Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction program


  

Licence conditions for pollution studies and reduction programs

Summary
 
Licence number: 779
Title: EIP 19 - Oil cooler upgrade
Start date: 01 Feb 2020
 
Licence Condition
The licensee must implement upgrades to the oil coolers that service Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 at Bayswater Power Station to prevent oil from the oil coolers entering the cooling water systems, and therefore to prevent the pollution of waters. The upgrades are to include the removal of existing oil cooler tube bundles (which are made of aluminium brass) altogether and new cooler tube modules that are made of titanium. The licensee must complete the upgrade works within the following timeframes. Stage 1 - Oil cooler in-service tube bundles replacement (a) Replacement of all eight (8) in-services tube bundles of main turbines oil coolers of Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 - to be completed by 31 December 2020. (b) Provision of a report to the EPA advising the completion of the Stage 1 upgrade works specified above by 1 February 2021. The report must be provided to the EPA at PO Box 488G, Newcastle NSW 2300, or emailed to hunter.region@epa.nsw.gov.au. Stage 2 - Oil coolers stand-by tube bundles replacement (c) Replacement of all four (4) stand-by tube bundles of main turbines oil coolers of Units 1, 2, 3 and 4 - to be completed by 31 March 2021. (d) Provision of a report to the EPA advising the completion of the Stage 2 upgrade works specified above by 30 April 2021. The report must be provided to the EPA at PO Box 488G, Newcastle NSW 2300, or emailed to hunter.region@epa.nsw.gov.au.