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air. Additional air stations are needed to be
installed in order to provide the equipment with the
necessary instrument air. Two new additional air
compressors will be installed, and the air dryer will
be replaced.
The present air compressors are operating
continuously indicating insufficient air capacity. The
system suffers from a lack of adequate pressure for the
main steam isolation valves * * *. The existing dryer
is not properly drying air at the present system flow
rates.
ER No. 9009 estimated that the upgrade would be completed by
November 30, 1986. In late 1985, the amount authorized was
increased to $692,000. In late 1988/early 1989, the ER was
increased to $1,765,000 “due to schedule duration increase and a
growth in scope.” The duration increase was due to “rescheduling
of Engineering and a Plant Operations requirement that some work
be accomplished during a plant outage.” According to a report of
construction action, the construction began on October 26, 1985.
According to another report of construction action, construction
stopped to await a construction package needed to complete the
work, and the work was to resume during the summer of 1987.
ER No. 9303, processed on February 26, 1986, authorized
$692,000 to upgrade the instrument air system on St. Lucie Unit
2. ER No. 9303 essentially listed the same need for the upgrade
as described in ER No. 9009. In late 1988/early 1989, FPL
increased the amount authorized to $1,464,000 because of growth
in the scope of the project. According to a report of
construction action, construction started on the instrument air
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