Regulation and Impact Assessment of Once-Through Cooling Systems of California Coastal

Regulation and Impact Assessment of Once-Through Cooling Systems of California Coastal Power Plants

August 21 and 22, 2006

Seminar Room, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML),

8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 95039.

Day 1: Monday, August 21

9:00-9:30 Introduction, Purposes, Logistics, Introductions (Gregorio and Foster)

9:30-9:45 Status of SWRCB Proposed Statewide Policy on Clean Water Act 316(b) Regulations (Gregorio)

Scoping Document: Proposed Statewide Policy on Clean Water Act Section 316(b) Regulations

[Link to Item 2 SWRCBScopingDoc316b.pdf]

9:45-10:30 Historical Overview of 316(a) and (b) Studies, and Thermal and Other Discharge Effects and Their Assessment (Foster and Steve Saiz, SWRCB)

Issues And Environmental Impacts Associated With Once-Through Cooling At California’s Coastal Power Plants

[Link to Item 3 Issues Environ Impacts OTC Power Plants.pdf ]

Appendices

[Link to Item 3 Issues Environ Imapcts OTC - Appendices.pdf ]

10:30-11:00 What you need to know about fish (Greg Cailliet, MLML)

11:00am-Noon Technology to Reduce Impingement and Entrainment (Tim Havey, Tetra Tech)

Noon-1:00 Lunch at MLML

1:00-1:30 Legal Interpretation of Regulations (Sheila Vassey, SWRCB)

40 CFR Parts 9, 122 et al. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System—Final Regulations To Establish Requirements for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase II Existing Facilities; Final Rule

[Link to Item 7 FedRegPhaseIIJuly2004.pdf]

1:30-2:30 Regulations in Practice: Phase II Baselines and % Reductions: Case Studies from the Central Coast (Michael Thomas, CCRWQCB)

2:30-3:30 The Why, When and How of Assessing Impingement and Entrainment Impacts (John Steinbeck, Tenera)

Assessing Power Plant Cooling Water Intake System Entrainment Impacts

[Link to Item 9 CWIS Entrainment Studies - Steinbeck et al.pdf]

3:30-4:00 Break

4:00-4:30 The Science of Mitigation (Pete Raimondi, UC Santa Cruz)

4:30-5:00 The Economics of Mitigation (Liz Strange, Stratus)

5:00-6:00 Rompa Hielo (MLML)

6:00 Dinner (catered at MLML)

Day 2: Tuesday, August 22

9:00-10:30 Tour of Moss Landing Power Plant Cooling System

10:30-Noon Discussion of Issues from Day 1 and Need for Independent Technical Review (Gregorio and Other Instructors)

Noon-1:00 Lunch at MLML

1:00-4:30 PICs Case Studies (Foster, Raimondi, Thomas)*

4:30-5:00 Concluding Discussion. Session Ends.

*A workshop format review and evaluation of Proposals for Information Collection (PICs) for 3-4 power plants representing a variety of different circumstances. The PICs chosen will be posted on the SWRCB web site for all Session attendees to read prior to August 21.

Instructor Biographies

[Link to Instructor Biographies.doc ]