Item O2BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
C ounty of M onroe A(I Mayor George Neugent, District 2
T he Fl orida Keys 4� �� m Mayor Pro Tem David Rice, District 4
l Danny L. Kolhage, District 1
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„; ° W Heather Carruthers, District 3
Sylvia J. Murphy, District 5
County Commission Meeting
August 16, 2017
Agenda Item Number: 0.2
Agenda Item Summary #3276
BULK ITEM: No DEPARTMENT: County Attorney's Office
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Bob Shillinger (305) 292 -3470
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AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Discussion and direction on submission of comments to the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding Florida Power and Light's application for combined
licenses to authorize construction and operation of two new nuclear plants at Turkey Point (Units 6
and 7).
ITEM BACKGROUND: In Jun. 2009, FPL submitted an application for a combined license
( "COL ") to authorize construction of two new pressurized water nuclear reactors to be located next
to Units 1 through 5. The proposed units are referred to as Units 6 and 7, which are located in
southeast Miami -Dade County, in close proximity to the northeastern most point in Monroe County.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is convening an evidentiary hearing on October 5,
2017, associated with the application for combined licenses for Units 6 and 7. This hearing had
previously been scheduled for February 9, 2017.
The NRC's procedures allow for an interested governmental unit to file a written statement
regarding any issues or questions that it wants the NRC to consider as part of the mandatory hearing
that is scheduled for October 5, 2017. The deadline for submitting that written statement is
August 30, 2017. Direction is needed on whether the BOCC wants to file a statement or not. If the
BOCC wants to file a statement, direction is needed on what issues the BOCC wants to assert. The
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority has filed a position statement.
The NRC proceeding regarding licensing for the new plants (Units 6 & 7) is limited in scope to
issues associated with construction of the new plants, not problems associated with the existing
plants. The BOCC has not yet taken a position on the proposed construction of the new plants
(Units 6 & 7). The BOCC did adopt Resolution 87 -2016 in support of the remedial measures
imposed by Miami -Dade County's Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM)
regarding the saltwater plume emanating from the cooling canals serving Units 1 through 5. The
BOCC also adopted Resolution 43 -2017 which asked FPL to discontinue use of the cooling canal
system serving Units 1 through 5 as soon as possible. Strictly speaking, those issues will not impact
the criteria the NRC will consider when considering FPL's application for a COL.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: n/a
CONTRACT /AGREEMENT CHANGES:
n/a
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: n/a
DOCUMENTATION:
NRC Letter Notice of Hearing 5 October 2017
FKAA Written Statement December 29 2016
Resolution 87 2016
Resolution 43 -2017
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Effective Date: n/a
Expiration Date:
Total Dollar Value of Contract:
Total Cost to County:
Current Year Portion:
Budgeted:
Source of Funds:
CPI:
Indirect Costs:
Estimated Ongoing Costs Not Included in above dollar amounts:
Revenue Producing:
Grant:
County Match:
Insurance Required:
Additional Details:
If yes, amount:
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Bob Shillinger
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Bob Shillinger
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Budget and Finance
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Maria Slavik
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Kathy Peters
Completed
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Board of County Commissioners
Pending
08/16/2017 9:00 AM
July 21, 2017
Mr. Doug White
Bureau of Emergency Response
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard
Mail! Station 659
Tallahassee, Florida 32399i-2400
Dear Mr. White
I am writing to provide you information about an upcoming Commission proceeding that may be
of interest. The Commission is convening an evidentiary hearing on October 5. 2017,
associated with the application for combined licenses to authorize construction and operation of
two new nuclear plants, Turkey Point Units 6 and 7, in southeast Miami -Dade County. This
hearing had previously been scheduled for February 9, 2017, Enclosed is a Notice of Hearing
regarding the mandatory hearing that has been sent to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication,
The Commission's procedures allow any interested State, local government body, or Federally-
recognized Indian Tribe to file with the Commission a statement of any issues or questions that
the State, local government body, or Indian tribe wishes the Commission to consider as part of
the mandatory hearing, Written statements from interested governmental or Tribal participants
are due by August 30, 2017.
As provided in the enclosed Notice of Hearing, written statements and supporting
documentation (if any) should be submitted to the Commission using the agency's E-filing
system. If practicable, we request that written statements be filed by use of the Electronic
Information Exchange (EIE), If your staff does not already have a digital certificate for EIE, they
will need to visit the NRC website and use the following hyperlink
httj2s:�'/IDki.nrc.cio\//ocs/'apps/eie/dcc-eie-adj.htmi, tilled "External Credential Service for the
Electronic Submittals - Adjudicatory." It your staff requires assistance in navigating the
agency's E-filing system, they should contact the NRC's Electronic Submittals Help Desk by
email at Meta- System Help _Desk. Resource @ aLL.%oy or by telephone toil f ree at (866) 672-
7 0 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, with the exception of
government holidays. Participants who are unable to use the EIE, or who will have difficulty
complying with the EIE requirements in the time frame provided, may submit their statements by
electronic mail to hearincidocket@nrc.gov.
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In addition, the staff has provided the Commission a paper regarding this matter entitled "SECY-
16-0136, Staff Statement in Support of the Uncontested Hearing for issuance of Combined
Licenses for Turkey Point Units 6 and 7 �Docket Nos. 52-040 and 52-041)," dated December 2,
2016. The paper may be found on the NRC public website at h t
r-,C2s/2016/'
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Annette L. Vieth- Cook,
Secretary of the Commission
Enclosure:
Notice of Hearing Federal Register Notice
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Agreement State Director and State Liaison
Officer
Ms. Cynthia Becker, M.P.H., Chief
Bureau of Radiation Control
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, SE, Bin C21
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741
Timothy A. Parsons, Ph.D., RPA
Division Director, and
State Historic Preservation Officer
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FIL 32399-0250
Mr. Sherrill F. Norman
State of Florida Auditor General
Claude Pepper Building
111 West Madison Street
Tallahassee FL 32399
Mr. Bryan W. oon, Chair
Director, Division of Emergency
Management
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100
Commission
8535 Northlake Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FIL 33412
Dr. Thomas Eason, Director
Division of Habitat and Species
Conservation,
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
620 S. Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
Ms. Marissa Y. Krueger
Biological Scientist IV
Office of Conservation Planning Services
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
8535 Northlake Blvd.
West Palrr Beach, FL 33412
Mr. Doug White
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Emergency Response
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard
Mail Station 659
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400
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Siting Coordination Off ice (SCO)
2600 Blair Stone Road, IVIS 55OU
Tallahassee, FIL 32399-2400
Roman Gastesi, County Administrator
Monroe County
1100 Simonton Street
Key West, FL 33040
Bob Shitlinger, County Attorney
Monroe County
1111 12th SL
Suite 408
Key West, FL 33040
Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N. W. 1 �' St., 29 Floor
Miami, FL 881 8
Mr. Jonathan E. Shaw, PG
South Florida Water Management District
Resource Evaluation Section, Water Supp
3301 Gun Club Rd,
POB 24680 MS. 4230
West Palm Beach, FIL 33416-4680
Mr, Mark Woerner, Chief
Planning Division
Department of Regulatory
and Economic Resources Planning
Miami Dade County
111 NW 1 ' Street, 12 Floor
Miami, Florida 33128
Mr. John Williamson, Administrator
Bureau of Radiation Control, Environmental
Radiation Programs
PO Box 680069
Orlando, FL 32868-0069
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Victoria M, City Attorney
City of Miami
444 SW 2" Avenue, Suite 945
Miami. FL 33130
Ms. Kathlecri Kauffman, Chief
Office of Historic Preservation
111 NW First Street, 12t" Floor
Miami, FL 33128
Ms. Dona Spain
Historic Preservation Officer
City of Coral Gables
405 Biltmore Way
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Dr. Philip K. Stoddard, Mayor
City of South Miami
6130 Sunset Drive
South Miami, FL 33143
Ms. Megan Cross Schmitt
Preservation Officer, City of Miami
444 S, W, 2"-" Avenue-Y' Floor
Miami, FL 33130
Mr. Kirk C. Zuelch. Executive Director
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
1100 Kennedy Drive
Key West, Florida 33040
Mr. Lee N. Hefty, Director
Division of Environmental Resources
Management - RER
Miami-Dade County
701 NW I st Court, 4 Floor
Miami, FIL 33136-3902
Mayor Joseph M. Corradino
12645 Pinecrest Parkway
Pinecrest, Florida 33156
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AGENCY: Nuclear Regal atOry Commission,
ACTION: Combined license application revised notice of hearing.
SUMMARY: The U . Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene an evidentiary
session to receive testimony and exhibits in the uncontestec portion of this proceeding
regarding the application of Florida Power and Light Company (FPQ for combined licenses
(COLS) to construct and operate two additional units Units 6 and 7) at the Turkey Point site in
Miam[-Dade County, Florida, This mandatory hearing will concern safety and environmental
matters relating to the requested COLS.
DATES: The hearing will be held on October 5, 2017, beginning at 9i99 a-m, Eastern Standard
Time. For the schedule for submitting pre-filed documents and deadlines affecting Interested
Government Participants, see Section V of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document,
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 52-040 and 52-041 when contacting the NR C about
the availability of information regarding this document- You may obtain publicly-available
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You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection
at lotto J/www,nrc qov/readinq-rm/ad@ms.html To begin the search, select "ADAMS Public
Documents" and then select "Begin Web-based ADAMS Slela, rch " For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
301-415-4737. or by e-mail to pdr,resourceP_nrc gov. The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is
referenced.
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NF Cs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the
NRC's PDR, Room 01-F21, One VWhite Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852,
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone 301-415-0681 "
e -mail. Denise McGovern(w me aov-
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The Commission hereby gives notice that pursuant to Section 189a of the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), it will convene an evidentiary session to receive
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testimony and exhibits in the uncontested portion of this proceeding regarding FPL'S June 30,
2009, application for COLS under part 52 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
f 10 CFR) , to construct and operate two additional units (Units 6 and 7) at the Turkey Point site
in Miami-Dade County, Florida (,http://Nww.nrc.qov/reactc)rslnew-reactors/col/turkeV-poitit
The Commission had previously scheduled this hearing for February 9, 2017.' This mandatory
hearing will concern safety and environmental matters relating to the requested COLS, as more
fully described below. Participants in the hearing are not to address any contested issues in
their written filings or oral presentations.
The Commission will conduct this hearing beginning at 9.00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time
on October 5, 2017, at the U S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, One White Flint North,
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, The hearing on these issues will continue on
subsequent days, if necessary.
The Commission is the presiding officer for this proceeding.
' See 81 FR 89,995 (Dec. 13 21016)_
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The matter at issue in this race din is whether the review of the application by the
Commission's staff has been adequate to support the findings found in 10 CFI 52-97 and
10 CFI 51.107. Those findings that must be made for each COL are as follows:
The Commission will determine whether 1) the applicable standards and requirements of
the Act, and the Commission's regulations have been met 2) any required notifications to other
agencies or bodies have been duly made, 3) there is reasonable assurance that the facility will
be constructed and will operate in conformity with the license, the provisions of the Act, and the
Commission's regulations', 4) the applicant is technically and financially qualified to engage in
the activities authorized, and 5) issuance of the license will not be inimical to the common
defense and security or the health and safety of the public,
The Commission will 1 determine whether the requirements of Sections 102(2){A), (C),
and {E) of NEPA and the applicable regulations In 10 CFR part 51 have been met,
2) independently consider the final balance among conflicting factors contained in the record of
the proceeding with a view to determining the appropriate action to be taken, 3) determine, after
weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits against environmental and
other costs, and considering reasonable alternatives, whether the combined licenses should be
issued, denied, or appropriately conditioned to protect environmental values, and 4) determine
whether the NEPA review conducted by the N staff has been adequate.
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No later than September 14, 2017, unless the Commission directs otherwise, the NRC
staff and the applicant shall submit a list of its anticipated witnesses for the hearing.
No later than September 14, 2017, unless the Commission directs otherwise, the
applicant shall submit its pre-filed written testimony. The NI C staff previously submitted its
The Commission may issue written questions to the applicant or the NI C staff before
the he@rina, If such questions are issued, an order containing such questions will be issued no
unless the Commission directs otherwise,
No later than August 30, 2017. any interested State, local government body, or affected,
Federalty-recognized Indian Tribe may file with the Commission a statement of any Issues or
questions to which the State, local government body. or Indian Tribe wishes the Commission to
give particular attention as part of the uncontested hearing process. Such statement may be
accompanied by any supporting documentation that the State. local government body, or
Indian Tribe sees fit to provide- Any statements and supporting documentation (if any) received
by the Commission using the agency's E-filing system the deadline indicated above will be
The process for acCeSS1T1q and using the agency's E-filing system is described in the June 18, 201t . notice of
hearing that was issued by the Commission for this proceeding. See Florida Power and Light Company, Combined
License Application for the 'Turkey Point Units 6 and 7 Notice of Hearing, Opportunity To Petition for Leave To
Intervene and Associated Order imposing Procedures for Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safequards
Information and Safeguards Information fog Contention Preparation (7• FIR 347771. Participants who are unable to
use the electronic information exchange (EIE), or who will have difficulty complying with EIE requirements in the time
frame provided for submission of written statements may provide their statements by electronic mall to
made part of the record of the proceeding. The Commission will use such statements and
documents as appropriate to inform its pre-hearing questions to the NRC staff and applicant, its
inquiries at the oral hearing and its decision following the hearing. The Commission may also
request, prior to September 1, 2017, that one or more particular States, local government
bodies. or Indian Tribes send one representative each to the evidentiary hearing to answer
Commission questions and/or make a statement for the purpose of assisting the Commission's
exploration of one or more of the issues raised by the State, local government body, or Indian
Tribe in the pre-hearing filings described above, The decision of whether to request the
presence of a representative of a State, local government body, or Indian Tribe at the
evidentiary hearing to make a statement and/or answer Commission questions is solely at the
Commission's discretion. The Commission's request will specify the issue or issues that the
representative should be prepared to address,
States, local governments, or Indian Tribes should be aware that this evidentiary hearing
is separate and distinct from the NRC's contested hearing process, Issues within the scope of
contentions that have been admitted or contested issues pending before the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board or the Commission in a contested proceeding for a COL application are outside
the scope of the uncontested proceeding for that COL application, In addition, although States,
local governments- or Indian Tribes participating as described above may take any position they
wish, or no position at all with respect to issues regarding the COL application or the NRC
staff's associated environmental review that do fall within the scope of the uncontested
proceeding (i,e., issues that are not within the scope of admitted contentions or pending
contested issues), they should be aware that many of the procedures and rights applicable to
the NRC's contested hearing process due to the inherently adversarial nature of sucl-
proceedings are not available with respect to this uncontested hearing, Participation in the
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NR C's contested hearing process is governed by 10 CFR 2.309 (for persons or entities,
including States, local governments, or Indian Tribes, seeking to file contentions of their own)
and 10 CF R 2.31 5(c) (for interested States, local governments, and Indian Tribes seeking to
participate with respect to contentions filed by others). Participation in this uncontested hearing
does not affect the right of a State, local government, or Indian Tribe to participate in the
separate contested hearing process,
Dated at Rockville, Maryland- this 20• day of July, 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Annette L Vietti-Cook,
Secretary of the Commission.
J. Robert Dean
Chairman
District 3
December 29, 2016
Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
RE: DOCKETS 52-040 AND 52-041
Issuance of Combined. Licenses for FPL's Turkey Point Units 6 and 7
Dear Secretary Vietti-Cook:
Antoinette M, Appel
Vice-Chairman
District 4
David G. Ritz
Secretary[Treasure
District 5
Cara Higgins
District 1
Richard J. Toppino
District 2
Kirk G. welch
Executive Director
J'his letter is to present issues for consideration at your Evidentiary Hearing on February 9, 2017
regarding the application to construct and operate two new nuclear plants in southeast Miami -Dade
County. The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority is an Independent Special District of the State of
Florida with the responsibility oi' supplying the entire group of islands known as the Florida Keys with
drinking water frorn the Class I Biscayne Aquifer located in southeast Miami-Dade County. Our Board
of Directors is appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida and has directed staff to prepare this
letter in accordance with your correspondence, dated December 8, 2016.
For more than a decade, Florida Power & Light Company (Fllf) has been out of compliance with
operating requirements of its cooling canal system (CCS). The salinity values in the CCS have risen to
concentrations higher than found in seawater. These high concentrations were not contained to
acceptable levels as required by FPL's interceptor canal, and as a result, hypersaline conditions have
migrated more than two miles beyond FPL's property and a plume of hypersaline has contaminated a
large portion of the Biscayne Aquifer. This hypersaline plume and its influence on the movement of
saline water as much as four miles westward toward critical drinking water supplies has been an issue
that FPL has ignored for years. In 2014, the CCS temperature increased above the permitted range and
emergency provisions were granted to allow higher operating temperatures and to tap into unpermitted
surface water supplies to reduce temperatures. The CCS experienced increased salinity, regulated
nutrients, and other constituents during this emergency. It was later determined, that the CCS had not
been properly maintained for many years resulting in sediment accumulation that limited the volume
of cooling water and restricted the water flow regime between the canals and the groundwater below
and adjacent to the CCS. The primary impact to the Florida Keys from the failure of FPL to conduct
the operation of its plant appropriately is to have put at risk the source of all the potable water we
provide to our customers. If our wells, which are located approximately ten miles from the FPL plant,
are contaminated by the 1`1 created high salinity plume, the entire water supply to the Florida Keys is
gone.
After these F1 failures were discovered, both the State of Florida and Miami -fade County found
FPL in violation of their operating conditions. Both the State and Miami-Dade County filed regulatory
and permit violations against FPL. FPL entered into Consent Orders with both entities rather than
contest the violations in court. The primary element of both orders is to reduce the salinities in the
groundwater aquifer which have been contaminated by FPL.. Secondary impacts include nutrient
loading from the CCS into Biscayne Bay. Because of the magnitude of these problems and the
sensitivity of adjacent, environmentally-sensitive areas, the improvements will take many years to
achieve even under favorable conditions.
There are serious concerns expressed by agency, university, and private sector experts that the plan
proposed by FPI. to fix the hypersaline problem is based on assumptions and analyses that are
incorrect and/or inadequate and therefore will not provide the needed scope, capacities, and cost
commitments to bring the aquifer back to pre - existing conditions.
Past and current operational issues caused by FPl. have led to the environmental degradation of a sole-
source aquifer and Biscayne Bay. FP1. had shown little interest in dealing with these unpern
consequences of its operation until enforcement action was taken. Even with consent orders in place,
there is no clear evidence that FPL, can resolve the issues they have caused by using the CCS over
many years nor can they prove that the CCS is still a viable option to handle thermal loads front the
existing nuclear reactors.
FKAA believes that the existing damage to the local environment must be fully reversed before FPL is
granted any additional increase to thermal load capacity at its "turkey Point power plant. It makes no
sense to allow this expansion when ITIL, has such a poor track record operating the existing system.
FKAA also requests the USNRC require cooling towers be built for use with the existing operation
and the closure of the existing CCS. Once built, the towers would alleviate the thermal loads being
imposed by the CCS, leading to recovery of the Biscayne Aquifer and Bay with proven technology,
We appreciate the opportunity to provide these comments to your Commission. If there are any
questions regarding our comments, please let me know at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
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F.xecuti Director
cc: J. Robert Dean, FKAA Board off Directors
Antoinette M. Appell, FKAA Board of Directors
David C, Ritz, FKAA Board of Directors
Cara Higgins, FKAA Board of Directors
Richard J. Toppino, FKAA Board of Directors
George Neugent, Monroe County Commissioner
David Rice, Monroe County Commissioner
Danny Kolliage, Monroe County Commissioner
Heather Carruthers, Monroe County Commissioner
Sylvia Murphy, Monroe County Commissioner
Roman Gastesi, Monroe County Administrator
Mayor Carruthers
A RESOLUTION OFTHE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA EXPRESSING ITS CONCERN
OVER THE THREAT FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY'S
TURKEY POINT FACILITY'S COOLING CANAL SYSTEM POSES
TO MONROE COUNTY'S SOURCE OF POTABLE WATER AND
BISCVANE BAY; EXPRESSING A DESIRE TO WORK
COOPERATIVELY WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND OTHER
AGENCIES WITH JURISDICTION TO PROTECT THE FLORIDA
KEYS POTABLE WATER SUPPLY; ENCOURATING THE
FLORIDA KEYS AQUEDCUT AUTHORITY TO TAKE ALL STEPS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT ITS WELLFIELDS IN FLORIDA
CITY; DIRECTING THE CLERK TO DISTRIBUTE THE
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Monroe County IS the SOUtherillijost county in the State of Florida and
horne to the world renown Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County shares a common boundary with Miarni-Dade County
which is approximately 152 rnfles long and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys is home to approximately 75,000 full time residents his
several thousand part time residents many of whorn reside full time in Miami-Dade County; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Keys Aqueduct AL.1111101 (FKAA) is the pUblic entity created
by the Legislature which has been vested with the responsibility for providing potable water to
residents and businesses in the Florida Keys; and
WHEREAS, the FKAA draws potable water primarily firom the Biscayne Aquifer
through a wellfield located west of Florida City"' within Mlarni-Dada County; and
WHEREAS, Florida Power & Light Cornpany (FPI.) is the third-largest electric utility in
the United States and provides powers to over 4.8 million customers'` in the state, and
WHEREAS, FPL owns and operates it's Turkey Point facility in southeast Miarni-Dade
County comprised of multiple power generating units all(]
WHEREAS, the Turkey Point facility includes all approximately 5,900 acre network of
unlined canals and all interceptor ditch on the western side of the network, or collectively the
cooling canal system' (CCS), which dissipates heat from tile water used in the operation of
FPL's IlLiclear Units 3 and 4, as well as Unit I when in operation; and
WHEREAS, FPL's CCS is located at its closest point less than two miles from the
Miarni-Dadc/Monroc County line and approxiillately 9.5 miles f"•om the FKA.A's wellfield in
Florida City; and
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Mayor Carruthers
WHEREAS, that while the CCS has no direct surface water discharges, data shows that
water from the CCS has moved beyond its boundaries. and
WHEREAS, the hypersaline plume extends two or three miles west of the CCS and
continues to move westward and the plume is pushing the saline water interface, which is now
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four or five miles west of the CCS, at the rate of 400 to 600 feet per year.' , and
WHEREAS, Monroe County supports Miarni-Dade County's Division of Environmental
Resources Management (DERM) for issuing a Notice of Violation and Orders for Corrective
Action (October 2, 2015) against FPL to redress alleged violations of the Miann-Dade County
Code involving the CCS and entering, into as Consent Agreement with FPL on October 6, 2015 to
resolve those violations; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County recently issue,(] a Report ' on March 7, 2016
indicating that:
a. the long terra water quality in the CCS is degrading - ,"" I
b. water from the CCS is migrating outside its boundaries away from tile Turkey Point
facility property with impacts measured in both surface and groundwater; ix
c. monitoring data indicate that a hyper-saline groundwater plUme originating frorn the
CCS has migrated landward and is impacting water quality;'
& results for recent tritium sampling (an isotope of hydrogen that is frequently
associated with the operation of nuclear power plants) provide the most compelling
evidence that water originating from the CCS is reaching tidal surface waters
connected to Biscayne Bay and
c. rainfall, pumping additional water into the CCS and operations of the CCS
Interceptor Ditch lead to record high water stage in the CCS which would be expected
to result in increased seepage of water fi the CCS into Surrounding ground waters
and perhaps surface waters.`
WHEREAS, Monroe County is concerned that the westward migrating, hypersaline
plume in the Biscayne Aquifer places the Florida Keys' Source of potable water in jeopardy; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County is also concerned that the eastern migration of the
hypersaline plurne, into the tidal surface waters connected to Biscayne Bay (and potentially the
Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve) places these water resources in jeopardy where Monroe County
citizens fish and recreate and
WHEREAS, M County is working to gain a full understanding of all the solutions
being proposed by DERM and the other agencies with jurisdiction over Turkey Point and the
CCS including,, but not limited to, tile Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP),
the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the Nuclear Regulatory
(,'orrirnission (NRC); and
WHEREAS, Monroe County desires to work cooperatively with Miami-Dade County
leadership and other agencies with Jurisdiction over Turkey Point and the CCS to ensure that the
FXAA's wellfields are protected to the maximum extent possible now and in the future; and
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Mayor Carruthers
WHEREAS, as comprehensive approach is needed to 1) stop tile western movement of
the hypersaline plunge immediately, 2) reiii(. the CC'S dischar—ees into the Biscayne Aquifer in
an expedited manner and 3) address any impacts to Biscayne Bay; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County calls upon its partners at the FKAA to take all steps
necessary to protect the Florida Key's supply of potable water, including potential partnering oil
the development of now technical data to better understand the extent of the hypersaline Plume
and potential threat to the FKAA's wellfields; and
WHEREAS, Monroe County reserves its right to initiate tile conflict resolution
provisions of the Florida Governmental Conflict Resolution Act""' and to bring an action under
the Florida Environmental Protection Act' iv or any other available Federal or State legal remedy
at a later date should the Board deem such action appropriate;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT:
1. Tile above recitals are hereby Incorporated Into this resolution as restated herein
constitute the legislative findings and intent of the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroc County, Florida.
1 The Mian County leadership, the SFWMD and DEP are invited to open a
dialog with Monroe County it' SUPPol-t of finding comprehensive Solutions to combat
the western migration of the hypersaline PlUnle stemming from FPL's Turkey Point
CCS; remove the CCS discharges into the Biscayne Aquifer in all expedited manner,
and address any impacts to Biscayne Bay.
3. Monroe County encourages the FKAA to take all steps necessary to protect the potable
water supply for the Florida Keys Including its wellfields In Florida City.
4. Monroe C is willing to provide material Support to tile FKAA to enhance its
current of f"orts tea protect the Florida City welifields.
5. The Clerk far this Board shall furnish copies of this resolution to!
• US. Senator Bill Nelson
• U.S. Senator Marco Rubio
• U,S. Representative Carlos Curbelo, District 26
• Florida Governor Rick Scott
• Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner
• Florida House Speaker Steve Crisafulli
• State Senator Dwight Bullard, District 39
• State Senator Anitere Flores, District 37
• State Representative Holly Raschein, District 120
• Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Stephen G Burns
• Chair, South Florida Water Management District Governing Board, Daniel
O'Keefe
• Executive Director, South Florida Water Management District Peter Antonacci
• Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Jon Steverson
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Mayor Carruthers
Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Girnenez
Chair, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Robert Dean
Executive Director, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Kirk Zuelch
6. 'rhis resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Conitnissioners of Monroe County
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the "?V' day of April, 2016.
Mayor Heather Carruthers Yes
Mayor pro tear George Ncuaent Not Present
T,
Commissioner Danny L. Kolhage Yes
Commissioner David Rice Mes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy Yes
BOARD OF COU COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE IF
By:
Ma. r He er Carruthers
Per Brian Davisson, Monroe County GIS planner.
See, cL 76 -441. Laws offlorida,
water
a er et Ltqht Co., dated October 7, 201 55.
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Consent Agreernent in AJicn0-Do(1( Count ' r
Tropical Audubon Sociel ' v v FII&L oncISPIViIII). Case 15-3845. J; 46 (DOAH Recd Order Dec.
31, 201-5);
last ps:'I'.'Nvww.doah. state. fl. us/ROSI/2 15/ 1 5003845.pdf
"' Report on Recent Biscayne Bay Water Quality Observalions Associated with Florida Power and
I ight'Furkey
Point Cooling Canal systems Operations Directive 152884. dated March 7, 2016 (Miami-Dade Report).
v ... Miami-Dade Report pg. 1,
Miann-Dade Report, po. 5.
M iam i-Dade Report pv, a.
Miami-Dade Report pg. 4.
"'Miarni Dade Report pg. 4
F.S. 1 64.10 et seq.
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WHEREAS, The Florida Power and Light Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant, located in
south Miami-Dade County, utilizes a cooling canal system which consists of a network of
approximately 5 acres of unlined canals; and
WHEREAS, The Florida Power and Light Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant is the only
facility in the world that uses a cooling canal system instead of mechanical draft cooling towers;
and
WHEREAS, water from this cooling canal system communicates with the surrounding
groundwater, and long-term monitoring data has shown that a bypersaline plume of water from the
cooling canals has been migrating into and contaminating the groundwater, beyond the boundaries
of the cooling canals; and
WHEREAS, Miarni-Dade County took action to address this issue, including, but not
limited to issuing a Notice of Violation in 2015 to Florida Power and Light for certain water quality
violations in the groundwater, and requiring, through an administrative consent agreement, the
Florida Power and Light take certain remedial actions to retract and contain the hypersaline ground
water plume; and
WHEREAS, at that time, the issues were focused on the westward migration of the
hypersaline ground water plume from the cooling canals, more recent water quality sampling has
detected exceedances of water quality standards in certain surface water locations in or connected to
Biscayne Bay, adjacent to and cast of the cooling canal system; and
WHEREAS, this Board, the residents of Monroe County and members of the general public
are concerned about these recent discoveries and potential impacts on Card Sound, Biscayne Bay,
and the Florida Keys' drinking water supply, and such discoveries serve to highlight the challenges
posed by the continued operation of the cooling canal system; and
WHEREAS, Florida Power and Light has a license from the federal government to operate
the Turkey Point Power Plant units that use the cooling canal system until 2033; and
WHEREAS, this Board is seeking a commitment from Florida Power and Light to
discontinue the use of the cooling canal system in favor of a more modem mechanical draft cooling
tower system that would remove all future interactions with ground water and make use of Miami-
Dade County's reuse water;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY T)"IE BOARD OF COiUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that&
1. The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners seeks a commitment
from Florida Power and Light to discontinue the use of the cooling canal
system at its Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant, as soon as possible, in favor
of mechanical draft cooling towers,
2. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15' day of February, 2017.
MayorGeorge Neugent
Yes
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice
Yes
Commissioner Danny Kolhage
Yes
Commissioner Heather Carruthers
Yes
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Yes
MADOK, Clerk
If' y
Deputy Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF �OUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
Mayor
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