ML020570547
| ML020570547 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 02/27/2002 |
| From: | Charemagne Grimes Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs |
| To: | Slack J US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Schaaf R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1312 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML020570547 (5) | |
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February 27, 2002 Mr. Jay Slack, Field Supervisor US Fish and Wildlife Service South Florida Ecological Service Office 1339 20th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR LIST OF PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE ST. LUCIE PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is evaluating an application submitted by Florida Power and Light Company for the renewal of the operating licenses for its St. Lucie Plant, Units 1 and 2. The NRC is preparing a supplement to its Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (NUREG-1437) for this proposed license renewal, for which we are required to evaluate potential impacts to threatened and endangered species. A member of my staff, Dr. Michael T. Masnik, visited your Vero Beach, Florida office on December 17, 2001, and had preliminary discussions related to the FPL application for license renewal with Mr. Charles Kelso of your staff.
The proposed action would include use and continued maintenance of existing facilities and transmission lines and would not result in new construction or disturbance. The St. Lucie Plant and the associated transmission corridor that is under review as part of the license renewal application is located in St. Lucie County, Florida. The transmission corridor is approximately 11 miles long and varies from 660 to 813 feet in width. The plant uses once-through cooling water from the Atlantic Ocean to remove waste heat from the facility. Ocean water is drawn through three offshore intake structures into an intake canal that leads to the plant. The heated water is discharged back to the Atlantic Ocean through offshore diffusers. The Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of the plant is considered part of the aquatic environment of interest.
To support the environmental impact statement preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the NRC requests a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of the St. Lucie Plant and its associated transmission lines.
Also, we would like confirmation that the South Florida Ecological Service Office will serve as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services point of contact for Endangered Species Act compliance, including any Section 7 consultation that may be needed, for the St. Lucie Plant.
J. Slack If you have any comments or questions, please contact Dr. Michael T. Masnik, Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1191 or MTM2@NRC.GOV.
Sincerely, Original Signed By: CIGrimes Christopher I. Grimes, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 cc: See next page
J. A. Slack ST. LUCIE PLANT US Fish and Wildlife Service cc:
Mr. J. A. Stall Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company 700 Universe Boulevard P.O. Box 029100 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Joe Myers, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs 2740 Centerview Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 M. S. Ross, Attorney Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Douglas Anderson County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, Florida 34982 Mr. William A. Passetti, Chief Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control 2020 Capital Circle, SE, Bin #C21 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1741 Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Mr. Donald E. Jernigan, Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. Steve Hale St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. R. G. West Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. T.L. Patterson Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 6351 South Ocean Drive Jensen Beach, Florida 34957-2000 Mr. Don Mothena Manager, Nuclear Plant Support Services Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Mr. J. Kammel Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety 6000 SE. Tower Drive Stuart, Florida 34997 Ms. E.A. Abbott Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power and Light Company 9760 SW 344th Street Florida City, Florida 33035 Mr. Alan P. Nelson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 APN@NEI.ORG Indian River Community College ATTN: Dr. R. Wideman/ Library 3209 Virginia Avenue Ft. Pierce, FL 34981-5596
J. Slack If you have any comments or questions, please contact Dr. Michael T. Masnik, Senior Project Manager, at (301) 415-1191 or MTM2@NRC.GOV.
Sincerely, Original Signed By: CIGrimes Christopher I. Grimes, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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