Salem NJPDES Permit Renewal Application

February 2006

Author: HDR/LMS

• Section 5: Adverse Environmental Impact

• Attachment 6‐12: Biological modeling of fish protection alternatives

• Attachment 6‐13: Commercial and Recreational Splits
SALEM NJPDES 2006 PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Section 1: Signed Cover Letter 1/31/2006 

PSEG NJPDES Permit Application Executive Summary 2/1/2006 

Estuary Enhancement Program Overview 2/1/2006 

Memorandum In Support Of Renewal Application 2/1/2006 

Section 2: Application Forms 2/1/2006 

Section 3: Request For Renewal Of The §316(A) Variance For The Salem Generating Station 

Attachment 3-1: TP-PSEG -2005-001Condenser Performance Evaluation 

Attachment 3-2: TP-PSEG-2005-003 Description Of Salem Station And Operating Conditions 

Section 4: Final Integrated Comprehensive Demonstration Study 

Attachment 4-1: Proposal For Information Collection 

Attachment 4-2: Engineering Calculations 

Attachment 4-3: NMFS Biological Opinions And Incidental Take Statement 

Attachment 4-4: Description Of Models And Common Input Parameters Used To Develop Estimates Of Impingement Mortality And 

Entrainment 

Attachment 4-4-1: Assessment Of Potential Avoidance Of Entrainment Sampler By Juvenile Fish 

Attachment 4-5: Linkages Between Salt Marshes And Other Nekton Habitats In The Delaware Bay Landscape 

Attachment 4-6: Long Term Response Of Fishes To Restoration Of Former Salt Hay Farms: Multiple Measures Of Restoration Success 

Attachment 4-7: Monitoring Plan 

Section 5: Adverse Environmental Impact (AEI) 

Attachment 5-1: Baywide And In-Plant Sampling Programs And Sampling Methods 

Attachment 5-2: Model Methodologies And Common Input Parameters 

Attachment 5-3: Analysis Of Trends For Selected Finfish And Blue Crab 

Attachment 5-4: RIS Life History Parameters And Method For Estimating Age 0 Life History Parameters For The 2006 Salem 

Application 

Section 6: Assessment Of Alternative Intake Technologies 

Attachment 6-1: Evaluation Of Specific Fish Protection Alternatives 

Attachment 6-2: Review And Screening Of Intake Technologies For Fish Protection 

Attachment 6-3: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Wedgewire Screen Option Report No. 11050-360-WW 

Attachment 6-4: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Dual Flow Screen Option Report No. 11050-360-DF 

Attachment 6-5: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Fine Mesh On Existing Screens Option Report No. 11050-360-FM 

Attachment 6-6: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Sound Deterrent Technology Report No. 11050-360-SD 

Attachment 6-7: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Seasonal Flow Reduction Option Report No. 11050-360-VS 

Attachment 6-8: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Revised Refueling Outage Schedule Option 

Attachment 6-9: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Natural Draft CoolingTower Option Report No. 11050-360-ND 

Attachment 6-10: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Mechanical Draft CoolingTower Option Report No. 11050-360-MD 

Attachment 6-11: Alternative Intake Technologies For CWIS - Operating & Maintenance Costs For The Existing CWIS, Report No. 

11050-360-OM 

Attachment 6-12: Biological Modeling Of Fish Protection Alternatives 

Attachment 6-13: Commercial And Recreational Splits 

Attachment 6-14: Commercial Fishing Benefits Values 

Attachment 6-15: Recreational Fishing Benefits Values 

Attachment 6-16: Evaluation Of Potential Non-Use Benefits 

Attachment 6-17: Schedules For Unit Outages And Flow Reductions 

Attachment 6-18: Energy And Capacity Price Projections 

Attachment 6-19: Costs Of Reduced Power 

Attachment 6-20: Costs Of Air Emissions 

Attachment 6-21: Detailed Costs Results 

Attachment 6-22: Detailed Benefit Results 

Attachment 6-23: USEPA Cost Estimates For Use In The Cost- Cost Comparisons 

Attachment 6-24: Detailed Cost-Benefit Results 

Attachment 6-25: Monte Carlo Analysis 

Attachment 6-26: Detailed Cost And Benefits Of Restoration Of Salt Hay Farm Sites 

Attachment 6-27: Cost-Benefit Analysis Without Entrainment Survival 

Attachment 6-28: Cost-Benefit Analysis With Life-Extension 

Section 7: Restoration Production Estimates / G.12.B 

Attachment 7-1: Production Of Fish And Shellfish Biomass Attributable To The Restored Salt Hay Farm Marshes And Production Lost

Due To Entrainment And Impingement Losses At Salem Generating Station 2002-2004 

Attachment 7-1-A: Desirable Marsh Vegetation Production Data And Marsh Plain Area Determinations For Salt Hay Farm Sites Meeting 

Success Criteria During 2002 – 2004 

Attachment 7-1-B: GIS Analysis Of Tidal And Open Water Areas Of The Delaware Estuary 

Attachment 7-2: Production Of Juvenile River Herring From Twelve Fish Ladder Sites 2002-2004 

Attachment 7-3: An Ecosystem Model Of Delaware Bay 

Attachment 7-4: Approximating Relative Habitat Values: Spartina Alterniflora Versus Phragmites-Dominated Salt Marshes