|
PCS |
|
36750 |
|
Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station |
|
72676 648 A Avenue |
|
Brownville |
|
Public Notice Documents |
|
All Program Documents
May be slow to load depending on the number of documents |
|
NPDES |
|
November 25, 2021 |
|
December 25, 2021 |
|
|
NOTICE OF PERMIT ISSUANCE
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) proposes to reissue, with change, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the Nebraska Public Power District, 1414 15th Street, Columbus, NE d/b/a Cooper Nuclear Station, 72676 648 A Avenue, Brownville, NE (NPDES# NE0001244; SIC 4911), a nuclear fuel steam electric generating station. Process wastewater discharges through Outfalls 001, 002B, 002C, and 004 to the Missouri River, Segment NE1-10000 in the Nemaha River Basin. Outfall 001 is composed of categorical single-pass cooling water. Outfalls 002B, 002C, and 004 consist of low volume waste sources which include floor drains, cooling water from turbine fans, boiler blowdown, and discharges from the sludge pond. Outfalls 008 and 009 are internal waste streams that are sent to the discharge canal. They consist of various low volume categorical wastes that may include boiler blowdown, RO reject water, equipment condensate and floor drains. Sanitary wastes from the facility discharge to a two-cell lagoon treatment system and then land applied on-site. The permit would be issued for a period of up to five years and would restrict pollutant discharges to comply with the requirements of Department regulations. The draft permit, fact sheet, and other public information are available for review and copying at NDEE’s Lincoln Office, 245 Fallbrook Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska 68521 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT), weekdays, excluding holidays. To request copies of the draft permit and other information, call 402-471-3557. Individuals requiring special accommodations or alternate formats of materials should notify the Department by calling 402-471-2186. TDD users should call 800-833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call the Department at 402-471-2186. Written comments, objections, and/or hearing requests concerning permit issuance may be submitted to Kim Bubb, NPDES and State Permits Section, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, PO Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922, before the comment period ending date of December 25, 2021. A determination to hold a hearing will be based upon factual environmental or regulatory consideration.
|
|