Thermal discharges from Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant outfalls: Impacts on stream temperatures and fauna of Little Bayou and Big Bayou Creeks
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Computer Science and Mathematics Div.
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.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 226004
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-13183; ON: DE96009341; TRN: AHC29610%%46
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division Publication Number 4524; PBD: Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
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