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-"Mu Omaha Public Power District APPENDIX E APPLICANT'S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT OPERATING LICENSE RENEWAL STAGE FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT 1 JANUARY 2002 CORRECTIONS TO APPENDIX E FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT 1 ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT We've identified a missing page and some misnumbered pages in the Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 Environmental Report. OPPD will be submitting corrected CDs. The hard copy provided here has been corrected. The errors consisted of: Page 2-35 was missing from Appendix E, and has been inserted in the hard copy; The second set of Pages 2-31 through 2-42 in Appendix 2.0, "Clean Water Act Documentation," of Appendix E were misnumbered. Renumbered Pages 2-42 through 2-53 have been inserted in the hard copy. FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS 1.0 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR ACTION .............................................. 1 1.1 Introduction And Background ............................................................... 1 1.2 Statement Of Purpose And Need ..................................................... 1 1.3 Environmental Scope And Methodology ........................................... 2 1.4 References ...................................................................................... 5 2.0 SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFACES. ............................................ 1 2.1 Location And Features ...................................................................... 1 2.2 Missouri River .................................................................................. 9 2.3 Biological Resources ..................................................................... 15 2.4 Demography .................................................................................. 26 2.5 Area Economic Base ..................................................................... 39 2.6 Taxes ............................................................................................. 39 2.7 Social Services And Public Facilities ............................................. 40 2.8 Land Use Planning ......................................................................... 42 2.9 Historic And Archaeological Resources ......................................... 44 2.10 References .................................................................................... 45 3.0 PROPOSED ACTION .............................................................................. 1 3.1 General Plant Information ................................................................. 1 3.2 Refurbishment Activities ................................................................ 11 3.3 Programs And Activities For Managing The Effects Of Aging ...... 12 3.4 Employment .................................................................................. 12 3.5 References .................................................................................... 15 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND MITIGATING ACTIONS .......................... 1 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 1 4.2 Entrainment Of Fish And Shellfish In Early Life Stages ................... 4 4.3 Impingement Of Fish And Shellfish ................................................ 6 4.4 Heat Shock ...................................................................................... 7 4.5 Impacts Of Refurbishment On Terrestrial Resources ..................... 10 4.6 Threatened Or Endangered Species .............................................. 11 4.7 Air Quality During Refurbishment (Nonattainment Areas) .............. 13 4.8 Impact On Public Health Of Microbiological Organisms ................. 13 4.9 Electric Shock From Transmission Line-induced Currents ............. 15 4.10 Housing Impacts ............................................................................ 17 4.11 Public Utilities: Public Water Supply Availability ............................ 18 4.12 Education Impacts From Refurbishment ........................................ 19 4.13 Offsite Land Use ............................................................................ 20 4.14 Transportation ............................................................................... 22 4.15 Historic And Archaeological Resources ......................................... 23 4.16 Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives ........................................ 24 TABLE OF CONTENTS i FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 4.17 Environm ental Justice ................................................................... 47 4.18 R eferences .................................................................................... 49 5.0 ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ......... 1 5.1 References ...................................................................................... 2 6.0 SUMMARY OF LICENSE RENEWAL IMPACTS AND M ITIGATING ACTIO NS ...... ...... ................. ..... ............................. .. 1 6.1 License Renewal-.Im pacts ................................ :.... ............................... 1 6.2 M itigation ....... ............ ................ ...... ...................... 5 6.3 Unavoidable Adverse Impacts .......................................................... 5 6.4 Irreversible Or Irretrievable Resource Commitments ...................... 6 6.5 Short-term Use Versus Long-term Productivity Of The Environment ... 7 6.6 R eferences ...................................................................................... 7 7.0 ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED ACTION ................................... 1 7.1 No-action Alternative ...................................................................... 2 7.2 Alternatives That Meet System Generating Needs .......................... 3 7.3 R eferences .................................................................................... 37 8.0 COMPARISON OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF LICENSE RENEWAL WITH THE ALTERNATIVES ................................................. 1 8.1 R eferences ..... .............................. ......... .................. .............. 11 9.0 STATUS OF COMPLIANCE ............. ............... 1 9.1 Proposed Action ................ .............................. 1 9.2 Feasible Alternatives ...................................................................... 7 9.3 References ...................................................................................... 7 APPENDIXES 1.0 DISCUSSION OF NRC LICENSE RENEWAL NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT ISSUES ............................................. 1 2.0 CLEAN WATER ACT DOCUMENTATION ............................................... 1 3.0 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CORRESPONDENCE .... 1 4.0 CULTURAL RESOURCES CORRESPONDENCE ................................. 1 5.0 SEVERE ACCIDENT MITIGATION ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS ....... 1 5.1 FCS PRA Model And Risk Profile ......................................................... 2 5.2 Melcor Accident Consequence Code System Modeling .................. 6 5.3 SAMA Identification And Screening ............................................... 17 5.4 SAMA Evaluation Summaries ........................................................ 44 TABLE OF CONTENTS ii FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT I LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.5 References .................................................................................... 66 6.0 OTHER AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE ............................................... 1 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ooi FORT CALHOUN STATION UNIT 1 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION LIST OF TABLES Table 1.3-1 Environmental Report Responses To License Renewal Environmental Regulatory Requirements ..3 Table 2.3-1 Threatened And Endangered Species Wth Potential For Occurrence In The Fort Calhoun Site Vicinitya ........................ 21 Table 2.4-1 Estimated Populations And Average Annual Growth Rates In Washington, Douglas, And Sarpy Counties From 1980 To 2030... 30 Table 2.4-2 Nebraska Minority And Low-income Population Census Tracts .... 31 Table 2.4-3 Iowa Minority And Low-income Population Census Tracts ...... 32 Table 2.7-1 Level Of Service Definitions ...................................................... 42 Table 4.16-1 Estimated Present-dollar Value Equivalent For Severe Accidents At Fort Calhoun Station .......................... 36 Table 4.16-2 Disposition Of Samas Related To Fort Calhoun Station ........ 42 Table 6.1-1 Environmental Impacts Related To License Renewal Of Fort Calhoun Station Unit 1 ...................................... 1 Table 7.2-1 Representative Coal-fired Generation Alternative ....................... 9 Table 7.2-2 Representative Gas-fired Generation Alternative ...................... 13 Table 7.2-3 Other Generation Technology Options Considered .................. 17 Table 8.0-1 Impacts Comparison Summary ................................................... 2 Table 8.0-2 Impacts Comparison Detail ........................................................ 3 Table 9.1-1 Environmental Authorizations For Current Fort Calhoun Station Operations ................................................. 2 Table 9.1-2 Environmental Authorizations For Fort Calhoun Station License Renew ala ....................................................................... 5 Appendices Table 1.0-1 Fort Calhoun Station Environmental Report Discussion Of License Renewal Nepa Issues ...........................