ML17306B424

Pvngs,Units 1,2 & 3 Annual Environ Operating Rept for 1992. W/930427 Ltr

ML17306B424
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	12/31/1992
From:	Conway W ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
102-02491-WFC-T, 102-2491-WFC-T, NUDOCS 9305050152
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ACCESSION NBR:9305050152 DOC.DATE: 92/12/31 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET g FACIL:STN-Bp-528 Palo Verde Nuclear Station, Unit 1, Arizona Publi 05000528 5TN-50-529 Palo Verde Nuclear Station, Unit 2, Arizona Publi 05000529 STN-50-530 Palo Verde Nuclear Station, Unit 3, Arizona Publi 05000530 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION CONWAYiW.F. Arizona Public Service Co. (formerly Arizona Nuclear Power RECIP.NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Annual Environ Operating Rept For 1992."

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.R PDR Arizona Public Service Company P.O, BOX 53999 ~ PHOENIX. ARIZONA 85072<999 102-02491-WFC/TRB/JRP WILLIAMF. CONWAY EXECUTIVEVICEPRESIDENT April 27, 1993 NUCLEAR U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATIN: Document Control Desk Mail Station P1-37 Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

Units 1, 2, and 3 Docket Nos. STN 50-528/529/530 Annual Environmental Operating Report for 1992 File: 93-005-419.05 93-056-026 Enclosed is the PVNGS Annual Environmental Operating Report for 1992. This report covers the operation of PVNGS Units 1, 2, and 3 during 1992, and is being submitted pursuant to Section 5.4.1 of Appendix B to the operating license.

Should you'have any questions, please call Mr. Thomas R. Bradish at (602) 393-5421.

Sincerely, WFC/TRB/JRP/rv Enclosure cc: J. B. Martin J. A. Sloan

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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY PALO VERDE NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION ANNUALENVIRONMENTALOPERATING REPORT FOR 1992 APRIL 1993

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PVNGS 1992 Annual Environmental Operating Report Page 1 I. INTRODUCTION The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS) is located in Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 50 miles west of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The PVNGS site comprises approximately 4050 acres. Site elevations range from 890 feet above mean sea level at the southern boundary to 1030 feet above mean sea level at the northern boundary. The station consists of three pressurized water reactor electrical generating units with a nominal generating capacity of 1270 MWe per unit.

PVNGS was issued low power operating licenses NPF-34, NPF-46 and NPF-65 for Units 1, 2 and 3 by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on December 31, 1984, December 9, 1985, and March 25, 1987, respectively. The Unit 1 full power operating license NPF-41 was issued June 1, 1985. The Unit 2 full power operating license NPF-51 was issued April 24, 1986. The Unit 3 full power operating license NPF-74 was issued November 25, 1987. Appendix B to these operating licenses is entitled the "Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological)". The Environmental Protection Plans (EPP) of each of the current operating licenses are identical.

The EPP is to provide for protection of environmental values during construction and operation of the nuclear facility. The principal objectives of the EPP are as follows:

(1) Verify that the station is operated in an environmentally acceptable manner, as established by the FES (Final Environmental Statement) and other NRC environmental impact assessments.

(2) Coordinate NRC requirements and maintain consistency with other Federal, State and local requirements for environmental protection.

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Keep NRC informed of the environmental effects of facility construction and operation and of actions taken to control those effects.

This Annual Environmental Operating Report is required by Section 5.4.1 of the EPP. This report describes the activities during the year 1992 related to the PVNGS EPP. For purposes of this report, references to the EPP are considered to be the EPP of NPF-41, NPF-51 and NPF-74.

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I PVNGS 1992 Annual Environmental Operating Report Page 2 II. ENVIRONMENTALMONITORING SUMMARIES AND ANALYSIS A. Cultural Resources Section 4.2.1 of the EPP requires that an archaeological survey be performed when final alignment of the PVNGS-to-Saguaro transmission line is completed. As of the date of this report, plans for this transmission line have been placed on indefinite hold. Therefore, there has been no further activity in this area of the EPP.

B. Terrestrial Ecolo Monitorin Section 4.2.2 of the EPP required that the provisions of the Salt Deposition and Impact Monitoring Plan (Revision 4, May 1985) be implemented by the onset of commercial operation of the first unit. The EPP further stipulated that the monitoring plan continue for a minimum of three full years after the onset of operation of all three units or until shown to not be necessary. Unit 3 (the last unit licensed at PVNGS) began commercial operation in November 1987. Therefore the minimum required monitoring period was satisfied as of November 1990. However, APS elected to continue the salt deposition monitoring program for an additional year. As communicated in a letter from William F.

Conway, APS, to NRC, dated December 30, 1991, the salt deposition monitoring program was discontinued at the end of 1991.

III. PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION CHANGES Section 3.1 of the EPP allows changes in station design or operation or the performance of tests or experiments affecting the environment provided that such changes, tests or experiments do not constitute an unreviewed environmental question and do not require a change to the EPP. Changes, tests or experiments in which all measurable nonradiological effects are confined to the on-site areas previously disturbed during site preparation and plant construction or in which the environment is not affected are exempt from the evaluation and reporting requirements of Section 3.1. Section 3.2 of the EPP also exempts changes, tests, or experiments which are required to comply with other Federal, State or local environmental regulations.

The following change in station design and operation was evaluated during 1992 and found not to involve any unreviewed environmental issues.

An evaluation was performed for excavation of the pipeline that transports treated effluent from the Phoenix 91st Avenue Sewage Treatment Plant to the PVNGS

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PVNGS 1992 Annual Environmental Operating Report Page 3 Water Reclamation Facility. The purpose of the excavation was to inspect the condition of the pipeline. The excavation was in an area that had been previously disturbed during the pipeline construction. No unreviewed environmental issues were identified.

IV. EPP NONCOMPLIANCES There were no instances of noncompliance with the EPP identified during 1992.

V. NONROUTINE REPORTS There were no nonroutine reports required by Section 5.4.2 of the EPP submitted during 1992.

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