ML110070094
| ML110070094 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 12/27/2010 |
| From: | Cooper D US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service |
| To: | David Wrona Division of License Renewal |
| References | |
| TAC ME2825, TAC ME2826 | |
| Download: ML110070094 (65) | |
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United States Department of the Interior S.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office 2493 Portola Road, Suite B Ventura, California 93003 IN REPLY REFER TO:
81440-201 1-SL-0099 December 27, 2010 David J. Wrona, Chief Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
Subject:
Species List Request for the Proposed Diablo Canyon Power Plant License Renewal; Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Kings, and Fresno Counties, California
Dear Mr. Wrona:
This correspondence responds to a request by Rich Bulavinitz of your staff, made during a phone conversation held on December 14, 2010, for an updated species list for the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (Diablo Power Plant) license renewal for Units 1 and 2 in San Luis Obispo County, California, including the operation and maintenance of associated transmission lines running from the plant to Santa Barbara, Kern, Kings, and Fresno Counties, California.
Your original request, dated March 10, 2010, was received in our office on March 29, 2010. In response to this request we provided a list of federally-listed, proposed, or candidate species and designated or proposed critical habitat with the potential to occur in the vicinity of the Diablo Power Plant located approximately 12 miles west-southwest of the City of San Luis Obispo. At that time, we were unaware that the license renewal included the maintenance and operation of these transmission lines inclusive of vegetation trimming and removal, as necessary. As such we did not include a list of those species with the potential to occur in the vicinity of the associated transmission lines as a part of our response.
The current lists generated by the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office and enclosed as a part of this document includes those federally-listed, proposed or candidate species and designated or proposed critical habitat for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. During a phone conversation held today between Mr. Bulavinitz and Ms. Heather Abbey of our staff, Ms. Abbey recommended that the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office be contacted for a list of species and critical habitat that may occur within Kern County, Kings County, and Fresno County as these TAKE PRIDE I NAM E RICA
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counties are under the geographic jurisdiction of that office. You may contact them by calling (916) 414-6600.
The enclosed lists fulfill the requirements of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under section 7(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended' (Act). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as the lead Federal agency for the project, has the responsibility to review its proposed activities and determine whether any listed species may be affected. If the project is a construction project which may require an environmental impact statement11, the NRC has the responsibility to prepare a biological assessment in order to make a determination of the effects of the action on listed species or critical habitat. If the NRC determines that a listed species or critical habitat is likely to be adversely affected, it should request, in writing through our office, formal consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Act. Informal consultation may be used to exchange information and resolve conflicts with respect to threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat prior to a written request for formal consultation. During this review process, the NRC may engage in planning efforts but may not make any irreversible commitment of resources. Such a commitment could constitute a violation of section 7(d) of the Act.
Only federally listed species receive protection under the Act; however, other sensitive species should be considered in the planning process in the event they become listed or proposed for listing prior to project completion. We recommend that you review information in the California Department of Fish and Game's Natural Diversity Data Base. You may contact the California Department of Fish and Game at (916) 324-3812 for information on other sensitive species that
,.may occur in the project area.
If you have any questions regarding the information provided in this letter, please contact Ms. Abbey at (805) 644-1766, extension 290.
Sincerely, Douglass M. Cooper Deputy Assistant Field Supervisor Enclosure 1 "Construction project" means any major Federal action which significantly affects the quality of the human environment designed primarily to result in the building of structures such as dams, buildings, roads, pipelines, and channels. This includes Federal actions such as permits, grants, licenses, or other forms of Federal authorizations or approval which may result in construction.
ENDANGERED, THREATENED, AND CANDIDATE SPECIES WHICH MAY OCCUR IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Mammals Giant kangaroo rat Morro Bay kangaroo rat San Joaquin kit fox Southern sea otter Tipton kangaroo rat Birds California clapper rail California condcr California least tern Least Bell's vireo Mountain plover Western snowy plover Yellow-billed cuckoo-Reptiles Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Amphibians Arroyo toad California red-legged frog California tiger salamander Fish Steelhead trout*
Tidewater goby Invertebrates Kern primrose sphinx moth Longhorn fairy shrimp Morro shoulderband snail Smith's blue butterfly Vernal pool fairy shrimp Plants California jewelflower California sea-blite Camatta Canyon amole Chorro Creek bog thistle Gambel's watercress Dipodomys ingens Dipodomys heermanni morroensis Vulpes macrotis mutica Enhydra lutris nereis Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides Rallus longirostris obsoletus Gymnogyps californianus Sterna antillarum browni Vireo bellii pusillus Charadrius montanus Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus Coccyzus americanus Gambelia silus Bufo californicus Rana draytonii Ambystoma californiense Oncorhynchus mykiss Eucyclogobius newberryi Euproserpinus euterpe Branchinecta longiantenna Helminthoglypta walkeriana Euphilotes enoptes smithi Branchinecta lynchi Caulanthus californicus Suaeda californica Chlorogalum purpureum var. reductum Cirsiumfontinale var. obispoense Nasturtium gambellii E
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (continued)
Indian Knob mountainbalm La Graciosa thistle Marsh sandwort Monterey spineflower Morro manzanita Nipomo Mesa lupine Pismo clarkia Purple amole Salt marsh bird's-beak San Joaquin woolly-threads Eriodictyon altissimum Cirsium loncholepis Arenaria paludicola Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens Arctostaphylos morroensis Lupinus nipomensis Clarkia speciosa ssp. immaculata Chlorogalum purpureum ssp. purpureum Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus Monolopia congdonii E
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E Endangered T
Threatened CH Designated Critical Habitat C
Candidate species for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has on file sufficient information on the biological vulnerability and threats to support proposals to list as endangered or threatened.
PT Taxa proposed for listing as threatened.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is the responsible agency for the steelhead.
ENDANGERED, THREATENED, AND CANDIDATE SPECIES WHICH MAY OCCUR IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Mammals Giant kangaroo rat San Joaquin kit fox Southern sea otter Birds California condor California least tern Least Bell's vireo Light-footed clapper rail Marbled murrelet Mountain plover Southwestern willow flycatcher Western snowy plover Yellow-billed cuckoo Reptiles Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Amphibians Arroyo toad California red-legged frog California tiger salamander Fish Steelhead trout Tidewater goby Unarmored threespine stickleback Invertebrates Longhorn fairy shrimp Vernal pool fairy shrimp Plants Beach layia California jewelflower La Graciosa thistle Dipodomys ingens Vulpes macrotis mutica Enhydra lutris nereis Gymnogyps californianus Sterna antillarum browni Vireo belli pusillus Rallus longirostris levipes Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus Charadrius montanus Empidonax traillii extimus Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus Coccyzus americanus Gambelia silus Bufo californicus Rana draytonii Ambystoma californiense Oncorhynchus mykiss Eucyclogobius newberryi Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Branchinecta longientenna Branchinecta lynchi Layia carnosa Caulanthus californicus Cirsium loncholepis E
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (continued)
Contra Costa goldfields Salt marsh bird's-beak San Joaquin woolly-threads Lompoc yerba santa Gambel's watercress Gaviota tarplant
[unnamed] monkeyflower Lasthenia conjugens Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus Lembertia congdonii Eriodictyon capitatum Rorippa gambellii Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa Mimulusfremontii var. vandenbergensis E
E E
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Key:
E Endangered T
Threatened CH Designated Critical habitat PCH Proposed critical habitat C
Candidate species for which the Fish and Wildlife Service has on file sufficient information on the biological vulnerability and threats to support proposals to list as endangered or threatened.
PT Taxa proposed for listing as threatened.
Species for which the National Marine Fisheries Service has responsibility. For more information, call the Santa Rosa Field Office at 707-575-6050 or go to http://swr.ucsd.edu/
Nonbreeding visitor to nearshore coastal waters