ML073110515
| ML073110515 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Susquehanna  |
| Issue date: | 10/11/2007 |
| From: | Densmore D US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| To: | Rani Franovich NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB |
| References | |
| 2007-1111 | |
| Download: ML073110515 (2) | |
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United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, Pennsylvania 16801-4850 October 11, 2007 Rani Franovich, Branch Chief Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 RE: USFWS Project #2007-1111
Dear Ms. Franovich:
This responds to your email of August 22, 2007, requesting information about federally listed and proposed endangered and threatened species within the area affected by the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station license renewal and extended power uprate project, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.- The proposed project is.lopated within the range of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), a species thatis. federally listed as endangered.. The following. comments..are provided pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 16U.S.C.
1.531 et seq.),to.ensure the protection of endangered and threatened species Based on a telephone conversation with Nathan Goodman on February 20, 2007,we~have been advised that the only disturbance to-the site will be routine vegetation maintenance" underneath existing transmission lines. Therefore, based on this information and anticipated effects on forest habitat, we have determined that the proposed project will not have a significant adverse effect on overall habitat quality for:the Indiana bat, and the project is not likely to adversely affect this species.
This determination is valid 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 is recommended.
Should project plans change, or if additional information. on listed or proposed species becomes available, this determination may be reconsidered.,..,
This response relates only to endangered and 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 a's addressing other Service concerns;under the. Fish andWildlife Coordination Act or other authorities.
To avoid potential delays in reviewing your project,,please use, the above-referenced USFWS" projecttracking number in any future correspondence regarding this project.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Bonnie Dershem of my staff at 814-234-4090.
Sincerely, David Densmore Supervisor