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Title: Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks

Abstract

The development of a biological monitoring plan for the receiving streams of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) began in the late 1980s, because of an Agreed Order (AO) issued in September 1987 by the Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW). Five years later, in September 1992, more stringent effluent limitations were imposed upon the PGDP operations when the KDOW reissued Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit No. KY 0004049. This action prompted the US Department of Energy (DOE) to request a stay of certain limits contained in the permit. An AO is being negotiated between KDOW, the US Enrichment Corporation (USEC), and DOE that will require that several studies be conducted, including this stream temperature evaluation study, in an effort to establish permit limitations. All issues associated with this AO have been resolved, and the AO is currently being signed by all parties involved. The proposed effluent temperature limit is 89 F (31.7 C) as a mean monthly temperature. In the interim, temperatures are not to exceed 95 F (35 C) as a monthly mean or 100 F (37.8 C) as a daily maximum. This study includes detailed monitoring of instream temperatures, benthic macroinvertebrate communities, fish communities, and a laboratorymore » study of thermal tolerances.« less

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Computer Science and Mathematics Div.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
226004
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-13183
ON: DE96009341; TRN: AHC29610%%46
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-96OR22464
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division Publication Number 4524; PBD: Mar 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; PADUCAH PLANT; THERMAL POLLUTION; STREAMS; FISHES; TOLERANCE; INVERTEBRATES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; THERMAL EFFLUENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; COMPLIANCE; TEMPERATURE MONITORING

Citation Formats

Roy, W K, Ryon, M G, and Hinzman, R L. Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/226004.
Roy, W K, Ryon, M G, & Hinzman, R L. Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/226004
Roy, W K, Ryon, M G, and Hinzman, R L. 1996. "Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/226004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/226004.
@article{osti_226004,
title = {Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks},
author = {Roy, W K and Ryon, M G and Hinzman, R L},
abstractNote = {The development of a biological monitoring plan for the receiving streams of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) began in the late 1980s, because of an Agreed Order (AO) issued in September 1987 by the Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW). Five years later, in September 1992, more stringent effluent limitations were imposed upon the PGDP operations when the KDOW reissued Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit No. KY 0004049. This action prompted the US Department of Energy (DOE) to request a stay of certain limits contained in the permit. An AO is being negotiated between KDOW, the US Enrichment Corporation (USEC), and DOE that will require that several studies be conducted, including this stream temperature evaluation study, in an effort to establish permit limitations. All issues associated with this AO have been resolved, and the AO is currently being signed by all parties involved. The proposed effluent temperature limit is 89 F (31.7 C) as a mean monthly temperature. In the interim, temperatures are not to exceed 95 F (35 C) as a monthly mean or 100 F (37.8 C) as a daily maximum. This study includes detailed monitoring of instream temperatures, benthic macroinvertebrate communities, fish communities, and a laboratory study of thermal tolerances.},
doi = {10.2172/226004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/226004}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}