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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Official Hearing Exhibit In the Matter of: FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY NRC-062 (Turkey Point Units 6 and 7) ASLBP #: 10-903-02-COL-BD01 Docket #: 05200040 | 05200041 Exhibit #: NRC-062-00-BD01 Identified: 05/02/2017 Admitted: 05/02/2017 Withdrawn: Rejected: Stricken: Other: Cover. Photographs: top, center-pivot irrigation (Jeff Vanuga, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; middle, Yates Springs, Decatur County, Georgia (Alan M. Cressler, USGS); bottom, Arch Cave, Jackson County, Florida (Alan M. Cressler, USGS). Sequence of maps: shows the extent of each aquifer or aquifer system. Comparison of the maps shows the places where aquifers are stacked upon each other (Miller, 1990). Revised Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System in Florida and Parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina By Lester J. Williams and Eve L. Kuniansky Groundwater Resources Program Professional Paper 1807 Version 1.1 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior SALLY JEWELL, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. Kimball, Acting Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2015 First release: April 2015 Revised March 2016 (ver. 1.1) For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment—visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod To order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Suggested citation: Williams, L.J., and Kuniansky, E.L., 2016, Revised hydrogeologic framework of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina (ver 1.1, March 2016): U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1807, 140 p., 23 pls, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1807. ISSN 2330 –7102 (online) iii Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the many organizations and individuals that provided assistance and data compilation during this study. In particular, water level, geologic, and borehole geophysical log data were provided by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD), Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) and the Florida Geological Survey (FGS). David Taylor, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Oil and Gas Program provided a database of the oil and gas test well locations in Florida and provided assistance with accessing the permit files and scanning logs in their offices in Tallahassee, Florida. State geologists and their staff who assisted in this study include Jon Arthur (Florida State Geologist), Harley (Guy) Means, Rodney S. Dehan, Clint Kromhout, Keith Wood, Katy Etheridge, and Andy Smith of the FGS; Berry H. (Nick) Tew (Alabama State Geologist), Marlon Cook, and Blakeney Gillett of the Geological Survey of Alabama; and Jim Kennedy (Georgia State Geologist) and Steve Walker at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Jeffery B. Davis was particularly helpful in compiling and making available a large part of the SJRWMD geophysical log database and the hydrogeologic picks that were compiled over many years. Dale Jenkins and Clay Coarsey of the SRWMD; Donna Ricabus of the SFWMD; Tiffany Horstman and Nate Valentine of the SWFWMD; Jeri Parish, Jill Stokes, George Robinson, and Fay Baird of the SJRWMD; and Lauren Connell and Chris Richards of the NWFWMD all helped compile or provide data used in this study. Joe Haberfield of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection provided information about class I injection wells in Florida. Ronald S. Reese of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided numerous geophysical logs and data for southern Florida, and Tina Roberts-Ashby provided data and much insight into deep permeable zones in the lower part of the Cedar Keys Formation and Lawson Limestone in central and southern Florida. Harold E. Gill, USGS retired, provided a large amount of well data and was instrumental in helping to revise the framework in the northern coastal areas of Georgia and in South Carolina. Jason C. Bellino of the USGS helped to organize and compile hydrogeologic data during the early phases of the study. Rick M. Spechler of the USGS, helped locate information on key test wells from files of the USGS Orlando and Tampa offices and provided insight into the hydrogeology of central and northeastern Florida and assisted in evaluating geophysical logs for salinity mapping. Several optical and acoustic televiewer images and other types of borehole geophysical logs were provided by Michael A. Wacker and Ann B. Tihansky of the USGS. Numerous geophysical logs were digitized by Jessica E. Raines, USGS, for the cross sections herein. Student trainee Katrina S. Ostrowicki, USGS, conducted research and produced a condensed lithologic log from the Fort Pulaski corehole on Tybee Island, Georgia. William F. (Fred) Falls, USGS, provided lithologic descriptions from several deep wells in the coastal regions of Georgia. Jeffrey N. King, USGS, provided hydraulic properties of the Boulder Zone in southern Florida. David C. Prowell, USGS emeritus, provided lithologic data from several wells in South Carolina and Georgia. Sandra L. Kinnaman, USGS, processed new sites into the USGS database system. The level of understanding that the authors gained during this study would not have been possible without numerous discussions with several key individuals of the Florida water management districts. Don Boniol and Jeffery B. Davis of the SJRWMD hosted numerous meetings to discuss the hydrogeologic framework at their offices in Palatka, Florida. Jerry Mallams and Jason LaRoche, SWFWMD, were equally accommodating in supplying data and reports in the SWFWMD area and hosting a meeting at their offices to discuss the hydrogeologic framework. Emily Richardson of the SFWMD provided numerous logs and data for southern Florida. iv John S. Clarke, Otto S. Zapecza, and Andrew M. O’Reilly of the USGS and Jeffery B. Davis of the SJRWMD, Jason LaRoche, Dave DeWitt, and Ron Basso of the SWFWMD, Emily Richardson of the SFWMD, and Tony Countryman of the NWFWMD all reviewed the manuscript and provided many useful comments and suggestions during the preparation of this report. Appreciation is extended to Joann F. Dixon and Caryl Wipperfurth of the USGS for their painstaking efforts in producing the illustrations and Michael Deacon of the USGS for editing the manuscript of this report. Additionally, David C. (Chris) Leeth of the USGS provided invaluable assistance in the final revisions to the manuscript. Finally, major contributions were made by James A. Miller (USGS retired), who not only reviewed and provided comments on revisions to the nomenclature of the Floridan aquifer system that he established 30 years ago, but also materially contributed to the report section discussing the geologic setting. v Contents Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................3 Purpose and Scope ..............................................................................................................................5 Previous Studies ...................................................................................................................................5 Methods of Investigation ..............................................................................................................................6 Approach ................................................................................................................................................6 Sources of Data and Key Well Locations ................................................................................7 Hydrogeologic Cross Sections ..................................................................................................7 Stratigraphic Data.................................................................................................................................7 Salinity Mapping ...................................................................................................................................7 Unique Well Identifiers ........................................................................................................................9 Digital Log Database ...................................................................................................................9 Digital Data Report..............................................................................................................................10 Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System ..................................................................10