ML110660653
| ML110660653 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2011 |
| From: | Weege S Inwater Research Group |
| To: | Bresette M, Dunesia Clark, Frehafer K, Gless J, Raymond Hoffman, Hollowell E, Munne V, Niebch D, Norton S Florida Power & Light Co, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin, National Ocean Service |
| Balsam, B, NRR/DLR, 415-1042 | |
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From: Stephen Weege [steveweege@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:45 AM To:
Mike Bresette; Dave Clark; Ken Frehafer; Jodie Gless; Bob Hoffman; Ed Hollowell; RidsNrrDlr Resource; Vince Munne; Dave Niebch; Shelley Norton
Subject:
Fw: February 2011 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:
February 2011 Marine Turtle Captures.rtf; Monthly Report Notes 2011.xls; FPL St. Lucie Capture Summary 2011.xls
--- On Thu, 3/3/11, Stephen Weege <steveweege@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Stephen Weege <steveweege@yahoo.com>
Subject:
February 2011 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report
> To: "Meghan Koperski" <Meghan.Koperski@MyFWC.com>
> Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 11:42 AM
Dear Meghan,
> Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals
> for February 2011. This month, we captured twelve (12) Caretta
> caretta and eight (8) Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St.
> Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. The power plant has remained
> in outage mode throughout the month of February. Underwater
> Engineering Services (UESI) has been working on the intake structures.
> The cleaning of the north 12 and the 16 intake pipes, as well as
> concrete cutting and debris removal from the velocity caps, have been
> planned for the
> 2011 outages and are currently under way.
> During the month there were three non-causal mortalities (all were
> juvenile green turtles in advanced states of decomposition). On
> February 15th, two juvenile green turtles were found at the surface of
> the temporary 5-inch barrier net in the morning. The smaller turtle
> was severely decomposed and the other was moderately decomposed.
> Neither animal had any wounds or abnormalities. After consultation
> with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel
> (FWC), these events were considered to be non-causal to power plant
> operations. Both turtles were buried off of the beach in accordance
> with direction from FWC. On February 26th, a juvenile green turtle
> was found dead floating in the FPL intake canal. This animal was
> moderately decomposed and did not have any wounds or abnormalities.
> The turtle was determined to be non-causal to power plant operations
> and was also buried off of the beach after consultation with FWC.
> Throughout most of the month of February, the 5 barrier net
> experienced light to moderate loads of algae that entered into the
> intake canal. On February 16th, the algae levels in the intake canal
> were upgraded to heavy and UESI was dispatched the next day to begin
> cleaning the temporary 5-inch barrier net. The net cleaning spanned
> three days and, as a result, the net did not fail.
> Consequently, this temporary barrier has effectively kept turtles from
> moving further down the canal. A permanent fix to the primary net
> continues to remain in the design phase.
> The tag numbers and morphometric data for all the turtles are
> attached. Also attached is the spreadsheet of all captures,
> mortalities, injuries, and causal events delineated by species and
> month/year to date for 2011.
> This spreadsheet also tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured
> turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year.
> Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
> Sincerely,
> Steve Weege
> Environmental Specialist
> Inwater Research Group, Inc.
> 4160 NE Hyline Dr.
> Jensen Beach, FL 34957
> sweege@inwater.org
> (772) 349-7252
>