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Comment (29) of Lee Perry on Behalf of New Hampshire Fish and Game Department on NUREG-1437, Supplement 30, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal for Vermont Yankee
ML071130166
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Site: Vermont Yankee Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 03/07/2007
From: Magee J, Perry L
State of NH, Dept of Fish & Game
To: Lesar M
NRC/ADM/DAS/RDB
References
71FR76706 00029, NUREG-1437, S30
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Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, NUREG-1437, Supplement 30, draft -comments Mr. Lesar, Please find attached a letter from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department regarding the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, NUREG-1437, Supplement 30, draft report.Please feel free to contact Director Lee Perry at (603) 271-3511 or me at (603) 271-2744.Thank you, John Magee John Magee Fish Habitat Biologist New Hampshire Fish and Game Department 11 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301 p (603) 271-2744 f (603) 271-1438 john.magee@wildlife.state.nh.us Ti 71-C:)1-i C_-(T;<<NUREG-1437, Supplement 30, draft, Comment letter -20070307.pdf>>

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(603) 271-3421 Fax (603) 271-1438 Web site: www.wildlife.state.nh.us E-mail: info@wildlife.state.nh.us Lee E. Perry Executive Director March 7, 2007 Mr. Michael Lesar, Chief Rules Review and Directives Branch U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop T6-D59 Washington, DC 20555-0001 REF: NUREG-1437 Supplement 30, draft Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station COMMENTS

Dear Mr. Lesar:

This letter is in response to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants-Supplement 30 (dSEIS) for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS), dated December 2006.The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFGD) has reviewed the dSEIS and the comments submitted by the U.S. Department of Interior, dated March 6, 2007. NHFGD has been actively involved in the VYNPS through the Environmental Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission.

NHFGD agrees with all the statements made by the U.S. Department of Interior, especially those related to water quality and entrainment/impingement.

Of particular concern is the use of an equation, as stated on page 2-32 of the dSEIS, to determine the discrepancy between calculated and measured temperatures at Site 3. NHFGD notes that the Department of Interior stated on page 5 of their letter that "it would be a very useful exercise to revisit the concept and parameters that go into the equation and to validate it under present-day conditions".

NHFGD recommends that water temperature data be collected much closer to the outfall, but upstream and outside of the influence of the outfall's discharge.

This will provide a more accurate and precise understanding of the plant's true contribution to the thermal conditions in the Connecticut River.Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the dSEIS. Please feel free to contact me at (603) 271-3511 or John Magee at (603) 271-2744.Sincerely, Lee Perry Conserving New Hampshire's wildlife and their habitats since 1865.