ML082610748
| ML082610748 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 09/30/2008 |
| From: | David Pelton License Renewal Projects Branch 1 |
| To: | Clemency L US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Lopas, S, DLR/REBA - 415-1147 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML082610748 (10) | |
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September 30, 2008 Ms. Louise Clemency Field Supervisor Green Bay Ecological Services Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2661 Scott Tower Drive Green Bay, WI 54229
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR LIST OF STATE PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE KEWAUNEE POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW
Dear Ms. Clemency:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) is reviewing an application submitted by Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc., for the renewal of the operating license for Kewaunee Power Station (KPS). KPS is located on the west-central shore of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, approximately 30 miles east-southeast of Green Bay and eight miles south of the City of Kewaunee. As part of the review of the license renewal application (LRA), the NRC is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) under the provisions of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 51 (10 CFR Part 51), the NRCs regulation that implements the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The SEIS includes an analysis of pertinent environmental issues, including endangered or threatened species and impacts to fish and wildlife. This letter is being submitted under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, as amended.
The proposed action would include the use and continued maintenance of existing plant facilities and transmission lines. The KPS site covers approximately 908 acres, of which approximately 60 acres contain structures, facilities, and parking lots associated with KPS.
Approximately 450 acres are used for agriculture, and the remainder of the site is a mixture of woods, fields in various stages of succession, small wetlands and watercourses, and open areas. The site also contains approximately two miles of Lake Michigan western shoreline. A site map is enclosed (Enclosure 1) with this letter.
KPS utilizes a once-through cooling system that withdraws water from and discharges to Lake Michigan. The intake structure is located approximately 1600 feet from the shore, where the water depth is approximately 15 feet. The intake structure consists of a cluster of three 22-foot diameter inlets with 2-foot by 2-foot trash grills to prevent large debris from entering the intake; water velocity at the surface of the intake inlets is less than 1 foot per second when the plant is running at full power. Three 6-foot diameter pipes join to form one 10-foot diameter intake pipe, which is buried approximately three feet below the lake surface. Two auxiliary water intake tees are located 50 and 100 feet shoreward of the intake. Each tee has a 30-inch, screened opening approximately one foot above the lake bottom. The auxiliary water intakes each can supply water in excess of 24,000 gallons per minute (gpm).
L. Clemency The buried intake pipe brings water to the onshore forebay. From the forebay, water passes through 10-foot wide by 36-foot long traveling screens with 3/8-inch mesh. Water is pumped by two vertical dry-pit circulating water pumps, each designed to supply 210,000 gpm. Normal flow rate throughout the cooling system is approximately 400,000 gpm.
Water velocity through the traveling screens is less than 2.4 feet per second. Fish and debris are automatically backwashed from the traveling screens and returned to the lake via the 10-foot diameter discharge tunnel. The discharge tunnel connects to a discharge structure located on the shoreline, just south of the forebay. During periods of sub-freezing weather, recirculating pumps route water to the intake inlet grills and traveling screens to prevent icing. Cooling water is intermittently treated with sodium hypochlorite to prevent micro-and macro-fouling within the cooling system.
For the specific purpose of connecting KPS to the regional transmission system, there are four transmission lines totaling approximately 75 miles of corridor, comprising approximately 1270 acres of land. These transmission line corridors are being evaluated as part of the SEIS process. The transmission lines run north and south of KPS through Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties, and west through Kewaunee, Brown, and Outagamie Counties. Land along the corridors is approximately 84 percent farmland, 7 percent woodland, 7 percent scrubland, and 2 percent wetlands. A map of the KPS transmission system is enclosed (Enclosure 2) with this letter.
To support the SEIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the NRC requests information on state-listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of KPS and its associated transmission line corridors. In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
The NRC staff plans to hold two public license renewal and environmental scoping meetings on October 22, 2008, at the Carlton Town Hall, N1296, Town Hall Road, Kewaunee, Wisconsin 54216. The first meeting will convene at 1:30 p.m. and will continue until 4:30 p.m., as necessary. The second meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m., with a repeat of the overview portions of the first meeting, and will continue until 10:00 p.m., as necessary. A separate NRC meeting notice with a more detailed agenda is forthcoming. You will be provided a copy of that notice. In addition, during the week of January 12, 2009, the NRC plans to conduct a site audit.
You and your staff are invited to attend both the public meetings and the site audit. Your office will receive a copy of the draft SEIS along with a request for comments. The anticipated publication date for the draft SEIS is August 2009.
L. Clemency The KPS LRA is available on the internet at www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/
applications/kewaunee.html. If you have any questions concerning the NRC staffs review of this LRA, please contact Ms. Sarah Lopas, License Renewal Project Manager, at 301-415-1147 or sarah.lopas@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
\\RA\\
David Pelton, Branch Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305
Enclosures:
- 1. KPS Site Map
- 2. KPS Transmission System cc w/encls: See next page
L. Clemency The KPS LRA is available on the internet at www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/
applications/kewaunee.html. If you have any questions concerning the NRC staffs review of this LRA, please contact Ms. Sarah Lopas, License Renewal Project Manager, at 301-415-1147 or sarah.lopas@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
\\RA\\
David Pelton, Branch Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-305
Enclosures:
- 1. KPS Site Map
- 2. KPS Transmission System cc w/encls: See next page DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAM Accession Nos.: ML082610748 OFFICE LA:DLR GS:DLR:RERB PM:DLR:RPB1 BC:DLR:RPB1 NAME IKing BBalsam SLopas DPelton DATE 9/19/08 09/22/08 09/22/08 9/30/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Letter to Dominion from J. Daily, dated September 30, 2008 DISTRIBUTION:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR LIST OF STATE PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE KEWAUNEE POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW HARD COPY:
DLR RF EMAIL PUBLIC B. Holian / S. Lee (RidsNrrDlr)
T. Combs, OCA T. Madden, OCA R. Shane, OCA B. Keeling, OCA D. Pelton (RidsNrrDlrRpb1)
B. Pham (RidsNrrDlrRerb)
J. Daily S. Lopas P. Tam M. Kunowski S. Burton P. Higgens OPA (RidsOpaMail)
D. McIntyre, OPA V. Mitlyng S. Uttal, OGC OGC (RidsOGCMailRoom)
ENCLOSURE 1
ENCLOSURE 2
Kewaunee Power Station cc:
Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission N490 Hwy 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9510 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Thomas L. Breene Dominon Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. Michael J. Wilson, Director Nuclear Safety & Licensing Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. William R. Matthews Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Alan J. Price Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. William D. Corbin Director - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 3NE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Paul C. Aitken Supervisor - License Renewal Project Innsbrook Technical Center - 3NE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. David A. Sommers Supervisor - Nuclear Engineering Innsbrook Technical Center - 2SE 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.
Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
120 Tredegar Street Riverside 2 Richmond, VA 23219 Mr. Stephen E. Scace Site Vice President Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. David R. Lewis Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1122 Mr. Ken Paplham E 4095 Sandy Bay Rd.
Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. Richard Gallagher Senior Scientist, License Renewal Dominion Resources Services, Inc.
Route 156, Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 06385