ML040970264
| ML040970264 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  (DPR-080, DPR-082) |
| Issue date: | 03/18/2004 |
| From: | Mcinnis R US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| To: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| References | |
| 151401SWR04PR13815:JSK | |
| Download: ML040970264 (3) | |
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Southwest Region 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200 Long Beach, California 90802-4213 In Reply, Referto: 151401SWR04PR13815:JSK Mr. Pao-Tsin Kuo Program Director License Renewal and Environmental Impacts Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 MAR 18 2004
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Dear Mr. Kuo:
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) has received your letter dated February 4, 2004, requesting a listing of all endangered, threatened, proposed, or candidate species under NOAA Fisheries' jurisdiction that may be present near the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station located in San Luis Obispo County. We understand that since 1994 approximately 7 threatened or endangered sea turtles have been entrained in the cooling water intake system of the Diablo Canyon facility and that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be entering into formal consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
To better examine the effects of the Diablo Canyon facility on sea turtles as well as other threatened or endangered species, NOAA Fisheries recommends that the NRC evaluate the potential for adverse impacts to the following species which may be present in the area near the Diablo Canyon facility.
The species of threatened or endangered sea turtles that may occur in the vicinity of the Diablo Canyon facility include:
Common Name Green sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Olive Ridley sea turtle Scientific Name Chelonia mydas Dermochelys coriacea
- Caretta caretta Lepidochelys olivacea Status Threatened Endangered Threatened Threatened Endangered or threatened marine mammals that occur offshore from the project area include:
Common Name Blue whale Sperm whale '
Fin whale Humpback whale Scientific Name Balaenoptera musculus
-Physeter macrocephalus Balaenopteri phv'salus '
Megaptera novaeangliae Status Endangered
' Endang&red Endangered Endangered
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I Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Endangered Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi Threatened Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus Threatened In addition to the marine mammals and sea turtles, NOAA Fisheries also has some listed salmonid species under its jurisdiction. Salmonids are anadromous fish, splitting their time between fresh water and salt water. It is possible that salmonids could become entrained in the intake structure of the power plant facility. Salmonid species that could be found in the vicinity of the Diablo Canyon facility include two Evolutionarily Significant Units of Steelhead, (Oncorhvnchus mykiss), Southern California steelhead and South-Central Coast steelhead.
In the event that the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station appears to be affecting any of the species mentioned above, we recommend further consultation be initidatdd. Please contact Jessica Kondel at 562-980-3230 W-Js-sica.Kondlel@ndaa.gov if yo6Lu have any questions regarding this letter or you require any additional information.
Sincerely,
, Rodney R. McInnis Acting Regional Administrator
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