ML041330481
| ML041330481 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 05/12/2004 |
| From: | Kuo P NRC/NRR/DRIP/RLEP |
| To: | Kurkul P US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Dam W, NRR/DRIP/RLEP, 415-3407 | |
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| Download: ML041330481 (5) | |
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May 12, 2004 Ms. 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 POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL
Dear Ms. Kurkul:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) for the renewal of the operating licenses for Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (PBNP). PBNP is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin. 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 includes 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 PBNP site covers approximately 1260 acres, of which approximately 1050 acres are used for agriculture. Structures and parking lots occupy about 70 acres, and the remaining acreage is a natural mix of woods, wetlands, and open areas. The area within 6 miles of the plant is mainly farmland, woods, and small residential communities.
Each PBNP unit uses a once-through cooling system with intake and surface discharge to Lake Michigan. The intake structure had been reconfigured in 2001 due to bird mortality rates. The intake structure now stands below the lake surface.
For the specific purpose of connecting PBNP to the regional transmission system, there is a total of approximately 73 miles of transmission lines that occupy approximately 1955 acres of land. These transmission line corridors are being evaluated as part of the SEIS process. The transmission line corridors traverse Brown and Manitowoc Counties. The corridors pass through land that is primarily rolling hills covered with forests or farm land. The enclosed transmission line map shows the transmission system that is being evaluated in the SEIS.
Three 345-kilovolt (kV) lines connect PBNP to the electric grid. A fourth transmission line connects Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant to the PBNP Substation.
P. Kurkul 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 PBNP site and its transmission line corridors. The NRC has also contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and requested a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of PBNP and its associated transmission lines.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on June 15, 2004, at Fox Hills, 250 West Church Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin. From June 16-17, 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 January 2005.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. William Dam, Project Manager, at 301-415-4014 or WLD@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.: 50-266 and 50-301
Enclosures:
- 1. PBNP Transmission Line Map
- 2. PBNP Site Layout cc w/encls.: See next page
P. Kurkul 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 PBNP site and its transmission line corridors. The NRC has also contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and requested a list of species and information on protected, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of PBNP and its associated transmission lines.
We plan to hold two public NEPA scoping meetings on June 15, 2004, at Fox Hills, 250 West Church Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin. From June 16-17, 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 January 2005.
If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please contact Mr. William Dam, Project Manager, at 301-415-4014 or WLD@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.: 50-266 and 50-301
Enclosures:
- 1. PBNP Transmission Line Map
- 2. PBNP Site Layout cc w/encls.: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
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RLEP R/F Accession Nos.:
- 1. Letter to P. Kurkul: ML041330481
- 2. Maps, Figures: 3-1 (Facility Layout) and 3-2 (Transmission Line Map): ML041260414
- 3. Pkg: ML041330494 C:\\ORPCheckout\\FileNET\\ML041330481.wpd OFFICE GE:RLEP LA:RLEP PM:RLEP SC:RLEP PD:RLEP NAME SImboden YEdmonds WDam JTappert PTKuo DATE 5/5/04 5/5/04 5/5/04 5/5/04 5/12/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Mr. Richard R. Grigg President and Chief Operating Officer Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Regulatory Affairs Manager Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Ken Duveneck Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks 13017 State Highway 42 Mishicot, WI 54228 Chairman Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Jeffrey Kitsembel Electric Division Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Nuclear Asset Manager Wisconsin Electric Power Company 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 John Paul Cowan Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Douglas E. Cooper Senior Vice President - Group Operations Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Site Director of Operations Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Gary Van Middlesworth Site Vice President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Kenneth Westlake Chief, Environmental Planning and Evaluation Branch U.S. EPA Mail Code B-195 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604 Mr. Fred Emerson Nuclear Energy Institute 1776 I Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-3708 Mr. Nick Niederlander Lester Public Library 1001 Adams Street Two Rivers, WI 54241
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Mr. Steve Hogler Fisheries Biologist Mishicot Department of Natural Resources Field Office 2220 East County Highway Mishicot, WI 54228 Ms. Janet Smith, Field Supervisor U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Green Bay ES Field Office 2661 Scott Tower Drive New Franken, WI 54229-9565 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster Street P. O. Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921