ML040620107
| ML040620107 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Czarnecki C US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| schaaf R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 301-415-1312 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML040620107 (7) | |
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March 1, 2004 Mr. Craig Czarnecki Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service East Lansing Field Office 2651 Coolidge Road, Suite 101 East Lansing, MI 48823
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR LIST OF PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE DONALD C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT LICENSE RENEWAL
Dear Mr. Czarnecki:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) for the renewal of the operating licenses for Donald C.
Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (CNP). CNP is located in Berrien County, Michigan, on the southeastern shoreline of Lake Michigan approximately 55 miles east of Chicago, Illinois, and 50 miles west-southwest of Kalamazoo, Michigan. As part of the review of the license renewal application, the NRC is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, which include an analysis of pertinent environmental issues, including endangered or threatened species and impacts to fish and wildlife. This letter is being submitted under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, as amended.
The proposed action would include the use and continued maintenance of existing plant facilities and transmission lines and would not result in new construction or disturbance or change in operations. The area surrounding the CNP property is characterized by agricultural lands and heavily wooded, rugged sand dunes along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Grand Mere State Park is located about one mile north-northeast of CNP and Warren Dunes State Park is located approximately 3.5 miles south-southwest of the plant.
CNP uses an open-cycle cooling system to dissipate waste heat to the environment. Cooling water is drawn from Lake Michigan through offshore, underwater intake cribs at an approximate water depth of 20 ft. After circulating through the condensers, the cooling water is discharged through two tunnels that end offshore with high-velocity underwater discharge elbows.
For the specific purpose of connecting CNP to the regional transmission system, there is a total of approximately 408 kilometers (255 miles) of transmission line corridors that occupy approximately 1980 hectares (4,900 acres) of land. These transmission line corridors are being evaluated as part of the SEIS process. The transmission line corridors traverse Berrien, Van Buren, and Cass counties in Michigan; and LaPorte, St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, DeKalb, and Allen Counties in Indiana. The corridors pass through land that is primarily
C. Czarnecki agricultural and forest land. The enclosed transmission line map shows the transmission system that is being evaluated in the SEIS. Six 345-kilovolt (kV) lines connect from the Unit 1 switchyard and a single 765-kV line connects from the Unit 2 switchyard. The switchyards are shown in the enclosed CNP site layout figure.
To support the SEIS 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 CNP and its associated transmission lines. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on March 8, 2004, at the Lake Charter Township Hall, 3220 Shawnee Road, Bridgman, Michigan. On March 9, 2004, we plan to conduct a site audit. You and your staff are invited to attend both the site audit and the public meetings. Your office will receive a copy of the draft SEIS along with a request for comments.
The anticipated publication date for the draft SEIS is September 2004.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Robert Schaaf, Environmental Project Manager, at (301) 415-1312 or by e-mail at rgs@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-315 and 50-316
Enclosures:
- 1. CNP Transmission Line Map
- 2. CNP Site Layout cc w/encl.: See next page
C. Czarnecki agricultural and forest land. The enclosed transmission line map shows the transmission system that is being evaluated in the SEIS. Six 345-kilovolt (kV) lines connect from the Unit 1 switchyard and a single 765-kV line connects from the Unit 2 switchyard. The switchyards are shown in the enclosed CNP site layout figure.
To support the SEIS 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 CNP and its associated transmission lines. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on March 8, 2004, at the Lake Charter Township Hall, 3220 Shawnee Road, Bridgman, Michigan. On March 9, 2004, we plan to conduct a site audit. You and your staff are invited to attend both the site audit and the public meetings. Your office will receive a copy of the draft SEIS along with a request for comments.
The anticipated publication date for the draft SEIS is September 2004.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Robert Schaaf, Environmental Project Manager, at (301) 415-1312 or by e-mail at rgs@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Pao-Tsin Kuo, Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Division of Regulatory Improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-315 and 50-316
Enclosures:
- 1. CNP Transmission Line Map
- 2. CNP Site Layout cc w/encl.: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:
Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Attorney General Department of Attorney General 525 West Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48913 Township Supervisor Lake Township Hall P.O. Box 818 Bridgman, MI 49106 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office 7700 Red Arrow Highway Stevensville, MI 49127 David W. Jenkins, Esquire Indiana Michigan Power Company One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 Mayor, City of Bridgman P.O. Box 366 Bridgman, MI 49106 Special Assistant to the Governor Room 1 - State Capitol Lansing, MI 48909 Michael J. Finissi Plant Manager Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 Joseph N. Jensen Site Vice President Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group One Cook Place Bridgman, MI 49106 Mr. John A. Zwolinski Director, Design Engineering and Regulatory Affairs Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107 Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Waste and Hazardous Materials Div.
Hazardous Waste & Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P. O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 David A. Lochbaum Nuclear Safety Engineer Union of Concerned Scientists 1707 H Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Richard J. Grumbir Project Manager, License Renewal Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107 Mr. Mano K. Nazar American Electric Power Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Indiana Michigan Power Company Nuclear Generation Group 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107 Ms. Carol Richardson, Director Bridgman Public Library 4460 Lake Street Bridgman, MI 49106 Ms. Mary Kynast, Director Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library 500 Market Street St. Joseph, MI 49085
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