan
ylvan ia
ia Fi
Fi sh
sh Commi
Commi ssion
ssion
(now tt he
(now
he Pennsyl
Pennsyl v
v an
an ii aa Fis
Fis h
h &
& Boat
Boat Commis
Commis ss io
io nn )) hh ave
ave ra
ra ng
ng ee ss that
that ff al
al ll
within SSE
within
SSE S
S tran
tran smi
smi ssion
ssion line
line corri
corri dors
dors (NRC
(NRC 11 99 88 11 )) .. PP
PP L
L ha
ha ss provided
provided
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the st
the
st aff
aff with
with aa ve
ve getati
getati ve
ve management
management prog
prog ram
ram ff or
or its
its tr
tr ansmi
ansmi ssion
ssion
ll ii ne
ne cor
cor ri
ri dors
dors tt ha
ha tt states
states n
n oo herb
herb ii cc ides
ides ss ha
ha ll
ll be
be appl
appl ii ed
ed withi
withi n
n 50
50
feet of
feet
of any
any wate
wate rr body
body ,, ee x
x cc ee pp tt stump
stump tt reatmen
reatmen tt ss and
and h
h ee rbicides
rbicides approved
approved
for wat
for
wat er
er shed/aqua
shed/aqua tic
tic use
use .. Additiona
Additiona ll ly
ly ,, the
the tt ran
ran ss missi
missi on
on line
line corridor
corridor
mainte nance
mainte
nance act
act ivit
ivit ies
ies ii nn the
the v
v ici
ici nity
nity o
o ff s s tt ream
ream aa nd
nd ri
ri ve
ve rr cros
cros sings
sings
emplo yy pro
emplo
pro cedu
cedu res
res to
to min
min imize
imize ee rr o
o sion
sion and
and shoreli
shoreli ne
ne distur
distur bance
bance whi
whi le
le
encoura gin
encoura
gin g
g vegetat
vegetat ive
ive cover
cover (Refe
(Refe ren
ren ce
ce 7
7 )) ..
In aa ddition
In
ddition to
to ss etting
etting wat
wat er
er q
q ualit
ualit y
y paramete
paramete rs
rs fo
fo rr ss uu rr ff ac
ac ee a a nd
nd
wastew ater
wastew
ater d
d ischarg
ischarg es
es ,, the
the SS
SS ES
ES NPDE
NPDE S
S pe
pe rm
rm ii tt (( PAPA- 00
00 47325)
47325) also
also
regula tes
regula
tes ee ntrainme
ntrainme nt
nt an
an d
d impi
impi ngement
ngement o
o ff aquatic
aquatic ss pe
pe cc ies
ies at
at SS
SS ES.
ES.
Beca use
Beca
use SSE
SSE S
S uses
uses aa cl
cl o
o ss ed-cycle,
ed-cycle, recircu
recircu ll ating
ating co
co oling
oling wa
wa ter
ter system,
system,
ee nt
nt rr ai
ai nment
nment an
an d
d impin
impin g
g eme
eme n
n tt impact
impact ss o o n
n aqua
aqua tic
tic bi
bi o
o ta
ta resul
resul tt ii n
ng
g from
from the
the
pp rr opose
opose dd EPU
EPU aa rr ee not
not expe
expe cc ted
ted tt o
o be
be ss ii gg nn ifi
ifi ca
ca nt
nt ..
The propo
The
propo sed
sed EPU
EPU would
would req
req u
u ire
ire additi
additi o
o na
na ll water
water withdrawal
withdrawal from
from tt he
he
Su squehanna
Su
squehanna Ri
Ri ver
ver for
for increased
increased cc ooling
ooling tt o
o wer
wer evaporative
evaporative losses
losses and
and
other plant
other
plant needs
needs .. The
The average
average increase
increase in
in daily
daily water
water withdrawal
withdrawal from
from
the Su
the
Su squehanna
squehanna River
River wo
wo uld
uld b
b ee a a pproxima
pproxima tt ely
ely 4
4 .. 4
4 percent,
percent, ff rr om
om 58
58 .. 3
3
million gpd
million
gpd to
to 60.9
60.9 mi
mi ll lion
lion gpd.
gpd. PPL
PPL also
also reported
reported aa maximum
maximum daily
daily
wate rr withdrawal
wate
withdrawal estimate
estimate of
of 65
65 .4
.4 million
million gpd
gpd (an
(an 11.2
11.2 pe
pe rr cent
cent
increase), which
increase),
which would
would only
only occur
occur during
during worst-case
worst-case meteorological
meteorological
conditions (Referen
conditions
(Referen ce
ce 15)
15) .. Under
Under the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU conditions,
conditions, the
the
aa vv erage
erage increase
increase in
in water
water wit
wit h
h drawal
drawal would
would result
result in
in the
the impingement
impingement of
of
app ro
app
ro ximately
ximately one
one additional
additional fish
fish per
per da
da y
y ( ( from
from 21
21 to
to 22
22 )) and
and
en tt ra
en
ra ii nment
nment of
of approximately
approximately 15
15 ,, 972
972 additi
additi o
o nal
nal larvae
larvae per
per day
day (( fro
fro m
m
363,000 to
363,000
to 378
378 ,, 000)
000) during
during spawning
spawning se
se ason
ason .. These
These small
small increases
increases in
in
en tt rainment
en
rainment and
and impingement
impingement related
related to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would result
result in
in
no significant
no
significant impact
impact to
to the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River aquatic
aquatic community
community
(Reference 9
(Reference
9 )) ..
Effective July
Effective
July 9
9 ,, 2007
2007 ,, the
the EPA
EPA suspended
suspended the
the Phase
Phase II
II ru
ru ll ee (NRC
(NRC
2007b). As
2007b).
As aa result,
result, all
all permits
permits for
for Phase
Phase II
II facilities
facilities sho
sho uld
uld include
include
cond ii tions
cond
tions under
under Sec
Sec tion
tion 316(b)
316(b) of
of the
the Clean
Clean Wa
Wa ter
ter Act
Act that
that are
are
developed on
developed
on aa Best
Best Professional
Professional Judgment
Judgment basis,
basis, rather
rather than
than best
best
technology avai
technology
avai ll able.
able. Best
Best Professional
Professional Judgment
Judgment is
is used
used by
by National
National
Pollut ant
Pollut
ant Discharge
Discharge Elimination
Elimination System
System (NPDES
(NPDES )) permit
permit write
write rr ss to
to
de vv elop
de
elop technology-based
technology-based permit
permit conditions
conditions on
on aa case-by-case
case-by-case basis
basis
us ii ng
us
ng all
all reasonably
reasonably aa v
v ailable
ailable and
and relevant
relevant data.
data. Any
Any site-specific
site-specific
mitigation required
mitigation
required under
under the
the NPDES
NPDES permitting
permitting pr
pr o
o cess
cess would
would result
result in
in
aa redu
redu cc ti
ti oo nn in
in the
the impa
impa cc ts
ts of
of cc ontinued
ontinued p
p ll ant
ant o
o perations.
perations.
The NPDE
The
NPDE S
S permit
permit ii ssued
ssued by
by the
the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania DEP
DEP does
does not
not ss pecify
pecify
th ee rr mal
th
mal discharge
discharge limits;
limits; however,
however, the
the aa mo
mo unt
unt and
and temperature
temperature of
of heated
heated
effl uu ent
effl
ent dis
dis cc harged
harged tt oo the
the Susqu
Susqu ehanna
ehanna Ri
Ri ve
ve rr is
is governed
governed by
by Section
Section
93 .. 77 oo ff Pe
93
Pe nnsy
nnsy lvania
lvania Code,
Code, wh
wh ich
ich p
p lace
lace ss re
re stric
stric tion
tion ss on
on wate
wate rr ss
des ii gna
des
gna tt ed
ed '' '' W
Waa rm
rm W
Waa te
te rr Fi
Fi she
she rr ie
ie s.
s. "" Dur
Dur ii ng
ng th
th ee Ju
Ju ll yy I I -- August
August 31
31 tt ii me
me
frame ,, the
frame
the h
h ighes
ighes tt river
river wa
wa tt er
er tempe
tempe rr atu
atu re
re allowable
allowable ii ss 87
87 d
d ee gree
gree ss
Fahrenhei tt {[
Fahrenhei
{[ deg]
deg] F
F ll ,, with
with ll oo wer
wer tempe
tempe rr ature
ature ll imits
imits dur
dur in
in g
g other
other pa
pa rts
rts
of the
of
the yea
yea rr (Re
(Re fere
fere nce
nce 1)
1) .. In
In the
the 19
19 81
81 FES
FES fo
fo rr operati
operati on,
on, the
the NRC
NRC
performed an
performed
an ana
ana ll yy ss is
is of
of SS
SS ES
ES blowdo
blowdo wn
wn plume
plume characteristics
characteristics .. Th
Th ee
ana ly
ana
ly sis
sis concluded
concluded that
that blowdown
blowdown temperatures
temperatures during
during all
all four
four seasons
seasons
were lowe
were
lowe rr than
than th
th ee maximum
maximum ri
ri ver
ver temperature
temperature ss set
set by
by Sectio
Sectio n
n 93
93 .. 77 .. The
The
location aa nn d
location
d de
de sign
sign of
of the
the SSES
SSES cool
cool ing
ing wat
wat er
er d
d ii ss charg
charg ee st
st ruct
ruct ure
ure aa nd
nd
th ee h h igh
th
igh ff lo
lo w
w rate
rate o
o ff t t hh ee Susqueha
Susqueha nna
nna River
River allow
allow for
for suff
suff ic
ic ii en
en tt mixi
mixi ng
ng
and coo
and
coo li
li ng
ng of
of he
he at
at ed
ed effluen
effluen tt .. Using
Using conse
conse rr v
v aa tt ii ve
ve ass
ass ump
ump tions
tions ss imilar
imilar
to those
to
those used
used in
in the
the origi
origi nal
nal PES
PES thermal
thermal plume
plume analysis
analysis ,, PPL
PPL
calculat ed
calculat
ed that
that aa ft
ft er
er implementatio
implementatio n
n of
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU ,, blowdown
blowdown
temperat uu re
temperat
re ss would
would increase
increase by
by 2
2 [de
[de g]F
g]F .. This
This would
would re
re ss u
u lt
lt in
in aa 00 .. 66
[deg]F ii nn crease
[deg]F
crease ii n
n the
the maxi
maxi mum
mum expect
expect ed
ed tempe
tempe rr atu
atu re
re at
at tt he
he edge
edge of
of the
the
thermal pp lume
thermal
lume mi
mi x
x ing
ing zone
zone (max
(max imum
imum temperature
temperature 86
86 .. 5
5 [deg]F)
[deg]F) .. The
The staff
staff
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concludes that
concludes
that the
the increase
increase in
in thermal
thermal di
di
temperature and
temperature
and vol
vol ume
ume
from the
from
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would still
still fall
fall within
within the
the
lines
lines
by the
by
the
1 FES
1
FES for
for operation
operation (NRC
(NRC 1981).
1981).
effluents dis
effluents
dis
to the
to
the
River include
River
include
cooling tower
cooling
tower blowdown,
blowdown, spray
spray pond
pond overflow,
overflow, liquid
liquid rad
rad waste
waste treatment
treatment
effluents, and
effluents,
and surface
surface and
and wastewater
wastewater di
di
.. The
The Corrmonwealth
Corrmonwealth of
of
these discharges
these
discharges through
through SSES's
SSES's NPDES
NPDES permit,
permit,
which sets
which
sets
standards for
standards
for all
all
di
di
to the
to
the
Susquehanna River.
Susquehanna
River. Ecological
Ecological studies
studies of
of the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River
conducted for
conducted
for the
the licensee
licensee indicate
indicate that
that river
river water
water quality
quality in
in the
the
vicinity of
vicinity
of SSES
SSES continues
continues to
to improve.
improve. From
From 1973
1973
2002, there
2002,
there
was aa significant
was
significant decreasing
decreasing trend
trend in
in turbidity,
turbidity, sulfate,
sulfate, total
total iron,
iron,
and total
and
total suspended
suspended solids;
solids; and
and aa significant
significant increasing
increasing trend
trend in
in river
river
temperature, pH,
temperature,
pH, total
total alkalinity,
alkalinity, and
and dissolved
dissolved oxygen.
oxygen. A
A reduction
reduction in
in
acid-mine drainage
acid-mine
drainage pollutants
pollutants and
and improvements
improvements in
in upstream
upstream waste-water
waste-water
treatment have
treatment
have likely
likely contributed
contributed to
to the
the overall-improved
overall-improved river
river
ecosystem health
ecosystem
health (Ecology
(Ecology III
III 2003).
2003).
SSES operates
SSES
operates aa closed-cycle
closed-cycle cooling
cooling water
water system,
system, and
and as
as such,
such, the
the
staff concludes
staff
concludes that
that impacts
impacts to
to aquatic
aquatic biota
biota in
in the
the Susquehanna
Susquehanna River
River
from entrainment,
from
entrainment, impingement,
impingement, and
and thermal
thermal discharge
discharge resulting
resulting from
from the
the
proposed EPU
proposed
EPU would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant. The
The Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania DEP
DEP will
will
continue to
continue
to
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regulate the
regulate
the performance
performance of
of the
the SSES
SSES cooling
cooling water
water system
system and
and surface
surface
and wastewater
and
wastewater discharges
discharges through
through the
the NPDES
NPDES permit
permit and
and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Code designed
Code
designed to
to protect
protect warm
warm water
water fisheries.
fisheries. Furthermore,
Furthermore, SSES
SSES
transmission line
transmission
line corridor
corridor maintenance
maintenance practices
practices would
would not
not change
change upon
upon
implementation of
implementation
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU;
EPU; thus,
thus, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes there
there
would be
would
be no
no significant
significant impacts
impacts to
to aquatic
aquatic species
species associated
associated with
with
transmission line
transmission
line corridor
corridor maintenance.
maintenance.
Impacts on
Impacts
on Terrestrial
Terrestrial Biota
Biota
Potential impacts
Potential
impacts to
to terrestrial
terrestrial biota
biota from
from the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU
include impacts
include
impacts due
due to
to transmission
transmission line
line corridor
corridor maintenance
maintenance and
and any
any
planned new
planned
new construction.
construction. The
The natural
natural communities
communities at
at SSES
SSES and
and in
in the
the
surrounding areas
surrounding
areas consist
consist of
of river
river floodplain
floodplain forest,
forest, upland
upland forest,
forest,
marshes, and
marshes,
and wetlands.
wetlands. The
The river
river floodplain
floodplain forest
forest at
at SSES
SSES is
is dominated
dominated
by silver
by
silver maple
maple (Acer
(Acer saccharinum),
saccharinum), river
river birch
birch (Betu
(Betu ll aa nigra),
nigra), and
and
Northern red
Northern
red oak
oak (Quercus
(Quercus rubra).
rubra). The
The upland
upland forest
forest is
is dominated
dominated by
by
nia pine
nia
pine (Pinus
(Pinus virginiana),
virginiana), sweet
sweet birch
birch (Betula
(Betula lenta),
lenta), flowering
flowering
(Cornaceae cornus),
(Cornaceae
cornus), white
white oak
oak (Fagaceae
(Fagaceae quercus),
quercus), Northern
Northern red
red
k, black
k,
black oak
oak (Q.
(Q. velutina),
velutina), and
and
low
low
(Liriodendron
(Liriodendron
marshes are
marshes
are dominated
dominated
aa
of eme
of
eme rgent
rgent
such as
such
as
)) ,, bulrush
bulrush and
and cattail
cattail
1J1lctC, "" ":1c
1J1lctC,
":1c )) ff
and cutgrass
and
cutgrass (Poaceae)
(Poaceae) (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
wetlands do
wetlands
do
occur at
occur
at the
the SSES
SSES site,
site, none
none ff the
the wetlands
wetlands would
would be
be affected
affected by
by the
the
action.
action.
As stated
As
stated in
in the
the Cool
Cool
Tower
Tower
section,
section,
ficant
ficant
increase in
increase
in noise
noise is
is anticipated
anticipated for
for coo
coo ll ing
ing tt ower
ower
following
following
the
the
and
and
would not
would
not be
be
staff
staff
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of its
of
its function
function with
with the
the local
local ecosystem
ecosystem (NRC
(NRC 19
19 6).
6).
action would
action
would not
not involve
involve new
new land
land disturbance
disturbance ou
ou tt side
side
power block
power
block or
or
areas, and
areas,
and as
as discussed
discussed in
in the
the
Transmission Facilities
Transmission
Facilities
ss section,
section, there
there would
would be
be no
no
to
to
transmission line
transmission
line corridor
corridor maintenance
maintenance
ces. Thus,
ces.
Thus, the
the staff
staff
concludes that
concludes
that there
there would
would be
be no
no ss
to terrestrial
to
terrestrial
or their
or
their habitat
habitat associated
associated with
with the
the
action,
action,
transmission line
transmission
line
maintenance.
maintenance.
on Threatened
on
Threatened and
and
Po tt ential
Po
ential impacts
impacts to
to threatened
threatened and
and
species from
species
from the
the
proposed action
proposed
action include
include the
the
assessed in
assessed
in the
the
and
and
terrestrial biota
terrestrial
biota sections
sections of
of this
this Environmental
Environmental Assessment.
Assessment. These
These
impacts include
impacts
include impingement,
impingement, entrainment,
entrainment, thermal
thermal discharge
discharge effects,
effects,
and impacts
and
impacts from
from transmission
transmission line
line right-of-way
right-of-way maintenance
maintenance for
for aquatic
aquatic
and terrestrial
and
terrestrial species.
species. A
A review
review of
of databases
databases maintained
maintained by
by the
the U.S.
U.S.
Fish and
Fish
and Wildlife
Wildlife Service
Service (FWS)
(FWS) and
and the
the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Natural
Natural Heritage
Heritage
Program indicate
Program
indicate that
that several
several animal
animal and
and plant
plant species
species that
that are
are
Federally or
Federally
or Commonwealth-listed
Commonwealth-listed as
as threatened
threatened or
or endangered
endangered occur
occur in
in
the vicinity
the
vicinity of
of SSES
SSES and
and its
its associated
associated transmission
transmission line
line corridors.
corridors.
Informal consultation
Informal
consultation with
with FWS
FWS Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Field
Field Office
Office regarding
regarding the
the
proposed EPU's
proposed
EPU's potential
potential impact
impact on
on threatened
threatened or
or endangered
endangered species
species is
is
ongoing.
ongoing.
Four species
Four
species listed
listed as
as threatened
threatened or
or endangered
endangered under
under the
the
Endangered Species
Endangered
Species Act
Act and
and 24
24 species
species that
that are
are listed
listed by
by the
the
Commonwealth of
Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania as
as threatened
threatened or
or endangered
endangered occur
occur within
within
the counties
the
counties where
where SSES
SSES and
and its
its associated
associated transmission
transmission line
line corridors
corridors
are located.
are
located. These
These species
species are
are listed
listed below
below in
in Table
Table 1.
1.
Table l.--Endangered
Table
l.--Endangered and
and Threatened
Threatened Species
Species That
That Could
Could Occur
Occur in
in the
the
Vicinity of
Vicinity
of SSES
SSES or
or in
in Counties
Counties Crossed
Crossed by
by SSES
SSES Transmission
Transmission Lines
Lines
Scientific name
Scientific
name
Mammals:
Mammals:
Neotoma magister
Neotoma
magister .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
Myotis sodalis
Myotis
sodalis .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
Myotis leibii
Myotis
leibii .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
Sciurus
Sciurus
Birds:
Birds:
Ardia al
Ardia
al b
b aa .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
flamrneus .
flamrneus
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
Bartramia
Bartramia
Botaurus
Botaurus
Chlidonias
Chlidonias
Common name
Common
name
Allegheny woodrat.
Allegheny
woodrat.
Indiana bat
Indiana
bat ......
...... ..
Small-footed
Small-footed
myotis.
myotis.
Eastern fox
Eastern
fox
Federal
Federal
status*
status*
State
State
status*
status*
E
E
T
T
E
E
T
T
T
T
American bittern
American
bittern ..
..
Black
Black
..
.
..
..
..
..
..
. ..
wren .......
wren
....... ..
falcon ..
falcon
..
T
T
rn .....
rn
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Eno dia
Eno
dia anthedon
anthedon .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. ,.
,.
Euphydryas phaeton
Euphydryas
phaeton .........
......... ..
Poanes mas
Poanes
mas sasoi
sasoi t.
t. .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
Polites myst
Polites
myst ic
ic .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
Spe yeri
Spe
yeri aa idalia
idalia .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
Speyeria aphrodite
Speyeria
aphrodite .........
.........
..
..
..
..
North ern
North
ern pearypeary- eye
eye
Baltimore
Baltimore
checkerspot ..
checkerspot
Mulberry wing
Mulberry
wing ....
.... ..
Long dash
Long
dash ........
........ ..
Regal friti
Regal
friti lla
lla ry
ry ..
..
Aphrod ite
Aphrod
ite
fritill ar
fritill
ar y.
y.
VS
VS
VS
VS
v
v
V
V
E
E
VS
VS
= Threatened
=
Threatened ,, E
E =
= Endangered
Endangered ,, V
V =
= Vulnerable
Vulnerable ,, VS
VS == Vulnerable
Vulnerable to
to
Appar ent
Appar
ent ly
ly Secure
Secure
-- ==
-== Not
Not Listed
Listed
*T
*T
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(Sources: References
(Sources:
References 3,
3, 5,
5, 6,
6, 16).
16).
The proposed
The
proposed EPU
EPU would
would involve
involve no
no n
n ew
ew land
land disturbance,
disturbance, and
and any
any
construction necessary
construction
necessary wou
wou ld
ld be
be minimal
minimal and
and would
would only
only occur
occur in
in
previously developed
previously
developed areas
areas of
of SSES.
SSES. Additionally,
Additionally, no
no changes
changes would
would be
be
made to
made
to the
the transmission
transmission ll ine
ine corridor
corridor maint
maint enance
enance program,
program, inc
inc luding
luding
vegetative maintenance.
vegetative
maintenance. As
As suc
suc h
h ,, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that th
th ee proposed
proposed
action wou
action
wou ld
ld have
have no
no significant
significant impact
impact on
on Federally
Federally or
or CommonwealthCommonwealth­
listed species
listed
species in
in the
the vicin
vicin ity
ity of
of SSES
SSES and
and it
it ss tran
tran ss missio
missio n
n line
line corridors.
corridors.
Social and
Social
and Economic
Economic Impacts
Impacts
Potential socioeconomic
Potential
socioeconomic impacts
impacts due
due to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU include
include
changes in
changes
in the
the payments
payments in
in lieu
lieu of
of taxes
taxes for
for Luzerne
Luzerne County
County and
and changes
changes
in the
in
the size
size of
of the
the workforce
workforce at
at SSES.
SSES. Currently
Currently SSES
SSES ee mploys
mploys
approximately 1
approximately
1 ,200
,200 full-time
full-time sta
sta ff
ff ,, 89
89 percent
percent of
of whom
whom live
live in
in Luzerne
Luzerne
or Columbia
or
Columbia Counties,
Counties, and
and approximately
approximately 260
260 contra
contra cc tt employees.
employees. During
During
outages, approximately
outages,
approximately 1,400
1,400 personnel
personnel provide
provide additional
additional support
support
(Ref erence
(Ref
erence 9)
9) ..
The pr
The
pr oposed
oposed EPU
EPU is
is not
not expected
expected to
to increase
increase the
the ss ii ze
ze of
of the
the
permanent SSES
permanent
SSES workforce,
workforce, since
since proposed
proposed plant
plant modifications
modifications would
would be
be
phased in
phased
in during
during planned
planned outages
outages when
when SSES
SSES has
has the
the support
support of
of 1,400
1,400
additional workers.
additional
workers. In
In add
add ition,
ition, the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not requ
requ ire
ire an
an
ii nc
nc rease
rease in
in the
the size
size of
of the
the SSES
SSES workforce
workforce during
during future
future refueling
refueling
outages .. Accordingly,
outages
Accordingly, tt he
he proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not have
have any
any measurable
measurable
effect on
effect
on annual
annual earnings
earnings and
and income
income in
in Luzerne
Luzerne and
and Columbia
Columbia Counties
Counties
or on
or
on community
community serv
serv ices
ices (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
According to
According
to the
the 2000
2000 Census,
Census, Luzer
Luzer ne
ne and
and Columbia
Columbia Count
Count y
y
populations were
populations
were about
about 2.9
2.9 and
and 2
2 .. 00 percent
percent minority
minority ,, respectively,
respectively,
which is
which
is well
well below
below the
the Commonwealth
Commonwealth minority
minority population
population of
of 13
13 .. 22
percent .. The
percent
The pove
pove rr ty
ty rates
rates ii nn 1 1 9
9 99
99 for
for individuals
individuals living
living in
in Luze
Luze rr ne
ne
and Co
and
Co lumbia
lumbia Cou
Cou nti
nti es
es are
are 11.
11. 11 percent
percent and
and 13
13 .. 11 percent
percent ,, respect
respect ively
ively ,,
whi cc hh are
whi
are slightly
slightly higher
higher than
than the
the Commonweal
Commonweal th's
th's ave
ave rage
rage of
of 11
11 .. 00
perc ent.
perc
ent. Due
Due tt oo the
the ll ack
ack o
o ff significant
significant env
env iro
iro nmental
nmental impacts
impacts re
re ss ulting
ulting
fr oo m
fr
m the
the proposed
proposed action
action ,, the
the propos
propos ed
ed EPU
EPU would
would not
not have
have any
any
disproporti o
disproporti
o na
na tt el
el y
y high
high and
and adverse
adverse impacts
impacts to
to minority
minority or
or low-income
low-income
pp opula
opula tions
tions (( Refe
Refe ren
ren ce
ce 9
9 )) ..
In the
In
the past
past ,, PPL
PPL paid
paid rea
rea ll esta
esta te
te taxes
taxes to
to the
the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of
of
Pennsylvania for
Pennsylvania
for power
power gene
gene rat
rat ion
ion ,, transmission
transmission ,, and
and dist
dist ribution
ribution
ff acil
acil ities
ities .. Under
Under authority
authority of
of the
the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Utility
Utility Realty
Realty Tax
Tax Act
Act
(PURTA) ,, real
(PURTA)
real ee ss tt at
at ee ta
ta xes
xes cc ollec
ollec tt ee d
d fr
fr om
om aa ll ll uti
uti li
li ti
ti ee ss (wate
(wate rr ,,
telep ho
telep
ho ne,
ne, elec
elec tr
tr ii cc ,, and
and rr ai
ai ll roads)
roads) wer
wer ee re
re distr
distr ii b
b ute
ute d
d tt o
o the
the tt aa xi
xi ng
ng
jurisd icti
jurisd
icti ons
ons within
within the
the C o~~onwea lth . In
In Pe
Pe nnsy
nnsy lvania
lvania ,, tt hh ese
ese
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jurisdic ti
jurisdic
ti ons
ons include
include cou
cou nties,
nties, ci
ci ties
ties ,, to
to wns
wns hi
hi ps
ps ,, boroughs,
boroughs, an
an d
d sch
sch ool
ool
districts .. The
districts
The distribution
distribution of
of PURTA
PURTA fund
fund ss was
was determined
determined by
by formula
formula
and was
and
was not
not nec
nec essa
essa rily
rily based
based on
on th
th ee ind
ind ii vidu
vidu aa ll uti
uti ll ity
ity 's
's ef
ef fe
fe ct
ct on
on aa
particu lar
particu
lar gove
gove rnme
rnme nt
nt entity
entity (( Refe
Refe ren
ren ce
ce 9)
9) ..
In 1996
In
1996 ,, Elec
Elec tr
tr icity
icity Generation
Generation Cust
Cust omer
omer Choi
Choi ce
ce and
and Competi
Competi ti
ti on
on Act
Act
be came
be
came law,
law, which
which aa llows
llows consume
consume rs
rs to
to choose
choose among
among compet
compet itive
itive
suppliers of
suppliers
of ele
ele ctri
ctri cal
cal power
power .. As
As aa resu
resu lt
lt o
o ff uti
uti li
li ty
ty restru
restru cc turing
turing ,,
Act 44 of
Act
of 1999
1999 revi
revi sed
sed the
the tax
tax base
base assessment
assessment methodology
methodology for
for utiliti
utiliti es
es
from tt he
from
he de
de pr
pr eciated
eciated b
b ook
ook value
value to
to the
the mar
mar ket
ket va
va ll ue
ue of
of utility
utility
pp ropert
ropert y.
y. Additionally
Additionally ,, as
as of
of Janua
Janua ry
ry I,
I, 200
200 0
0 ,, PPL
PPL was
was requ
requ ired
ired to
to
bb egin
egin paying
paying rea
rea ll estat
estat ee taxes
taxes dire
dire ctly
ctly to
to lo
lo cal
cal jj uris
uris di
di ctions
ctions ,, ceas
ceas ing
ing
pa yment
pa
yment ss to
to the
the Commonwealth
Commonwealth 's
's PURT
PURT A
A fu
fu nd
nd .. PPL
PPL cc urrently
urrently p
p ay
ay ss annua
annua ll
real estate
real
estate taxes
taxes to
to the
the Berwick
Berwick Area
Area Schoo
Schoo ll District
District ,, Luzerne
Luzerne County,
County,
and Sa
and
Sa lem
lem To
To wnship
wnship (Reference
(Reference 9)
9) ..
The propos
The
propos ee d
d EPU
EPU coul
coul d
d inc
inc re
re ase
ase SSES's
SSES's value
value ,, thu
thu ss resul
resul tt ing
ing in
in aa
larger allocation
larger
allocation of
of the
the payment
payment to
to the
the Berwi
Berwi ck
ck Area
Area School
School Dis
Dis tri
tri ct,
ct,
Luzerne County,
Luzerne
County, and
and Salem
Salem Township.
Township. Bec
Bec ause
ause the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU wou
wou ll dd
increase the
increase
the economic
economic v
v iability
iability of
of SSES,
SSES, the
the probability
probability of
of early
early plant
plant
retirement would
retirement
would be
be reduced
reduced .. Early
Early plant
plant retirement
retirement would
would be
be expected
expected
to have
to
have negative
negative impa
impa cc ts
ts on
on the
the local
local economy
economy and
and the
the community
community by
by
reducing tax
reducing
tax payments
payments and
and limiting
limiting local
local empl
empl oyment
oyment opportunities
opportunities for
for
the long
the
long term
term (Re
(Re fe
fe rence
rence 9)
9) ..
Since the
Since
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not have
have any
any measurable
measurable effect
effect on
on the
the
annual earnings
annual
earnings and
and income
income in
in Luzerne
Luzerne and
and Co
Co lumbia
lumbia Counties
Counties or
or on
on
community service
community
service ss and
and due
due to
to the
the lack
lack of
of significan
significan tt environmental
environmental
impacts on
impacts
on minority
minority o
o rr low-income
low-income populations,
populations, there
there would
would be
be no
no
significant socioeconomic
significant
socioeconomic or
or environmental
environmental justice
justice impacts
impacts associated
associated
with the
with
the proposed
proposed EPU.
EPU. Conversely
Conversely ,, the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU could
could have
have aa
positive effect
positive
effect on
on the
the regional
regional eco
eco nomy
nomy because
because of
of the
the potential
potential
increase in
increase
in the
the tax
tax payments
payments received
received by
by the
the Berwick
Berwick Area
Area School
School
District, Luzerne
District,
Luzerne County,
County, and
and Salem
Salem Tow
Tow nship
nship ,, due
due to
to the
the potential
potential
increase in
increase
in the
the book
book value
value of
of SS
SS ES,
ES, and
and the
the increased
increased long-term
long-term
viability of
viability
of SSES
SSES ..
Summary
Summary
The proposed
The
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not result
result in
in aa significant
significant change
change in
in nonnon­
radio ll ogical
radio
ogical impacts
impacts in
in the
the areas
areas of
of land
land use
use ,, water
water use
use ,, cooling
cooling tower
tower
operation ,, terrestrial
operation
terrestrial and
and aquatic
aquatic biota,
biota, transmission
transmission facility
facility
operation, or
operation,
or social
social and
and economic
economic fa
fa ct
ct ors
ors .. No
No other
other non-radiological
non-radiological
impacts were
impacts
were ident
ident ifi
ifi ed
ed or
or wo
wo uld
uld be
be expected
expected .. Table
Table 2
2 summarizes
summarizes the
the
no nn -radiological
no
-radiological envi
envi ronmental
ronmental impacts
impacts of
of tt he
he proposed
proposed EPU
EPU aa tt SSES
SSES ..
Tab ll ee 2
Tab
2 .-.-- Summary
Summary o
o ff Non
Non -- Radiologi
Radiologi cc al
al Environmental
Environmental Impac
Impac tt ss
Land Use
Land
Use .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
Non -- Radiol
Non
Radiol o
o gi
gi cc al
al W
Waste
aste .......
.......
Cooling To
Cooling
To wer
wer .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
No significant
No
significant land
land -- u
u se
se modifi
modifi cc ations
ations ..
Any additional
Any
additional hazar
hazar do
do u
u ss and
and non
non -haz ardo
haz
ardo us
us waste
waste as
as aa result
result of
of the
the
pro posed
pro
posed EPU
EPU would
would cc ontinue
ontinue to
to be
be
regu ll ated
regu
ated by
by RCRA
RCRA and
and managed
managed b
by
y SSES's
SSES's
waste manag
waste
manag ee ment
ment pr
pr o
o gram
gram ..
Imp aa cts
Imp
cts assoc
assoc iat
iat ee d
d wwii th
th cc oo nn tinue
tinue d
d c c ooling
ooling
to we
to
we rr oo p
p era
era tion
tion follo
follo wing
wing the
the prop
prop osed
osed
EP U,
EP
U, in
in clud
clud in
in g
g n
n oise
oise ,, fo
fo gg
gg ing
ing ,, cloud
cloud
cover ,, salt
cover
salt dr
dr ift
ift ,, and
and i i cing
cing wo
wo uld
uld not
not
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Transmission Facilities
Transmission
Facilities .. .. ....
....
water Use
water
Use .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. ....
.... ..
.. .. .. ....
....
Discharg ee .
Discharg
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
Aquat ic
Aquat
ic Biota
Biota .. .. ..............
..............
Terres tri
Terres
tri al
al Biota
Biota ............
............
change significantly
change
significantly from
from cur
cur rent
rent
impacts ..
impacts
No physical
No
physical modifications
modifications to
to transmission
transmission
lines; lines
lines;
lines meet
meet electrical
electrical shock
shock
safety requi
safety
requi rr ements;
ements; no
no changes
changes to
to
transmissio n
transmissio
n l l ine
ine corridor
corridor main
main ten
ten ance
ance ;;
smal ll increa
smal
increa se
se ii n
n electrical
electrical cu
cu rre
rre nt
nt
would cause
would
cause small
small increase
increase in
in
electromagnetic field
electromagnetic
field around
around
transmission lines
transmission
lines ;; no
no changes
changes to
to
voltage ..
voltage
No configuration
No
configuration change
change to
to intake
intake
structure ;; increase
structure
increase ii n
n cooling
cooling water
water
flow ra
flow
ra te
te ;; increase
increase in
in consumptive
consumptive use
use
due to
due
to evapo
evapo rr aa ti
ti on
on ;; SRBC
SRBC would
would cc on
on ti
ti nue
nue
to regulat
to
regulat ee cons
cons umptive
umptive water
water usag
usag ee at
at
SSES ..
SSES
Smal ll incre
Smal
incre aa se
se ii n
n discharge
discharge temperature
temperature
and volume;
and
volume; no
no increases
increases in
in other
other
effluents ;; discharge
effluents
discharge wou
wou ll d
d remain
remain within
within
Pennsy ll vania
Pennsy
vania water
water qua
qua li
li ty
ty ll imit
imit ss ,, and
and
SSES wou
SSES
wou ll d
d co
co n
n tin
tin u
u ee tt oo operate
operate under
under
NPDES permit
NPDES
permit rr egu
egu ll ations
ations ..
Small increase
Small
increase ss in
in entrainment
entrainment aa nd
nd
impingement are
impingement
are not
not expected
expected tt o
o af
af fect
fect
the Su
the
Su squehanna
squehanna Ri
Ri ver
ver aquatic
aquatic biota;
biota;
inc rease
inc
rease in
in volume
volume and
and temper
temper ature
ature of
of
thermal dischar
thermal
dischar ge
ge would
would remain
remain wi
wi th
th ii n
n
original FES
original
FES g
g uidel
uidel ii nes
nes and
and be
be ll ow
ow
Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania
Code Section
Section 93
93 .. 77
tempera tt ure
tempera
ure ll imits
imits ;; SSES
SSES wou
wou ld
ld continu
continu ee
to operate
to
operate unde
unde rr NNPDES
PDES permi
permi tt
reg ul
reg
ul ations
ations with
with regard
regard to
to entrainment
entrainment
and impingement
and
impingement ..
No ll and
No
and distu
distu rb
rb ance
ance or
or changes
changes to
to
transmissi on
transmissi
on line
line c c oo rridor
rridor ma
ma ii ntenance
ntenance
are expec
are
expec tt ed
ed ;; t t herefore
herefore ,, there
there wo
wo u
u ld
ld be
be
no significan
no
significan tt effects
effects on
on terres
terres tt rr ii aa ll
species or
species
or th
th ee ir
ir habitat
habitat ..
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Threatened aa nd
Threatened
nd Endangered
Endangered
Spec ies
Spec
ies ..
Social and
Social
and Economic
Economic .. ........
........ ..
eva luated
luated for
for aquatic
aquatic and
and terrestrial
terrestrial
As eva
As
biota ,, no
biota
no significant
significant impacts
impacts are
are
expected on
expected
on prote
prote cted
cted species
species or
or their
their
habitat ..
habitat
No change
No
change in
in ss iz
iz ee of
of SSES
SSES labo
labo rr force
force
required fo
required
fo rr plant
plant operation
operation or
or for
for
planned outages
planned
outages ;; proposed
proposed EPU
EPU could
could
increase payments
increase
payments to
to Luze
Luze rne
rne County
County and
and
book val
book
val ue
ue of
of SSES
SSES ;; there
there would
would be
be no
no
disproportionately high
disproportionately
high and
and adverse
adverse
impact on
impact
on minority
minority and
and low
low -- income
income
po
p
o pulations
pulations ..
Ra diolo
Ra
diolo gi
gi cal
cal II mp
mp acts
acts
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Radioactive Waste
Radioactive
Waste Stream
Stream Impacts
Impacts
SSES uses
SSES
uses waste
waste tt rr eatment
eatment systems
systems des
des igne
igne d
d to
to col
col lect,
lect, process
process ,, and
and
dispose of
dispose
of gaseo
gaseo us,
us, liquid
liquid ,, and
and solid
solid wastes
wastes tt hat
hat might
might contain
contain
radi oa
radi
oa ct
ct ive
ive mat
mat erial
erial in
in aa saf
saf ee and
and control
control ll ee d
d ma
ma nner
nner such
such that
that the
the
dischar ges
dischar
ges aa re
re in
in acco
acco rda
rda nce
nce wi
wi th
th the
the requiremen
requiremen ts
ts of
of Tit
Tit le
le 10
10 of
of tt he
he
Code oo ff Federal
Code
Federal Regulations
Regulations (( 10
10 CFR)
CFR) part
part 20
20 ,, and
and the
the design
design objec
objec tt ives
ives
of Appe
of
Appe ndix
ndix II to
to 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 50
50 (Reference
(Reference 9)
9) ..
Mi nimal
Mi
nimal cc hanges
hanges will
will be
be ma
ma de
de to
to the
the wast
wast ee tr
tr ea
ea tt me
me nt
nt sy
sy ss tt ems
ems to
to
hh an
an dd ll ee the
the addit
addit iona
iona ll wast
wast ee expected
expected to
to be
be genera
genera ted
ted by
by the
the prop
prop osed
osed
EPU ;; the
EPU
the ii nstal
nstal lation
lation of
of an
an addi
addi tional
tional conde
conde nsate
nsate ff il
il ter
ter and
and
demineral ii zer
demineral
zer .. The
The gas
gas eous
eous ,, liquid
liquid ,, and
and solid
solid radi
radi oac
oac tive
tive wastes
wastes are
are
discussed individually
discussed
individually (Reference
(Reference 9)
9) ..
Gaseous Radi
Gaseous
Radi oactive
oactive Waste
Waste and
and Offs
Offs ite
ite Doses
Doses
Du ring
Du
ring n
n ormal
ormal operation,
operation, the
the gaseous
gaseous effluent
effluent treatment
treatment system
system
processes and
processes
and controls
controls the
the rel
rel ee ase
ase of
of small
small quantities
quantities of
of rr adioactive
adioactive
noble gases,
noble
gases, halo
halo gens,
gens, tritium,
tritium, and
and parti
parti cu
cu late
late materials
materials to
to the
the
environment. The
environment.
The gaseous
gaseous waste
waste management
management system
system includes
includes the
the offgas
offgas
system and
system
and various
various building
building vent
vent ilation
ilation ss ystems.
ystems. The
The single
single year
year
highest annual
highest
annual rr eleases
eleases of
of radioactive
radioactive material,
material, for
for the
the time
time period
period
2000-2005 were;
2000-2005
were; 2002
2002 for
for noble
noble gases
gases with
with 9.68
9.68 Curies,
Curies, 2001
2001 for
for
particulates and
particulates
and iodines
iodines with
with 0.0074
0.0074 Curies,
Curies, and
and 2004
2004 for
for tritium
tritium with
with
160 Curies
160
Curies (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
The li
The
li censee
censee has
has estimated
estimated that
that the
the amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive material
material
re ll eased
re
eased ii n
n gaseous
gaseous effluents
effluents would
would in
in cc rease
rease in
in pr
pr o
o portion
portion to
to the
the
ii ncrease
ncrease in
in power
power level
level (20
(20 percent)
percent) (Reference
(Reference 9).
9). Based
Based on
on experience
experience
fr om
fr
om EPUs
EPUs at
at other
other plants,
plants, the
the staff
staff concl
concl ud
ud es
es that
that this
this is
is an
an
acceptable estimate.
acceptable
estimate. The
The offsite
offsite dose
dose to
to aa member
member of
of the
the public,
public,
including the
including
the add
add itio
itio nal
nal radioactive
radioactive material
material that
that would
would be
be rele
rele ased
ased
from the
from
the proposed
proposed EPU,
EPU, is
is calculated
calculated to
to still
still be
be well
well within
within the
the
radiation standards
radiation
standards of
of 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 and
and the
the design
design objectives
objectives of
of
Appendix II to
Appendix
to 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 50.
50. There
There fore,
fore, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes the
the
increa se
increa
se in
in offsite
offsite dose
dose due
due to
to ga
ga seous
seous eff
eff luent
luent release
release following
following
implementation of
implementation
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant.
Liquid Radioactive
Liquid
Radioactive Wa
Wa ss te
te and
and Of
Of fsite
fsite Doses
Doses
Du ring
Du
ring no
no rmal
rmal operation,
operation, the
the liquid
liquid eff
eff luent
luent treatment
treatment system
system
proces ses
proces
ses and
and co
co ntro
ntro ls
ls the
the re
re lease
lease of
of radioac
radioac ti
ti ve
ve liqu
liqu id
id effluents
effluents to
to
the envi
the
envi rr onment
onment ,, such
such that
that the
the dose
dose to
to indiv
indiv ii duals
duals offsite
offsite are
are
maintained within
maintained
within th
th ee limi
limi ts
ts o
o ff 11 00 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 and
and th
th ee design
design
object ives
object
ives of
of Append
Append ii x
x II to
to 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 50
50 .. Th
Th ee liqu
liqu id
id ra
ra dioact
dioact ive
ive
waste ss yst
waste
yst em
em is
is designed
designed tt o
o pr
pr oce
oce ss
ss an
an d
d puri
puri
the was
the
was te
te and
and the
the n
n
rr ecyc
ecyc le
le it
it for
for us
us ee within
within the
the plant
plant ,, or
or to
to discharge
discharge ii tt to
to tt h
h ee
ee nvir
nvir onment
onment as
as radioacti
radioacti ve
ve liquid
liquid waste
waste ee ffluent
ffluent in
in acco
acco rr dance
dance with
with
fa cilit
fa
cilit yy pro
pro cedu
cedu res
res whi
whi cc h
h comply
comply with
with Commonwealth
Commonwealth of
of Pe
Pe nnsylvania
nnsylvania and
and
Fede rr al
Fede
al reg
reg ulat
ulat io
io ns.
ns. The
The ss ingl
ingl ee ye
ye ar
ar h
h ighest
ighest radi
radi oacti
oacti ve
ve liqu
liqu id
id
rr eleas
eleas es,
es, for
for th
th ee time
time period
period 20002000- 2005
2005 were
were :: 2
2 005
005 aa tt 1,47
1,47 0
0 ,, 000
000
gallons ,, 2
gallons
2 00
00 3
3 with
with 70
70 .. 25
25 Curies
Curies of
of tt rr itium,
itium, 2000
2000 wi
wi tt h
h 36
36 .. 95
95 Cur
Cur ies
ies of
of
fission and
fission
and activati
activati on
on prod
prod uct
uct ss ,, and
and 2002
2002 with
with 0
0 .. 0003
0003 Curies
Curies o
o ff
dissolved and
dissolved
and entrained
entrained gases
gases (Reference
(Reference 9)
9) ..
Eve nn though
Eve
though tt h
h ee EPU
EPU wo
wo ul
ul d
d produce
produce aa large
large rr amount
amount o
o ff radioac
radioac ti
ti ve
ve
fission an
fission
an d
d activa
activa tion
tion produc
produc ts
ts and
and aa larger
larger vo
vo lume
lume of
of li
li quid
quid to
to b
b ee
processed ,, the
processed
the licensee
licensee performed
performed an
an evaluation
evaluation which
which shows
shows that
that the
the
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radwaste treatment
radwaste
treatment system
system would
would remove
remove all
all but
but aa small
small amount
amount of
of
the increased
the
increased radioactive
radioactive material.
material. The
The licensee
licensee estimated
estimated that
that the
the
volume of
volume
of radioactive
radioactive liquid
liquid effluents
effluents released
released to
to the
the environment
environment and
and
the amount
the
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive material
material in
in the
the liquid
liquid effluents
effluents would
would
increase ss
increase
(less than
(less
than 1
1 percent)
percent) due
due to
to the
the
EPU. Based
EPU.
Based
on
on
from EPUs
from
EPUs at
at other
other
,, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that this
this
estimate. The
estimate.
The dose
dose to
to aa member
member of
of the
the public
public from
from the
the
radioactive releases
radioactive
releases described
described above,
above, increased
increased by
by 1
1,
, would
would
still be
still
be well
well within
within the
the radiation
radiation standards
standards of
of 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 and
and the
the
design objectives
design
objectives of
of Appendix
Appendix II to
to 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 50.
50. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the staff
staff
concludes that
concludes
that there
there would
would not
not be
be aa s s
environmental impact
environmental
impact
from the
from
the additional
additional amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive material
material generated
generated following
following
implementation of
implementation
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU.
EPU.
Solid Radioactive
Solid
Radioactive Wastes
Wastes
The solid
The
solid radioactive
radioactive waste
waste system
system collects,
collects, processes,
processes, packages,
packages,
and temporarily
and
temporarily stores
stores radioactive
radioactive dry
dry and
and wet
wet solid
solid wastes
wastes prior
prior to
to
shipment offsite
shipment
offsite for
for permanent
permanent disposal.
disposal. The
The volume
volume of
of solid
solid
radioactive waste
radioactive
waste generated
generated varied
varied from
from about
about 2500
2500 to
to almost
almost 8000
8000 cubic
cubic
feet (ft\3\)
feet
(ft\3\) per
per year
year in
in the
the time
time period
period 2000-2005;
2000-2005; the
the largest
largest volume
volume
generated was
generated
was 7980
7980 ft\3\
ft\3\ in
in 2003.
2003. The
The annual
annual amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive
material in
material
in the
the waste
waste generated
generated varied
varied from
from 2500
2500 to
to almost
almost 190,000
190,000
Curies during
Curies
during that
that same
same period.
period. The
The largest
largest amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive
material generated
material
generated in
in the
the solid
solid waste
waste was
was 189,995
189,995 Curies
Curies in
in 2000
2000
(Reference 9).
(Reference
9).
The proposed
The
proposed EPU
EPU would
would produce
produce aa larger
larger amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive
fission and
fission
and activation
activation products
products which
which would
would require
require more
more frequent
frequent
replacement or
replacement
or regeneration
regeneration of
of radwaste
radwaste treatment
treatment system
system filters
filters and
and
demineralizer resins.
demineralizer
resins. The
The licensee
licensee has
has estimated
estimated that
that the
the volume
volume of
of
solid radioactive
solid
radioactive waste
waste would
would increase
increase by
by approximately
approximately 11
11 percent
percent due
due
to the
to
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU (Reference
(Reference 9).
9). Based
Based on
on experience
experience from
from EPUs
EPUs at
at
other plants,
other
plants, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that this
this is
is an
an acceptable
acceptable estimate.
estimate.
The increased
The
increased volume
volume of
of the
the solid
solid waste
waste would
would still
still be
be bounded
bounded by
by the
the
estimate of
estimate
of 10,400
10,400 ft\3\
ft\3\ in
in the
the 1981
1981 FES
FES for
for operation.
operation. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the
staff concludes
staff
concludes that
that the
the impact
impact from
from the
the increased
increased volume
volume of
of solid
solid
radwaste generated
radwaste
generated due
due to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant.
The licensee
The
licensee did
did not
not provide
provide an
an estimate
estimate of
of the
the increase
increase in
in the
the
amount of
amount
of radioactive
radioactive solid
solid waste
waste in
in terms
terms of
of Curies.
Curies. However,
However, for
for 4
4 of
of
the 66 years
the
years between
between 2000
2000 and
and 2005,
2005, the
the annual
annual amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive
material in
material
in the
the solid
solid waste
waste generated
generated varied
varied from
from 2500
2500 to
to 5779
5779 Curies
Curies
(Reference 9).
(Reference
9). Based
Based on
on experience
experience from
from EPUs
EPUs at
at other
other plants,
plants, the
the staff
staff
estimated that
estimated
that the
the amount
amount of
of radioactive
radioactive material
material in
in the
the solid
solid waste
waste
would increase
would
increase by
by 20
20 percent,
percent, proportional
proportional to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU power
power
increase. In
increase.
In 000
000 and
and 003,
003, work
work was
was done
done that
that
amounts
amounts
irradiated
irradiated
,, accoun
accoun tt
for
for
y, of
y,
of the
the radioactive
radioactive material
material
radwaste. Such
radwaste.
Such work
work and
and the
the solid
solid radwaste
radwaste
occasionally occurs
occasionally
occurs at
at SSES,
SSES, but
but the
the range
range of
of 2500
2500 to
to 5779
5779 Curies
Curies is
is more
more
68606J JJ
68606J
cal (Reference
cal
(Reference 9).
9). The
The annual
annual average
average of
of radioactive
radioactive materia
materia ll
EPU would
EPU
would still
still b
b ee bounded
bounded
the estimate
the
estimate
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the staff
the
staff concludes
concludes that
that the
the
from the
from
the increased
increased amount
amount of
of
radioactive material
radioactive
material in
in the
the solid
solid radwaste
radwaste due
due to
to the
the
EPU
EPU
wou ll dd not
wou
not be
be ss
ficant.
ficant.
The licensee
The
licensee estimates
estimates that
that the
the EPU
EPU would
would
of 10
of
10
more fuel
more
fuel assemblies
assemblies at
at each
each refueling.
refueling. This
This increase
increase in
in the
the
amount of
amount
of
fuel being
fuel
being
would
would
re an
re
an increase
increase in
in the
the
number of
number
of
fuel storage
fuel
storage casks
casks used
used to
to store
store
fuel. The
fuel.
The current
current
fuel storage
fuel
storage facil
facil
at SSES
at
SSES has
has been
been evaluated
evaluated and
and can
can
accommodate the
accommodate
the increase
increase (Reference
(Reference 9).
9). Therefore,
Therefore, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes
that there
that
there would
would be
be no
no ss
ficant environmental
ficant
environmental
resulting from
resulting
from
of the
of
the additional
additional fuel
fuel assemblies.
assemblies.
In-Plant Radiation
In-Plant
Radiation Doses
Doses
The proposed
The
proposed EPU
EPU would
would result
result in
in the
the production
production of
of more
more radioactive
radioactive
material and
material
and higher
higher radiation
radiation dose
dose rates
rates in
in the
the restricted
restricted areas
areas at
at
SSES. SSES's
SSES.
SSES's radiation
radiation protection
protection staff
staff will
will continue
continue monitoring
monitoring dose
dose
rates and
rates
and would
would make
make adjustments
adjustments ii n
n shield
shield ii ng,
ng, access
access requirements,
requirements,
decontamination methods,
decontamination
methods, and
and procedures
procedures as
as necessary
necessary to
to minimize
minimize the
the
dose to
dose
to workers.
workers. In
In addition,
addition, occupational
occupational dose
dose to
to individual
individual workers
workers
must be
must
be maintained
maintained within
within the
the limits
limits of
of 10
10 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 and
and as
as low
low as
as
reasonably achievable
reasonably
achievable (Reference
(Reference 9).
9).
The licensee
The
licensee has
has estimated
estimated that
that the
the work
work necessary
necessary to
to implement
implement the
the
proposed EPU
proposed
EPU at
at the
the plant
plant would
would also
also increase
increase the
the collective
collective
occupational radiation
occupational
radiation dose
dose at
at the
the plant
plant to
to approximately
approximately 230
230 personperson­
rem per
rem
per year
year until
until the
the implementation
implementation is
is completed
completed in
in 2009.
2009. After
After the
the
implementation is
implementation
is completed,
completed, the
the licensee
licensee estimates
estimates that
that the
the annual
annual
collective occupational
collective
occupational dose
dose would
would be
be in
in the
the range
range of
of 200
200 person-rem,
person-rem,
roughly 12
roughly
12 percent
percent higher
higher than
than the
the current
current dose
dose of
of 182
182 person-rem
person-rem in
in
2005 and
2005
and 184
184 person-rem
person-rem in
in 2006
2006 (Reference
(Reference 9).
9). Based
Based on
on experience
experience from
from
EPUs at
EPUs
at other
other plants,
plants, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that these
these estimates
estimates are
are
acceptable. The
acceptable.
The staff
staff notes
notes that
that SSES
SSES is
is allowed
allowed aa maximum
maximum of
of 3,200
3,200
person-rem per
person-rem
per year
year as
as provided
provided in
in the
the 1981
1981 Final
Final Environmental
Environmental
Statement--Operating Stage.
Statement--Operating
Stage. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that the
the
increase in
increase
in occupational
occupational exposure
exposure would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant.
Direct Radiation
Direct
Radiation Doses
Doses Offsite
Offsite
radiation dose
dose consists
consists of
of three
three components:
components: Gaseous,
Gaseous,
Offsite radiation
Offsite
liquid, and
liquid,
and direct
direct gamma
gamma radiation.
radiation. As
As previously
previously discussed
discussed under
under the
the
Gaseous Radiological
Gaseous
Radiological Waste
Waste and
and Liquid
Liquid Radiological
Radiological Waste
Waste sections,
sections, the
the
estimated doses
estimated
doses to
to aa member
member of
of the
the public
public from
from radioactive
radioactive gaseous
gaseous and
and
effluents after
effluents
after the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU is
is
would be
would
be well
well
within the
within
the dose
dose limits
limits of
of 11 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 and
and
ectives of
ectives
of
CFR
CFR
55 ..
gamma radiation
gamma
radiation
from radioactive
from
radioactive waste
waste stored
stored
spent fuel
spent
fuel
cask storage,
cask
storage, and
and radi
radi o
o nuclides
nuclides
in the
in
the
from
from
reactor pass
reactor
pass
the turbine
the
turbine system.
system. The
The
energy radiation
energy
radiation from
from nitrogen-1
nitrogen-1
scattered or
scattered
or reflected
reflected
the air
the
air
above the
above
the facility
facility and
and represents
represents an
an additional
additional
radiation dose
radiation
dose
licensee
licensee
that the
that
the offsite
offsite
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program measures
program
measures radiation
radiation dose
dose at
at the
the site
site boundary
boundary and
and in
in
the area
the
area around
around the
the facility
facility with
with an
an array
array of
of thermoluminescent
thermoluminescent
dosimeters. The
dosimeters.
The licensee
licensee reported
reported doses
doses ranging
ranging from
from 0.2
0.2 to
to 1.3
1.3 mrem
mrem
per year
per
year for
for the
the time
time period
period 2000-2005.
2000-2005. The
The licensee
licensee estimated
estimated that
that the
the
dose would
dose
would increase
increase
in proportion
in
proportion to
to the
the EPU
EPU power
power
increase (20
increase
(20
(Reference 9).
(Reference
9). Based
Based on
on
from EPUs
from
EPUs at
at
other plants,
other
plants, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that this
this is
is an
an acceptable
acceptable estimat
estimat ee ..
EPA
EPA regulation
regulation 40
40 CFR
CFR part
part 190
190 and
and NRC
NRC
ion 10
ion
10 CFR
CFR part
part 20
20 limit
limit
the annual
the
annual dose
dose to
to any
any member
member of
of the
the publ
publ ii cc to
to 25
25 mrem
mrem to
to the
the whole
whole
body from
body
from the
the nuclear
nuclear fuel
fuel cycle.
cycle. The
The offsite
offsite dose
dose from
from all
all sources,
sources,
including radioactive
including
radioactive gaseous
gaseous and
and liquid
liquid effluents
effluents and
and direct
direct
radiation, would
radiation,
would still
still be
be well
well within
within this
this limit
limit after
after the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU
is implemented.
is
implemented. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that the
the increase
increase in
in
offsite radiation
offsite
radiation dose
dose would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant.
Postulated Accident
Postulated
Accident Doses
Doses
As aa result
As
result of
of implementation
implementation of
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU,
EPU, there
there would
would be
be
an increase
an
increase in
in the
the inventory
inventory of
of radionuclides
radionuclides in
in the
the reactor
reactor core;
core; the
the
core inventory
core
inventory of
of radionuclides
radionuclides would
would increase
increase as
as power
power level
level
increases. The
increases.
The concentration
concentration of
of radionuclides
radionuclides in
in the
the reactor
reactor coolant
coolant
may also
may
also increase;
increase; however,
however, this
this concentration
concentration is
is limited
limited by
by the
the SSES
SSES
Technical Specifications.
Technical
Specifications. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the reactor
reactor coolant
coolant concentration
concentration
of radionuclides
of
radionuclides would
would not
not be
be expected
expected to
to increase
increase significantly.
significantly. Some
Some
of the
of
the radioactive
radioactive waste
waste streams
streams and
and storage
storage systems
systems may
may also
also contain
contain
slightly higher
slightly
higher quantities
quantities of
of radioactive
radioactive material.
material. The
The calculated
calculated
doses from
doses
from design
design basis
basis postulated
postulated accidents
accidents for
for SSES
SSES are
are currently
currently
well below
well
below the
the criteria
criteria of
of 10
10 CFR
CFR 50.67;
50.67; this
this was
was confirmed
confirmed by
by the
the NRC
NRC
staff in
staff
in the
the Safety
Safety Evaluation
Evaluation Report
Report supporting
supporting aa license
license amendment
amendment
for SSES
for
SSES dated
dated January
January 31,
31, 2007.
2007. The
The licensee
licensee has
has estimated
estimated that
that the
the
radiological consequences
radiological
consequences of
of postulated
postulated accidents
accidents would
would increase
increase
approximately in
approximately
in proportion
proportion to
to the
the increase
increase in
in power
power level
level from
from the
the
proposed EPU
proposed
EPU (20
(20 percent)
percent) (Reference
(Reference 9).
9). Based
Based on
on experience
experience from
from EPUs
EPUs
at other
at
other plants,
plants, the
the NRC
NRC staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that this
this is
is an
an acceptable
acceptable
estimate. The
estimate.
The calculated
calculated doses
doses from
from design
design basis
basis postulated
postulated accidents
accidents
are based
are
based on
on conservative
conservative assumption
assumption and
and would
would still
still be
be well
well within
within the
the
criteria of
criteria
of 10
10 CFR
CFR 50.67
50.67 after
after the
the increase
increase due
due to
to the
the implementation
implementation
of the
of
the proposed
proposed EPU.
EPU.
The staff
The
staff has
has reviewed
reviewed the
the licensee's
licensee's analyses
analyses and
and performed
performed
confirmatory calculations
confirmatory
calculations to
to verify
verify the
the acceptability
acceptability of
of the
the licensee's
licensee's
calculated doses
calculated
doses under
under accident
accident conditions.
conditions. The
The staff's
staff's independent
independent
review of
review
of dose
dose calculations
calculations under
under postulated
postulated accident
accident conditions
conditions
determined that
determined
that dose
dose would
would be
be within
within regulatory
regulatory limits.
limits. Therefore,
Therefore, the
the
staff concludes
staff
concludes that
that the
the EPU
EPU would
would not
not significantly
significantly increase
increase the
the
cc onsequences
onsequences of
of accidents
accidents and
and would
would no
no tt result
result in
in aa
ficant
ficant
increase
increase
the
the
environmental
environmental
of SSES
of
SSES 1
1 and
and 2
2
pp oo stulated
stulated acci
acci d
d ents.
ents.
Fuel
Fuel
and
and
Impacts
Impacts
Tables S-3
Tables
S-3 and
and
due to
due
to the
the
wastes, re
wastes,
re
mega-watt thermal
mega-watt
thermal
ss-
S 4 4 in
S
in 10
10 CFR
CFR
uranium fuel
uranium
fuel
y. SSES's
y.
SSES's EPU
EPU
((
51
51
the environmental
the
environmental
and
and
of fuel
of
fuel and
and
increase the
increase
the power
power level
level to
to 3952
3952
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power
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more effic
more
effic ii ent
ent turbine
turbine design
design ;; this
this increase
increase in
in efficiency
efficiency does
does not
not
affect the
affect
the ii mp
mp ac
ac ts
ts of
of the
the fuel
fuel cycl
cycl ee and
and transportation
transportation of
of wastes
wastes ..
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more fue
fue ll will
will be
be used
used in
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fuel
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at
will potentially
will
potentially affect
affect the
the impacts
impacts of
of the
the fuel
fuel cycle
cycle and
and
transpo rtat
transpo
rtat ion
ion of
of wastes
wastes .. The
The fuel
fuel enrichmen
enrichmen tt and
and burn
burn -up
-up rate
rate criteria
criteria
of Tables
of
Tables SS- 33 and
and SS- 4
4 will
will ss tt ii ll
ll be
be met
met because
because ff uel
uel enrichment
enrichment wil
wil ll be
be
ma ii ntain
ma
ntain ee d
d no
no greater
greater than
than 5
5 percent
percent ,, and
and the
the fue
fue ll burn-up
burn-up rate
rate will
will be
be
maintained within
maintained
within 60
60 giga-watt
giga-watt -- days/met
days/met ric
ric ton
ton uranium
uranium (Gwd/MTU).
(Gwd/MTU). The
The
staff concludes
staff
concludes that
that afte
afte rr adjusting
adjusting for
for the
the effe
effe ct
ct ss of
of the
the more
more
ef ficient
ef
ficient turb
turb ine
ine ,, the
the potential
potential increases
increases in
in the
the impact
impact due
due to
to the
the
ura nium
ura
nium fuel
fuel cycle
cycle and
and the
the transp
transp orta
orta tt ion
ion of
of fuel
fuel and
and wastes
wastes from
from the
the
large rr amount
large
amount of
of fuel
fuel used
used would
would be
be small
small and
and would
would not
not be
be significant.
significant.
Summary
Summary
Based on
Based
on staff
staff review
review of
of licensee
licensee submissions
submissions and
and the
the 1981
1981 FES
FES for
for
operation, it
operation,
it is
is cc oncluded
oncluded that
that the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would n
no
o tt
signif icantly
signif
icantly in
in crease
crease the
the consequences
consequences of
of accidents,
accidents, would
would not
not resu
resu lt
lt
in aa significant
in
significant increase
increase in
in occupational
occupational or
or public
public radiation
radiation exposure,
exposure,
and would
and
would not
not result
result in
in significant
significant additional
additional fuel
fuel cyc
cyc le
le environmental
environmental
ii mpa
mpa cts.
cts. According
According ly
ly ,, the
the staff
staff concludes
concludes that
that there
there would
would be
be no
no
significant radiological
significant
radiological environmenta
environmenta ll impacts
impacts associated
associated with
with the
the
proposed action.
proposed
action. Table
Table 3
3 summariz
summariz es
es the
the radiological
radiological environmental
environmental
ii mpacts
mpacts of
of the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU at
at SSES.
SSES.
Tab le
Tab
le 3
3 .--8
.--8 ummary
ummary of
of Rad
Rad iologi
iologi cal
cal Environmental
Environmental Impacts
Impacts
Gaseous Radiol
Gaseous
Radiol og
og ical
ical
Effl uents.
Effl
uents.
Liquid Radiologica
Liquid
Radiologica ll Efflue
Efflue nts
nts
So lid
So
lid Radioa
Radioa cc ti
ti ve
ve Waste
Waste .....
..... ..
oc cupationa
oc
cupationa ll Radiation
Radiation Dos
Dos es.
es.
Offsite Radia
Offsite
Radia tt ii o
on
n Do
Do ses
ses .....
..... ..
Postulated Acc
Postulated
Acc ii dent
dent Doses
Doses ....
....
Fuel Cycle
Fuel
Cycle aa nn d
d Transport
Transport ation
ation
Impa cc tt ..
Impa
Increased gaseous
Increased
gaseous effluents
effluents (20
(20 percent)
percent)
would rema
would
rema in
in within
within NRC
NRC limits
limits and
and dose
dose
design obj
design
obj ectives.
ectives.
Inc reased
Inc
reased liquid
liquid eff
eff ll uents
uents (1
(1 percent)
percent)
would remain
would
remain within
within NRC
NRC limits
limits and
and dose
dose
design objectives
design
objectives ..
Increased aa mou
Increased
mou nt
nt of
of solid
solid radioacti
radioacti v
v ee
waste generated
waste
generated (11
(11 per
per cc ent
ent by
by vol
vol ume
ume
and 20
and
20 perce
perce nt
nt by
by radioactivity
radioactivity )) would
would
remain bounded
remain
bounded by
by evaluation
evaluation in
in the
the FE
FE S
S ..
Occupati o
Occupati
o nal
nal dose
dose would
would increase
increase by
by
appr o
appr
ox
x ii matel
matel y
y 22 0
0 percen
percen tt .. Do
Do ses
ses wo
wo uld
uld b
b ee
maintained within
maintained
within NRC
NRC ll imits
imits and
and as
as low
low
as is
as
is reason
reason ably
ably achievable
achievable ..
Radiati o
Radiati
o nn dd o
o ses
ses to
to members
members of
of th
th ee public
public
wou ld
wou
ld co
co nt
nt ii nue
nue to
to be
be very
very small
small ,, well
well
within NRC
within
NRC and
and EPA
EPA reg
reg ul
ul ations
ations ..
Calculated do
Calculated
do ses
ses for
for postulated
postulated d
d esi
esi gn
gn
bas ii ss a a cc cidents
bas
cidents would
would remain
remain within
within NRC
NRC
limits ..
limits
enrichment and
and burn-up
burn-up rate
rate crit
crit ee rr ia
ia
Fuel enrichment
Fuel
of Tables
of
Tables S-3
S-3 an
an d
d 8
8 -- 4
4 are
are me
me tt be
be ca
ca use
use
fuel enrichme
fuel
enrichme nt
nt will
will be
be main
main tai
tai
no
n
o
greater tha
greater
tha n
n 5 5p p ee rr cent
cent ,, and
and the
the fuel
fuel
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burn -- up
burn
up rate
rate will
will be
be mainta
mainta ined
ined with
with ii n
n
60 Gwd/MTU
60
Gwd/MTU .. Af
Af ter
ter aa d
d justing
justing fo
fo rr t t hh ee
effe cc ts
effe
ts o
o ff t t he
he mo
mo re
re ef
ef fic
fic ien
ien tt t t urb
urb ine
ine ,,
the pot
the
pot ee nn tt ial
ial ii ncrea
ncrea ss ee ss ii n
n impac
impac ts
ts due
due
to the
to
the fuel
fuel cycle
cycle and
and tt rr an
an ss po
po rr ta
ta tt ion
ion of
of
fue ll a a nd
fue
nd wa
wa ss tes
tes wo
wo uld
uld no
no tt be
be
si gnif
si
gnif ican
ican t.
t.
Alte rn
Alte
rn ative
ative ss to
to Pro
Pro pos
pos ed
ed Acti
Acti on
on
As an
As
an alt
alt er
er na
na tive
tive tt o
o the
the propose
propose d
d action,
action, th
th ee staff
staff cons
cons ii dered
dered
denia ll of
denia
of the
the pro
pro posed
posed EPU
EPU (i.e.,
(i.e., the
the [ballot)no-action"
[ballot)no-action"
alternati v
alternati
v e)
e)
Deni al
Deni
al of
of the
the applicati
applicati on
on would
would result
result in
in no
no change
change in
in the
the current
current
en vv ii rr oo nmental
en
nmental ii mpact
mpact ss .. Ho
Ho wever,
wever, if
if the
the pro
pro p
po
o sed
sed EP
EP U
U were
were not
not approved,
approved,
other agencies
other
agencies aa n
nd
d elect
elect rr ic
ic power
power organizations
organizations may
may be
be required
required to
to
purs uu ee alternative
purs
alternative means
means of
of providing
providing electric
electric generation
generation ca
ca p
p acity
acity to
to
offset the
offset
the inc
inc rr eased
eased power
power de
de mand
mand ff oo recasted
recasted for
for the
the PJM
PJM regional
regional
trans mission
trans
mission terr
terr ii tory.
tory.
A reas
A
reas o
o nable
nable alternative
alternative to
to the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU would
would be
be to
to purchase
purchase
power from
power
from other
other generators
generators in
in the
the PJM
PJM network.
network. In
In 20
20 03
03 ,, generating
generating
capa cc ity
capa
ity in
in PJ
PJ M
M cc onsiste
onsiste d
d primarily
primarily of
of fossil
fossil fuel-fired
fuel-fired generators:
generators:
coal generated
coal
generated 36.
36. 2
2 percent
percent of
of PJM
PJM capacity,
capacity, oil
oil 14.3
14.3 percent,
percent, and
and
natural gas
natural
gas 6.8
6.8 percent
percent (Reference
(Reference 1
10
0 ).
). This
This ind
ind ii cates
cates that
that purchased
purchased
power in
power
in the
the PJM
PJM territory
territory would
would likely
likely be
be gene
gene rr ated
ated by
by aa fossil-fuelfossil-fuel­
fired facility.
fired
facility. Construction
Construction (if
(if new
new generation
generation is
is needed)
needed) and
and
operation o
operation
o ff aa fossil
fossil fuel
fuel plant
plant wo
wo ul
ul d
d create
create ii mpacts
mpacts in
in air
air q
qu
u ality,
ality,
ll and
and use,
use, and
and waste
waste management
management significantly
significantly greater
greater than
than those
those
identified for
identified
for the
the proposed
proposed EPU
EPU at
at SSES.
SSES. SSES's
SSES's nuclear
nuclear units
units do
do not
not
emit sulfur
emit
sulfur dioxide,
dioxide, nitrogen
nitrogen oxides,
oxides, carbon
carbon dioxide,
dioxide, or
or other
other
atmospheric pollutants
atmospheric
pollutants tt hh at
at are
are commonly
commonly associated
associated with
with fossi
fossi ll ff uu el
el
plants. Conservation
plants.
Conservation pr
pr o
o grams
grams such
such as
as demand-side
demand-side management
management could
could
feasibly replace
feasibly
replace the
the proposed
proposed EPU's
EPU's additional
additional power
power output.
output. Howeve
Howeve rr ,,
forecasted future
forecasted
future energy
energy demand
demand in
in the
the pJM
pJM terri
terri tt ory
ory may
may exceed
exceed
conservation savings
conservation
savings and
and sti
sti ll
ll requi
requi rr ee additional
additional generating
generating capacity
capacity
(Reference 9).
(Reference
9). The
The proposed
proposed EPU
EPU does
does not
not involve
involve environmental
environmental impacts
impacts
that are
that
are si
si g
g nificantly
nificantly different
different fr
fr om
om those
those originally
originally identif
identif ii ed
ed in
in
the 11 98
the
98 11 SSES
SSES FES
FES for
for opera
opera tt ion.
ion.
Alternative Use
Alternative
Use of
of Reso
Reso u
u rces
rces
Thi ss act
Thi
act ii on
on do
do es
es n
n ot
ot invol
invol v
v ee t t hh ee uu se
se of
of aa ny
ny re
re ss ources
ources n
no
o tt
pre vi
pre
vi ously
ously cc onsi
onsi d
d ee rr ed
ed ii nn the
the origina
origina ll FES
FES ff or
or con
con ss truct
truct io
io n.
n.
Ag enci
Ag
enci es
es and
and Persons
Persons Consulted
Consulted
In accorda
In
accorda n
n ce
ce with
with it
it ss ss tated
tated policy
policy ,, on
on July
July 2
2 ,, 22 00 07
07 ,, the
the sta
sta ff
ff
consulted with
consulted
with the
the Pennsylvan
Pennsylvan ii aa St
St aa tt ee official
official ,, Brad
Brad Fuller
Fuller ,, of
of the
the
Pe nnsylva
Pe
nnsylva nia
nia De
De partmen
partmen tt of
of Envir
Envir onment
onment al
al Pr
Pr ot
ot ection
ection ,, rr ega
ega rdin
rdin g
g t t he
he
ee nn vironmen
vironmen tal
tal impac
impac tt o o ff the
the propo
propo se
se d
d ac
ac ti
ti on
on .. The
The S S tat
tat ee of
of fi
fi cial
cial ha
ha d
d no
no
COlmnents ..
COlmnents
Fin ding
Fin
ding of
of No
No Si
Si gni
gni fi
fi can
can tt Impact
Impact
On the
On
the basis
basis of
of the
the Environmental
Environmental Assessment,
Assessment, tt he
he Commissio
Commissio n
n
cc on
on clude
clude ss that
that the
the p
p rr opose
opose d
d actio
actio n
n woul
woul d
d not
not h
h aa ve
ve aa ignif
ignif ii cant
cant ef
ef fect
fect
on the
on
the quality
quality of
of the
the human
human environment
environment .. Accordingly
Accordingly ,, the
the Commission
Commission
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has dete
has
dete rmined
rmined not
not to
to prepare
prepare an
an environmental
environmental impact
impact statemen
statemen tt for
for the
the
pp ro
ro pose
pose dd actio
actio n.
n.
For further
For
further deta
deta il
il ss with
with respect
respect to
to the
the pp rr oposed
oposed action
action ,, see
see the
the
ll icensee
icensee '' ss applicatio
applicatio nn dated
dated October
October 11
11 ,, 2006
2006 ,, as
as suppleme
suppleme nted
nted by
by
letters dd ated
letters
ated Octobe
Octobe rr 25
25 ,, December
December 44 aa nd
nd 26
26 ,, 20
20 06
06 ,, Februa
Februa ry
ry 13
13 ,, March
March
14 and
14
and 22
22 ,, Apr
Apr il
il 11 33 ,, 17
17 11 22 3,
3, 26
26 ,, and
and 27
27 ,, May
May 3,
3, 99 ,, 14,
14, and
and 21
21 ,, June
June 11 ,,
44 ,, 88 ,, 14
14 ,, 20
20 ,, and
and 27
27 ,, July
July 66 ,, 11 22 ,, 13
13 ,, 30
30 ,, 31
31 ,, and
and August
August 33 ,, 13
13 ,, 15
15 ,, 28
28 ,,
and Oc
and
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2007.
For The
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on.
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Richard
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