ML050600259
| ML050600259 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 02/04/2005 |
| From: | Griffin T US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML050600259 (2) | |
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Southeast Regional Office 9721 Executive Center Drive North St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (727) 570-5312, FAX 570-5517 http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov FEB - 4 2005
Dear Colleague:
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) Protected Resources Division has reviewed your letter pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) concerning Brunwick Steam Electric Plant, Units I and 2, License Renewal.
____There are no ESA-listed species or designated critical habitat under our purview in the action area.
_N'e cannot determine impacts to threatened or endangered species, or designated critical habitat, under NOAA Fisheries' purview because the letter lacks sufficient information to evaluate the project.
Enclosed are guidelines to conduct a proper biological evaluation.
__Please provide a letter from the lead federal action agency designating you to conduct ESA section 7 consultation with this office.
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Enclosed is a list of federally-protected species under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries for the state of North Carolina. Biological information on federally-protected species and candidate species can be found at the following website addresses: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot-res/prot-res.html; http://noflorida.fws.gov/SeaTurtles/seaturtle-info.htm); http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#Species; http://www.cmc-ocean.org/main.php3; http://floridaconservation.org/psmlturtles/turtle.htm; http://obis.env.duke.edu/datalsp-profiles.php; www.mote.org/-colins/SawfishlSawfishHomePage.html; www.floridasawfish.com; www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishlsharks/InNews/sawprop.htm;.Gulf sturgeon critical habitat rule and maps (http://alabama.fws.ov/ksl); http://www.cccturtle.org;.
It is NOAA Fisheries opinion that the project will have no effect on listed species or critical habitat protected by the ESA under NOAA Fisheries' purview. No further consultation with NOAA Fisheries pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of the ESA is required unless the project description changes.
Consultation with NOAA Fisheries, Habitat Conservation Division (HCD), pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act's requirements for essential fish habitat consultation may be required. Please contact HCD at (727) 570-5317. If you have any ESA questions, please contact our ESA section 7 coordinator, Eric Hawk, at (727) 570-5312, or by e-mail at eric.hawk@noaa.eov.
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Administrative Support Assistant
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Endangered and Threatened Species and Critical Habitats under the Jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service North Carolina Listed Species Scientific Name Status Date Listed Marine Mammals blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Endangered 12/02/70 finback whale Balaenoptera physalus Endangered 12/02170 humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Endangered 12/02170 right whale Eubalaena glacialis Endangered 12/02170 sei whale Balaenoptera borealis Endangered 12/02170 sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Endangered 12/02170 Turtles green sea turtle Chelonia mydas Threatened' 07/28/78 hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Endangered 06/02170 Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempil Endangered 12/02170 leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea Endangered 06/02/70 loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Threatened 07/28/78 Fish shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum Endangered 03/11/67 Species Proposed for Listing None Designated Critical Habitat None Proposed Critical Habitat None Candidate Species' Scientific Name Fish dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus sand tiger shark Odontaspis taurus night shark Carcharinus signatus Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrhynchus speckled hind Epinephelus drummondhayi Warsaw grouper Epinephelus nigritus
- 1. Candidate species are not protected under the Endangered Species Act, but concerns about their status Indicate that they may warrant listing In the future. Federal agencies and the public are encouraged to consider these species during project planning so that future listings may be avoided.
Green turtles are listed as threatened, except for breeding populations of green turtles in Florida and on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, which are listed as endangered.
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