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Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Environmental Report
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Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-iii License Renewal Application Table of Contents Letter Page Edward J. Keating, PSEG Nuclear, to Daniel Saunders, New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office D-1 Edward J. Keating, PSEG Nuclear, to Timothy Slavin, Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer D-7 Timothy Slavin, Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer to Edward J. Keating, PSEG Nuclear D-13
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Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-1 License Renewal Application PSEG Nucka.r LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancod:s Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 March 4, 2009 LR-E09-060 Daniel Saunders, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Natural and Historic Resources Historic Preservation Office P.O. Box 404 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0404
SUBJECT:
Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations License Renewal Request for Information on Historic and Archaeological Resources
Dear Mr. Saunders:
In 2009, PSEG Nuclear plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations (referred to respectively as Salem and HCGS), which are located on adjacent sites within a 740-acre parcel of property owned by PSEG Nuclear on the southern end of Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The existing licenses for the Salem Units 1 and 2 were issued for 40-year terms that expire in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
The operating license for the single HCGS unit was also issued for a 40-year term that expires in 2026. License renewal would extend the operating period of each reactor for an additional 20 years.
The NRC requires that the license renewal applications for Salem and HCGS include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from operation during the license renewal terms. One of these potential environmental impacts would be the effect license renewal activities on historic or archaeological resources located on the Salem and HCGS sites and transmission line corridors routed to connect the plants to the existing transmission system. Accordingly, the NRC requires that the environmental report for each license renewal application assess such a potential effect (10 CFR 51.53). Later, during its review of the license renewal environmental reports pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the NRC will consult with your office in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 USC 470), and Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations (36 CFR 800).
PSEG Nucka.r LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancod:s Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 March 4, 2009 LR-E09-060 Daniel Saunders, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Natural and Historic Resources Historic Preservation Office P.O. Box 404 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0404
SUBJECT:
Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations License Renewal Request for Information on Historic and Archaeological Resources
Dear Mr. Saunders:
In 2009, PSEG Nuclear plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations (referred to respectively as Salem and HCGS), which are located on adjacent sites within a 740-acre parcel of property owned by PSEG Nuclear on the southern end of Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey. The existing licenses for the Salem Units 1 and 2 were issued for 40-year terms that expire in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
The operating license for the single HCGS unit was also issued for a 40-year term that expires in 2026. License renewal would extend the operating period of each reactor for an additional 20 years.
The NRC requires that the license renewal applications for Salem and HCGS include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from operation during the license renewal terms. One of these potential environmental impacts would be the effect license renewal activities on historic or archaeological resources located on the Salem and HCGS sites and transmission line corridors routed to connect the plants to the existing transmission system. Accordingly, the NRC requires that the environmental report for each license renewal application assess such a potential effect (10 CFR 51.53). Later, during its review of the license renewal environmental reports pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the NRC will consult with your office in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 USC 470), and Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations (36 CFR 800).
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Page D-2 Hope Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application I am contacting you now in order to obtain input regarding issues that may need to be addressed in the Salem and HCGS license renewal environmental reports, and to help me identify any information your staff believes would be helpful to expedite NRC's review.
Beginning early in the twentieth century, Artificial Island was created by placing dredge spoils within a diked area established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the eastern shore of the Delaware River. The 1,500-acre island is low and flat with an average elevation of approximately 9 ft above mean sea level (msl) and a maximum elevation of approximately 18 ft msl. Habitat surrounding the PSEG-owned property on Artificial Island can best be characterized as tidal marsh and grassland with some upland woodland vegetation. It is low quality for wildlife and is not an important natural resource area. Artificial Island is located approximately 18 miles southeast of Wilmington, Delaware (see enclosed Figure 1). Philadelphia is about 30 miles and Salem, New Jersey, is 7.5 miles northeast of Artificial Island.
There are three transmission corridors containing four 500-kV transmission lines that connect the Salem and HCGS sites to the regional electricity grid (see enclosed Figure 2). These transmission corridors are considered by the NRC to be within the scope of its environmental reviews for the Salem and HCGS license renewals. In New Jersey, they are owned and maintained by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group, which also owns PSEG Nuclear). In Delaware, a single line is owned and maintained by Pepco (a regulated electric utility that is a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc.). The total length of all three corridors is approximately 106 miles, which cross Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey, and New Castle County in Delaware. All corridors traverse local marshland (adjacent to the Salem and HCGS sites), as well as agricultural and forested lands located away from the sites. Each corridor is 350 feet wide, except for one, which narrows to 200 feet for approximately 8 miles. One line crosses the Delaware River north of the Salem and HCGS sites and extends into Delaware.
Using the National Register Information System (NRIS) on-line database, PSEG Nuclear has identified six sites currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Salem County, New Jersey within a six-mile radius of Salem and HCGS (see enclosed Table 1). No archaeological or historic sites are known to be located within the transmission corridors.
PSEG Nuclear does not expect Salem or HCGS operations during the license renewal terms (an additional 20 years) to adversely affect archaeological or historic resources at the station sites, the immediate environs, or the transmission line corridors because license renewal will not alter current operations. No expansion of existing facilities is planned, and no structural modifications or other refurbishments have been identified that are necessary to I am contacting you now in order to obtain input regarding issues that may need to be addressed in the Salem and HCGS license renewal environmental reports, and to help me identify any information your staff believes would be helpful to expedite NRC's review.
Beginning early in the twentieth century, Artificial Island was created by placing dredge spoils within a diked area established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the eastern shore of the Delaware River. The 1,500-acre island is low and flat with an average elevation of approximately 9 ft above mean sea level (msl) and a maximum elevation of approximately 18 ft msl. Habitat surrounding the PSEG-owned property on Artificial Island can best be characterized as tidal marsh and grassland with some upland woodland vegetation. It is low quality for wildlife and is not an important natural resource area. Artificial Island is located approximately 18 miles southeast of Wilmington, Delaware (see enclosed Figure 1). Philadelphia is about 30 miles and Salem, New Jersey, is 7.5 miles northeast of Artificial Island.
There are three transmission corridors containing four 500-kV transmission lines that connect the Salem and HCGS sites to the regional electricity grid (see enclosed Figure 2). These transmission corridors are considered by the NRC to be within the scope of its environmental reviews for the Salem and HCGS license renewals. In New Jersey, they are owned and maintained by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group, which also owns PSEG Nuclear). In Delaware, a single line is owned and maintained by Pepco (a regulated electric utility that is a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc.). The total length of all three corridors is approximately 106 miles, which cross Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey, and New Castle County in Delaware. All corridors traverse local marshland (adjacent to the Salem and HCGS sites), as well as agricultural and forested lands located away from the sites. Each corridor is 350 feet wide, except for one, which narrows to 200 feet for approximately 8 miles. One line crosses the Delaware River north of the Salem and HCGS sites and extends into Delaware.
Using the National Register Information System (NRIS) on-line database, PSEG Nuclear has identified six sites currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Salem County, New Jersey within a six-mile radius of Salem and HCGS (see enclosed Table 1). No archaeological or historic sites are known to be located within the transmission corridors.
PSEG Nuclear does not expect Salem or HCGS operations during the license renewal terms (an additional 20 years) to adversely affect archaeological or historic resources at the station sites, the immediate environs, or the transmission line corridors because license renewal will not alter current operations. No expansion of existing facilities is planned, and no structural modifications or other refurbishments have been identified that are necessary to
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-3 License Renewal Application support license renewal. Maintenance activities during the license renewal term wouid be restricted to previousiy disturbed areas. No additionai iand-disturbance is anticipated in support of license renewal. Both PSE&G and Pepco have established maintenance procedures for transmission corridors that involve minimal land disturbance and are unlikely to result in inadvertent encounters with potential historic or archaeological sites.
After your review of the information provided in this letter, I would appreciate your sending a letter detailing any concerns you may have about historic/archaeological properties in the area of the Salem and HCGS sites and the associated transmission corridors, or alternatively, confirming my conclusion that operation of Salem and HCGS over the license renewal terms would have no effect on known historic or archaeological properties in New Jersey. PSEG Nuclear will include copies of this letter and your response in the environmental reports that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the Salem and HCGS license renewal applications.
Please do not hesitate to call me at 856-339-7902, if there are questions or you need additional information to complete a review of the proposed action. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,
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Sr. Environmental Advisor
Enclosures:
Figure 1 - Fifty-mile region Figure 2 - Transmission lines associated with Salem and HCGS Table 1 - Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 6-mile Radius of Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations support license renewal. Maintenance activities during the license renewal term wouid be restricted to previousiy disturbed areas. No additionai iand-disturbance is anticipated in support of license renewal. Both PSE&G and Pepco have established maintenance procedures for transmission corridors that involve minimal land disturbance and are unlikely to result in inadvertent encounters with potential historic or archaeological sites.
After your review of the information provided in this letter, I would appreciate your sending a letter detailing any concerns you may have about historic/archaeological properties in the area of the Salem and HCGS sites and the associated transmission corridors, or alternatively, confirming my conclusion that operation of Salem and HCGS over the license renewal terms would have no effect on known historic or archaeological properties in New Jersey. PSEG Nuclear will include copies of this letter and your response in the environmental reports that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the Salem and HCGS license renewal applications.
Please do not hesitate to call me at 856-339-7902, if there are questions or you need additional information to complete a review of the proposed action. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,
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/f44~7 EdWarcfJ~
Sr. Environmental Advisor
Enclosures:
Figure 1 - Fifty-mile region Figure 2 - Transmission lines associated with Salem and HCGS Table 1 - Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 6-mile Radius of Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations
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Page D-6 Hope Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Table 1.
Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 10-km (6-mi) Radius of Salem Generating Station Resource Name Address City Distance (km
[mi]) from Station Salem County, New Jersey Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse Buttonwood Avenue, 150 ft. West of Main Street Hancocks Bridge 8 (5)
Hancock House 3 Front Street Hancocks Bridge 8 (5)
Holmes, Benjamin, House West of Salem on Fort Elfsborg-Hancocks Bridge Road Salem 10 (6)
Nicholson, Abel and Mary, House Junction of Hancocks Branch and Fort Elfsborg Road, Elsinsboro Township Salem 8 (5)
Nicholson, Sarah and Samuel, House 2 miles South of Salem on Amwellbury Road Salem 10 (6)
Ware, Joseph, House 134 Poplar Street Hancocks Bridge 6 (4)
New Castle County, Delaware Ashton Historic District North of Port Penn on Thormton Road Port Penn 8 (5)
Augustine Beach Hotel South of Port Penn on DE 9 Port Penn 6 (4)
Cleaver House Off Biddles Corner Road Port Penn 10 (6)
Dilworth House Off DE 9 Port Penn 8 (5)
Gordon, J.M., House Route 44 Odessa 8 (5)
Green Meadow Thomas Landing Road (DE 440), Appoquinimink Hundred Odessa 6 (4)
Grose, Robert, House 1000 Port Penn Road Port Penn 8 (5)
Hart House East of Taylors Bridge on DE 453 Taylors Bridge 5 (3)
Hazel Glen West of Port Penn on DE 420 Port Penn 8 (5)
Higgins, S., Farm Route 423 Odessa 8 (5)
Johnson Home Farm Co. Road 453 East of Junction with DE 9, Blackbird Hundred Taylors Bridge 6 (4)
Liston House East of Taylors Bridge on DE 453 Taylors Bridge 6 (4)
Misty Vale Route 423 Odessa 10 (6)
Port Penn Historic District DE 9 Port Penn 6 (4)
Reedy Island Range Rear Light Junction of DE 9 and Road 453 Taylors Bridge 8 (5)
Thomas, David W., House 326 Thomas Landing Road, Appoquinimink Hundred Odessa 8 (5)
Vandegrift, J., House Route 44 Odessa 8 (5)
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-7 License Renewal Application PSEG N~tdea&' LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 March 4, 2009 LR-E09-058 Timothy A. Slavin, State Historic Preservation Officer Department of the State of Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs State Historic Preservation Office 21 The Green Dover, Delaware 19901
SUBJECT:
Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations License Renewal Request for Information on Historic and Archaeological Resources
Dear Mr. Slavin:
In 2009, PSEG Nuclear plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations (referred to respectively as Salem and HCGS), which are located on adjacent sites within a 740-acre parcel of property owned by PSEG Nuclear on the southern end of Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek TownShip, Salem County, New Jersey. The existing licenses for Salem Units 1 and 2 were issued for 40-year terms that expire in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
The operating license for the single HCGS unit Vlf8S also issued for a 40--year term that expires in 2026. License renewal would extend the operating period of each reactor for an additional 20 years.
The NRC requires that the license renewal applications for Salem and HCGS include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from operation during the license renewal terms. One of these potential environmental impacts would be the effect of license renewal activities on historic or archaeological resources located on the Salem and HCGS sites and transmission line corridors connecting the plants to the existing transmission system. Accordingly, the NRC requires that the environmental report for each license renewal application assess such a potential effect (10 CFR 51.53). Later, during its review of the license renewal environmental reports pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the NRC will consult with your office in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 USC 470), and Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations (36 CFR 800).
PSEG N~tdea&' LLC P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038-0236 March 4, 2009 LR-E09-058 Timothy A. Slavin, State Historic Preservation Officer Department of the State of Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs State Historic Preservation Office 21 The Green Dover, Delaware 19901
SUBJECT:
Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations License Renewal Request for Information on Historic and Archaeological Resources
Dear Mr. Slavin:
In 2009, PSEG Nuclear plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations (referred to respectively as Salem and HCGS), which are located on adjacent sites within a 740-acre parcel of property owned by PSEG Nuclear on the southern end of Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek TownShip, Salem County, New Jersey. The existing licenses for Salem Units 1 and 2 were issued for 40-year terms that expire in 2016 and 2020, respectively.
The operating license for the single HCGS unit Vlf8S also issued for a 40--year term that expires in 2026. License renewal would extend the operating period of each reactor for an additional 20 years.
The NRC requires that the license renewal applications for Salem and HCGS include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from operation during the license renewal terms. One of these potential environmental impacts would be the effect of license renewal activities on historic or archaeological resources located on the Salem and HCGS sites and transmission line corridors connecting the plants to the existing transmission system. Accordingly, the NRC requires that the environmental report for each license renewal application assess such a potential effect (10 CFR 51.53). Later, during its review of the license renewal environmental reports pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the NRC will consult with your office in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 USC 470), and Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regulations (36 CFR 800).
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Page D-8 Hope Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application I am contacting you now in order to obtain input regarding issues that may need to be addressed in the Salem and HCGS license renewal environmental reports, and to help me identify any information your staff believes would be helpful to expedite NRC's consultation.
Beginning early in the twentieth century, Artificial Island was created by placing dredge spoils within a diked area established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the eastern shore of the Delaware River. The 1,500 acre island is low and flat with an average elevation of approximately 9 ft above mean sea level (msl) and a maximum elevation of approximately 18 ft msl. Habitat surrounding the PSEG-owned property on Artificial Island can best be characterized as tidal marsh and grassland with some upland woodland vegetation. It is low quality for wildlife and is not an important natural resource area. Artificial Island is located approximately 18 miles southeast of Wilmington, Delaware (see enclosed Figure 1). Philadelphia is about 30 miles and Salem, New Jersey, is 7.5 miles northeast of Artificial Island.
There are three transmission corridors containing four 500-kV transmission lines that connect the Salem and HCGS sites to the regional electricity grid (see enclosed Figure 2). These transmission corridors are considered by the NRC to be within the scope of its environmental reviews for the Salem and HCGS license renewals. In New Jersey, the lines are owned and maintained by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group, which also owns PSEG Nuclear). In Delaware, a single line is owned and maintained by Pepco (a regulated electric utility that is a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc.). The total length of all three corridors is approximately 106 miles, which cross Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey, and New Castle County in Delaware. All corridors traverse local marshland (adjacent to the Salem and HCGS sites), as well as agricultural and forested lands located away from the sites. Each corridor is 350 feet wide, except for the HCGS-Red Lion and Red-Lion-Keeney line, which narrows to 200 feet for approximately 8 miles. This line was originally constructed to connect Salem to the existing transmission system, any impacts of the line/corridor are assessed in the Salem license renewal environmental report. When HCGS was constructed, several changes in transmission line connections with Salem were made. The Salem-Keeney line was disconnected from Salem and reconnected to HCGS. A new substation, Red Lion, was also constructed on the HCGS-Keeney transmission line. Hence the line is now referred to as the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lione Keeney lines. Because this transmission line extends into Delaware, the NRC requires that the environmental report for the Salem license renewal application assess whether any historic or archaeological properties will be affected by the proposed project (10 CFR 51.53(c)(3)(ii)(K>>), since the line was originally constructed to connect Salem to the existing transmission system.
Using the National Register Information System (NRIS) on-line database, PSEG Nuclear has identified 19 sites currently listed on the National Register of Historic I am contacting you now in order to obtain input regarding issues that may need to be addressed in the Salem and HCGS license renewal environmental reports, and to help me identify any information your staff believes would be helpful to expedite NRC's consultation.
Beginning early in the twentieth century, Artificial Island was created by placing dredge spoils within a diked area established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the eastern shore of the Delaware River. The 1,500 acre island is low and flat with an average elevation of approximately 9 ft above mean sea level (msl) and a maximum elevation of approximately 18 ft msl. Habitat surrounding the PSEG-owned property on Artificial Island can best be characterized as tidal marsh and grassland with some upland woodland vegetation. It is low quality for wildlife and is not an important natural resource area. Artificial Island is located approximately 18 miles southeast of Wilmington, Delaware (see enclosed Figure 1). Philadelphia is about 30 miles and Salem, New Jersey, is 7.5 miles northeast of Artificial Island.
There are three transmission corridors containing four 500-kV transmission lines that connect the Salem and HCGS sites to the regional electricity grid (see enclosed Figure 2). These transmission corridors are considered by the NRC to be within the scope of its environmental reviews for the Salem and HCGS license renewals. In New Jersey, the lines are owned and maintained by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) (a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group, which also owns PSEG Nuclear). In Delaware, a single line is owned and maintained by Pepco (a regulated electric utility that is a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc.). The total length of all three corridors is approximately 106 miles, which cross Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties in New Jersey, and New Castle County in Delaware. All corridors traverse local marshland (adjacent to the Salem and HCGS sites), as well as agricultural and forested lands located away from the sites. Each corridor is 350 feet wide, except for the HCGS-Red Lion and Red-Lion-Keeney line, which narrows to 200 feet for approximately 8 miles. This line was originally constructed to connect Salem to the existing transmission system, any impacts of the line/corridor are assessed in the Salem license renewal environmental report. When HCGS was constructed, several changes in transmission line connections with Salem were made. The Salem-Keeney line was disconnected from Salem and reconnected to HCGS. A new substation, Red Lion, was also constructed on the HCGS-Keeney transmission line. Hence the line is now referred to as the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lione Keeney lines. Because this transmission line extends into Delaware, the NRC requires that the environmental report for the Salem license renewal application assess whether any historic or archaeological properties will be affected by the proposed project (10 CFR 51.53(c)(3)(ii)(K>>), since the line was originally constructed to connect Salem to the existing transmission system.
Using the National Register Information System (NRIS) on-line database, PSEG Nuclear has identified 19 sites currently listed on the National Register of Historic
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-9 License Renewal Application Places that are located in New Castle County, Delaware within a six-mile radius of Salem and HCGS (see enclosed Table 1). No archaeological or historic sites are known to be located within the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lion-Keeney transmission corridor.
PSEG Nuclear does not expect Salem or HCGS operations during the license renewal terms (an additional 20 years) to adversely affect archaeological or historic resources at the station sites, the immediate environs, or the transmission line corridors because license renewal will not alter existing operations. No expansion of existing facilities is planned, and no structural modifications or other refurbishments have been identified that are necessary to support license renewal. Maintenance activities during the license renewal term would be restricted to previously disturbed areas. No additional land-disturbance is anticipated in support of license renewal. Both PSE&G and Pepco have established maintenance procedures for transmission corridors that involve minimal land disturbance and are unlikely to result in inadvertent encounters with potential historic or archaeological sites.
After your review of the information provided in this letter, I would appreciate your sending a letter detailing any concerns you may have about historic/archaeological properties in the area of the Salem and HCGS sites and the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lion-Keeney transmission corridors, or alternatively, confirming the conclusion that operation of Salem and HCGS over the license renewal terms would have no effect on known historic or archaeological properties in Delaware. PSEG Nuclear will include copies of this letter and your response in the environmental reports that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the Salem and HCGS license renewal applications.
Please do not hesitate to call me at 856-339-7902, if there are questions or you need additional information to complete a review of the proposed action. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Enclosures:
Figure 1 - Fifty-mile region Figure 2 - Transmission lines associated with Salem and HCGS Table 1 - Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 6-mile Radius of Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations Places that are located in New Castle County, Delaware within a six-mile radius of Salem and HCGS (see enclosed Table 1). No archaeological or historic sites are known to be located within the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lion-Keeney transmission corridor.
PSEG Nuclear does not expect Salem or HCGS operations during the license renewal terms (an additional 20 years) to adversely affect archaeological or historic resources at the station sites, the immediate environs, or the transmission line corridors because license renewal will not alter existing operations. No expansion of existing facilities is planned, and no structural modifications or other refurbishments have been identified that are necessary to support license renewal. Maintenance activities during the license renewal term would be restricted to previously disturbed areas. No additional land-disturbance is anticipated in support of license renewal. Both PSE&G and Pepco have established maintenance procedures for transmission corridors that involve minimal land disturbance and are unlikely to result in inadvertent encounters with potential historic or archaeological sites.
After your review of the information provided in this letter, I would appreciate your sending a letter detailing any concerns you may have about historic/archaeological properties in the area of the Salem and HCGS sites and the HCGS-Red Lion and Red Lion-Keeney transmission corridors, or alternatively, confirming the conclusion that operation of Salem and HCGS over the license renewal terms would have no effect on known historic or archaeological properties in Delaware. PSEG Nuclear will include copies of this letter and your response in the environmental reports that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the Salem and HCGS license renewal applications.
Please do not hesitate to call me at 856-339-7902, if there are questions or you need additional information to complete a review of the proposed action. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Enclosures:
Figure 1 - Fifty-mile region Figure 2 - Transmission lines associated with Salem and HCGS Table 1 - Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 6-mile Radius of Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations
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Page D-12 Hope Creek Generating Station License Renewal Application Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Table 1.
Sites Listed on the National Register of Historic Places within a 10-km (6-mi) Radius of Salem Generating Station Resource Name Address City Distance (km
[mi]) from Station Salem County, New Jersey Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse Buttonwood Avenue, 150 ft. West of Main Street Hancocks Bridge 8 (5)
Hancock House 3 Front Street Hancocks Bridge 8 (5)
Holmes, Benjamin, House West of Salem on Fort Elfsborg-Hancocks Bridge Road Salem 10 (6)
Nicholson, Abel and Mary, House Junction of Hancocks Branch and Fort Elfsborg Road, Elsinsboro Township Salem 8 (5)
Nicholson, Sarah and Samuel, House 2 miles South of Salem on Amwellbury Road Salem 10 (6)
Ware, Joseph, House 134 Poplar Street Hancocks Bridge 6 (4)
New Castle County, Delaware Ashton Historic District North of Port Penn on Thormton Road Port Penn 8 (5)
Augustine Beach Hotel South of Port Penn on DE 9 Port Penn 6 (4)
Cleaver House Off Biddles Corner Road Port Penn 10 (6)
Dilworth House Off DE 9 Port Penn 8 (5)
Gordon, J.M., House Route 44 Odessa 8 (5)
Green Meadow Thomas Landing Road (DE 440), Appoquinimink Hundred Odessa 6 (4)
Grose, Robert, House 1000 Port Penn Road Port Penn 8 (5)
Hart House East of Taylors Bridge on DE 453 Taylors Bridge 5 (3)
Hazel Glen West of Port Penn on DE 420 Port Penn 8 (5)
Higgins, S., Farm Route 423 Odessa 8 (5)
Johnson Home Farm Co. Road 453 East of Junction with DE 9, Blackbird Hundred Taylors Bridge 6 (4)
Liston House East of Taylors Bridge on DE 453 Taylors Bridge 6 (4)
Misty Vale Route 423 Odessa 10 (6)
Port Penn Historic District DE 9 Port Penn 6 (4)
Reedy Island Range Rear Light Junction of DE 9 and Road 453 Taylors Bridge 8 (5)
Thomas, David W., House 326 Thomas Landing Road, Appoquinimink Hundred Odessa 8 (5)
Vandegrift, J., House Route 44 Odessa 8 (5)
Environmental Report Appendix D State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence Hope Creek Generating Station Page D-13 License Renewal Application State of Delaware IIistorical and Cultural Affairs 21 The Grc(~n Dover, DE 19901-3611 Phone: 13021 736.740()
FJx: (302) 739.5660 FINDING OF NO ADVERSE EFFECT Review Code:
2009.03.05.02 Agency:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Project:
License Renewal, Salem and Hope Creek Generating Station Lower AIIoways Creek Township, Salem County, NJ The staff of the State Historic Preservation Office has reviewed the materials submitted regarding the above-cited project. Based on this review, it is our determination that the project will not adversely affect any propel1ies listed on or eligible for listing on the National Rcgister of Historic Places.
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State of Delaware IIistorical and Cultural Affairs 21 The Grc(~n Dover, DE 19901-3611 Phone: 13021 736.740()
FJx: (302) 739.5660 FINDING OF NO ADVERSE EFFECT Review Code:
2009.03.05.02 Agency:
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Project:
License Renewal, Salem and Hope Creek Generating Station Lower AIIoways Creek Township, Salem County, NJ The staff of the State Historic Preservation Office has reviewed the materials submitted regarding the above-cited project. Based on this review, it is our determination that the project will not adversely affect any propel1ies listed on or eligible for listing on the National Rcgister of Historic Places.
Timothy A. Slavin State ITistoric Preservation OJTicer
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