ML040770760
| ML040770760 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 03/17/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Kurkul P US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Emch R, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-1590 | |
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| Download: ML040770760 (5) | |
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March 17, 2004 Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Office One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR LIST OF PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR MILLSTONE POWER STATION, UNITS 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL
Dear Ms. Kurkul:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by Dominion Nuclear Connecticut Inc. (DNC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 (MPS). MPS is located on the north shore of Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut, approximately 40 miles southeast of Hartford, Connecticut. 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. The MPS site covers approximately 525 acres, of which approximately 220 acres are industrial. The area surrounding MPS is characterized by old field, mesic hardwood forest, coastal marsh and beach habitats. DNC also maintains a 50-acre wildlife refuge in the eastern portion of the MPS site.
Each MPS unit uses a once-through open-cycle cooling system with intakes on Niantic Bay and surface discharges to an old quarry cut, which empties into Long Island Sound. Occasional dredging or de-mucking at the intakes is performed as a normal part of operation.
For the specific purpose of connecting MPS to the regional transmission system, there is a total of approximately 91 miles of transmission line corridors that occupy approximately 3,052 acres of land. These transmission line corridors are being evaluated as part of the SEIS process.
The transmission line corridors traverse New London, Toland, Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven Counties. The corridors pass through land that is primarily agricultural and forest land.
The enclosed transmission line map shows the transmission system that is being evaluated in the SEIS. Four 345-kilovolt (kV) lines connect MPS to the electric grid. All four transmission lines run northward from the plant in a common corridor (415 to 500 feet wide) for 9.1 miles to Hunts Brook Junction. At Hunts Brook Junction, the lines diverge, with two lines running north
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to the Card and Manchester Substations, one line running east to the Montville Station, and one line running west to the Southington Substation. These four lines share corridors with other previously existing transmission lines.
To support the EIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the NRC requests a list of endangered, threatened, candidate, and proposed species, and designated and proposed critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, that may be in the vicinity of MPS site and its transmission line corridors. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. The NRC has also contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service and requested a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of MPS and its associated transmission lines.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on May 18, 2004, at the Waterford Town Hall Auditorium, 15 Rope Ferry Road in Waterford, Connecticut. On May 19, 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 December 2004.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager at 301-415-1590 or RLE@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.: 50-336 and 50-423
Enclosures:
- 1. MPS Transmission Line Map
- 2. MPS Site Layout cc w/encl.: See next page
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to the Card and Manchester Substations, one line running east to the Montville Station, and one line running west to the Southington Substation. These four lines share corridors with other previously existing transmission lines.
To support the EIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the NRC requests a list of endangered, threatened, candidate, and proposed species, and designated and proposed critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, that may be in the vicinity of MPS site and its transmission line corridors. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. The NRC has also contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service and requested a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of MPS and its associated transmission lines.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on May 18, 2004, at the Waterford Town Hall Auditorium, 15 Rope Ferry Road in Waterford, Connecticut. On May 19, 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 December 2004.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager at 301-415-1590 or RLE@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.: 50-336 and 50-423
Enclosures:
- 1. MPS Transmission Line Map
- 2. MPS Site Layout cc w/encl.: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc Lillian M. Cuoco, Esquire Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Edward L. Wilds, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Radiation Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Paul Eccard First Selectman Town of Waterford 15 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. P. J. Parulis Manager - Nuclear Oversight Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. W. R. Matthews Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. John Markowicz Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 9 Susan Terrace Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Evan W. Woollacott Co-Chair Nuclear Energy Advisory Council 128 Terrys Plain Road Simsbury, CT 06070 Senior Resident Inspector Millstone Power Station c/o U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Box 513 Niantic, CT 06357 Mr. G. D. Hicks Director - Nuclear Station Safety and Licensing Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Ms. Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 00870 Mr. William D. Meinert Nuclear Engineer Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Moody Street P.O. Box 426 Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. J. Alan Price Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. David W. Dodson Licensing Supervisor Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385
Millstone Power Station, Units 2 and 3 cc Mr. S. E. Scace Assistant to the Site Vice President Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. M. J. Wilson Manager - Nuclear Training Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. A. J. Jordan, Jr.
Director - Nuclear Engineering Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. S. P. Sarver Director - Nuclear Station Operations and Maintenance Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Mr. Charles Brinkman, Director Washington Operations Nuclear Services Westinghouse Electric Company 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Ms. Judy Liskov, Assistant Director Waterford Public Library 49 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385 Three Rivers Community College Thames River Campus Library 574 New London Turnpike Norwich, CT 06360