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Questionnaire No:
Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake
Structures
Manufacturers
August 1999 (DRAFT)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of 1999 Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II
Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an average of 156 hours per facility. This
estimate includes time for reading the instructions and reviewing the information
necessary to respond to the questionnaire form. Any comments regarding EPA's need
for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and suggested
methods for reducing respondent burden (including the use of automated collection
techniques) should be addressed to: Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office
of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Mail Code 2137, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include the OMB Control Number, listed in the left-
hand margin on this page, with any correspondence.
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Certification Statement
Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures must read and sign the Certification Statement below before
returning the completed documents to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must
be a responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement
must be completed and submitted by the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40
CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared
under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to
ensure that qualified personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information
submitted. The information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
accurate and complete. In those cases where we did not possess the requested
information, we have provided best engineering estimates or judgements. We
have, to the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be company
confidentail business information as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B.
We understand that we may be required at a later time to justify our claim in
detail with respect to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of
fines and imprisonment as explained in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
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Printed Name of Certifying Official Telephone No.
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General Information and Instructions
General Information and Instructions
Why This Questionnaire?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing regulations to be processed
under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1326(b). Section 316(b) provides that
any standard established pursuant to Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable
to a point source will require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake
structures will reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact.
Answers to the enclosed questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation of cooling
water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Please note that data from the screener and detailed questionnaires are not intended to identify whether a
specific facility's cooling water intake structures are having an adverse environmental impact. Moreover,
questionnaire responses are not intended to identify whether a specific facility is employing BTA with
respect to minimizing adverse environmental impacts from cooling water intake structures, though they may
help EPA determine BTA options for various classes of facilities. The questionnaires are simply tools
characterizing some of the following: type and nature of facilities using cooling water, specific uses of
cooling water, design and configuration of cooling water systems and cooling water intake structures, types
of technologies being used at intake structures, and whether facilities have previously evaluated the
environmental impacts of their cooling water intake structures. Data from the questionnaires will feed into
other research being conducted by EPA that is more specifically designed to determine the nature of adverse
impacts and the types of control technologies that might minimize such impacts. All of EPA's research
effort will feed the development of regulatory options, some of which will subsequently be fashioned into
a proposed rulemaking that will be put forth for public review and comment.
The enclosed questionnaire consists of three parts. Part 1 requests general facility information, such as
facility name, location, operating status, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, and National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit status. In addition, this part screens facilities from
the survey that may not use cooling water for contact or noncontact cooling purposes or are not directly
withdrawing cooling water from surface water and, thus, are not subject to Section 316(b).
Part 2 requests plant-level technical data. Section A requests profile information on the facility's cooling
water systems, cooling water intake structures, cooling water discharge outfalls, and the facility's water
balance diagram. Section A first requests basic design and operational data for each of the facility's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, temporarily offline, or planned or under construction. General
profile data are then requested for the facility's intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water. The type of data requested for the cooling water structures includes the following: facility-
designated names and numbers, latitudes and longitudes, total design intake flows, proportion of total flows
used for cooling, and activities for which cooling water was used in 1998. Section A requests some very
basic data on cooling water discharge outfalls, such as facility-designated names or numbers and latitudes
and longitudes at the point of each discharge outfall. The information from this section will be related to
other data requested throughout the questionnaire to give EPA an understanding of the facility's general
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design and use of cooling water. Finally, a water balance diagram is requested to provide EPA with an
understanding of how cooling water use and discharge practices relate to the facility's general water use
practices. The diagrams will be used to analyze other data requested throughout the survey.
Section B requests information on the type of surface water sources being used by facilities to provide
cooling water. The configuration of the facility's intake structures is requested, such as whether intake
canals/channels are used, whether the intake structure incorporates a bay or cove, and whether the intake
structure is at the shoreline or offshore. Depth of the water source at the withdrawal point is requested in
addition to the average distance of the intake structure below the water surface. The section concludes by
requesting information on whether sensitive aquatic ecological areas are within an area that is influenced
by the facility's intake structures, if such information is known. The data from this section of the
questionnaire will enable EPA to characterize the distribution of facilities that have cooling water intake
structures and the types of water bodies from which cooling water is being withdrawn.
Section C requests basic design and operating data about the technologies being used at cooling water
intake structures. The questions are limited to those intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. Information is also solicited on the design pass-through velocity at each intake
structure. Actual monthly cooling water intake flows are also requested for each intake structure for the
years 1996 to 1998. In addition, facilities are asked to provide some basic data if they have ever reduced
cooling water intake flow rates to minimize impingement and/or entminment and if they have employed
dilution pump technologies to reduce the temperature of their discharge. For facilities employing an ice
control system at any of their cooling water intake structures, some basic information regarding the type
of system(s) in place is requested. Some basic information on technologies that were previously used to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment at an intake structure but were ineffective is requested. Finally,
some very basic data on cooling water towers are requested for those facilities that employ such devices.
In Section D of the questionnaire, EPA requests information on the types of studies that may have
conducted at the plant. Basic data are requested for any Section 316(b) demonstration studies that may
have been completed (i.e., studies to show that the location, design, construction, and capacity of a cooling
water intake structure reflect BTA for minimizing adverse environmental impact). Information is also
requested on any discrete biological or technology-related facility studies that have been conducted on
impingement and entrainment. Through this section of the questionnaire, EPA is attempting to identify
research that facilities have already undertaken on Section 316(b)- related topics and the availability of study
data.
Section E requests some basic information for cooling water intake structures planned or under
construction. Basic design data are requested for these intake structures. This information will help EPA
gain an understanding of the numbers of new intake structures expected to go on line in the future and their
basic design and operating characteristics.
Part 3 of the survey asks for economic and financial information about plants and steam-electric generating
units. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use this information to assess the economic
impacts of compliance with cooling water intake structure guidelines (under the authority of Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act) on the economic viability of your facility.
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General Information and Instructions
Specifically, EPA needs to determine how many facilities are likely to experience adverse economic and
financial impacts as a result of compliance with regulation, how large the economic impacts will be, and if
the economic impacts will be more severe for small firms than non-small firms. In order to evaluate full
costs of the regulation, EPA will consider the costs associated with performing Section 316(b) studies,
additions to cooling water intake equipment, operating and maintenance costs associated with the
regulation, and any impacts of Section 316(b) compliance requirements on the facility' s economic efficiency.
EPA will estimate impacts on facility cash flow and assess the likelihood of full or partial facility closures
as a result of the regulation. EPA needs the information requested in this part of the survey in order to
conduct these analyses.
Some of the data items requested in this questionnaire may be reported by your facility to the Energy
Information Administration on Form EIA-867. In the following Economic and Financial sections,
information that is reported on Form EIA-867 is identified by the following symbol (£n) and referenced to
the appropriate Form EIA-867 schedule, item number, and the relevant reporting year(s). You may use the
information provided by your facility on Form EIA-867 when answering these questions.
Authority
EPA is given authority to administer the questionnaire under Section 308 of the CWA (33 U.S.C. Section
1318). Late filing of the questionnaire, or failure to follow any related EPA instructions, may result in civil
penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law.
Who Must Complete This Questionnaire?
This questionnaire has been designed for completion by manufacturing facilities that are point sources as
defined under Section 502 of the Clean Water Act(33 U.S.C. Section 1362). The manufacturers to receive
a detailed questionnaire will include facilities from the following four major manufacturing sectors: Paper
and Allied Products (SIC 26), Chemical and Allied Products (SIC 28), Petroleum and Coal Products (SIC
29), and Primary Metals (SIC 33). Each of these groups has been identified by EPA as using respectable
quantities of cooling water and, therefore, potentially subject to Section 316(b) requirements.
Beyond this questionnaire, other editions have been produced for (1) steam electric nonutility power
producers and (2) traditional steam electric utilities that use cooling water.
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Where to Get Help?
Toil-Free Help Line: Available weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Eastern Time
EPA Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Manufacturers
Parts 1 and 2: Scoping and Technical Data
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Toil-Free Phone No: 1-877-316-COOL (2665)
Part 3: Financial and Economic Data
Abt Associates Inc.
Toil-Free Phone No: 1-800-XXX-XXXX
Certification Statement
A responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative must verify the accuracy of the
responses to the entire questionnaire package by reading and signing the enclosed Certification Statement.
This statement needs to be returned to EPA along with completed survey materials.
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the Certification Statement to EPA within 90 calendar days after receiving
the materials at your facility or firm. Please return your materials in the enclosed self-addressed envelopes,
to:
Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Manufacturers
316(b) Survey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
c/o SAIC (MS 1-11-12)
1710 Goodridge Drive
McLean, VA 22102-3799
NOTE: Please keep a copy of the completed questionnaire package and Certification Statement for your records.
Once the surveys have been submitted, they will be entered into an EPA database and quality assurance
reviews will be performed. During this time, your facility may be called by one of EPA's contractors to
verify your data.
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General Information and Instructions
Confidential Business Information
You may assert a business confidentiality claim for some or all of your responses to the questionnaire,
as described in 40 CFR 2.203(b) (see full text below). Complete regulations governing confidentiality of
business information (CBI) appear in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.
40 CFR 2.203(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A business which is submitting
information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching
to) the information, at the time it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form
of notice employing language such as 'trade secret,' 'proprietary,' or 'company confidential.' Allegedly confidential
portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the business, and may be submitted
separately to facilitate identification and handling by EPA. If the business desires confidential treatment only until
a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
^- You may claim confidentiality of business information for any of your responses by checking (/) the
box at the bottom of the page or by a method described above. If no check mark appears and no other
claim of confidentiality has been made with respect to any of your given responses, EPA may make the data
available to the public without further notice. Please note that you may be required to justify any claim of
confidentiality at a later time.
If EPA must reveal information covered by a claim of confidentiality, the Agency will strictly follow the
requirements and procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Overall, EPA may reveal submitted
information protected by a CBI claim only to other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of
the United States who are responsible for implementation of the Clean Water Act. EPA has extensive
standard operating procedures in place to handle, store, and transmit CBI data and has a long history of
successfully managing this type of information. Personnel expected to handle CBI data are also required
by the Agency to be trained and certified.
EPA may make information covered by a claim of confidentiality available to Agency contractors so that
work can be performed under their contracts. All EPA contracts say that contractor employees must use
CBI data only to do work specified by EPA. The information is not to be shown to anyone, other than
EPA officials, without first having received written approval from the affected business or from EPA's legal
office. If you have any comments on this matter, please include them with your completed questionnaire.
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Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire
Facility personnel most knowledgeable of the subject areas covered by the questions posed should complete the
questionnaire.
Please answer the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP forward in the questionnaire.
Do not leave response areas blank to any question that you have been directed to answer. For many
questions, EPA has included a response box saying "Don't Know" or "No Data Available." If one of these
response options is not included under a particular question, you must provide an answer.
NOTE: Matrices that contain separate response columns for individual cooling water intake structures need not be completed
if the information being requested is not applicable to that particular cooling water intake structure.
For quantitative data,
- Please report to the nearest whole number, unless instructed otherwise. If your answer is zero,
please record a zero in the response column. Please do not leave a response area blank.
- Provide actual data to the extent that they are available. Good faith estimates should be provided
only when actual data are not available.
Clearly mark responses to all questions with a black or blue ink pen, or type responses in the spaces
provided.
For each question, please read all instructions and definitions carefully.
Most key terms are defined in the Glossary, which accompanies the questionnaire package. Terms which
are defined in the Glossary appear bold and italicized in the text. Before responding to a given question,
please read the definitions of any key terms used and any question-specific instructions.
Please use the units specified when responding to questions requesting measurement data (e.g., gallons
per day).
Please provide responses based on the time period(s) cited in each question. Note that the time period
under which information is requested varies by question.
Please show whether information provided in any of your responses is confidential. Such information
will be protected under EPA's confidentiality procedures. To claim a particular response as containing
confidential business information, simply check (/) the box at the bottom of the page, if one is provided, or
follow the other identification procedures described under 40 CFR 2.203(b).
NOTE: Please consult the Confidential Business Information subsection above for further information on asserting a CBI claim
and for EPA disclosure requirements.
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Part
Scoping Data 1
Parti: Scoping Data
Survey IDN.
Name of Facility
Mailing Address
City, State ZIP
1. (a) Does the above mailing label reflect the facility's full legal
name and address? m ' ®S <1>
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(b) Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address for the facility:
Name of Facility:
Facility's Physical Street Address:
Mailing Address (P.O. Box, if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
Telephone Number:
2. Please identify the person responsible for questionnaire responses, and please prov de the appropriate
title and contact information:
Name:
Title:
Employer (full legal name):
Relationship to Facility (e.g., employee, domestic parent firm, contractor, etc)
SKIPTOQ.2
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Telephone No: ( ) _
Best Time to Contact:
. Fax No: ( )
(5a 8 5b)
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Parti. Scoping Information
3. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
codes associated with the facility's main lines of business? [Please
use SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the
following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
NOTE: Since the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the
collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to U.S.
business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of
Management and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system
was last updated by OMB in 1987. It was recently replaced by the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however, it
continues to be used by many Federal agencies. EPA believes it would be
unnecessarily confusing to ask facilities to classify themselves using NAICS
codes for the purposes of this questionnaire.
Primary 111
Secondary ra
Other (3a) (3b) (3c)
4. (a) Does the facility presently have or is the facility presently in
the process of obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: Permits are required to be held under Section 402 of the Clean
Water Act (3 3 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source that discharges
pollutants to waters of the United States. Permits may address such
topics as effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge management
practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved
State NPDES program. Facilities that discharge 100 percent of their
effluent (including storm water) to publicly-owned treatment works,
privately-ownedtreatmentworks, and/or togroundwater injection wells
should answer "No " to this question.
(b) Please indicate the NPDES permit number for the facility in
the space provided:
(c) In what year does the facility's current NPDES permit expire?
[Q Please check here (/) if your permit has expired but has been
administratively extended.]
(1)
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Statement.
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Part
5. Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact or
non-contact cooling purposes at the facility? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider from which
it was obtained.!
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "cooling water"
refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including
water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative
cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The intended use of the
cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
6. Since January 1, 1996, has the facility directly obtained any
portion of its cooling water from a surface water source^ [Note:
In order for a facility to directly withdraw cooling water from surface water, it
must have an intake structure. Please refer to the Glossary for the definition of
surface water. If 100 percent of cooling water is withdrawn from a local water
supplier, the facility's own groundwater supply, or the water supply of a facility
other than your own, facility's should answer "No" to this question.]
7. Please show in the matrix on the next page all parties and/or
sources from which the facility has obtained its cooling water,
including the facility itself for a typical calendar year since
1996. [Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
For a typical calendar year, please estimate the proportion of the
facility' s total cooling water (from zero to 100 percent) obtained
from each provider and/or source marked. The total of your
proportions should be 100 percent.
(2)
Scoping Data 1
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Statement.
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(2)
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stop here and return
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Statement.
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Parti. Scoping Information
Percent Contribution to Facility's Total Cooling Water Flow
by Provider and/or Source for a Typical Year Since January 1, 1996
Providers and/or Sources of Facility's Cooling Water
Item Since January 1, 1996
No. [Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
7(a) Surface Waiter
7(b) Local Water Supplier (e.g., municipalities and river authorities) .
7(c) Facility's Own Groundwater Supply
7(d) Facility's Own Surface Water Supply
7(e) Water Supply of Facility Other Than Own
7(f) Other (please describe below):
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Proportion (from zero to 100%) of
Facility's Total Cooling Water Flow
Obtained from Each Provider and/or
Source for a Typical Calendar Year
Since 1996
%
%
%
%
%
%
100%
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Section
Section A: Facility Profile Data
Cooling Water Systems
1. Please provide the general profile data and design types
requested in the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, or temporarily offline.
Do not include cooling water systems planned, under
construction or permanently offline.
NOTES: Please consider your facility as having only one cooling water
system, unless your facility has systems that are physically separated (i. e.,
have separate water intake and outlet structures) and can be operated
independently. If your facility has several intake structures, but only one
outlet structure, or vice-versa, please consider the facility as having only
one cooling water system. Intake structures with multiple bays count as one
intake structure.
Information on structures planned or under construction is requested in
Section E.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water
system is a system that provides water to/from a facility
to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. A system includes, but
is not limited to, one or more water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use
surface water for cooling, a cooling water system begins at the first barrier(s)
to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the Weir
wall, at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Facility Profile Data A
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Part 2. Technical Data
Profile and Configuration of Facility's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your facility has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code letters as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
"1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
1(d)
Data Requested
Facility-designated No. or Name of
CWS
Month and Year CWS Began Operation
or is Expected to Begin Operation
Operating Status of CWS [Please check
(y) only one response box per system.]
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/•)
only one design type per system.]
CWS
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Mo. Year
Operating F(i)
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
CWS
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Mo. Year
Operating Foo
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
Cooling Water Intake Structures
2. How many intake structures does the facility have that directly
withdraw surface water to support, at least in part, contact or
noncontact cooling operations within the facility?
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and
temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future).
Do not include intake structures planned or under construction
or permanently offline
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water intake structure is the
total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up to the first intake
pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected
from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling
water intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating
unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire
intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
PLEASE ANSWER THE REMAINING INTAKE-RELATED QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THOSE INTAKE
STRUCTURES RECORDED ABOVE UNDER Q.2. A later section in this questionnaire requests some very
basic data on intake structures that are planned or under construction. No data are being requested
on (a) intake structures that obtain cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) conduits to other
providers of cooling water (e.g., local water suppliers or other facilities).
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Part 2. Technical Data
3. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility's cooling water intake structures.
Profiles of Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix
sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item j
No. i Data Requested
3(a) j No. of Intake Bays
3(b) j Month and Year CWIS First Used
3(c) j Latitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
I (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
j NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
\ latitude for the central point of the intake bay openings.
3(d) j Longitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
; (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
• NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
j longitude for the central point of the intake bay
\ openings.
3(e) ! Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert
• CWS code numbers or names from Item 1(a) on page 1. If
i more than one CWS, please separate codes by a comma.]
3(f) j Design Intake Capacity (in MGD) for CWIS
j NOTE: If structure withdraws water for multiple
\ purposes, please provide design intake flow for all uses.
3(g) j Estimate Percentage of Design Capacity
i Apportioned to Cooling Water Flow for the past
j three (3) years.
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
4. Please provide the activities requiring cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1997 for each of the
plant's cooling water intake structures.
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn By Matrix of
Plant From Surface Water Since January 1, 1997
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3", "2 of
3," etc.
Data Requested
Activities for Which Cooling
Water Was Required in
Calendar Year 1997 and
Percent of Total Cooling
Water Flow That Went to
These Activities [Please
check (/) all activities
that apply.]
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air) F
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning) F
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)' F
% of Total Flow Used
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air)
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning)
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)'
% of Total Flow Used
F
F
F
F
F
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Cooling Tower Technologies
5. (a) Does your facility employ cooling towers at any of its
cooling water systems?
(b) For each of the facility's cooling water systems (CWSs),
please provide the cooling tower technology data requested
in the matrices beginning on the next page. [Refer back to the
code names or numbers used for the facility's cooling water systems under
Item l(a) in Section A.]
Facilities that currently employ more than one cooling tower
technology on a given cooling water system should fill out a
separate column for each different tower. If a given cooling
water system has multiple cooling towers that are designed
and/or operated similarly, only one column of the matrix
needs to be completed. Please, however, report the total
number of similar towers. If there are differences in the
design or operation of cooling towers employed at a given
cooling water system (e.g., different manufacturers, different
ages, etc.), a separate column for each matrix should be
completed.
(1)
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
® CWS fPlease insert
same no. or name as in Question 1(a) of S
ection Al Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
(D CWS [Please insert sa
me no. or name as designated in Question
3 of Section A.I Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4)
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design F(3)
Don't Know F(4)
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls
6. Is the facility presently a zero-discharge facility'? [Base your
determination of whether you are a zero-discharge facility on your effluent only.
Do not include storm water in this assessment.!
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a zero-discharge
facility is a facility that does not return any treated or
untreated facility effluent (excluding storm water) to surface water, a POTW,
a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection well. An
example of a zero-discharge facility might be an entity that discharges its total
effluent to an evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
Facility Profile Data A
pYes
pNo
(1)
(2)
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7. How many NPDES-permitted cooling water discharge outfalls
does the facility have? Consider only those discharge outfalls
that are presently operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected
to return to service). Do not consider those discharge outfalls
planned or under construction or permanently offline
8. Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility's NPDES-permitted cooling water
discharge outfalls.
Profiles of Facility's NPDES Permitted Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls (CWDOs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWDOs. If your facility has more than this number of outfalls, please copy the matrix and change the
CWDO code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
8(a)
8(b)
8(0)
8(d)
Data Requested
NPDES Permit-designated No. or Name of Cooling Water
Discharge Outfall
Latitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Longitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert cws code
numbers or names from Item 1(a)on page! If more than one CWS,
please separate codes by a comma.]
CWDO#1
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
CWDO #2
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
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Part 2. Technical Data
Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
9. Please attach a flow distribution/water balance diagram to this section of the questionnaire. The flow
diagram should contain the information itemized below.
NOTE: If you have an existing diagram, perhaps as part of your NPDES permit application package.
it to include the information requested. If you do not have a flow diagram, please develop one.
printed or typed. A sample diagram has been included at the end of this section to clarify the type
requested.
(a) Intake-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By cooling water intake structure, note contributing sources of new water
generic name (e.g., well, surface water, local water supplier, or water from
despite how that water is ultimately used.
• Include intake structures presently operating, and temporarily offline, but expected to be
returned to service.
Do not include intake structures that have been permanently taken
planned or under construction.
out
Please label the intake structures on the diagram with a facility-
number, and please note the operational status of each structure.
of service or those
designated name or
Please provide a brief description the source water and intake configurati
cooling water intake structure has 5 surface intake bays that are flushed
on a natural cove on the Survey River.)
(2) Indicate the daily average flow of new water, including make up water, in million gallons per
day (MGD) taken into the facility through each of the facility's intake structures.
(b) Distribution of Facility's Intake Flow (based on 1998 flow data)
Indicate the distribution of intake flow from each of the intake structures
noncontact cooling, and other operations within the facility.
• Please note the type of activity (e.g., process, contact cooling, noncontact
operation) and the flow to each (in MGD).
Include recirculating and recycle loops where appropriate with associated flow volumes.
(c) Discharge-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By discharge structure, indicate the water sources or entities that receive
discharge by generic name (e.g., POTW, privately-owned treatment wor
channels, cooling lakes, cooling ponds, cooling towers, groundwater,
, you may modify
. The diagram can be
of information being
to the facility by
another facility)
ion (e.g., the
with the shoreline
to process, contact and
cooling, or other
the facility's
ks, cooling canals/
surface water).
or
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Facility Profile Data A
• Include all discharge structures presently operating, and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. i
Do not include discharge structures that have been permanently takejn out of service.
Please label the discharge structures on the diagram with a facility-designated name or
number, and please note the operational status of each structure. i
(2) Flow (in MGD) being discharged to each of these water sources. i
See Next Page for Example of a Facility Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram.
Please Insert Your Water Balance Diagram at the End of This Section of the Questionnaire
and Indicate Below That It Is Attached.
Diagram Attached? p Yes <1> i
P No <2> !
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Part 2. Technical Data
Example Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
Sample Diagram - Brown Mills, Inc - City, State
BLUE RIVER
1
Raw Materials
" 10,000 GPD "
Solid Waste
"4,000 GPD"
/-
\
30,00
•s
Washing
Neutralization
Tank
Loss .
"6,000 GPD
36,000 GPD
50,000 GPD
Outfall 002 (Operational)
Blue River
Stormwater Max:
20,000 GPD
70,000 GPD Stormwater
•Outfall 001 (Operational)-
Blue River
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
Section B: Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline but expected
to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction, or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under Question 3 of the
previous section.
Water Source Data
10. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal riverl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal river.
(1)
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Nontidal River or Stream or Tidal River: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
10(b)(1)
10(b)(2)
10(b)(3)
Data Requested
Name of Water Body
Mean Annual Flow of Water Body if
available in Latest NPDES Permit or Fact
Sheet (in cubic feet per second or cfs)
7Q1 0 Value (or Annual Low Flow for
previous hydrologic year if 7Q10 is
unavailable) for Non-tidal Rivers and the
Mean Tidal Volume for Tidal Rivers,
possibly available in Latest NPDES Fact
Sheet or Application (in cfs)
CWIS !
[Please insert same no. or name as in i
Question 3 in Section A] i
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj '•
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj i
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
11. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a lake, pond (other than a cooling pond), or
reservoirl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a pond, lake, or reservoir.
(1)
No <2> ^
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Lake, Pond (other than a Cooling Pond), or Reservoir: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code numbers or names as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
11(b)(1) ; Name of Water Body
11(b)(2) I Water Body Volume at Annual
i Mean Water Level (in acre feet)
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Data Not Available .......... Fpjn
11( b)(3) I Surface Area at Mean Water Level
i (in acres)
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
11(b)(4) i Area at Minimum Conservation
\ Pool Level (in acres)
! NOTE: Please refer to the Glossary
I for the definition of conservation
I pools.
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
11(b)(5) i Volume at Minimum Conservation
; Pool Level (in acre-feet)
Data Not Available
. acre-feet
Data Not Available
acre-feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
12. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from an estuary or oceanl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from an estuary or ocean.
FNO
(2)
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Estuary or Ocean: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
12(b)(1)
12(b)(2)
12(b)(3)
CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
Data Requested Question 3 in Section A]
Name of Water Body
Mean Low Tidal Water Level (in feet
relative to the National Geodetic Vertical i
Datum (NGVD)) i
Data
Mean High Tidal Water Level (in feet i
relative to NGVD) i
Data
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Intake Arrangements
Please refer to the Glossary accompanying the questionnaire for schematics of the various intake
configurations discussed in this subsection of the technical questionnaire.
13. (a) Does your facility have any intake canals/channels^
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's intake canals/channels.
pYes
FNo
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Intake Canal (or Channel) Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Length from Canal Mouth to Pumps (in feet)
feet
feet
13(b)(2)
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake j
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Low Water Level (for Tidal) or i
7Q10 (for non-Tidal) (in square feet) i
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake i
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Annual Water Level (in square i
feet) !
.ft2 ID
.ft2 (2)
.ft2 (2)
13(b)(3)
Distance of Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
from Canal Mouth (in feet) [Please check (s)
" none installed" if a particular CWIS does not have i
a skimmer, curtain, or baffle wall.]
. feet (i)
. feet (i)
i None Installed Fpj i None Installed
'(2)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
14. (a) Does your facility have any intake structures that are situated
on or that incorporate a bay or cove (natural or constructed)?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the bays or coves associated with the
facility's intake structures.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Bay or Cove (natural or constructed) Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
14(b)(1) ; Average Water Depth of Bay or Cove
\ at Withdrawal Point (in feet)
feet
feet
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Part 2. Technical Data
15. (a) Does your facility have any shoreline intake structures?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's shoreline intake structures.
FNO
(1)
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Shoreline Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
15(b)(1)
15(b)(2)
15(b)(3)
15(b)(4)
15(b)(5)
15(b)(6)
Data Requested
Type Of Intake [Please check (/•) only one
; intake type per CWIS.]
Location of Intake Entrance [Please
i check (y) only one intake location per
CWIS.]
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below (if submerged) Water
Surface (in feet at mean water level)
i Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet at mean water level)
i Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
I Installed?
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
i Question 3 in Section A]
i Surface Shoreline Foo
i Submerged Shoreline Fpj
i Flush with Shoreline F(ij
i Recessed Fpj
i Protruding Offshore Fpj
i feet
i feet (2i
i NA F(2)
! feet
i Yes F(ij
'• No F(2j
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
i Question 3 in Section A]
i Surface Shoreline F(ij
i Submerged Shoreline Fpj
i Flush with Shoreline F(ij
i Recessed Fpj
i Protruding Offshore Fpj
i feet
i feet (2i
i NA F(2)
! feet
i Yes F(ij
'• No F(2j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
16. (a) Does your facility have any submerged offshore intake
structures!
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's submerged offshore intake
structures.
FNO
(1)
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake
structures, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
CWIS
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Distance from shore (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(2)
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(3)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in feet)
Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet)
feet (1)
feet (1)
feet (2)
feet (2)
17. Complete the following matrix for the facility's cooling water
intake structures located in the near-field orfar-fieldto sensitive
ecological areas on the same source water's watershed? [Please
check (/) all applicable items for each intake structure. For definitions of
near- and far-field, please consult the glossary.]
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Part 2. Technical Data
Proximity of Intake Structures to Sensitive Aquatic Ecological Areas within the Source Water's
Watershed
If your facility has more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert
any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc. [Please insert same
CWIS no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Item
No. Data Requested
17(a) Wetlands
i Data Not Available F
17(b) Confluence of Tributaries
i Data Not Available F
17(c) Aquatic Life Habitat areas (e.g.,
Fish/Shellfish Spawning and
Nursery Areas, Submerged
Vegetation, Reefs, etc,)
i Data Not Available F
17(d) Protected Aquatic Sanctuaries on
the Source Water Shed
i Data Not Available F
17(e) Critical Aquatic Habitat of Any
Threatened, or Endangered
Aquatic Species
i Data Not Available F
17(f) Aquatic Migratory Routes
i Data Not Available F
17(g) j Commercial and/or Recreational
Fishing Areas
'• Data Not Available F
CWIS
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
CWIS
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Section C: Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and non-contact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures that are presently operating and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under the previous two sections
of the questionnaire.
Bar Racks and Screening Technologies
18. (a) Do you employ bar racks/trash racks at any of the
facility's cooling water intake structures?
(b) Please provide the names or numbers for those cooling
water intake structures (CWISs) where bar racks are
employed. [Please insert same code names or numbers as listed
under Question 3 in Section A.]
pYes
pNo
(2)
CWIS
(1)
CWIS
(2)
CWIS
(3)
CWIS
(4)
CWIS
(5)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
19. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen
systems at any of the facility's cooling water intake
structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ traveling or other intake
Screen Systems. [Please check (/) all traveling or other intake
screen system technologies that apply per cooling water intake
structure.]
(1)
(2)
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Matrix 19(b)
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Screen System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake systems (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number ofCWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
A
B
C
D
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
F
Traveling or Other Intake Screen
System Technologies
[Please check (y) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Horizontal Drum
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
(Ristroph)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
Horizontal Traveling
Other, please describe
! cwis
: [Please insert same no. or name as
i under Question 3 in Section A]
! F«i,
| F(2)
| F(3)
F(4)
| F(5)
i F(6)
| Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(io)
Fin)
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as under Question 4 in Section A]
! F«i,
F(2)
F(3)
F(4)
F(5)
i F(6)
I Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(ioj
F(n)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where traveling
or other intake screen systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water
intake structures. If you have more than this number of intake
structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water intake
structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix " 1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Facilities that employ more than one traveling or other intake
screen system technology at a given intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple traveling
or other intake screen system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns of the matrix should be completed.
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Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please
insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
19(c)(1)
19(c)(2)
19(c)(3)
19(c)(4)
19(c)(5)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 19(b), page 22.
Use codes A through F.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.)
Name and Model of
System
Mesh Size of System
[Please check (y) only one
response per technology.]
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same
Design and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
System Installed
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
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Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
i CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology
#1 ! #2 ! #3
19(c)(1) ; Type of Technology
I [Provide Technology Code
; from Matrix 19(b), page 22.
| Use codes A through F.]
19(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.)
I Name and Model of
I System
Mfr:
) i Mfr:.
Model:
(2) i Model:.
(2) i Model:.
(2)
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj; Site-Specific Design .. Fpj; Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j
19(c)(3) I Mesh Size of System
i [Please check (y) only one
i response per technology.]
Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij i Standard (d to % in) . F(ij i Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) ... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj
Other (please describe) . Fpj i Other (please describe) Fpj i Other (please describe) . Fpj
19(c)(4) ! No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same
; Design and Operational
i Description
19(c)(5) I Calendar Year(s)
i System Installed
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Part 2. Technical Data
20. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen systems
at the facility to reduce impingement and/or
entrainment effects on aquatic organisms? E
(b) For the applicable cooling water intake structures, please
show in the matrix below the types of intake screen
systems used.
(1)
(2)
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Traveling or Other Intake Screen Systems to Reduce Impingement and/or Entrainment Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of
3," etc.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
Traveling or Other Intake Screen ; Low.Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FID I Low-Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FI
Systems Used. [Please check (s) \ Ky K y u^ K y K y
all modifications that apply per CWIS.] :
; Change in Angle of Spray Wash j Change in Angle of Spray Wash
i Relative to Screen Surface Fpj i Relative to Screen Surface
'(2)
I Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj i Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj
I Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j i Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j
I Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays F® i Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays F®
I Other (please describe below) F(6j i Other (please describe below) F(6j
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Passive Intake System Technologies
~~ Yes (n
21. (a) Do you employ passive intake systems at any of the
facility's cooling water intake structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ passive intake systems.
[Please check (/) all passive intake system technologies that apply per
cooling water intake structure.]
FNO
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Matrix 21 (b)
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
G
H
I
J
K
L
Passive Intake System Technologies
[Please check (.0 all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
Other, please describe
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
! cwis
I [Please insert same no. or name
i as Question 3 in Section A]
F«i, ! F«i,
F(2)
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fm
F(2)
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Fn
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where passive
intake systems are employed, please provide the
technology data requested in the following matrices.
Facilities that employ more than one passive intake system
technology at a given cooling water intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple passive
intake system technologies that are substantially similar in
design and operation, only one column of the matrix needs to
be completed. However, please report the number of
technology units that are similar. If there are differences in
the design or operation of the same technology employed at
a given intake structure (i.e., different manufacturers,
different ages, etc.), separate columns of the matrix should be
completed.
CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item i
No. |
Data Requested
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
21(c)(1) ; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 21 (b), page 27. Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) | Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
I and Model of System
i Model:
j2) i Model:.
. (2) i Model:.
.(2)
! Site-Specific Design ..
i Don't Know
F(3j I Site-Specific Design ..
F(4j i Don't Know
F(3)! Site-Specific Design .. Fpj
F(4) i Don't Know F(4j
21(c)(3) I No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) ! Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS fPlease inser
t same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item ;
No. Data Requested
21(c)(1) j Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
i 21 (b), page 27. Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
21(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
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Part 2. Technical Data
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
22. (a) Do you employ fish diversion or avoidance system p yes
technologies at any of the facility's cooling water intake
structures?
FNO ^
(b) Please identify the cooling water intake structures that
employ fish diversion or avoidance systems in the matrix
below. [Please check (/) all fish diversion or avoidance system
technologies that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
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Matrix 22(b)
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures
the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate.
identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Technology
Codes
M
N
0
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technologies
[Please check (S) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Matrix of
(CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please copy
Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and
\ CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Velocity Cap i F(ij
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
! F(2)
! F(3)
i F(4)
! F(5)
i F(6)
Light Barrier i Fpj
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
Other, please describe
i F(8)
i F(9)
F(1o,
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
F,i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fp,
F(8)
F(9)
F(1o,
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where fish
diversion and/or avoidance systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
Facilities that employ more than one fish diversion and/or
avoidance system technology at a given cooling water intake
structure should fill out a separate column in the matrix for
each different technology. If a given intake structure has
multiple fish diversion and/or avoidance system technologies
that are substantially similar in design and operation, only
one column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns should be completed.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
22(c)(1)
22(c)(2)
22(c)(3)
22(c)(4)
Data Requested
; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M
| through V.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
Operational Description
Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
I Fish Diversion and/or Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
I Avoidance System Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #1 Technology #2 Technology #3
i Mfr: ID Mfr: m i Mfr: m
i Model: 121 Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj Site-Specific Design . . Fpj ; Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
\ \ Fish Diversion and/or
Item ; I Avoidance System
No. Data Requested Technology #1
Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #2 Technology #3
22(c)(1) i Type of Technology [Provide ; I
i Technology Code from Matrix i i
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M j I
| through V.] i i
22(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name i Mfr: ID
i and Model of System i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• '• Don't Know F(4j
22(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and j
Operational Description
22(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed i
Mfr: ID i Mfr: m
Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj i Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
Fish Handling and/or Return Technologies
32
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
23. (a)
(b)
Do you employ fish handling and/or return systems at
any of the facility's cooling water intake structures?
In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ fish handling and/or return
Systems. [Please check (/) all fish handling and/or return systems
that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
pYes
FNo
(2)
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Matrix 23(b)
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
W
X
Y
Z
AA
BB
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technologies
[Please check (.0 all technologies that apply per CWIS.] i
Fish Pump
Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Fish Bypass System
Fish Holding Tank
Other, please describe
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
F«i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as in Question 3 in Section A]
! F«i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
I F(6)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where fish
handling and/or return systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: Response space has been provided for three
different fish handling and/or return system technologies. If
you employ more than this number of technologies for a
given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue notingyour
technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Facilities that employ more than one fish handling and/or
return system technology at a given intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple fish
handling and/or return system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at one intake structure (i.e., different
manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate columns of the
matrix should be completed.
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWI!
3 [Plea
Fish Handling and/or Return
Item No.
23(c)(1)
23(c)(2)
23(c)(3)
23(c)(4)
23(c)(5)
23(c)(6)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
Use codes W through BB.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same Design
and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
Association of Fish
Handling and/or Return
System with Other
Technologies [Provide
Technology Codes from
Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 30.
Use codes A through BB.
Please separate multiple
codes per response column
with a comma.]
Final destination of
diverted or impinged
organisms [Check all that
apply]
se insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
| #1
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #2
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #3
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
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Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS Pleas
e insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Item No. Data Requested
23(c)(1) i Type of Technology
i [Provide Technology Code
i from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
; Use codes V through BB.]
23(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
23(c)(3) No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same Design
; and Operational
i Description
23(c)(4) Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
23(c)(5) i Association of Fish
; Handling and/or Return
i System with Other
Technologies [Provide
i Technology Codes from
i Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 30.
i Use codes A through BB.
i Please separate multiple
i codes per response column
| with a comma.]
23(c)(6) Final destination of
i diverted or impinged
; organisms [Check all that
apply]
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Other Design and Operational Data
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
24. In the matrix, please provide the velocity data requested below for each of the
facility's cooling water intake structures.
Design Through-Screen Velocity at Low Flow Surface Elevation: Please
provide the design through-screen velocity for each cooling water intake
structure (in fps).
Design Through-Screen Velocity Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number ofCWISs, please copy the matrix and change the
CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix
sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
24
I CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name
Data Requested i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Desian Throuah-Screen Velocity (in fps) i fps m
i Don't Know Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
fps ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
25. For each cooling water intake structure, please note in the following matrices, the
daily maximum and daily minimum cooling water intake flows (in MGD) by
month for calendar years 1996 to 1998. Also for each month during these
calendar years, please note the monthly average flow (in MGD).
Finally, please indicate the number of operating days by month by calendar year.
[If flow data are unavailable for a given reporting month, please check (/) the response entitled "No
Data." For each calendar year, please indicate whether the data provided are "Actual" or
"Calculated." Operating days can be calculated using one day = 24 hours.]
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water intake structures. If you
have more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water
intake structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Please insert any additional matrices
into this portion of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, "
"2 of 3, " etc.
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Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWIS
[Please insert sa
me no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please insert s
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(g) jJuly
No Data
25(h) August
No Data
25(i) September
No Data
25G) bctober
No Data
25(k) November
No Data
25(l) December
No Data
25(m) Annual Totals
No Data
ame no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
(B) (C) (D)
; ; Flows in 1996 Flows in 1997
i i Actual F Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
Flow Data Requested No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Maximum
p i Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
Matrix of
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS
[Please insert same n
o. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(D CV\
IS [Please insert same nc
. or name as in Question 3 i
n Section A] Matrix Of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A) (B)
Item
No. Month Flow Data Requested
25(g)
25(h)
25(i)
25G)
25(k)
25(l)
25(m)
July Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
August Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
September Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
October Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
November Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
December Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Totals Annual Maximum
No Data F \ Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
Flows in 1996
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(D) (E)
Flows in 1997 j Flows in 1998
Actual F i Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
26. (a)
Has the facility ever implemented cooling water intake
flow reduction measures to reduce entrainment?
Don't
Know
111
(3)
(b) In the matrix below, please provide more specific
information on how the facility has reduced cooling
water intake flows to reduce entrainment.
SKIPTOQ.27,
Next Page
Flow Reduction Data to Reduce Entrainment (by Facility)
Matrix of
Item No. i
Requested Information
Facility Information
26(b)(1) j How has flow been reduced? [Please check (/•) all flow i Cooling Water System(s) Was/(were) Modified
I reduction alternatives that have been used.] j prom Qnce-through to Recirculating
! Altered Operations Periodically to Minimize the Use of
; Cooling Water
; Other (please describe below):
F(2)
F(3)
26(b)(2) i Flow Changes (in MGD) [For facilities that have instituted i
| flow reduction measures on more than one occasion, provide i prom
i information for an instance most representative of all your i
i flow reduction measures.] i
MGD to
MGD
26(b)(3) ! Flow Reduction Period [Please check (S) only one
i response.]
! Seasonal (please indicate seasons flow reduced below): ... F
(2)
; Periodic (please indicate periods flow reduced below): .... Fpj
I Other (please describe below):
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Part 2. Technical Data
27. (a) Does the facility reduce the temperature of its heated p
discharge by pumped dilution with surface water?
pNo
(b) Which intake structures are used to collect the dilution CWIS
water? CWIS
CWIS
28. (a) Does the facility employ ice control systems at any of its
cooling water intake structures?
(b) What type of ice control systems are employed at the
facility's cooling water intake structures? [Pleasecheck(/)
all ice control systems that apply.]
Hot Water Recirculation
Air Bubbles
Propeller Agitation
Other (Please describe below}
Ineffective Technologies
F
pNo
(1)
F
F
F
F
29.
(a) Has your facility ever used any technology(ies) to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment that
was/(were) later determined to be ineffective? [Note that p iu-
pilot studies will be addressed in Section D.]
SKIPTOQ.28
SKIPTOQ.29
(b) For each of the cooling water intake structure, please
provide information on some of the facility' s experiences
of using technologies later found ineffective at
minimizing impingement and/or entrainment. Include
examples of any experiences that you can recall and that
you believe are the most telling regarding a technology's
effectiveness at minimizing impingement and/or
entrainment.
Don't
Know
(2)
(3)
SKIP TO
Section D
SKIP TO
Section D
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
CD CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question
3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your facility has had more than this number of experiences, please copy the
matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in the table heading to reflect the additional
technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
:19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
I pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
| Technology Codes A through BB.]
i Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
\ all reasons that apply.]
; Code for Technology That
i Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
Il9(b),21(b),22(b),or23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
i Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #2
Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
High F(5)
Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
Characteristics F(6j
Other (please describe
below)' F(?)
No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #3
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i ID
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your facility has had more than this number of experiences for which you are
willing to provide information, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in
the table heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
all reasons that apply.]
Code for Technology That
Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
18(b),20(b),21(b),or22(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1 Ineffective Technology #2 Ineffective Technology #3
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than Operations Other Than Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too
High F(4) i High F(4) i High F(4)
O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too
High F(5) i High Fp) '•• High Fp)
Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural
Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp)
Other (please describe \ Other (please describe \ Other (please describe
below)' F(?) 'below)' Fpj 'below)' Fpj
ID i ID i ID
No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp)
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section D: Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline and expected
to return to service. Do not consider intake structures planned or under construction or permanently
offline.
30. Name any aquatic species that are potentially susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment by one or more of the
facility's cooling water intake structures (CWISs).
NOTE: Please list the 12 species that are most susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment.
1
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
12
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
31.
Has your facility ever conducted one or more of the following
types of studies at any of its cooling water intake structures:
• study to demonstrate that the location, design, construction,
and capacity of an intake structure reflects the best
technology available for minimizing adverse environmental
impacts [i.e., Section 316(b) Demonstration Study]
pYes
FNo
(2)
discrete biological
entrainment
study of impingement and/or
discrete study to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology
to minimize impingement and/or entrainmenf!
ongoing monitoring study of impingement and/or
entrainment
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, impingement refers to the trapping and holding
of aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake structure or against screening
devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, entrainment refers to the merging of small aquatic organisms with
the flow of cooling water entering and passing through a cooling water intake structure, and thus, into a
water system.
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section 316(b) Demonstration Studies and/or Other Discrete Biological Study of
Impingement and/or Entrainment i
32. (a)
(b)
Please indicate the number of discrete biological studies of impingement \
and/or entrainment, other than those that may have been associated with i
any Section 316(b) Demonstrations, that your facility has conducted since i
January 1, 1976. j
Number of Studies: i
Please answer the questions in the matrix beginning on the following page i
regarding the Section 316(b) Demonstration Study and/or other type of j
discrete biological study of impingement and/or entrainment conducted by i
your facility. NOTE: The following matrix requests information on each Section i
316(b) demonstration study conducted by your facility. In addition, provide \
information on the most representative other type of discrete biological study of\
impingement and/or entrainment. You may have to copy the following matrix to be \
able to accommodate all information. \
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Response space has been provided for one study. If your facility has conducted more than this number of Section 316(b) studies and other discrete
biological impingement and/or entrainment studies, please copy the matrix. Complete a separate matrix for each study. Please insert any
additional matrix sheets into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item No.
32(b)(1)
32(b)(2)
32(b)(3)
Data Requested
Please provide the name of the
study. Please check the
provided circle if the study was a
Section 316(b) demonstration
study.
What were the starting and
ending dates (in months and
years) for the study?
What was the period of
impingement and/or entrainment
monitoring (if different from
period of study)?
Impingement Entrainment
Name: m i Name: m
§316(b) Demonstration Study .... F(2) j §316(b) Demonstration Study .... F(2)
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year m
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121
Don't Know F(3) i Don't Know Fpj
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year m
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121
Don't Know Foi i Don't Know Foi
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Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Response space has been provided for one study. If your facility has conducted more than this number of Section 316(b) studies and other discrete
biological impingement and/or entrainment studies, please copy the matrix. Complete a separate matrix for each study. Please insert any
additional matrix sheets into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item No. i
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
32(b)(4) ; How many cooling water intake
i structures (CWISs) were
i covered by the study? Of this
i number, how many are in
; operation today? [Please note
I CWISs by using same nos. or names
| as in Question 3 in Section A.
| Separate CWISs by a comma if more
i than one was evaluated.]
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated:
Don't Know
'(2)
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , (3-6)
Don't Know Fm
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m
Don't Know Fpj
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , (3-6)
Don't Know
'(7)
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and
Biological Study
Item No. Data Requested
32(b)(5) Was the number of organisms
impinged or entrained,
i counted? [Please check (S) all
i that apply.]
; Note: Please provide the
\ requested information for the
\ four species that are most
\ frequently entrained and
\ impinged, respectively.
32(b)(6) j Was the mortality of impinged
or entrained organisms
estimated?
Impingement
Yes
No
Species 1 :
Eggs/Larval Stages1
Juveniles'
Adults-
Total •
Species 2:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Species 3:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Species 4:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Other Data:
Don't Know
Yes
No
Other Data:
Don't Know
Most Representative Other
Matrix _
F,i,
F,2,
ID
F,2,
F,3,
r (4)
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
r (4)
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
r (4)
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
r (4)
F,5,
(1)
F,3,
F,i,
F,2,
(3)
. . F(4)
Entrainment
Yes
No
Species 1 :
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Species 2:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Species 3:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Species 4:
Eggs/Larval Stages-
Juveniles1
Adults-
Total1
Other Data:
Don't Know
Yes
No
Other Data:
Don't Know
_0f
F,i,
F,2,
ID
F,2,
F,3,
F,4,
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
F,4,
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
F,4,
F,5,
(1)
F,2,
F,3,
F,4,
F,5,
(1)
F,3,
F,i,
F,2,
(3)
. . . F,4,
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Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix.
of
Item No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
32(b)(7)
For any aquatic species, was
an analysis undertaken which
considered population level
impacts related to
impingement and/or
entrainment.
Yes
No .
Don't Know
. F(2)
F (3)
Yes
No .
Don't Know
.F(2)
F (3)
32(b)(8)
What was the cost of the
study? [Please check (/)
whether the cost figure
provided is an estimate or
based on actual data.]
Cost $_
Actual F Estimate F
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate
Cost $_
(2)
'(3)
Actual F Estimate Fpj
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate
'(3)
32(b)(9)
Are study methodology and
findings readily available for
review by EPA? [Please
provide explanation of a
"no" response.]
Yes
No (please explain):
F(2)
(3)
Yes
No (please explain):
F(2)
(3)
32(b)(10)
Did study findings lead to
changes being made in the
types of CWIS technologies
being used?
Yes F(i)
No F(2j
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP to Item
32(c)(12) in the matrix.
Yes FID
No F(2j
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP to Item
32(c)(12) in the matrix.
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix
of .
Item No. i
Data Requested
Impingement
I Entrainment
i Type of Changes:(i)
32(b)(11) i Please briefly describe the
I type of technology changes
i that were made, why they
; were made, and whether the
; changes were related to an
i existing CWIS. [Please
i identify the CWIS using the
i code established in
I Question 3, Section A, of
i the questionnaire. Separate
: identification codes by a
I comma if more than one
! CWIS was affected.]
i Example: The study led the
i facility to switch from
! Technology "X" on CWIS #1
I to Technology T because
; Technology T was found to
i be more effective at
I minimizing the impingement
I of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeipj
I Why Changes Madeipj
I Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3) i Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
32(b)(12) ! Did study findings lead to
i changes being made in the
i operation of the facility
i (e.g., changes in flow
i volumes, periods of operation,
! etc.)?
Yes
No
Don't Know
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available
F(ij
F(2)
F(ij j Yes
F(2) i NO
F(3) I Don't Know .................. Fpj
I On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
F(4) i Available .................... F(4j
I If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
I on-going study" please SKIPTOQ.33.
I If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
! on-going study" please SKIPTOQ.33.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix.
of
Item No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
32(b)(13)
Please briefly describe the
type of operational changes
that were made, why they
were made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify the CWIS using the
code established under
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire. Separate
identification codes by a
comma if more than one
CWIS was affected.]
Example: The study led the
facility to reduce its flow on
CWISs #1 and #2 from "xx
MGD" to "yy MGD" each
during the months of "XX, XY,
and YY." The flow reduction
was pursued to minimize the
impingement of juveniles of
Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Discrete Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Technological or Operational
Change
33. (a) Has the facility performed any biological studies (not
including studies addressed in Q.32) to evaluate the
effectiveness of a technology or operational change (e.g.,
adjustment of flow volumes, periods of withdrawal, etc.)
to minimize impingement and/or entrainment of aquatic
organisms at one or more of the facility's cooling water
intake structures?
(b) Please answer the questions in the matrix below for the
most recent or most representative impingement
and/or entrainment study of technological or operation
changes at one or more of the facility's cooling water
intake structures. This study should not have been part
of any study addressed in the previous question.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrapment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
33(b)(1)
33(b)(2)
Please provide the name of
the study.
33(b)(3)
What were the starting and
ending dates of the study
(by month and year)?
Starting Date: . . Month __ /Year
i Starting Date: .... Month __ /Year_
Ending Date: ... Month,
Don't Know
_/Year (2) i Ending Date: Month,
F(3j i Don't Know
/Year
What was the period of
impingement and/or
entrainment monitoring (if
different from period of
study)?
Starting Date: .. Month /Year (i) i Starting Date: .... Month /Year_
Ending Date: ... Month,
Don't Know
_/Year (2) i Ending Date: Month,
F(3j i Don't Know
/Year
33(b)(4)
Please briefly describe the
type of technology and/or
operational changes that
were made, why they were
made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify CWISs by using
the codes established in
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire.
Separate identification
codes by a comma if more
than one CWIS was
affected.]
Example: The study led the
facility to switch from
Technology "X" on CWIS #1
to Technology "Y" because
Technology "Y' was found to
be more effective at
minimizing the impingement
of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
i Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrainment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated:
Don't Know
Entrainment
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated:.
Don't Know
33(b)(5) ; How many cooling water
i intake structures (CWISs)
i were covered by the study?
i Of this number, how many
; are in operation today?
I [Please note CWISs by
i using same nos. or names
i as in Question 3 in Section
i A. Separate CWISs by a
I comma if more than one
i was evaluated.]
'(2)
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , (3-6)
^^H
Don't Know
'I?)
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , (3-6)
^^m
Don't Know
'I?)
33(b)(9) I What was the cost of the
I study? [Please check (/)
I whether the cost figure
: provided is an estimate or
; based on actual data.]
Cost $_
Actual F Estimate F
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate ...
Cost $_
(2)
'(3)
Actual F Estimate F
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate....
(2)
F(3)
F(2)
33(b)(10) i Are study methodology and
i findings readily available for
I review by EPA? [Please
: provide explanation of a
i "no" response.]
Yes
No (please explain):
(2)
Yes
No (please explain):
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Ongoing Monitoring Study of Impingement and/or Entrapment
34. (a) Does the facility have an ongoing monitoring program to
evaluate the occurrence or rate of impingement and/or
entrainment at any of its cooling water intake structures?
(b) Complete the following matrix concerning your ongoing
monitoring program.
(1)
No <2> ^
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Ongoing Monitoring Program to Evaluate the Occurrence or Rate of Impingement and/or
Entrainment for the Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
34(b)(1) i How often do you monitor?
i [Please check (/) only one
i response per category.]
i Daily ....
; Monthly ..
i Seasonally
I Annually
I Other (please describe below):
F(ij i Daily
F(2j ; Monthly
F(3) i Seasonally
F(4) I Annually
.. (5) I Other (please describe below):
F(2)
F(3)
F(4)
. • (5)
34(b)(2) I What is the average cost of i Cost $
i the monitoring programs?
i [Please check (/) whether your
i cost figure is an estimate or is
i actual.]
Estimate F Actual F
i Cost $.
(2)
Don't Know
i Estimate F Actual F (2)
F(3) i Don't Know Fpj
34(b)(3) I Are monitoring data readily i yes
I available for review? [Please i
i explain a "no" response in the i
! space provided.] i No (please explain)
F(i) I Yes
F(2) I No (please explain)
F«i,
F(2)
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Mitigation Activities
35. (a) Since 1980 has the facility carried out any measures to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts? p ^0
(1)
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the phrase "an
environmental impact" means human induced change or
pressure on the natural environment.
(b) Were any of these measures required by a Federal or
state permit and/or other regulatory requirement?
(c) What specific measures have been carried out to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts. [Please check (/) all measures that apply.]
F No
(1)
(2)
Restocking of Fisheries
Design, Construction, and/or O&M of Hatcheries
Habitat Restoration F (3)
Designation of Conservation Areas m
Other (please describe below):
(6)
ro
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section E: Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THE FACILITY'S PLANNED COOLING WATER
INTAKE STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION that will directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. No data are being requested on (a) planned intake structures that obtain
cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) planned conduits to other providers of cooling water
(e.g., local water suppliers or other facilities).
NOTES: You should not report data in this section of the questionnaire for intake structures which
are presently operational, temporarily offline, or permanently offline.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, "planned" includes structures under construction but not yet
operational.
36. (a) Do you have planned modifications to your cooling water
intake systems that will change the capacity of intake water
collected for the facility?
(b) How will the planned modifications affect the cooling
water intake capacity?
(1)
No <2> ^
Increase
F Decrease
FSame
37. Does the facility presently have any planned cooling water
intake structures that will directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water?
No ^
38. How many planned CWISs does the facility have that will
directly withdraw surface water to support, at least in part,
contact or non-contact cooling operations within the facility?
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If answer is No,
please stop here.
You are finished with
Part 2 of the question-
naire. Please continue
to Part 3, Financial
and Economic Data.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
39. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility's planned CWIS.
Profiles of Facility's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item No.
39(a)
39(b)
39(c)
39(d)
39(e)
Data Requested
Associated No. of Intake Bays
Month and Year CWIS First
Expected to be Used
i Associated Cooling Water System(s)
i or CWS(s) [Please insert CWS name
or number from Question 1 in Section
i A of the questionnaire, or indicate
i that the CWS is planned or under
construction.]
; Is this a closed-loop system?
Design Intake Capacity
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
! (CWS Name )
Associated with Planned CWS
i No
i Yes
i If yes,
i Cooling Tower
i Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
i Don't Know
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
FID ! (CWS Name )
. F(2j i Associated with Planned CWS
FID i No
F(2) i Yes
i If yes,
F(3j i Cooling Tower
F(4j '• Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
F(2j i Don't Know
. F(2)
. F(2)
. F(3)
FM,
Fr,
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Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Water Source Data
40. Please indicate the type of water source that will be used for
each of the facility's planned cooling water intake structures,
and please note the actual name of the water body.
Water Source Data for Facility's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix _ of _
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Planned CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question]
Planned CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question.]
40(a) ; Type of Water Source [Please
; check (•/) all applicable sources per
; CWIS.]
! NOTE: If'cooling water will be
\ withdrawn from a channel,
\ canal, reservoir, constructed
\ bay or cove, or other manmade
\ impoundment, please indicate
\ the originating source of the
i water.
\ Lake or Pond (natural)
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) .
F(2)
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Lake or Pond (natural)...
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
... F(2)
... F(3)
. . . F(4)
... F(5)
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water) F(6j
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) . Fpj
40(b) I Name of Water Body
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technologies
41. (a) Will you employ traveling or other intake screens, passive
intake systems, fish diversion or avoidance systems, or fish
handling and/or return systems at any of the facility's
planned CWISs?
(b) For each planned CWIS, please indicate in the matrix
below all the systems that will be employed.
Yes <1>
(2)
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Planned CWIS [Please insert same no. or na
Planned System Technologies [Please check (/) an t
Response space has been provided for one planned cooling watt
CWISs, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code namt
the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
me as under Item 38, page 60.] Matrix
schnologies that apply per CWIS.]
v intake structure (CWIS). If your facility has more than this number off.
;s or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this se
'1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technologies
Horizontal Drum F(1)
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling (Ristroph)
F,2,
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling F(7)
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
F(8)
F(9)
Horizontal Traveling F(ioj
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Fish Pump
Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Fish Bypass System
Fish Holding Tank
Fin)
F(12)
F(13)
F(14)
F(15)
Of
lanned
otion of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Velocity Cap
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
Light Barrier
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
F(16)
F(17)
F(18)
F(19)
F(20)
F(21)
F(22)
F(23)
F(24)
Passive Intake System Technologies
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Radial Well (Ranney Collector)
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
F(25)
F(26)
F(27)
F(28)
F(29)
F(30)
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Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section 316(b)-Related Studies
42. Has your facility performed (or does your facility expect to
perform) any studies to demonstrate that the location, design,
construction, and capacity of one or more of its planned
cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology
available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts?
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DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR
QUESTIONNAIRE PACKAGE WITH A COMPLETED CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT. THANK You.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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General Facility Information A
Section A: General Facility Information
1. Please provide the following information about the person who will serve as a contact for questions about the
facility's responses to this part of the survey, Economic and Financial Data.
NOTE: The facility contact person should be the person most knowledgeable about the information requested in this
part of the survey.
Name of Facility Contact Person: a)
Title of Facility Contact Person: (2)
Employer (full legal name): P)
Phone Number: (4)
Fax Number: (5)
Mailing Address/PO Box: (6)
City, State, ZIP Code: CT
Best Time to Contact: ®
2. (a) This survey focuses on the facility' s fiscal year that ended in 1998. Please indicate the month, day, and year
in which that fiscal year began and ended.
This facility is reporting data for the fiscal year beginning / / and ending
/ /1998. month /day /year
month / day / year
Please refer to this fiscal year whenever the survey requests FY1998 data. Some
questions also request data for FY 1997 and FY 1996. These refer to the two prior
fiscal years, ending in 1997 and 1996, respectively.
(b) Indicate the number of months in each year listed below for which you have financial information for your
facility. In some cases, such as in new facilities, records may include only part of a year.
Number of Months of Financial Data
Months (0 to 12)
FY1996
(1)
FY1997
(2)
FY1998
(3)
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Part 3: Economic and Financial Data
Section B: Information About the Facility's Owner
3. (a) As of the last day of Fiscal Year 1998, was this facility owned by
another entity?
FYes
FNo
4.
(b) Is the entity that owned this facility as of the last day of Fiscal
Year 1998 a domestic entity, i.e., a U.S. entity?
NOTE: If the facility was owned by more than one entity, e.g., a joint
venture, please provide this information for the entity that owned the
largest share in this facility.
Question 4 is omitted intentionally.
FYes
FNo
(2)
F Yes
5. (a) Has the ownership in this facility changed at any time since
January 1, 1996? F No
(b) Please provide the name, address, and DUNS number of every
previous owner that has held the largest interest in this facility
since January 1, 1996, and the dates of ownership.
NOTE: If the ownership in this facility has changed more than once
since January 1, 1996, please provide the additional information on
Page 16: Space for Additional Data.
Name of Entity: (i)
Mailing Address/P.O. Box:
City, State, ZIP Code:
DUNS Number:
(3)
[F Check (/) here if none.]
Dates of Ownership: From:
To:
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Information about the Facility's Owner R
6. (a) What is the complete legal name and mailing address for the domestic parent firm that owned the facility
as of December 1, 1998?
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the domestic parent firm is the highest level
domestic business entity in the facility's organizational structure. A firm that is owned by
another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. On the contrary, a U.S. firm that is owned by a foreign firm is a
domestic parent firm.
Name of Domestic Parent Firm:
Mailing Address/P.O. Box:
City, State, ZIP Code:
DUNS Number:
.(2)
(3)
[F Check (/) here if none.]
(b) What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes associated with the domestic parent
firm's main line of business? [Please us the SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the following Internet site:
www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
Primary SIC Code:
(i) Secondary SIC Code:
(c) Please indicate for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998 the number of months in each year for which you will
report information about the domestic parent firm. In some cases, such as for new businesses, financial
records may include only part of a year.
Number of Months of Financial Data for the Domestic Parent Firm
! FY1996! FY1997
FY1998
Months (0 to 12)
(2) I
(3)
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(d) Please complete the table below with the domestic parent firm's total employment, in terms of full-time
equivalent employees (FTE), and total sales of electricity. Include all full-time and part-time employees.
NOTE: 1 FTE equals 1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Consolidated Financial Information
for the Domestic Parent Firm (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
FY1996 i FY1997 j FY1998
0)
(ii)
Total Employment (FTE)
Total Electricity Sales (in
MWh)
(1) (2) (3)
MWhd) MWh (2) MWh (3)
(e) Please complete the following table with information from your domestic parent firm's income statement.
Domestic Parent Firm's Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Total Revenues
Total Costs: All variable and
fixed costs including labor and
material costs, administrative
expenses, utilities, R&D,
interest, depreciation, tax
expenses, etc.
Depreciation Expense:
Depreciation on
buildings, facility,
equipment and
machinery.
Interest Expense: Total,
estimated if necessary.
Firms with debt should
have interest expenses.
Income Taxes: Total
federal, state and local
income taxes. Estimate
if necessary.
After-Tax Income: Subtract
(ii)from (i).
FY 1996 FY 1997
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) j $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
FY 1998
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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Information about the Facility's Owner R
If your domestic parent firm also owns other facilities that operate cooling water intake structures, it may wish to
complete the Voluntary and Supplemental Information for all facilities that did not fill out the Industry
Screener Questionnaire for Cooling Water Intake Structures. Though not mandatory, we would appreciate
receiving the very important data about other facilities that these questions gather.
Completing the voluntary section of this survey will allow EPA to consider all costs related to §316(b) regulation
in determining domestic parent firm-level economic impacts. Specifically, costs incurred at other facilities that
are not surveyed with a §316(b) Industry Screener or Detailed Questionnaire and that are owned by this facility's
domestic parent firm can be considered when estimating the overall impact on the domestic parent firm as a
result of§316(b) regulation. EPA may underestimate total firm-level costs if the information requested in the
voluntary section is not provided.
Please forward Voluntary and Supplemental Information to your domestic parent firm identified in Question
6. a.
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Part 3: Economic and Financial Data
Section C: Facility Revenues and Costs
The rest of Part 3: Economic and Financial Data asks for data about your facility. Your firm, however, may not
customarily compile financial reports at the level of your facility. In that case, facility-level information must be
estimated from data reported at the level closest to your facility. This may be a division, an entire firm, or some other
business unit.
You should report information about your facility either from compiled reports or by estimating facility-level data.
If you have to estimate facility data, you may use any method and information that, in your opinion, will yield the best
estimate of facility-level data. If no such method or information is available, you should follow the procedures
outlined on this page.
7. Read the questions in the rest of this economic and financial portion of the survey. Then choose one of the
following two ways to report data for your facility [Check (/) only one circle].
This facility will report actual data F a)
This facility will report data estimated following the procedures outlined below F o
Instructions for estimating facility data: If you need to estimate facility data, you may use any method and information
that, in your opinion, will yield the best estimate of facility-level data. If no such method or information is available, you
should estimate facility data from financial reports for the business unit that is closest to your facility in terms of business
activities performed. Please estimate facility data by multiplying that business unit's numbers by the ratio of your facility's
revenues to that business unit's revenues. That is:
Estimated Facility Data . Business Unit Data x i Facillty Revenues N
Business Unit Revenues
If revenues are not available, then use the ratio of production costs. That is:
Facility Production Cost
Estimated Facility Data . Business Unit Data
Business Unit Production Cost
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Facility Revenues and Costs Q
8. Please complete the following table. Only include costs incurred at the facility. Do not include corporate costs
allocated to the facility.
Facility Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(9)
(h)
(i)
G)
(k)
Total Facility Revenues
Revenues from
Electricity Sales
Revenues from
Exports
Material & Product Costs:
All raw material, packaging,
and utility costs that vary with
output.
Production Labor: Direct
labor (including production
management), including
wages, salaries, fringe and
payroll taxes, that varies with
output.
Cost of Contract Work: All
contract work done for you by
others, including freight out
and in.
Depreciation Expense:
Depreciation on buildings,
facility, equipment and
machinery.
Fixed Overhead: Include
rent, non-production utilities,
selling costs, and
administrative expenses.
Research and
Development: Costs of R&D
not linked to a specific
product currently sold.
Interest Expense: Total,
estimated if necessary.
Facilities with debt should
have interest expenses.
Income Taxes: Total federal,
state and local income taxes.
FY1996
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
FY1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
FY1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
Table continues on next page.
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Facility Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars) - Table continued from previous page.
FY1996 FY1997 FY1998
(I)
(m)
(n)
(o)
Other Costs and Expenses:
Costs and expenses not I .» \ f \ f
. i i • i 1- • J> (1) • J> (2) • J>
reported above, including : : :
property taxes. ; I I
Total Costs and Expenses: I . I . i .
Add 8(d) through 8(l). j * (1) | * (2) j *
After-Tax Income: Subtract ! ., ! ., ! .,
8(m)from8(a). !$ (1) j $ (2) | $
Check here if the data above pertain to a Type S corporation or non-corporate proprietorship F
(3)
(3)
(3)
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Section
Facility Balance Sheet Information
Section D: Facility Balance Sheet Information
9. Please complete the following table with information from your facility's balance sheet or other report on assets
and liabilities.
Facility Balance Sheet Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
ASS
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
LIAB
(f)
(9)
(h)
(i)
ETS
Inventories: Finished products,
products in process, raw
materials, supplies, fuels, etc.
Report inventories at cost to
market. If LIFO basis, use sum
of UFO amount plus UFO
reserve.
Other Current Assets: Pre-paid
expenses (such as rent), cash,
accounts receivable, etc.
Land and Buildings: Original
land cost and cost of buildings
(including expansions and
renovations), net of depreciation.
Other Non-Current Assets:
Equipment, machinery, other
physical capital, and intangibles
(patents, franchises, etc.), capital
stocks and bonds, etc., net of
depreciation and amortization.
Total Assets: Add 9.a, b, c, and
d (should equal 9.i, below).
FY1996 FY1997 FY1998
$ (1) i $ (2) i $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) i $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) i $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) $ (3)
ILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities: Liabilities
due for payment within the
reporting year.
Non-Current Liabilities:
Including long-term debt, such as
bonds, debentures and bank
debt.
Owner Equity: Total assets
minus total (current and non-
current liabilities).
Total Equity and Liabilities:
Add 9.f, g, and h (should equal
9.e above).
$ (1) i $ (2) i $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) i $ (3)
$ (1) i $ (2) j $ (3)
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Section E: Facility Liquidation Value
10. Assume that your facility decides to close voluntarily and liquidate its assets over the next three years. Estimate
the pre-tax liquidation value of the facility by answering the following questions. Use facility-specific
information.
Some information sources you may find helpful in completing this question include insurance
policies, tax assessments, recent appraisals, or purchase records. You may need to make
some estimates.
When estimating the costs of closure in 10.c and d, please only include costs that are
specifically related to the closure of the facility. Do not include liabilities currently
outstanding.
(a) How much gross revenue would you expect to receive from
the sale of the facility's buildings, land, and other fixed assets! $
(b) How much gross revenue would you expect to receive from
the sale of the facility's inventory and other current assets? +
(c) Estimate the closure costs you would expect to incur
during the closing of the facility, including legal fees,
employee termination compensation, etc.
(d) Estimate the post-closure costs you would expect to
incur after the closing of the facility, including legal fees,
clean-up costs, lease obligations, etc.
(e) Estimate pre-tax liquidation value (gross of liabilities) by
adding lO.a and lO.b and subtracting lO.c and lO.d. =
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Miscellaneous Facility Information p
Section F: Miscellaneous Facility Information
11. Please complete the table below with total facility employment, in terms of full-time equivalent employees.
Include both production and non-production employees, and full-time and part-time employees. Exclude contract
labor.
NOTE: 1 FTE equals 1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Total Facility Employment
Total Employment (FTE)
FY1996
(1)
FY1997
(2)
FY1998
(3)
12. Please report the rate of interest on the line of credit or short-term debt available to support this facility's
activities. If such short-term borrowing is transacted by another business unit related to this facility, for example
the firm owning this facility, please obtain the interest rate for that business unit.
Percentage rate as of last day of FY 1998: %
13. (a) In the DOMESTIC market, which of the following is the most significant source of competition for your
main line of business? [Please check (/) only one box.]
Domestic firms F (i)
Foreign firms F (2)
This facility has no significant source of competition F ©
This facility does not sell products and services in the domestic market .... F (4)
(b) In the INTERNATIONAL market, which of the following is the most significant source of competition for
your main line of business? [Please check (/) only one box.]
Domestic firms F m
Foreign firms F (2)
This facility has no significant source of competition F o
This facility does not sell products and services in the international market . F (4)
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14. Please estimate the percentage of the facility's non-electric revenues (i.e., revenues that are not derived from the
generation and sale of electricity) that are associated with the use of cooling water directly withdrawn from
surface water. Please base your response on a typical year and round to the nearest 10 percent.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term cooling water directly withdrawn from surface
water refers to water used for cooling purposes that is directly withdrawn from surface water through
one or more intake structures located at this facility.
Note: Cooling water may be derived from several sources and be commingled before being used for cooling purposes. If any
portion of such commingled cooling water was derived from surface water through the facility's own intake structure, it should be
considered cooling water directly withdrawn from surface water.
Percent of Non-Electric Revenues Associated with the Use
of Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn from Surface Water: %
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General Electricity Generation and Use Information
Section G: General Electricity Generation and Use Information
15. (a) Did your facility generate electricity at any time during the
facility's Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, or 1998?
FYes
FNo
(b) Please indicate the identification code of this facility as used when
reporting to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Form
EIA-867.
EIA Facility Code:
[F Check (/) here if none.]
F Yes
(c) Did your facility generate electricity using cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water by your facility at any time during E1 |^Q
the facility's Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, or 1998?
16. Please indicate below the nonutility power producer statuses that
apply to this generating unit. [Please check (/) all statuses that apply.]
NOTE: For the purposes of this questionnaire, nonutility power producers
are entities that generate power for their own use and/or sale to utilities and
others. They can be categorized based on their classification by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and by the type of technology they
employ, as in the terms noted below. [Please also consult the Glossary for any
definitions with which you are unfamiliar.]
Cogenerator
FERC Qualifying Cogenerator
FERC Qualifying Small Power Producer
FERC Exempt Wholesale Generator
Cogenerator Not Qualified under PURPA
Other Nonutility Generator
(please specify:
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17. This question asks about the facility's cost of generating electricity. Please complete the following table for
Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998. Include only incremental costs that are incurred as a direct result of
electricity generation.
Cost of Electricity Generation (Report Monetary Values in Whole Dollars)
FY1996
FY1997
FY 1998
(a)
Fixed costs of electricity generation:
Fixed costs are those costs that do not
vary, or vary only in a limited fashion,
with the amount of electricity
generated (for example annual
maintenance and parts replacement;
inspection, license and permitting
fees).
(1)
(2)
(3)
(b)
Cost of fuel for electricity
generation: Report all fuel costs
incurred to generate electricity.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(c)
Other variable costs of electricity
generation: Variable costs are those
costs that vary directly with the amount
of electricity generated (for example
labor, variable operation and
maintenance expense); exclude the
cost of fuel reported in line (ii) above.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(d)
Did the fuel burned to generate
electricity provide heat, steam or
another energy value (other than
electricity) for activities of this
facility that are not related to
electricity generation? [Please check
(/) one box only in each year.]
Yes F (iaj
NO F (1b)
YeS F (2a)
NO F (2b)
YeS F (3a)
NO F (3b)
18. Please complete the following table for Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Gross Electricity
Generation
i Total Sales of
Electricity
Electricity Used
Within This
Facility
FY1996 FY1997 FY1998
KWh ID KWh (2) KWh (3)
KWh ID KWh (2) KWh (3)
KWh ID KWh (2) KWh (3)
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General Electricity Generation and Use Information
19. Please provide the following information for each of the facility's generating units, irrespective of the prime
mover.
NOTE: Only provide information for existing units. Do not provide information for retired units. If the space provided
is not sufficient, please provide the additional information on Page 16: Space for Additional Data.
(a) Nameplate Rating
(b) Primary Fuel
Source [Please
; check (/) one
i energy source only
for each unit]
(c) Was Cooling
Water Directly
Withdrawn from
Surface Water
i Used During FY
! 1998?
Unit Number
Unit
KWm
F Coal (iaj
F Oildb)
F Gas (ic)
F Nuclear (id)
F Other (ie)
F Yes(ia)
F Nodb)
Unit
KWm
F Coal (2a)
F Oil™
F Gas (2c)
F Nuclear (2d)
F Other (2e)
F YeS(2a)
F No (2bj
Unit i Unit
KWoi i KW(4)
F Coal (3aj i F Coal ^
F Oil (3b) F Oil (*)
F Gas (3c) i F Gas w
F Nuclear (3d) F Nuclear («)
F Other (3e) i F Other w
F YeS(3a) F YeS(4a)
F No (3b) F No (4b)
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Economic and Financial Data
END OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PART OF THE SURVEY
If your firm wishes to complete Voluntary and Supplemental Information, you will need to forward a copy of the
voluntary section to the appropriate person at your domestic parent firm's headquarters. Alternatively, you may request
that EPA send additional copies of the voluntary section to your domestic parent firm.
Please return the survey to the address provided in the instructions.
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Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
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Manufacturers
Voluntary and Supplemental Information
August 1999 (DRAFT)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of Voluntary and Supplemental Information of the 1999
Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an
average of 10 hours per facility. This estimate includes time for reading the instructions and
reviewing the information necessary to respond to the questionnaire form. Any comments
regarding EPA's need for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and
suggested methods for reducing respondent burden (including the use of automated collection
techniques) should be addressed to: Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office of
Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Mail Code 2137, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include the OMB Control Number, listed in the left-hand
margin on this page, with any correspondence.
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Voluntary and Supplemental Information
Table of Contents
Certification Statement iii
General Information and Instructions v
Section A: Information about the Domestic Parent Firm 1
Section B: General Scoping Data 3
Section C: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures and Cooling Water Systems .... 6
Section D: Economic Data 13
Space for Additional Data 15
Glossary G-l
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Certification Statement
Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures must read and sign the Certification Statement below before returning
the completed documents to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must be a responsible
corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement must be completed and
submitted by the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared under my direction or
supervision in accordance with a system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly
gathered and evaluated the information submitted. The information submitted is, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. In those cases where we did not posses the
requested information, we have provided best engineering estimates or judgements. We have, to
the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be company confidentail business information
as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. We understand that we may be required at a later
time to justify our claim in detail with respect to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that
there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines
and imprisonment as explained in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
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General Information and Instructions
Why should you complete this document?
The firm owning your facility may own more than one U.S. facility that would incur costs under new cooling water
intake structure guidelines. As a consequence, a regulation under the authority of Section 316(b) of the Clean
Water Act might affect your firm more than a firm that has only one facility that operates cooling water intake
structures. Document II of this survey collects data about other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake
structures owned by your firm in order to measure the combined economic impact of proposed §316(b) guidelines
on your firm. Accurate information about other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake structures in your
firm will help EPA design cooling water intake structure guidelines that best take into account the combined
economic effects of the regulation on your business. Other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake structures
may be nonutility power producers or manufacturing facilities.
Who should complete Document II?
The information that Document II collects is often most easily available at the domestic parent firm of this
facility.
Please refer back to Part 3, Question 6. a to identify the highest level of domestic business entity.
Please forward this survey to that entity to be completed and then have it returned to you.
Voluntary and Supplemental information should be completed only for facilities that meet
the following conditions:
*• they operate cooling water intake structures;
*• they did not already fill out a §316(b) screener or detailed questionnaire; and
*• they operate in the U. S.
How will confidential information be protected?
EPA will protect the confidentiality of information you mark as confidential, subject to the regulations contained in
40 CFR Part 2 Subpart B. You may assert a business confidentiality claim covering part or all of the information
you submit by doing the following:
"(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim.
A business which is submitting information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality
claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching to) the information, at the time
it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form of
notice employing language such as
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Alternatively, you may assert business confidentiality by marking each question or page that is claimed to be
confidential as such. At the bottom of each page, you will find the phrase "Information on this page should be
considered confidential business information" followed by a circle. You may indicate that a page is confidential
business information by checking that circle. If no business confidentiality claim accompanies the information
when it is received by EPA, then EPA may make the information available to the public without further notice to
you.
Information protected by a claim of confidentiality will be disclosed by EPA only to the extent, and only using the
protective procedures, set forth in 40 CFR Part 2 Subpart B. In general, EPA may disclose such information to
other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of the United States government concerned with carrying
out the Clean Water Act, or when relevant to any proceeding under the Act.
Information covered by a claim of confidentiality will be made available to EPA contractors to enable them to
perform the work required by their contracts with EPA. All EPA contracts provide that contractor employees will
use the information only for the purpose of performing the work required by their contracts and will not disclose
any CBI to anyone other than EPA without prior written approval from each affected business or from EPA's legal
office. Any comments you wish to make on this issue must be submitted in writing along with your completed
questionnaire.
Who can help answer questions?
If you have questions or need assistance completing it, call EPA's toll-free help line. The help line is staffed by an
experienced EPA contractor who is familiar with the requirements of responding to Voluntary and Supplemental
Information.
"& Toil-Free Help Line
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Available weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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For questions regarding schedule:
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When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the Certification Statement to EPA within 90 calendar days after receiving the
materials at your facility or firm. Please return your materials in the enclosed self-addressed envelopes, to:
Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Manufacturers
Supplemental and Voluntary Information
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
c/o SAIC (MS 1-11-12)
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Information about the Domestic Parent Firm A
Section A: Information about the Domestic Parent Firm
1. Please provide the name of the domestic parent firm. NOTE: The domestic parent firm is the entity identified in
Question 6.a in Document I, Part 3 of the §316(b) survey.
Name of Domestic Parent Firm:
2. Please provide the following information about the person who will serve as a contact for questions about the
responses to this part of the survey, Voluntary and Supplemental Information. NOTE: The contact person
should be the person most knowledgeable about the information requested in this part of the survey. The contact
person does not have to be the person certifying the responses to EPA.
Name of Contact Person:
Title of Contact Person:
Employer (full legal name):_
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Mailing Address/PO Box:
City, State, ZIP Code:
Best Time to Contact:
3. (a) How many U.S. facilities that operate cooling water intake structures does the domestic parent firm
own?
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water intake structure is the total
structure used to withdraw water from a water source up to the first intake pump or series of
pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or
from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling water intake structures might have multiple
intake bays and could serve more than one generating unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw
water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake
structure under the questionnaire.
(b) For how many facilities will you submit the supplemental information?
Only submit supplemental information for facilities THAT OPERATE COOLING WATER INTAKE
STRUCTURES. Unless you submit data for a facility, EPA will not be able to consider the specific
contribution of that facility to compliance costs your firm may face due to proposed cooling water
intake structure guidelines.
Only submit information for facilities that did not fill out the §316(b) screener or detailed
questionnaire. To find out if a facility completed a §316(b) survey, you may call the §316(b) hotline
at the number provided on page vi of this Document.
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Section B: General Scoping Data
Sections B, C, and D ask for specific data about each facility operating cooling water intake
structures for which you choose to submit supplemental information. You should make a separate
photocopy of these sections for each facility for which you will submit supplemental information
All questions refer to fiscal year 1998.
Estimate responses, where necessary.
Please write the name of the relevant facility and the copy number on each page in the spaces
provided.
After completing Document II, attach it to Document I, Part 3 and return it, along with the completed
Certification Statement(s), to EPA at the address indicated on page vii of this Document.
The following questions gather data about a specific U.S. facility
operating cooling water intake structures owned by the domestic parent
firm. You should make as many photocopies of pages 3 through 16 as
you intend to submit supplemental information for and indicate the
number of copies you are providing in the space at the top (e.g., Copy 1
of 4, Copy 2 of 4, etc.). Please provide information identifying each
facility in Question 4 and copy the name of this facility into the space
provided at the top of each page that pertains to this facility.
4.
Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address for the
facility:
Name of Facility:
Street Address:
. (1)
.(2)
P.O. Box (if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
.(3)
.(4)
Telephone Number: ( )
DUNS Number: -
[ F Check (/) here if none.]
.(5)
(6)
5. (a) Does the facility presently have or is the facility presently in the
process of obtaining a. National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: NPDES permits are required to be held under Section 402
of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source
that discharges pollutants directly to waters of the United States.
F Yes
F No
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return the
questionnaire for this
facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
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Facilities that discharge 100 percent of their effluent (including
storm water) to publicly-owned treatment works, privately-owned
treatment works, and/or to ground water injection wells should
answer "No " to this question.
(b) Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes at the facility? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider
from which it has been obtained. Refer to the definition below before
answering this question.]
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "cooling
water" refers to both contact and noncontact cooling water,
including water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling,
evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process
or processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
(c) Since January 1, 1996, has the facility directly obtained any
portion of its cooling water from a surface water source!
NOTE: In order for a facility to directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water, it must have an intake structure.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, surface water includes
lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or streams; tidal
rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves. A cooling
water intake structure is the total structure and associated technologies used to
direct water from a water body into a facility up to the point of the first intake pump
or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat
rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's
premises. If a facility has an intake structure that withdraws water for other
purposes in addition to cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a
cooling water intake structure for the purposes of this questionnaire.
General Scoping Data R
F Yes
F No
(2)
F Yes (1>
F No P>
STOP
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stop here and return the
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facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return the
questionnaire for this
facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
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6. In the matrix below, please indicate the activities for which your facility has used cooling;water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1, 1996? [Please check (/) all applicable activities.]
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn by Facility From Surface Water
Since January 1,1996
Item
No.
Activities
6(a)
Electricity Generation (including equipment cooling)
[ F Check (/) here if any of facility's generating units that use cooling water are part of a combined cycle unit.]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a combined cycle unit is an electric generating unit that has one
or more gas turbines or internal combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the
boiler(s) is provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbines(s).
6(b)
Air Conditioning (Cooling and Heating of Indoor Air)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, air conditioning refers to the process and equipment used to
control the temperature and humidity of indoor air. Cooling water is used in some air conditioning systems.
6(c)
Production Line (or Process) Contact or Noncontact Cooling
(for uses other than electricity generation and excluding air conditioning)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term production line refers to each of the successive steps
taken at a facility to produce a product, except the production line's use of electricity.
6(d)
Other (please describe below):
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Section C: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures
and Cooling Water Systems
7. How many intake structures does the facility have that directly withdraw surface water to support, at least in
part, contact or noncontact cooling operations within the facility? [Consider only those intake structures presently
operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future). Do not include intake structures planned or
under construction or permanently offline.] .................................... _
8. For each intake structure reported under Q.7, please indicate in the matrix below all surface water sources
from which the facility has directly withdrawn contact or noncontact cooling water since January 1, 1996 (or
from the date the intake structure became operational if that date was later than January 1, 1996). [Please
check (/) all water sources that apply per intake structure. If cooling water has been withdrawn from an intake
canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove, please indicate the originating source(s) of the water.]
Matrix Q.8
Matrix of
Originating Surface Water Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996
by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Surface Water Source
[Please check (.0 all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
8(a)
Lake, Pond, or Reservoir
Definitions: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
lake is an expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded
by land or by land and a manmade retainer. Lakes may
be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local
precipitation. A pond is a still body of water generally
smaller than a lake. A reservoir is an artificial body of
surface water retained by a dam.
NOTE: These terms are not to be confused with the terms
cooling lake or cooling pond. The primary purpose of
these water bodies is to absorb waste heat rejected from a
facility's wastewater discharge.
(1)
(1)
8(b)
Nontidal River or Stream
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of
water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
(2)
(2)
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Matrix Q.8 (Continued)
Matrix of
Originating Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Water Source
[Please check (/} all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
8(c) I Tidal River
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
\ tidal river is the portion of river above the river's mouth
\ that receives a regular, significant inflow of water from
\ an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
(3)
(3)
8(d) i Estuary
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
i estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that
i has a free connection with the open sea and is strongly
i affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is
i mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with fresh water
i inflow from rivers.
\ NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are
i examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in
\ their names.
(4)
(4)
8(e) i Ocean
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
\ ocean is defined as marine open coastal waters other
\ than those water bodies classified as estuaries,
\ embayments, or fjords, which are semi-enclosed and
\ have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
(5)
(5)
8(f) j Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
\ Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
\ bay or cove is an inlet created when the shoreline of a
\ water body is indented. Bays are generally larger than
\ coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally
\ sheltered. [Do not mark this response if the bay or cove
i is constructed; see column note above.]
(6)
(6)
8(g) I Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water)
i [See definition and instructions directly above.]
(7)
(7)
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9. Please complete the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling water intake structures reported under Q.7.
In this matrix, EPA is requesting facilities to provide, for a typical calendar year since January 1, 1996, the
total number of days the structure was operational (Item a), its average daily intake flow rate in gallons per
day (GPD) (Item b), and the surface water sources used (Item c). [Please provide actual data to the extent they
are readily available; otherwise, best engineering estimates may be provided.]
Total No. of Operating Days, Average Daily Intake Flow Rate, and Originating Water Matrix of _
Sources for a Typical Calendar Year Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
[For each CWIS, please provide responses for the
same typical calendar year for each item in the matrix.
Actual data should be provided if available; otherwise,
best engineering estimates may be provided.]
CWIS
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
9(a)
No. of Operating Days for Each CWIS in
Typical Calendar Year
_days
_days
9(b)
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate (in GPD) for Each
CWIS in Typical Calendar Year
GPD
GPD
9(c)
Originating Surface Water Source(s) from Which
Each CWIS Withdrew Cooling Water in Typical
Calendar Year [Please use codes listed in Matrix 10 on
page 12 for surface water sources. If multiple water
sources were used, please separate codes by a comma.]
9(d)
Design Through-Screen Velocity (in feet per
second)
_fps
_fps
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10. (a) In the space provided below, please indicate the total number of cooling water systems that are presently
operating or temporarily offline (expected to operate again in the future) at the facility. Do not consider cooling
water systems that are planned or under construction or permanently offline.
NOTE: Please consider your facility as having only one cooling water system unless your facility has systems
that are physically separated (e.g., have separate water intake and outlet structures) and can be operated
independently. If the facility has several intake structures, but only one outlet structure, or vice-versa, please
consider the facility as having only one cooling water system. An intake structure with multiple bays counts as
one intake structure.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water system is a system that provides water to/from a facility
to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and
outlet structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface water
for cooling, the system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the trash rack, etc.)
and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Total Number of Cooling Water Systems
(b) Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling water
systems. [Please check (/) all applicable design configuration types per system.]
Profile of Facility's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of _
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your facility has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Data Requested
CWS#1
CWS #2
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/} all i Once-Through CWSs
applicable configuration types per system.] i _ _, , _ .
! Once-Through Only ..
NOTE: Refer to the Glossary for definitions \ Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
of the design configurations and system ; Coo|| Cana|s/channe| Lakes
components listed. \ ^ ,
; or Ponds
i Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
; Cooling Towers
I Recirculating CWSs
; Recirculating Only
(i)
(2)
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only ..
(4j
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds ....................
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers ...............
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only .............
(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds ...... F®
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds ...... F®
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Other
(please describe below):
(7)
Other
(please describe below):
(7)
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11. Which of the following terms best describe the configuration of your facility's intake structures (as reported under
Q.7 above) that are being used to withdraw some portion of surface water for contact or noncontact cooling purposes?
[Please check (/) all design configurations that apply.]
NOTE: Schematics of the design configurations listed can be found in the Glossary accompanying the
questionnaire.
Configuration of Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Design Configurations
[Please check (S) all design configurations that apply.]
11(a) Intake Canal or Channel (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake canal or channel is a channelized conduit that directs water
through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps.
11(b) Submerged Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is closely aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of
the water body.
11(c) Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is evenly aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a
water body.
11(d) Intake Embayment, Bay, or Cove (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake embayment, bay, or cove is a natural or constructed inlet
along the shoreline of a water body that serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake
pump or series of pumps.
11(e) Submerged Offshore Intake Structure F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged offshore intake structure is an intake structure that
extends from a facility outward into a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always
from below the surface of the water body.
11(0 Other F
[Please briefly describe the configuration of any cooling water intake structure that does not fit the above categories and
explain why it is unique.]
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12. What types of technologies are being used at the facility's intake structures, as reported under Q.7, that are intended
to protect the facility's cooling water systems and/or reduce environmental impacts posed by the intake structures
themselves? [Please check (/) all technology categories that apply.]
Technology Types Being Used at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item I Control Technology Types
No. i [Please check (S) all technology categories that apply.]
12(a) I Fish Diversion or Avoidance Systems F
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, fish diversion or avoidance systems are mechanisms designed to
\ divert or induce fish to swim away from a water intake structure.
; Examples: Louver Barrier «> Velocity Cap «> Fish Net Barrier «> Air Bubble Barrier «> Electrical Barrier «> Light Barrier «>
i Sound Barrier «> Cable & Chain Barrier «> Water Jet Barrier
12(b) I Passive Intake Systems F
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, passive intake systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
\ an intake structure that, with little or no mechanical activity, stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water
\ system. Most passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
i Examples: Wedge Wire Screen * Perforated Pipe * Perforated Plate * Radial Well or Ranney Collector * Porous
; Dike * Artificial Filter Bed * Leaky Dam
12(c) I Fish Handling and/or Return Systems F
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a fish handling system includes any system that collects and/or
I transports live organisms and debris away from an intake structure.
; Examples: Fish Conveyance Systems (troughs or pipes) * Fish Basket * Fish Elevator (lift basket) * Fish Bypass
i System * Fish Holding Tank
12(d) I Intake Screen Systems F
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, intake screen systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
I an intake structure to mechanically stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
i Examples: Revolving Drum «> Screen (Horizontal or Vertical) «> Rotating Disk «> Screen «> Fixed Screen «> Traveling
i Screen
12(e) ! Other F
; [Please denote any technology that does not fit one of the above technology categories and briefly describe why the
I technology(ies) is/are unique.]
12(f) I No Technologies F
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Design and Operational Data for CWIS and Cooling Water Systems
13. (a) Has your facility or its firm owner ever conducted or commissioned a C" yes m
study of the ecological or environmental effects of any of the
facility's intake structures that have withdrawn surface water for F" No <2> ^^ SKIP TO Q 14
contact or noncontact cooling purposes (i.e., those intake structures ^^
reported under Q.7)?
(b) Please provide the name of the most recent study completed. In
addition, please provide the name and telephone number of the
individual(s) we should contact if we require additional information
regarding the study.
Name of Most Recent Study: 111
Contact Name: (2)
Telephone Number: ( ) (3)
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Section D: Economic Data
14. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes associated with the facility's main lines of
business? [Please use the SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987 Standard Industrial
Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the following Internet site:
www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
Primary (i)
Secondary (2)
15. Please complete the following table with information from the facility's income statement
Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
Total Revenues [If the facility
i operates as a cost center for a
(a) i larger parent firm and facility-level
i revenue is not available, indicate
; NA (for not applicable).]
Total Costs: All variable and
; fixed costs including labor and
... material costs, administrative
* ' expenses, utilities, R&D,
interest, depreciation, tax
i expenses, etc.
; Depreciation Expense:
i Depreciation on
(c) buildings, facility,
equipment and
i machinery.
i Interest Expense: Total,
... estimated if necessary.
Firms with debt should
i have interest expenses.
i Income Taxes: Total
, . federal, state and local
* ' income taxes. Estimate
i if necessary.
„. i After-Tax Income: Subtract
(> 15(b)from15(a).
FY 1996
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
FY 1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
FY 1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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16. Please estimate the number of full-time equivalent employees at this
facility during the fiscal year 1998. You may round to the nearest
10 employees.
NOTE: 1 FTE equals 1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Number of full-time equivalent
employees at this facility:
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NOTE: The following terms are defined for purposes of this questionnaire only. The definitions at present do not have
any legal meaning with respect to Section §316(b).
Air Conditioning: The process and equipment used to control the temperature and humidity of indoor
air. Cooling water is used in some types of air conditioning systems.
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake
structure over a 24-hour day.
Bar Rack/Trash Rack: A device placed at or near the opening of an intake structure to mechanically
stop debris and /or large organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Bay or Cove (natural): An inlet created when the shoreline of a water body is indented. Bays are
generally larger than coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally sheltered. See Figure ifar a
graphical view of an intake structure incorporating a bay or cove. [See also definition for intake embayment/bay/cove.]
Figure 1. Example of an Intake Structure Incorporating a Bay or Cove
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Combined Cycle Unit: An electric generating unit that has one or more gas turbine or internal
combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the boiler(s) is
provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbine(s).
Cooling Canal/Channel: An artificial, channelized waterway used to transfer heat added to water from
operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling Lake: An expanse of water, generally surrounded by land and an artificial retainer such as a
dam. It is used to transfer heat added to water from operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling lakes are used with both once-through and recirculating cooling water systems.
Cooling Operations: Activities that transfer heat from one medium or activity to cooling water (with
the exception of nonprocess air conditioning).
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Cooling Pond: A still body of water generally constructed on dry land. Its primary purpose is to
transfer heat added to water from operations within a facility to the atmosphere. Constructed cooling
ponds are often larger than many natural lakes. They are used with both once-through and recirculating
cooling water systems.
Cooling Tower: A framed structure that is typically higher than its width. It can stand apart or be
attached to a larger structure. Cooling towers are used to transfer heat added to water from operations
within a facility to the atmosphere. Cooling towers can be used with recirculating cooling water systems
where the entire discharge flow is returned to the facility. They can also be used with nonrecirculating
systems to treat all or a portion of the discharge flow from a facility where it is ultimately returned to the
receiving water body.
Cooling Water: Water used for both contact and noncontact cooling purposes, including water used
for air conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat
content. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or
processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
Cooling Water Intake Structure: The total structure and associated technologies used to direct water
from a water body into a facility up to the point of the first intake pump or series of pumps. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or from
auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling water intake structures might have
multiple intake bays. If a facility has an intake structure that withdraws water for other purposes in
addition to cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure for
purposes of this questionnaire.
Cooling Water System: A system that provides water to/from a facility to transfer heat from
equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and outlet
structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface
water for cooling, a system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic
wildlife (e.g., at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s). See also Cooling Water intake
Structure.
Design Through-Screen Velocity: The value assigned during the design phase of a CWIS to the speed
at which intake water passes through the cooling water intake screen or other technology against with
organisms may be impinged.
Discharge: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Domestic Parent Firm: The highest level domestic business entity in a facility's organizational
structure. A firm that is owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. A U.S. firm that is
owned by a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm.
DUNS Number: A number assigned to a business using the Data Universal Numbering System
(DUNS) developed by the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Effluent: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Estuary: A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and is
strongly affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with
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fresh water inflow from rivers. (NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are examples of estuaries even
though the term bay appears in their names.)
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System: Mechanisms designed to divert or induce fish to swim away
from a water intake structure.
Fish Handling and/or Return System: Any system that collects and/or transports live organisms and
debris away from an intake structure.
Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE): The normalized unit for counting employees at a facility.
One FTE equals 2,000 hours of work (8 hours per day for 250 days) during a calendar year. As such,
two part-time employees, each working 1,000 hours per year, would be counted together as one FTE.
Generating Unit: A combination of physically connected generator(s), reactor(s), boiler(s),
combustion turbine(s), or other prime mover(s) operated together to produce electric power.
Gross Electricity Generation: The total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units of
a given facility.
Groundwater Injection Well: A man-made or improved "hole" in the ground that is deeper than its
widest surface dimension and is used to discharge or dispose of fluids to groundwater (the supply of
water found beneath the earth's surface; it is usually held in aquifers and is often the source of water for
streams, springs, or wells from which it may be withdrawn). There are many types of injection wells,
but they are all similar in their basic function. The Federal Underground Injection Control Program has
grouped injection wells into five categories—Class I through V wells.
Intake Bays: Temporary holding areas designed to direct water toward the pump well of a specific
intake structure.
Intake Canal/Channel (natural or constructed): A channelized conduit that directs water through
screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps. See Figure 2 for a graphical view
of an intake structure employing an intake canal
Figure 2. Example of an Intake Structure Employing an Intake Canal
WATER
SOURCE .. CANAL
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Intake Embayment/Bay/Cove: A natural or constructed inlet along the shoreline of a water body that
serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of
pumps.
Intake Screen System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure to mechanically
stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
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Intake Structure: See Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Lake: An expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded by land or by land and a manmade retainer.
Lakes may be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local precipitation.
Makeup Water: "New water" intended to replace water lost to evaporation or blowdown in a
recirculating system.
New Water: Water that the facility directly withdraws from a water source through an intake structure
or water received from another entity. New water does not include water that is recirculated or recycled
within the facility.
Nontidal River or Stream: A river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of water from an
ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or
instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power
producers include Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Qualifying Cogenerators, FERC
Qualifying Small Power Producers, and Other Nonutility Generators (including Independent Power
Producers) without a designated franchised service area and who do not file forms listed in the Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.
North American Industrial Classification System: A new system initiated in January 1997 to classify
industries. This new system replaces the existing Standard Industrial Code (SIC) system and identifies
industries according to the type of production activities performed. NAICS industries are identified
using a 6-digit code.
NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit: A permit required to be held
under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source discharging
pollutants directly to waters of the United States. Permits may address effluent discharges, storm water,
or sewage sludge management practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved
State NPDES program.
Ocean: Marine open coastal waters other than those water bodies classified as estuaries, embayments
or fjords, each of which are semi-enclosed and have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
Once-through Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source, run it through a facility for contact and/or noncontact cooling purposes, and then
discharge it to a water body without recirculation. Once-through cooling water systems may use
nonrecirculating canals/channels, lakes, ponds, or towers to "help" dissipate waste heat from the water
before it is discharged.
Operating Days: The total number of days (1 day = 24 hours) a cooling water intake structure
operated during a specified time period, excluding any days the cooling water intake structure was
offline for routine maintenance or otherwise was not operational. A partial day (i.e., operations of less
than 24 hours) does not constitute an operating day and should not be counted as such.
Passive Intake System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure that, with little or
no mechanical activity, stops debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system. Most
passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
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Planned or Under Construction: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems for which
funds have been authorized and that are expected to go into commercial service within the next 7 years.
The term does not include intake structures or cooling water systems that are presently operating,
temporarily offline, permanently offline, or operating under test conditions.
Point Source: Any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any
pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal
feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants
are or may be discharged. The term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or
agricultural storm water run off. See oho 40 CFR 122.2.
Pond: A still body of water generally smaller than a lake.
Presently Operating: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems currently in
commercial service.
Prime Mover: The engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator. It
can also be a device that directly converts energy to electricity such as a photovoltaic solar cell or a fuel
cell.
Privately-owned Treatment Works: A device or system which is (a) used to treat wastes from any
facility whose operator is not the operator of the treatment works and (b) is not a publicly-owned
treatment works.
Process Operations: Industrial activities that directly result in the production of a facility's primary
output.
Production Line: Each of the successive steps taken at a facility to produce a product, except the
production line's use of electricity.
Publicly-owned Treatment Works: A treatment works owned by a State or municipality. The term
refers to any devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, and reclaim municipal sewage or
industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also refers to sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they
convey wastewater to a POTW.
Recirculating Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source to support contact and noncontact cooling uses within a facility. The water is generally
sent to a cooling canal/channel, lake, pond, or tower in order for waste heat to be dissipated. (Some
facilities may divert the "waste heat" to other process operations.) Once accomplished, the water is
returned to the system. New source water (called makeup water) is added to the system to replenish
losses that have occurred due to blowdown, drift, and evaporation.
Reservoir: An artificial body of surface water retained by a dam.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: A national classification system that organizes
business entities into production-based and market-based categories identified by a 4-digit code. Since
the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of
data relating to U.S. business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of Management
and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system was last updated by OMB in 1987. It
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was recently replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however,
it continues to be used by many Federal agencies such as EPA. An SIC listing can be found at the
following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.
Steam Electric Generating Unit: A generating unit in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced by the generators or boilers to
mechanical energy or shaft torque. The mechanical energy is then used to power electric generators
whereby the mechanical energy is converted to electricity.
Storm Water: The term refers to rainfall runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.
Submerged Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure whose opening is closely
aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of the water body.
See Figure 3 for a graphical view of a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 3. Example of a Submerged Intake Structure Flush With Shoreline
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Plan View
Submerged Offshore Intake Structure: An intake structure that extends from a facility outward into
a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always from below the
Surface of the water body. See Figure 4 for a graphical view of a submerged offshore intake structure.
Figure 4. Example of a Submerged Offshore Intake Structure
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Plan View
SCREEN
Cross Section
Surface Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure whose opening is evenly
aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a water body. See
Figure 5 for a graphical view of a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline.
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Figure 5. Example of a Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline
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Surface Water: The term includes lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or streams; tidal rivers;
estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves.
Temporarily Offline: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems presently out of
commercial service but expected to return to service. The category includes systems or intake
structures on inactive reserve and deactivated (i.e., systems or intake structures not normally used but
available for service).
Tidal River: A tidal river is the portion of the river above the river's mouth that receives a regular,
significant inflow of water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
Total Annual Sales of Electricity: The sum of electricity sales to ultimate consumers and sales of
electricity for resale.
Total Annual Sales Revenue: The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products
and/or services over 365 days. The value does not include gains from investments or extraordinary
gains, such as increases in owners' equity from capital adjustments or gains from the sale or exchange of
assets.
Trash Rack: See Bar Rack.
Typical Calendar Year: A year in which the facility and its cooling water intake structures are
operated in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
Water Body: For purposes of this questionnaire, water body refers to surface water used by cooling
water intake structures. The term includes oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, fjords, ponds,
bays/coves, and estuaries.
Waters of the United States: All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may be
susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb
and flow of the tide. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, all interstate waters and
intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie
potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds. See 40 CFR 122.2 for a more complete definition.
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NOTE: The following terms are defined for purposes of this questionnaire only. The definitions at present do not have any
legal meaning with respect to Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.
7Q10 Value: The lowest average 7 consecutive day low flow with an average recurrence frequency of
once in 10 years determined hydrologically.
Air Conditioning: The process and equipment used to control the temperature and humidity of indoor
air. Cooling water is used in some types of air conditioning systems.
Annual Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific
intake structure per calender year.
Average Daily Intake Flow: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake structure
over a 24-hour day.
Bar Rack/Trash Rack: A device consisting of parallel spaced bars placed at or near the opening of an
intake structure to mechanically stop debris and /or large organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Bay or Cove (natural or constructed): An inlet created when the shoreline of a water body is indented.
Bays are generally larger than coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally sheltered. Bays and
coves are considered part of the cooling water intake structure. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco
Bay are examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in their name] See Figure 1 for a graphical view of an intake structure
incorporating a bay or cove.
Figure 1. Example of an Intake Structure Incorporating a Bay or Cove
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Combined-Cycle Unit: An electric generating unit that consists of one or more gas turbines or internal
combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the boiler(s) is provided
by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbine(s).
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Confluence of Tributaries: The point of juncture of two or more tributaries.
Contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that directly meets any rawmaterial, intermediate product, finished
product, by-product, or water product as part of a facility's operation.
Conservation Pool: Measures of the minimum depth of water needed in a reservoir to ensure proper
performance of the system relying upon the reservoir. Conservation pools are measurements of the
elevation of the water in relation to the elevation of the dam.
Cooling Canal/Channel: An artificial, channelized waterway used to transfer heat added to water from
operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling Lake: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee in a natural
watershed and which relies on the banks of the natural watershed to provide the majority of the containment
of the impounded water. A cooling lake is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water
by facility operations.
Cooling Operations: Activities that transfer heat from one medium or activity to cooling water (with the
exception of nonprocess air conditioning).
Cooling Pond: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee on land, has
no significant watershed, and which requires the manmade containment surround most or all of the
impounded water. A cooling pond is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water by
facility operations.
Cooling Tower: A structure which functions as a heat exchanger and is designed to provide cooling by
the forced evaporation of water into an air stream using either mechanical energy (forced draft) or ambient
buoyancy (natural draft) to provide the movement of the air stream through the tower.
Cooling Water: Refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including water used for air
conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content.
The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
Cooling Water Discharge Outfall: The total structure used to direct water that has been used for contact
and non-contact cooling purposes within a facility into Waters of the United States.
Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake
structure over a specific time-period.
Cooling Water Intake Structure: The total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up
to the point of the first intake pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to adsorb
waste heat rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single
cooling water intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating
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unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
Cooling Water System: A system that provides water to/from a facility to transfer heat from equipment
or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface water for cooling, a system
begins at the first barrier(s) to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the Wweir
wall, at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s). See also Cooling Water intake Structure.
Cove: See Bay
Critical Habitat: Biological or physical features of an area that are essential for the conservation and
preservation of a threatened or endangered species and may require special management considerations or
protection.
Daily Maximum Flow: The maximum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Daily Minimum Flow: The minimum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Design Through-Screen Velocity: The value assigned during the design phase of a CWIS to the speed
at which intake water passes through the cooling water intake screen or other technology against with
organisms may be impinged.
Discharge: When used without qualification, means the discharge of a pollutant. Discharge of a pollutant
means: (i) any discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to waters of the United States from
any point source, or (ii) any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the waters of the
contiguous zone or the ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being
used as a means of transportation. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Discrete Biological Study of Impingement: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of impingement over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms are trapped against the
outer part of one or more intake structures during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Discrete Biological Study of Entrainment: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of entrainment over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms withdrawn from the
intake water body and into the cooling water flow and thus, into a cooling water system. The study may
involve evaluations of one or more intake structures.
Domestic Parent Firm: The highest level domestic business entity in a facility's organizational structure.
A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by
a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm.
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DUNS Number: A number assigned to a business using the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
developed by the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Effluent: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Electric Utility: Any corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that
owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation,
transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public and files forms listed in
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141. Facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power
producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are not considered electric utilities.
Energy Information Administration (EIA): The independent statistical and analytical agency within the
U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). In support of its analytic activities, the EIA administers a series of data
collection efforts including Forms EIA-412, EIA-767, EIA-860, and EIA-861.
Entrainment: The merging of small aquatic organisms with the flow of cooling water entering and passing
through a cooling water intake structure, and, thus, into a cooling water system.
Environmental Impact: Human induced change or pressure on the natural environment.
Estuary: A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and is
strongly affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with
fresh water from land drainage. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are examples of estuaries even though
the term bay appears in their name. For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a
river/stream where the salinity is ^_ 0.5 pptata time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides.
Where the river salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach will be viewed as estuarineJ\
Far-field: The area of a water body, from which cooling water is obtained, where the water velocity and/or
salinity/density is primarily influenced by ambient water conditions and where the cooling water intake is
shown to have minimal effect.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): A quasi-independent regulatory agency within the
Department of Energy having jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydro-
licensing, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification.
FERC Form 1: The annual report of major electric utilities, licensees and others administered by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or
transmission services that exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million
megawatt hours of total annual sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt
hours of annual power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others
(deliveries plus losses).
Firm Power: Power or power-producing capacity intended to be available at all times during the period
covered by a guaranteed commitment to deliver, even under adverse conditions.
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First Mortgage Bond: A secured debt security that has as collateral an asset or assets that have not
previously been mortgaged.
Fish and Shellfish Spawning and Nursery Area: A region selected by invertebrate and vertebrate aquatic
organisms for depositing eggs and for development of larval, post larval, and juvenile life stages. Aquatic
organisms may spawn their eggs directly into the water column (broadcast and pelagic spawners) or attach
eggs to hard- or soft-bottom substrate, including prepared nests (demersal or benthic spawners).
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System: Mechanisms designed to divert or induce fish to swim away from
cooling water intake structures.
Fish Handling and/or Return System: Any system that collects, and/or transports live organisms from
an intake structure back to the source water body at a point away from the influence of the intake.
Form EIA-412: The annual report of public electric utilities administered by the Energy Information
Administration.
Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE): The normalized unit for counting employees at a facility. One
FTE equals 2,000 hours of work (8 hours per day for 250 days) during a calendar year. As such, two part-
time employees, each working 1,000 hours per year, would be counted together as one FTE.
Generating Unit: A combination of physically connected generator(s), reactor(s), boiler(s), combustion
turbine(s), or other prime mover(s) operated together to produce electric power.
Gross Electricity Generation: The total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units of
a given facility or nonutility.
Groundwater: Water found beneath the earth's surface. It is usually held in aquifers and is often the
source of water for wells and streams.
Highest Level of Domestic Business Entity: An organizational concept used to define the ownership
structure of an electric utility. A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not the highest level of domestic
business entity. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by a foreign firm is the highest level of domestic
business entity.
Horizontal Merger: The combination or consolidation of two or more electric utilities or other firms into
one business entity. The merged entity may carry the name of one of the original entities or may receive a
new name.
Impingement: The trapping and holding of larger aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake
structure or against screening devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Intake Bays: Temporary holding areas designed to direct water toward the pump well of a specific intake
structure.
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Intake Canal/Channel (natural or constructed): A channelized conduit that diverts water before its
passage through screens or other filtering devices and before its entrance into an intake structure. See
Figure 2 for a graphical view of an intake structure employing an intake canal
Figure 2. Example of an Intake Structure Employing an Intake Canal
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Intake Structure: See Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Kilowatt-hour: One thousand watt hours. A watt hour is a unit of work or energy equivalent to the
power of one watt operating for one hour.
Lake: A natural water body or an impounded stream, usually fresh, surrounded by land or by land and a
man-made retainer (e.g., a dam). Lakes may be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local precipitation.
Latitude: The angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees or in hours, minutes,
and seconds along a meridian.
Local Water Supplier: An entity whose primary business objective is to provide potable water from
surface water and/or groundwater to year-round residents. In some instances, such suppliers may sell
nonpotable water (or water not meeting public health standards) to industrial and other facilities. Local
water suppliers can be privately and/or publicly-owned and operated.
Long-Term Firm Purchases of Power: Electricity purchase agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Long-Term Firm Sales for Resale: Electricity sales for resale agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Longitude: The angular distance on the earth east or west of the prime meridian, expressed in degrees or
in hours, minutes, and seconds.
Major Electric Utility: Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or transmission services that
exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million megawatt hours of total annual
sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual power
exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).
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Makeup Water: "New water" intended to replace water lost to evaporation, blowdown, and drift in a
recirculating cooling water system. See New Water.
Mean High Water Level: The average height of the high water over at least 19 years.
Mean Low Water Level: The average height of the low water over at least 19 years.
Mean Water Level: A plane midway between mean high water and mean low water.
Migratory Routes: Route taken by aquatic populations during seasonal movement from one region to
another.
Monthly Average Flows: An average flow calculated by summing all of the actual or calculate daily flows
during a particular month and dividing that sum by the total number of calendar days in the month.
Natural Draft Cooling Tower: A cooling water tower that has no mechanical device to create airflow
through the tower. Usually applied in very small or very large applications.
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD): Commonly referred to as mean sea level. Established by
the National Geodetic Survey, NGVD are the permanent landmarks of known position and elevation
throughout the United States from which elevations can be surveyed. The location of the nearest
benchmark can be obtained by contacting either the local or national U.S.G.S. office.
Near-Field: Area of the intake water body where velocity and/or salinity/density become affected by the
removal of water.
Net Electricity Generation: Gross electricity generation minus facility use from all electric utility owned
facilities. The energy required for pumping at a pumped-storage facility is regarded as facility use and must
be deducted from the gross generation.
Net Peak Demand: The maximum load during a specified period of time, net of facility use.
New Water: Water that the facility directly withdraws from a water source through an intake structure
or water received from another entity. New water does not include water that is recirculated or recycled
within the facility.
Non-contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that does not come into contact with any raw materials,
intermediate products, finished products, by-products, or waste products.
Non-recirculating Canals/Channels, Lakes, or Ponds: Cooling structures used in conjunction with a
once through cooling water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a facility.
Non-recirculating Cooling Towers: Cooling towers used in conjunction with a once through cooling
water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a facility.
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Non-tidal Rivers/Streams: Rivers or streams which do not receive significant inflows of water from
oceans or bays due to tidal action.
Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or
instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power
producers include FERC Qualifying Cogenerators, FERC Qualifying Small Power Producers, and Other
Nonutility Generators (including Independent Power Producers) without a designated franchised service
area and which do not file forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.
North American Industrial Classification System: A new system initiated in January 1997 to classify
industries. This new system replaces the existing Standard Industrial Code (SIC) system and identifies
industries according to the type of production activities performed. NAICS industries are identified using
a 6-digit code.
NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit: A permit required to be held under
Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source discharging pollutants
to waters of the United States. Permits may address effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge
management practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved State NPDES
program.
Ocean: Marine open coastal waters other than those water bodies classified as estuaries, embayments or
fiords, each of which are semi-enclosed and have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
Once-through Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source, run it through a facility for contact and/or non-contact cooling purposes, and then discharge
it to a water body without recirculation. Once-through cooling water systems may use canals/channels,
ponds, or non-recirculating towers to dissipate waste heat from the water before it is discharged.
Open Area: The wetted area (in square feet) of the opening to the cooling water intake structure minus
the area (in square feet) of any structural members associated with technologies located at the intake
opening.
Operating Days: The total number of days (1 day = 24 hours) the cooling water intake structure was
operating during the month excluding any days when the cooling water intake structure was down for
routine maintenance or not operational for other reasons. Partial days (operations of less than 24 hours)
should not be counted.
Outage: The period during which a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility is out of service.
Pass-through Velocity: The speed of cooling water intake water as it is passing through the cooling water
intake technology (if applicable ) or into the cooling water system.
Passive Intake System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure that, with little or no
mechanical activity, stops debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system. Most passive
intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
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Planned or Under Construction: Cooling water intake structures for which funds have been authorized
and are expected to go into commercial service within the next 7 years. It does not include structures that
are presently operational, temporarily offline, permanently offline, or operating under test conditions.
Plant: A facility at which are located prime movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for
converting mechanical, chemical, and/or nuclear energy into electric energy. A facility may contain more
than one type of prime mover. Electric utility facilities exclude facilities that satisfy the definition of a
qualifying facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Facility's Own Groundwater Supply: A facility is considered as having its own groundwater supply
when it owns and operates its own onsite well or directly withdraws water from other groundwater sources.
The facility may treat the water, depending on its intended uses. Moreover, the facility may sell the water
to other parties and/or use it onsite. The facility, however, would not provide potable water to residential
populations like a local water supplier.
Facility's Own Surface Water Supply: Water from ponds and reservoirs contained within the facility's
boundary.
Point Source: Any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe,
ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding
operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may
be discharged. The term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water
run off. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Pond, Natural: A still body of water that is generally smaller than a lake.
Power: The rate at which energy is transferred. Electrical energy is usually measured in watts.
Power Exchanges: Transactions involving a balancing of debits and credits for energy, capacity, etc.
Power Purchases: Electric energy bought from a utility or non-utility power provider.
Presently Operating: Cooling water systems that are currently in commercial service.
Prime Mover: The engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator. It
can also be a device that directly converts energy to electricity such as a photovoltaic solar cell or a fuel cell.
Privately-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works that is not publicly owned and whose owner
is not the operator of the works. The term includes any device and system used to handle and/or treat liquid
wastes.
Process Operations: Industrial activities that directly result in the production of a facility's primary output.
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Protected Sanctuaries: Aquatic areas formally established by federal or state governments to protect and
conserve aquatic natural resources and habitat.
Public Electric Utility: Nonprofit, governmental-chartered entity established to generate, transmit, and/or
distribute electricity to wholesale or retail customers.
Publicly-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works owned by the State or municipality. The term
refers to any devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, and reclaim municipal sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature. It also refers to sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey
wastewater to a POTW treatment facility.
Rate of Return on Capital: The profits realized by a utility as a percentage of capital outlays made by that
utility. Under utility regulation, the rate of return is subject to approval by the regulatory jurisdiction(s)
under which the utility operates.
Recirculating Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source to support contact and non-contact cooling uses within a facility. The water is generally sent
to a cooling canal/channel, lake, pond, or tower in order for waste heat to be dissipated. (Some facilities
may divert the "waste heat" to other process operations.) Once accomplished, the water is returned to the
system. New source water (called make-up water) is added to the system to replenish losses due to
blowdown, drift, and evaporation. For the purposes of the questionnaire, the term does not include non-
recirculating cooling canals/channels, ponds, or towers.
Reefs: An aggregation of rocks or corals at or near the surface of water.
Reservoir: A natural or constructed basin where water is collected and stored and from where it is piped
for various uses.
Revenues: The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products and/or services, gains
from the sales or exchange of assets, interest and dividends earned on investments, and other increases in
the owner's equity except those arising from capital adjustments.
Rural Electric Cooperative: An electric utility legally established to be owned by and operated for the
benefit of those using its service. The utility company will generate, transmit, and/or distribute supplies of
electric energy to a specified area not being serviced by another utility. Such ventures are generally exempt
from Federal income tax laws. Most electric cooperatives have been initially financed by the Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rural Utilities Service (RUS): Formerly the Rural Electrification Administration, the Rural Utilities
Service in the Department of Agriculture was established in 1936 with the purpose of extending credit to
cooperatives to provide electric service to small rural communities and farms.
RUS Form 12: The annual report of rural electric cooperatives administered by the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS). Rural electric cooperatives that generate electricity and that have borrowed money from the RUS
are required to file the RUS Form 12.
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Sales for Resale: Energy supplied to other electric utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, and Federal and
State electric agencies for resale to ultimate consumers.
Securities Rating Agency: An agency rating securities such as bonds, stocks, commercial papers and
other obligations. Examples of securities rating agencies include, but are not limited to, Moody's, Standard
& Poor, and Duff & Phelps.
Shoreline Intake Structure: An intake structure where the opening is closely aligned with the shoreline.
Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall: A vertical wall at the entrance to a screen or intake structure extending
from above to some point below the water surface. Skimmer/curtain/or baffle walls function to direct
colder waters from below the surface into the cooling water intake structure. See Figure 3 for example of
skimmer wall.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: A national classification system that organizes business
entities into production-based and market-based categories identified by a 4-digit code. There are three
levels of SIC codes: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary SIC codes are assigned based on the
principal product or group of products produced or distributed by an establishment or for services rendered
by the facility. Additional SIC codes are assigned for any secondary and tertiary products produced or for
services rendered by an establishment.
Standby: Operating status of a facility or generating unit that is generally running under no-load but that
is available to replace or supplement a facility or unit normally in service.
Steam-Electric Generating Unit: A generating unit in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced by generators or boilers to mechanical
energy or shaft torque. This mechanical energy is used to power electric generators, which convert the
mechanical energy to electricity, including combined cycle electric generating units.
Submerged Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure where the opening is evenly
aligned with the shoreline and that always draws water from substantially below the surface of the water
body. See Figure 3 for a graphical view of a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 3. Cross Section Example of a Submerged Intake Structure Flush With Shoreline
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure: An intake structure which extends from a facility outward into
a water body. The intake opening is submerged and the water is always withdrawn from below the surface
of the water body. See Figure 4 for a graphical view of a submerged offshore intake structure.
Figure 4. Example of a Submerged Offshore Intake Structure
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Plan View
Cross Section
Submerged Vegetation: Vascular plants that are of significant ecological value because they provide
prime habitat for aquatic species, and that live and grow completely under the surface, except that some
species have flowers that may appear temporarily above the water.
Surface Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure flush with the shoreline which
withdraws water from or near the Surface of the water body. See Figure 5 for a graphical view of a surface intake
structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 5. Example of a Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline
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Surface Water: Bodies of water including lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; non-tidal rivers or streams; tidal
rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves.
Temporarily Offline: Cooling water systems that are presently out of commercial service but are expected
to return. The category includes systems on inactive reserve and systems deactivated (i.e., systems not
normally used but available for service).
Tidal Rivers: Rivers which receive regular, significant inflows of water from oceans or bays due to tidal
action. [NOTE: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a river/stream -where
the salinity is ^_ 0.5 pptata time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides. Where the river
salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach -will be viewed as estuarine.]
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Total Capital Costs: The total sum of all construction costs; design, engineering, and architectural costs;
equipment costs; construction material costs; instrumentation costs; installation labor costs; and allowances
for funds used during construction (AFUDC).
Trash Rack: See Bar Rack.
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure
to mechanically stop smaller debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Typical Calendar Year: A year in which the facility and its cooling water intake structures are operated
in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
Water Body: Any number of potential sources of intake water for cooling water intake structures.
Includes municipal water sources, ground well water, oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries.
Water Supply of Facility Other Than Own: Water obtained or purchased from a facility other than itself.
This other facility would own and operate its own onsite well or directly withdraw water from surface water
or other sources of groundwater. Depending upon the intended uses of the withdrawn water, the other
facility might provide treatment. Moreover, the other facility might sell the water to other entities or use
it onsite. The other facility, however, would not provide potable water to residential populations like a local
water supplier.
Waters of the United States (U.S.): All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may
be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters subject to the ebb and flow of
the tide. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, all interstate waters and intrastate
lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet
meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds. The definition includes waters which are or could be used by
interstate or foreign travelers for recreation or other purposes and those waters from which fish or shellfish
are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce or which are used or could be used for
industrial purposes by industries in interstate commerce. Waste treatment systems, including treatment
ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the CWA are not waters of the U. S. See40 CFR 122.2
for a more complete definition.
Weir (or Skimmer or Curtain) Wall: A device placed before an intake structure to prevent warmer
surface water and floating debris from entering the intake structure.
Wetlands: Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration
sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Zero Discharge Facility: A facility that does not return any treated or untreated facility effluent (excluding
stormwater) to surface water, a POTW, a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection
well. An example of a zero-discharge facility might be an entity that discharges its total effluent to an
evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
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Structures
Traditional Steam Electric Utilities
August 1999 (DRAFT)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of 1999 Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II
Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an average of 156 hours per facility. This
estimate includes time for reading the instructions and reviewing the information
necessary to respond to the questionnaire form. Any comments regarding EPA's need
for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and suggested
methods for reducing respondent burden (including the use of automated collection
techniques) should be addressed to: Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office
of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Mail Code 2137, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include the OMB Control Number, listed in the left-
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Certification Statement
Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures must read and sign the Certification Statement below before
returning the completed documents to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must
be a responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement
must be completed and submitted by the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40
CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared
under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to
ensure that qualified personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information
submitted. The information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
accurate and complete. In those cases where we did not possess the requested
information, we have provided best engineering estimates or judgements. We
have, to the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be company
confidentail business information as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B.
We understand that we may be required at a later time to justify our claim in
detail with respect to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of
fines and imprisonment as explained in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
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General Information and Instructions
General Information and Instructions
Why This Questionnaire?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing regulations to be processed
under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1326(b). Section 316(b) provides that
any standard established pursuant to Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable
to a point source will require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake
structures will reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact.
Answers to the enclosed technical questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation
of cooling water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Please note that data from the screener and detailed questionnaires are not intended to identify whether a
specific facility's cooling water intake structures are having an adverse environmental impact. Moreover,
questionnaire responses are not intended to identify whether a specific facility is employing BTA with
respect to minimizing adverse environmental impacts from cooling water intake structures, though they may
help EPA determine BTA options for various classes of facilities. The questionnaires are simply tools
characterizing some of the following: type and nature of facilities using cooling water, specific uses of
cooling water, design and configuration of cooling water systems and cooling water intake structures, types
of technologies being used at intake structures, and whether facilities have previously evaluated the
environmental impacts of their cooling water intake structures. Data from the questionnaires will feed into
other research being conducted by EPA that is more specifically designed to determine the nature of adverse
impacts and the types of control technologies that might minimize such impacts. All of EPA's research
effort will feed the development of regulatory options, some of which will subsequently be fashioned into
a proposed rulemaking that will be put forth for public review and comment.
The enclosed plant-level questionnaire consists of three parts. Part 1 requests general plant information,
such as plant name, location, operating status, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, and National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit status. In addition, this part screens plants from
the survey that may not use cooling water for contact or noncontact cooling purposes or are not directly
withdrawing cooling water from surface water and, thus, are not subject to Section 316(b).
Part 2 requests plant-level technical data. Section A requests profile information on the plant's cooling
water systems, cooling water intake structures, cooling water discharge outfalls, and the plant's water
balance diagram. Section A first requests basic design and operational data for each of the plant's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, temporarily offline, or planned or under construction. General
profile data are then requested for the plant's intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water. The type of data requested for the cooling water structures includes the following: plant-
designated names and numbers, latitudes and longitudes, total design intake flows, proportion of total flows
used for cooling, and activities for which cooling water was used in 1998. Section A requests some very
basic data on cooling water discharge outfalls, such as plant-designated names or numbers and latitudes and
longitudes at the point of each discharge outfall. The information from this section will be related to other
data requested throughout the questionnaire to give EPA an understanding of the plant's general design and
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use of cooling water. Finally, a water balance diagram is requested to provide EPA with an understanding
of how cooling water use and discharge practices relate to the plant's general water use practices. The
diagrams will be used to analyze other data requested throughout the survey.
Section B requests information on the type of surface water sources being used by plants to provide cooling
water. The configuration of the plant's intake structures is requested, such as whether intake canals/
channels are used, whether the intake structure incorporates a bay or cove, and whether the intake structure
is at the shoreline or offshore. Depth of the water source at the withdrawal point is requested in addition
to the average distance of the intake structure below the water surface. The section concludes by
requesting information on whether sensitive aquatic ecological areas are within an area that is influenced
by the plant's intake structures, if such information is known. The data from this section of the
questionnaire will enable EPA to characterize the distribution of plants that have cooling water intake
structures and the types of water bodies from which cooling water is being withdrawn.
Section C requests basic design and operating data about the technologies being used at cooling water
intake structures. The questions are limited to those intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. Information is also solicited on the design pass-through velocity at each intake
structure. Actual monthly cooling water intake flows are also requested for each intake structure for the
years 1996 to 1998. In addition, plants are asked to provide some basic data if they have ever reduced
cooling water intake flow rates to minimize impingement and/or entminment and if they have employed
dilution pump technologies to reduce the temperature of their discharge. For plants employing an ice
control system at any of their cooling water intake structures, some basic information regarding the type
of system(s) in place is requested. Some basic information on technologies that were previously used to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment at an intake structure but were ineffective is requested. Finally,
some very basic data on cooling water towers are requested for those plants that employ such devices.
In Section D of the questionnaire, EPA requests information on the types of studies that may have
conducted at the plant. Basic data are requested for any Section 316(b) demonstration studies that may
have been completed (i.e., studies to show that the location, design, construction, and capacity of a cooling
water intake structure reflect BTA for minimizing adverse environmental impact). Information is also
requested on any discrete biological or technology-related plant studies that have been conducted on
impingement and entrainment. Through this section of the questionnaire, EPA is attempting to identify
research that plants have already undertaken on Section 316(b)- related topics and the availability of study
data.
Section E requests some basic information for cooling water intake structures planned or under
construction. Basic design data are requested for these intake structures. This information will help EPA
gain an understanding of the numbers of new intake structures expected to go on line in the future and their
basic design and operating characteristics.
Part 3 of the survey asks for economic and financial information about plants and steam-electric generating
units. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use this information to assess the potential
impacts of compliance with cooling water intake structure guidelines (under the authority of Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act) on the economic viability of all affected plants and their steam-electric generating
units.
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Specifically, EPA needs to determine how many plants and generating units are likely to experience adverse
economic impacts as a result of compliance with regulation, how large the economic impacts will be, and
if these impacts will be more severe for plants and generating units owned by small firms than those owned
by non-small firms. In order to evaluate the full economic impacts of the regulation, EPA will consider the
costs associated with performing Section 316(b) studies, additions to cooling water intake equipment,
operating and maintenance costs associated with the regulation, and any impacts of Section 316(b)
compliance requirements on the plant's economic efficiency. EPA will estimate compliance cost impacts
on utility and plant cash flows and assess the likelihood of full or partial plant closures as a result of the
regulation. EPA needs the information requested in this part of the survey in order to conduct these
analyses.
The economic and financial portion of the questionnaire requests information about each plant as well as
its steam-electric generating units. Frequently, your accountant or comptroller is the best source of this
kind information. You may need to contact your utility headquarters for some of the information requested.
Authority
EPA is given authority to administer the technical questionnaire under Section 308 of the CWA (33 U.S.C.
Section 1318). Late filing of the questionnaire, or failure to follow any related EPA instructions, may result
in civil penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law.
Who Must Complete This Questionnaire?
This questionnaire has been designed for completion by steam electric utilities that are point sources as
defined under Section 502 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1362).
Beyond this technical questionnaire, other editions have been produced for (1) steam electric nonutility
power producers and (2) other manufacturers that use cooling water. The other manufacturers to receive
a detailed questionnaire will include facilities from the following four major manufacturing sectors: Paper
and Allied Products (SIC 26), Chemical and Allied Products (SIC 28), Petroleum and Coal Products (SIC
29), and Primary Metals (SIC 33). Each of these groups has been identified by EPA as using large
quantities of cooling water and, therefore, potentially subject to Section 316(b) requirements.
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Certification Statement
A responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative must verify the accuracy of the
responses to the entire questionnaire package by reading and signing the enclosed Certification Statement.
This statement needs to be returned to EPA along with completed survey materials.
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the Certification Statement to EPA within 90 calendar days after receiving
the materials at your plant or firm. Please return your materials in the enclosed self-addressed envelopes,
to:
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NOTE: Please keep a copy of the completed questionnaire package and Certification Statement for your records.
Once the surveys have been submitted, they will be entered into an EPA database and quality assurance
reviews will be performed. During this time, your facility may be called by one of EPA's contractors to
verify your data.
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Confidential Business Information
You may assert a business confidentiality claim for some or all of your responses to the technical
questionnaire, as described in 40 CFR 2.203(b) (see full text below). Complete regulations governing
confidentiality of business information (CBI) appear in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.
40 CFR 2.203(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A business which is submitting
information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching
to) the information, at the time it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form
of notice employing language such as 'trade secret,' 'proprietary,' or 'company confidential.' Allegedly confidential
portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the business, and may be submitted
separately to facilitate identification and handling by EPA. If the business desires confidential treatment only until
a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
^- You may claim confidentiality of business information for any of your responses by checking (/) the
box at the bottom of the page or by a method described above. If no check mark appears and no other
claim of confidentiality has been made with respect to any of your given responses, EPA may make the data
available to the public without further notice. Please note that you may be required to justify any claim of
confidentiality at a later time.
If EPA must reveal information covered by a claim of confidentiality, the Agency will strictly follow the
requirements and procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Overall, EPA may reveal submitted
information protected by a CBI claim only to other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of
the United States who are responsible for implementation of the Clean Water Act. EPA has extensive
standard operating procedures in place to handle, store, and transmit CBI data and has a long history of
successfully managing this type of information. Personnel expected to handle CBI data are also required
by the Agency to be trained and certified.
EPA may make information covered by a claim of confidentiality available to Agency contractors so that
work can be performed under their contracts. All EPA contracts say that contractor employees must use
CBI data only to do work specified by EPA. The information is not to be shown to anyone, other than
EPA officials, without first having received written approval from the affected business or from EPA's legal
office. If you have any comments on this matter, please include them with your completed questionnaire.
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Specific Instructions for Completing the Technical Questionnaire
Plant personnel most knowledgeable of the subject areas covered by the questions posed should complete the
technical questionnaire.
Please answer the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP forward in the questionnaire.
Do not leave response areas blank to any question that you have been directed to answer. For many
questions, EPA has included a response box saying "Don't Know" or "No Data Available." If one of these
response options is not included under a particular question, you must provide an answer.
NOTE: Matrices that contain separate response columns for individual cooling water intake structures need not be completed
if the information being requested is not applicable to that particular cooling water intake structure.
For quantitative data,
- Please report to the nearest whole number, unless instructed otherwise. If your answer is zero,
please record a zero in the response column. Please do not leave a response area blank.
- Provide actual data to the extent that they are available. Good faith estimates should be provided
only when actual data are not available.
Clearly mark responses to all questions with a black or blue ink pen, or type responses in the spaces
provided.
For each question, please read all instructions and definitions carefully.
Most key terms are defined in the Glossary, which accompanies the questionnaire package. Terms which
are defined in the Glossary appear bold and italicized in the text. Before responding to a given question,
please read the definitions of any key terms used and any question-specific instructions.
Please use the units specified when responding to questions requesting measurement data (e.g., gallons
per day).
Please provide responses based on the time period(s) cited in each question. Note that the time period
under which information is requested varies by question.
Please show whether information provided in any of your responses is confidential. Such information
will be protected under EPA's confidentiality procedures. To claim a particular response as containing
confidential business information, simply check (/) the box at the bottom of the page, if one is provided, or
follow the other identification procedures described under 40 CFR 2.203(b).
NOTE: Please consult the Confidential Business Information subsection above for further information on asserting a CBI claim
and for EPA disclosure requirements.
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Name of Plant
Mailing Address
City, State ZIP
1. (a) Does the above mailing label reflect the plant's full legal
name and address? m ' ®S
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(b) Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address for the plant:
Name of Plant:
Plant's Physical Street Address:
Mailing Address (P.O. Box, if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
Telephone Number:
2. Please identify the person responsible for questionnaire responses, and please prov de the appropriate
title and contact information:
Name:
Title:
Employer (full legal name):
Relationship to Plant (e.g., employee, domestic parent firm, contractor, etc)
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3. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
codes associated with the plant's main lines of business? [Please use
SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987 Standard
Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the following
Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
NOTE: Since the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the
collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to U.S.
business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of
Management and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system
was last updated by OMB in 1987. It was recently replaced by the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however, it
continues to be used by many Federal agencies. EPA believes it would be
unnecessarily confusing to ask facilities to classify themselves using NAICS
codes for the purposes of this questionnaire.
Primary 111
Secondary ra
Other (3a) (3b) (3c)
4. (a) Does the plant presently have or is the plant presently in the
process of obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: Permits are required to be held under Section 402 of the Clean
Water Act (3 3 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source that discharges
pollutants to waters of the United States. Permits may address such
topics as effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge management
practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved
State NPDES program. Facilities that discharge 100 percent of their
effluent (including storm water) to publicly-owned treatment works,
privately-ownedtreatmentworks, and/or togroundwater injection wells
should answer "No " to this question.
(b) Please indicate the NPDES permit number for the plant in the
space provided:
(c) In what year does the plant's current NPDES permit expire?
[Q Please check here (/) if your permit has expired but has been
administratively extended.]
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5. Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact or
non-COntact COOling purposes at the plant? [Please consider all cooling
water used regardless of the type of water source or provider from which it was
obtained.!
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "cooling water"
refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including
water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative
cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The intended use of the
cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the plant's premises.
6. Since January 1, 1996, has the plant directly obtained any portion
of its cooling water from a surface water source^ [Note: in order for
a plant to directly withdraw cooling water from surface water, it must have an
intake structure. Please refer to the Glossary for the definition of surface water.
If 100 percent of cooling water is withdrawn from a local water supplier, the
facility's own groundwater supply, or the water supply of a facility other than
your own, plant's should answer "No" to this question.]
7. Please show in the matrix on the next page all parties and/or
sources from which the plant has obtained its cooling water,
including the plant itself for a typical calendar year since 1996.
[Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
For a typical calendar year, please estimate the proportion of the
plant's total cooling water (from zero to 100 percent) obtained
from each provider and/or source marked. The total of your
proportions should be 100 percent.
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Percent Contribution to Plant's Total Cooling Water Flow
by Provider and/or Source for a Typical Year Since January 1, 1996
Item
No.
8(a)
8(b)
8(c)
8(d)
8(e)
8(f)
Providers and/or Sources of Plant's Cooling Water
Since January 1, 1996
[Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
Surface Water F(i)
Local Water Supplier (e.g., municipalities and river authorities) . . Fpj
Plant's Own Groundwater Supply Fpj
Plant's Own Surface Water Supply F(4j
Water Supply of Plant Other Than Own Fpj
Other (please describe below): F(6j
Proportion (from zero to 100%) of
Plant's Total Cooling Water Flow
Obtained from Each Provider and/or
Source for a Typical Calendar Year
Since 1996
%
%
%
%
%
%
100%
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Section A: Plant Profile Data
Cooling Water Systems
1. Please provide the general profile data and design types
requested in the matrix below for each of the plant's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, or temporarily offline.
Do not include cooling water systems planned, under
construction or permanently offline.
NOTES: Please consider your plant as having only one cooling water
system, unless your plant has systems that are physically separated (i.e.,
have separate water intake and outlet structures) and can be operated
independently. If your plant has several intake structures, but only one
outlet structure, or vice-versa, please consider the plant as having only one
cooling water system. Intake structures with multiple bays count as one
intake structure.
Information on structures planned or under construction is requested in
Section E.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water
system is a system that provides water to/from a plant to
transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. A system includes, but
is not limited to, one or more water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For plants that use
surface water for cooling, a cooling water system begins at the first barrier(s)
to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the Weir
wall, at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Facility Profile Data A
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Facility Profile Data A
Profile and Configuration of Plant's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your plant has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code letters as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
"1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
1(d)
Data Requested
Plant-designated No. or Name of CWS
Month and Year CWS Began Operation
or is Expected to Begin Operation
Operating Status of CWS [Please check
(.0 only one response box per system.]
Configuration of CWS [Please check (^)
only one design type per system.]
CWS
/
Mo. Year
Operating F(i)
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only Foo
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
CWS
/
Mo. Year
Operating F(ij
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
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Facility Profile Data A
Cooling Water Intake Structures
2. How many intake structures does the plant have that directly
withdraw surface water to support, at least in part, contact or
noncontact cooling operations within the plant?
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and
temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future).
Do not include intake structures planned or under construction
or permanently offline
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water intake structure is the
total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up to the first intake
pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected
from processes employed orfrom auxiliary operations on the plant's premises. Single cooling water
intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating unit.
If a plant has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
PLEASE ANSWER THE REMAINING INTAKE-RELATED QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THOSE INTAKE
STRUCTURES RECORDED ABOVE UNDER Q.3. A later section in this questionnaire requests some very
basic data on intake structures that are planned or under construction. No data are being requested
on (a) intake structures that obtain cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) conduits to other
providers of cooling water (e.g., local water suppliers or other plants).
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Part 2. Technical Data
3. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the plant's cooling water intake structures.
Facility Profile Data A
Profiles of Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and change
the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item j
No. i Data Requested
3(a) j No. of Intake Bays
3(b) j Month and Year CWIS First Used
3(c) j Latitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
I (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
j NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
\ latitude for the central point of the intake bay openings.
3(d) j Longitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
; (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
• NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
j longitude for the central point of the intake bay
\ openings.
3(e) ! Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert
• CWS code numbers or names from Item 1(a) on page 1. If
i more than one CWS, please separate codes by a comma.]
3(f) j Design Intake Capacity (in MGD) for CWIS
j NOTE: If structure withdraws water for multiple
\ purposes, please provide design intake flow for all uses.
3(g) j Estimate Percentage of Design Capacity
i Apportioned to Cooling Water Flow for the past
j three (3) years.
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
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Facility Profile Data A
4. Please provide the activities requiring cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1997 for each of
the plant's cooling water intake structures.
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn By
Plant From Surface Water Since January 1, 1997
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your
copy the matrix. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and ide
3," etc.
Data Requested
Activities for Which Cooling
Water Was Required in
Calendar Year 1997 and
Percent of Total Cooling
Water Flow That Went to
These Activities [Please check
(•/) all activities that apply.]
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air) F
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning) F
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)' F
% of Total Flow Used
Matrix of
plant has more than this number of CWISs, please
ntify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3", "2 of
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air)
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning)
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)'
% of Total Flow Used
F
F
F
F
F
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Cooling Tower Technologies
5. (a) Does your plant employ cooling towers at any of its cooling
water systems?
(b) For each of the plant's cooling water systems (CWSs),
please provide the cooling tower technology data requested
in the matrices beginning on the next page. [Refer back to the
code names or numbers used for the plant's cooling water systems under
Item l(a) in Section A, page 1.]
Plants that currently employ more than one cooling tower
technology on a given cooling water system should fill out
a separate column for each different tower. If a given
cooling water system has multiple cooling towers that are
designed and/or operated similarly, only one column of the
matrix needs to be completed. Please, however, report the
total number of similar towers. If there are differences in
the design or operation of cooling towers employed at a
given cooling water system (e.g., different manufacturers,
different ages, etc.), a separate column for each matrix
should be completed.
Facility Profile Data A
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Facility Profile Data A
® CWS fPlease insert
same no. or name as in Question 1 of Sec
tion Al Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Facility Profile Data A
(D CWS [Please insert sa
me no. or name as designated in Question
1 of Section A.I Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4)
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design F(3)
Don't Know F(4)
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls
6. Is the plant presently a zero-discharge plant! [Base your
determination of whether you are a zero-discharge plant on your effluent only.
Do not include storm water in this assessment]
">
No <2>
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a zero-discharge
plant is a plant that does not return any treated or
untreated plant effluent (excluding storm water) to surface water, a POTW,
a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection well. An
example of a zero-discharge plant might be an entity that discharges its total
effluent to an evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
7. How many NPDES-permitted cooling water discharge outfalls
does the plant have? Consider only those discharge outfalls
that are presently operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected
to return to service). Do not consider those discharge outfalls
planned or under construction or permanently offline
8. Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix
below for each of the plant's NPDES-permitted cooling water
discharge outfalls.
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Profiles of Plant's NPDES Permitted Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls (CWDOs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWDOs. If your plant has more than this number of outfalls, please copy the matrix and change the
CWDO code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
8(a)
8(b)
8(0)
8(d)
Data Requested
NPDES Permit-designated No. or Name of Cooling Water
Discharge Outfall
Latitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Longitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert cws code
numbers or names from Item 1(a)on page 1. If more than one CWS,
please separate codes by a comma.]
CWDO#1
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
CWDO #2
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
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Questionnaire No: _Secti_0_n
Part 2. Technical Data
Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
Facility Profile Data A
9. Please attach a flow distribution/water balance diagram to this section of the questionnaire. The flow
diagram should contain the information itemized below.
NOTE: If you have an existing diagram, perhaps as part of your NPDES permit application package, you may modify
it to include the information requested. If you do not have a flow diagram, please develop one. The diagram can be
printed or typed. A sample diagram has been included at the end of this section to clarify the type of information being
requested.
(a) Intake-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By cooling water intake structure, note contributing sources of new water to the plant by
generic name (e.g., well, surface water, local water supplier, or water from another plant)
despite how that water is ultimately used.
Include intake structures presently operating, and temporarily offline but expected to be
returned to service.
• Do not include intake structures that have been permanently taken out of service or those
planned or under construction.
Please label the intake structures on the diagram with a plant-designated name or number,
and please note the operational status of each structure.
Please provide a brief description the source water and intake configuration (e.g., the
cooling water intake structure has 5 surface intake bays that are flushed with the shoreline
on a natural cove on the Survey River.)
(2) Indicate the daily average flow of new water, including make up water, in, million gallons per
day (MOD) taken into the plant through each of the plant's intake structures.
(b) Distribution of Plant's Intake Flow (based on 1998 flow data)
Indicate the distribution of intake flow from each of the intake structures to process, contact and
noncontact cooling., and other operations within the plant.
Please note the type of activity (e.g., process, contact cooling, noncontact cooling, or other
operation) and the flow to each (in MOD).
• Include recirculating and recycle loops where appropriate with associated flow volumes.
(c) Discharge-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By discharge structure, indicate the water sources or entities that receive the plant's discharge
by generic name (e.g., POTW, privately-owned treatment works, cooling canals/channels,
cooling lakes, cooling ponds, cooling towers, groundwater, or surface water).
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Facility Profile Data A
• Include all discharge structures presently operating, and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. i
Do not include discharge structures that have been permanently taken out of service.
• Please label the discharge structures on the diagram with a plant-designated name or
number, and please note the operational status of each structure. i
(2) Flow (in MGD) being discharged to each of these water sources. i
See Next Page for Example of a Plant Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram.
Please Insert Your Water Balance Diagram at the End of This Section of the Questionnaire
and Indicate Below That It Is Attached.
Diagram Attached? p Yes <1>
pNo
(2)
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Questionnaire No: _Secti_0_n
Part 2. Technical Data
Example Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
Facility Profile Data A
Atlantic
Ocean
Max:
850 MGD
Alternate
Water Supply
250 MGD
200 MGD
50 MGD
350 MGD
Service
Cooling
e
g
t
Once Through
Cooling Water
Unit II
900 MGD
(Outfall 004)
Atlantic
Ocean
7.8 MGD
(Outfall 001)
Atlantic
Ocean
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Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
Section B: Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the plant.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline but expected
to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction, or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under Question 3 of the
previous section.
Water Source Data
10. (a) Do any of the plant's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal riverl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal river.
FNO
(1)
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Nontidal River or Stream or Tidal River: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
10(b)(1)
10(b)(2)
10(b)(3)
Data Requested
Name of Water Body
Mean Annual Flow of Water Body if
available in Latest NPDES Permit or Fact
Sheet (in cubic feet per second or cfs)
7Q1 0 Value (or Annual Low Flow for
previous hydrologic year if 7Q10 is
unavailable) for Non-tidal Rivers and the
Mean Tidal Volume for Tidal Rivers,
possibly available in Latest NPDES Fact
Sheet or Application (in cfs)
CWIS !
[Please insert same no. or name as in i
Question 3 in Section A] i
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj '•
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj i
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
11. (a) Do any of the plant's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a lake, pond (other than a cooling pond), or
reservoirl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a pond, lake, or reservoir.
Yes <1>
No <2> ^
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Lake, Pond (other than a Cooling Pond), or Reservoir: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code numbers or names as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
11(b)(1) ; Name of Water Body
11(b)(2) I Water Body Volume at Annual
i Mean Water Level (in acre feet)
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
11(b)(3) I Surface Area at Mean Water Level
i (in acres)
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
11(b)(4) i Area at Minimum Conservation
\ Pool Level (in acres)
! NOTE: Please refer to the Glossary
I for the definition of conservation
I pools.
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
11(b)(5) i Volume at Minimum Conservation
; Pool Level (in acre-feet)
Data Not Available
. acre-feet
Data Not Available
acre-feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
12. (a) Do any of the plant's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from an estuary or oceanl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from an estuary or ocean.
FNO
(2)
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Estuary or Ocean: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
12(b)(1)
12(b)(2)
12(b)(3)
CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
Data Requested Question 3 in Section A]
Name of Water Body
Mean Low Tidal Water Level (in feet
relative to the National Geodetic Vertical i
Datum (NGVD)) i
Data
Mean High Tidal Water Level (in feet i
relative to NGVD) i
Data
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
Intake Arrangements
Please refer to the Glossary accompanying the questionnaire for schematics of the various intake
configurations discussed in this subsection of the technical questionnaire.
13. (a) Does your plant have any intake canals/channels^
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the plant's intake canals/channels.
pYes
FNo
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Intake Canal (or Channel) Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Length from Canal Mouth to Pumps (in feet)
feet
feet
13(b)(2)
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake j
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Low Water Level (for Tidal) or i
7Q10 (for non-Tidal) (in square feet) i
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake i
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Annual Water Level (in square i
feet) !
.ft2 ID
.ft2 (2)
.ft2 (2)
13(b)(3)
Distance of Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
from Canal Mouth (in feet) [Please check (s)
" none installed" if a particular CWIS does not have i
a skimmer, curtain, or baffle wall.]
. feet (i)
. feet (i)
i None Installed Fpj i None Installed
'(2)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
14. (a) Does your plant have any intake structures that are situated
on or that incorporate a bay or cove (natural or constructed)?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the bays or coves associated with the
plant's intake structures.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Bay or Cove (natural or constructed) Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No. Data Requested
1 4(b)(1 ) Average Water Depth of Bay or Cove
at Withdrawal Point (in feet)
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
feet
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
feet
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Part 2. Technical Data
15. (a) Does your plant have any shoreline intake structures?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the plant's shoreline intake structures.
F Yes
pNo
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Shoreline Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
15(b)(1)
15(b)(2)
15(b)(3)
15(b)(4)
15(b)(5)
15(b)(6)
Data Requested
Type Of Intake [Please check (/•) only one
; intake type per CWIS.]
Location of Intake Entrance [Please
i check (y) only one intake location per
CWIS.]
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below (if submerged) Water
Surface (in feet at mean water level)
i Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet at mean water level)
i Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
I Installed?
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Surface Shoreline Foo
Submerged Shoreline Fpj
Flush with Shoreline F(ij
Recessed Fpj
Protruding Offshore Fpj
feet
feet (2i
NA F(2)
feet
Yes F(ij
No F(2j
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
i Question 3 in Section A]
i Surface Shoreline F(ij
i Submerged Shoreline Fpj
i Flush with Shoreline F(ij
i Recessed Fpj
i Protruding Offshore Fpj
i feet
i feet (2i
i NA F(2)
! feet
i Yes F(ij
'• No F(2j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
16. (a) Does your plant have any submerged offshore intake
structures!
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the plant's submerged offshore intake
structures.
pNo
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
CWIS
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Distance from shore (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(2)
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(3)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in feet)
Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet)
feet (1)
feet (1)
feet (2)
feet (2)
17. Complete the following matrix for the plant's cooling water
intake structures located in the near-field orfar-fieldto sensitive
ecological areas on the same source water's watershed? [Please
check (/) all applicable items for each intake structure. For definitions of
near- and far-field, please consult the glossary.]
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Part 2. Technical Data
Proximity of Intake Structures to Sensitive Aquatic Ecological Areas within the Source Water's
Watershed
If your plant has more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any
additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc. [Please insert same
CWIS no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Item
No. Data Requested
17(a) Wetlands
i Data Not Available F
17(b) Confluence of Tributaries
i Data Not Available F
17(c) Aquatic Life Habitat areas (e.g.,
Fish/Shellfish Spawning and
Nursery Areas, Submerged
Vegetation, Reefs, etc,)
i Data Not Available F
17(d) Protected Aquatic Sanctuaries on
the Source Water Shed
i Data Not Available F
17(e) Critical Aquatic Habitat of Any
Threatened, or Endangered
Aquatic Species
i Data Not Available F
17(f) Aquatic Migratory Routes
i Data Not Available F
17(g) j Commercial and/or Recreational
Fishing Areas
'• Data Not Available F
CWIS
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
CWIS
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Section C: Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and non-contact cooling operations within the plant.
Consider only those intake structures that are presently operating and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under the previous two sections
of the questionnaire.
Bar Racks and Screening Technologies
18. (a) Do you employ bar racks/trash racks at any of the
plant's cooling water intake structures?
(b) Please provide the names or numbers for those cooling
water intake structures (CWISs) where bar racks are
employed. [Please insert same code names or numbers as listed
under Question 3 in Section A.]
pYes
pNo
(2)
CWIS
(1)
CWIS
(2)
CWIS
(3)
CWIS
(4)
CWIS
(5)
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Part 2. Technical Data
19. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen
systems at any of the plant's cooling water intake
structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ traveling or other intake
Screen Systems. [Please check (/) all traveling or other intake
screen system technologies that apply per cooling water intake
structure.]
(1)
(2)
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Matrix 19(b)
Traveling or Other Screen System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake systems
the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate.
identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Technology
Codes
A
B
C
D
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
F
Traveling or Other Intake Screen
System Technologies
[Please check (y) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Horizontal Drum
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
(Ristroph)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
Horizontal Traveling
Other, please describe
Matrix of
(CWISs). If your plant has more than this number ofCWISs, please copy
Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and
\ CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name as
i under Question 3 in Section A]
! F«i,
| F(2)
| F(3)
F(4)
I F(5)
i F(6)
I Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(io)
Fin)
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as under Question 4 in Section A]
! F«i,
F(2)
F(3)
F(4)
F(5)
i F(6)
I Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(ioj
F(n)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where traveling
or other intake screen systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water
intake structures. If you have more than this number of intake
structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water intake
structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix " 1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Plants that employ more than one traveling or other intake
screen system technology at a given intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple traveling
or other intake screen system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns of the matrix should be completed.
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Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please
insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
19(c)(1)
19(c)(2)
19(c)(3)
19(c)(4)
19(c)(5)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 19(b), page 22.
Use codes A through F.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.)
Name and Model of
System
Mesh Size of System
[Please check (y) only one
response per technology.]
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same
Design and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
System Installed
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
i CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology
#1 ! #2 ! #3
19(c)(1) ; Type of Technology
I [Provide Technology Code
; from Matrix 19(b), page 22.
| Use codes A through F.]
19(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.)
I Name and Model of
I System
Mfr:
) i Mfr:.
Model:
(2) i Model:.
(2) i Model:.
(2)
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj; Site-Specific Design .. Fpj; Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j
19(c)(3) I Mesh Size of System
i [Please check (y) only one
i response per technology.]
Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij i Standard (d to % in) . F(ij i Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) ... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj
Other (please describe) . Fpj i Other (please describe) Fpj i Other (please describe) . Fpj
19(c)(4) ! No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same
; Design and Operational
i Description
19(c)(5) I Calendar Year(s)
i System Installed
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Part 2. Technical Data
20. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen systems
at the plant to reduce impingement and/or entminment
effects on aquatic organisms?
(b) For the applicable cooling water intake structures, please
show in the matrix below the types of intake screen
systems used.
(1)
No <2>
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Traveling or Other Intake Screen Systems to Reduce Impingement and/or Entrainment Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of
3," etc.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
Traveling or Other Intake Screen j Low.Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FID \ Low-Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FI
Systems Used. [Please check (/) i Ky K y i^ K y K y
all modifications that apply per CWIS.] j
; Change in Angle of Spray Wash j Change in Angle of Spray Wash
i Relative to Screen Surface Fpj i Relative to Screen Surface
'(2)
i Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj i Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj
i Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j i Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j
i Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays Fpj i Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays Fpj
i Other (please describe below) F(6j i Other (please describe below) F(6j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Passive Intake System Technologies
21. (a) Do you employ passive intake systems at any of the
plant's cooling water intake structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ passive intake systems.
[Please check (/) all passive intake system technologies that apply per
cooling water intake structure.]
Yes
FNO
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Matrix 21 (b)
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
G
H
I
J
K
L
Passive Intake System Technologies
[Please check (.0 all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
Other, please describe
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
! cwis
I [Please insert same no. or name
i as Question 3 in Section A]
F«i, ! F«i,
F(2)
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fm
F(2)
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Fn
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where passive
intake systems are employed, please provide the
technology data requested in the following matrices.
Plants that employ more than one passive intake system
technology at a given cooling water intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple passive
intake system technologies that are substantially similar in
design and operation, only one column of the matrix needs to
be completed. However, please report the number of
technology units that are similar. If there are differences in
the design or operation of the same technology employed at
a given intake structure (i.e., different manufacturers,
different ages, etc.), separate columns of the matrix should be
completed.
CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item i
No. |
Data Requested
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
21(c)(1) ; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 21 (b), page 27. Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) | Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
I and Model of System
i Model:
j2) i Model:.
. (2) i Model:.
.(2)
! Site-Specific Design ..
i Don't Know
F(3j I Site-Specific Design ..
F(4j i Don't Know
F(3)! Site-Specific Design .. Fpj
F(4) i Don't Know F(4j
21(c)(3) I No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) ! Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS fPlease inser
t same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item ;
No. Data Requested
21(c)(1) j Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
i 21 (b), page 27. Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
21(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
22. (a) Do you employ fish diversion or avoidance system p yes
technologies at any of the plant's cooling water intake
structures?
FNO ^
(b) Please identify the cooling water intake structures that
employ fish diversion or avoidance systems in the matrix
below. [Please check (/) all fish diversion or avoidance system
technologies that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
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Matrix 22(b)
Matrix of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number ofCWISs, please copy
the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and
identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Technology
Codes
M
N
0
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technologies
[Please check (S) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Velocity Cap i F(ij
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
! F(2)
! F(3)
i F(4)
! F(5)
i F(6)
Light Barrier i Fpj
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
Other, please describe
i F(8)
i F(9)
F(1o,
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
F,i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fp,
F(8)
F(9)
F(1o,
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where fish
diversion and/or avoidance systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
Plants that employ more than one fish diversion and/or
avoidance system technology at a given cooling water intake
structure should fill out a separate column in the matrix for
each different technology. If a given intake structure has
multiple fish diversion and/or avoidance system technologies
that are substantially similar in design and operation, only
one column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns should be completed.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
22(c)(1)
22(c)(2)
22(c)(3)
22(c)(4)
Data Requested
; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M
| through V.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
Operational Description
Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
I Fish Diversion and/or Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
I Avoidance System Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #1 Technology #2 Technology #3
i Mfr: ID Mfr: m i Mfr: m
i Model: 121 Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj Site-Specific Design . . Fpj ; Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
\ \ Fish Diversion and/or
Item ; I Avoidance System
No. Data Requested Technology #1
Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #2 Technology #3
22(c)(1) i Type of Technology [Provide ; I
i Technology Code from Matrix i i
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M j I
| through V.] i i
22(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name i Mfr: ID
i and Model of System i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• '• Don't Know F(4j
22(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and j
Operational Description
22(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed i
Mfr: ID i Mfr: m
Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj i Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
Fish Handling and/or Return Technologies
32
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
23. (a)
(b)
Do you employ fish handling and/or return systems at
any of the plant's cooling water intake structures?
In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ fish handling and/or return
Systems. [Please check (/) all fish handling and/or return systems
that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Matrix 23(b)
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your plant has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technology Technologies
Codes [Please check (/") all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
W Fish Pump FID FID
X Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Y Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Z Fish Bypass System
AA Fish Holding Tank
BB Other, please describe
F(2)
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
F(2)
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where fish
handling and/or return systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: Response space has been provided for three
different fish handling and/or return system technologies. If
you employ more than this number of technologies for a
given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue notingyour
technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Plants that employ more than one fish handling and/or return
system technology at a given intake structure should fill out
a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple fish
handling and/or return system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at one intake structure (i.e., different
manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate columns of the
matrix should be completed.
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWI!
3 [Plea
Fish Handling and/or Return
Item No.
23(c)(1)
23(c)(2)
23(c)(3)
23(c)(4)
23(c)(5)
23(c)(6)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
Use codes W through BB.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same Design
and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
Association of Fish
Handling and/or Return
System with Other
Technologies [Provide
Technology Codes from
Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 30.
Use codes A through BB.
Please separate multiple
codes per response column
with a comma.]
Final destination of
diverted or impinged
organisms [Check all that
apply]
se insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
| #1
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the plant's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #2
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the plant's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #3
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the plant's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
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Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS Pleas
e insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Item No. Data Requested
23(c)(1) i Type of Technology
i [Provide Technology Code
i from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
; Use codes V through BB.]
23(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
23(c)(3) No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same Design
; and Operational
i Description
23(c)(4) Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
23(c)(5) i Association of Fish
; Handling and/or Return
i System with Other
Technologies [Provide
i Technology Codes from
i Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 30.
i Use codes A through BB.
i Please separate multiple
i codes per response column
| with a comma.]
23(c)(6) Final destination of
i diverted or impinged
; organisms [Check all that
apply]
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the plant's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the plant's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the plant's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Other Design and Operational Data
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
24. In the matrix, please provide the velocity data requested below for each of the
plant's cooling water intake structures.
Design Through-Screen Velocity at Low Flow Surface Elevation: Please
provide the design through-screen velocity for each cooling water intake
structure (in fps).
Design Through-Screen Velocity Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of CWISs, please copy the matrix and change the
CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix
sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
24
I CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name
Data Requested i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Desian Throuah-Screen Velocity (in fps) i fps m
i Don't Know Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
fps ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
25. For each cooling water intake structure, please note in the following matrices, the
daily maximum and daily minimum cooling water intake flows (in MGD) by
month for calendar years 1996 to 1998. Also for each month during these
calendar years, please note the monthly average flow (in MGD).
Finally, please indicate the number of operating days by month by calendar year.
[If flow data are unavailable for a given reporting month, please check (/) the response entitled "No
Data." For each calendar year, please indicate whether the data provided are "Actual" or
"Calculated." Operating days can be calculated using one day = 24 hours.]
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water intake structures. If you
have more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water
intake structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Please insert any additional matrices
into this portion of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, "
"2 of 3, " etc.
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWIS
[Please insert sa
me no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please insert s
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(g) jJuly
No Data
25(h) August
No Data
25(i) September
No Data
25G) bctober
No Data
25(k) November
No Data
25(l) December
No Data
25(m) Annual Totals
No Data
ame no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
(B) (C) (D)
; ; Flows in 1996 Flows in 1997
i i Actual F Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
Flow Data Requested No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Maximum
p i Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
Matrix of
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS
[Please insert same n
o. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(D CV\
IS [Please insert same nc
. or name as in Question 3 i
n Section A] Matrix Of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A) (B)
Item
No. Month Flow Data Requested
25(g)
25(h)
25(i)
25G)
25(k)
25(l)
25(m)
July Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
August Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
September Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
October Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
November Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
December Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Totals Annual Maximum
No Data F \ Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
Flows in 1996
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(D) (E)
Flows in 1997 j Flows in 1998
Actual F i Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
26. (a) Has the plant ever implemented cooling water intake flow
reduction measures to reduce entrainment?
(1)
Data
pNot (3) ^ SKIPTOQ.27,
(b) In the matrix below, please provide more specific Avail- ^ Next Page
information on how the plant has reduced cooling water ab'e
intake flows to reduce entrainment.
Flow Reduction Data to Reduce Entrainment (by Plant) Matrix of
Item No. Requested Information
26(b)(1) ; How has flow been reduced? [Please check (s) all flow ;
i reduction alternatives that have been used.] i
26(b)(2) Flow Changes (in MGD) [For plants that have instituted
| flow reduction measures on more than one occasion, provide i
i information for an instance most representative of all your i
i flow reduction measures.] i
26(b)(3) Flow Reduction Period [Please check (/•) only one
i response.] i
Plant Information
Cooling Water System(s) Was/(were) Modified
From Once-through to Recirculating Foo
Altered Operations Periodically to Minimize the Use of
Cooling Water Fpj
Other (please describe below): Fpj
From MGD to MGD
Not Applicable F(ij
Seasonal (please indicate seasons flow reduced below): ... Fpj
Periodic (please indicate periods flow reduced below): .... Fpj
Other (please describe below)' F(4j
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
27. (a) Does the plant reduce the temperature of its heated p
discharge by pumped dilution with surface water?
pNo
(1)
(b) Which intake structures are used to collect the dilution CWIS
water? CWIS
CWIS
28. (a) Does the plant employ ice control systems at any of its
cooling water intake structures?
(b) What type of ice control systems are employed at the
plant's cooling water intake structures? [Please check (/)
all ice control systems that apply.]
Hot Water Recirculation
Air Bubbles
Propeller Agitation
Other (Please describe below}
Ineffective Technologies
29. (a) Has your plant ever used any technology(ies) to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment that
was/(were) later determined to be ineffective? [Note that
pilot studies will be addressed in Section D.]
(b) For each of the cooling water intake structure, please
provide information on some of the plant's experiences
of using technologies later found ineffective at
minimizing impingement and/or entrainment. Include
examples of any experiences that you can recall and that
you believe are the most telling regarding a technology's
effectiveness at minimizing impingement and/or
entrainment.
p
pNo
(1)
F
F
F
F
pYes
pNo
Data
FNot
Avail-
able
(1)
(2)
SKIPTOQ.28
SKIPTOQ.29
SKIP TO
Section D
SKIP TO
Section D
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
CD CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question
3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your plant has had more than this number of experiences, please copy the
matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in the table heading to reflect the additional
technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
:19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
I pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
| Technology Codes A through BB.]
i Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
\ all reasons that apply.]
; Code for Technology That
i Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
Il9(b),,21(b),22(b),or23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
i Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #2
Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
High F(5)
Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
Characteristics F(6j
Other (please describe
below)' F(?)
No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #3
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i ID
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your plant has had more than this number of experiences for which you are
willing to provide information, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in
the table heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
all reasons that apply.]
Code for Technology That
Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
19(b),21(b),22(b),or23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1 Ineffective Technology #2 Ineffective Technology #3
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than Operations Other Than Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too
High F(4) i High F(4) i High F(4)
O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too
High F(5) i High Fp) '•• High Fp)
Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural
Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp)
Other (please describe \ Other (please describe \ Other (please describe
below)' F(?) 'below)' Fpj 'below)' Fpj
ID i ID i ID
No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section D: Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the plant.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline and expected
to return to service. Do not consider intake structures planned or under construction or permanently
offline.
30. Name any aquatic species that are potentially susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment by one or more of the plant's
cooling water intake structures (CWISs).
NOTE: Please list the 12 species that are most susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment.
1
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
12
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
31.
Has your plant ever conducted one or more of the following
types of studies at any of its cooling water intake structures:
• study to demonstrate that the location, design, construction,
and capacity of an intake structure reflects the best
technology available for minimizing adverse environmental
impacts [i.e., Section 316(b) Demonstration Study]
pYes
pNo
(2)
discrete biological
entrainment
study of impingement and/or
discrete study to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology
to minimize impingement and/or entrainment!
ongoing monitoring study of impingement and/or
entrainment
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, impingement refers to the trapping and holding
of aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake structure or against screening
devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, entrainment refers to the merging of small aquatic organisms with
the flow of cooling water entering and passing through a cooling water intake structure, and thus, into a
water system.
Section E
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section 316(b) Demonstration Studies and/or Other Discrete Biological Study of
Impingement and/or Entrainment i
32. (a)
Please indicate the number of discrete biological studies of impingement \
and/or entrainment, other than those that may have been associated with i
any Section 316(b) Demonstrations, that your plant has conducted since i
January 1, 1976. j
Number of Studies: i
(b)
Please answer the questions in the matrix beginning on the following page i
regarding the Section 316(b) Demonstration Study and/or other type of j
discrete biological study of impingement and/or entrainment conducted by i
your plant. NOTE: The following matrix requests information on each Section i
316(b) demonstration study conducted by your plant. In addition, provide information \
on the most representative other type of discrete biological study of impingement \
and/or entrainment. You may have to copy the following matrix to be able to \
accommodate all information. \
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Response space has been provided for one study. If your plant has conducted more than this number of Section 316(b) studies and other discrete
biological impingement and/or entrainment studies, please copy the matrix. Complete a separate matrix for each study. Please insert any
additional matrix sheets into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item No.
32(b)(1)
32(b)(2)
32(b)(3)
32(b)(4)
Data Requested
Please provide the name of the
study. Please check the
provided circle if the study was a
§316(b) demonstration study.
What were the starting and
ending dates (in months and
years) for the study?
What was the period of
impingement and/or entrainment
monitoring (if different from
period of study)?
How many cooling water intake
structures (CWISs) were
covered by the study? Of this
number, how many are in
operation today? [Please note
CWISs by using same nos. or names
as in Question 3 in Section A.
Separate CWISs by a comma if more
than one was evaluated.]
Impingement Entrainment
Name: m \ Name: i
§316(b) Demonstration Study Fp) §316(b) Demonstration Study F
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m i Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m
Don't Know Fpj i Don't Know F
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operatior
Today: , , , p-ei i Today: , , , p-ei
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
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Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Item No.
32(b)(5)
32(b)(6)
Data Requested
Was the number of organisms
impinged or entrained,
counted? [Please check (S) all
that apply.]
Note: Please provide the
requested information for the
four species that are most
frequently entrained and
impinged, respectively.
Was the mortality of impinged
or entrained organisms
estimated?
Impingement
Yes F(i)
No F(2)
Species 1 : m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 2: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 3: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 4: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Other Data: m
Don't Know F (3)
Yes F(i)
No F(2)
Other Data: 01
Don't Know F™
Entrainment
Yes FID
No F(2)
Species 1 : m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 Fpj
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 2: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 Fpj
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 3: ID
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 Fpj
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 4: ID
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Other Data: ID
Don't Know F (3)
Yes FID
No F(2)
Other Data: 01
Don't Know F™
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Item No.
32(b)(7)
32(b)(8)
32(b)(9)
32(b)(10)
Data Requested
For any aquatic species, was
an analysis undertaken which
; considered population level
impacts related to
impingement and/or
entrainment.
What was the cost of the
study? [Please check (/)
whether the cost figure
; provided is an estimate or
; based on actual data.]
Are study methodology and
findings readily available for
i review by EPA? [Please
; provide explanation of a
"no" response.]
i Did study findings lead to
; changes being made in the
i types of CWIS technologies
being used?
Impingement
'''• Yes FID
i No F(2,
i Don't Know F n,
i Cost$ in
Actual F Estimate Fp,
No Data Available to
i Provide Estimate Fn,
'''• Yes FID
i No (please explain)' Fp,
i (3)
i Yes FID
i No F(2,
i Don't Know Fn,
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
i Available F(4,
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
i on-going study" please SKIP to Item
31 (b)(1 2) in the matrix.
Entrainment
Yes F
No F
Don't Know F
Cost $ (i,
Actual F Estimate Fpj
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate F
Yes F
No (please explain)' F
Yes F
No F
Don't Know F
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP to Item
31 (b)(1 2) in the matrix.
(3,
(3,
(2,
(3,
(2,
(3,
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix.
of
Item No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
Please briefly describe the
type of technology changes
that were made, why they
were made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify the CWIS using the
code established in
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire. Separate
identification codes by a
comma if more than one
CWIS was affected.]
Example: The study led the
plant to switch from
Technology "X" on CWIS #1
to Technology T because
Technology T was found to
be more effective at
minimizing the impingement
of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
32(b)(12)
Did study findings lead to
changes being made in the
operation of the plant (e.g.,
changes in flow volumes,
periods of operation, etc.)?
Yes F(ij
No F(2j
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP TO Q.33.
Yes FID
No F(2)
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP TO Q.33.
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix
of .
Item No. i
Data Requested
Impingement
I Entrainment
i Type of Changes:(i)
32(b)(13) j Please briefly describe the j Type of Changes:(i)
| type of operational changes i
i that were made, why they i
i were made, and whether the i
i changes were related to an i
I existing CWIS. [Please i
i identify the CWIS using the i Why Changes Madeipj
; code established under j
| Question 3, Section A, of i
i the questionnaire. Separate i
i identification codes by a i
I comma if more than one i
i CWIS was affected.]
I Why Changes Madeipj
I Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
| Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Example: The study led the
plant to reduce its flow on
CWISs #1 and #2 from "xx
MGD" to "yy MGD" each
during the months of "XX, XY,
and YY." The flow reduction
was pursued to minimize the
impingement of juveniles of
Organism "X."
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Discrete Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Technological or Operational
Change
33. (a) Has the plant performed any biological studies (not
including studies addressed in Q.32) to evaluate the
effectiveness of a technology or operational change (e.g.,
adjustment of flow volumes, periods of withdrawal, etc.)
to minimize impingement and/or entrainment of aquatic
organisms at one or more of the plant's cooling water
intake structures?
(b) Please answer the questions in the matrix below for the
most recent or most representative impingement
and/or entrainment study of technological or operation
changes at one or more of the plant's cooling water
intake structures. This study should not have been part
of any study addressed in the previous question.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrainment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
33(b)(1) i Please provide the name of
; the study.
33(b)(2) i What were the starting and
I ending dates of the study
I (by month and year)?
Starting Date: .. Month /Year_
Ending Date: ... Month /Year_
Don't Know
ji) i Starting Date: .... Month_
j2) I Ending Date: Month_
1 (3) j Don't Know
_/Year_
/Year
33(b)(3) I What was the period of
i impingement and/or
; entrainment monitoring (if
i different from period of
! study)?
Starting Date: .. Month /Year_
Ending Date: ... Month /Year_
Don't Know
ji) I Starting Date: .... Month_
_(2) ; Ending Date: Month_
1 (3) i Don't Know
_/Year_
/Year
33(b)(4) I Please briefly describe the
; type of technology and/or
i operational changes that
I were made, why they were
I made, and whether the
I changes were related to an
i existing CWIS. [Please
I identify CWISs by using
i the codes established in
i Question 3, Section A, of
i the questionnaire.
i Separate identification
I codes by a comma if more
i than one CWIS was
! affected.]
; Example: The study led the
; plant to switch from
! Technology "X" on CWIS #1
i to Technology "Y" because
i Technology "Y' was found to
; be more effective at
; minimizing the impingement
i of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeipj
Why Changes Madeipj
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrainment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
33(b)(5)
33(b)(6)
33(b)(7)
Data Requested
How many cooling water
intake structures (CWISs)
were covered by the study?
Of this number, how many
are in operation today?
[Please note CWISs by
using same nos. or names
as in Question 3 in Section
A. Separate CWISs by a
comma if more than one
was evaluated.]
What was the cost of the
study? [Please check (/)
whether the cost figure
provided is an estimate or
based on actual data.]
Are study methodology and
findings readily available for
review by EPA? [Please
provide explanation of a
"no" response.]
Impingement
i Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m i
i Don't Know Fp, i
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
i Today: , , , o-ei i
i Don't Know Fp, i
i CostS ID i
i Actual F Estimate FP, i
i No Data Available to i
i Provide Estimate FP, '•
\ Yes FID i
i No (please explain): FP, i
Entrainment
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m
Don't Know F
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , o-ei
Don't Know F
Cost $ ID
Actual F Estimate FP,
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate F
Yes F
No (please explain): F
(2)
P)
(3)
(2)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Ongoing Monitoring Study of Impingement and/or Entrainment
34. (a) Does the plant have an ongoing monitoring program to
evaluate the occurrence or rate of impingement and/or
entrainment at any of its cooling water intake structures?
(b) Complete the following matrix concerning your ongoing
monitoring program.
|\|Q (2)
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Ongoing Monitoring Program to Evaluate the Occurrence or Rate of Impingement and/or
Entrainment for the Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
34(b)(1)
34(b)(2)
34(b)(3)
Data Requested Impingement
How often do you monitor? p M
\ [Please check (/) only one :
i response per category.] i Monthly
'• '• Seasonally
'• '• Annually
i i Other (please describe below)1
i What is the averaae cost of i Cost $ m
| the monitoring programs? j Estimate F Actual F ,2,
: [Please check (/) whether your :
i cost figure is an estimate or is j
i actual.] i Don't Know
Are monitoring data readily yes
i available for review? [Please ;
i explain a "no" response in the i
i space provided.] i No (please explain)
Entrainment
F(i) i Daily F(i)
F(2) i Monthly Fpj
F(3) i Seasonally Fpj
F(4) '• Annually F(4j
(5) i Other (please describe below)1 pj
! Cost $ ID
i Estimate F Actual F (2)
F(3) i Don't Know Fpj
F(i) i Yes F(i)
F(2) i No (please explain) Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Mitigation Activities
35. (a) Since 1980 has the plant carried out any measures to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts! p N()
(1)
(2)
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the phrase "an
environmental impact" means human induced change or
pressure on the natural environment.
(b) Were any of these measures required by a Federal or
state permit and/or other regulatory requirement?
F No
(1)
(2)
(c) What specific measures have been carried out to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts. [Please check (/) all measures that apply.]
Restocking of Fisheries m (i)
Design, Construction, and/or O&M of Hatcheries * w
Habitat Restoration F (3)
Designation of Conservation Areas *m
Other (please describe below):
(5)
(6)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section E: Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THE PLANT'S PLANNED COOLING WATER
INTAKE STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION that will directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. No data are being requested on (a) planned intake structures that obtain
cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) planned conduits to other providers of cooling water
(e.g., local water suppliers or other plants).
NOTES: You should not report data in this section of the questionnaire for intake structures which
are presently operational, temporarily offline, or permanently offline.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, "planned" includes structures under construction but not yet
operational.
36. (a) Do you have planned modifications to your cooling water
intake systems that will change the capacity of intake water
collected for the plant?
(b) How will the planned modifications affect the cooling
water intake capacity?
(1)
37. Does the plant presently have any planned cooling water intake
structures that will directly withdraw cooling water from surface
water?
No <2> ^
Increase
F Decrease
FSame
Yes (n
No <2>
38. How many planned CWISs does the plant have that will directly
withdraw surface water to support, at least in part, contact or
non-contact cooling operations within the plant?
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STOP
If answer is No,
please stop here.
You are finished with
Part 2 of the question-
naire. Please continue
to Part 3, Financial
and Economic Data.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
39. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the plant's planned CWIS.
Profiles of Plant's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item No.
39(a)
39(b)
39(c)
39(d)
39(e)
Data Requested
Associated No. of Intake Bays
Month and Year CWIS First
Expected to be Used
i Associated Cooling Water System(s)
i or CWS(s) [Please insert CWS name
or number from Question 1 in Section
i A of the questionnaire, or indicate
i that the CWS is planned or under
construction.]
; Is this a closed-loop system?
Design Intake Capacity
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
! (CWS Name )
Associated with Planned CWS
i No
i Yes
i If yes,
i Cooling Tower
i Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
i Don't Know
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
FID ! (CWS Name )
. F(2j i Associated with Planned CWS
FID i No
F(2) i Yes
i If yes,
F(3j i Cooling Tower
F(4j '• Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
F(2j i Don't Know
. F(2)
. F(2)
. F(3)
FM,
Fr,
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Water Source Data
40. Please indicate the type of water source that will be used for
each of the plant's planned cooling water intake structures, and
please note the actual name of the water body.
Water Source Data for Plant's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix _ of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Planned CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question]
Planned CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question.]
40(a) ; Type of Water Source [Please
; check (•/) all applicable sources per
; CWIS.]
! NOTE: If'cooling water will be
\ withdrawn from a channel,
\ canal, reservoir, constructed
\ bay or cove, or other manmade
\ impoundment, please indicate
\ the originating source of the
i water.
\ Lake or Pond (natural)
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) .
F(2)
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Lake or Pond (natural)...
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
... F(2)
... F(3)
. . . F(4)
... F(5)
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water) F(6j
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) . Fpj
40(b) I Name of Water Body
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technologies
41. (a) Will you employ traveling or other intake screens, passive
intake systems, fish diversion or avoidance systems, or fish
handling and/or return systems at any of the plant's
planned CWISs?
(b) For each planned CWIS, please indicate in the matrix
below all the systems that will be employed.
Yes <1>
(2)
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Planned CWIS [Please insert same no. or na
Planned System Technologies [Please check (/) an t
Response space has been provided for one planned cooling watt
CWISs, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code namt
the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
me as under Item 38, page 60.] Matrix
schnologies that apply per CWIS.]
r intake structure (CWIS). If your plant has more than this number of pit
;s or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this se
'1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technologies
Horizontal Drum F(1)
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling (Ristroph)
F,2,
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling F(7)
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
F(8)
F(9)
Horizontal Traveling F(ioj
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Fish Pump
Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Fish Bypass System
Fish Holding Tank
Fin)
F(12)
F(13)
F(14)
F(15)
Of
mned
otion of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Velocity Cap
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
Light Barrier
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
F(16)
F(17)
F(18)
F(19)
F(20)
F(21)
F(22)
F(23)
F(24)
Passive Intake System Technologies
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Radial Well (Ranney Collector)
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
F(25)
F(26)
F(27)
F(28)
F(29)
F(30)
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Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section 316(b)-Related Studies
42. Has your plant performed (or does your plant expect to
perform) any studies to demonstrate that the location, design,
construction, and capacity of one or more of its planned
cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology
available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts?
PLEASE STOP HERE. You ARE FINISHED WITH PART 2 OF THE
DETAILED QUESTIONNAIRE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR
QUESTIONNAIRE PACKAGE WITH A COMPLETED CERTIFICATION
STATEMENT. THANK You.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Part 3: Economic and Financial Data
Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Traditional Steam Electric Utilities
August 13, 1999 (Draft)
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Questionnaire No: SeCtJOH
General Information about the Plant A
Section A: General Information about the Plant
Several questions in this part of the questionnaire request information about your "reporting years" 1996, 1997, and 1998.
These time periods should be the same as the periods for which your utility reports information on FERC Form 1, Form
EIA-412, or RUS Form-12. Document I, Question 3 of this questionnaire requests identification of these time periods. If
you are unsure about your utility's reporting year, you should contact your utility headquarters for assistance.
NOTE: Section A requests general information about your plant. Some of the data asked about your plant may not be
kept on your plant's premises. You may need to contact your utility's headquarters for help in completing this and the
following section.
1. (a) Please indicate the identification code of this plant as used when submitting reports to the Energy
Information Administration (EIA).
EIA Plant Identification Code:
[F Check (/) here if none.]
(b) Please indicate the identification code of this plant as used when reporting to the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS).
RUS Plant Identification Code:
[F Check (/) here if none.]
(c) Please indicate the DUNS number for this plant.
DUNS Number:
[F Check (/) here if none.]
2. Please provide the following information about the person who will serve as a contact for questions
about your plant's responses to Part 3: Economic and Financial Data. [NOTE: The plant contact person
should be the person most knowledgeable about the information requested in this part of the survey. ]
Name of Plant Contact Person: «
Title of Plant Contact Person: (2)
Employer (full legal name): (3)
Phone: ( ) w Fax: ( ) (*)
Mailing Address/PO Box: (5)
City, State, ZIP Code: (6)
Best Time to Contact: CT
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Questionnaire No:
Part 3: Economic and Financial Data
3. (a) During reporting year 1998, did the plant engage in
economic activities other than the generation of electricity!
NOTE: Activities may include, but are not limited to, production
activities, the sale of steam, coal or ash, waste combustion, or the
leasing of land. Please include only those economic activities that are
carried out by the plant's owner; do not include activities carried out
on the plant's property by third parties.
(b) In the table below, please provide:
(1) a brief description of each of the plant's economic
activities other than the generation of electricity [if your
plant engages in more than four such activities, please only list
the four activities that you consider most important
economically];
(2) the El A identification numbers of the units that were
associated with each activity (if an activity was not
associated with any of the generating units, please list
"none;" alternatively, if an activity was associated with
all of the generating units, you may list "all");
(3 ) whether the activity used cooling water during reporting
year 1998;
(4) the names or numbers of the cooling water intake
structures that were associated with each activity (if an
activity was not associated with a cooling water intake
structures, please list "none").
NOTE: When completing column (4) of this question, please use the same
name or number to identify each cooling water intake structure as was used
in Question 3 of Part 2: Technical Data of this questionnaire. For
example, the cooling water intake structure designated as "CWIS A" in
Question 3 of Part 2 should also be identified as "CWIS A " in this question.
FYes
FNo
(2)
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Other Economic Activities
Item
No.
3(b)(1)
3(b)(2)
3(b)(3)
3(b)(4)
(1)
Economic Activity
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2) !
Associated with \
Unites) |
(2) i
(2) i
(2) i
(2)
(3)
Was Cooling
Water Used?
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F No (3b)
F No (3b)
F No (3b)
; F No (3b)
| (4)
; Associated with
i CWIS #(s)
i (4)
i (4)
i (4)
(4)
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Section
General Information about the Plant A
(c) What were the revenues, if any, and costs in reporting year
1998 associated with each of the economic activities listed
inQ.S.b?
NOTE: You may estimate the amounts requested in this question if
actual data are not available. Column (2): Please list only those costs
that are incurred in addition to the costs of generating electricity.
Revenues and
Item No.
3(c)(1) ! $
3(c)(2) ! $
3(c)(3) ! $
3(c)(4) ! $
Costs Associated with Other Economic Activities
(1) 1998 Revenues i (2) 1998 Costs
ID $
ID $
ID $
ID $
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
4. Is this plant operated by a utility that is classified as a rural
electric cooperative^
FNo
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, rural electric
cooperatives are electric utilities that are owned by their
members and are established to provide electricity to those
members. Cooperatives are incorporated under State law and are generally
exempt from Federal income tax laws. Most electric cooperatives have been
initially financed by the Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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SECTION B
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5. Please complete the following table for reporting years 1996,
1997, and 1998. Please report the book value for the line items
requested. If this plant is partly owned by other entities besides
your utility, provide data for the entire plant, not only the share
owned by your utility.
Plant-Level Balance Sheet Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars.)
(a) Land and Land Rights
Structures, Improvements
(b) land Equipment Costs (original
costs)
TOTAL COST OF PLANT: Add
(c> :5. a and b
... ICOSTPERKWOF
(' ilNSTALLED CAPACITY
Reporting Year:
1996
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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Information for Steam Electric Generating Units R
Section B: Information for Steam Electric Generating Units
Please provide information only for those steam electric units that are operating, available to operate, on
scheduled or forced outage, on cold standby, or that were sold to a nonutility but are still operated by the
plant. (Do not provide information for retired units.)
If your plant has more than one such steam electric generating unit, you will need to copy this section
(pages 4 and 5) to accommodate data for all of the plant's units. If you submit more than one copy of
this section, please indicate in the space in the top right corner of each copy the copy number and the
total number of copies you will submit (e.g., Copy 1 of 4, Copy 2 of 4, etc.).
NOTE: This section asks for information about steam electric generating units located at the plant as of
December 31,1998. Please also include information on steam electric generators that are part of a
combined cycle unit
6. (a) Indicate the identification code(s) of the generator(s)
associated with this generating unit as used when reporting
to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Forms
EIA-767 and EIA-860. (See Form EIA-860, Schedule III,
Section A, Item l.b)
EIA Generator Identification Code(s):
(b) Since January 1, 1996, has this generating unit used cooling C VfiS
FNo
water directly withdrawn from surface water by your plant? m . ... ,, ,
J j j f _ n_ (2) ^ You do not have to
provide any further
information for this
generating unit. Please
refer to the instructions
on page iv after you have
completed Section B for
each steam electric unit
operated by this plant.
7. Indicate the planned retirement date for this steam electric
generating unit [indicate the month, if known, and the year].
month year
[F Check (/) here if no retirement date has been determined.]
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8. Please list all cooling water intake structures that are associated with this steam
electric generating unit.
NOTE: When completing this question, please use the same name or number to identify each
cooling water intake structure as was used in Question 3 of Part 2: Technical Data of this
questionnaire. For example, the cooling water intake structure designated as "CWIS A " in
Question 3, Part 2 should also be identified as "CWIS A " in this question.
I Cooling Water Intake Structures Associated with This Unit:
| FCWIS
ID
FCWIS
(2)
FCWIS
(3)
9. Please complete the following table for reporting years 1996, 1997, and 1998 for
this steam electric generating unit. [If this generating unit is owned by other entities
besides this utility, please provide data for the entire generating unit, not only the share
owned by this utility.!
9(a)
9(b)
9(c)
9(d)
9(e)
i Net Electricity
; Generation, Exclusive of
Plant Use (in megawatt
i hours)
Number of Hours in
Operation in each Year
Net Peak Demand on
Unit -MW (60 minutes)
Quantity (Units) of Fuel
i Burned (Coal-tons of
'• 2 000 Ibs1 Oil-barrels of
42 gals.; Gas-Mcf;
: Nuclear or Other-
i indicate)
; Average Cost of Fuel per
i Unit of Fuel Burned
Coal:
Oil:
Gas:
Nuclear:
Other:
Coal: $
Oil:$
Gas:$
Nuclear: !
Other: $
1996
MWh (i)
hours (i)
MW(i)
(la)
(Ib)
(Ic)
(Id)
(le)
(la)
(Ib)
(Ic)
) (Id)
(le)
Reporting Year
1997
MWh (2)
hours (2) j
MW(2)
Coal: (2a)
Oil: (2b)
Gas: (2c) i
Nuclear: pd)
Other: pe)
Coal: $ (2a)
Oil: $ (2b)
Gas: $ (2c)
Nuclear: $ pd)
Other: $ pe)
1998
Coal:
Oil:
Gas:
Nuclear:
Other:
Coal: $
Oil:$
Gas:$
Nuclear: $
Other: $
MWh 0)
hours (3)
MW(3)
(3a)
(3b)
(3c)
(3d)
(3e)
(3a)
(3b)
(3c)
(3d)
(3e)
END OF PART 3: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DA TA
Please follow the instructions provided on page 4 when returning Part 3: Economic and Financial Data to EPA.
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NOTE: The following terms are defined for purposes of this questionnaire only. The definitions at present do not have any
legal meaning with respect to Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.
7Q10 Value: The lowest average 7 consecutive day low flow with an average recurrence frequency of
once in 10 years determined hydrologically.
Air Conditioning: The process and equipment used to control the temperature and humidity of indoor
air. Cooling water is used in some types of air conditioning systems.
Annual Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific
intake structure per calender year.
Average Daily Intake Flow: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake structure
over a 24-hour day.
Bar Rack/Trash Rack: A device consisting of parallel spaced bars placed at or near the opening of an
intake structure to mechanically stop debris and /or large organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Bay or Cove (natural or constructed): An inlet created when the shoreline of a water body is indented.
Bays are generally larger than coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally sheltered. Bays and
coves are considered part of the cooling water intake structure. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco
Bay are examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in their name] See Figure 1 for a graphical view of an intake structure
incorporating a bay or cove.
Figure 1. Example of an Intake Structure Incorporating a Bay or Cove
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Combined-Cycle Unit: An electric generating unit that consists of one or more gas turbines or internal
combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the boiler(s) is provided
by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbine(s).
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Confluence of Tributaries: The point of juncture of two or more tributaries.
Contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that directly meets any rawmaterial, intermediate product, finished
product, by-product, or water product as part of a plant's operation.
Conservation Pool: Measures of the minimum depth of water needed in a reservoir to ensure proper
performance of the system relying upon the reservoir. Conservation pools are measurements of the
elevation of the water in relation to the elevation of the dam.
Cooling Canal/Channel: An artificial, channelized waterway used to transfer heat added to water from
operations within a plant to the atmosphere.
Cooling Lake: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee in a natural
watershed and which relies on the banks of the natural watershed to provide the majority of the containment
of the impounded water. A cooling lake is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water
by facility operations.
Cooling Operations: Activities that transfer heat from one medium or activity to cooling water (with the
exception of nonprocess air conditioning).
Cooling Pond: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee on land, has
no significant watershed, and which requires the manmade containment surround most or all of the
impounded water. A cooling pond is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water by
facility operations.
Cooling Tower: A structure which functions as a heat exchanger and is designed to provide cooling by
the forced evaporation of water into an air stream using either mechanical energy (forced draft) or ambient
buoyancy (natural draft) to provide the movement of the air stream through the tower.
Cooling Water: Refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including water used for air
conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content.
The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the plant's premises.
Cooling Water Discharge Outfall: The total structure used to direct water that has been used for contact
and non-contact cooling purposes within a facility into Waters of the United States.
Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake
structure over a specific time-period.
Cooling Water Intake Structure: The total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up
to the point of the first intake pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to adsorb
waste heat rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the plant's premises. Single
cooling water intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating
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unit. If a plant has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
Cooling Water System: A system that provides water to/from a plant to transfer heat from equipment or
processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For plants that use surface water for cooling, a system
begins at the first barrier(s) to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the Wweir
wall, at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s). See also Cooling Water intake Structure.
Cove: See Bay
Critical Habitat: Biological or physical features of an area that are essential for the conservation and
preservation of a threatened or endangered species and may require special management considerations or
protection.
Daily Maximum Flow: The maximum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Daily Minimum Flow: The minimum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Design Through-Screen Velocity: The value assigned during the design phase of a CWIS to the speed
at which intake water passes through the cooling water intake screen or other technology against with
organisms may be impinged.
Discharge: When used without qualification, means the discharge of a pollutant. Discharge of a pollutant
means: (i) any discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to waters of the United States from
any point source, or (ii) any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the waters of the
contiguous zone or the ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being
used as a means of transportation. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Discrete Biological Study of Impingement: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of impingement over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms are trapped against the
outer part of one or more intake structures during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Discrete Biological Study of Entrainment: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of entrainment over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms withdrawn from the
intake water body and into the cooling water flow and thus, into a cooling water system. The study may
involve evaluations of one or more intake structures.
Domestic Parent Firm: The highest level domestic business entity in a facility's organizational structure.
A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by
a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm.
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DUNS Number: A number assigned to a business using the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
developed by the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Effluent: Outflow of wastewater from a plant to waters of the United States.
Electric Utility: Any corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that
owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation,
transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public and files forms listed in
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141. Facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power
producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are not considered electric utilities.
Energy Information Administration (EIA): The independent statistical and analytical agency within the
U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). In support of its analytic activities, the EIA administers a series of data
collection efforts including Forms EIA-412, EIA-767, EIA-860, and EIA-861.
Entrainment: The merging of small aquatic organisms with the flow of cooling water entering and passing
through a cooling water intake structure, and, thus, into a cooling water system.
Environmental Impact: Human induced change or pressure on the natural environment.
Estuary: A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and is
strongly affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with
fresh water from land drainage. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are examples of estuaries even though
the term bay appears in their name. For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a
river/stream where the salinity is ^_ 0.5 pptata time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides.
Where the river salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach will be viewed as estuarineJ\
Far-field: The area of a water body, from which cooling water is obtained, where the water velocity and/or
salinity/density is primarily influenced by ambient water conditions and where the cooling water intake is
shown to have minimal effect.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): A quasi-independent regulatory agency within the
Department of Energy having jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydro-
licensing, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification.
FERC Form 1: The annual report of major electric utilities, licensees and others administered by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or
transmission services that exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million
megawatt hours of total annual sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt
hours of annual power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others
(deliveries plus losses).
Firm Power: Power or power-producing capacity intended to be available at all times during the period
covered by a guaranteed commitment to deliver, even under adverse conditions.
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First Mortgage Bond: A secured debt security that has as collateral an asset or assets that have not
previously been mortgaged.
Fish and Shellfish Spawning and Nursery Area: A region selected by invertebrate and vertebrate aquatic
organisms for depositing eggs and for development of larval, post larval, and juvenile life stages. Aquatic
organisms may spawn their eggs directly into the water column (broadcast and pelagic spawners) or attach
eggs to hard- or soft-bottom substrate, including prepared nests (demersal or benthic spawners).
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System: Mechanisms designed to divert or induce fish to swim away from
cooling water intake structures.
Fish Handling and/or Return System: Any system that collects, and/or transports live organisms from
an intake structure back to the source water body at a point away from the influence of the intake.
Form EIA-412: The annual report of public electric utilities administered by the Energy Information
Administration.
Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE): The normalized unit for counting employees at a facility. One
FTE equals 2,000 hours of work (8 hours per day for 250 days) during a calendar year. As such, two part-
time employees, each working 1,000 hours per year, would be counted together as one FTE.
Generating Unit: A combination of physically connected generator(s), reactor(s), boiler(s), combustion
turbine(s), or other prime mover(s) operated together to produce electric power.
Gross Electricity Generation: The total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units of
a given plant or nonutility.
Groundwater: Water found beneath the earth's surface. It is usually held in aquifers and is often the
source of water for wells and streams.
Highest Level of Domestic Business Entity: An organizational concept used to define the ownership
structure of an electric utility. A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not the highest level of domestic
business entity. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by a foreign firm is the highest level of domestic
business entity.
Horizontal Merger: The combination or consolidation of two or more electric utilities or other firms into
one business entity. The merged entity may carry the name of one of the original entities or may receive a
new name.
Impingement: The trapping and holding of larger aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake
structure or against screening devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Intake Bays: Temporary holding areas designed to direct water toward the pump well of a specific intake
structure.
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Intake Canal/Channel (natural or constructed): A channelized conduit that diverts water before its
passage through screens or other filtering devices and before its entrance into an intake structure. See
Figure 2 for a graphical view of an intake structure employing an intake canal
Figure 2. Example of an Intake Structure Employing an Intake Canal
WATER
SOURCE .. CANAL
• TO FACILITY
Plan View
Intake Structure: See Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Kilowatt-hour: One thousand watt hours. A watt hour is a unit of work or energy equivalent to the
power of one watt operating for one hour.
Lake: A natural water body or an impounded stream, usually fresh, surrounded by land or by land and a
man-made retainer (e.g., a dam). Lakes may be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local precipitation.
Latitude: The angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees or in hours, minutes,
and seconds along a meridian.
Local Water Supplier: An entity whose primary business objective is to provide potable water from
surface water and/or groundwater to year-round residents. In some instances, such suppliers may sell
nonpotable water (or water not meeting public health standards) to industrial and other facilities. Local
water suppliers can be privately and/or publicly-owned and operated.
Long-Term Firm Purchases of Power: Electricity purchase agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Long-Term Firm Sales for Resale: Electricity sales for resale agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Longitude: The angular distance on the earth east or west of the prime meridian, expressed in degrees or
in hours, minutes, and seconds.
Major Electric Utility: Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or transmission services that
exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million megawatt hours of total annual
sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual power
exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).
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Makeup Water: "New water" intended to replace water lost to evaporation, blowdown, and drift in a
recirculating cooling water system. See New Water.
Mean High Water Level: The average height of the high water over at least 19 years.
Mean Low Water Level: The average height of the low water over at least 19 years.
Mean Water Level: A plane midway between mean high water and mean low water.
Migratory Routes: Route taken by aquatic populations during seasonal movement from one region to
another.
Monthly Average Flows: An average flow calculated by summing all of the actual or calculate daily flows
during a particular month and dividing that sum by the total number of calendar days in the month.
Natural Draft Cooling Tower: A cooling water tower that has no mechanical device to create airflow
through the tower. Usually applied in very small or very large applications.
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD): Commonly referred to as mean sea level. Established by
the National Geodetic Survey, NGVD are the permanent landmarks of known position and elevation
throughout the United States from which elevations can be surveyed. The location of the nearest
benchmark can be obtained by contacting either the local or national U.S.G.S. office.
Near-Field: Area of the intake water body where velocity and/or salinity/density become affected by the
removal of water.
Net Electricity Generation: Gross electricity generation minus plant use from all electric utility owned
plants. The energy required for pumping at a pumped-storage plant is regarded as plant use and must be
deducted from the gross generation.
Net Peak Demand: The maximum load during a specified period of time, net of plant use.
New Water: Water that the plant directly withdraws from a water source through an intake structure or
water received from another entity. New water does not include water that is recirculated or recycled
within the plant.
Non-contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that does not come into contact with any raw materials,
intermediate products, finished products, by-products, or waste products.
Non-recirculating Canals/Channels, Lakes, or Ponds: Cooling structures used in conjunction with a
once through cooling water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a plant.
Non-recirculating Cooling Towers: Cooling towers used in conjunction with a once through cooling
water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a plant.
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Non-tidal Rivers/Streams: Rivers or streams which do not receive significant inflows of water from
oceans or bays due to tidal action.
Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or
instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power
producers include FERC Qualifying Cogenerators, FERC Qualifying Small Power Producers, and Other
Nonutility Generators (including Independent Power Producers) without a designated franchised service
area and which do not file forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.
North American Industrial Classification System: A new system initiated in January 1997 to classify
industries. This new system replaces the existing Standard Industrial Code (SIC) system and identifies
industries according to the type of production activities performed. NAICS industries are identified using
a 6-digit code.
NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit: A permit required to be held under
Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source discharging pollutants
to waters of the United States. Permits may address effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge
management practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved State NPDES
program.
Ocean: Marine open coastal waters other than those water bodies classified as estuaries, embayments or
fiords, each of which are semi-enclosed and have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
Once-through Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source, run it through a plant for contact and/or non-contact cooling purposes, and then discharge
it to a water body without recirculation. Once-through cooling water systems may use canals/channels,
ponds, or non-recirculating towers to dissipate waste heat from the water before it is discharged.
Open Area: The wetted area (in square feet) of the opening to the cooling water intake structure minus
the area (in square feet) of any structural members associated with technologies located at the intake
opening.
Operating Days: The total number of days (1 day = 24 hours) the cooling water intake structure was
operating during the month excluding any days when the cooling water intake structure was down for
routine maintenance or not operational for other reasons. Partial days (operations of less than 24 hours)
should not be counted.
Outage: The period during which a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility is out of service.
Pass-through Velocity: The speed of cooling water intake water as it is passing through the cooling water
intake technology (if applicable ) or into the cooling water system.
Passive Intake System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure that, with little or no
mechanical activity, stops debris and/or organisms from entering a plant's water system. Most passive
intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
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Planned or Under Construction: Cooling water intake structures for which funds have been authorized
and are expected to go into commercial service within the next 7 years. It does not include structures that
are presently operational, temporarily offline, permanently offline, or operating under test conditions.
Plant: A facility at which are located prime movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for
converting mechanical, chemical, and/or nuclear energy into electric energy. A plant may contain more than
one type of prime mover. Electric utility plants exclude facilities that satisfy the definition of a qualifying
facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Plant's Own Groundwater Supply: A plant is considered as having its own groundwater supply when
it owns and operates its own onsite well or directly withdraws water from other groundwater sources. The
plant may treat the water, depending on its intended uses. Moreover, the plant may sell the water to other
parties and/or use it onsite. The plant, however, would not provide potable water to residential populations
like a local water supplier.
Plant's Own Surface Water Supply: Water from ponds and reservoirs contained within the plant's
boundary.
Point Source: Any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe,
ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding
operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may
be discharged. The term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water
run off. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Pond, Natural: A still body of water that is generally smaller than a lake.
Power: The rate at which energy is transferred. Electrical energy is usually measured in watts.
Power Exchanges: Transactions involving a balancing of debits and credits for energy, capacity, etc.
Power Purchases: Electric energy bought from a utility or non-utility power provider.
Presently Operating: Cooling water systems that are currently in commercial service.
Prime Mover: The engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator. It
can also be a device that directly converts energy to electricity such as a photovoltaic solar cell or a fuel cell.
Privately-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works that is not publicly owned and whose owner
is not the operator of the works. The term includes any device and system used to handle and/or treat liquid
wastes.
Process Operations: Industrial activities that directly result in the production of a plant's primary output.
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Protected Sanctuaries: Aquatic areas formally established by federal or state governments to protect and
conserve aquatic natural resources and habitat.
Public Electric Utility: Nonprofit, governmental-chartered entity established to generate, transmit, and/or
distribute electricity to wholesale or retail customers.
Publicly-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works owned by the State or municipality. The term
refers to any devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, and reclaim municipal sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature. It also refers to sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey
wastewater to a POTW treatment plant.
Rate of Return on Capital: The profits realized by a utility as a percentage of capital outlays made by that
utility. Under utility regulation, the rate of return is subject to approval by the regulatory jurisdiction(s)
under which the utility operates.
Recirculating Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source to support contact and non-contact cooling uses within a plant. The water is generally sent
to a cooling canal/channel, lake, pond, or tower in order for waste heat to be dissipated. (Some facilities
may divert the "waste heat" to other process operations.) Once accomplished, the water is returned to the
system. New source water (called make-up water) is added to the system to replenish losses due to
blowdown, drift, and evaporation. For the purposes of the questionnaire, the term does not include non-
recirculating cooling canals/channels, ponds, or towers.
Reefs: An aggregation of rocks or corals at or near the surface of water.
Reservoir: A natural or constructed basin where water is collected and stored and from where it is piped
for various uses.
Revenues: The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products and/or services, gains
from the sales or exchange of assets, interest and dividends earned on investments, and other increases in
the owner's equity except those arising from capital adjustments.
Rural Electric Cooperative: An electric utility legally established to be owned by and operated for the
benefit of those using its service. The utility company will generate, transmit, and/or distribute supplies of
electric energy to a specified area not being serviced by another utility. Such ventures are generally exempt
from Federal income tax laws. Most electric cooperatives have been initially financed by the Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rural Utilities Service (RUS): Formerly the Rural Electrification Administration, the Rural Utilities
Service in the Department of Agriculture was established in 1936 with the purpose of extending credit to
cooperatives to provide electric service to small rural communities and farms.
RUS Form 12: The annual report of rural electric cooperatives administered by the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS). Rural electric cooperatives that generate electricity and that have borrowed money from the RUS
are required to file the RUS Form 12.
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Sales for Resale: Energy supplied to other electric utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, and Federal and
State electric agencies for resale to ultimate consumers.
Securities Rating Agency: An agency rating securities such as bonds, stocks, commercial papers and
other obligations. Examples of securities rating agencies include, but are not limited to, Moody's, Standard
& Poor, and Duff & Phelps.
Shoreline Intake Structure: An intake structure where the opening is closely aligned with the shoreline.
Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall: A vertical wall at the entrance to a screen or intake structure extending
from above to some point below the water surface. Skimmer/curtain/or baffle walls function to direct
colder waters from below the surface into the cooling water intake structure. See Figure 3 for example of
skimmer wall.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: A national classification system that organizes business
entities into production-based and market-based categories identified by a 4-digit code. There are three
levels of SIC codes: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary SIC codes are assigned based on the
principal product or group of products produced or distributed by an establishment or for services rendered
by the plant. Additional SIC codes are assigned for any secondary and tertiary products produced or for
services rendered by an establishment.
Standby: Operating status of a plant or generating unit that is generally running under no-load but that
is available to replace or supplement a plant or unit normally in service.
Steam-Electric Generating Unit: A generating unit in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced by generators or boilers to mechanical
energy or shaft torque. This mechanical energy is used to power electric generators, which convert the
mechanical energy to electricity, including combined cycle electric generating units.
Submerged Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure where the opening is evenly
aligned with the shoreline and that always draws water from substantially below the surface of the water
body. See Figure 3 for a graphical view of a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 3. Cross Section Example of a Submerged Intake Structure Flush With Shoreline
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure: An intake structure which extends from a plant outward into a
water body. The intake opening is submerged and the water is always withdrawn from below the surface
of the water body. See Figure 4 for a graphical view of a submerged offshore intake structure.
Figure 4. Example of a Submerged Offshore Intake Structure
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Cross Section
Submerged Vegetation: Vascular plants that are of significant ecological value because they provide
prime habitat for aquatic species, and that live and grow completely under the surface, except that some
species have flowers that may appear temporarily above the water.
Surface Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure flush with the shoreline which
withdraws water from or near the Surface of the water body. See Figure 5 for a graphical view of a surface intake
structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 5. Example of a Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline
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Surface Water: Bodies of water including lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; non-tidal rivers or streams; tidal
rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves.
Temporarily Offline: Cooling water systems that are presently out of commercial service but are expected
to return. The category includes systems on inactive reserve and systems deactivated (i.e., systems not
normally used but available for service).
Tidal Rivers: Rivers which receive regular, significant inflows of water from oceans or bays due to tidal
action. [NOTE: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a river/stream -where
the salinity is <_ 0.5 pptata time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides. Where the river
salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach -will be viewed as estuarine.}
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Total Capital Costs: The total sum of all construction costs; design, engineering, and architectural costs;
equipment costs; construction material costs; instrumentation costs; installation labor costs; and allowances
for funds used during construction (AFUDC).
Trash Rack: See Bar Rack.
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure
to mechanically stop smaller debris and/or organisms from entering a plant's water system.
Typical Calendar Year: A year in which the facility and its cooling water intake structures are operated
in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
Water Body: Any number of potential sources of intake water for cooling water intake structures.
Includes municipal water sources, ground well water, oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries.
Water Supply of Plant Other Than Own: Water obtained or purchased from a plant other than itself.
This other plant would own and operate its own onsite well or directly withdraw water from surface water
or other sources of groundwater. Depending upon the intended uses of the withdrawn water, the other
plant might provide treatment. Moreover, the other plant might sell the water to other entities or use it
onsite. The other plant, however, would not provide potable water to residential populations like a local
water supplier.
Waters of the United States (U.S.): All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may
be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters subject to the ebb and flow of
the tide. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, all interstate waters and intrastate
lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet
meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds. The definition includes waters which are or could be used by
interstate or foreign travelers for recreation or other purposes and those waters from which fish or shellfish
are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce or which are used or could be used for
industrial purposes by industries in interstate commerce. Waste treatment systems, including treatment
ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the CWA are not waters of the U. S. See40 CFR 122.2
for a more complete definition.
Weir (or Skimmer or Curtain) Wall: A device placed before an intake structure to prevent warmer
surface water and floating debris from entering the intake structure.
Wetlands: Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration
sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Zero Discharge Plant: A plant that does not return any treated or untreated plant effluent (excluding
stormwater) to surface water, a POTW, a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection
well. An example of a zero-discharge plant might be an entity that discharges its total effluent to an
evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
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Notice of Estimated Burden
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Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an average of 156 hours per facility. This
estimate includes time for reading the instructions and reviewing the information
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for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and suggested
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be a responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement
must be completed and submitted by the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40
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General Information and Instructions
Why This Questionnaire?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing regulations to be processed
under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1326(b). Section 316(b) provides that
any standard established pursuant to Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable
to a point source will require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake
structures will reflect the best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact.
Answers to the enclosed questionnaire will help EPA better understand the design and operation of cooling
water intake structures at industrial facilities that are subject to Section 316(b).
Please note that data from the screener and detailed questionnaires are not intended to identify whether a
specific facility's cooling water intake structures are having an adverse environmental impact. Moreover,
questionnaire responses are not intended to identify whether a specific facility is employing BTA with
respect to minimizing adverse environmental impacts from cooling water intake structures, though they may
help EPA determine BTA options for various classes of facilities. The questionnaires are simply tools
characterizing some of the following: type and nature of facilities using cooling water, specific uses of
cooling water, design and configuration of cooling water systems and cooling water intake structures, types
of technologies being used at intake structures, and whether facilities have previously evaluated the
environmental impacts of their cooling water intake structures. Data from the questionnaires will feed into
other research being conducted by EPA that is more specifically designed to determine the nature of adverse
impacts and the types of control technologies that might minimize such impacts. All of EPA's research
effort will feed the development of regulatory options, some of which will subsequently be fashioned into
a proposed rulemaking that will be put forth for public review and comment.
The enclosed questionnaire consists of three parts. Part 1 requests general facility information, such as
facility name, location, operating status, Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, and National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit status. In addition, this part screens facilities from
the survey that may not use cooling water for contact or noncontact cooling purposes or are not directly
withdrawing cooling water from surface water and, thus, are not subject to Section 316(b).
Part 2 requests plant-level technical data. Section A requests profile information on the facility's cooling
water systems, cooling water intake structures, cooling water discharge outfalls, and the facility's water
balance diagram. Section A first requests basic design and operational data for each of the facility's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, temporarily offline, or planned or under construction. General
profile data are then requested for the facility's intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water. The type of data requested for the cooling water structures includes the following: facility-
designated names and numbers, latitudes and longitudes, total design intake flows, proportion of total flows
used for cooling, and activities for which cooling water was used in 1998. Section A requests some very
basic data on cooling water discharge outfalls, such as facility-designated names or numbers and latitudes
and longitudes at the point of each discharge outfall. The information from this section will be related to
other data requested throughout the questionnaire to give EPA an understanding of the facility's general
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design and use of cooling water. Finally, a water balance diagram is requested to provide EPA with an
understanding of how cooling water use and discharge practices relate to the facility's general water use
practices. The diagrams will be used to analyze other data requested throughout the survey.
Section B requests information on the type of surface water sources being used by facilities to provide
cooling water. The configuration of the facility's intake structures is requested, such as whether intake
canals/channels are used, whether the intake structure incorporates a bay or cove, and whether the intake
structure is at the shoreline or offshore. Depth of the water source at the withdrawal point is requested in
addition to the average distance of the intake structure below the water surface. The section concludes by
requesting information on whether sensitive aquatic ecological areas are within an area that is influenced
by the facility's intake structures, if such information is known. The data from this section of the
questionnaire will enable EPA to characterize the distribution of facilities that have cooling water intake
structures and the types of water bodies from which cooling water is being withdrawn.
Section C requests basic design and operating data about the technologies being used at cooling water
intake structures. The questions are limited to those intake structures that directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. Information is also solicited on the design pass-through velocity at each intake
structure. Actual monthly cooling water intake flows are also requested for each intake structure for the
years 1996 to 1998. In addition, facilities are asked to provide some basic data if they have ever reduced
cooling water intake flow rates to minimize impingement and/or entminment and if they have employed
dilution pump technologies to reduce the temperature of their discharge. For facilities employing an ice
control system at any of their cooling water intake structures, some basic information regarding the type
of system(s) in place is requested. Some basic information on technologies that were previously used to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment at an intake structure but were ineffective is requested. Finally,
some very basic data on cooling water towers are requested for those facilities that employ such devices.
In Section D of the questionnaire, EPA requests information on the types of studies that may have
conducted at the plant. Basic data are requested for any Section 316(b) demonstration studies that may
have been completed (i.e., studies to show that the location, design, construction, and capacity of a cooling
water intake structure reflect BTA for minimizing adverse environmental impact). Information is also
requested on any discrete biological or technology-related facility studies that have been conducted on
impingement and entrainment. Through this section of the questionnaire, EPA is attempting to identify
research that facilities have already undertaken on Section 316(b)- related topics and the availability of study
data.
Section E requests some basic information for cooling water intake structures planned or under
construction. Basic design data are requested for these intake structures. This information will help EPA
gain an understanding of the numbers of new intake structures expected to go on line in the future and their
basic design and operating characteristics.
Part 3 of the survey asks for economic and financial information about plants and steam-electric generating
units. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will use this information to assess the economic
impacts of compliance with cooling water intake structure guidelines (under the authority of Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act) on the economic viability of your facility.
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Specifically, EPA needs to determine how many facilities are likely to experience adverse economic and
financial impacts as a result of compliance with regulation, how large the economic impacts will be, and if
the economic impacts will be more severe for small firms than non-small firms. In order to evaluate full
costs of the regulation, EPA will consider the costs associated with performing Section 316(b) studies,
additions to cooling water intake equipment, operating and maintenance costs associated with the
regulation, and any impacts of Section 316(b) compliance requirements on the facility' s economic efficiency.
EPA will estimate impacts on facility cash flow and assess the likelihood of full or partial facility closures
as a result of the regulation. EPA needs the information requested in this part of the survey in order to
conduct these analyses.
Some of the data items requested in this questionnaire may be reported by your facility to the Energy
Information Administration on Form EIA-867. In the following Economic and Financial sections,
information that is reported on Form EIA-867 is identified by the following symbol (£n) and referenced to
the appropriate Form EIA-867 schedule, item number, and the relevant reporting year(s). You may use the
information provided by your facility on Form EIA-867 when answering these questions.
Authority
EPA is given authority to administer the questionnaire under Section 308 of the CWA (33 U.S.C. Section
1318). Late filing of the questionnaire, or failure to follow any related EPA instructions, may result in civil
penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law.
Who Must Complete This Questionnaire?
This questionnaire has been designed for completion by steam electric nonutility power producers that are
point sources as defined under Section 502 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1362).
Beyond this questionnaire, other editions have been produced for (1) traditional steam electric utilities and
(2) other manufacturers that use cooling water. The other manufacturers to receive a detailed questionnaire
will include facilities from the following four major manufacturing sectors: Paper and Allied Products (SIC
26), Chemical and Allied Products (SIC 28), Petroleum and Coal Products (SIC 29), and Primary Metals
(SIC 33). Each of these groups has been identified by EPA as using large quantities of cooling water and,
therefore, potentially subject to Section 316(b) requirements.
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Certification Statement
A responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative must verify the accuracy of the
responses to the entire questionnaire package by reading and signing the enclosed Certification Statement.
This statement needs to be returned to EPA along with completed survey materials.
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the Certification Statement to EPA within 90 calendar days after receiving
the materials at your facility or firm. Please return your materials in the enclosed self-addressed envelopes,
to:
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NOTE: Please keep a copy of the completed questionnaire package and Certification Statement for your records.
Once the surveys have been submitted, they will be entered into an EPA database and quality assurance
reviews will be performed. During this time, your facility may be called by one of EPA's contractors to
verify your data.
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Confidential Business Information
You may assert a business confidentiality claim for some or all of your responses to the questionnaire,
as described in 40 CFR 2.203(b) (see full text below). Complete regulations governing confidentiality of
business information (CBI) appear in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.
40 CFR 2.203(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A business which is submitting
information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching
to) the information, at the time it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form
of notice employing language such as 'trade secret,' 'proprietary,' or 'company confidential.' Allegedly confidential
portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the business, and may be submitted
separately to facilitate identification and handling by EPA. If the business desires confidential treatment only until
a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
^- You may claim confidentiality of business information for any of your responses by checking (/) the
box at the bottom of the page or by a method described above. If no check mark appears and no other
claim of confidentiality has been made with respect to any of your given responses, EPA may make the data
available to the public without further notice. Please note that you may be required to justify any claim of
confidentiality at a later time.
If EPA must reveal information covered by a claim of confidentiality, the Agency will strictly follow the
requirements and procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Overall, EPA may reveal submitted
information protected by a CBI claim only to other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of
the United States who are responsible for implementation of the Clean Water Act. EPA has extensive
standard operating procedures in place to handle, store, and transmit CBI data and has a long history of
successfully managing this type of information. Personnel expected to handle CBI data are also required
by the Agency to be trained and certified.
EPA may make information covered by a claim of confidentiality available to Agency contractors so that
work can be performed under their contracts. All EPA contracts say that contractor employees must use
CBI data only to do work specified by EPA. The information is not to be shown to anyone, other than
EPA officials, without first having received written approval from the affected business or from EPA's legal
office. If you have any comments on this matter, please include them with your completed questionnaire.
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Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire
Facility personnel most knowledgeable of the subject areas covered by the questions posed should complete the
questionnaire.
Please answer the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP forward in the questionnaire.
Do not leave response areas blank to any question that you have been directed to answer. For many
questions, EPA has included a response box saying "Don't Know" or "No Data Available." If one of these
response options is not included under a particular question, you must provide an answer.
NOTE: Matrices that contain separate response columns for individual cooling water intake structures need not be completed
if the information being requested is not applicable to that particular cooling water intake structure.
For quantitative data,
- Please report to the nearest whole number, unless instructed otherwise. If your answer is zero,
please record a zero in the response column. Please do not leave a response area blank.
- Provide actual data to the extent that they are available. Good faith estimates should be provided
only when actual data are not available.
Clearly mark responses to all questions with a black or blue ink pen, or type responses in the spaces
provided.
For each question, please read all instructions and definitions carefully.
Most key terms are defined in the Glossary, which accompanies the questionnaire package. Terms which
are defined in the Glossary appear bold and italicized in the text. Before responding to a given question,
please read the definitions of any key terms used and any question-specific instructions.
Please use the units specified when responding to questions requesting measurement data (e.g., gallons
per day).
Please provide responses based on the time period(s) cited in each question. Note that the time period
under which information is requested varies by question.
Please show whether information provided in any of your responses is confidential. Such information
will be protected under EPA's confidentiality procedures. To claim a particular response as containing
confidential business information, simply check (/) the box at the bottom of the page, if one is provided, or
follow the other identification procedures described under 40 CFR 2.203(b).
NOTE: Please consult the Confidential Business Information subsection above for further information on asserting a CBI claim
and for EPA disclosure requirements.
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Name of Facility
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Facility's Physical Street Address:
Mailing Address (P.O. Box, if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
Telephone Number:
2. Please identify the person responsible for questionnaire responses, and please prov de the appropriate
title and contact information:
Name:
Title:
Employer (full legal name):
Relationship to Facility (e.g., employee, domestic parent firm, contractor, etc)
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3. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
codes associated with the facility's main lines of business? [Please
use SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the
following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
NOTE: Since the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the
collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to U.S.
business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of
Management and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system
was last updated by OMB in 1987. It was recently replaced by the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however, it
continues to be used by many Federal agencies. EPA believes it would be
unnecessarily confusing to ask facilities to classify themselves using NAICS
codes for the purposes of this questionnaire.
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Secondary ra
Other (3a) (3b) (3c)
4. (a) Does the facility presently have or is the facility presently in
the process of obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: Permits are required to be held under Section 402 of the Clean
Water Act (3 3 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source that discharges
pollutants to waters of the United States. Permits may address such
topics as effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge management
practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved
State NPDES program. Facilities that discharge 100 percent of their
effluent (including storm water) to publicly-owned treatment works,
privately-ownedtreatmentworks, and/or togroundwater injection wells
should answer "No " to this question.
(b) Please indicate the NPDES permit number for the facility in
the space provided:
(c) In what year does the facility's current NPDES permit expire?
[Q Please check here (/) if your permit has expired but has been
administratively extended.]
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5. Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact or
non-contact cooling purposes at the facility? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider from which
it was obtained.]
DEFINITION
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7.
Please show in the matrix on the next page all parties and/or
sources from which the facility has obtained its cooling water,
including the facility itself for a typical calendar year since
1996. [Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
For a typical calendar year, please estimate the proportion of the
facility' s total cooling water (from zero to 100 percent) obtained
from each provider and/or source marked. The total of your
proportions should be 100 percent.
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For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "cooling water"
refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including
water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative
cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The intended use of the
cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
Since January 1, 1996, has the facility directly obtained any
portion of its cooling water from a surface water source! [Note:
In order for a facility to directly withdraw cooling water from surface water, it
must have an intake structure. Please refer to the Glossary for the definition of
surface water. If 100 percent of cooling water is withdrawn from a local water
supplier, the facility's own groundwater supply, or the water supply of a facility
other than your own, facility's should answer "No" to this question.]
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Percent Contribution to Facility's Total Cooling Water Flow
by Provider and/or Source for a Typical Year Since January 1, 1996
Providers and/or Sources of Facility's Cooling Water
Item Since January 1, 1996
No. [Please check (/) all applicable providers and/or sources.]
8(a) Surface Waiter
8(b) Local Water Supplier (e.g., municipalities and river authorities) .
8(c) Facility's Own Groundwater Supply
8(d) Facility's Own Surface Water Supply
8(e) Water Supply of Facility Other Than Own
8(f) Other (please describe below):
Fm
. F(2)
Fn,
. F(4)
Fm
. F(6)
Proportion (from zero to 100%) of
Facility's Total Cooling Water Flow
Obtained from Each Provider and/or
Source for a Typical Calendar Year
Since 1996
%
%
%
%
%
%
100%
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Part 2: Technical Data
Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers
August 1999 (Draft)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Section A: Facility Profile Data
Cooling Water Systems
1. Please provide the general profile data and design types
requested in the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling
water systems that are presently operating, or temporarily offline.
Do not include cooling water systems planned, under
construction or permanently offline.
NOTES: Please consider your facility as having only one cooling water
system, unless your facility has systems that are physically separated (i. e.,
have separate water intake and outlet structures) and can be operated
independently. If your facility has several intake structures, but only one
outlet structure, or vice-versa, please consider the facility as having only
one cooling water system. Intake structures with multiple bays count as one
intake structure.
Information on structures planned or under construction is requested in
Section E.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water
system is a system that provides water to/from a facility
to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. A system includes, but
is not limited to, one or more water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use
surface water for cooling, a cooling water system begins at the first barrier(s)
to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the Weir
wall, at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Facility Profile Data A
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Profile and Configuration of Facility's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your facility has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code letters as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
"1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
1(a)
1(b)
1(c)
1(d)
Data Requested
Facility-designated No. or Name of
CWS
Month and Year CWS Began Operation
or is Expected to Begin Operation
Operating Status of CWS [Please check
(y) only one response box per system.]
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/•)
only one design type per system.]
CWS
/
Mo. Year
Operating F(i)
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
CWS
/
Mo. Year
Operating Foo
Temporarily Offline Fpj
Planned or Under Construction Fpj
Once Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes,
or Ponds Fpj
Once-Through With Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating With Canals/
Channels or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Towers F(6j
Other (please describe below): . Fpj
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
Cooling Water Intake Structures
2. How many intake structures does the facility have that directly
withdraw surface water to support, at least in part, contact or
noncontact cooling operations within the facility?
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and
temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future).
Do not include intake structures planned or under construction
or permanently offline
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water intake structure is the
total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up to the first intake
pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected
from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling
water intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating
unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire
intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
PLEASE ANSWER THE REMAINING INTAKE-RELATED QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THOSE INTAKE
STRUCTURES RECORDED ABOVE UNDER Q.3. A later section in this questionnaire requests some very
basic data on intake structures that are planned or under construction. No data are being requested
on (a) intake structures that obtain cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) conduits to other
providers of cooling water (e.g., local water suppliers or other facilities).
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Part 2. Technical Data
3. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility's cooling water intake structures.
Profiles of Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix
sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item j
No. i Data Requested
3(a) j No. of Intake Bays
3(b) j Month and Year CWIS First Used
3(c) j Latitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
I (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
j NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
\ latitude for the central point of the intake bay openings.
3(d) j Longitude at Point of Intake Structure Openings
; (in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
• NOTE: For CWISs with intake bays, please provide
j longitude for the central point of the intake bay
\ openings.
3(e) ! Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert
• CWS code numbers or names from Item 1(a) on page 1. If
i more than one CWS, please separate codes by a comma.]
3(f) j Design Intake Capacity (in MGD) for CWIS
j NOTE: If structure withdraws water for multiple
\ purposes, please provide design intake flow for all uses.
3(g) j Estimate Percentage of Design Capacity
i Apportioned to Cooling Water Flow for the past
j three (3) years.
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
CWIS
/
Mo. Year
(1), (2), (3)
MGD
%
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Facility Profile Data A
4. Please provide the activities requiring cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1997 for each of the
plant's cooling water intake structures.
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn By
Plant From Surface Water Since January 1, 1997
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISsj. If your plant has IT
Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets
Data Requested
Activities for Which Cooling
Water Was Required in
Calendar Year 1997 and
Percent of Total Cooling
Water Flow That Went to
These Activities [Please check
(•/) all activities that apply.]
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling) F
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air) F
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning) F
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)' F
% of Total Flow Used
Matrix of
ore than this number of CWISs, please copy the matrix.
as Matrix "1 of 3", "2 of 3," etc.
CWIS
Electricity Generation
Using Steam Turbines
(including equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Electricity Generation Using
Prime Movers Other Than
Steam Turbines (including
equipment cooling)
% of Total Flow Used
Air Conditioning (cooling
and heating of indoor air)
% of Total Flow Used
Production Line (or Process)
Contact and/or Noncontact
Cooling (for uses other than
electricity generation and
excluding air conditioning)
% of Total Flow Used
Other (please describe below)'
% of Total Flow Used
F
F
F
F
F
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Cooling Tower Technologies
5. (a) Does your facility employ cooling towers at any of its
cooling water systems?
(b) For each of the facility's cooling water systems (CWSs),
please provide the cooling tower technology data requested
in the matrices beginning on the next page. [Refer back to the
code names or numbers used for the facility's cooling water systems under
Item l(a) in Section A, page 1.]
Facilities that currently employ more than one cooling tower
technology on a given cooling water system should fill out
a separate column for each different tower. If a given
cooling water system has multiple cooling towers that are
designed and/or operated similarly, only one column of the
matrix needs to be completed. Please, however, report the
total number of similar towers. If there are differences in
the design or operation of cooling towers employed at a
given cooling water system (e.g., different manufacturers,
different ages, etc.), a separate column for each matrix
should be completed.
(1)
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
® CWS fPlease insert
same no. or name as in Question 1 of Sec
tion Al Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . . F(ij
Natural Draft- Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
(D CWS [Please insert sa
me no. or name as designated in Question
1 of Section A.I Matrix of
Cooling Towers by Cooling Water System (CWS)
Response space has been provided for two cooling tower technologies per CWS. If one of your CWSs has more than this number of cooling tower
technologies, please copy the matrix and continue noting your towers. However, please change the cooling tower technology numbers in the table
heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Cooling Tower Technology #3, Cooling Tower Technology #4, etc.). Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item i
No. ; Data Requested
5(b)(1) j Type of Cooling Tower
i Technology [Please check (s)
• only one response per technology
: column.]
5(b)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name and
j Model of System
5(b)(3) j No. of Cooling Towers of This
j Type with Same Design and
j Operational Description
5(b)(4) j Calendar Year(s) Cooling
j Tower(s) Installed
5(b)(5) i Expected Life Span of Cooling
j Tower(s) (in years)
Cooling Tower Technology #1
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4)
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design F(3)
Don't Know F(4)
ID
Don't Know Fpj
Cooling Tower Technology #2
Mechanical Draft- Induced Draft . . F(ij
Natural Draft - Atmospheric Fpj
Natural Draft - Chimney or Hyperbolic F (3)
Natural Draft- Fan Assist F(4j
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Section
Facility Profile Data A
Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls
6. Is the facility presently a zero-discharge facility? [Base your
determination of whether you are a zero-discharge facility on your effluent
only. Do not include storm water in this assessment.]
">
No <2>
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a zero-discharge
facility is a facility that does not return any treated or
untreated facility effluent (excluding storm water) to surface water, a POTW,
a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection well. An
example of a zero-discharge facility might be an entity that discharges its total
effluent to an evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
7. How many NPDES-permitted cooling water discharge outfalls
does the facility have? Consider only those discharge outfalls
that are presently operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected
to return to service). Do not consider those discharge outfalls
planned or under construction or permanently offline
8. Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility' s NPDES-permitted cooling water
discharge outfalls.
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Profiles of Facility's NPDES Permitted Cooling Water Discharge Outfalls (CWDOs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWDOs. If your facility has more than this number of outfalls, please copy the matrix and change the
CWDO code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
8(a)
8(b)
8(0)
8(d)
Data Requested
NPDES Permit-designated No. or Name of Cooling Water
Discharge Outfall
Latitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Longitude at Point of CWDO
(in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
Associated Cooling Water System(s) [Please insert cws code
numbers or names from Item 1(a)on page 1. If more than one CWS,
please separate codes by a comma.]
CWDO#1
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
CWDO #2
o / //
o / //
(1), (2), (3)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
9. Please attach a flow distribution/water balance diagram to this section of the questionnaire. The flow
diagram should contain the information itemized below.
NOTE: If you have an existing diagram, perhaps as part of your NPDES permit application package,
it to include the information requested. If you do not have a flow diagram, please develop one.
printed or typed. A sample diagram has been included at the end of this section to clarify the typi
requested.
(a) Intake-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By cooling water intake structure, note contributing sources of new water
generic name (e.g., well, surface water, local water supplier, or water from
despite how that water is ultimately used.
Include intake structures presently operating, and temporarily offline but expected to be
returned to service.
Do not include intake structures that have been permanently taken out of service or those
planned or under construction.
Please label the intake structures on the diagram with a facility-designated name or
number, and please note the operational status of each structure.
Please provide a brief description the source water and intake confi
cooling water intake structure has 5 surface intake bays that are flushed with the
on a natural cove on the Survey River.)
(2) Indicate the daily average flow of new water, including make up water, i
day (MOD) taken into the facility through each of the facility's intake
(b) Distribution of Facility's Intake Flow (based on 1998 flow data)
Indicate the distribution of intake flow from each of the intake structures
noncontact cooling, and other operations within the facility.
Please note the type of activity (e.g., process, contact cooling, noncontact
operation) and the flow to each (in MOD).
• Include recirculating and recycle loops where appropriate with associated flow volumes.
(c) Discharge-Related Data (based on 1998 flow data)
(1) By discharge structure, indicate the water sources or entities that receive
discharge by generic name (e.g., POTW, privately-owned treatment works
channels, cooling lakes, cooling ponds, cooling towers, groundwater, or
, you may modify
The diagram can be
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Questionnaire No: Section
Facility Profile Data A
• Include all discharge structures presently operating, and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. i
Do not include discharge structures that have been permanently taken out of service.
• Please label the discharge structures on the diagram with a facility-designated name or
number, and please note the operational status of each structure. i
(2) Flow (in MGD) being discharged to each of these water sources. i
See Next Page for Example of a Facility Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram.
Please Insert Your Water Balance Diagram at the End of This Section of the Questionnaire
and Indicate Below That It Is Attached.
Diagram Attached? p Yes <1>
pNo
(2)
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Part 2. Technical Data
Example Flow Distribution/Water Balance Diagram
Atlantic
Ocean
Max:
850 MGD
Alternate
Water Supply
250 MGD
200 MGD
50 MGD
350 MGD
Service
Cooling
e
g
t
Once Through
Cooling Water
Unit II
900 MGD
(Outfall 004)
Atlantic
Ocean
7.8 MGD
(Outfall 001)
Atlantic
Ocean
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
Section B: Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline but expected
to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction, or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under Question 3 of the
previous section.
Water Source Data
10. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal riverl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a nontidal river or stream or a tidal river.
(1)
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Nontidal River or Stream or Tidal River: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
10(b)(1)
10(b)(2)
10(b)(3)
Data Requested
Name of Water Body
Mean Annual Flow of Water Body if
available in Latest NPDES Permit or Fact
Sheet (in cubic feet per second or cfs)
7Q1 0 Value (or Annual Low Flow for
previous hydrologic year if 7Q10 is
unavailable) for Non-tidal Rivers and the
Mean Tidal Volume for Tidal Rivers,
possibly available in Latest NPDES Fact
Sheet or Application (in cfs)
CWIS !
[Please insert same no. or name as in i
Question 3 in Section A] i
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj '•
cfs ID i
Data Not Available Fpj i
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
cfs ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
11. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from a lake, pond (other than a cooling pond), or
reservoirl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from a pond, lake, or reservoir.
(1)
No <2> ^
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Lake, Pond (other than a Cooling Pond), or Reservoir: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code numbers or names as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
11(b)(1) ; Name of Water Body
11(b)(2) I Water Body Volume at Annual
i Mean Water Level (in acre feet)
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acre feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
11(b)(3) I Surface Area at Mean Water Level
i (in acres)
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
acres
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ...
Data Not Available ...........
11(b)(4) i Area at Minimum Conservation
\ Pool Level (in acres)
! NOTE: Please refer to the Glossary
I for the definition of conservation
I pools.
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
.acres
Data Not Available pj
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... Fpj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir ... F(4j
11(b)(5) i Volume at Minimum Conservation
; Pool Level (in acre-feet)
Data Not Available
. acre-feet
Data Not Available
acre-feet
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
Great Lakes (Not Applicable) ... pj
Not Applicable/Water Source Is
Not a Constructed Reservoir . . . F(4j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
12. (a) Do any of the facility's intake structures withdraw cooling
water from an estuary or oceanl
(b) Please provide the water source data requested in the matrix
below for each of your intake structures that withdraw
cooling water from an estuary or ocean.
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Estuary or Ocean: Water Source Data Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
12(b)(1)
12(b)(2)
12(b)(3)
CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
Data Requested Question 3 in Section A]
Name of Water Body
Mean Low Tidal Water Level (in feet
relative to the National Geodetic Vertical i
Datum (NGVD)) i
Data
Mean High Tidal Water Level (in feet i
relative to NGVD) i
Data
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Not Available Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
feet ID
Data Not Available Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
Intake Arrangements
Please refer to the Glossary accompanying the questionnaire for schematics of the various intake
configurations discussed in this subsection of the technical questionnaire.
13. (a) Does your facility have any intake canals/channels^
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's intake canals/channels.
pYes
FNo
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Intake Canal (or Channel) Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Length from Canal Mouth to Pumps (in feet)
feet
feet
13(b)(2)
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake j
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Low Water Level (for Tidal) or i
7Q10 (for non-Tidal) (in square feet) i
Average Cross-Sectional Area of the Intake i
Structure Opening when the Source Water i
is at Mean Annual Water Level (in square i
feet) !
.ft2 ID
.ft2 (2)
.ft2 (2)
13(b)(3)
Distance of Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
from Canal Mouth (in feet) [Please check (s)
" none installed" if a particular CWIS does not have i
a skimmer, curtain, or baffle wall.]
. feet (i)
. feet (i)
i None Installed Fpj i None Installed
'(2)
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Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
14. (a) Does your facility have any intake structures that are situated
on or that incorporate a bay or cove (natural or constructed)?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the bays or coves associated with the
facility's intake structures.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Bay or Cove (natural or constructed) Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
14(b)(1) ; Average Water Depth of Bay or Cove
\ at Withdrawal Point (in feet)
feet
feet
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
15. (a) Does your facility have any shoreline intake structures?
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's shoreline intake structures.
FNO
(1)
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Shoreline Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake structures,
please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
15(b)(1)
15(b)(2)
15(b)(3)
15(b)(4)
15(b)(5)
15(b)(6)
Data Requested
Type Of Intake [Please check (/•) only one
; intake type per CWIS.]
Location of Intake Entrance [Please
i check (y) only one intake location per
CWIS.]
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below (if submerged) Water
Surface (in feet at mean water level)
i Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet at mean water level)
i Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall
I Installed?
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
i Question 3 in Section A]
i Surface Shoreline Foo
i Submerged Shoreline Fpj
i Flush with Shoreline F(ij
i Recessed Fpj
i Protruding Offshore Fpj
i feet
i feet (2i
i NA F(2)
! feet
i Yes F(ij
'• No F(2j
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name as in
i Question 3 in Section A]
i Surface Shoreline F(ij
i Submerged Shoreline Fpj
i Flush with Shoreline F(ij
i Recessed Fpj
i Protruding Offshore Fpj
i feet
i feet (2i
i NA F(2)
! feet
i Yes F(ij
'• No F(2j
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Sources of Cooling Water and Intake Arrangements R
16. (a) Does your facility have any submerged offshore intake
structures!
(b) Please provide the general design data requested in the
matrix below for the facility's submerged offshore intake
structures.
pNo
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure Configurations Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of intake
structures, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
CWIS
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name as in
Question 3 in Section A]
Distance from shore (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(2)
Depth of Water Source at Withdrawal
Point (in feet)
feet
feet
16(b)(3)
Average Distance of the Top (e.g.,
crown) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in feet)
Average Distance of the Bottom (e.g.,
invert) of the Intake Structure
Opening Below Water Surface (in
feet)
feet (1)
feet (1)
feet (2)
feet (2)
17. Complete the following matrix for the facility's cooling water
intake structures located in the near-field or far-fieldio sensitive
ecological areas on the same source water's watershed? [Please
check (/) all applicable items for each intake structure. For definitions of
near- and far-field, please consult the glossary.]
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Proximity of Intake Structures to Sensitive Aquatic Ecological Areas within the Source Water's
Watershed
If your facility has more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert
any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc. [Please insert same
CWIS no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Item
No. Data Requested
17(a) Wetlands
i Data Not Available F
17(b) Confluence of Tributaries
i Data Not Available F
17(c) Aquatic Life Habitat areas (e.g.,
Fish/Shellfish Spawning and
Nursery Areas, Submerged
Vegetation, Reefs, etc,)
i Data Not Available F
17(d) Protected Aquatic Sanctuaries on
the Source Water Shed
i Data Not Available F
17(e) Critical Aquatic Habitat of Any
Threatened, or Endangered
Aquatic Species
i Data Not Available F
17(f) Aquatic Migratory Routes
i Data Not Available F
17(g) j Commercial and/or Recreational
Fishing Areas
'• Data Not Available F
CWIS
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
Only in Near-field Foo
Only in Far-field Fpj
Both in Near- and Far-field Fpj
CWIS
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
Only in Near-field
Only in Far-field
Both in Near- and Far-field
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Section C: Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and non-contact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures that are presently operating and those temporarily offline but
expected to be returned to service. Do not include intake structures planned or under construction or
permanently offline.
NOTE: You should report data for the same intake structures considered under the previous two sections
of the questionnaire.
Bar Racks and Screening Technologies
18. (a) Do you employ bar racks/trash racks at any of the
facility's cooling water intake structures?
(b) Please provide the names or numbers for those cooling
water intake structures (CWISs) where bar racks are
employed. [Please insert same code names or numbers as listed
under Question 3 in Section A.]
pYes
pNo
(2)
CWIS
(1)
CWIS
(2)
CWIS
(3)
CWIS
(4)
CWIS
(5)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
19. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen
systems at any of the facility's cooling water intake
structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ traveling or other intake
Screen Systems. [Please check (/) all traveling or other intake
screen system technologies that apply per cooling water intake
structure.]
(1)
(2)
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Matrix 19(b)
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Screen System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake systems (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number ofCWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
A
B
C
D
E1
E2
E3
E4
E5
E6
F
Traveling or Other Intake Screen
System Technologies
[Please check (y) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Horizontal Drum
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
(Ristroph)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
Horizontal Traveling
Other, please describe
! cwis
: [Please insert same no. or name as
i under Question 3 in Section A]
! F«i,
| F(2)
| F(3)
F(4)
| F(5)
i F(6)
| Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(io)
Fin)
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as under Question 4 in Section A]
! F«i,
F(2)
F(3)
F(4)
F(5)
i F(6)
I Fm
F(8)
F(9)
F(ioj
F(n)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where traveling
or other intake screen systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water
intake structures. If you have more than this number of intake
structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water intake
structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional
matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix " 1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Facilities that employ more than one traveling or other intake
screen system technology at a given intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple traveling
or other intake screen system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns of the matrix should be completed.
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please
insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
19(c)(1)
19(c)(2)
19(c)(3)
19(c)(4)
19(c)(5)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 18(b), page 22.
Use codes A through F.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.)
Name and Model of
System
Mesh Size of System
[Please check (y) only one
response per technology.]
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same
Design and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
System Installed
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Standard (d to % in) . . F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) . . . Fpj
Other (please describe) Fpj
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
i CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different traveling or other intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number
of technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake j Traveling or Other Intake
Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology i Screen System Technology
#1 ! #2 ! #3
19(c)(1) ; Type of Technology
I [Provide Technology Code
; from Matrix 18(b), page 22.
| Use codes A through F.]
19(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.)
I Name and Model of
I System
Mfr:
) i Mfr:.
Model:
(2) i Model:.
(2) i Model:.
(2)
Site-Specific Design ... Fpj; Site-Specific Design .. Fpj; Site-Specific Design ... Fpj
Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j i Don't Know F(4j
19(c)(3) I Mesh Size of System
i [Please check (y) only one
i response per technology.]
Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij i Standard (d to % in) . F(ij i Standard (d to % in) .. F(ij
Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) ... Fpj i Fine (5 mm or less) .... Fpj
Other (please describe) . Fpj i Other (please describe) Fpj i Other (please describe) . Fpj
19(c)(4) ! No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same
; Design and Operational
i Description
19(c)(5) I Calendar Year(s)
i System Installed
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Part 2. Technical Data
20. (a) Do you employ traveling or other intake screen systems
at the facility to reduce impingement and/or
entrainment effects on aquatic organisms? E
(b) For the applicable cooling water intake structures, please
show in the matrix below the types of intake screen
systems used.
(1)
(2)
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Traveling or Other Intake Screen Systems to Reduce Impingement and/or Entrainment Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of
3," etc.
CWIS
CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
Traveling or Other Intake Screen ; Low.Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FID I Low-Pressure Spray Wash or Fish Spray FI
Systems Used. [Please check (s) \ Ky K y u^ K y K y
all modifications that apply per CWIS.] :
; Change in Angle of Spray Wash j Change in Angle of Spray Wash
i Relative to Screen Surface Fpj i Relative to Screen Surface
'(2)
I Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj i Separate Fish and Debris Troughs Fpj
I Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j i Both Front and Back Spray Washes .... F(4j
I Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays F® i Fish Buckets, Baskets, or Trays F®
I Other (please describe below) F(6j i Other (please describe below) F(6j
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
Passive Intake System Technologies
~~ Yes (n
21. (a) Do you employ passive intake systems at any of the
facility's cooling water intake structures?
(b) In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ passive intake systems.
[Please check (/) all passive intake system technologies that apply per
cooling water intake structure.]
FNO
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Matrix 21 (b)
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
G
H
I
J
K
L
Passive Intake System Technologies
[Please check (.0 all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
Other, please describe
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
! cwis
I [Please insert same no. or name
i as Question 4 in Section A]
F«i, ! F«i,
F(2)
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fm
F(2)
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Fn
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where passive
intake systems are employed, please provide the
technology data requested in the following matrices.
Facilities that employ more than one passive intake system
technology at a given cooling water intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple passive
intake system technologies that are substantially similar in
design and operation, only one column of the matrix needs to
be completed. However, please report the number of
technology units that are similar. If there are differences in
the design or operation of the same technology employed at
a given intake structure (i.e., different manufacturers,
different ages, etc.), separate columns of the matrix should be
completed.
CWIS
[Please insert same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item i
No. |
Data Requested
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
21(c)(1) ; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 20b), page 26. Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) | Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
I and Model of System
i Model:
j2) i Model:.
. (2) i Model:.
.(2)
! Site-Specific Design ..
i Don't Know
F(3j I Site-Specific Design ..
F(4j i Don't Know
F(3)! Site-Specific Design .. Fpj
F(4) i Don't Know F(4j
21(c)(3) I No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) ! Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS fPlease inser
t same code no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Passive Intake System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different passive intake screen system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3,"
etc.
Item ;
No. Data Requested
21(c)(1) j Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 21 (b), page 27 Use codes G
| through L]
21(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
21(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
i Operational Description
21(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
Passive Intake System
Technology #1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Passive Intake System
Technology #3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
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Part 2. Technical Data
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
22. (a) Do you employ fish diversion or avoidance system p yes
technologies at any of the facility's cooling water intake
structures?
FNO ^
(b) Please identify the cooling water intake structures that
employ fish diversion or avoidance systems in the matrix
below. [Please check (/) all fish diversion or avoidance system
technologies that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
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Matrix 22(b)
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures
the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate.
identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Technology
Codes
M
N
0
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technologies
[Please check (S) all technologies that apply per CWIS.]
Matrix of
(CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please copy
Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and
\ CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Velocity Cap i F(ij
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
! F(2)
! F(3)
i F(4)
! F(5)
i F(6)
Light Barrier i Fpj
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
Other, please describe
i F(8)
i F(9)
F(1o,
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
F,i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
Fp,
F(8)
F(9)
F(1o,
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(c)
For those cooling water intake structures where fish
diversion and/or avoidance systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
Facilities that employ more than one fish diversion and/or
avoidance system technology at a given cooling water intake
structure should fill out a separate column in the matrix for
each different technology. If a given intake structure has
multiple fish diversion and/or avoidance system technologies
that are substantially similar in design and operation, only
one column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at a given intake structure (i.e.,
different manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate
columns should be completed.
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Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
22(c)(1)
22(c)(2)
22(c)(3)
22(c)(4)
Data Requested
; Type of Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrix
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M
| through V.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name
and Model of System
No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and
Operational Description
Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed
I Fish Diversion and/or Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
I Avoidance System Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #1 Technology #2 Technology #3
i Mfr: ID Mfr: m i Mfr: m
i Model: 121 Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj Site-Specific Design . . Fpj ; Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for three different fish diversion or avoidance system technologies. If you employ more than this number of
technologies for a given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
\ \ Fish Diversion and/or
Item ; I Avoidance System
No. Data Requested Technology #1
Fish Diversion and/or j Fish Diversion and/or
Avoidance System i Avoidance System
Technology #2 Technology #3
22(c)(1) i Type of Technology [Provide ; I
i Technology Code from Matrix i i
I 22(b), page 30. Use codes M j I
| through V.] i i
22(c)(2) i Manufacturer (Mfr.) Name i Mfr: ID
i and Model of System i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• '• Don't Know F(4j
22(c)(3) No. of Systems of This Type
; with Same Design and j
Operational Description
22(c)(4) Calendar Year(s) System
i Installed i
Mfr: ID i Mfr: m
Model: 121 i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj i Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j '• Don't Know F(4j
Fish Handling and/or Return Technologies
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
23. (a)
(b)
Do you employ fish handling and/or return systems at
any of the facility's cooling water intake structure
In the matrix below, please identify the cooling water
intake structures that employ fish handling and/or return
Systems. [Please check (/) all fish handling and/or return systems
that apply per cooling water intake structure.]
FNO
(2)
iSKIPTOQ.24,
!Page 37
Matrix 23(b)
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Response space has been provided for two cooling water intake structures (CWISs). If your facility has more than this number of CWISs, please
copy the matrix and change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire,
and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Technology
Codes
W
X
Y
Z
AA
BB
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System
Technologies
[Please check (.0 all technologies that apply per CWIS.] i
Fish Pump
Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Fish Bypass System
Fish Holding Tank
Other, please describe
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
F«i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
F(6)
! cwis
i [Please insert same no. or name
i as in Question 3 in Section A]
! F«i,
F(2)
F,3,
Fw
F(5)
I F(6)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(c) For those cooling water intake structures where fish
handling and/or return systems are employed, please
provide the technology data requested in the matrices
beginning on the next page.
NOTE: Response space has been provided for three
different fish handling and/or return system technologies. If
you employ more than this number of technologies for a
given CWIS, please copy the matrix and continue notingyour
technologies. Please, however, change the technology code
numbers. Attach any additional matrix sheets to this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Facilities that employ more than one fish handling and/or
return system technology at a given intake structure should
fill out a separate column in the matrix for each different
technology. If a given intake structure has multiple fish
handling and/or return system technologies that are
substantially similar in design and operation, only one
column of the matrix needs to be completed. However,
please report the number of technology units that are similar.
If there are differences in the design or operation of the same
technology employed at one intake structure (i.e., different
manufacturers, different ages, etc.), separate columns of the
matrix should be completed.
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWI!
3 [Plea
Fish Handling and/or Return
Item No.
23(c)(1)
23(c)(2)
23(c)(3)
23(c)(4)
23(c)(5)
23(c)(6)
Data Requested
Type of Technology
[Provide Technology Code
from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
Use codes W through BB.]
Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
No. of Systems of this
Type with Same Design
and Operational
Description
Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
Association of Fish
Handling and/or Return
System with Other
Technologies [Provide
Technology Codes from
Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 33.
Use codes A through BB.
Please separate multiple
codes per response column
with a comma.]
Final destination of
diverted or impinged
organisms [Check all that
apply]
se insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
| #1
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #2
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
I Fish Handling and/or
i Return System Technology
i #3
i Mfr: ID
i Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
'• Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
i outside the influence of
; the facility's intake and
i discharge system .... F(ij
i Returned via the discharge
i canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
i disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
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Part 2. Technical Data
® CWIS Pleas
e insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technology Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Item No. Data Requested
23(c)(1) i Type of Technology
i [Provide Technology Code
i from Matrix 23(b), page 33.
; Use codes V through BB.]
23(c)(2) Manufacturer (Mfr.) and
Model of System
23(c)(3) No. of Systems of this
i Type with Same Design
; and Operational
i Description
23(c)(4) Calendar Year(s)
Systems Installed
23(c)(5) i Association of Fish
; Handling and/or Return
i System with Other
Technologies [Provide
i Technology Codes from
i Matrices 19(b), 21 (b), and
22(b), pages 22, 27, and 30.
i Use codes A through BB.
i Please separate multiple
i codes per response column
| with a comma.]
23(c)(6) Final destination of
i diverted or impinged
; organisms [Check all that
apply]
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#1
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#2
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Fish Handling and/or
Return System Technology
#3
Mfr: ID
Model: 121
Site-Specific Design . . Fpj
Don't Know F(4j
Returned to water body
outside the influence of
the facility's intake and
discharge system .... F(ij
Returned via the discharge
canal Fpj
Landfilled or otherwise
disposed of Fpj
Other, please describe F(4j
Other Design and Operational Data
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
24. In the matrix, please provide the velocity data requested below for each of the
facility's cooling water intake structures.
Design Through-Screen Velocity at Low Flow Surface Elevation: Please
provide the design through-screen velocity for each cooling water intake
structure (in fps).
Design Through-Screen Velocity Data by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number ofCWISs, please copy the matrix and change the
CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix
sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
24
I CWIS
i [Please insert same no. or name
Data Requested i as in Question 3 in Section A]
Desian Throuah-Screen Velocity (in fps) i fps m
i Don't Know Fpj
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name
as in Question 3 in Section A]
fps ID
Don't Know Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
25. For each cooling water intake structure, please note in the following matrices, the
daily maximum and daily minimum cooling water intake flows (in MGD) by
month for calendar years 1996 to 1998. Also for each month during these
calendar years, please note the monthly average flow (in MGD).
Finally, please indicate the number of operating days by month by calendar year.
[If flow data are unavailable for a given reporting month, please check (/) the response entitled "No
Data." For each calendar year, please indicate whether the data provided are "Actual" or
"Calculated." Operating days can be calculated using one day = 24 hours.]
NOTE: A separate matrix has been provided for two cooling water intake structures. If you
have more than two intake structures, please copy the matrix and change the cooling water
intake structure code names or numbers as appropriate. Please insert any additional matrices
into this portion of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, "
"2 of 3, " etc.
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
(DCWIS
[Please insert sa
me no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Part 2. Technical Data
(DCWIS
[Please insert s
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(g) jJuly
No Data
25(h) August
No Data
25(i) September
No Data
25G) bctober
No Data
25(k) November
No Data
25(l) December
No Data
25(m) Annual Totals
No Data
ame no. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
(B) (C) (D)
; ; Flows in 1996 Flows in 1997
i i Actual F Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
Flow Data Requested No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Maximum
p i Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
Matrix of
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
® CWIS
[Please insert same n
o. or name as in Question 3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A)
Item
No. Month
25(a) January
No Data
25(b) February
No Data
25(c) March
No Data
25(d) April
No Data
25(e) May
No Data
25(f) June
No Data
(B)
Flow Data Requested
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Daily Maximum
p i Daily Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
; Flows in 1996
i Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
i Days (4)
(D)
Flows in 1997
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(E)
Flows in 1998
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
(D CV\
IS [Please insert same nc
. or name as in Question 3 i
n Section A] Matrix Of
Actual Intake Flow Rates by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS) by Month
for Calendar Years 1996 to 1998
(A) (B)
Item
No. Month Flow Data Requested
25(g)
25(h)
25(i)
25G)
25(k)
25(l)
25(m)
July Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
August Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
September Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
October Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
November Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
December Daily Maximum
No Data F \ Da^ Minimum
i Monthly Average
i No. Operating Days
Annual Totals Annual Maximum
No Data F \ Annual Minimum
i Annual Average
i No. Operating Days
(C)
Flows in 1996
Actual F
Calculated F
No Data for Year F
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
MGD (1)
MGD (2)
MGD (3)
Days (4)
(D) (E)
Flows in 1997 j Flows in 1998
Actual F i Actual F
Calculated F Calculated F
No Data for Year F No Data for Year F
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
MGD (1) MGD (1)
MGD (2) MGD (2)
MGD (3) MGD (3)
Days (4) i Days (4)
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Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
26. (a)
Has the facility ever implemented cooling water intake
flow reduction measures to reduce entrainment?
(1)
FNO
(2)
Data Not
Available
(3)
(b) In the matrix below, please provide more specific
information on how the facility has reduced cooling
water intake flows to reduce entrainment.
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Flow Reduction Data to Reduce Entrainment (by Facility) Matrix
Item No.
26(b)(1)
26(b)(2)
26(b)(3)
Requested Information Facility Information
i How has flow been reduced? [Please check (s) all flow j Cooling Water System(s) Was/(were) Modified
! reduction alternatives that have been used.] j prom Qnce-through to Recirculating
Altered Operations Periodically to Minimize the Use of
i i Cooling Water
i i Other (please describe below):
i Flow Changes (in MGD) [For facilities that have instituted i
| flow reduction measures on more than one occasion, provide i prom MGD to
I iiifuiiiialiuii fui an ins lance must I epieaen [alive uf all yuui :
i flow reduction measures.] i
Flow Reduction Period [Please check (/•) only one ^ /\Dn|icable
: response.] :
Seasonal (please indicate seasons flow reduced below): . .
\ \ Periodic (please indicate periods flow reduced below): . . .
'• '• Other (please describe below)'
Of
F,i,
. m (2)
. m (3)
MGD
F,i,
. F(2)
. F(3)
r (4)
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27. (a) Does the facility reduce the temperature of its heated p
discharge by pumped dilution with surface water?
pNo
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(b) Which intake structures are used to collect the dilution CWIS
water? CWIS
CWIS
28.
(a) Does the facility employ ice control systems at any of p
its cooling water intake structures?
(1)
pNo
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(b) What type of ice control systems are employed at the
facility's cooling water intake structures? [Please check
(/) all ice control systems that apply.]
Hot Water Recirculation
Air Bubbles
Propeller Agitation
Other (Please describe below)
Ineffective Technologies
f
F
f
f
pYes
29. (a) Has your facility ever used any technology(ies) to
minimize impingement and/or entrainment that
was/(were) later determined to be ineffective? [Note that p iu-
pilot studies will be address in Section D.]
(b) For each of the cooling water intake structure, please
provide information on some of the facility' s experiences
of using technologies later found ineffective at
minimizing impingement and/or entrainment. Include
examples of any experiences that you can recall and that
you believe are the most telling regarding a technology's
effectiveness at minimizing impingement and/or
entrainment.
(1)
(2)
SKIP TO
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technology Information
CD CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question
3 in Section A]
Matrix of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your facility has had more than this number of experiences, please copy the
matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in the table heading to reflect the additional
technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
:19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
I pages 23, 28, 31 , and 34. Use
| Technology Codes A through BB.]
i Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
\ all reasons that apply.]
; Code for Technology That
i Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
i Technology Code from Matrices
Il9(b),21(b),22(b),or23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
i Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #2
Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
High F(5)
Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
Characteristics F(6j
Other (please describe
below)' F(?)
No Changes Made . . Fpj
Ineffective Technology #3
i Negatively Affected
; Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
; Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than
; Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
; Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too
i High F(4j
O&M Costs Too
'• High F(5)
; Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural
i Characteristics F(6j
i Other (please describe
i below)' F(?)
i ID
i No Changes Made . . Fpj
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Part 2. Technical Data
(D CWIS [Please insert same no. or name as in Question 3 in Section Al Matrix Of
Ineffective Technology Data
Response space has been provided for three separate experiences. If your facility has had more than this number of experiences for which you are
willing to provide information, please copy the matrix and continue noting your technologies. Please, however, change the technology numbers in
the table heading to reflect the additional technologies (e.g., Ineffective Technology "#4," "#5," etc.). Insert any additional matrices into this section
of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the
questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item
No.
29(b)(1)
29(b)(2)
29(b)(3)
Data Requested
Code for Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
19(b),21(b),22(b),and23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Reasons Technology
Ineffective [Please check (S)
all reasons that apply.]
Code for Technology That
Replaced Ineffective
Technology [Provide
Technology Code from Matrices
19(b),21(b),22(b),or23(b)on
pages 22, 27, 30, and 33. Use
Technology Codes A through BB.]
Ineffective Technology #1 Ineffective Technology #2 Ineffective Technology #3
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij i Heat Rate Efficiency . F(ij
Negatively Affected Negatively Affected Negatively Affected
Operations Other Than Operations Other Than Operations Other Than
Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj j Heat Rate Efficiency . Fpj
Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species i Ineffective with Species
Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... F(3) Present at CWIS .... Fp)
Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too Capitol Costs Too
High F(4) i High F(4) i High F(4)
O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too O&M Costs Too
High F(5) i High Fp) '•• High Fp)
Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on Not Suitable Based on
Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural Site and/or Structural
Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp) i Characteristics Fp)
Other (please describe \ Other (please describe \ Other (please describe
below)' F(?) 'below)' Fpj 'below)' Fpj
ID i ID i ID
No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp) i No Changes Made ... Fp)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section D: Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Please answer the questions in this section of the questionnaire for only those intake structures that
directly withdraw surface water to support contact and noncontact cooling operations within the facility.
Consider only those intake structures presently operating and those temporarily offline and expected
to return to service. Do not consider intake structures planned or under construction or permanently
offline.
30. Name any aquatic species that are potentially susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment by one or more of the
facility's cooling water intake structures (CWISs).
NOTE: Please list the 12 species that are most susceptible to
impingement and/or entrainment.
1
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
12
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Part 2. Technical Data
31.
Has your facility ever conducted one or more of the following
types of studies at any of its cooling water intake structures:
• study to demonstrate that the location, design, construction,
and capacity of an intake structure reflects the best
technology available for minimizing adverse environmental
impacts [i.e., Section 316(b) Demonstration Study]
FNO
discrete biological
entrainment
study of impingement and/or
discrete study to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology
to minimize impingement and/or entrainment^
ongoing monitoring study of impingement and/or
entrainment
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, impingement refers to the trapping and holding
of aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake structure or against screening
devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, entrainment refers to the merging of small aquatic organisms with
the flow of cooling water entering and passing through a cooling water intake structure, and thus, into a
water system.
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Section 316(b) Demonstration Studies and/or Other Discrete Biological Study of
Impingement and/or Entrainment i
32. (a)
Please indicate the number of discrete biological studies of impingement \
and/or entrainment, other than those that may have been associated with i
any Section 316(b) Demonstrations, that your facility has conducted since i
January 1, 1976. j
Number of Studies: i
(b)
Please answer the questions in the matrix beginning on the following page i
regarding the Section 316(b) Demonstration Study and/or other type of j
discrete biological study of impingement and/or entrainment conducted by i
your facility. NOTE: The following matrix requests information on each Section i
316(b) demonstration study conducted by your facility. In addition, provide \
information on the most representative other type of discrete biological study of\
impingement and/or entrainment. You may have to copy the following matrix to be \
able to accommodate all information. \
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Response space has been provided for one study. If your facility has conducted more than this number of Section 316(b) studies and other discrete
biological impingement and/or entrainment studies, please copy the matrix. Complete a separate matrix for each study. Please insert any
additional matrix sheets into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3, " "2 of 3, " etc.
Item No.
32(b)(1)
32(b)(2)
32(b)(3)
32(b)(4)
Data Requested
Please provide the name of the
study. Please check the
provided circle if the study was a
§316(b) demonstration study.
What were the starting and
ending dates (in months and
years) for the study?
What was the period of
impingement and/or entrainment
monitoring (if different from
period of study)?
How many cooling water intake
structures (CWISs) were
covered by the study? Of this
number, how many are in
operation today? [Please note
CWISs by using same nos. or names
as in Question 3 in Section A.
Separate CWISs by a comma if more
than one was evaluated.]
Impingement Entrainment
Name: m \ Name: i
§316(b) Demonstration Study Fp) §316(b) Demonstration Study F
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
Startina Date: . . Month /Year m i Startina Date: . . Month /Year
Endina Date: . . . Month /Year 121 i Endina Date: . . . Month /Year
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m i Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m
Don't Know Fpj i Don't Know F
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operatior
Today: , , , p-ei i Today: , , , p-ei
Don't Know Fpj '• Don't Know F
1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
1
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Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Item No.
31(b)(5)
Data Requested
Was the number of organisms
impinged or entrained,
counted? [Please check (S) all
that apply.]
Note: Please provide the
requested information for the
four species that are most
frequently entrained and
impinged, respectively.
Impingement
Yes F(i)
No Fp)
Species 1 : m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 FPJ
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 2: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 FPJ
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 3: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles' F(3)
Adults' F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 4: m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Other Data: m
Don't Know F (3)
Entrainment
Yes FID
No F(2)
Species 1 : m
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fpj
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 2: ID
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fp)
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 3: ID
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fp)
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Species 4: ID
Eggs/Larval Stages1 Fp)
Juveniles1 F(3)
Adults1 F (4)
Total1 F(5)
Other Data: ID
Don't Know F (3)
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Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix of
Item No.
32(b)(6)
32(b)(7)
32(b)(8)
32(b)(9)
32(b)(10)
Data Requested
Was the mortality of impinged
or entrained organisms
estimated?
For any aquatic species, was
an analysis undertaken which
considered population level
impacts related to
impingement and/or
entrainment.
What was the cost of the
study? [Please check (/)
whether the cost figure
provided is an estimate or
based on actual data.]
Are study methodology and
findings readily available for
review by EPA? [Please
provide explanation of a
"no" response.]
Did study findings lead to
changes being made in the
types of CWIS technologies
being used?
Impingement
Yes F(i)
No F(2)
Other Data: 01
Don't Know F(4j
Yes F(i)
No F(2)
Don't Know F (3)
Cost $ ID
Actual F Estimate Fpj
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate Fpj
Yes F(i)
No (please explain)' Fpj
(3)
Yes F(i)
No F(2)
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP to Item
31 (c)(1 2) in the matrix.
Entrainment
Yes FID
No F(2)
Other Data: 01
Don't Know F(4j
Yes FID
No F(2)
Don't Know F (3)
Cost $ ID
Actual F Estimate Fpj
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate Fpj
Yes FID
No (please explain)' Fpj
(3)
Yes FID
No F(2)
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP to Item
31 (c)(1 2) in the matrix.
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Part 2. Technical Data
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix.
of
Item No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
Please briefly describe the
type of technology changes
that were made, why they
were made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify the CWIS using the
code established in
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire. Separate
identification codes by a
comma if more than one
CWIS was affected.]
Example: The study led the
facility to switch from
Technology "X" on CWIS #1
to Technology T because
Technology T was found to
be more effective at
minimizing the impingement
of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
32(b)(12)
Did study findings lead to
changes being made in the
operation of the facility
(e.g., changes in flow
volumes, periods of operation,
etc.)?
Yes F(ij
No F(2j
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP TO Q.33.
Yes FID
No F(2)
Don't Know Fpj
On-going Study, Findings Not Yet
Available F(4j
If you marked "no," "don't know," or"
on-going study" please SKIP TO Q.33.
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Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Information about Each 316(b) Demonstration Study and Most Representative Other
Biological Study Matrix.
of
Item No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
32(b)(13)
Please briefly describe the
type of operational changes
that were made, why they
were made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify the CWIS using the
code established under
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire. Separate
identification codes by a
comma if more than one
CWIS was affected.]
Example: The study led the
facility to reduce its flow on
CWISs #1 and #2 from "xx
MGD" to "yy MGD" each
during the months of "XX, XY,
and YY." The flow reduction
was pursued to minimize the
impingement of juveniles of
Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
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Part 2. Technical Data
Discrete Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Technological or Operational
Change
33. (a) Has the facility performed any biological studies (not
including studies addressed in Q.31) to evaluate the
effectiveness of a technology or operational change (e.g.,
adjustment of flow volumes, periods of withdrawal, etc.)
to minimize impingement and/or entrainment of aquatic
organisms at one or more of the facility's cooling water
intake structures?
(b) Please answer the questions in the matrix below for the
most recent or most representative impingement
and/or entrainment study of technological or operation
changes at one or more of the facility's cooling water
intake structures. This study should not have been part
of any study addressed in the previous question.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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Section
Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrainment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Data Requested
Impingement
Entrainment
33(b)(1)
33(b)(2)
Please provide the name of
the study.
33(b)(3)
What were the starting and
ending dates of the study
(by month and year)?
Starting Date: . . . Month __ /Year
i Starting Date: .... Month __ /Year_
Ending Date:.... Month,
Don't Know
_/Year (2) i Ending Date: Month,
F(3j i Don't Know
/Year
What was the period of
impingement and/or
entrainment monitoring (if
different from period of
study)?
Starting Date: ... Month /Year (i) i Starting Date: .... Month /Year_
Ending Date:.... Month,
Don't Know
_/Year (2) i Ending Date: Month,
F(3j i Don't Know
/Year
33(b)(4)
Please briefly describe the
type of technology and/or
operational changes that
were made, why they were
made, and whether the
changes were related to an
existing CWIS. [Please
identify CWISs by using
the codes established in
Question 3, Section A, of
the questionnaire.
Separate identification
codes by a comma if more
than one CWIS was
affected.]
Example: The study led the
facility to switch from
Technology "X" on CWIS #1
to Technology "Y" because
Technology "Y' was found to
be more effective at
minimizing the impingement
of Organism "X."
Type of Changes:(i)
i Type of Changes:(i)
Why Changes Madeira
Why Changes Madeira
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
Relationship to Existing CWISs:(3)
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Most Recent (or Most Representative) Impingement and/or Entrainment Study of Technology
and/or Operational Changes at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
33(b)(5)
33(b)(9)
33(b)(10)
Data Requested
How many cooling water
intake structures (CWISs)
were covered by the study?
Of this number, how many
are in operation today?
[Please note CWISs by
using same nos. or names
as in Question 3 in Section
A. Separate CWISs by a
comma if more than one
was evaluated.]
What was the cost of the
study? [Please check (/)
whether the cost figure
provided is an estimate or
based on actual data.]
Are study methodology and
findings readily available for
review by EPA? [Please
provide explanation of a
"no" response.]
Impingement
i Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m i
i Don't Know Fp, i
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
i Today: , , , o-ei i
i Don't Know Fp, i
i CostS ID i
i Actual F Estimate FP, i
i No Data Available to i
i Provide Estimate FP, '•
\ Yes FID i
i No (please explain): FP, i
Entrainment
Total No. of CWISs Evaluated: m
Don't Know F
Numbers of CWISs Studied in Operation
Today: , , , o-ei
Don't Know F
Cost $ ID
Actual F Estimate FP,
No Data Available to
Provide Estimate F
Yes F
No (please explain): F
(2)
P)
(3)
(2)
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Environmental and Technology Studies and Mitigation Activities
Ongoing Monitoring Study of Impingement and/or Entrainment
34. (a)
(b)
Does the facility have an ongoing monitoring program to
evaluate the occurrence or rate of impingement and/or
entrainment at any of its cooling water intake structures?
Complete the following matrix concerning your ongoing
monitoring program.
(i)
|\|Q (2)
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Ongoing Monitoring Program to Evaluate the Occurrence or Rate of Impingement and/or
Entrainment for the Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
34(b)(1)
34(b)(2)
34(b)(3)
Data Requested Impingement
How often do you monitor? p M
\ [Please check (/) only one :
i response per category.] i Monthly
i i Seasonally
'• '• Annually
i i Other (please describe below)1
i What is the averaae cost of i Cost $ m
| the monitoring programs? j Estimate F Actual F ,2,
: [Please check (/) whether your :
i cost figure is an estimate or is j
i actual.] i Don't Know
Are monitoring data readily yes
i available for review? [Please ;
i explain a "no" response in the i
i space provided.] i No (please explain)
Entrainment
F(i) i Daily F(i)
F(2) i Monthly Fpj
F(3) i Seasonally Fpj
F(4) '• Annually F(4j
(5) i Other (please describe below)1 pj
! Cost $ ID
i Estimate F Actual F (2)
F(3) i Don't Know Fpj
F(i) i Yes F(i)
F(2) i No (please explain) Fpj
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Questionnaire No:
Part 2. Technical Data
Mitigation Activities
35. (a) Since 1980 has the facility carried out any measures to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts'?
(1)
(2)
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the phrase "an
environmental impact" means human induced change or
pressure on the natural environment.
(b) Were any of these measures required by a Federal or
state permit and/or other regulatory requirement?
F No
(1)
(2)
(c) What specific measures have been carried out to
compensate for or to mitigate potential environmental
impacts. [Please check (/) all measures that apply.]
Restocking of Fisheries m (i)
Design, Construction, and/or O&M of Hatcheries * w
Habitat Restoration F (3)
Designation of Conservation Areas *m
Other (please describe below):
(5)
(6)
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Section
Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section E: Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION FOR ONLY THE FACILITY'S PLANNED COOLING WATER
INTAKE STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION that will directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water. No data are being requested on (a) planned intake structures that obtain
cooling water via groundwater wells or (b) planned conduits to other providers of cooling water
(e.g., local water suppliers or other facilities).
NOTES: You should not report data in this section of the questionnaire for intake structures which
are presently operational, temporarily offline, or permanently offline.
For the purposes of this questionnaire, "planned" includes structures under construction but not yet
operational.
36. (a) Do you have planned modifications to your cooling water
intake systems that will change the capacity of intake water
collected for the facility?
(b) How will the planned modifications affect the cooling
water intake capacity?
(1)
No <2> ^
Increase
F Decrease
FSame
37. Does the facility presently have any planned cooling water
intake structures that will directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water?
No ^
38. How many planned CWISs does the facility have that will
directly withdraw surface water to support, at least in part,
contact or non-contact cooling operations within the facility?
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STOP
If answer is No,
please stop here.
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Part 2 of the question-
naire. Please continue
to Part 3, Financial
and Economic Data.
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Part 2. Technical Data
39. Please provide the general design data requested in the matrix
below for each of the facility's planned CWIS.
Profiles of Facility's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item No.
39(a)
39(b)
39(c)
39(d)
39(e)
Data Requested
Associated No. of Intake Bays
Month and Year CWIS First
Expected to be Used
i Associated Cooling Water System(s)
i or CWS(s) [Please insert CWS name
or number from Question 1 in Section
i A of the questionnaire, or indicate
i that the CWS is planned or under
construction.]
; Is this a closed-loop system?
Design Intake Capacity
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
! (CWS Name )
Associated with Planned CWS
i No
i Yes
i If yes,
i Cooling Tower
i Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
i Don't Know
! Planned CWIS
I /
Month / Year
i Associated with Existing CWS
FID ! (CWS Name )
. F(2j i Associated with Planned CWS
FID i No
F(2) i Yes
i If yes,
F(3j i Cooling Tower
F(4j '• Cooling Pond
i MGD ID
F(2j i Don't Know
. F(2)
. F(2)
. F(3)
FM,
Fr,
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Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Water Source Data
40. Please indicate the type of water source that will be used for
each of the facility's planned cooling water intake structures,
and please note the actual name of the water body.
Water Source Data for Facility's Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures (CWISs) Matrix _ of _
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of planned intake structures, please copy the matrix
and change the CWIS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual
matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Planned CWIS
Data Requested
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question]
Planned CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
assigned in the previous question.]
40(a) ; Type of Water Source [Please
; check (•/) all applicable sources per
; CWIS.]
! NOTE: If'cooling water will be
\ withdrawn from a channel,
\ canal, reservoir, constructed
\ bay or cove, or other manmade
\ impoundment, please indicate
\ the originating source of the
i water.
\ Lake or Pond (natural)
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) .
F(2)
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Lake or Pond (natural)...
Non-tidal River or Stream
Tidal River
Estuary
Ocean
... F(2)
... F(3)
. . . F(4)
... F(5)
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water) F(6j
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water) . Fpj
40(b) I Name of Water Body
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Part 2. Technical Data
Cooling Water Intake Structure Technologies
41. (a) Will you employ traveling or other intake screens, passive
intake systems, fish diversion or avoidance systems, or fish
handling and/or return systems at any of the facility's
planned CWISs?
(b) For each planned CWIS, please indicate in the matrix
below all the systems that will be employed.
Yes <1>
(2)
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Planned CWIS [Please insert same no. or na
Planned System Technologies [Please check (/) an t
Response space has been provided for one planned cooling watt
CWISs, please copy the matrix and change the CWIS code namt
the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as Matrix
me as under Item 38, page 60.] Matrix
schnologies that apply per CWIS.]
v intake structure (CWIS). If your facility has more than this number off.
;s or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this se
'1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Traveling or Other Intake Screen System Technologies
Horizontal Drum F(1)
Vertical Drum
Rotating Disk
Fixed
Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling
Modified Vertical Single Entry/Exit Traveling (Ristroph)
F,2,
F,3,
F(4)
F(5)
F(6)
Incline Single Entry/Exit Traveling F(7)
Single Entry/Double Exit Traveling (Center Flow)
Double Entry/Single Exit Traveling (Dual Flow)
F(8)
F(9)
Horizontal Traveling F(ioj
Fish Handling and/or Return System Technologies
Fish Pump
Fish Conveyance System (Troughs or Pipes)
Fish Elevator/Lift Baskets
Fish Bypass System
Fish Holding Tank
Fin)
F(12)
F(13)
F(14)
F(15)
Of
lanned
otion of
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System Technologies
Velocity Cap
Louver Barrier
Water Jet Barrier
Fish Net Barrier
Air Bubble Barrier
Electrical Barrier
Light Barrier
Sound Barrier
Cable or Chain Barrier
F(16)
F(17)
F(18)
F(19)
F(20)
F(21)
F(22)
F(23)
F(24)
Passive Intake System Technologies
Wedge- Wire Screen
Perforated Pipe
Radial Well (Ranney Collector)
Porous Dike
Leaky Dam
Artificial Filter Bed
F(25)
F(26)
F(27)
F(28)
F(29)
F(30)
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Planned Cooling Water Intake Structures and Changes to Capacity
Section 316(b)-Related Studies
42. Has your facility performed (or does your facility expect to
perform) any studies to demonstrate that the location, design,
construction, and capacity of one or more of its planned
cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology
available for minimizing adverse environmental impacts?
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STATEMENT. THANK You.
pYes
pNo
(2)
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General Facility Data A
Section A: General Facility Data
1. Please provide the following information about the person who will serve as a contact for questions
about the facility's responses to this part of the survey, Economic and Financial Data.
NOTE: The facility contact person should be the person most knowledgeable about the information requested in this
part of the survey.
Name of Facility Contact Person: m
Title of Facility Contact Person: (2)
Employer (full legal name): (3)
Phone Number: (4)
Fax Number: (5)
Mailing Address/PO Box: (6)
City, State, ZIP Code: ro
Best Time to Contact: ®
2. (a) This survey focuses on the facility's fiscal year that ended in 1998. Please indicate the month, day,
and year in which that fiscal year began and ended.
This facility is reporting data for the fiscal year beginning / / and ending
/ 71998. month / day / year
month / day / year
Please refer to this fiscal year whenever the survey requests FY1998 data. Some
questions also request data for FY 1997 and FY 1996. These refer to the two prior fiscal
years, ending in 1997 and 1996, respectively.
(b) Indicate the number of months in each fiscal year listed below for which you have financial
information for your facility. In some cases, such as in new facilities, records may include only part
of a year.
Number of Months of Financial Data
Months (0 to 12)
FY1996
(1)
FY1997
(2)
FY1998
(3)
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Information about the Facility's Owner R
Section B: Information About the Facility's Owner
3. (a) Please provide the name, address, and DUNS number of the
entity that was the immediate owner of this facility as of
December 31, 1998. Also provide the percentage of the
facility that this entity owned as of December 3 1, 1998.
NOTE: If the facility was owned by more than one entity, e.g. a joint
venture, please provide this information for the entity that owned the
largest share in this facility.
Name of Immediate Owner: _ w
Mailing Address: _ (2)
(3)
DUNS Number :
(4)
[F Check (/) here if none.]
Percent of Facility Owned:
%
FYes
(b) Is the entity named in Question 3.a a limited partnership or
a wholly or partially owned subsidiary of another business F No
entity?
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4. Please provide the name, DUNS number, and the share of
ownership for the entity that owned the limited partnership or
subsidiary named in Question 3. a above.
Name of Owner:
DUNS Number :
[F Check (/) here if none.]
Share in Limited Partnership or Subsidiary:
F Yes
FNo
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5. (a) Has the ownership in your facility changed at any time since
January 1, 1996?
A Form EIA-867, Schedule II, Item 9 (1996, 1997, and 1998)
(b) Please provide the name, address, and DUNS number of every previous owner
that has held the largest interest in this facility since January 1, 1996 and the
dates of ownership. NOTE: If the ownership in this facility has changed more than once
since January 1, 1996, please provide the additional information on Page 16.
A Form EIA-867, Schedule II, Items 9. a and 9.b (1996, 1997, and 1998)
Name of Entity:
Mailing Address:
DUNS Number:
Dates of Ownership:
From:
(3) [F Check (/) here if none.]
(4) To: (5)
6. (a) What is the complete legal name and mailing address for the domestic parent
firm that owned the facility as of December 31, 1998?
DEFINITION
, the purposes of this questionnaire, the domestic parent firm is the highest
I domestic business entity in the facility's organizational structure. A firm that
is owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. On the contrary, a U.S. firm that is
owned by a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm. Depending on the facility's ownership structure,
the entity named in Question 3.a or 4.a may be the domestic parent firm of this facility.
Name of Domestic Parent Firm:
Mailing Address/P.O. Box:
City, State, ZIP Code:
DUNS Number :
[F Check (/) here if none.]
(b) What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codet'
associated with the domestic parent firm's main line of business? [Please us th<
SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987 Standard Industria
Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the following Internet site
www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
Primary SIC Code:
Secondary SIC Code:
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Information about the Facility's Owner R
(c) Please indicate for FY 1996, 1997, and 1998 the number of months in each year
for which you will report information about the domestic parent firm. In
some cases, such as for new businesses, financial records may include only part
of a year.
Number of Months of Financial Data for the Domestic Parent Firm
FY1998
Months (0 to 12)
(2) !
(3)
(d) Please complete the table below with the domestic parent firm's total
employment, in terms of full-time equivalent employees (FTE), and total sales
of electricity. Include all full-time and part-time employees. NOTE: 1 FTE equals
1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Consolidated Financial Information for the Domestic Parent Firm (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
Item
6(d)(1)
6(d)(2)
Total Employment
(FTE)
Total Electricity
Sales (in MWh)
FY1996
(i)
MWh ID
FY1997 i FY1998
(2) (3)
MWh (2) MWh (3)
(e) Please complete the following table with information from your domestic
parent firm's income statement.
Domestic Parent Firm's Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
Item
6(e)(1)
6(e)(2)
6(e)(3)
6(e)(4)
6(e)(5)
6(e)(6)
Total Revenues
Total Costs: All variable and fixed
costs including labor and material
costs, administrative expenses, utilities,
R&D, interest, depreciation, tax
expenses, etc.
Depreciation Expense:
Depreciation on buildings, facility,
equipment, and machinery.
Interest Expense: Total,
estimated if necessary. Firms
with debt should have interest
expenses.
Income Taxes: Total federal,
state, and local income taxes.
Estimate if necessary.
After-Tax Income: Subtract (2) from
(1).
FY 1996 FY 1997
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
$ (1) i $ (2)
FY1998
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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If your domestic parent firm also owns other facilities that operate cooling water intake structures, it may wish to
complete the Voluntary and Supplemental Information for all facilities that did not fill out the Industry
Screener Questionnaire for Cooling Water Intake Structures. Though not mandatory, we would appreciate
receiving the very important data about other facilities that may be affected by this rulemaking.
Completing the voluntary data of this survey will allow EPA to consider all costs related to §316(b) regulation in
determining domestic parent firm-level economic impacts. Specifically, costs incurred at other facilities that are
not surveyed with a §316(b) Industry Screener or Detailed Questionnaire and that are owned by this facility's
domestic parent firm can be considered when estimating the overall impact on the domestic parent firm as a
result of§316(b) regulation. EPA may underestimate total firm-level costs if the information requested in the
voluntary section is not provided.
Please forward Voluntary and Supplemental Information Section to your domestic parent firm identified in
Question 6.a.
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Facility Revenues and Costs
Section C: Facility Revenues and Costs
7. Please complete the following table. Only include costs incurred at the facility. Do
not include corporate costs allocated to the facility.
Facility Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
7(a)
7(b)
7(c)
7(d)
7(e)
7(f)
7(9)
7(h)
70)
7G)
7(k)
7(1)
Total Facility Revenues j $
Revenues from Exports
(including electricity and $
other goods) j
Facility Variable Operating ;
Expenses: Include all variable j
costs (including fuel costs, .
material and product costs,
production labor); exclude cost
of contract work. j
Cost of Contract Work: All
contract work done for you by ,,
others, including freight out and
in. i
Facility Fixed Operating j
Expenses: Include all fixed
operating costs (including $
research and development, and
fixed overhead). i
Depreciation Expense:
Depreciation on buildings, ,,
facility, equipment and
machinery. i
Interest Expense: Total, i
estimated if necessary.
Facilities with debt should have
interest expenses. i
Income Taxes: Total federal,
state, and local income taxes. $
Estimate if necessary. i
Other Costs and Expenses:
Costs and expenses not .
reported above, including *
property taxes. i
Total Costs and Expenses: i
Add 7(c) through 7(i). j *
After-Tax Income: Subtract 7Q) i .
from 7(a). j *
Check here if the data above pertain
FY1996
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
(i)
to a Type S corporation
! FY1997 i FY1998
$ (2) $
! $ (2) ! $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
! $ (2) ! $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
$ (2) $
or non-corporate proprietorship F
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
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Section
Facility Balance Sheet Information
Section D: Facility Balance Sheet Information
8. Please complete the following table with information from your facility's balance
sheet or other report on assets and liabilities.
Facility Balance Sheet Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
ASSE
8(a)
8(b)
8(c)
8(d)
8(e)
LIABI
8(f)
8(9)
8(h)
8(i)
TS
Inventories: Finished products,
products in process, raw
materials, supplies, fuels, etc.
Report inventories at cost to
market. If LIFO basis, use sum
of LI FO amount plus LI FO
reserve.
Other Current Assets: Pre-
paid expenses (such as rent),
cash, accounts receivable, etc.
Land and Buildings: Original
land cost and cost of buildings
(including expansions and
renovations), net of
depreciation.
Other Non-Current Assets:
Equipment, machinery, other
physical capital, and intangibles
(patents, franchises, etc.),
capital stocks and bonds, etc.,
net of depreciation and
amortization.
Total Assets: Add 8.a, b, c,
and d (should equal 8.i, below).
JTIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities: Liabilities
due for payment within the
reporting year.
Non-Current Liabilities:
Including long-term debt, such
as bonds, debentures and bank
debt.
Owner Equity: Total assets
minus total (current and non-
current liabilities).
Total Equity and Liabilities:
Add 8.f, g, and h (should equal
8.e above).
FY1996
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
$ d)
FY1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
FY1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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Section
Miscellaneous Facility Information
Section E: Miscellaneous Facility Information
9. Please complete the table below with total facility employment,
in terms of full-time equivalent employees. Include both
production and non-production employees, and full-time and
part-time employees. Exclude contract labor.
NOTE: 1 FTE equals 1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Total Facility Employment
FY1996
FY1997
FY1998
Total Employment
(FTE)
(2)
(3)
10. Please report the rate of interest on the line of credit or short-
term debt available to support this facility's activities. If such
short-term borrowing is transacted by another business unit
related to this facility, for example the firm owning this facility,
please obtain the interest rate for that business unit.
Percentage rate as of the last day of FY 1998:
%
Yes
No
ocrrinM c
otUIIUNr
11. (a) During FY 1998, did the facility engage in economic
activities other than the generation of electricity?
NOTE: Activities may include but are not limited to production
activities, the sale of steam, coal or ash, waste combustion, or the
leasing of land. Please include only those economic activities that are
carried out by the facility 's owner; do not include activities carried out
on the facility's property by third parties.
(b) In the table below, please list:
(1) a brief description of each of the facility' s economic
activities other than the generation of electricity [if
your facility engages in more than four such activities,
please only list the four activities that you consider most
important economically];
(2) the EIA identification numbers of the units that
were associated with each activity (if an activity
was not associated with any of the generating units,
please list "none");
(3) whether the activity used cooling water during FY 1998;
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(4) the names or numbers of the cooling water intake structures that were
associated with each activity (if an activity was not associated with a
cooling water intake structures, please list "none").
NOTE: When completing column (4) of this question, please use the same name or number to
identify each cooling water intake structure as was used in Question 3, Part 2: Technical Data
of this questionnaire. For example, the cooling water intake structure designated as "CWISA "
in Question 3 of Part 2, should also be identified as "CWISA " in this question.
Other Economic Activities
! (1)
Item i Economic Activity
No.
i. (i)
ii. (i)
iii. (i)
iv. (i)
(2)
Associated
with Unites)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(3) i (4)
Was Cooling i Associated
Water Used? withCWIS#(s)
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F Yes (3aj
F NO (3b) i (4)
F NO (3b) : (4)
F NO (3b) : (4)
F NO (3b) i (4)
(c) What were the revenues, if any, and costs in FY 1998 associated with each of
the activities listed in Question ll(b) above?
NOTE: You may estimate the amounts requested in this question if actual data are not
availab le. Column (2): Please list only those costs that are incurred in addition to the costs
of generating electricity.
Revenues, Costs, and Avoided Costs from Other Economic Activities
(Report monetary values in whole dollars)
Item
No.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
(1)
FY 1998 Revenues
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ (i)
(2) i
FY 1998 Costs i
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
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Section F: Facility-Level Electricity Generation and Use Information
NOTE: This section collects information about the facility's electricity generation activities. Some of the data items
requested in this section may be reported by your facility to the Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-867. In the
following questions, information that is reported on Form EIA-867 is identified by the following symbol (A) and referenced
to the appropriate Form EIA-867 schedule, item number, and the relevant reporting year(s).
12. Please indicate the identification code of this facility as used when reporting to the Energy Information
Administration (EIA) on Form EIA-867.
EIA Facility Code:
[F Check (/) here if none.]
13. (a) What is the total nameplate rating of this facility (in kilowatts) as of December 31, 1998? Please
enter the total nameplate ratings of this facility's existing generating units only.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, existing generating units include units in operation, on
standby, on cold standby, on test, in maintenance or repair, out of service (all year) or on indefinite
shutdown. Existing generating units do not include retired or planned units. Consult the Glossary to Document I for
further descriptions of these terms.
Total Facility Nameplate Rating: KW
(b) As of December 31, 1998, what was the total number of existing generating units located at the
facility?
Total No. of Existing Generating Units:
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14. Please complete the following table about the facility's sources of energy for FY 1996,1997, and 1998.
Electric Energy Account - Sources of Energy (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
14(a)
14(b)
14(c)
14(d)
(e)
14(f)
Gross Energy Generation by this
Facility (in kilowatt hours)
A Form EIA-867, Schedule IV(B),
Item 2. a
Purchases from Utilities and Power
Marketers (in kilowatt hours)
A Form EIA-867, Schedule IV(B),
Item 2.b
Cost of Purchases from Utilities
and Power Marketers
Purchases from Nonutilities (in
kilowatt hours) A Form EIA-867,
Schedule IV(B), Item 2.c
Cost of Purchases from
Nonutilities
Total Sources of Electricity (in
kilowatt hours): Add 14.a, b, and d.
FY 1996 ! FY 1997
KWhd) KWh(2)
KWhd) KWh(2)
$ (1) I $ (2)
KWhd) KWh(2)
$ (1) : $ (2)
KWhd) KWh(2)
FY1998
KWh (3)
KWh (3)
$ 0)
KWh (3)
$ 0)
KWh (3)
15. Please complete the following table about the facility's disposition of energy for FY 1996, 1997, and 1998.
Electric Energy Account - Disposition of Energy (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
15(a)
15(b)
15(c)
15(d)
15(e)
15(f)
Sales for Resale (in kilowatt hours)
A Form EIA-867, Schedule IV(B),
Item 2.d
Revenues from Sales for
Sales to Other End Users (in kilowatt
hours) A Form EIA-867, Schedule
IV(B), Item 2.e
Revenues from Sales to Other
End Users
Electricity Used at the Facility,
including all parasitic loads and
losses (in kilowatt hours) A Form
EIA-867, Schedule IV(B), Item 2.f
Total Uses of Electricity (in kilowatt
hours): Add 15.a, c, and e (should
equal 14.f above).
FY 1996 ! FY 1997
KWhd) KWh (2)
$ (1) I $ (2)
KWhd) KWh (2)
$ (1) I $ (2)
KWhd) ! KWh (2)
KWhd) KWh (2)
FY 1998
KWh (3)
$ (3)
KWh (3)
$ (3)
KWh (3)
KWh (3)
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Facility-Level Electricity Generation and Use Information p
This question asks about the facility' s cost of generating electricity. Please complete the following
table for FY 1996, 1997, and 1998.
16.
Facility-Level Electric Expenses (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
16(a)
16(b)
16(c)
16(d)
16(e)
16(f)
16(9)
16(h)
16(i)
Fuel Expenses:
Report all fuel costs
incurred to generate
electricity.
Other Operating
Expenses Exclude
fuel expenses listed
under 16.a.
Total Operating
Expenses: Add 16.a and
b.
Total Maintenance
Expenses
Total Power Production
Expenses: Add 16.c and
d.
Total Transmission and
Distribution Expenses
Total Sales, and
Customer Accounts,
Service and
Informational Expenses
Total Administrative
and General Expenses
Total Electric Expenses:
Add 16.e, f, g, and h.
FY1996
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
FY1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
FY1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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Copy of
Section
Unit-Level Electricity Generation Information
Section G: Unit-Level Electricity Generation Information
Please provide information only for those steam electric units that are operating, on
standby, on cold standby, on test, in maintenance or repair, out of service (all year) or on
indefinite shutdown. (Do not provide information for retired or planned units.)
If your facility has more than one such steam electric generating unit, you will need to
copy this section (pages 13 to 15) to accommodate data for all of the facility's units. If
you submit more than one copy of this section, please indicate in the space in the top
right corner of each copy the copy number and the total number of copies you will submit
(e.g., Copy 1 of 4, Copy 2 of 4, etc.).
NOTE: This section asks for information about steam electric generating units located at
the facility as of December 31,1998.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a steam electric
generating unit is a generating unit in which the prime mover is a
steam turbine. The turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced
by generators or boilers to mechanical energy or shaft torque. This mechanical
energy is used to power electric generators, which convert the mechanical energy to
electricity.
17. (a) Indicate the identification code(s) of the generator(s) associated
with this generating unit as used when reporting to the Energy
Information Administration (EIA) in Form EIA-867. The
information reported throughout Section G will apply to this
generating unit.
EIA Generator Identification Code(s):
(b) At any time during FY 1998, did this generating unit use cooling
water directly withdrawn from surface water by your facility?
Yes w
F No
You do not have to
provide any further
information lor this
generating unit. Please
refer to the instructions
on page 17 after you
have completed Section
G for each steam electric
unit operated by this
facility.
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18. (a) Indicate the month and year electricity was first generated by this steam-electric generating unit.
A Form EIA-867, Schedule VI, Item 5 (1998)
month year
(b) Indicate the planned retirement date for this steam electric generating unit (indicate the month, if
known, and the year).
A Form EIA-867, Schedule VI, Item 5.a (1998)
month year
19. What is the highest nameplate rating of this steam electric generating unit (in kilowatts)?
A Form EIA-867, Schedule VI, Item 2 (1998)
Nameplate Rating: KW
20. Please indicate below the nonutility power producer statuses that apply to this generating unit. [Please
check (/) all statuses that apply.]
A Form EIA-867, Schedule VI, Item 6 (1998)
NOTE: For the purposes of this questionnaire, nonutility power producers are entities that generate power for their own
use and/or sale to utilities and others. They can be categorized based on their classification by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) and by the type of technology they employ, as in the terms noted below. [Please also
consult the Glossary for any definitions with which you are unfamiliar.]
Cogenerator F «
FERC Qualifying Cogenerator F (2)
FERC Qualifying Small Power Producer F (3)
FERC Exempt Wholesale Generator F (4)
Cogenerator Not Qualified under PURPA ... F (5)
Other Nonutility Generator F (6)
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Copy of
Document I
Unit-Level Electricity Generation Information
(please specify:
21. Please complete the following table for this unit for FY 1996, 1997, and 1998. Consult the Glossary
to Document I for definitions of any terms with which you are unfamiliar.
i Operating Status [Please
; check (/) one status only
21 (a) in each year] ^ Form
EIA-867, Schedule VI, Item
\4
Gross Electricity
Generation (in kilowatt
( ' ! hours) ^ Form EIA-867,
Schedule VI, Item 9
Number of Days in
Operation in Each Year
21(C) i£n Form EIA-867,
i Schedule VI, Item 4.a
Primary Energy Source
„.,.. [Please check (/) one
energy source only in each
year]
„. . . i Total Cost of Fuel Burned
(e> ! in this Unit
! FY 1996
F Operating (iaj
F Standby (it>)
; F Cold standby (icj
F On Test (id)
F Maintenance/Repair (ie)
F Out of Service (all year)
no
F Indefinite Shutdown (igj
F Retired w
KWh ID
Days (i)
F Coal (1a)
i F Oil (ib)
i r Gas (ic)
i F Nuclear («)
i F Other (ie)
$ ID
FY1997
F Operating pa)
F Standby pbj
F Cold standby PC)
F On Test pdj
F Maintenance/Repair pej
F Out of Service (all year)
(20
F Indefinite Shutdown pgj
F Retired phj
KWh (2)
Days (2)
F Coal pa)
F Oil (2b)
r Gas pc)
F Nuclear pdj
F Other (2e)
$ (2)
FY1998
F Operating pa)
F Standby pbj
F Cold standby pcj
F On Test (3d)
F Maintenance/Repair pej
F Out of Service (all year) po
F Indefinite Shutdown pgj
F Retired phj
KWh pi
Days (3)
F Coal pa)
F Oil pb)
F Gas pc)
F Nuclear (3d)
F Other (3e)
$ 0)
22. Please list all cooling water intake structures that are associated with this steam electric generating unit.
NOTE: When completing this question, please use the same name or number to identify each cooling water
intake structure as was used in Question 3, Part 2: Technical Data of this questionnaire. For example, the
cooling water intake structure designated as "CWIS A " in Question 3 of Part 2, should also be identified as
"CWISA" in this question.
Cooling
FCWIS
Water Intake Structures /
F CWIS
associated with This Unit
,2, F CWIS
(3)
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END OF THE SURVEY
If your firm wishes to complete Voluntary and Supplemental Information, you will need to forward a copy of that section to
the appropriate person at your domestic parent firm's headquarters. Alternatively, you may request that EPA send
additional copies of the voluntary information request to your domestic parent firm.
The completed survey should be mailed to the address provided in the instructions.
Thank you!
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Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers
Voluntary and Supplemental Information
August 1999 (DRAFT)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of Voluntary and Supplemental Information of the 1999
Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an
average of 10 hours per facility. This estimate includes time for reading the instructions and
reviewing the information necessary to respond to the questionnaire form. Any comments
regarding EPA's need for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and
suggested methods for reducing respondent burden (including the use of automated collection
techniques) should be addressed to: Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office of
Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Mail Code 2137, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include the OMB Control Number, listed in the left-hand
margin on this page, with any correspondence.
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Voluntary and Supplemental Information
Table of Contents
Certification Statement iii
General Information and Instructions v
Section A: Information about the Domestic Parent Firm 1
Section B: General Scoping Data 3
Section C: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures and Cooling Water Systems .... 6
Section D: Economic Data 13
Space for Additional Data 15
Glossary G-l
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Certification Statement
Certification Statement
Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of Detailed Industry Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures must read and sign the Certification Statement below before returning
the completed documents to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must be a responsible
corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement must be completed and
submitted by the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared under my direction or
supervision in accordance with a system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly
gathered and evaluated the information submitted. The information submitted is, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. In those cases where we did not posses the
requested information, we have provided best engineering estimates or judgements. We have, to
the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be company confidentail business information
as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. We understand that we may be required at a later
time to justify our claim in detail with respect to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that
there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines
and imprisonment as explained in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
( I
Printed Name of Certifying Official Telephone No.
Title of Certifying Official
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General Information and Instructions
Why should you complete this document?
The firm owning your facility may own more than one U.S. facility that would incur costs under new cooling water
intake structure guidelines. As a consequence, a regulation under the authority of Section 316(b) of the Clean
Water Act might affect your firm more than a firm that has only one facility that operates cooling water intake
structures. Document II of this survey collects data about other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake
structures owned by your firm in order to measure the combined economic impact of proposed §316(b) guidelines
on your firm. Accurate information about other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake structures in your
firm will help EPA design cooling water intake structure guidelines that best take into account the combined
economic effects of the regulation on your business. Other U.S. facilities operating cooling water intake structures
may be nonutility power producers or manufacturing facilities.
Who should complete Document II?
The information that Document II collects is often most easily available at the domestic parent firm of this
facility.
Please refer back to Part 3, Question 6. a to identify the highest level of domestic business entity.
Please forward this survey to that entity to be completed and then have it returned to you.
Voluntary and Supplemental information should be completed only for facilities that meet
the following conditions:
*• they operate cooling water intake structures;
*• they did not already fill out a §316(b) screener or detailed questionnaire; and
*• they operate in the U. S.
How will confidential information be protected?
EPA will protect the confidentiality of information you mark as confidential, subject to the regulations contained in
40 CFR Part 2 Subpart B. You may assert a business confidentiality claim covering part or all of the information
you submit by doing the following:
"(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim.
A business which is submitting information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality
claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching to) the information, at the time
it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form of
notice employing language such as
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Alternatively, you may assert business confidentiality by marking each question or page that is claimed to be
confidential as such. At the bottom of each page, you will find the phrase "Information on this page should be
considered confidential business information" followed by a circle. You may indicate that a page is confidential
business information by checking that circle. If no business confidentiality claim accompanies the information
when it is received by EPA, then EPA may make the information available to the public without further notice to
you.
Information protected by a claim of confidentiality will be disclosed by EPA only to the extent, and only using the
protective procedures, set forth in 40 CFR Part 2 Subpart B. In general, EPA may disclose such information to
other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of the United States government concerned with carrying
out the Clean Water Act, or when relevant to any proceeding under the Act.
Information covered by a claim of confidentiality will be made available to EPA contractors to enable them to
perform the work required by their contracts with EPA. All EPA contracts provide that contractor employees will
use the information only for the purpose of performing the work required by their contracts and will not disclose
any CBI to anyone other than EPA without prior written approval from each affected business or from EPA's legal
office. Any comments you wish to make on this issue must be submitted in writing along with your completed
questionnaire.
Who can help answer questions?
If you have questions or need assistance completing it, call EPA's toll-free help line. The help line is staffed by an
experienced EPA contractor who is familiar with the requirements of responding to Voluntary and Supplemental
Information.
"& Toil-Free Help Line
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Document II: Voluntary and Supplemental Information
Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers
Abt Associates Inc.
Available weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Toil-Free Phone No: 1-800-xxx-xxxx
For questions regarding schedule:
Deborah G. Nagle
Permits Division
U.S. EPA Mail Code 4203
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
(202) 260-2656
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General Information and Instructions
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the Certification Statement to EPA within 90 calendar days after receiving the
materials at your facility or firm. Please return your materials in the enclosed self-addressed envelopes, to:
Detailed Industry Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Steam Electric Nonutility Power Producers
Supplemental and Voluntary Information
316(b) Survey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
c/o SAIC (MS 1-11-12)
1710 Goodridge Drive
McLean, VA 22102-3799
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Information about the Domestic Parent Firm A
Section A: Information about the Domestic Parent Firm
1. Please provide the name of the domestic parent firm. NOTE: The domestic parent firm is the entity identified in
Question 6.a in Document I, Part 3 of the §316(b) survey.
Name of Domestic Parent Firm:
2. Please provide the following information about the person who will serve as a contact for questions about the
responses to this part of the survey, Voluntary and Supplemental Information. NOTE: The contact person
should be the person most knowledgeable about the information requested in this part of the survey. The contact
person does not have to be the person certifying the responses to EPA.
Name of Contact Person:
Title of Contact Person:
Employer (full legal name):_
Phone Number:
Fax Number:
Mailing Address/PO Box:
City, State, ZIP Code:
Best Time to Contact:
3. (a) How many U.S. facilities that operate cooling water intake structures does the domestic parent firm
own?
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water intake structure is the total
structure used to withdraw water from a water source up to the first intake pump or series of
pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or
from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling water intake structures might have multiple
intake bays and could serve more than one generating unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw
water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake
structure under the questionnaire.
(b) For how many facilities will you submit the supplemental information?
^ Only submit supplemental information for facilities THAT OPERATE COOLING WATER INTAKE
^^ STRUCTURES. Unless you submit data for a facility, EPA will not be able to consider the specific
contribution of that facility to compliance costs your firm may face due to proposed cooling water
intake structure guidelines.
Only submit information for facilities that did not fill out the §316(b) screener or detailed
questionnaire. To find out if a facility completed a §316(b) survey, you may call the §316(b) hotline
at the number provided on page vi of this Document.
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Section B: General Scoping Data
Sections B, C, and D ask for specific data about each facility operating cooling water intake
structures for which you choose to submit supplemental information. You should make a separate
photocopy of these sections for each facility for which you will submit supplemental information
All questions refer to fiscal year 1998.
Estimate responses, where necessary.
Please write the name of the relevant facility and the copy number on each page in the spaces
provided.
After completing Document II, attach it to Document I, Part 3 and return it, along with the completed
Certification Statement(s), to EPA at the address indicated on page vii of this Document.
The following questions gather data about a specific U.S. facility
operating cooling water intake structures owned by the domestic parent
firm. You should make as many photocopies of pages 3 through 16 as
you intend to submit supplemental information for and indicate the
number of copies you are providing in the space at the top (e.g., Copy 1
of 4, Copy 2 of 4, etc.). Please provide information identifying each
facility in Question 4 and copy the name of this facility into the space
provided at the top of each page that pertains to this facility.
4.
Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address for the
facility:
Name of Facility:
Street Address:
. (1)
.(2)
P.O. Box (if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
.(3)
.(4)
Telephone Number: ( )
DUNS Number: -
[ F Check (/) here if none.]
.(5)
(6)
5. (a) Does the facility presently have or is the facility presently in the
process of obtaining a. National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: NPDES permits are required to be held under Section 402
of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source
that discharges pollutants directly to waters of the United States.
F Yes
F No
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return the
questionnaire for this
facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
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Questionnaire No:
_Copy of
Section
Facilities that discharge 100 percent of their effluent (including
storm water) to publicly-owned treatment works, privately-owned
treatment works, and/or to ground water injection wells should
answer "No " to this question.
(b) Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes at the facility? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider
from which it has been obtained. Refer to the definition below before
answering this question.]
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "cooling
water" refers to both contact and noncontact cooling water,
including water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling,
evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process
or processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
(c) Since January 1, 1996, has the facility directly obtained any
portion of its cooling water from a surface water source!
NOTE: In order for a facility to directly withdraw cooling water
from surface water, it must have an intake structure.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, surface water includes
lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or streams; tidal
rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves. A cooling
water intake structure is the total structure and associated technologies used to
direct water from a water body into a facility up to the point of the first intake pump
or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat
rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's
premises. If a facility has an intake structure that withdraws water for other
purposes in addition to cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a
cooling water intake structure for the purposes of this questionnaire.
General Scoping Data R
F Yes
F No
(2)
F Yes (1>
F No P>
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return the
questionnaire for this
facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return the
questionnaire for this
facility with a completed
Certification Statement.
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6. In the matrix below, please indicate the activities for which your facility has used cooling;water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1, 1996? [Please check (/) all applicable activities.]
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn by Facility From Surface Water
Since January 1,1996
Item
No.
Activities
6(a)
Electricity Generation (including equipment cooling)
[ F Check (/) here if any of facility's generating units that use cooling water are part of a combined cycle unit.]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a combined cycle unit is an electric generating unit that has one
or more gas turbines or internal combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the
boiler(s) is provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbines(s).
6(b)
Air Conditioning (Cooling and Heating of Indoor Air)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, air conditioning refers to the process and equipment used to
control the temperature and humidity of indoor air. Cooling water is used in some air conditioning systems.
6(c)
Production Line (or Process) Contact or Noncontact Cooling
(for uses other than electricity generation and excluding air conditioning)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term production line refers to each of the successive steps
taken at a facility to produce a product, except the production line's use of electricity.
6(d)
Other (please describe below):
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Facility Name:_
Questionnaire No:
_Copy of
Section
Design and Operational Data for CWIS and Cooling Water Systems
Section C: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures
and Cooling Water Systems
7. How many intake structures does the facility have that directly withdraw surface water to support, at least in
part, contact or noncontact cooling operations within the facility? [Consider only those intake structures presently
operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future). Do not include intake structures planned or
under construction or permanently offline.] .................................... _
8. For each intake structure reported under Q.7, please indicate in the matrix below all surface water sources
from which the facility has directly withdrawn contact or noncontact cooling water since January 1, 1996 (or
from the date the intake structure became operational if that date was later than January 1, 1996). [Please
check (/) all water sources that apply per intake structure. If cooling water has been withdrawn from an intake
canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove, please indicate the originating source(s) of the water.]
Matrix Q.8
Matrix of
Originating Surface Water Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996
by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Surface Water Source
[Please check (.0 all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
8(a)
Lake, Pond, or Reservoir
Definitions: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
lake is an expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded
by land or by land and a manmade retainer. Lakes may
be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local
precipitation. A pond is a still body of water generally
smaller than a lake. A reservoir is an artificial body of
surface water retained by a dam.
NOTE: These terms are not to be confused with the terms
cooling lake or cooling pond. The primary purpose of
these water bodies is to absorb waste heat rejected from a
facility's wastewater discharge.
(1)
(1)
8(b)
Nontidal River or Stream
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of
water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
(2)
(2)
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Matrix Q.8 (Continued)
Matrix of
Originating Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Water Source
[Please check (/} all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
8(c) I Tidal River
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
\ tidal river is the portion of river above the river's mouth
\ that receives a regular, significant inflow of water from
\ an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
(3)
(3)
8(d) i Estuary
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
i estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that
i has a free connection with the open sea and is strongly
i affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is
i mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with fresh water
i inflow from rivers.
\ NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are
i examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in
\ their names.
(4)
(4)
8(e) i Ocean
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
\ ocean is defined as marine open coastal waters other
\ than those water bodies classified as estuaries,
\ embayments, or fjords, which are semi-enclosed and
\ have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
(5)
(5)
8(f) j Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
\ Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
\ bay or cove is an inlet created when the shoreline of a
\ water body is indented. Bays are generally larger than
\ coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally
\ sheltered. [Do not mark this response if the bay or cove
i is constructed; see column note above.]
(6)
(6)
8(g) I Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water)
i [See definition and instructions directly above.]
(7)
(7)
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Questionnaire No:
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Design and Operational Data for CWIS and Cooling Water Systems
9. Please complete the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling water intake structures reported under Q.7.
In this matrix, EPA is requesting facilities to provide, for a typical calendar year since January 1, 1996, the
total number of days the structure was operational (Item a), its average daily intake flow rate in gallons per
day (GPD) (Item b), and the surface water sources used (Item c). [Please provide actual data to the extent they
are readily available; otherwise, best engineering estimates may be provided.]
Total No. of Operating Days, Average Daily Intake Flow Rate, and Originating Water Matrix of _
Sources for a Typical Calendar Year Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
[For each CWIS, please provide responses for the
same typical calendar year for each item in the matrix.
Actual data should be provided if available; otherwise,
best engineering estimates may be provided.]
CWIS
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
9(a)
No. of Operating Days for Each CWIS in
Typical Calendar Year
_days
_days
9(b)
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate (in GPD) for Each
CWIS in Typical Calendar Year
GPD
GPD
9(c)
Originating Surface Water Source(s) from Which
Each CWIS Withdrew Cooling Water in Typical
Calendar Year [Please use codes listed in Matrix 10 on
page 12 for surface water sources. If multiple water
sources were used, please separate codes by a comma.]
9(d)
Design Through-Screen Velocity (in feet per
second)
_fps
_fps
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10. (a) In the space provided below, please indicate the total number of cooling water systems that are presently
operating or temporarily offline (expected to operate again in the future) at the facility. Do not consider cooling
water systems that are planned or under construction or permanently offline.
NOTE: Please consider your facility as having only one cooling water system unless your facility has systems
that are physically separated (e.g., have separate water intake and outlet structures) and can be operated
independently. If the facility has several intake structures, but only one outlet structure, or vice-versa, please
consider the facility as having only one cooling water system. An intake structure with multiple bays counts as
one intake structure.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water system is a system that provides water to/from a facility
to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and
outlet structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface water
for cooling, the system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the trash rack, etc.)
and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Total Number of Cooling Water Systems
(b) Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix below for each of the facility's cooling water
systems. [Please check (/) all applicable design configuration types per system.]
Profile of Facility's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of _
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your facility has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Data Requested
CWS#1
CWS #2
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/} all i Once-Through CWSs
applicable configuration types per system.] i _ _, , _ .
! Once-Through Only ..
NOTE: Refer to the Glossary for definitions \ Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
of the design configurations and system ; Coo|| Cana|s/channe| Lakes
components listed. \ ^ ,
; or Ponds
i Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
; Cooling Towers
I Recirculating CWSs
; Recirculating Only
(i)
(2)
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only ..
(4j
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds ....................
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers ...............
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only .............
(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds ...... F®
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds ...... F®
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Other
(please describe below):
(7)
Other
(please describe below):
(7)
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11. Which of the following terms best describe the configuration of your facility's intake structures (as reported under
Q.7 above) that are being used to withdraw some portion of surface water for contact or noncontact cooling purposes?
[Please check (/) all design configurations that apply.]
NOTE: Schematics of the design configurations listed can be found in the Glossary accompanying the
questionnaire.
Configuration of Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Design Configurations
[Please check (S) all design configurations that apply.]
11(a) Intake Canal or Channel (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake canal or channel is a channelized conduit that directs water
through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps.
11(b) Submerged Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is closely aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of
the water body.
11(c) Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is evenly aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a
water body.
11(d) Intake Embayment, Bay, or Cove (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake embayment, bay, or cove is a natural or constructed inlet
along the shoreline of a water body that serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake
pump or series of pumps.
11(e) Submerged Offshore Intake Structure F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged offshore intake structure is an intake structure that
extends from a facility outward into a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always
from below the surface of the water body.
11(0 Other F
[Please briefly describe the configuration of any cooling water intake structure that does not fit the above categories and
explain why it is unique.]
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12. What types of technologies are being used at the facility's intake structures, as reported under Q.7, that are intended
to protect the facility's cooling water systems and/or reduce environmental impacts posed by the intake structures
themselves? [Please check (/) all technology categories that apply.]
Technology Types Being Used at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item I Control Technology Types
No. i [Please check (S) all technology categories that apply.]
12(a) I Fish Diversion or Avoidance Systems F
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, fish diversion or avoidance systems are mechanisms designed to
\ divert or induce fish to swim away from a water intake structure.
; Examples: Louver Barrier «> Velocity Cap «> Fish Net Barrier «> Air Bubble Barrier «> Electrical Barrier «> Light Barrier «>
i Sound Barrier «> Cable & Chain Barrier «> Water Jet Barrier
12(b) I Passive Intake Systems F
i Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, passive intake systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
\ an intake structure that, with little or no mechanical activity, stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water
\ system. Most passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
i Examples: Wedge Wire Screen * Perforated Pipe * Perforated Plate * Radial Well or Ranney Collector * Porous
; Dike * Artificial Filter Bed * Leaky Dam
12(c) I Fish Handling and/or Return Systems F
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a fish handling system includes any system that collects and/or
I transports live organisms and debris away from an intake structure.
; Examples: Fish Conveyance Systems (troughs or pipes) * Fish Basket * Fish Elevator (lift basket) * Fish Bypass
i System * Fish Holding Tank
12(d) I Intake Screen Systems F
I Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, intake screen systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
I an intake structure to mechanically stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
i Examples: Revolving Drum «> Screen (Horizontal or Vertical) «> Rotating Disk «> Screen «> Fixed Screen «> Traveling
i Screen
12(e) ! Other F
; [Please denote any technology that does not fit one of the above technology categories and briefly describe why the
I technology(ies) is/are unique.]
12(f) I No Technologies F
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13. (a) Has your facility or its firm owner ever conducted or commissioned a C" yes m
study of the ecological or environmental effects of any of the
facility's intake structures that have withdrawn surface water for F" No <2> ^^ SKIP TO Q 14
contact or noncontact cooling purposes (i.e., those intake structures ^^
reported under Q.7)?
(b) Please provide the name of the most recent study completed. In
addition, please provide the name and telephone number of the
individual(s) we should contact if we require additional information
regarding the study.
Name of Most Recent Study: 111
Contact Name: (2)
Telephone Number: ( ) (3)
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Section D: Economic Data
14. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes associated with the facility's main lines of
business? [Please use the SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987 Standard Industrial
Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the following Internet site:
www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
Primary (i)
Secondary (2)
15. Please complete the following table with information from the facility's income statement
Income Statement Information (Report monetary values in whole dollars)
Total Revenues [If the facility
i operates as a cost center for a
(a) i larger parent firm and facility-level
i revenue is not available, indicate
; NA (for not applicable).]
Total Costs: All variable and
; fixed costs including labor and
... material costs, administrative
* ' expenses, utilities, R&D,
interest, depreciation, tax
i expenses, etc.
; Depreciation Expense:
i Depreciation on
(c) buildings, facility,
equipment and
i machinery.
i Interest Expense: Total,
... estimated if necessary.
Firms with debt should
i have interest expenses.
i Income Taxes: Total
, . federal, state and local
* ' income taxes. Estimate
i if necessary.
„. i After-Tax Income: Subtract
(> 15(b)from15(a).
FY 1996
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
$ ID
FY 1997
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
$ (2)
FY 1998
$ 0)
$ 0)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
$ (3)
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D
16. Please estimate the number of full-time equivalent employees at this
facility during the fiscal year 1998. You may round to the nearest
10 employees.
NOTE: 1 FTE equals 1 person-year or 2,000 hours.
Number of full-time equivalent
employees at this facility:
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Glossary of Terms
NOTE: The following terms are defined for purposes of this questionnaire only. The definitions at present do not have
any legal meaning with respect to Section §316(b).
Air Conditioning: The process and equipment used to control the temperature and humidity of indoor
air. Cooling water is used in some types of air conditioning systems.
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake
structure over a 24-hour day.
Bar Rack/Trash Rack: A device placed at or near the opening of an intake structure to mechanically
stop debris and /or large organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Bay or Cove (natural): An inlet created when the shoreline of a water body is indented. Bays are
generally larger than coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally sheltered. See Figure ifar a
graphical view of an intake structure incorporating a bay or cove. [See also definition for intake embayment/bay/cove.]
Figure 1. Example of an Intake Structure Incorporating a Bay or Cove
=^J~» TO FACILITY
Combined Cycle Unit: An electric generating unit that has one or more gas turbine or internal
combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the boiler(s) is
provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbine(s).
Cooling Canal/Channel: An artificial, channelized waterway used to transfer heat added to water from
operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling Lake: An expanse of water, generally surrounded by land and an artificial retainer such as a
dam. It is used to transfer heat added to water from operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling lakes are used with both once-through and recirculating cooling water systems.
Cooling Operations: Activities that transfer heat from one medium or activity to cooling water (with
the exception of nonprocess air conditioning).
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Cooling Pond: A still body of water generally constructed on dry land. Its primary purpose is to
transfer heat added to water from operations within a facility to the atmosphere. Constructed cooling
ponds are often larger than many natural lakes. They are used with both once-through and recirculating
cooling water systems.
Cooling Tower: A framed structure that is typically higher than its width. It can stand apart or be
attached to a larger structure. Cooling towers are used to transfer heat added to water from operations
within a facility to the atmosphere. Cooling towers can be used with recirculating cooling water systems
where the entire discharge flow is returned to the facility. They can also be used with nonrecirculating
systems to treat all or a portion of the discharge flow from a facility where it is ultimately returned to the
receiving water body.
Cooling Water: Water used for both contact and noncontact cooling purposes, including water used
for air conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat
content. The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or
processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
Cooling Water Intake Structure: The total structure and associated technologies used to direct water
from a water body into a facility up to the point of the first intake pump or series of pumps. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or from
auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling water intake structures might have
multiple intake bays. If a facility has an intake structure that withdraws water for other purposes in
addition to cooling, the entire intake structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure for
purposes of this questionnaire.
Cooling Water System: A system that provides water to/from a facility to transfer heat from
equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and outlet
structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface
water for cooling, a system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic
wildlife (e.g., at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s). See also Cooling Water intake
Structure.
Design Through-Screen Velocity: The value assigned during the design phase of a CWIS to the speed
at which intake water passes through the cooling water intake screen or other technology against with
organisms may be impinged.
Discharge: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Domestic Parent Firm: The highest level domestic business entity in a facility's organizational
structure. A firm that is owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. A U.S. firm that is
owned by a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm.
DUNS Number: A number assigned to a business using the Data Universal Numbering System
(DUNS) developed by the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Effluent: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Estuary: A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and is
strongly affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with
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fresh water inflow from rivers. (NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are examples of estuaries even
though the term bay appears in their names.)
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System: Mechanisms designed to divert or induce fish to swim away
from a water intake structure.
Fish Handling and/or Return System: Any system that collects and/or transports live organisms and
debris away from an intake structure.
Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE): The normalized unit for counting employees at a facility.
One FTE equals 2,000 hours of work (8 hours per day for 250 days) during a calendar year. As such,
two part-time employees, each working 1,000 hours per year, would be counted together as one FTE.
Generating Unit: A combination of physically connected generator(s), reactor(s), boiler(s),
combustion turbine(s), or other prime mover(s) operated together to produce electric power.
Gross Electricity Generation: The total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units of
a given facility.
Groundwater Injection Well: A man-made or improved "hole" in the ground that is deeper than its
widest surface dimension and is used to discharge or dispose of fluids to groundwater (the supply of
water found beneath the earth's surface; it is usually held in aquifers and is often the source of water for
streams, springs, or wells from which it may be withdrawn). There are many types of injection wells,
but they are all similar in their basic function. The Federal Underground Injection Control Program has
grouped injection wells into five categories—Class I through V wells.
Intake Bays: Temporary holding areas designed to direct water toward the pump well of a specific
intake structure.
Intake Canal/Channel (natural or constructed): A channelized conduit that directs water through
screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps. See Figure 2 for a graphical view
of an intake structure employing an intake canal
Figure 2. Example of an Intake Structure Employing an Intake Canal
WATER
SOURCE .. CANAL
• TO FACILITY
Plan View
Intake Embayment/Bay/Cove: A natural or constructed inlet along the shoreline of a water body that
serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of
pumps.
Intake Screen System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure to mechanically
stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
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Intake Structure: See Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Lake: An expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded by land or by land and a manmade retainer.
Lakes may be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local precipitation.
Makeup Water: "New water" intended to replace water lost to evaporation or blowdown in a
recirculating system.
New Water: Water that the facility directly withdraws from a water source through an intake structure
or water received from another entity. New water does not include water that is recirculated or recycled
within the facility.
Nontidal River or Stream: A river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of water from an
ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or
instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power
producers include Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Qualifying Cogenerators, FERC
Qualifying Small Power Producers, and Other Nonutility Generators (including Independent Power
Producers) without a designated franchised service area and who do not file forms listed in the Code of
Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.
North American Industrial Classification System: A new system initiated in January 1997 to classify
industries. This new system replaces the existing Standard Industrial Code (SIC) system and identifies
industries according to the type of production activities performed. NAICS industries are identified
using a 6-digit code.
NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit: A permit required to be held
under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source discharging
pollutants directly to waters of the United States. Permits may address effluent discharges, storm water,
or sewage sludge management practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved
State NPDES program.
Ocean: Marine open coastal waters other than those water bodies classified as estuaries, embayments
or fjords, each of which are semi-enclosed and have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
Once-through Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source, run it through a facility for contact and/or noncontact cooling purposes, and then
discharge it to a water body without recirculation. Once-through cooling water systems may use
nonrecirculating canals/channels, lakes, ponds, or towers to "help" dissipate waste heat from the water
before it is discharged.
Operating Days: The total number of days (1 day = 24 hours) a cooling water intake structure
operated during a specified time period, excluding any days the cooling water intake structure was
offline for routine maintenance or otherwise was not operational. A partial day (i.e., operations of less
than 24 hours) does not constitute an operating day and should not be counted as such.
Passive Intake System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure that, with little or
no mechanical activity, stops debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system. Most
passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
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Planned or Under Construction: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems for which
funds have been authorized and that are expected to go into commercial service within the next 7 years.
The term does not include intake structures or cooling water systems that are presently operating,
temporarily offline, permanently offline, or operating under test conditions.
Point Source: Any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any
pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal
feeding operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants
are or may be discharged. The term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or
agricultural storm water run off. See oho 40 CFR 122.2.
Pond: A still body of water generally smaller than a lake.
Presently Operating: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems currently in
commercial service.
Prime Mover: The engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator. It
can also be a device that directly converts energy to electricity such as a photovoltaic solar cell or a fuel
cell.
Privately-owned Treatment Works: A device or system which is (a) used to treat wastes from any
facility whose operator is not the operator of the treatment works and (b) is not a publicly-owned
treatment works.
Process Operations: Industrial activities that directly result in the production of a facility's primary
output.
Production Line: Each of the successive steps taken at a facility to produce a product, except the
production line's use of electricity.
Publicly-owned Treatment Works: A treatment works owned by a State or municipality. The term
refers to any devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, and reclaim municipal sewage or
industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also refers to sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they
convey wastewater to a POTW.
Recirculating Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source to support contact and noncontact cooling uses within a facility. The water is generally
sent to a cooling canal/channel, lake, pond, or tower in order for waste heat to be dissipated. (Some
facilities may divert the "waste heat" to other process operations.) Once accomplished, the water is
returned to the system. New source water (called makeup water) is added to the system to replenish
losses that have occurred due to blowdown, drift, and evaporation.
Reservoir: An artificial body of surface water retained by a dam.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: A national classification system that organizes
business entities into production-based and market-based categories identified by a 4-digit code. Since
the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of
data relating to U.S. business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of Management
and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system was last updated by OMB in 1987. It
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was recently replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however,
it continues to be used by many Federal agencies such as EPA. An SIC listing can be found at the
following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.
Steam Electric Generating Unit: A generating unit in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced by the generators or boilers to
mechanical energy or shaft torque. The mechanical energy is then used to power electric generators
whereby the mechanical energy is converted to electricity.
Storm Water: The term refers to rainfall runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.
Submerged Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure whose opening is closely
aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of the water body.
See Figure 3 for a graphical view of a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline.
Figure 3. Example of a Submerged Intake Structure Flush With Shoreline
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Submerged Offshore Intake Structure: An intake structure that extends from a facility outward into
a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always from below the
Surface of the water body. See Figure 4 for a graphical view of a submerged offshore intake structure.
Figure 4. Example of a Submerged Offshore Intake Structure
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Surface Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure whose opening is evenly
aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a water body. See
Figure 5 for a graphical view of a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline.
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Figure 5. Example of a Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline
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Surface Water: The term includes lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or streams; tidal rivers;
estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves.
Temporarily Offline: Cooling water intake structures or cooling water systems presently out of
commercial service but expected to return to service. The category includes systems or intake
structures on inactive reserve and deactivated (i.e., systems or intake structures not normally used but
available for service).
Tidal River: A tidal river is the portion of the river above the river's mouth that receives a regular,
significant inflow of water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
Total Annual Sales of Electricity: The sum of electricity sales to ultimate consumers and sales of
electricity for resale.
Total Annual Sales Revenue: The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products
and/or services over 365 days. The value does not include gains from investments or extraordinary
gains, such as increases in owners' equity from capital adjustments or gains from the sale or exchange of
assets.
Trash Rack: See Bar Rack.
Typical Calendar Year: A year in which the facility and its cooling water intake structures are
operated in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
Water Body: For purposes of this questionnaire, water body refers to surface water used by cooling
water intake structures. The term includes oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, fjords, ponds,
bays/coves, and estuaries.
Waters of the United States: All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may be
susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters which are subject to the ebb
and flow of the tide. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, all interstate waters and
intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie
potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds. See 40 CFR 122.2 for a more complete definition.
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NOTE: The following terms are defined for purposes of this questionnaire only. The definitions at present do not have any
legal meaning with respect to Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act.
7Q10 Value: The lowest average 7 consecutive day low flow with an average recurrence frequency of
once in 10 years determined hydrologically.
Air Conditioning: The process and equipment used to control the temperature and humidity of indoor
air. Cooling water is used in some types of air conditioning systems.
Annual Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific
intake structure per calender year.
Average Daily Intake Flow: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake structure
over a 24-hour day.
Bar Rack/Trash Rack: A device consisting of parallel spaced bars placed at or near the opening of an
intake structure to mechanically stop debris and /or large organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Bay or Cove (natural or constructed): An inlet created when the shoreline of a water body is indented.
Bays are generally larger than coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally sheltered. Bays and
coves are considered part of the cooling water intake structure. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco
Bay are examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in their name] See Figure 1 for a graphical view of an intake structure
incorporating a bay or cove.
Figure 1. Example of an Intake Structure Incorporating a Bay or Cove
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Combined-Cycle Unit: An electric generating unit that consists of one or more gas turbines or internal
combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the boiler(s) is provided
by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbine(s).
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Confluence of Tributaries: The point of juncture of two or more tributaries.
Contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that directly meets any rawmaterial, intermediate product, finished
product, by-product, or water product as part of a facility's operation.
Conservation Pool: Measures of the minimum depth of water needed in a reservoir to ensure proper
performance of the system relying upon the reservoir. Conservation pools are measurements of the
elevation of the water in relation to the elevation of the dam.
Cooling Canal/Channel: An artificial, channelized waterway used to transfer heat added to water from
operations within a facility to the atmosphere.
Cooling Lake: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee in a natural
watershed and which relies on the banks of the natural watershed to provide the majority of the containment
of the impounded water. A cooling lake is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water
by facility operations.
Cooling Operations: Activities that transfer heat from one medium or activity to cooling water (with the
exception of nonprocess air conditioning).
Cooling Pond: A body of water that is formed by the construction of a dam, berm, or levee on land, has
no significant watershed, and which requires the manmade containment surround most or all of the
impounded water. A cooling pond is a means for transferring to the atmosphere heat added to water by
facility operations.
Cooling Tower: A structure which functions as a heat exchanger and is designed to provide cooling by
the forced evaporation of water into an air stream using either mechanical energy (forced draft) or ambient
buoyancy (natural draft) to provide the movement of the air stream through the tower.
Cooling Water: Refers to both contact and non-contact cooling water, including water used for air
conditioning, equipment cooling, evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content.
The intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the process or processes
employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises.
Cooling Water Discharge Outfall: The total structure used to direct water that has been used for contact
and non-contact cooling purposes within a facility into Waters of the United States.
Cooling Water Intake Flow Rate: The total volume of cooling water withdrawn by a specific intake
structure over a specific time-period.
Cooling Water Intake Structure: The total structure used to withdraw water from a water source up
to the point of the first intake pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to adsorb
waste heat rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's premises. Single
cooling water intake structures might have multiple intake bays and could serve more than one generating
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unit. If a facility has intake structures that withdraw water for purposes besides cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure under the questionnaire.
Cooling Water System: A system that provides water to/from a facility to transfer heat from equipment
or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to, water intake and outlet structures, cooling
towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use surface water for cooling, a system
begins at the first barrier(s) to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at the weir wall,
at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s). See also Cooling Water intake Structure.
Cove: See Bay
Critical Habitat: Biological or physical features of an area that are essential for the conservation and
preservation of a threatened or endangered species and may require special management considerations or
protection.
Daily Maximum Flow: The maximum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Daily Minimum Flow: The minimum flow recorded for any one day during a given month.
Design Through-Screen Velocity: The value assigned during the design phase of a CWIS to the speed
at which intake water passes through the cooling water intake screen or other technology against with
organisms may be impinged.
Discharge: When used without qualification, means the discharge of a pollutant. Discharge of a pollutant
means: (i) any discharge of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to waters of the United States from
any point source, or (ii) any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the waters of the
contiguous zone or the ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being
used as a means of transportation. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Discrete Biological Study of Impingement: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of impingement over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms that are trapped against
the outer part of one or more intake structures during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Discrete Biological Study of Entrainment: A study that has been distinctly undertaken to evaluate the
biological effects of entrainment over a specified time period. The study has discrete starting and ending
points. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the rate and/or number of organisms withdrawn from the
intake water body and into the cooling water flow and thus, into a cooling water system. The study may
involve evaluations of one or more intake structures.
Domestic Parent Firm: The highest level domestic business entity in a facility's organizational structure.
A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by
a foreign firm is a domestic parent firm.
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DUNS Number: A number assigned to a business using the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
developed by the Dun and Bradstreet Corporation.
Effluent: Outflow of wastewater from a facility to waters of the United States.
Electric Utility: Any corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or instrumentality that
owns and/or operates facilities within the United States, its territories, or Puerto Rico for the generation,
transmission, distribution, or sale of electric energy primarily for use by the public and files forms listed in
the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141. Facilities that qualify as cogenerators or small power
producers under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) are not considered electric utilities.
Energy Information Administration (EIA): The independent statistical and analytical agency within the
U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). In support of its analytic activities, the EIA administers a series of data
collection efforts including Forms EIA-412, EIA-767, EIA-860, and EIA-861.
Entrainment: The merging of small aquatic organisms with the flow of cooling water entering and passing
through a cooling water intake structure, and, thus, into a cooling water system.
Environmental Impact: Human induced change or pressure on the natural environment.
Estuary: A semi-enclosed coastal body of water that has a free connection with the open sea and is
strongly affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with
fresh water from land drainage. [NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are examples of estuaries even though
the term bay appears in their name. For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a
river/stream where the salinity is ^_ 0.5 pptata time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides.
Where the river salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach will be viewed as estuarineJ\
Far-field: The area of a water body, from which cooling water is obtained, where the water velocity and/or
salinity/density is primarily influenced by ambient water conditions and where the cooling water intake is
shown to have minimal effect.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): A quasi-independent regulatory agency within the
Department of Energy having jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydro-
licensing, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification.
FERC Form 1: The annual report of major electric utilities, licensees and others administered by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or
transmission services that exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million
megawatt hours of total annual sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt
hours of annual power exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others
(deliveries plus losses).
Firm Power: Power or power-producing capacity intended to be available at all times during the period
covered by a guaranteed commitment to deliver, even under adverse conditions.
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First Mortgage Bond: A secured debt security that has as collateral an asset or assets that have not
previously been mortgaged.
Fish and Shellfish Spawning and Nursery Area: A region selected by invertebrate and vertebrate aquatic
organisms for depositing eggs and for development of larval, post larval, and juvenile life stages. Aquatic
organisms may spawn their eggs directly into the water column (broadcast and pelagic spawners) or attach
eggs to hard- or soft-bottom substrate, including prepared nests (demersal or benthic spawners).
Fish Diversion or Avoidance System: Mechanisms designed to divert or induce fish to swim away from
cooling water intake structures.
Fish Handling and/or Return System: Any system that collects, and/or transports live organisms from
an intake structure back to the source water body at a point away from the influence of the intake.
Form EIA-412: The annual report of public electric utilities administered by the Energy Information
Administration.
Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTE): The normalized unit for counting employees at a facility. One
FTE equals 2,000 hours of work (8 hours per day for 250 days) during a calendar year. As such, two part-
time employees, each working 1,000 hours per year, would be counted together as one FTE.
Generating Unit: A combination of physically connected generator(s), reactor(s), boiler(s), combustion
turbine(s), or other prime mover(s) operated together to produce electric power.
Gross Electricity Generation: The total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units of
a given facility or nonutility.
Groundwater: Water found beneath the earth's surface. It is usually held in aquifers and is often the
source of water for wells and streams.
Highest Level of Domestic Business Entity: An organizational concept used to define the ownership
structure of an electric utility. A firm owned by another U.S. firm is not the highest level of domestic
business entity. On the contrary, a U.S. firm owned by a foreign firm is the highest level of domestic
business entity.
Horizontal Merger: The combination or consolidation of two or more electric utilities or other firms into
one business entity. The merged entity may carry the name of one of the original entities or may receive a
new name.
Impingement: The trapping and holding of larger aquatic organisms to the outer part of an intake
structure or against screening devises during periods of cooling water withdrawal.
Intake Bays: Temporary holding areas designed to direct water toward the pump well of a specific intake
structure.
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Intake Canal/Channel (natural or constructed): A channelized conduit that diverts water before its
passage through screens or other filtering devices and before its entrance into an intake structure. See
Figure 2 for a graphical view of an intake structure employing an intake canal
Figure 2. Example of an Intake Structure Employing an Intake Canal
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Intake Structure: See Cooling Water Intake Structure.
Kilowatt-hour: One thousand watt hours. A watt hour is a unit of work or energy equivalent to the
power of one watt operating for one hour.
Lake: A natural water body or an impounded stream, usually fresh, surrounded by land or by land and a
man-made retainer (e.g., a dam). Lakes may be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local precipitation.
Latitude: The angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees or in hours, minutes,
and seconds along a meridian.
Local Water Supplier: An entity whose primary business objective is to provide potable water from
surface water and/or groundwater to year-round residents. In some instances, such suppliers may sell
nonpotable water (or water not meeting public health standards) to industrial and other facilities. Local
water suppliers can be privately and/or publicly-owned and operated.
Long-Term Firm Purchases of Power: Electricity purchase agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Long-Term Firm Sales for Resale: Electricity sales for resale agreements that cannot unilaterally be
discontinued between now and January 1, 2003 and that do not terminate before January 1, 2003. See also
Firm Power.
Longitude: The angular distance on the earth east or west of the prime meridian, expressed in degrees or
in hours, minutes, and seconds.
Major Electric Utility: Utilities having, in each of three previous years, sales or transmission services that
exceed one of the following must submit the FERC Form 1: (1) One million megawatt hours of total annual
sales; (2) 100 megawatt hours of annual sales for resale; (3) 500 megawatt hours of annual power
exchanges delivered; or (4) 500 megawatt hours of annual wheeling for others (deliveries plus losses).
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Makeup Water: "New water" intended to replace water lost to evaporation, blowdown, and drift in a
recirculating cooling water system. See New Water.
Mean High Water Level: The average height of the high water over at least 19 years.
Mean Low Water Level: The average height of the low water over at least 19 years.
Mean Water Level: A plane midway between mean high water and mean low water.
Migratory Routes: Route taken by aquatic populations during seasonal movement from one region to
another.
Monthly Average Flows: An average flow calculated by summing all of the actual or calculate daily flows
during a particular month and dividing that sum by the total number of calendar days in the month.
Natural Draft Cooling Tower: A cooling water tower that has no mechanical device to create airflow
through the tower. Usually applied in very small or very large applications.
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD): Commonly referred to as mean sea level. Established by
the National Geodetic Survey, NGVD are the permanent landmarks of known position and elevation
throughout the United States from which elevations can be surveyed. The location of the nearest
benchmark can be obtained by contacting either the local or national U.S.G.S. office.
Near-Field: Area of the intake water body where velocity and/or salinity/density become affected by the
removal of water.
Net Electricity Generation: Gross electricity generation minus facility use from all electric utility owned
facilities. The energy required for pumping at a pumped-storage facility is regarded as facility use and must
be deducted from the gross generation.
Net Peak Demand: The maximum load during a specified period of time, net of facility use.
New Water: Water that the facility directly withdraws from a water source through an intake structure
or water received from another entity. New water does not include water that is recirculated or recycled
within the facility.
Non-contact Cooling Water: Cooling water that does not come into contact with any raw materials,
intermediate products, finished products, by-products, or waste products.
Non-recirculating Canals/Channels, Lakes, or Ponds: Cooling structures used in conjunction with a
once through cooling water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a facility.
Non-recirculating Cooling Towers: Cooling towers used in conjunction with a once through cooling
water system that treats, all or a portion of the cooling water discharge from a facility.
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Non-tidal Rivers/Streams: Rivers or streams which do not receive significant inflows of water from
oceans or bays due to tidal action.
Nonutility Power Producer: A corporation, person, agency, authority, or other legal entity or
instrumentality that owns electric generating capacity and is not an electric utility. Nonutility power
producers include FERC Qualifying Cogenerators, FERC Qualifying Small Power Producers, and Other
Nonutility Generators (including Independent Power Producers) without a designated franchised service
area and which do not file forms listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18, Part 141.
North American Industrial Classification System: A new system initiated in January 1997 to classify
industries. This new system replaces the existing Standard Industrial Code (SIC) system and identifies
industries according to the type of production activities performed. NAICS industries are identified using
a 6-digit code.
NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit: A permit required to be held under
Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source discharging pollutants
to waters of the United States. Permits may address effluent discharges, storm water, or sewage sludge
management practices and may be issued by an EPA Region or a Federally-approved State NPDES
program.
Ocean: Marine open coastal waters other than those water bodies classified as estuaries, embayments or
fiords, each of which are semi-enclosed and have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
Once-through Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source, run it through a facility for contact and/or non-contact cooling purposes, and then discharge
it to a water body without recirculation. Once-through cooling water systems may use canals/channels,
ponds, or non-recirculating towers to dissipate waste heat from the water before it is discharged.
Open Area: The wetted area (in square feet) of the opening to the cooling water intake structure minus
the area (in square feet) of any structural members associated with technologies located at the intake
opening.
Operating Days: The total number of days (1 day = 24 hours) the cooling water intake structure was
operating during the month excluding any days when the cooling water intake structure was down for
routine maintenance or not operational for other reasons. Partial days (operations of less than 24 hours)
should not be counted.
Outage: The period during which a generating unit, transmission line, or other facility is out of service.
Pass-through Velocity: The speed of cooling water intake water as it is passing through the cooling water
intake technology (if applicable ) or into the cooling water system.
Passive Intake System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure that, with little or no
mechanical activity, stops debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system. Most passive
intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
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Planned or Under Construction: Cooling water intake structures for which funds have been authorized
and are expected to go into commercial service within the next 7 years. It does not include structures that
are presently operational, temporarily offline, permanently offline, or operating under test conditions.
Plant: A facility at which are located prime movers, electric generators, and auxiliary equipment for
converting mechanical, chemical, and/or nuclear energy into electric energy. A facility may contain more
than one type of prime mover. Electric utility facilities exclude facilities that satisfy the definition of a
qualifying facility under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Facility's Own Groundwater Supply: A facility is considered as having its own groundwater supply
when it owns and operates its own onsite well or directly withdraws water from other groundwater sources.
The facility may treat the water, depending on its intended uses. Moreover, the facility may sell the water
to other parties and/or use it onsite. The facility, however, would not provide potable water to residential
populations like a local water supplier.
Facility's Own Surface Water Supply: Water from ponds and reservoirs contained within the facility's
boundary.
Point Source: Any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe,
ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding
operation, landfill leachate collection system, vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may
be discharged. The term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural storm water
run off. See also 40 CFR 122.2.
Pond, Natural: A still body of water that is generally smaller than a lake.
Power: The rate at which energy is transferred. Electrical energy is usually measured in watts.
Power Exchanges: Transactions involving a balancing of debits and credits for energy, capacity, etc.
Power Purchases: Electric energy bought from a utility or non-utility power provider.
Presently Operating: Cooling water systems that are currently in commercial service.
Prime Mover: The engine, turbine, water wheel, or similar machine that drives an electric generator. It
can also be a device that directly converts energy to electricity such as a photovoltaic solar cell or a fuel cell.
Privately-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works that is not publicly owned and whose owner
is not the operator of the works. The term includes any device and system used to handle and/or treat liquid
wastes.
Process Operations: Industrial activities that directly result in the production of a facility's primary output.
Protected Sanctuaries: Aquatic areas formally established by federal or state governments to protect and
conserve aquatic natural resources and habitat.
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Public Electric Utility: Nonprofit, governmental-chartered entity established to generate, transmit, and/or
distribute electricity to wholesale or retail customers.
Publicly-Owned Treatment Works: A treatment works owned by the State or municipality. The term
refers to any devices and systems used to store, treat, recycle, and reclaim municipal sewage or industrial
wastes of a liquid nature. It also refers to sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey
wastewater to a POTW treatment facility.
Rate of Return on Capital: The profits realized by a utility as a percentage of capital outlays made by that
utility. Under utility regulation, the rate of return is subject to approval by the regulatory jurisdiction(s)
under which the utility operates.
Recirculating Cooling Water System: A system designed to withdraw water from a natural or other
water source to support contact and non-contact cooling uses within a facility. The water is generally sent
to a cooling canal/channel, lake, pond, or tower in order for waste heat to be dissipated. (Some facilities
may divert the "waste heat" to other process operations.) Once accomplished, the water is returned to the
system. New source water (called make-up water) is added to the system to replenish losses due to
blowdown, drift, and evaporation. For the purposes of the questionnaire, the term does not include non-
recirculating cooling canals/channels, ponds, or towers.
Reefs: An aggregation of rocks or corals at or near the surface of water.
Reservoir: A natural or constructed basin where water is collected and stored and from where it is piped
for various uses.
Revenues: The total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products and/or services, gains
from the sales or exchange of assets, interest and dividends earned on investments, and other increases in
the owner's equity except those arising from capital adjustments.
Rural Electric Cooperative: An electric utility legally established to be owned by and operated for the
benefit of those using its service. The utility company will generate, transmit, and/or distribute supplies of
electric energy to a specified area not being serviced by another utility. Such ventures are generally exempt
from Federal income tax laws. Most electric cooperatives have been initially financed by the Rural Utilities
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Rural Utilities Service (RUS): Formerly the Rural Electrification Administration, the Rural Utilities
Service in the Department of Agriculture was established in 1936 with the purpose of extending credit to
cooperatives to provide electric service to small rural communities and farms.
RUS Form 12: The annual report of rural electric cooperatives administered by the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS). Rural electric cooperatives that generate electricity and that have borrowed money from the RUS
are required to file the RUS Form 12.
Sales for Resale: Energy supplied to other electric utilities, cooperatives, municipalities, and Federal and
State electric agencies for resale to ultimate consumers.
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Securities Rating Agency: An agency rating securities such as bonds, stocks, commercial papers and
other obligations. Examples of securities rating agencies include, but are not limited to, Moody's, Standard
& Poor, and Duff & Phelps.
Shoreline Intake Structure: An intake structure where the opening is closely aligned with the shoreline.
Skimmer/Curtain/or Baffle Wall: A vertical wall at the entrance to a screen or intake structure extending
from above to some point below the water surface. Skimmer/curtain/or baffle walls function to direct
colder waters from below the surface into the cooling water intake structure. See Figure 3 for example of
skimmer wall.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code: A national classification system that organizes business
entities into production-based and market-based categories identified by a 4-digit code. There are three
levels of SIC codes: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary SIC codes are assigned based on the
principal product or group of products produced or distributed by an establishment or for services rendered
by the facility. Additional SIC codes are assigned for any secondary and tertiary products produced or for
services rendered by an establishment.
Standby: Operating status of a facility or generating unit that is generally running under no-load but that
is available to replace or supplement a facility or unit normally in service.
Steam-Electric Generating Unit: A generating unit in which the prime mover is a steam turbine. The
turbines convert thermal energy (steam or hot water) produced by generators or boilers to mechanical
energy or shaft torque. This mechanical energy is used to power electric generators, which convert the
mechanical energy to electricity, including combined cycle electric generating units.
Submerged Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure where the opening is evenly
aligned with the shoreline and that always draws water from substantially below the surface of the water
body. See Figure 3 for a graphical view of a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline.
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a water body. The intake opening is submerged and the water is always withdrawn from below the surface
of the water body. See Figure 4 for a graphical view of a submerged offshore intake structure.
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Submerged Vegetation: Vascular plants that are of significant ecological value because they provide
prime habitat for aquatic species, and that live and grow completely under the surface, except that some
species have flowers that may appear temporarily above the water.
Surface Intake Structure Flush with the Shoreline: An intake structure flush with the shoreline which
withdraws water from or near the Surface of the water body. See Figure 5 for a graphical view of a surface intake
structure flush with the shoreline.
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Surface Water: Bodies of water including lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; non-tidal rivers or streams; tidal
rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves.
Temporarily Offline: Cooling water systems that are presently out of commercial service but are expected
to return. The category includes systems on inactive reserve and systems deactivated (i.e., systems not
normally used but available for service).
Tidal Rivers: Rivers which receive regular, significant inflows of water from oceans or bays due to tidal
action. [NOTE: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term "tidal river" means the seaward most reach of a river/stream where
the salinity is ^_ 0.5 ppt at a time of annual low flow its surface elevation responds to the effects of coastal lunar tides. Where the river
salinity exceeds 0.5 ppt, the respective river reach will be viewed as estuarine.]
Total Capital Costs: The total sum of all construction costs; design, engineering, and architectural costs;
equipment costs; construction material costs; instrumentation costs; installation labor costs; and allowances
for funds used during construction (AFUDC).
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Traveling or Other Intake Screen System: Devices placed at or near the opening of an intake structure
to mechanically stop smaller debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Typical Calendar Year: A year in which the facility and its cooling water intake structures are operated
in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
Water Body: Any number of potential sources of intake water for cooling water intake structures.
Includes municipal water sources, ground well water, oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and estuaries.
Water Supply of Facility Other Than Own: Water obtained or purchased from a facility other than itself.
This other facility would own and operate its own onsite well or directly withdraw water from surface water
or other sources of groundwater. Depending upon the intended uses of the withdrawn water, the other
facility might provide treatment. Moreover, the other facility might sell the water to other entities or use
it onsite. The other facility, however, would not provide potable water to residential populations like a local
water supplier.
Waters of the United States (U.S.): All waters which are currently used, were used in the past, or may
be susceptible to use in interstate or foreign commerce, including all waters subject to the ebb and flow of
the tide. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, all interstate waters and intrastate
lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet
meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds. The definition includes waters which are or could be used by
interstate or foreign travelers for recreation or other purposes and those waters from which fish or shellfish
are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce or which are used or could be used for
industrial purposes by industries in interstate commerce. Waste treatment systems, including treatment
ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the CWA are not waters of the U. S. See40 CFR 122.2
for a more complete definition.
Weir (or Skimmer or Curtain) Wall: A device placed before an intake structure to prevent warmer
surface water and floating debris from entering the intake structure.
Wetlands: Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration
sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Zero Discharge Facility: A facility that does not return any treated or untreated facility effluent (excluding
stormwater) to surface water, a POTW, a privately-owned treatment works, or a groundwater injection
well. An example of a zero-discharge facility might be an entity that discharges its total effluent to an
evaporative pond or that completely recycles its wastewater.
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Questionnaire:
Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
August 1999 (Draft)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of the entire 7999 Industry Short Technical
Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures will require an average of 10
hours per plant. This estimate includes time for reading the instructions and reviewing
the information necessary to respond to the questionnaire form. Any comments
regarding EPA's need for the information, the accuracy of the provided burden
estimate, and suggested methods for reducing respondent burden (including the use of
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Page No.
Certification Statement 1
General Information and Instructions 3
Why This Questionnaire? 3
Authority 4
Where to Get Help? 4
Certification Statement 4
When and How to Return the Questionnaire? 4
Confidential Business Information 5
Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire 6
Section 1: General Plant Information 7
Section 2: General Scoping Data 9
Section 3: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures
and Cooling Water Systems 11
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Certification Statement
Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of the enclosed 1998 Industry Short Technical
Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures must read and sign the Certification Statement below
before returning both documents to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must be a
responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative. The Certification Statement must be
completed and submitted in accordance with the requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at
40 CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to ensure that qualified
personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information submitted. The information
submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. In those cases
where we did not possess the requested information, we have provided best engineering
estimates or judgments. We have, to the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be
company confidential business information as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. We
understand that we may be required at a later time to justify our claim in detail with respect
to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that there are significant penalties for
submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment as explained
in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
Printed Name of Certifying Official Telephone No.
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General Information and Instructions
Why This Questionnaire?
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing regulations under Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1326(b). Section 316(b) provides that any standard established
pursuant to Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable to a point source will
require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the
best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact. Answers to the enclosed
short technical questionnaire will help EPA identify the types and sizes of utilites that are subj ect to Section
316(b).
Please note that data from the short technical questionnaires are not intended to identify whether a specific
plant's cooling water intake structures are having an adverse impact on the environment. Moreover,
questionnaire responses are not intended to identify whether a specific plant is employing BTA with respect
to minimizing adverse environmental impacts from cooling water intake structures, though they may help
EPA determine BTA options for various classes of plants. The questionnaires are simply tools for
characterizing some of the following: type and nature of plants using cooling water, specific uses of cooling
water, design and configuration of cooling water systems and cooling water intake structures, types of
technologies being used at intake structures, and whether plants have previously evaluated the
environmental impacts of their cooling water intake structures. Data from the questionnaires will feed into
other research being conducted by EPA that is more specifically designed to determine the nature of adverse
impacts and the types of control technologies that might minimize such impacts. All of EPA's research
efforts will feed the development of regulatory options, some of which will subsequently be fashioned into
a proposed rulemaking that will be put forth for public review and comment.
The enclosed short technical questionnaire consists of three main sections. Section 1 requests general plant
information, such as plant name, location, and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. Section 2
requests information from plants on such topics as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit status, whether cooling water is used and, if so, whether it is withdrawn by the plant from
surface water. Finally, information is requested on the types of activities for which the plant uses cooling
water directly withdrawn from surface water. The purpose of these two sections is to help EPA determine
the nature of plants within an industry group that use cooling water. Additionally, the information will help
EPA identify (i.e., "screen") plants that are not subject to Section 316(b). These out-of-scope plants will
be exempted from completing the remaining sections of the questionnaire. Plants that will be considered
"out-of-scope" will include those that (1) are not point sources as defined under Section 502(14) of the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., 1362(14)), (2) do not use cooling water as that term is defined for the
purposes of this questionnaire, or (3) do not receive any of their cooling water supply from a surface water
source.
Section 3 requests plants to provide basic design and operational data on their cooling water intake
structures and cooling water systems. Many of the questions are in multiple-choice format. The following
types of information are being requested: total number of cooling water intake structures, originating
sources of cooling water, total cooling water intake flow rates and operating days for a typical calendar
year, total number of cooling water systems and their respective configurations, placement of cooling water
intake structures in surface water bodies, control technologies being used at intake structures, and whether
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plant or firm owners have ever conducted or commissioned environmental or ecological studies of the
potential impacts of any of their cooling water intake structures.
Authority
EPA has authority to administer this questionnaire under Section 308 of the CWA (33 U.S.C., Section
1318). Late filing of the questionnaire, or failure to follow any related EPA instructions, may result in civil
penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law.
Where to Get Help?
Toil-Free Help Line
EPA Industry Short Technical Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Available weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Eastern Time
Toil-Free Phone No.: 1 -877-316-COOL (1 -877-316-2665)
Certification Statement
A responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative must verify the accuracy of the
plant's responses to the questionnaire by reading and signing the enclosed Certification Statement. This
statement needs to be returned to EPA along with the completed questionnaire.
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the short technical questionnaire and Certification Statement to EPA within
30 calendar days after receiving the materials at your plant or firm. Please return your materials, in the
enclosed self-addressed envelope, to:
K Industry Short Technical Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water Intake Structures
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
c/o SAIC (MS 1-11-12)
1710 Goodridge Drive
McLean, VA 22102-3799
NOTE: Please keep a copy of the completed screener questionnaire and Certification Statement for your records.
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Confidential Business Information
You may assert a business confidentiality claim for some or all of your responses to the short technical
questionnaire, as described in 40 CFR 2.203(b) (see full text below). Complete regulations governing
confidentiality of business information (CBI) appear in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.
40 CFR 2.203(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A business which is submitting
information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching
to) the information, at the time it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form
of notice employing language such as 'trade secret,' 'proprietary,' or 'company confidential.' Allegedly confidential
portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the business, and may be submitted
separately to facilitate identification and handling by EPA. If the business desires confidential treatment only until
a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
^- You may claim confidentiality of business information for any of your responses by checking (/) the
box to the left of certain questions or by one of the methods described above.
If EPA reveals information covered by a claim of confidentiality, the Agency will strictly follow the
requirements and procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Overall, EPA may reveal submitted
information protected by a CBI claim only to other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of
the United States who are responsible for implementation of the Clean Water Act. EPA has extensive
standard operating procedures in place to handle, store, and transmit CBI data and has a long history of
successfully managing this type of information. Personnel expected to handle CBI data are also required
by the Agency to be trained and certified.
Agency contractors will have access to CBI data so that work can be performed under their contracts
relative to the Section 316(b) rulemaking. All EPA contracts state that contractor employees must use CBI
data only to perform work specified by EPA. The information is not to be shown to anyone, other than
EPA officials, without prior written approval having been received from the affected business or from
EPA's legal office.
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Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire
Plant or firm personnel most knowledgeable of the subject areas covered by the
questions posed should complete the questionnaire:
• Please answer the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP
forward in the questionnaire. This is important since many questions are only
applicable to some respondents.
• Clearly mark responses to all questions with a black or blue ink pen, or type
responses in the spaces provided.
• For each question, please read all instructions and definitions carefully.
• Most key terms are defined at the point where they first appear in the questionnaire.
They are also defined in the Glossary, which is attached to the back of the
questionnaire. Before responding to a given question, please read the
definitions of any key terms used and any question-specific instructions.
• Please use the units specified when responding to questions requesting
measurement data (e.g., gallons per day).
• Please provide responses on the basis of the time period(s) cited in each
question. Note that the time periods under which information is requested varies
from question to question.
• Please indicate whether information provided in any of your responses is
confidential. Such information will be protected under EPA's confidentiality
procedures. To claim a particular response as containing confidential business
information, simply check (/) the box found to the left of the applicable question,
if one is provided, or follow the other identification procedures described on the
previous page and found under 40 CFR 2.203(b).
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General Plant Information 1
Section 1: General Plant Information
1. (a) Does the above mailing label reflect the plant's full legal C" VOR (1> ^^- ''' SKIP TO 0 2
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(b) Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address
for the plant:
Name of Plant: _ ID
Street Address: _ ra
P.O. Box (if applicable): _ CT
City, State ZIP: _ (4)
Telephone Number: ( ) _ pj
DUNS Number: __ - ___ - ____ (e)
[ F Check (/) here if none.]
2. Please identify the person responsible for questionnaire responses,
and please provide the appropriate title and contact information:
Name: _ ID
Title: ra
Employer (full legal name):
(3)
Relationship to Plant (e.g., domestic parent
firm, contractor, etc.):
Telephone No: ( ) _ pa) Fax No: ( ) _ pi»
Best Time to Contact: p-j
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3. Is the plant presently in commercial service?
Note: To clarify for plants who are not in a commercial business, interpret
this question as "Is your plant currently operating?"
4. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
codes associated with the plant's main lines of business? [Please
use the SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's 1987
Standard Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found at the
following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
NOTE: Since the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the
collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to U.S.
business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of
Management and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system
was last updated by OMB in 1987. It was recently replaced by the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however, it
continues to be used by many Federal agencies. EPA believes it would be
unnecessarily confusing to ask plants to classify themselves using NAICS
codes for the purposes of this questionnaire.
Primary 111
Secondary pj
Other (3a) (3b) (3c)
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Section 2: General Scoping Data
5. Does the plant presently have or is the plant presently in the
process of obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit?
NOTE: NPDES permits are required to be held under Section 402 of the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source that
discharges pollutants directly to waters of the United States. Plants that
discharge 100 percent of their effluent (including storm water) to publicly-
owned treatmentworks, privately-owned treatmentworks, and/or to ground
water injection wells should answer "No " to this question.
CBI?G 6. Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes at the plant? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider from
which it has been obtained.!
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term" cooling
water" refers to both contact and noncontact cooling
water, including water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling,
evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the
process or processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the plant's
premises.
CBI? G 7. Since January 1,1996, has the plant directly obtained any portion
of its cooling water from a surface water source!
NOTE: In order for a plant to directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water, it must have an intake structure.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, surface water
includes lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or
streams; tidal rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves. A cooling
water intake structure is the total structure and associated technologies
used to direct water from a water body into a plant up to the point of the first
intake pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to
absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary
operations on the plant's premises. Single cooling water intake structures
might have multiple intake bays. If a plant has an intake structure that
withdraws water for other purposes in addition to cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure for the
purposes of this questionnaire.
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CBI?G 8. In the matrix below, please indicate the activities for which your plant has used cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1, 1996? [Please check (/) all applicable activities.]
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn by Plant From Surface Water
Since January 1,1996
Item
No.
Activities
8(a)
Electricity Generation (including equipment cooling)
[ F Check (/) here if any of plant's generating units that use cooling water are part of a combined cycle unit.]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a combined cycle unit is an electric generating unit that has one
or more gas turbines or internal combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the
boiler(s) is provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbines(s).
8(b)
Air Conditioning (Cooling and Heating of Indoor Air)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, air conditioning refers to the process and equipment used to
control the temperature and humidity of indoor air. Cooling water is used in some air types of conditioning systems.
8(c)
Production Line (or Process) Contact or Noncontact Cooling
(for uses other than electricity generation and excluding air conditioning)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term production line refers to each of the successive steps
taken at a plant to produce a product, except the production line's use of electricity.
8(d)
Other (please describe below):
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Section 3: Design and Operational Data for Oooling Water Intake Structures
and Oooling Water Systems
CBI?G 9. How many intake structures does the plant have that directly withdraw surface water to support, at
least in part, contact or noncontact cooling operations within the plant? [Consider only those intake structures
presently operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future). Do not include intake structures
planned or under construction or permanently offline.]
CBI?G 10. For each intake structure reported under Q.9, please indicate in the matrix below all surface water
sources from which the plant has directly withdrawn contact or noncontact cooling water since
January 1, 1996 (or from the date the intake structure became operational if that date was later
than January 1, 1996). [Please check (/) all water sources that apply per intake structure. If cooling water has
been withdrawn from an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove, please indicate the originating
source(s) of the water.]
Matrix 1 0 Matrix of
Originating Surface Water Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1, 1996
by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
A
B
Originating Surface Water Source
[Please check (y) all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
Lake, Pond, or Reservoir
Definitions: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
lake is an expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded
by land or by land and a manmade retainer. Lakes may
be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local
precipitation. A pond is a still body of water generally
smaller than a lake. A reservoir is an artificial body of
surface water retained by a dam.
NOTE: These terms are not to be confused with the terms
cooling lake or cooling pond. The primary purpose of
these water bodies is to absorb waste heat rejected from a
plant's wastewater discharge.
Nontidal River or Stream
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of
water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
CWIS
[Please indicate plant-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
F«i,
F(2)
CWIS
[Please indicate plant-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
F«i,
F(2)
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Matrix 10 (Continued)
Matrix of
Originating Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Water Source
[Please check (/") all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate plant-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate plant-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
Tidal River
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
tidal river is the portion of river above the river's mouth
that receives a regular, significant inflow of water from
an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
(3)
(3)
D
Estuary
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that
has a free connection with the open sea and is strongly
affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is
mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with fresh water
inflow from rivers.
NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are
examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in
their names.
(4)
(4)
Ocean
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
ocean is defined as marine open coastal waters other
than those water bodies classified as estuaries,
embayments, or fjords, which are semi-enclosed and
have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
(5)
(5)
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
bay or cove is an inlet created when the shoreline of a
water body is indented. Bays are generally larger than
coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally
sheltered. [Do not mark this response if the bay or cove
is constructed; see column note above.]
(6)
(6)
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water)
[See definition and instructions directly above.]
(7)
(7)
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CBI?G 11.
Design and Operational Data X
Please complete the matrix below for each of the plant's cooling water intake structures reported
under Q.9. In this matrix, EPA is requesting plants to provide, for a typical calendar year since
January 1, 1996, the total number of days the structure was operational (Item a), its average daily
intake flow rate in gallons per day (GPD) (Item b), and the surface water sources used (Item c).
[Please provide actual data to the extent they are readily available; otherwise, best engineering estimates may be
provided.]
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a fyp/ca/calendaryear is one in which the plant and its cooling
water intake structures are operated in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion. The
data provided should be similar to data from other recent calendar years of operation or from projected, near future years
of operation (i.e., 1999 to 2001).
Total No. of Operating Days, Average Daily Intake Flow Rate, and Originating Water Matrix of _
Sources for a Typical Calendar Year Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your plant has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
[For each CWIS, please provide responses for the
same typical calendar year for each item in the matrix.
Actual data should be provided if available; otherwise,
best engineering estimates may be provided.]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
No. of Operating Days for Each CWIS in
Typical Calendar Year
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire,
the term operating days refers to the total number
of days (1 day = 24 hours) a cooling water intake
structure was operational during a calendar year,
excluding any days the intake structure was offline
for routine maintenance or otherwise was not
operational. Partial days (any day in which
operations were less than 24 hours) should not be
counted as operational days.
_days
_days
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate (in GPD) for Each
CWIS in Typical Calendar Year
GPD
GPD
Originating Surface Water Source(s) from Which
Each CWIS Withdrew Cooling Water in Typical
Calendar Year [Please use water source codes listed in
the left-hand column of Matrix 10 on page 12. If multiple
water sources were used, please separate codes by a
comma.l
Design Through-Screen Velocity at Low Flow
Surface Elevation [Please provide the design
through-screen velocity for each cooling water
intake structure (in fps). ]
_fps
_fps
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CBI?G 12. (a) In the space provided below, please indicate the total number of cooling water systems that
are presently operating or temporarily offline (expected to operate again in the future) at the
plant. Do not consider cooling water systems that are planned or under construction or
permanently offline.
NOTE: Please consider your plant as having only one cooling water system unless your plant has systems that
are physically separated (e.g., have separate water intake and outletstructures) andcan be operatedindependently.
If the plant has several intake structures, but only one outlet structure, or vice-versa, please consider the plant as
having only one cooling water system. An intake structure with multiple bays counts as one intake structure.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water system is a system that provides water to/from
a plant to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited to,
water intake and outlet structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For plants that use surface
water for cooling, the system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife (e.g., at
the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Total Number of Cooling Water Systems
CBI? G (b) Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix below for each of the plant's cooling
water Systems. [Please check (/) all applicable design configuration types per system.]
Profile of Plant's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided for two CWSs. If your plant has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Data Requested
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/•) all
applicable configuration types per system.]
NOTE: Refer to the Glossary for definitions
of the design configurations and system
components listed.
CWS#1
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only Foo
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds F pj
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Other F(?)
(please describe below):
CWS #2
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds F pj
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Cooling Towers . F(6j
Other F(?)
(please describe below):
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CBI?G 13.
Which of the following terms best describe the configuration of your plant's intake structures (as
reported under Q.9 above) that are being used to withdraw some portion of surface water for
Contact Or noncontact COOling purposes? [Please check (/) all design configurations that apply.]
NOTE: Schematics of the design configurations listed can be found in the Glossary accompanying the questionnaire.
Configuration of Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Design Configurations
[Please check (S) all design configurations that apply.]
13(a) Intake Canal or Channel (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake canal or channel is a channelized conduit that directs water
through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps.
13(b) Submerged Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is closely aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of
the water body.
13(c) Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is evenly aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a
water body.
13(d) Intake Embayment, Bay, or Cove (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake embayment, bay, or cove is a natural or constructed inlet
along the shoreline of a water body that serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake
pump or series of pumps.
13(e) Submerged Offshore Intake Structure F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged offshore intake structure is an intake structure that
extends from a plant outward into a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always
from below the surface of the water body.
13(0 Other F
[Please briefly describe the configuration of any cooling water intake structure that does not fit the above categories and
explain why it is unique.]
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CBI?G 14. What types of technologies are being used at the plant's intake structures, as reported under Q.9,
that are intended to protect the plant's cooling water systems and/or reduce environmental impacts
posed by the intake Structures themselves? [Please check (/) all technology categories that apply.]
Technology Types Being Used at Plant's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Control Technology Types
[Please check (S) all technology categories that apply.]
14(a) Fish Diversion or Avoidance Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, fish diversion or avoidance systems are mechanisms designed to
divert or induce fish to swim away from a water intake structure.
Examples: Louver Barrier * Velocity Cap * Fish Net Barrier * Air Bubble Barrier * Electrical Barrier * Light Barrier *
Sound Barrier * Cable & Chain Barrier * Water Jet Barrier
14(b) Passive Intake Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, passive intake systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
an intake structure that, with little or no mechanical activity, stop debris and/or organisms from entering a plant's water
system. Most passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
Examples: Wedge Wire Screen * Perforated Pipe * Perforated Plate * Radial Well or Ranney Collector * Porous
Dike «> Artificial Filter Bed «> Leaky Dam
14(c) Fish Handling and/or Return Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a fish handling system includes any system that collects and/or
transports live organisms and debris away from an intake structure.
Examples: Fish Conveyance Systems (troughs or pipes) * Fish Basket * Fish Elevator (lift basket) * Fish Bypass
System * Fish Holding Tank
14(d) Intake Screen Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, intake screen systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
an intake structure to mechanically stop debris and/or organisms from entering a plant's water system.
Examples: Revolving Drum «> Screen (Horizontal or Vertical) «> Rotating Disk «> Screen «> Fixed Screen «> Traveling
Screen
14(e) Other F
[Please denote any technology that does not fit one of the above technology categories and briefly describe why the
technology(ies) is/are unique.]
14(f) No Technologies F
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CBI?G 15. (a) Has your plant or its firm owner ever conducted or
commissioned a study of the ecological or
environmental effects of any of the plant's intake
structures that have withdrawn surface water for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes (i.e., those intake
structures reported under Q.9)?
(b) Please provide the name of the most recent study completed.
In addition, please provide the name and telephone number
of the individual(s) we should contact if we require
additional information regarding the study.
FYes
FNo
(2)
Name of Most Recent Study:
Contact Name:
Telephone Number: ( )
(1)
(2)
(3)
THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING EPA's INDUSTRY SHORT TECHNCIAL
QUESTIONNAIRE: PHASE II COOLING WATER INTAKE STRUCTURES.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION. PLEASE RETURN THE
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Questionnaire
August 1999 (Draft)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Wastewater Management
Washington, DC
Notice of Estimated Burden
EPA estimates that completion of the entire 7999 Watershed Case Study Short
Questionnaire will require an average of 10 hours per facility. This estimate includes
time for reading the instructions and reviewing the information necessary to respond to
the questionnaire form. Any comments regarding EPA's need for the information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimate, and suggested methods for reducing
respondent burden (including the use of automated collection techniques) should be
addressed to: Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office of Policy, Mail Code
2137, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. Please include the
OMB Control Number, listed in the left-hand margin on this page, with any
correspondence.
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Table of Contents
Page No.
Certification Statement 1
General Information and Instructions 3
Why This Questionnaire? 3
Authority 4
Who Must Complete This Questionnaire? 4
Where to Get Help? 5
Certification Statement 5
When and How to Return the Questionnaire? 5
Confidential Business Information 6
Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire 7
Section 1: General Facility Information 8
Section 2: General Scoping Data 10
Section 3: Design and Operational Data for Cooling Water Intake Structures
and Cooling Water Systems 12
Section 4: Facility and Firm-Level Economic Data 19
Section 5: Facility Production and Electricity Generation Data 22
Glossary G-1
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Instructions
The individual responsible for directing or supervising the preparation of the enclosed Watershed Case Study Short
Questionnaire must read and sign the Certification Statement below before returning both documents to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. The certifying official must be a responsible corporate official or his or her duly
authorized representative. The Certification Statement must be completed and submitted in accordance with the
requirements contained in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR 122.22.
/ certify under penalty of law that the attached questionnaire was prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to ensure that qualified
personnel properly gathered and evaluated the information submitted. The information
submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, accurate and complete. In those cases
where we did not possess the requested information, we have provided best engineering
estimates or judgments. We have, to the best of our ability, indicated what we believe to be
company confidential business information as defined under 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. We
understand that we may be required at a later time to justify our claim in detail with respect
to each item claimed confidential. I am aware that there are significant penalties for
submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment as explained
in Section 308 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C., Section 1318).
Signature of Certifying Official Date
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Printed Name of Certifying Official Telephone No.
Title of Certifying Official
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General Information and Instructions
Why This Questionnaire?
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing regulations under Section 316(b)
of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1326(b). Section 316(b) provides that any standard established
pursuant to Sections 301 or 306 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and applicable to a point source will
require that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the
best technology available (BTA) for minimizing adverse environmental impact.
In support of the Section 316(b) regulations, EPA will conduct a series of case studies. This questionnaire
targets facilities located in particular areas that have been chosen as case study sites. The questionnaire is
intended to capture facility-specific information needed to conduct the case studies. The Section 316(b)
case studies will be used to do one or more of the following: (1) characterize the baseline, especially with
respect to Section 316(b) technologies in place; (2) provide a very detailed and in-depth analysis of the
potential costs and benefits of Section 316(b) regulations for specific regions of concern; (3) help
demonstrate the site-specific nature of environmental impacts of CWIS and potential benefits of
implementing BTA; (4) support the development of a tiering framework for the Section 316(b) regulation;
(5) evaluate cumulative impact potential; (6) determine the effectiveness of specific technologies; (7)
produce models of national benefits; and (8) provide examples of how a permit writer would analyze a plant
when issuing a permit. The actual use of the questionnaire data is likely to differ for different case study
locations.
Please note that the data from this questionnaire will not be used to make BTA permitting decisions for
individual facilities. The questionnaires are tools for characterizing some of the following: type and nature
of facilities using cooling water, specific uses of cooling water, design and configuration of cooling water
systems and cooling water intake structures, types of technologies being used at intake structures, and
whether facilities have previously evaluated the environmental impacts of their cooling water intake
structures. Data from the questionnaires will feed into other research being conducted by EPA that is more
specifically designed to determine the nature of adverse impacts and the types of control technologies that
might minimize such impacts. All of EPA's research efforts will feed the development of regulatory
options, some of which will subsequently be fashioned into a proposed rulemaking that will be put forth for
public review and comment.
The enclosed case study questionnaire consists of five main sections. Section 1 requests general facility
information, such as facility name, location, and Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. Section 2
requests information from facilities on such topics as National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit status, whether cooling water is used and, if so, whether it is withdrawn by the facility
from surface water. Finally, information is requested on the types of activities for which the facility uses
cooling water directly withdrawn from surface water. The purpose of these two sections is to help EPA
determine the nature of facilities within an industry group that use cooling water. Additionally, the
information will help EPA identify (i.e., "screen") facilities that are not subject to Section 316(b). These
out-of-scope facilities will be exempted from completing the remaining sections of the questionnaire.
Facilities that will be considered "out-of-scope" for receiving the detailed questionnaire will include those
that (1) are not point sources as defined under Section 502(14) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.,
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1362(14)), (2) do not use cooling water as that term is defined for the purposes of this questionnaire, or
(3) do not receive any of their cooling water supply from a surface water source.
Section 3 requests facilities to provide basic design and operational data on their cooling water intake
structures and cooling water systems. This information will help EPA ensure that it sends the detailed
questionnaire to an appropriate number of facilities representing the diverse array of design configurations
possible. Many of the questions are in multiple-choice format. The following types of information are being
requested: total number of cooling water intake structures, originating sources of cooling water, total
cooling water intake flow rates and operating days for a typical calendar year, total number of cooling water
systems and their respective configurations, placement of cooling water intake structures in surface water
bodies, control technologies being used at intake structures, and whether facility or firm owners have ever
conducted or commissioned environmental or ecological studies of the potential impacts of any of their
cooling water intake structures.
Section 4 asks for information regarding the estimated numbers of full-time equivalent employees and the
estimated annual sales revenue for the Facility's Fiscal Year 1997. For facilities that are owned by a larger
firm, this information is requested for the parent firm as well. This information will enable EPA to send the
detailed questionnaire to a broad range of facilities, based on their size. It is especially important that EPA
collect sufficient data on a representative sample of qualified small businesses to enable the Agency to
comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). This information will also help EPA design its approach
for conducting economic impact analyses of Section 316(b) regulatory options, once these options are
identified.
Finally, Section 5 requests information from facilities that use cooling water directly withdrawn from surface
water to generate electricity. These facilities are asked to indicate the gross amount of electricity they have
generated and their total annual sales of electricity for a recent and typical fiscal year. This information will
help EPA classify in-scope facilities according to their status as electricity generators. The economic
portion of the detailed questionnaire will be tailored to these specific classifications. Given the significant
recent changes in the electricity industry, and the importance of cooling water in electricity generation, EPA
wants to ensure that it has a full understanding of the potential impacts of regulatory options on electricity
generators including nonutility and industrial generators. The economic data from both the questionnaires
will support EPA's economic impact analyses of Section 316(b) regulatory options.
Authority
EPA has authority to administer this questionnaire under Section 308 of the CWA (33 U.S.C., Section
1318). Late filing of the questionnaire, or failure to follow any related EPA instructions, may result in civil
penalties, criminal fines, or other sanctions provided by law.
Who Must Complete This Questionnaire?
This questionnaire targets manufacturing facilities located in particular areas that have been chosen by EPA
as case study sites. Only facilities that have not yet completed either a Section 316(b) Industry Screener
Questionnaire or a Section 316(b) Detailed Questionnaire will be required to complete this questionnaire.
The questionnaire targets facilities in industries that have been identified as using large quantities of cooling
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water. These industries include the following four major industrial categories: Paper and Allied Products
(SIC 26), Chemical and Allied Products (SIC 28), Petroleum and Coal Products (SIC 29), and Primary
Metals (SIC 33).
Where to Get Help?
Toil-Free Help Line
Watershed Case Study Short Questionnaire
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Available weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m., Eastern Time
Toil-Free Phone No.: 1 -877-316-COOL (1 -877-316-2665)
Certification Statement
A responsible corporate official or his or her duly authorized representative must verify the accuracy of the
facility's responses to the questionnaire by reading and signing the enclosed Certification Statement. This
statement needs to be returned to EPA along with the completed questionnaire.
When and How to Return the Questionnaire?
You must complete and return the questionnaire and Certification Statement to EPA within 45 calendar
days after receiving the materials at your facility or firm. Please return your materials, in the enclosed self-
addressed envelope, to:
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
c/o SAIC (MS 1-11-12)
171 OGoodridge Drive
McLean, VA 22102-3799
NOTE: Please keep a copy of the completed screener questionnaire and Certification Statement for your records.
Confidential Business Information
You may assert a business confidentiality claim for some or all of your responses to the screener
questionnaire, as described in 40 CFR 2.203(b) (see full text below). Complete regulations governing
confidentiality of business information (CBI) appear in 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B.
40 CFR 2.203(b) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A business which is submitting
information to EPA may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching
to) the information, at the time it is submitted to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form
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of notice employing language such as 'trade secret,' 'proprietary,' or 'company confidential.' Allegedly confidential
portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the business, and may be submitted
separately to facilitate identification and handling by EPA. If the business desires confidential treatment only until
a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
^- You may claim confidentiality of business information for any of your responses by checking (/) the
box to the left of certain questions or by one of the methods described above.
If EPA reveals information covered by a claim of confidentiality, the Agency will strictly follow the
requirements and procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. Overall, EPA may reveal submitted
information protected by a CBI claim only to other employees, officers, or authorized representatives of
the United States who are responsible for implementation of the Clean Water Act. EPA has extensive
standard operating procedures in place to handle, store, and transmit CBI data and has a long history of
successfully managing this type of information. Personnel expected to handle CBI data are also required
by the Agency to be trained and certified.
Agency contractors will have access to CBI data so that work can be performed under their contracts
relative to the Section 316(b) rulemaking. All EPA contracts state that contractor employees must use CBI
data only to perform work specified by EPA. The information is not to be shown to anyone, other than
EPA officials, without prior written approval having been received from the affected business or from
EPA's legal office.
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Specific Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire
Facility or firm personnel most knowledgeable of the subject areas covered by the
questions posed should complete the questionnaire:
• Please answer the questions in sequence unless you are directed to SKIP
forward in the questionnaire. This is important since many questions are only
applicable to some respondents.
• Clearly mark responses to all questions with a black or blue ink pen, or type
responses in the spaces provided.
• For each question, please read all instructions and definitions carefully.
• Most key terms are defined at the point where they first appear in the questionnaire.
They are also defined in the Glossary, which is attached to the back of the
questionnaire. Before responding to a given question, please read the
definitions of any key terms used and any question-specific instructions.
• Please use the units specified when responding to questions requesting
measurement data (e.g., gallons per day).
• Please provide responses on the basis of the time period(s) cited in each
question. Note that the time periods under which information is requested varies
from question to question.
• Please indicate whether information provided in any of your responses is
confidential. Such information will be protected under EPA's confidentiality
procedures. To claim a particular response as containing confidential business
information, simply check (/) the box found to the left of the applicable question,
if one is provided, or follow the other identification procedures described on the
previous page and found under 40 CFR 2.203(b).
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1 General Facility Information
Section 1: General Facility Information
1. (a) Does the above mailing label reflect the facility's full legal
name and address?
(b) Please provide the complete legal name and mailing address
for the facility:
VOR (1>
F No
<2>
Name of Facility:
Street Address:
P.O. Box (if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
Telephone Number: ( )
DUNS Number:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
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3. Is the facility presently in commercial service?
General Facility Information 1
F Yes <1>
Note: To clarify for plants who are not in a commercial business, interpret ^— ^0
this question as "Is your plant currently operating?"
4. What are the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) codes associated with the facility's main lines of business?
[Please use the SIC codes contained in the Office of Management and Budget's
1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual. This listing can also be found
at the following Internet site: www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sic/sicser5.]
NOTE: Since the 1930s, SIC codes have been used to facilitate the
collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to U.S.
business establishments by Federal statistical agencies (e.g., Office of
Management and Budget or OMB, Bureau of the Census, etc.). The system
was last updated by OMB in 1987. It was recently replaced by the North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) in 1997; however, it
continues to be used by many Federal agencies. EPA believes it would be
unnecessarily confusing to askfacilities to classify themselves using NAICS
codes for the purposes of this questionnaire.
Primary (i)
Secondary (2)
Other (3a) (3b) (3c)
STOP
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Section 2: General Scoping Data
5. Does the facility presently have or is the facility presently in the
process of obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit!
NOTE: NPDES permits are required to be held under Section 402 of the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1342 et seq.) by any point source that
discharges pollutants directly to waters of the United States. Facilities that
discharge 100 percent of their effluent (including storm water) to publicly-
owned treatmentw'orks, privately-owned treatmentworks, and/or to ground
water injection wells should answer "No " to this question.
CBI?G 6. Since January 1, 1996, has cooling water been used for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes at the facility? [Please consider all
cooling water used regardless of the type of water source or provider from
which it has been obtained.!
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term" cooling
water" refers to both contact and noncontact cooling
water, including water used for air conditioning, equipment cooling,
evaporative cooling tower makeup, and dilution of effluent heat content. The
intended use of the cooling water is to absorb waste heat rejected from the
process or processes employed or from auxiliary operations on the facility's
premises.
CBI?G 7. Since January 1, 1996, has the facility directly obtained any
portion of its cooling water from a surface water source!
NOTE: In order for a facility to directly withdraw cooling water from
surface water, it must have an intake structure.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this questionnaire, surface water
includes lakes, ponds, or reservoirs; nontidal rivers or
streams; tidal rivers; estuaries; fjords; oceans; and bays/coves. A cooling
water intake structure is the total structure and associated technologies
used to direct water from a water body into a facility up to the point of the first
intake pump or series of pumps. The intended use of the cooling water is to
absorb waste heat rejected from processes employed or from auxiliary
operations on the facility's premises. Single cooling water intake structures
might have multiple intake bays. If a facility has an intake structure that
withdraws water for other purposes in addition to cooling, the entire intake
structure should be considered a cooling water intake structure for the
purposes of this questionnaire.
(1)
FNo
FYes
FNo
(1)
(2)
F Yes
FNo
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CBI? G 8. In the matrix below, please indicate the activities for which your facility has used cooling water directly
withdrawn from surface water since January 1, 1996? [Please check (/) all applicable activities.]
Activities Requiring Cooling Water Directly Withdrawn by Facility From Surface Water
Since January 1,1996
Item
No.
Activities
8(a)
Electricity Generation (including equipment cooling)
[ F Check (/) here if any of facility's generating units that use cooling water are part of a combined cycle unit.]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a combined cycle unit is an electric generating unit that has one
or more gas turbines or internal combustion engines and one or more steam boilers. Part of the required input to the
boiler(s) is provided by the exhaust gas (waste heat) of the combustion turbines(s).
8(b)
Air Conditioning (Cooling and Heating of Indoor Air)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, air conditioning refers to the process and equipment used to
control the temperature and humidity of indoor air. Cooling water is used in some air types of conditioning systems.
8(c)
Production Line (or Process) Contact or Noncontact Cooling
(for uses other than electricity generation and excluding air conditioning)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, the term production line refers to each of the successive steps
taken at a facility to produce a product, except the production line's use of electricity.
8(d)
Other (please describe below):
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Section
Questionnaire No:
Design and Operational Data
Section 3: Design and Operational Data for Oooling Water Intake Structures
and Oooling Water Systems
CBI?G 9. How many intake structures does the facility have that directly withdraw surface water to support, at
least in part, contact or noncontact cooling operations within the facility? [Consider only those intake
structures presently operating or temporarily offline (i.e., expected to operate again in the future). Do not include intake
structures planned or under construction or permanently offline.]
CBI?G 10. For each intake structure reported under Q.9, please indicate in the matrix below all surface water
sources from which the facility has directly withdrawn contact or noncontact cooling water since
January 1, 1996 (or from the date the intake structure became operational if that date was later
than January 1, 1996). [Please check (/) all water sources that apply per intake structure. If cooling water has
been withdrawn from an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove, please indicate the originating
source(s) of the water.]
Matrix 1 0 Matrix of
Originating Surface Water Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1, 1996
by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided lor two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
A
B
Originating Surface Water Source
[Please check (/") all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
Lake, Pond, or Reservoir
Definitions: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
lake is an expanse of water, usually fresh, surrounded
by land or by land and a manmade retainer. Lakes may
be fed by rivers, streams, springs, and/or local
precipitation. A pond is a still body of water generally
smaller than a lake. A reservoir is an artificial body of
surface water retained by a dam.
NOTE: These terms are not to be confused with the terms
cooling lake or cooling pond. The primary purpose of
these water bodies is to absorb waste heat rejected from a
facility's wastewater discharge.
Nontidal River or Stream
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
river or stream is nontidal when no significant inflow of
water from an ocean or bay due to tidal action occurs.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
FID
r" (2)
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
F«i,
r" (2)
See next page for continuation of Matrix 10.
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Design and Operational Data X
Matrix 10 (Continued)
Matrix of
Originating Sources of Cooling Water Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Water
Source
Code
Originating Water Source
[Please check (y) all sources that apply per CWIS.]
Note: If cooling water has been withdrawn from
an intake canal/channel or constructed intake embayment/bay/cove,
please indicate the originating source of the water.
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
CWIS
[Please indicate facility-designated
name or no. of CWIS.]
Tidal River
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
tidal river is the portion of river above the river's mouth
that receives a regular, significant inflow of water from
an ocean or bay due to tidal action.
(3)
(3)
D
Estuary
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that
has a free connection with the open sea and is strongly
affected by tidal action. In an estuary, sea water is
mixed (and usually measurably diluted) with fresh water
inflow from rivers.
NOTE: The Chesapeake Bay and the San Francisco Bay are
examples of estuaries even though the term bay appears in
their names.
(4)
(4)
Ocean
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an
ocean is defined as marine open coastal waters other
than those water bodies classified as estuaries,
embayments, or fjords, which are semi-enclosed and
have readily identifiable geographic boundaries.
(5)
(5)
Bay or Cove (natural, saline water)
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a
bay or cove is an inlet created when the shoreline of a
water body is indented. Bays are generally larger than
coves but are smaller than gulfs. Coves are generally
sheltered. [Do not mark this response if the bay or cove
is constructed; see column note above.]
(6)
(6)
Bay or Cove (natural, fresh water)
[See definition and instructions directly above.]
(7)
(7)
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Questionnaire No:
Design and Operational Data
CBI? G 11. Please complete the matrix below for each of the facility' s cooling water intake structures reported
under Q.9. In this matrix, EPA is requesting facilities to provide, for a typical calendar year since
January 1, 1996, the total number of days the structure was operational (Item a), its average daily
intake flow rate in gallons per day (GPD) (Item b), and the surface water sources used (Item c).
[Please provide actual data to the extent they are readily available; otherwise, best engineering estimates may be
provided.]
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a typical calendar year is one in which the facility and its
cooling water intake structures are operated in a normal, routine, regular, or otherwise standard fashion.
The data provided should be similar to data from other recent calendar years of operation or from projected, near future
years of operation (i.e., 1999 to 2001).
Total No. of Operating Days, Average Daily Intake Flow Rate, and Originating Water Matrix of _
Sources for a Typical Calendar Year Since January 1,1996 by Cooling Water Intake Structure (CWIS)
Response space has been provided for two CWISs. If your facility has more than this number of intake structures, please copy the matrix and
change the CWIS code names or numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify
individual matrix sheets as Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Item
No.
Data Requested
[For each CWIS, please provide responses for the
same typical calendar year for each item in the matrix.
Actual data should be provided if available; otherwise,
best engineering estimates may be provided.]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
CWIS
[Please insert same no. or name as
under Matrix 10, page 12.]
No. of Operating Days for Each CWIS in
Typical Calendar Year
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire,
the term operating days refers to the total number
of days (1 day = 24 hours) a cooling water intake
structure was operational during a calendar year,
excluding any days the intake structure was offline
for routine maintenance or otherwise was not
operational. Partial days (any day in which
operations were less than 24 hours) should not be
counted as operational days.
_days
_days
Average Daily Intake Flow Rate (in GPD) for Each
CWIS in Typical Calendar Year
GPD
GPD
Originating Surface Water Source(s) from Which
Each CWIS Withdrew Cooling Water in Typical
Calendar Year [Please use water source codes listed in
the left-hand column of Matrix 10 on page 12. If multiple
water sources were used, please separate codes by a
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Questionnaire No:
Section
CBI?G 12.
Design and Operational Data X
(a) In the space provided below, please indicate the total number of cooling water systems that
are presently operating or temporarily offline (expected to operate again in the future) at the
facility. Do not consider cooling water systems that are planned or under construction or
permanently offline.
NOTE: Please consider your facility as having only one cooling water system unless your facility has systems that
are physically separated (e.g., have separate water intake and outlet structures) andean be operated independently.
If the facility has several intake structures, but only one outlet structure, or vice-versa, please consider the facility
as having only one cooling water system. An intake structure with multiple bays counts as one intake structure.
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a cooling water system is a system that provides water to/from
a facility to transfer heat from equipment or processes therein. The system includes, but is not limited
to, water intake and outlet structures, cooling towers, ponds, pumps, pipes, and canals/channels. For facilities that use
surface water for cooling, the system begins at the first barrier to ingress and/or egress by fish and other aquatic wildlife
(e.g., at the trash rack, etc.) and ends at the discharge outlet(s).
Total Number of Cooling Water Systems
CBI?G (b) Please provide the general profile data requested in the matrix below for each of the facility's
Cooling water Systems. [Please check (/) all applicable design configuration types per system.]
Profile of Facility's Cooling Water Systems (CWSs) Matrix of
Response space has been provided lor two CWSs. If your facility has more than this number of systems, please copy the matrix and change the
CWS code numbers as appropriate. Insert any additional matrices into this section of the questionnaire, and identify individual matrix sheets as
Matrix "1 of 3," "2 of 3," etc.
Data Requested
Configuration of CWS [Please check (/•) all
applicable configuration types per system.]
NOTE: Refer to the Glossary for definitions
of the design configurations and system
components listed.
CWS#1
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only Foo
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds F (2)
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Cooling Towers. . F(6j
Other F(?)
(please describe below):
CWS #2
Once-Through CWSs
Once-Through Only F(ij
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Canals/Channels, Lakes
or Ponds F (2)
Once-Through with Nonrecirculating
Cooling Towers Fpj
Recirculating CWSs
Recirculating Only F(4j
Recirculating with Cooling Canals/
Channels, Lakes, or Ponds Fpj
Recirculating With Cooling Towers. . F(6j
Other F(?)
(please describe below):
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Questionnaire No:
Design and Operational Data
CBI? G 13. Which of the following terms best describe the configuration of your facility's intake structures (as
reported under Q.9 above) that are being used to withdraw some portion of surface water for
Contact Or noncontact COOling purposes? [Please check (/) all design configurations that apply.]
NOTE: Schematics of the design configurations listed can be found in the Glossary accompanying the questionnaire.
Configuration of Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Design Configurations
[Please check (S) all design configurations that apply.]
13(a) Intake Canal or Channel (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake canal or channel is a channelized conduit that directs water
through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake pump or series of pumps.
13(b) Submerged Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is closely aligned with the shoreline and that always withdraws water from below the surface of
the water body.
13(c) Surface Intake Structure Flush with Shoreline F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a surface intake structure flush with the shoreline is an intake
structure whose opening is evenly aligned with the shoreline and that generally withdraws water from the surface of a
water body.
13(d) Intake Embayment, Bay, or Cove (natural or constructed) F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, an intake embayment, bay, or cove is a natural or constructed inlet
along the shoreline of a water body that serves to direct water through screens or other filtering devices up to the intake
pump or series of pumps.
13(e) Submerged Offshore Intake Structure F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a submerged offshore intake structure is an intake structure that
extends from a facility outward into a water body. The intake opening is submerged, and the water withdrawn is always
from below the surface of the water body.
13(0 Other F
[Please briefly describe the configuration of any cooling water intake structure that does not fit the above categories and
explain why it is unique.]
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Design and Operational Data X
CBI?G 14.
What types of technologies are being used at the facility' s intake structures, as reported under Q.9,
that are intended to protect the facility's cooling water systems and/or reduce environmental
impacts posed by the intake Structures themselves? [Please check (/) all technology categories that apply.]
Technology Types Being Used at Facility's Cooling Water Intake Structures
Item
No.
Control Technology Types
[Please check (S) all technology categories that apply.]
14(a) Fish Diversion or Avoidance Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, fish diversion or avoidance systems are mechanisms designed to
divert or induce fish to swim away from a water intake structure.
Examples: Louver Barrier * Velocity Cap * Fish Net Barrier * Air Bubble Barrier * Electrical Barrier * Light Barrier *
Sound Barrier * Cable & Chain Barrier * Water Jet Barrier
14(b) Passive Intake Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, passive intake systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
an intake structure that, with little or no mechanical activity, stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water
system. Most passive intake systems achieve very low withdrawal velocities at the screening medium.
Examples: Wedge Wire Screen * Perforated Pipe * Perforated Plate * Radial Well or Ranney Collector * Porous
Dike «> Artificial Filter Bed «> Leaky Dam
14(c) Fish Handling and/or Return Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, a fish handling system includes any system that collects and/or
transports live organisms and debris away from an intake structure.
Examples: Fish Conveyance Systems (troughs or pipes) * Fish Basket * Fish Elevator (lift basket) * Fish Bypass
System * Fish Holding Tank
14(d) Intake Screen Systems F
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, intake screen systems are devices placed at or near the opening of
an intake structure to mechanically stop debris and/or organisms from entering a facility's water system.
Examples: Revolving Drum «> Screen (Horizontal or Vertical) «> Rotating Disk «> Screen «> Fixed Screen «> Traveling
Screen
14(e) Other F
[Please denote any technology that does not fit one of the above technology categories and briefly describe why the
technology(ies) is/are unique.]
14(f) No Technologies F
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Questionnaire No:
Design and Operational Data
CBI?G 15. (a) Has your facility or its firm owner ever conducted or
commissioned a study of the ecological or
environmental effects of any of the facility's intake
structures that have withdrawn surface water for contact
or noncontact cooling purposes (i.e., those intake
structures reported under Q.9)?
(b) Please provide the name of the most recent study completed.
In addition, please provide the name and telephone number
of the individual(s) we should contact if we require
additional information regarding the study.
FYes
FNo
(2)
Name of Most Recent Study:
Contact Name:
Telephone Number: ( )
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Questionnaire No:
Section
Facility and Firm-Level Economic Data
Section 4: Facility and Firm-Level Economic Data
CBI? G 16. Please complete the matrix below with the facility's number
of employees and total annual sales revenue for the facility's
Fiscal Year 1997.
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees and Annual Sales Revenue for Facility
(for Facility's Fiscal Year 1997)
Item
No.
Data Requested
Response
16(a)
Number of FTE Employees, Including Full-Time and Part-Time Employees [You may
round to the nearest 10 employees.]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, one FTE employee equals one
person-year or 2,000 hours.
16(b)
Total Annual Sales Revenue (in whole U.S. dollars) [If the facility operates as a cost
center for a larger parent firm and facility-level revenue is not available, indicate NA (for
not applicable).]
Definition: For the purposes of this questionnaire, total annual sales revenue is the
total amount of money received by a firm from sales of its products and/or services
over 365 days. The value does not include gains from investments or extraordinary
gains, such as increases in owners' equity from capital adjustments or gains from the
sale or exchange of assets.
NA.
17. (a) As of the last day of the facility's Fiscal Year 1997, was the
facility owned by another entity?
[Does this need to be clarified based on the screener results?]
CBI?G (b) Please provide the complete legal name, address, and DUNS
number for the domestic parent firm that owned the facility
as of the last day of the facility's Fiscal Year 1997.
Yes <1>
FNO
DEFINITION
For the purposes of this questionnaire, a domestic
parent firm is the highest /eve/domestic business entity
in the facility's organizational structure. A firm that is owned by another
U.S. firm is not a domestic parent firm. A U.S. firm that is owned by a foreign
firm ;'s a domestic parent firm.
NOTE: If the facility was owned by a joint venture or is under
another type of joint ownership, please provide the information for the
owner that held the largest share in the facility.
Name of Domestic Parent Firm:
(1)
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Questionnaire No:
Facility and Firm-Level Economic Data
Street Address:
P.O. Box (if applicable):
City, State ZIP:
DUNS Number:
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Check (
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Section
Facility and Firm-Level Economic Data
CBI?G 20. Please complete the following matrix with the domestic parent firm's number of employees and
total annual sales revenue for the facility's Fiscal Year 1997.
FTE Employees and Annual Sales Revenue for Domestic Parent Firm
(for Facility's Fiscal Year 1997)
Item
No.
20(a)
20(b)
Data Requested
Number of FTE Employees, Including Full-Time and Part-Time Employees
[You may round to the nearest 10 employees.]
Total Annual Sales Revenue (in whole U.S. dollars)
Response
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Questionnaire No:
Facility Production and Electricity Generation Data
Section 5: Facility Production and Electricity Generation Data
CBI?G 21. (a) Did your facility generate electricity at any time during P Yes (1)
the facility's Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, or 1997?
FNo ^
(b) Did your facility generate electricity using cooling water
directly withdrawn by the facility from surface water at any
time during the facility's Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, or 1997?
NOTE: Cooling water may be derived from several sources and can
be commingled before being used for cooling purposes. If any portion
of commingled cooling water was derived from surface water through
the facility's own intake structures, it should be considered cooling
water directly withdrawn from surface water for the purposes of this
questionnaire.
CBI?G 22. Please provide the information requested in the matrix below
for the facility's Fiscal Year 1997. [if FY1997 was not a typical
year in terms of the facility's electricity generation activities, please
provide the requested information for a typical fiscal year in the previous
two years. Please also note the fiscal year for which the data are being
provided.]
FYes
FNo
(2)
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return
questionnaire with a
completed Certification
Statement.
STOP
If answer is No, please
stop here and return
questionnaire with a
completed Certification
Statement.
Facility Electricity Generation and Sales for Facility's Fiscal Year 1997
or Other Recent Typical Fiscal Year
Item
No.
22(a)
22(b)
22(c)
Data Requested
Typical Facility Fiscal Year for Which Data in Matrix Are Being Provided
[Please check (/) one fiscal year only.]
Gross Electricity Generated by Facility Using Cooling Water Directly
Withdrawn by Facility from Surface Water (in kilowatt hours or kWh)
Total Annual Sales of Electricity Generated Using Cooling Water Directly
Withdrawn from Surface Water by Facility (including sales to ultimate
consumers and sales for resale (in kWh)) [Use the formula below to calculate
your response.]
Gross Electricity Generated by Facility
Using Cooling Water Withdrawn Surface Water x ^^ ro(a, Safes ofEectficjty (jn km)
Total Electricity Generated by Facility
Response
Fiscal Year 1995 F(ij
Fiscal Year 1996 Fpj
Fiscal Year 1997 Fpj
kWh
kWh
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