ML050540119
| ML050540119 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  (DPR-024) |
| Issue date: | 02/17/2005 |
| From: | Cutright N We Energies |
| To: | James Smith Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| References | |
| Download: ML050540119 (1) | |
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FEB-22'-05 TUE 08:37 AM WE ENERGIES FAX NO. 414 221 2022 P. 02
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231 W. Mich~pnj Strcet Milvaukco. WI 53203 mvWv.wc ccrqics con lclbruaiy 17, 2005 Ms. Jancl Smilh U.S. Vis-h & Wildlife Service 2661 Scott Tower Drive Nuw Franken, WI 54229 Dcar Ms. Sti~h:
Based on our reccnt discussions rcgarding a rramework for monitoring Piping Plovers, I ani revising the recommendations contained in my report ofOctober 13, 2004. '"Piing Plover 11abitat on Wc Encrgics Property near the Point B3each Nucicar Plant (PBNP)".
l3ased oil tilc earlicr survey afid our recent discussions, we commit to thle following monitoring framacwork:
- 1. No icicsurcs will bc taken to cnhance liabitat suitability along the strcichi ofbeaci owncd by Wc Energics near the PBNP;
- 2. An annual P'iping Plover brccding census will he conducted at this location between June I and Junc 15, with a lbirget date of June 10 over thc tenn of the new license;
- 3. The International Piping Plovcr Brecding Ccnsus (IPPBC) guidelincs will be followcd, nndcl an l1'PBC individual census report w1, be completed cach year;
- 4. TIhc Gireen Bay office of tlic U.S. Fish & Wildlife Scrvice and the Wisconsin Departmncti of Natural Resources Burcau of Endaagcrcrd Rcsources will be contacted on the sanic day that Piping Plovers are found ncsting at this location;
- 5. Conlacts with tbc natural resourc agency staffs described in 4. will be used to discuss beach aecss on thc propcrty, mcasires to protect the nest, and additional lmoniloring requirements or thc nest sitc;
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Tll'ipirig Plovers arc found ncsting at this location, follow up surveys will be condfuctcd in the samie year; earlier aid repeated surveys wvill be conducted the next year, continuing for as long as Piping Plovers nest at this location.
I loolk forward to your writtcn concurrence at your earliest convcnience regarding the revised monitoring rramework.
Sincerely Nocl.
igt, Ph Senior Tcrreslrial ]Jcologist Wc linergics cc:
Stacey Iniboden - NKC Jim Knorr - NMC Kris Mclinney. -Wc Energies