Appendix E Applicant’s Environmental Report Operating License Renewal Stage Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station August 2010 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report [This page intentionally blank] Page ii August 2010 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report Table of Contents Page TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................................................iii LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................................................ix LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................xiii ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS.........................................................................................xv 1.0 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................1.1-1 1.1 Purpose of and Need for Action ......................................................................1.1-1 1.2 Environmental Report Scope and Methodology..............................................1.2-1 1.3 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Licensee and Ownership.......................1.3-1 1.4 References ......................................................................................................1.4-1 2.0 SITE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERFACES............................................................2.1-1 2.1 Location and Features.....................................................................................2.1-1 2.1.1 References.....................................................................................2.1-2 2.2 Aquatic and Riparian Ecological Communities................................................2.2-1 2.2.1 Hydrology and Water Quality .........................................................2.2-1 2.2.2 Aquatic Communities .....................................................................2.2-5 2.2.3 References...................................................................................2.2-13 2.3 Groundwater Resources .................................................................................2.3-1 2.3.1 References.....................................................................................2.3-3 2.4 Critical and Important Terrestrial Habitat.........................................................2.4-1 2.4.1 Ecoregions .....................................................................................2.4-1 2.4.2 Davis-Besse Site............................................................................2.4-3 2.4.3 Habitat Management......................................................................2.4-5 2.4.4 References.....................................................................................2.4-6 2.5 Threatened or Endangered Species ...............................................................2.5-1 2.5.1 Overview ........................................................................................2.5-1 2.5.2 Davis-Besse Site............................................................................2.5-2 2.5.3 References.....................................................................................2.5-3 Table of Contents Page iii August 2010 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report Table of Contents (continued) 2.6 Demography....................................................................................................2.6-1 2.6.1 General Demographic Characteristics ...........................................2.6-1 2.6.2 Minority and Low Income Populations ...........................................2.6-2 2.6.3 References.....................................................................................2.6-5 2.7 Taxes...............................................................................................................2.7-1 2.8 Land Use Planning ..........................................................................................2.8-1 2.8.1 Existing Land Use ..........................................................................2.8-1 2.8.2 Future Land Use ............................................................................2.8-2 2.8.3 References.....................................................................................2.8-2 2.9 Socioeconomic Characteristics .......................................................................2.9-1 2.9.1 Economy, Employment, and Income .............................................2.9-1 2.9.2 Housing..........................................................................................2.9-2 2.9.3 Education .......................................................................................2.9-3 2.9.4 Public Facilities ..............................................................................2.9-3 2.9.5 Transportation................................................................................2.9-3 2.9.6 Recreation......................................................................................2.9-5 2.9.7 References.....................................................................................2.9-6 2.10 Meteorology and Air Quality ..........................................................................2.10-1 2.10.1 Meteorology .................................................................................2.10-1 2.10.2 Air Quality.....................................................................................2.10-2 2.10.3 References...................................................................................2.10-3 2.11 Historic and Archaeological Resources.........................................................2.11-1 2.11.1 References...................................................................................2.11-1 2.12 Known and Reasonably Foreseeable Projects in Site Vicinity ......................2.12-1 2.12.1 References...................................................................................2.12-2 3.0 PROPOSED ACTION .................................................................................................3.1-1 3.1 General Plant Information ...............................................................................3.1-1 3.1.1 Major Facilities ...............................................................................3.1-2 Table of Contents Page iv August 2010 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report Table of Contents (continued) 3.1.2 Nuclear Steam Supply, Containment, and Power Conversion Systems .........................................................................................3.1-2 3.1.3 Cooling and Auxiliary Water Systems ............................................3.1-3 3.1.4 Power Transmission Systems........................................................3.1-6 3.1.5 Waste Management Systems ........................................................3.1-7 3.1.6 Transportation of Radioactive Materials.........................................3.1-9 3.1.7 Maintenance, Inspection, and Refueling Activities.........................3.1-9 3.2 Refurbishment Activities..................................................................................3.2-1 3.3 Programs and Activities for Managing the Effects of Aging.............................3.3-1 3.4 Employment ....................................................................................................3.4-1 3.4.1 Current Workforce..........................................................................3.4-1 3.4.2 License Renewal Increment...........................................................3.4-1 3.5 References ......................................................................................................3.5-1 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PROPOSED ACTION AND MITIGATING ACTIONS ..............................................................................................4.0-1 4.1 Water Use Conflicts.........................................................................................4.1-1 4.2 Entrainment of Fish and Shellfish in Early Life Stages....................................4.2-1 4.3 Impingement of Fish and Shellfish ..................................................................4.3-1 4.4 Heat Shock......................................................................................................4.4-1 4.5 Groundwater Use Conflicts .............................................................................4.5-1 4.6 Groundwater Use Conflicts (Plants Using Cooling Towers Withdrawing Makeup Water from a Small River) .................................................................4.6-1 4.7 Groundwater Use Conflicts (Plants Using Ranney Wells)...............................4.7-1 4.8 Degradation of Groundwater Quality...............................................................4.8-1 4.9 Impacts of Refurbishment on Terrestrial Resources .......................................4.9-1 4.10 Threatened or Endangered Species .............................................................4.10-1 4.10.1 Refurbishment..............................................................................4.10-1 4.10.2 License Renewal Term ................................................................4.10-2 4.11 Air Quality during Refurbishment (Nonattainment Areas) .............................4.11-1 4.12 Impact on Public Health of Microbiological Organisms