ML062190019
| ML062190019 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 06/21/2006 |
| From: | Densmore D US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| To: | Gillespie F NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR |
| References | |
| USFWS Project #2006-1852 | |
| Download: ML062190019 (4) | |
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IFISI,& WILDLIFE fUnited States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, Pennsylvania 16801-4850 June 21, 2006 62, Frank P. Gillespie Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 RE: USFWS Project #2006-1852
Dear Mr. Gillespie:
This responds to yourletter of April 25, 2006, requesting mformation about federally listed and proposed endangeredand threatened speqies within theai'ea affeQted by the proposed Beaver Valley power station units 1.nd 2 ekte,.sion project loca tjd in the Borough of Shippingport, Beaver County, Penfisylvania. The following comments are provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ý7 Stat. 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to ensure the protection of endangered andthreatened species.
Except for occasinal transient species,.no federally.listed qrprpposed threatened or endangered species under 0ur'jurisdiction are known to occur within the project impact area. Therefore, no biological assessment nor further consultation under the Endangered Species Act are required with the Fish and Wildlife Service. This determinaljon~is yalid for; two years from the-date of this letter. If the proposed project has not been fully implemented prior to this, an additional review by this office -will-be necessary. Also, should project plans change, or if additional information on listed or proposed species becomes available, this determination may be reconsidered. A compilation of pertain federal sta6tus Spicies in Pennsylvania is enclosed for your information.,
This response relates only to endangered or threatened species under our jurisdiction based on an office review of the proposed project's location. No field inspection of the project area has been conducted by this office. Consequently, this letter is not to be construed as addressing potential Service concerns under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act or other authorities.
Requests for informatio'n re'garding St'.te-listed endangered or threatened species should be directed to the Pennsylvania Game Commission,(birds and mammals), the.Pennsylvania Fish and Bb'at:'CommissiIn (fish, reptiles, amphibians and aquaticinvertebrates), and the Pennsylvania Department of Cohseivaiion and Natural Rkesources (plants).
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To avoid potential delays in reviewing your project, please use the above-referenced USFWS project tracking number in any future correspondence regarding this project.
Please contact Pam Shellenberger of my staff at 814-234-4090 if you have any questions or require further assistance.
Sincerely, David Densmore Supervisor Enclosure 2
Federally Listed, Proposed, and Candidate Species in Pennsylvania (revised April 13, 2006)
Common Name MAMMALS Indiana bat BIRDS Bald eagle Piping plover Scientific Name Myotis sodalis Haliaeetus leucocephalus Statusl Distribution (Counties and/or Watersheds)
Charadrius melodus REPTILES Bog turtle Eastern massasauga rattlesnake MUSSELS Clubshell Dwarf wedgemussel Northern riffleshell Clemmys (Glyptemys) muhlenbergii Sistrurus catenatus catenatus Pleurobema clava Alasmidonta heterodon Epioblasma torulosa rangiana E
Hibernacula: Armstrong, Blair, Centre, Fayette, Lawrence, Luzerne, Mifflin and Somerset Co.
Maternity sites: Blair Co.
T Nesting: Armstrong, Berks, Bucks, Butler, Centre, Chester, Columbia, Crawford, Dauphin, Erie, Forest, Fulton, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Sullivan, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Wayne and York Co.
Winter: near ice-free sections of rivers, lakes and reservoirs (e.g., Delaware River, Pymatuning Reservoir)
E Migratory. No nesting in PA since 1950s, but recent colonization attempts at Presque Isle (Erie Co).
Designated critical habitat on Presque Isle.
T Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, -Cumberland, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill and York Co. [Historically found in Crawford, Mercer and Philadelphia Co.]
C Butler, Crawford, Mercer and Venango Co.
[Historically found in Allegheny and Lawrence Co.]
E French Creek and Allegheny River (and some tributaries) in Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren Co.; Shenango River (Mercer and Crawford Co.) [Has not been found recently in 13 streams of historical occurrence in Butler, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer,
-and WestmorelandCo.]
E Delaware River (Wayne Co.).
[Has not been found recently in streams of historical occurrence in the Delaware River watershed (Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Philadelphia Co.) or Susquehanna River watershed (Lancaster Co.)]
E French Creek and Allegheny River (and some tributaries) in Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren Co. [Has not been found recently in streams of historical occurrence, irncluding:.'Shenango River (Lawrence Co.),
Conewango Creek (Warren Co.)]
MUSSELS (continued)
US Fish and Wildlife Service 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322. State College, Pennsylvania 16801
Rayed bean Sheepnose Villosa fabalis Plethobasus cyphyus C
French Creek and Allegheny River (Armstrong, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, Warren Co.); Cussewago Creek (Crawford Co.).
[Has not been found recently in 5 streams of historical occurrence in Armstrong, Lawrence, Mercer and Warren Co.]
C Allegheny River (Forest and Venango Co.).
[Has not been found recently in streams of historical occurrence, including: Allegheny River (Armstrong Co.), Beaver River (Lawrence Co.), Ohio River (Allegheny and Beaver Co.), and Monongahela River (Washington Co.)]
E Delaware River and other Atlantic coastal waters FISH Shortnose sturgeon 2
PLANTS..
Northeastern bulrush Small-whorled pogonia Acipenser brevirostrum Scirpus ancistrochaetus Isotria medeoloides E
Adams, Bedford, Blair, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Snyder, Tioga, and Union Co.
[Historically found in Northampton Co.]
T Centre, Chester and Venango Co.
[Historically found in Berks, Greene, Monroe, Montgomery and Philadelphia Co.]
1 E = Endangered; T = Threatened; P = Proposed for listing; C = Candidate 2 Shortnose sturgeon is under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service US Fish and Wildlife Service 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322, State College, Pennsylvania 16801