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Request for List of Federal Protected Species within the Area Under Evaluation for the Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application Review (Usfws Project #2011-0355)
	ML11258A248
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	09/08/2011
From:	David Wrona; License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Roberts M; US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service
	Regner L, 415-1906
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 September 8, 2011 Mr. Mark Roberts U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen Street, Suite 322 State College, PA 16801

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR LIST OF FEDERAL PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW (USFWS PROJECT #2011-0365)

Dear Mr. Roberts:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) is reviewing an application to renew the operating licenses for limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (limerick). limerick is located in limerick Township of Montgomery County, PA, approximately 35 miles upriver from Philadelphia and is operated by Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon). The application for renewal was submitted by Exelon in a letter dated June 22, 2011, pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 54 (10 CFR Part 54).

The NRC has established that, as part of the staff's review of any nuclear power plant license renewal action, a site-specific Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to its "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for license Renewal of Nuclear Plants,"

NUREG-1437, will be prepared under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 51, the NRC's regulation that implements the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). 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 limerick plant site contains a total of 645 acres, including 491 acres in Montgomery County and 154 acres in Chester County. The proposed action includes the use and continued maintenance of existing plant facilities and transmission lines. See Enclosures 1 - 5 for figures of the facilities and transmission lines. Exelon states that it has no plans for refurbishment or replacement activities to support renewal of the operating licenses.

The facilities consist of properties such as the reactor enclosures, turbine enclosures, cooling towers, electrical substations, independent spent fuel storage installation, Schuylkill River Pumphouse, and spray pond. Additional facilities are the cooling tower blowdown discharge line and associated structures, which are submerged immediately downriver from the Schuylkill River Pumphouse.

There are public passageway properties that cut through the limerick plant site that are excluded from consideration. These include two Consolidated Rail Corporation rights-of-way (ROWs) and the Schuylkill River, including one island in the river channel (limerick Island).

M. Roberts -2 Borough of Phoenixville (9 miles southeast), the Municipality of Norristown (11 miles southeast),

and the City of Philadelphia (21 miles southeast). These centers and the Limerick site are located along the Schuylkill River. The river flows southeast to its union with the Delaware River.

The site is described in the LRA as:

... gently rolling countryside, traversed by numerous valleys containing small creeks or streams that empty into the Schuylkill River. Two parallel streams, Possum Hollow Run and Brooke Evans Creek, cut through the LGS [Limerick]

plant site, running southwest into the Schuylkill River. Just upstream and to the north of the LGS plant site, Sanatoga Creek flows into the Schuylkill River.

Further upstream and to the northwest of the LGS plant site, Sprogels Run flows into the Schuylkill River.

The Limerick water systems that interface with the environment include the cooling water system and the groundwater supply system. The cooling water system for the plant is a closed system consisting of the makeup water supply system, which is common to both units; the circulating water systems for each unit; and the cooling tower blowdown system, also common to both units. The groundwater supply system includes two wells that are used at the main plant site, one for supplying domestic water and the other serving as a backup supply of fire emergency water.

The Limerick makeup water supply system is used to supply additional water to the circulating water system and other water systems when needed. The makeup water supply system draws water from the Schuylkill River through the Schuylkill Pumphouse as its primary source of water.

During periods of low river flow (between April and November), Limerick uses the Perkiomen Creek to make up consumptive water use. Exelon's use of makeup water is subject to conditions and limitations established by the Delaware River Basin Commission. Most of the makeup water needed by the plant (about 75 percent) is to replace water lost due to cooling towers evaporation. The remainder is non-consumptive blowdown to keep the circulating system chemistry at appropriate levels, and is returned to the Schuylkill River.

The circulating water system functions to supply cooling water to remove waste heat from the the turbines of the Limerick units and dissipate it to the environment. The circulating water system for each unit consists of one cooling tower, three main condensers, and four circulating water pumps.

The Limerick transmission system is comprised of the transmission lines and associated structures from the three main power transformers of Limerick, Unit 1, to the Limerick 230-kV Substation, and the three main power transformers of Limerick, Unit 2, to the Limerick 500-kV Substation; both substations are located on the plant site. The system also includes the substations, transmission lines, and associated structures to connect Limerick to the regional electricity grid, including:

two 230-kV lines, designated 220-60 and 220-61, connecting the Limerick 230-kV Substation to the Cromby Substation located at Exelon Generation's Crornby Generating Station;

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two 230-kV lines, designated 220-60 and 220-61, connecting the Limerick 230-kV Substation to the Cromby Substation located at Exelon Generation's Cromby Generating Station;

one 230-kV line, designated 220-62, connecting the Cromby Substation to the North Wales Substation and the regional electricity grid;

one 230-kV line connecting the Cromby Substation to the Plymouth Meeting Substation and the regional electricity grid, consisting of:

o One segment, designated 220-63, connecting the Cromby Substation to the Barbadoes Substation; and o One segment, designated 220-64, connecting the Barbadoes Substation to the Plymouth Meeting Substation; and

one 500-kV line, designated 5031, connecting the Limerick 500-kV Substation to the Whitpain Substation and the regional electricity grid.

Additionally, the transmission system includes the ROWs for the transmission lines. These ROWs were either pre-existing at the time Limerick was built (Le., the lines are being shared with other linear features that were already in place) or were added in conjunction with construction. The system is basically the same as originally constructed. See Enclosure 5 for an overview of the transmission line ROW routes, which traverse Montgomery County and Chester County.

The four offsite 230-kV lines exclusively serve Limerick, Unit 1, and the one offsite 500-kV line exclusively serves Limerick Unit 2. Exelon states in the LRA, "[e]ven though these lines were constructed solely to serve the Limerick units, it is anticipated that some or all of these lines would continue to be used for transmitting electricity produced by other generating sources even if the Limerick operating licenses are not renewed."

PECO, the energy delivery subsidiary of Exelon Corporation serving retail customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, owns in fee the offsite substations and a portion of the transmission line ROWs associated with the transmission system. A significant portion of the transmission system is located over or under highways, streets, other public places or property owned by others, for which PECO has permits, grants, easements, or licenses.

To support the SEIS preparation process and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the NRC requests information on federally-listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of Limerick and its associated transmission line ROWs. The applicant corresponded with your office by letter dated January 19, 2011. You replied by letter dated March 22, 2011, (USFWS Project #2011-0365) that the project is not likely to adversely affect the federally listed bog turtle. To avoid duplication of effort, you may confirm the information provided to Exelon from your office is still current. If any information is not current, please provide any applicable updates. Both the January 2011 letter from Exelon and the March 2011 letter from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service are enclosed for your reference (enclosures 6 and 7). In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.

M. Roberts -4 The NRC staff plans to hold two public license renewal overview and environmental scoping meetings on September 22, 2011, in the area of Limerick. The first session will be held in the afternoon and an identical session will be held later that evening. Both sessions will be held at the Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Road, Pottstown, PA 19464. The afternoon session will be from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and the evening session will be from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. In addition, the NRC plans to hold a one hour Open House prior to each meeting to answer public questions. You and your staff are invited to attend the public meetings and Open House. 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 2012.

The Limerick license renewal application is available on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/limerick.html. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mrs. Lisa Regner, License Renewal Project Manager, by phone at 301-415-1906 or by email at Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov.

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Michael P. Gallagher, PE Telephone 610.765.5958 Vice President www.exeloncorp.com Nuclear License Renewal Projects michael p.gallag he r@exe\onco'p.com Exelon Nuclear 200 Exelon Way KSA/2-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 January 19, 2011 Mr. David Densmore U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pennsylvania Field Office 315 South Allen St., Suite 322 State College, PA 16801 Re: Renewal of Operating Licenses for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Request for Information on Listed Threatened and Endangered Species

Dear Mr. Densmore:

In mid-2011, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon Generation; a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation) plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (LGS). The existing license for Unit 1 will expire on October 26. 2024 and the existing license for Unit 2 will expire on June 22,2029. The renewal term for each unit would be an additional twenty years beyond the existing license expiration date.

The NRC requires that license renewal applications include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from license renewal activities. One such impact would be effects of license renewal activities on threatened and endangered species that are listed or proposed for listing in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 USC 1531, et seq.) (10 CFR 51.53(c)(3)(ii)(E>>. Accordingly, we are contacting you to obtain input for use in addressing these effects in the LGS license renewal environmental report. Later. NRC may also request an informal consultation with your office under Section 7 of the ESA (16 USC 1536{a>>.

Project Features LGS existing features that are relevant to the effects of license renewal on threatened and endangered species include the following:

1. The LGS plant site, which hosts the two generating units, is located on Exelon Generation-owned properties that are mostly situated in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, but some of which are in the adjacent Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County or directly across the Schuylkill River in East Coventry Township, Chester County.

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2. The LGS makeup water supply system, which conveys water from approved sources to LGS for use in its circulating water system, is composed of the following components:

o The Perkiomen Pumphouse, located in Graterford Township, Montgomery County. and an associated underground 7.6-mile long Perkiomen Pumphouse-to LGS pipeline; both are located along an easement held by Exelon Generation within an electrical transmission line right-of-way (ROW) controlled by PECO, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation; o The Bradshaw Reservoir and Bradshaw Pumphouse, which are both situated in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, on Exelon Generation-owned properties totaling 42 acres; o The Bedminster Water Processing (Treatment) Facility, which is situated in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, on a 3-acre Exelon Generation-owned property; and o An underground water transmission main, which is routed within a natural gas pipeline ROW along an easement held by Exelon Generation that runs from the Bradshaw Pumphouse to the East Branch Perkiomen Creek by way of the Bedminster Facility.

The buried Perkiomen Pumphouse-to-LGS water pipeline and the underground water transmission main are located below ground within ROWs that exist for other purposes, and their operation requires no independent vegetation management or ground disturbing activities along these ROWs. Hence, these underground components of the makeup water supply system are assumed to have no effects on threatened and endangered plant species.

3. The LGS transmission system is composed of the following components:

o Two electrical transmission lines constructed to connect the LGS main power transformers with two onsite electrical substations (these components are located on the LGS plant site); and o Four 230-kiioVolt (kV) and one 500-kV electrical transmission lines, with associated structures and offsite electrical substations, constructed to connect the onsite electrical substations to the regional electricity grid.

All offsite substations and transmission lines are operated by PECO and are located in ROWs situated in Montgomery and Chester Counties either on PECO-owned properties or on properties for which PECO holds permits, grants, easements, or licenses. Onsite transmission lines traverse only land disturbed during initial station construction.

Figures 1 through 9 showing the locations of the existing LGS project features are provided in .

Mr. David Densmore January 19, 2011 Page 3 of 4 Activities During the License Renewal Terms lGS license renewal will involve no new construction, refurbishment, ground disturbing activities, changes to operations, or changes to existing land-use conditions. Operation and maintenance activities during the terms of the renewed lGS licenses are only expected to occur in previously disturbed areas or existing ROWs. Hence, no new adverse impacts to threatened and endangered species are anticipated from license renewal.

Identification of Threatened and Endangered Species Resources Using the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI), Environmental Review Tool, a web based application sponsored by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP), Exelon generation has reviewed the potential for the lGS plant site area and the properties associated with the lGS makeup water supply system to adversely affect known occurrences of species or natural communities of concern. Receipts for PNDI search #s 20100421240174 (LGS plant site), 20100421240163 (Perkiomen Pumphouse area), 20100406237563 (Bradshaw Reservoir and Pumphouse area), and 20100407237630 (Bedminster Water Processing Facility area) are attached (Attachment 1). The receipts indicate that no impacts to federally listed or proposed speCies and/or speCial concern species or resources within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will occur at the four project areas.

Given the sizable acreage and distances associated with the LGS transmission line corridors, no PNDI searches were conducted for this project component. For review by your office in identifying species of concern, we instead offer the figures in Attachment 3 showing the routes and widths of the corridors.

A review of the PNHP web site for state-listed endangered and threatened species indicates that several state-listed species could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties and that these are also federally-listed or proposed species. Attachment 2 contains a list of these species. Exelon Generation is not aware that these have ever been observed on or near the properties associated with lGS or its associated transmission lines. Also, Exelon Generation and PECO adhere to regulatory requirements regarding sensitive areas that could contain listed threatened and endangered species and work closely with your office to protect these resources.

Because license renewal involves no new construction, refurbishment, ground disturbing activities, changes to operation, or changes to existing land use conditions, Exelon Generation does not expect LGS license renewal to adversely affect federally threatened and endangered species located near the LGS plant site, makeup water supply system, or transmission system ROWs. Nevertheless, we are requesting your help to identify issues we may have overlooked that need to be addressed in the LGS license renewal environmental report. We are also interested in learning of any information your staff believes could help expedite the NRC's review of the LGS license renewal application. Hence, in closing, we would appreciate receiving a response from you detailing such issues and information for the LGS plant site, makeup water supply system and transmission system. We would also welcome your confirmation of our conclusion that LGS license renewal would not adversely affect threatened and endangered species.

Mr. David Densmore January 19, 2011 Page 4 of4 Because we plan to incorporate a copy of your response, as well as this letter, into the LGS license renewal environmental report that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the LGS license renewal application, your response will be most helpful if we receive it by March 10, 2011.

Please call Nancy Ranek (610-765-5369). our License Renewal Environmental Lead, if there are questions or you require additional information.

Sincerely,

~f0J4t-Michael P. Gallagher

Enclosures:

Attachment 1: Receipts for PNDI Search #s 20100421240174,20100421240163, 20100406237563, and 20100407237630 Attachment 2: Threatened and Endangered Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties that are both State Listed and Federally Listed Attachment 3: Figures Depicting LGS Project Features (Figures 1 to 9)

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6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORIIAnON PA 0epIrtmtnt of Conaervalion and u.s. F1eb.net WIdIIfe tkmrlce

.......,.. ReaOUreM EldillgIAiId Spcdw SIidkIn eun.u of foruaIy. Eoo6::lgiaI1 Services SecIOn 315 SCUIh Allen SIftIet. SIAe 322. s.. ~ PA 400 MIf!kIt SIlrMt. PO. . 8552. ~. PA. 1G81>>-48S1 171tJHJ552 NO FAIS PluM, fu:(711} 772427'J PA FIsh and Boat Commla4on Pit oam. Comellsaioft DMIIion 01 eM/OIIi.Ul $eMr;lM .,.., of WIJdIIfe HsilIsIMslIIISJIR'IIM 450 ~ Lane. ~ PA. 18123-7437 DMdon 01 ~ PtInnlng and HaDIIt Pn:mIdon NO~PIear4J 2001 ~A.......... Har!WIuIg. PA.. 1Ti\M197 Fax:(117} 7$1-G'J11$7

7. PROJECT CONYACT INfORMATION

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 7 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search 10: 20100421240163

1. PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name: Perklomen Pumphou. .

Date of review: 4121120104:18:12 PM Project Category; Energy Storage. Production. and Transfer,Energy Production (generatlon),Nuclear Power Plant - maintenance. modification. or expansion Project Area: 3.5 acres County: Montgomery Town$hipIMunidpallty: Perldomen Quadrangle Name: COLLEGEVILLE - ZIP Code: 19428 Dec:imel Degrees: 40.215811 N, -75.451022 W

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2. SEARCH RESULT8 Agency Results RespQnse PA Game Commission No Known Impact No Further Revtew Required PA Department of Conservation No Known Impact No Further Review Required and Natural Resources PA Fish and Boat Commission No Known Impact No Further Review Required U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No Known Impact No Further Review Required AJ IUlTIT'I8r1zed IilboYe, PennaylYaNa Natural Diva'Iity Inventory (PNDI) recorda Indicate no known Impacts to 1tIreatened and endangenKI species and/or special concern apec:iea and t'8SQUt'CI:S wi'*' the Pt'O,jec:t eAla.

Thentfole, based on the lnIormation you provided, no further coordination Is required with Ihe jurltclctlonal agencies. Thtl response does not reflect potential agency concerns regarding impacta to other ecologk:aJ 1'8IOI.IRlU. such .s wetlands.

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 8 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163 Note that regardless of PNOI search resuts. projects requiring It Chaptar 105 OEP individual permit or GP 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 11 In certain counties (Adams. Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Cumbertand, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Schuylkill and YOftI) must comply with the bog turtle habitat screening requirements of the PASPGP.

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regardless of whether a OEP permit Is necessary for this proposed proJect. My potential impacts to threatened and endangered species and/or spedal coneem speaea and re8Ol.1rC8S must be resolved with the appropriate jurisdictional ag.,cy.ln some cases, a permit or authorization from the jurisdictional agency may be needed If adVerse Impacts to these apedes and habitats cannot be avoided.

TI1ese 8(,Jeney detannlnations and responses are valid for one year (from the date of the review), and are based on the project Information that was provided, Including the exact project location; the project type, description, and teatures; and any responae$ to questiOM that were genet'8ted during thls search. If any of the klIlowtng change: 1) preted location. 2) project size or configuration. 3) project type, or 4) responses to !he questions that were asked during the online review, !he results of this revIeW are not valid, and !he review must be searched again via the PNDI Environmental Review Tool and resubmitted to ltIe jurisdictional agencies. The PNDI tool is a primary screening tool, and a desktop reView may reveal mare Of fewer impacts than what Is l&tad on this PNOI receipt PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impact Is anticipated to threatened and endangered species and/ot special concern species and resourc:es.

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact is anticipated to threatened and endangered species and/or special concern species and I'8$(lUrces.

PA Fish and Boat Commission RESPONSE: No II'\1)IId II anticipated to threatened and endangered spedes and/ot special concern species and resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No impacts to r.deralty listed or proposed &pedes are anticipated. Therefore, no further consultatiOn/coordination under the Endangell!ld Sped.s Ad (87 Stat 884, as amended; 16 U.S.C, 1531 et seq, 1& r1tquited, Because no take of federally listed species Is anUcIpated, none Is authorized. This response does not refted potential Fish and Wildlife S&I'\itce concerns under the Fish and WlkPlfe Coordination Act or other auttIorities.

4. DEP INFORMATION The Pa Oepartment fA Environmental Protection (OEP) requires that 8 signed copy 01 this receipt. aklng with any required documentation from Jurisdictional agende8 concerning resolution of potential Impacts. be submitted wilh applications for permits requiring PHDI review. For cases where a ~Potentlallmpact* to threatened and endangered species has been identified before the application has been submitted to DEP, the application should not be submitted until the impact has been resolved. For caaes where *Potentiallmpact" to SJ)eCia1 concern species and re801XCeS has been identified before the application has been submHled, the appHcation Page 2 of4

Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 9 of 19 PNDI Project Enviromnental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163 should be submitted to DEP aJong with the PNOI receipt. a completed PNOI form and a USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map with !he project boundaries delnea1ed on the map. The PNDI Receipt should also be submitted to the appropriate agency accordIng to directions on the PNOI ReceIpt. OEP and the junsdletional agency will work together to resolVe the potBn'daIlmpact(S). see !he DEP PNDI pOllq' at bttp:ilw'llw. na luraihR!l8*stattta,lII*

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 10 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMAnON The PNOI environmental review website Is a preIl""nwy sc:reening tool. There are often delays In updating species status classHtcations. Because the proposed status represents !he best available In1ormation regarding the ccn&eMttIon status of the lp8C!es. state juriSdidionaJ agency staff give the proposed statuses at least the same consideratIOn as !he current legal status. If surveys or blher Inkwmatlon reveal that a threatened and endangered and/or special concern specIea and resoort:es exist in your project area, contact the appropriate jUrisdictional agency/agencies Immediately to identify and I'tlsoIve any Impacta For a list of species known to occur In the county where your pro/ed Is located, please see the spades lisls by county found on the PA Natulal Heritage Program (PNHP) home page (WW'N.naturalheritage.state.pa.us). Also note that the PNDI ErNironmentaJ Revtew Tool only oontalns Information about species occurrences that have actually been reported to the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA Department of Conservation and u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resources Endangered Specfet SectIon Bureau of Forestry, Ecological Services SectIon 315 Sooth Allen Street. Suite 322, State College, PA.

400 Market Street. PO Box 8562, Harrisburg. PA. 16801-4861 171Q6..S552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax:(117) 172-0271 PA FIsh and Boat Commission PA Game Commiasion DIvision of Emriror.mental ServIces Bureau d\Mklife Habitat Management 450 Robinson Lane, BeIefonta. PA, 16823-7431 [)Melon of environmental Planning end HabItat Protection NO Faxes Ptease 2001 ElmertonAvenue. HarrIsburg. PA..17110-9791 Fex:(717} 787-6957

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8. CERTIFICATION I certify that ALL d the project information contained in this racelpt Ondudlng projeeIIocaCion. project size/configuration, project type, all&W8rs to questions) Is true, accurate and complete. In addition. if the projeCt

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19. 2011 Page 11 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

1. PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name: Bradshaw-pump Date of review: 41612010 3:53:37 PM Project Category: Energy stora., Production, and Transfer,Energy Production (generatfon).Nuclear Power Plant - maintenance, modification, or .xpilnslon Project Area: 38.5 acres County: Bucks TownshlplMunidpaJlty: Plumstead Quadrangle Name: LUMBERVILLE - ZIP Code: 18947,18901 Decimal Degrees: .to.397483 H, -75.093140 W Degrees Min .9* H *75- 5* ** W I

2. SEARCH RESULTS Agency Results Response PA Game Commission No Known Impact No FtI1her RevIew Required PA OepaJ1ment of Conservation No Known Impact No Ftlther Review Required and Natural Resowces PA Fish and Boat Commission PoIIIntlallmpact FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUIRED, 8M Agency Respon**

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No Known Impact No Further Review Required

.

Aa summarized above. PennsylvanIa Natural DtversitV Inventory (PNOI) records Indicate there may be potential impadl to thraatawd .,d endangered mdlOI' spedal concern apecies and resources within the projacl area. "

the response ebovelndlcatlts "No Further AIVIew Requinld" no additional communlCaUOn with the respeclve agency ia required. If the 1'8tp0n$8 is "Further Review Required" 01' "See ~ Re8ponse: refer to the appropriate agency comments below. Please see the DEP Information Section of this receipt If. PA Department of Environmental Protection Permit la required.

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 12 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563 Note that regardless of PHDI March reaultI. projects requiting a Chapter 105 DEP indhlfdua! permit Of GP 5. 6.

7,8,9 or 11 in certain counties (Adame. Berks, BL.tCks, Ctubon. Chesler. Cumberland, Delawant. Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery. Northampton. SchuyIIdU and YCJrl() must comply with the bog turtle habitat screening requirements of the PASPGP.

RESPONSE TO QUESTION(S) ASKED Qt: Ac::QnteIy descrtbe what Is knoWn about wetland presence in the prolect . . . or on the land parcel.

"'Project"' Includes all reatures of the project (induding bUildings. roadIJ. utility Unea, outfaM and intake structures, wells, Atormwater retentlonldetentlon basins, paJking lots, driveways. 1ItWI15. etc.).. as well as aH assocIaied impacts (e.g.* temporary staging 8I'ea5, work areas. temporary road aossings, areas subject 10 grading or dearing, etc.). Include afl areas that will be permanently or temporartly affected - elth", directly or indiractty - by any type of disturbance (e.g., land clearing, gradIng. ne removal, ftOOding. etc.). Land parcel:: the Iot(s) on which some type of projeet(s) or actIvity(s) are propoISed to occur.

Your answer is: 2. The protect .... (or land parcel) hu not _n Investltllllld by *<HMOne qualified to identify and delineate wetlands. or It's cumtntly unknown If the project or PfO,IH:t acttvltlft will affect wetlands.

Q2: Aquatic habitat (stream. river, lake, pond, etc.) Is located on Of adjacent to the subjed property and project activities (including discharge) may occur within 300 feet of these habitats Your answer is: 3. Unknown

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regartlea of whether a DEP permit if necessary for this proposed project. any potentLaIl~ to threatened and ~ specieS and/or special concam specIeG and resoun:es must be reaoIved with the appropriate jurisdldlcnal agency. In some cases, a pennIt or aulhorization from the jurisdictional agency may be needed If adVerSe impactB to these species and habltatl cannot be avoided, ThMe 8981'1CY delermll'latiOna and responses are wlJd for 0D8 year (from the date of the review), and we based on the pmfect information that Wh proWled. including the exact project 1oea1Ion; the project type. ~.

and features; and any reaponlel to quefltion51hat W8nt genend8d during this sean::tI. If any of the following change: 1) project location, 2) projed tile or configuration. 3) project type, or 4) responfii(lS to the questicln& that were asked during the online review, the reBIJftI of this review are not valid, and the review IYaISt be S8f.IfChed again via the PNOI Environmental Review Tool and resubmitted to the jurildlcfjonaj agenciea. The PNDI tool is a primatY saeening tool, and a deI!Iktop review may revaal more or fewer Impacts than ~ ,. rltled on this PNDI receipt.

PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impact is antldpated to threatened and endangered IpEtdeS and/or special ooncem species and resources.

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact is anticipated to threa&ened and endangered apecie& and/or special concern species and retIOIJrC8'.

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 13 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563 PFSC Species:

Scientific Name: Sensitive Species'"

Common Name:

Current Status: Threatened Proposed Status: Special Concern Species" RESPONSE: Further review of this projeCt is necessary to resolve the potential impacts(s). Please send project Infurmaaon to It'Iis agency for rcMcw ($00 WHAT TO SEND).

u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No Il1'fI8cts to fIdtraIlY IlsIed or proposed species are anticipated. Therefore. no fw1her conaultationlcoordinaUon under the Endangered SpecIes Ad (87 Stat. 884, as amended; 18 U.S.C.1631 Ell seq.

Is required. Because no take of federally listed species IS anticipated. nona is authorized. This response does not reflect potenUal Ash and Wildlife Service concems under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act or other authorities *

Special Concem Species or Rescurce

Plant or animal species classified as nn. tentatively lWIdetermlned or candidate as wei as other taxa of conservation concern, significant natl.l'8J oommun1Ci". special concern populations (pIant.s or animals) and unique geologic feaiul1tS.

... Sensitive Spec::ies - Spedes identified by the jurisdlctlnal agency as c:oIledIbIo. having economic value. or being susceptible to dec:Ine as a result of WsltatIOn.

WHAT TO SEND TO JURISDICTIONAL AGENCIES H projaGt information . . . ntquatlld by one or mora of U. eganCin 1Ibove, send the foIlowlng information to the agency(s) seeking this information ,see AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION).

C!'wck.JiIt of Mnlmum ........... be IUbmftlld:

_SIGNED copy of this Ptojed Environmental Review ReceIpt

_Project narrative wIIh

description tA tie ovet'aII prciect, the WOI1c to be perfcrmed. CUTent phyaIcai characteristics of the site and acreage to be Impacted.

_Project IocaIIon information (name of USGS~, TownShlpJMunidpalHy, .-lid County)

_USGS 7.5-minute Ouadrangle with project bOUndary clearly Indicated. and quad name on the map

".. inclusion of ttle following Infannatlon mIlY expedite the ,..,r.w proceu.

_ A ~ site pIan(partIaJlarly showing the retatiof'Iship of the project to the phy$leal features aw:b..II wetlands, streams, ponds, rock O\JtCn:)PS. etc.)

_Color photos keyed to the ba* site plan (I.e. $howlng on the site plan where end In what direction each photo was taken and the date of the photce)

_Information abOut the presence and location of wetlandS In the project area. and how this was determined (e.g.* by a qualified wetlands bioIogi$t). if wetlands are present In the project area, provide project plans showing the location of all protect features, S$ wei 8$ wetlands and s1reams

_The DEP permlt(s) required mrtlis project Page 3 015

Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 14 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

4. DEP INFORMATION The Pa Department of Environmental Protection (OEP) requires that a signed copy of this receipt. along with any required doawnentatlon from jurisdiGtionaI agencies concerning resolUtion d potentlallmpacts. be submitted with applications for permits reqt.ir1ng PND! review. For cases where a *PotenUallmp~ to threatened and endangered species has been ldenttfted before the application has been submitted to DEP. the application should not be submitted until rhe impact has bMn 1'fJ1OIved. For cases where "Potential Impact" to 8peCial concern species and resources has been identified before the application has been submitted, the application should be submitted to DEP along with the PNDI receipt. a completed PNOI form and a USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map with the project boundaries delneatad on the map. The PNOI Receipt should also be submitted to the appropriate agency according CO directions on the PNDI ReceIpt. OEP and the jurisdictional agency will work together to resolve the potential in1>act(s). See the DEP PNDI policy at http://www.natycalheritage state paUl*

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19. 2011 Page 15 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMAnON The PNDt environmental review webSIte Is a preliminary screening tool. There are often delays in updating species status daulftcatlons. Because the proposed status represen1S the best awIabIe information regarding the conservation status of the species. state iuriSdidionai agency staff give the propoted statuses at least the same conSIderation as the current lega/status. If lUlVeys or futther information reveal thai a threatened and endangered and/Of special concem spedes and I'8SCU'CeS exist In y04.l' project area. contact the appropriate jurisdictional agency/agencies Immediately to identify and resolve any Impadt..

For a list of species known to ocbJr In the county where yotIr project Is located. please see the specHt$ lists by county found on the PA Natural Hedtage Program (PNHP) home page (WWW.natul.alherItage.state.pa.us). Also nole that the PHDI Efwironmental Review Tool only contains information about species occurrences that have actualy been reponed to the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMAnON PA Department of COnservation and U.s. Flah and Wildlife Service Natural Resources Endangered Spedet Section Bureau of Forestry. Ecological $ervk:eS Section 315 SOUth Allen Streltt, SUIte 322, State COllege. PAc 400 MaI1<etStreet. PO Box 8552. Haniabu!9. PA. 16801-4851 17105-8552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax;(717) 772..QZ11 PA Fish and Boat CommissIOn PA Game Commi**lon DIvIsion Of EnvtronmenIaI Services Bureau Of Wildlife HabItat Management 450 Robinson Lane, Bellefonte. PI\. 16823-7437 Divilian of Environmental PIaYIing and Habitat Protection NO Faxes Please 2001 Smarten Avenue. HarrisbUrg. PA. 17110-9797 Fax:(717) 787-8957

7. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION

8. CERTIFICAnON I cettify !hat ALL of the pl'Ojec:t inbmation contained In thl8 receipt (Including project 1oc:atIon. project size/configuration. proJect type, answers to questions) is true, accurate and oomplelB. In addition, If the project type, lOcatIon, size or conIguratlon change., or if the answers to any questions that were asked lMing this orninereviewd\a ~~e.nvI~r:;;JO project proponent signature ~

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 16 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630

1. PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name: Bedminater_WPF Date ofrevtew. 4/7/2018 10:02:31 AM Project Category: Energy Storage, Productton, and Tranllfer,Energy Productton (generatlon),Nuclear Pow.r Plant - maintenance, modification, or expanalon Project Area: 2** acres County: 8ucks TownshiplMunlcipality: Bedminster Ouadrangle Name: BEDMINSTER - ZIP Code: 18947 Decimal Degrees: 40.399023 H, -75.158205 W Degrees Min conds: W 23' 58.5'" N *7

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2. SEARCH RESULTS Agency Results Response PA Game ConYnission No Known Impact No Further Revie'N Required PA Department of Conservation No Known Impact No F\81her RevieW Required and Natural Resources PA Fish and Boat COnvnlssion No Known Impact No Further Review Required U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No Known Impact No Further Review Required AI. IUmrnartzect aboVe, Pennsytvania Natural Diversity Inventofy (PHDI) recorda indicate no known Impects to threatened and endangetad species and/or special concern species and resources within the project area.

Therefore. based on the Information you prooAded, no futther coordina1Ion ill required wtIh the juriIcIctional agencies. ThIll response doe$ not AIftecI potential agency concems regarding impacts to OCher eccIogIcaJ resources. such as wetlands.

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 17 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630 Note that regwdfess of PNDI search results. prolects requiring a Chapter 105 DEP InclYicl.lal permit Of GP 5, 8.

1. 8, 9 Of 11 In certain coon... (Adams, Berks. 8uc:I<a. Carbon. Chester, Cumbeltand. Delaware, Lancaaler.

Lebanon, lehigh, Monroe. Montgomery. Northampton. SchuyIkII and York) must comply with fl. bog turtle habitat screening requirements of the PASPGP.

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regardle.. of Whether a DEP permit 1$ necessary fOr thla proposed Pf'OJed. any potential impacts to 1hreatened and endangered spedes 81'1d/0( special concem species and resoutCe$ must be reeoIved with the appropriate jurtsdlctional agency. In some cases.. a petmlt or authoriDtion from the jurltldictlonal agency may be needed if adverse Impacts to these species and habitats cannot be awided.

These agency determinations and res{XJflSfi are valid for one year (from the date of hi 1'8View). and are based on the project infOrmation that was provided. including the exact projec:t lOcatIon; the project type. de8crIption, and features; and any responses to qu8$t1On$1hat were generated during this search. If any of the following change: 1) profect location. 2) project atze 0( confIgUration. 3) prqeettype. or 4) responses to the questions that were asked during the online review, the results of this review are not vaId. and the review must be searched again via the PNDI Environmental Review Tool and resubmitted to the jurisdictional agencies. The PNDI tool is a primary screening tool, and a desktop review may revest more or fewer impacts than what is listed on . . PNDI receipt PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impact 18 anticipated to thrutened and endangered spedes and/O( special concem spectes and resou~.

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact 1& antIdpated to threatened and endangered species lWIdIor special concern species and resotIrces.

PA Fish and Boat Commis.lon RESPONSE: No Impact is antidpated to threatened and endangered species and/or special concern speclea and resources.

u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No impacts to flderJJly listed or proposed Spede$ are antidpatad. Therefore, no fur1her

<lOOSUIIationl<:OOrdlnation under the Endangered Species NJ. (87 Stat. 884, as arnertded; 16 U.S.C. 1531 at seq.

Is required. Because no take of federaIy listed spedes Is anticipated. none Is au1horI1ed. This response does not reflect potentIaJ Fish and Wildlife Servlce concems under the FIsh and Wildlife CoordInation Act 0( other authoriIes.

4. DEP INFORMATION The Pa Department of EmlirDl'ltl'lAl'ltal Proteetion (OEP) requires that a s/gMd copy of tnIs receipt. along with any required documentation from jurlldiclonal agencies concemIl"Ig reeoIUtion of potential II'I'lp8de. be eti>mitIed with applic:atlotw for permits requir1ng PHDI review. For caM$ Where a *Potentiallmpact" to threatened and Ql"ldangnd speci.. hal been IdentIfitd before the application ha$ been submitlad to DEP. the appIicalion should not be submitted ootiI the Impact has been resotved. For cases wheAl "PotentIal Impact" to special CCII"ICGm species and resources has been ldentlled before fie applICation hea been submitted. the appUcetion Page2of4

Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 18 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630 should be submltlecl to DEP along With the PNDf rKeipt. a axnpleted PNDI form and a uSGS 7.Sl'IWnute ql,Aidrangle map with the proJeQt botIndaf1es delineatBd on the map. The PNDI Receipt should also be submitted to the appropriate agency accordillg to directions on the PNDI Receipt. DEP end the Jurtsdictlonal agency will work toge1h<< to resolVe the potentIallmpact(s). See the DEP PNDI policy at tntp:llwww.naturalhe!1trtQt.state.p8.us.

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 19 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The PNOI environmenta1 review website Is a pntllmlnary screening tool. There are obn del. in updating specieS status classillcatlons. Because the proposed status represents the beat available information reganling the conservation statui of the specles. state juI1s<ictionaI agency staff give the proposed statuses at Iea$t the same conskJeraIon as the current legal status. If SUNeya or t\dlet information reveal that a threatened and endangered and/or speclat concem spedes and resources exist In yOOl' project area, contact the appropriate jurisdictional agencyfagencles Immediately to Identify and resolve any Impacts.

For a list d species knOWn to occur in the county where your project Is located, please see the species lists by county found on the PA Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) home page (www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us). Also note lhat the PNDf Envil'OMlef1la1 Review Tool only contains information about species occ::utnmce8 that have actually been reported 10 the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA Department of Conservation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resources Endangered Species Section B\I'88u or Forestry, Ecological Services Section 315 South Allen Street, SuIte 322, State College. PA.

400 Markel Street. PO Box 8552, Harrisburg. PA. 16801-4851 17105-8552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax:(117) 7n-0271 PA Fish and Boat CommlHlon PA Game Comma.alon DiVision of Environmental Services BUf"HU of WIldlife Habitat Ma~

"SO Robinson L.ane, Bellefonte, PA. 18823-7437 DMsIon of Environmental Planmng end Habitat Protection NO Faxes Pteese 2001 Emerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA. 17110-9797 Fax:(717) 787-6957

7. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION

8. CERTIFICAnON I certify that ALL 01 the project infonnation conCained In this receipt (inclucing project klcation. project size/configuration. project type, answers to questions) Is true, accurate and complete. In addition. If the project type. location, size or confIgutatlon changes. or If 1he 8nswera to any quetttons ltI.t were astced during this

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Mr. David Densmore Attachment 2 January 19, 2011 Page 1 of 2 ATTACHMENT 2 Threatened and Endangered Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties that are Both State Listed and Federally Listed

Mr. David Densmore Attachment 2 January 19, 2011 Page 2 of2 Attachment 2 Threatened and Endangered Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties that are both State Listed and Federally Listed Counties with Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status Recorded Location Mammals Montgomery, Myotis soda/is Indiana Bat Endangered Endangered Chester, Bucks Birds None Reptiles and Amphibians Montgomery ,

Glyptemys muhlenbergii Bog Turtle Threatened Endangered Chester, Bucks Fish Acipenser brevirostrum Shortnose Sturgeon Endangered Endangered Bucks ACipenser oxyrinchus Atlantic Sturgeon Candidate Endangered Bucks Invertebrates A/asmidonta heterodon Dwarf Wedgemussel Endangered Endangered Montgomery, Chester, Bucks

. Plants Isotria mede%ides Small-whorled Pogonia Threatened Endangered Chester

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PNDI# 20100421240174 USFWS Project # 2011-0365 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 315 Soutb Allen Street, Suite 322, State College, PA 16801 This responds to your inquiry about a PNDI Internet Database search that resulted in a potential conflict with a federally listed, proposed or candidate species.

PROJECT LOCATION INFORMATION MISC INFORMATION County: Chester & Montgomery Date received by FWS: _0_1_1_19_/2_0_1_1_ _ _ __

Township: Springfield [8J ACTIVE [8] ARCHIVE USFWS COMMENTS DFAXED 0 MAILED Fax#:

To: Michael Gallagher Affiliation: Exelon Nuclear SPECIFIC PROJECT: Limerick Generating Station Unit 1 & 2 Renewal of License FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE COMMENT(s):

NO EFFECT Except for occasional transient species, no federally listed, proposed or candidate species under our jurisdiction are known or likely to exist in the project area. Should project plans change, or if additional infonnation on listed or proposed species becomes available, this detennination may be reconsidered .

./' NOT LIKELY TO ADVERSELYAFFECT The federally listed Bog Turtle occurs or may occur in or near the project area. However, based on our review of the infonnation provided, including the project description and location ( no construction is proposed ),

no adverse effects to this species are likely to occur. If there is any change in the location, scale, scope, layout or design of the project, further consultation or coordination with the Service will be necessary.

_ _ This response supersedes our comments ______- - - - - - - - - - " ' based on our review of the additional project infonnation that was submitted to us on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

The above detennination is valid for two years from the date of this letter. In addition, this response relates only to federally listed, proposed, and candidate species under our jurisdiction, based on an office review of the proposed project's location and anticipated impacts. No field inspection of the project area has been conducted by this office. Consequently, comments on this form are not to be construed as addressing other Service concerns under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act or other authorities. Please reference the above PNDI # and USFWS Project # in anyfuture correspondence regarding this project.

This review was conducted by the biologist listed below. Helshe can be contacted at 814-234-4090.

_ Jennifer Dombroskie (x 242) _:L Bonnie Dershem (x 234) _ Pamela Shellenberger (x 241)

_ Robert Anderson (x 228)

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Vice President wwwexeioncorp.com Nuc1ear License Renewal Projects michaelp.gaflagher@exeloncorp.com Exe\on Nuciear 200 Exelon Way KSA/2*E Kennett Square, PA 19348 January 19, 2011 Mr. Chris Urban PA Fish and Boat Commission Nongame & Endangered Species Unit 450 Robinson Lane Bellefonte, PA 16823-7437 Re: Renewal of Operating Licenses for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 Request for Information on Listed Threatened and Endangered Species

Dear Mr. Urban:

In mid-2011, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Exelon Generation; a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation) plans to apply to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for renewal of the operating licenses for Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2 (LGS). The existing license for Unit 1 will expire on October 26, 2024 and the existing license for Unit 2 will expire on June 22, 2029. The renewal term for each unit would be an additional twenty years beyond the existing license expiration date.

The NRC requires that license renewal applications include environmental reports assessing potential environmental impacts from license renewal activities. One such impact would be effects of license renewal activities on threatened and endangered species that are listed or proposed for listing in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 USC 1531, et seq.) (10 CFR 51.53(c)(3)(ii)(E>>. Accordingly, we are contacting you to obtain input for use in addressing these effects in the LGS license renewal environmental report. Later, NRC may also request an informal consultation with your office under Section 7 of the ESA (16 USC 1536(a>>.

Project Features LGS existing features that are relevant to the effects of license renewal on threatened and endangered species include the following:

1. The LGS plant site, which hosts the two generating units, is located on Exelon Generation-owned properties that are mostly situated in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, but some of which are in the adjacent Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County or directly across the Schuylkill River in East Coventry Township, Chester County.

Mr. Chris Urban January 19, 2011 Page 2 of 4

2. The LGS makeup water supply system, which conveys water from approved sources to LGS for use in its circulating water system, is composed of the following components:

o The Perkiomen Pumphouse, located in Graterford Township, Montgomery County, and an associated underground 7.6-mile long Perkiomen Pumphouse-to LGS pipeline; both are located along an easement held by Exelon Generation within an electrical transmission line right-of-way (ROW) controlled by PECO, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation; o The Bradshaw Reservoir and Bradshaw Pumphouse, which are both situated in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, on Exelon Generation-owned properties totaling 42 acres; o The Bedminster Water Processing Facility, which is situated in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, on a 3-acre Exelon Generation-owned property; and o An underground water transmission main, which is routed within a natural gas pipeline ROW along an easement held by Exelon Generation that runs from the Bradshaw Pumphouse to the East Branch Perkiomen Creek by way of the Bedminster Facility.

The buried Perkiomen Pumphouse-to-LGS water pipeline and the underground water transmission main are located below ground within ROWs that exist for other purposes, and their operation requires no independent vegetation management or ground disturbing activities along these ROWs. Hence, these underground components of the makeup water supply system are assumed to have no effects on threatened and endangered plant species.

3. The LGS transmission system is composed of the following components:

o Two electrical transmission lines constructed to connect the LGS main power transformers with two onsite electrical substations (these components are located on the LGS plant site); and o Four 230-kiioVolt (kV) and one 500-kV electrical transmission lines, with associated structures and offsite electrical substations, constructed to connect the onsite electrical substations to the regional electriCity grid.

All offsite substations and transmission lines are operated by PECO and are located in ROWs situated in Montgomery and Chester Counties either on PECO-owned properties or on properties for which PECO holds permits, grants, easements, or licenses. Onsite transmission lines traverse only land disturbed during initial station construction.

Figures 1 through 9 showing the locations of the existing LGS project features are provided in .

Activities During the License Renewal Terms LGS license renewal will involve no new construction, refurbishment, ground disturbing activities, changes to operations, or changes to existing land-use conditions. Operation and maintenance activities during the terms of the renewed LGS licenses are only expected to occur in previously disturbed areas or existing ROWs. Hence, no new adverse impacts to threatened and endangered species are anticipated from license renewal.

Mr. Chris Urban January 19. 2011 Page 3 of 4 Identification of Threatened and Endangered Species Resources Using the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) Environmental Review Tool. a web based application sponsored by the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP). Exelon Generation has reviewed the potential for the LGS plant site area and the properties associated with the LGS makeup water supply system to adversely affect known occurrences of species or natural communities of concern. Receipts for PNDI search #s 20100421240174 (LGS plant site). 20100421240163 (Perkiomen Pumphouse area), 20100406237563 (Bradshaw Reservoir and Pumphouse area), and 20100407237630 (Bedminster Water Processing Facility area) are attached (Attachment 1). Two species under the jurisdiction of the PFBC were identified for the LGS plant site: one sensitive species (unidentified) with threatened status and the Pizzini's cave amphipod (Stygobromus pizzinil) with "special concern species" status. Also, one sensitive species (unidentified) with threatened status under the jurisdiction of the PFBC was identified for the Bradshaw Reservoir and Pumphouse location. The responses for the other project sites stated that no impact is anticipated to threatened and endangered species and/or special concern species or resources.

Given the sizable acreage and distances associated with the LGS transmission line corridors, no PNDI searches were conducted for this project component. For review by your office in identifying species of concern, we instead offer the figures in Attachment 3 showing the routes and widths of the corridors.

A review of the PNHP web site for state-listed endangered and threatened species indicates that a number of state-listed reptile and amphibian, fish, and invertebrate species could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties. The enclosed Attachment 2 contains a list of these species. One amphibian species, the bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergilLstate-listed as endangered with recorded locations in the three counties of interest, also is federally-listed as threatened. Two fish species, the short nose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) , which are state-listed as endangered with Bucks County as their recorded locations, also are federally-listed as endangered and candidate species, respectively. One invertebrate species, the dwarf wedgemussel (A/asmidonta heterodon).

state-listed as endangered with recorded locations in the three counties of interest, also is federally-listed as endangered. Exelon Generation is not aware that these or any other state listed reptile and amphibian, fish, or invertebrate species are present on or near the properties associated with LGS or its associated transmission lines.

Because license renewal involves no new construction, refurbishment, ground disturbing activities, changes to operation, or changes to existing land use conditions, Exelon Generation does not expect LGS license renewal to adversely affect threatened and endangered reptile and amphibian, fish, and invertebrate species located near the LGS plant site, makeup water supply system, or transmission system ROWs. Nevertheless, we are requesting your help to identify the two unidentified sensitive species under PFBC jurisdiction that were identified by our PNDI searches, as well as other issues we may have overlooked that need to be addressed in the LGS license renewal environmental report. We are also interested in learning of any information your staff believes could help expedite the NRC's review of the LGS license renewal application. Hence, in closing, we would appreciate receiving a response from you detailing the requested information for the LGS plant site, makeup water supply system and transmission system. We would also welcome your confirmation of our conclusion that LGS license renewal would not adversely affect threatened and endangered reptile and amphibian, fish, and invertebrate species.

Mr. Chris Urban January 19, 2011 Page 4 of4 Because we plan to incorporate a copy of your response, as well as this letter, into the LGS license renewal environmental report that will be submitted to the NRC as part of the LGS license renewal application, your response will be most helpful if we receive it by March 10, 2011.

Please call Nancy Ranek (610-765-5369), our License Renewal Environmental Lead, if there are questions or you require additional information.

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Michael P. Gallagher

Enclosures:

Attachment 1: Receipts for PNDI Search #s 20100421240174,20100421240163, 20100406237563, and 20100407237630 Attachment 2: Threatened and Endangered Reptile and Amphibian, Fish, and Invertebrate Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties Attachment 3: Figures Depicting LGS Project Features (Figures 1 through 9)

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 1 of 19 ATTACHMENT 1 Receipts for PNDI Searchs Receipt for PNDI Search # 20100421240174, Limerick GS ...................................................... 2 Receipt for PNDI Search # 20100421240163, Perkiomen Pumphouse ...................................... 7 Receipt for PNDI Search # 20100406237563, Bradshaw pump ............................................. 11 Receipt for PNDI Search # 20100407237630, Bedminster WPF ............................................. 16

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6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA DepatImInt of ConMrvation and UAI. FIah and WIdIlfe Setvkw NaIu.... ReIIourc. ~ ~SIdIon eur.u 01 FonJIIry. Ecaft9ciill SaMcas SedkJn 3155aUth Allen 5treet. S.... 32;2, . . . ~ p" 400,..,... . . . . P080JC 1!&1,~. PI4. 't&8O,-4851 171tJ6..8552 NO Fa. Please, Fax:(111) 7124l27' PA FIah IIftd 80at Commiuion PA o.n. ComiIlflsion DM.tiOI'1 of~.""" ~ -11lI0II-NO,....,.....

450 RobiftSofI Lane, 8eItefon'tIt. PA.. 18823-7431 ~ EIUMu oIW1k1tfe HsllIBt PIIIwIing and HHI;Jt ProIacfJoo 01 ElMiUlN.aenIIII 2001 EImeI'I'Cn Awnw.. ~ PA. 1111M197 Fu;(117) 787-$957 7.. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMAnON

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 7 of 19 PNDI Project Envirorunental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163

1. PROJECT INFORMATION Project Name: PerkJornen PumphouH Date of review: ~1/2010 4:18:12 PM Proiect category: Energy Storage. Production, and Tranafer,Energy Production (generatlon),Nuclear Power Plant - maintenance, modification, or expanalon Project Area: 3.5 acres County: Montgomery TownshlpIMunlcipallty: Perklomen Quadrangle Name: COLLEGEVILLE - ZIP Code: 19428 Decimal Degrees: 40.215811 N. *75.451022 W D~~S~~~~~~~~~__~~~~~~~

2. SEARCH RESULTS Agency Results Response PA Game Commission No Known Impact No Further Review Required PA Department of ConselVation No Known Impact No Further Review Required and Natural Resources PA Fish and Boat Commission No Known ImJ>act No Further Review Required U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No Known Impact No Further Review Required As summartzed above. Pennsytvania Natural OiVerllty Inventory (PNOI) records Indicate no known impacts to threatened and endangefed species and/or special coocem species and resources within the project area.

Therefore, based on the Information you provided. no further coordination IS required with the juri8dlctlonal agencies. This response does not re1lect potential agency concerns regarding impacts to other ecological resouroes, such as wetlands.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 8 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163 Note that regardJess of PHDI sean;;h reds. projects requiring a Chapter 105 DEP !ndIviduat permit or GP 5, 6, 7.8.9 or 11 In certain counties (Adams. Berks. Bucks. Carbon, Chaster, Cumberland, 0eIew9re. Lancaster.

Lebanon, lehigh. Monroe. Montgomery. NotthampfDrl. Schuylldll and York) must comply with the bog turtle habitat screening requirements of the PASPGP.

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regardless of whether

DEP permit /a necessary for this propoI8d project. any potential impacts to threatened and endangered species and/or special concern $pedes and resources must be reSOlVed with the appropriate jurisdictional I!ICJIW'ICY. In soma cases. a permit or authorization from the }urlsdtdlonal egeney may be l"IMded If advetae impac;ts to these species and habi1ats cannot be avoided.

These agency detem1lnations and rasponsas are valid for one".., (from the data of the revtew). and are baaed on the project information that was provided. induding the.act project location; II. project type. deaaiptlon.

and features; M'Id any responses to questions that were generated during thI8 eearch. " any of the fgiJowIng chI/.II1ge: 1) project loaltion. 2) project ... or configuration. 3) project type. or 4) I'88por1118& to the questions that were asked duting the online review. the results of thI8 rtMew are not valid, and the review muat be I68ft:hed again VIa the PHD! EnWonl'Tlental RevIew Tool and I'8IUbmIlted to the jurtldlctiona/ agencies. The PNDI tool is a primary scteenlng tool, and a det;ktDp revIeW may reveal more or fewer impacts than What IS liated on this PNDI receipt PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impad Is anticipated to threatened and endangerad spedes and/or special conc:em apedes and resources..

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact Is anticipated to threatened and endangered spades and/or special conc:em species and resources.

PA Fish and Boat Commission RESPONSE: No Impact /a anticipated to ttvlatened and endangered species and/or special concern species and resourc::es.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No itnpeCta to federallY listed or proposed tptCIea are antiCipated. Thentfore, no further conau/tationlcoordlnation under the Endangered Spec:/.. Ad. (87 stat 884, 81 amWlded; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et &eel.

Is fequired. BtlcaUIl8 no take of fedIImsIty **tIKI spedes Is antIdpateO. none Is autnonzeo. Thll response doIISIlOl reftect potential Fish and Wildlife Service concema under the Fish and Wlldllf. Coordination Ad. or other authoritiea.

4. DEP fNFORMAnON The Pa Department of Environmental Protection (OEP) requires that. signed copy of this receipt, along with any required dotumen1ation from luriacllctlonal agendes c:oncernIng retoIutIon of potentlallmpact&. be submitted with applications for permitS requiring PHDI 1'EIVie'N. For cases where 8 "Polentlallmpad- to threatened and endangered species has been identified before the application has been submitted to OEP. the application shOUld not be submitted until the impad has been resolved. For cases where -Potential Impact" to speCIaJ concem specle$ and resoI.I't8S has been IdentHIed befc:n the application haa been submitted, the application Page 2 of4

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 9 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163 shOuld be submitted to DEP aJong witI the PNDI receipt, 8 completed PNOI form and a USGS 7.51'1"11nute quadrangle map with the project boundaries delineated on the map. The PHDI ReceIpt should also be submitted to the appropriate agency according fD directions on 1M PNOI Receipt.. DEP and the jurildiCtlOnal agency will wort together to resotve the potenlJallmpact(S). Sea the OEP PHDI polICy at http://WWw.naturaltltritlQeJJtatg.QO.ys.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19. 2011 Page 10 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100421240163

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The PNDI environmerltai review website Is a pndimlnary screening tool. There are often delays In updating species status claa8iflcaaons. Because the proposed status represents the best available information regarding the conseMt1lon status of the species, state jurisdictional agency staff giVe the proposed statuses at least the same consideration as the current legal status.. If surveys or further infonnatlon !$Veal that a threatened and encIangered an<lfDr' special concern species and resources exist In your project area, contact the appropriate jurisdictional agencylagencles immediately to identify and resolve any impacts.

For

list of spedes known to occur In the eotny where yot.r project Is located, please see 1he species lists by county found on the PA Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) home page (W\WI.naturaiheritage.state.pa.us). Also note that the PNDI Environmental Review Tool ontt contad Information about species oa:urrences that haw actually been reported to the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA Department of Conservation and u.s. Fish and Wild'. 8efvIce Natu.... R..ources Endangered Spades Section Bureau of FOf8Sby. Ecological ServIces Saction 315 South Allen S1reet, Suite 322, State CoIage. PA.

400 Mar1<et Street. PO Box 8552. Hamsbwg. PA. 16601-4861 17105-a552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax:(111) 112-0271 PA Fish and Boat Comm....ion PA Game Commission Division of Environmental ServIces Bureau of WIkIife Habitat Management 450 Robinson Lane, BeIefonte, PA. 16823-7437 0Ma1On of envIronmental Planning and Habitat Protection NO Faxes Please 2001 Elmerton Av........ Harrfsburg. PA. 17110-9797 Fax:(717} 787-6951

7. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION Name:

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8. CERnFICATION I certify that AU. of !he project irIormation contained In this racelpt (Including PfOJecllocatlon, projed slze/eonlguratlon, project type. answers to questions) is true, accurate and complete. In addition, if the project type, Iocatfon, size or configuration c:tIanges. or if the answers to any questions that were asked during this o_~~""':It:j;rL

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 11 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

1. PROJECT INFORMATION ProJect Name: Bradsturw.JKImp Date of review: 41812010 3:53:37 PM Project category: Energy Storage, Production, and Transfar.E ....'VY Production (generation),Nuctear Power Plant - maintenance, modIftcatIon. or expanalon Project Area: 38.5 acres County. Bucks TownshlpIMunicipallty: Plumstead Quadrangle Name: LUMBERVILLE - ZIP Code: 18947,18801 Decimal Degrees: 40.387483 N. -75.013140 W Degrees Min

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2. SEARCH RESULTS Agency Results Response PA Game Commi8lion No Known Impact No Ftriler RevIew RequJred PA Department of Conservallon No Known Impact No Fl.Ither Review Requlrad and Natural Retcucea PA Fish and Boat Commission Poantllllimpact FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUIRED. See AaengyRHpon. .

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service No Known Impact No Further Review Required

.

Ala swnmarizad above, Pennaylvania Natural 0tveraIIy Inventory (PNOI) records Indicete there may be potential impacts to thtaat<<Ied 8'Id endangered II'IdlO( apedal ooneem specietl and F'88OUI'CIIII within the prqact area. If Itte rwponse above Indtcat8I "No Further RevIew Requlflllf' no additional communicatiOn with the respecdYe agency ia requited. If !he I'8lponte is "Further Review Required" 0( "See ~ Response: refer to the epproprtate agency comments below. Please see the OEP Information s.ctIon of ttIks ntcelpl If a PA Department of Environmental Protection Permit is requhd.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 12 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563 Note that regardless of PNDI search mulls, projects requiring a Chapter 105 DEP individual permit or GP 5, 8, 7.8, 9 or 11 In certain countiM (Adams. Bet1ca, BUCb, carbon. Chet.1.er, Curnberiand, Delaware, Lancaster.

Lebanon. Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton. Schuylkill and York) must comply with \tie bog turtle habitat acreenIng requiretnents of the PASPGP.

RESPONSE TO QUESTION(S) ASKED Q1: Accua1ely describe what is knoWn about wetland p.....nce in tie project area or on the land parcel.

"Project" InclUdes all fe_res of the project (Including bUIldIngs, roads. utility linea, outfall and Intake st1uctures, wells, stDrmwater retentlonlde1en11on baslna, parking lots. dri'leway$.lewna, etc.). aa well as aU 8880Ciated irnpacta (e.g" temporary staging . . . . wort< ..... tetnponIiIy road Cft)Mings. areas subject to grading 01' dearing, er::.). Include all areas Ihat will be permanently ortemporartly affected - either directly or lndlrec.tty - by any type of disturbance (e.g., land dearing. gradlng..... removal. tIOoding, etc.). Land parcel :: the 101:(8) on which some type of project(s) or actIvity(a) are propoaed to oceur .

Your answer Is: 2. The project ..... (or.nd perceI) . . . not been InYMtigllled by someone qualllled to identify and . . . . . . wetlands, or It Is cumtntly unknOwn If h project or proj4tct actMdea wlH arr.ct weUanda.

Q2: Aquatic habitat (stream. river, lake, pond. etc.) 1,1ocated on or adjacent to the subject property and project activities (indudlng discharge) may oc:cw wHIlln 300 feet of these habitats Your answer is: 3.. Unknown

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regardlea of whether

DEP P'f'11'lIt Is I'1eC8SS.y for this propoeed ptOjec::t. any potentIallmpacta to threatened and endengered speclet and/or special c:oncem specIet and ~ must be resolved with the 8PJ,lf'Opriate Jurisdictional agency. In some cases, a permit or authorization from the jlrilldictional agency may be needed If adverse lmpacIs to these species and tlabitaIa cannot be avoided.

These agency determlnationa and respgn&es are valid for ..... year (from the date of the re'MW). and are based on fie prqect Information that was provided. including the exact projeot lOcation; tie project type, desctiltion, and features; and lilY responses to questions lhat were generated during this search. If any d the foIloIMng change: 1) PfOject location, 2) project size or configuration, 3) project type. or 4) responses to tie quesliona Ila1 were asked during the online review. the tMUIts of this review .... not valid, ancI1he re\itew ITIJSt be searched again via the PNDI ElWtmnmen1tll Review Tool and reeubmltted to the jurtsdlctionaJ agandea. The PHDI tool is a primary screening tool. and 8 desktop review may reveal more or fewer Impaets than What Is listed on this PNDI receipt PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impact ia antlctpated to threatened and endangered spedes and/or apecIaf concem species and resources.

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact is anlldpated to ttveafened and tndangered lpecies and/or spadal concern species and I'8SO\ftlU.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 13 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Searcb ID: 20100406237563 PFBC Species:

Scientific Name: SensitiVe Species Common Name:

Current Status: Threatened Proposed Status: Special Concern Species*

RESPONSE: Further,.v\ew d thla project Is necessary to re.sdIIe the potential irnpact&(a). FIte8s8 send project Information to this agency for roviow (eoc WHAT TO SEND).

u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No Impacta to fIdInJI" Iiated or propoeed species are anlldpatad. TheIeIore, no fufther consullalionlc:oordinatJon under the EndangeAMt Spede$ Ad. (87 Stat 884, lIS amended; 16 U.S.C. 1631 fit seq.

Is requhd. Because no take 01 federally liAad species Is entlclpated, none is authorized. This response does not reftecC potenllal Ash and Wildlife Service concerns under t". Fish and Wildlife CoofdInalion Act or other authorfties.

Spedal Concern Species or Resource - Plant or animal species oJassified as tare, t8nIativeIy undetermined or candidate as wei as other taxa of conservation concern, slgnlftcant nalLnl communltle$, special concern populations (plants or anifTllillli) and unique geologic features .

... SensltiYe Species - Spec1e8 identified by the jurtadlctlnat agency 8$ <lOIlecIIbIe. having economic value. or being susceptible to decline as a result of visitation.

WHAT TO SEND TO JURISDICTIONAL AGENCIES If proJect information WIllI r.qu.... by OM or mort of the agencIn 1Ibo¥e. send . . foIIowtng informatiOn to the agency(s) seeking this Information (see AGENCY CONTACT INFORMA11ON).

Chid"". of MInImum ......... tD be ubtn1UId:

_SIGHED copy of this Project environmental R8Yiew ReceIpt

_Project nmatIve with. desaipdon oIth. 0YenII profec:t. the woric to be perfonned. CtA'f8rIt physical charac;teristic:a of the sita and act8IIg8 to be Impaded.

_Project location information (name of USGS Quadrangle, Townsh/p/MUl"lidpality, a'1d County)

_USGS 7.5-minute Oua<<angle with project boundary cIeatIy indiCated, and quad name on the map The IncIuaIon of tM following InforrnaUon may expedite the review procesa.

_ A .b&u!Ht sHe ptan(partIcuIat showing the relationship rA the project to the physical features u::rua wetlands. streams. ponds. rock outcrops. etc.)

_Color photos keyed to the basic site plan (Le. showing on the Site plan where and In what direction each pholo wei taken and the date of the photos)

_Information about the pretence and location d wetlands In the project area. and how this was detennlned (e.g.* by .. qualified wetlands btoIogist), if wetland& are present in the project area. provide project plans showing the location of all project features. as wei as Mlllands and streams

_The DEP pennit(s) ,.qult'ed for this Protect Page 3015

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 14 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

4. DEP INFORMATION The Pa Department of EnviI'Ol'll'1'lell1 Protection (DEP) nq.ires that a signed copy of this receipt, akIng wIIh any requlNd c:Ioct.Imentati from juril!ldidional agencies COI"IC8I'Iing resolution of potentiaf Impacts. be submitted with applications for permIII raqUring PHD! review. For cases where a "Potentiallmpacl" to tl'lreatened and endangered speciea haa been identffied before the application has been submltled to DEP. the application should not be subr'nItted until the impact has been ntsolved. For ca.- wheN "Potential Impact'" to special concem species and resources has been identlled befote the applICation hn been submitted, tM application shoukt be submilted to OEP along with tie PHDI receipt, a completed PHDI form and 8 USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map with !he project boundaries delneatttd on !he map. The PNDt Reclipt should allO be submitted to the appropriate agency according to directions on the PNDI Receipt DEP and the jurisdictional agency wi!

work togeCher to retoIve the pofenIial1mpact(8}. See the OEP PNDf poIl<:y at htfp:Jtwww.natyraltwffage atate.pa UI*

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 15 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100406237563

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The PNOI environmental review webIite is a pntltmlllllY saeenlng tool. There 81'8 often delays in updating spedes status dassUlcations. Because the proposed &tau. represents the best available information regarding the conservation statui of thelP8Cies. state juri8didional agency Itaff glYe the propoeed stabJaes at least the same consideration .. the cummt legal status. If SUtVeY& or further Information RMIaI U:1at a threa1ened and endangered and/or spec:iaJ concern .pedes and 1'HCU'Ce8 exist In y~ prqeet area. contact the appropriate jurisdlctklnal agency/agenclea imn"ItdIateIY to ldentit'y and I'8sotve any Impacfa.

For a list of species known to occur In the county ~ your pI'Oject isloeattld. please see the spec/e$ lists by county found on the PA Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) home page (WWW.naturalherilage.state.pa.us).AIIa note that the PNOI EnvIronmental Review Tool only contains information about species occurrences !hat have actually been reported 10 the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA Department of Conservation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resources Endangered SpecIes Section Bureau of FontSfr)'. Ecological Services Section 315 SOUth Allen Street, SUIte 322. State College. PA.

400 MaI1cet snet. PO Box 8552. Harrisburg, PA. 16801-.4851 17105-8552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax:(717) 772-0271 PA Fish and Boat Commission PA Game Commission Dlvla:ion of Envlronmlllntal Services Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management 450 Robmaon Lane, Bellefonte. PA. 16823-7437 0MII0n of Erlv'ronmentaf Planning and Habitat Protection NO Faxes PIMse 2001 EJmerton A___* Hanfabulg. PA. 17110-9797 Fax:(717) 787-8967

7. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION

8. CERTIFICAnON I certify that ALL of the project information contained in this receipt (Including project location, project slzelcontIguration. project type, answers to questions' is !rUe. accurate and complete. In addition, If the project type, locatiOn, size or configuration cf'IatIge$, or If the 8n5Wel1l to ~y questions that ware asked during Ittis online review cha agree to ra-do the online envll'Dl'lmental/i

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 16 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630

1. PROJECT INFORMAnON Project Name: Bedmi......._WPF Date of review: 41712010 10:02:31 All Project category: Energy Storage. Production, and Tl'WIIIfer,Energy Production (generatlon),NucInr Power Plant - maintenance, modification. or expansion Project Area: 2.* &a'88 County: Bucks TownshtplMunlclpality: Bedminster Quadrangle Name: BEDMINSTER'" ZIP Code: 1. .7 Decimal Degrees: 40.399023 N, -75.158205 W D~~~~~~~El~~~~~LE~ __________~

2. SEARCH RESULTS Agency Results Response PA Game Commission No Known Impact No Further Review Required PA Department of Conservation No Known Impact No Further Review Required and Natural Resources PA Fish and Boat Commission No Known Impact No Further Review Required U.S. FISh and Wltdlife Service No KIlOINn Impact No Further Review Required As summartzecl above, Pennaylvania Natural Diwnity InYentoty (PNOI) record. Indicate no known ImpaclS to threatanad and endangered spede8 and/or speciel concern specieI and I'UCX.IrC8S wtlhWlfIe prqect area.

Therefore. based on the Infomlalion you pnwtded, no furIher COOI'dina1lon .. reqWad with fie jurIIdc::tionaI agendes. ThIs ~ does not reflecl potential agency concema regarding Impacta to OCher ecoIogIcaJ resources, such as weIIandl.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 17 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630 Note that regardfess of PNDI search results, proiects requiring a Chapter 105 DEP inclvidual permit or GP 5, 8, 7.8.9 or 11 in certain counties (Adams, Berks, Bucks, carbon, Chester. Cumbel1and. Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon. Lehigh. Monroe. Montgomery. Nor1hampton, SchuyIkiI and York) mU$t comply WIth the bog turtle habitat screening requirements of the PASPGP.

3. AGENCY COMMENTS Regardless of Whether a DEP permit IS neceaary for this proposed project, any potential impads 10 threatened and endangered species rnJIor special concem species and resources must be resotved with the appropriate jurisdictional agency. In some cases, a permit or au1tIorization from the jurisdictional agency may be needed if adverse Impacts to these spedes end habitats cannot be avoided.

TheM agency determnations and responses are vaItd for one year (from the date 01 the review). and are based on the project information that was pn.wided. including the exact project location: the project type. deacrIption.

and features; and any responses to quest/On$ that wen. generated during this aearch. If any of the following change: 1) project 1oC8tton, 2) prqect stze or~, 3) projec:ttype. or 4) reeponll8l to the question$ that were BIked during the online review, the I'88UIta of this review ate not valid, and the revlew'must be ..arched again . . the PHDI Environmental Raview Tool and resubmitted to the jurisdk:llonal agencies. The PHDltooI. a primary scnMIning tool, and a deSktOp review may reveal more or fewer ImpaCls than what Is listed on . . PNDl receipt.

PA Game Commission RESPONSE: No Impact Is anticipated to ttnatened and e~ered species rnJI<< special conoem specIeS and resoun:es.

PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources RESPONSE: No Impact is antidpated to threatened and endangered speCies .-.dIor special concern species and resources.

PA Fish and Boat Commission RESPONSE: No Impact Is anticipated to thraratened and endangered species and/or special concem species and resources.

u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service RESPONSE: No impacts to (ldtraJbi listed or propoud apedeS are anticipated. Tha"efore, no further consultationlcoordin&tion under the Endangefed Species Act (87 Stat. 884. as MleOded; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

Is reqUIred. Because no take of fedetaIy listed species .. anticipated, none Is authorized. This response does not relied potentIaJ Fish and Wildlife S8f'Vioe eonc:emt under the Fish and WIldlife Coordrnldon Act << other authoriIIes.

4. DEP INFORMATION The Pa Oeparlment of Environmental Ptoteetion (OEP) requires that a signed copy of this I'8C8Ipt, along with any required documentation from JurIsdictional agencies coneemng reeoIutIon ~ potentiallrnpaCls, be umilted With appbtlons for penTIiIa requiring PNDI review. For cases where a *Potential Impact" to threatened and endanger9d species has been Identified before the appUcation has been submitted to DEP. the applIcaton should not be submitted until the impact has been resolved. F<< CSS8$ wt'Iem -PotenIiallmpact" 10 specW concern species and 1'eSO\Irc8S has been identified before the application has been subrnH1ed. the application Page2of4

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 18 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search ID: 20100407237630 should be sulJrnltted to DEP along with the PNDf receipt, a completed PNDI form and a uSGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map with the proJect bOundaries delineated on the map. The PNOI Receipt should also be submitted to the appropriate agency accorcfinQ to dItectlon& on the PNDI Recelpt DEP end the JIM1sdictionaI agency will WOI'k together to reaolvelhe potential Impact(s). See the DEP PNDI policy at

Jtwww.MturtIhe!1tagt.stata.oa.us.

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 1 January 19, 2011 Page 19 of 19 PNDI Project Environmental Review Receipt Project Search 10: 20100407237630

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The PND' environmental rtMew website is a preliminary saeenlng tool There are often delays in updating

&pedes atatua ctassiI'Ica1lon. Because the proposed status represents the beat available information regarding the conservation SIa1I.$ of the species. state jurisd<:tional agency staff give the proposed statuses at least the same oonsideralon as the current legal status. If surveys or fufther information rewal that a threatened and endangered and/or special concern spec;itl$ and retoIKCeS exisI in yOll pmJect area, contact the appropriate jurisdictional agencylagencles Immediately to Identify and resolve any inpacl$.

For a list of species known to occur in the county where your project is 1oca1Bd. pMtase see the spedellllst$ by counly foond on the PA Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) home page (WWW.naluralheritage.state.pa.us). AA80 note that the PNDI environmental Review Tool ontt contains information about specIe8 occurrences that have ectuaIfy been reported to the PNHP.

6. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION PA Department of Conservation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Natura' Resources Endangered Species Section B\HaU of FOI'8SIry. ECOlOgical Services Section 315 South Allen Street, SuIte 322, SCats College. PA.

400 Market Street, PO Box 8552, Harrisburg, PA. 16801-4851 17105-8552 NO Faxes Please.

Fax:(717) 712-0271 PA Fish and Boat Comml....on PA Game Commission DivIsion of Envlronrnental SeMces Bureau of Wlklife Habitat Management 450 Robinson Lane, Bellefonte, PA. 16823-1437 Division of Environmental Planning and Habitat Protwction NO Faxes Please 2001 Einerton Avenue, Hatrisburg, PA. 1711()..9797 Fax:(717) 787-6957

7. PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION Name:

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8. CERTIFICAnON I certify that ALL of the projed Information contained In thl$ receipt (indUding project location, project size/configuration. project type, answers to queeflons) Is true. I!ICCUJ'8t8 aI1d complete. In addition, If the pmJect type, tocatlon, size or configuration changes, or if the BnSWtn to IIITY questions Nt were asked during this onu:rr~~Z;;;flnee~jJ7'o

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Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 2 January 19, 2011 Page 1 of2 ATTACHMENT 2 Threatened and Endangered Reptile and Amphibian, Fish and Invertebrate Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 2 January 19, 2011 Page 2 of 2 Attachment 2 Threatened and Endangered Reptile and Amphibian, Fish and Invertebrate Species that could occur in Montgomery, Chester, and Bucks Counties Counties with Scientific Name Common Name Federal Status State Status Recorded Location Reptiles and Amphibians Montgomery, G/yptemys muh/enbergii Bog Turtle Threatened Endangered Chester, Bucks Opheodrys aestivus Rough Green Snake - Endangered Chester Pseudacris triseriata ka/mi New Jersey Chorus Frog - Endangered Montgomery, Bucks Pseudemys rubriventris Redbelly Turtle

- Threatened Montgomery, Chester, Bucks Rana sphenocephala Coastal Plain Leopard Frog - Endangered Chester, Bucks Scaphiopus ho/brookii Eastern Spadefoot - Endangered Bucks Fish Acipenser brevirostrum Shortnose Sturgeon I Endangered Endangered Bucks Acipenser oxyrinchus Atlantic Sturgeon Candidate Endangered Bucks Enneacanthus obesus Banded Sunfish - Endangered Bucks Lepomis mega/otis Longear Sunfish - Endangered Bucks Notropis cha/ybaeus Ironcolor Shiner

- Endangered Montgomery, Bucks Invertebrates A/asmidonta heterodon Dwarf Wedgemussel Endangered Endangered Montgomery, Chester, Bucks Note: -- in the Federal Status column signifies that the species is not a federally-listed species.

Mr. Chris Urban Attachment 3 January 19, 2011 Page 1 of 10 ATTACHMENT 3 Figures Depicting LGS Project Features Figure 1 LGS Plant Site Property Boundaries Figure 2 Perkiomen Pumphouse Figure 3 LGS Makeup Water Supply System Figure 4 Bradshaw Reservoir and Bradshaw Pumphouse Properties Figure 5 Bedminster Water Processing Facility Property Figure 6 Limerick to Cromby 230 kV Transmission Line Route Figure 7 Cromby to North Wales 230 kV Transmission Line Figure 8 Cromby to Plymouth Meeting 230 kV Transmission Line Route Figure 9 Limerick to Whitpain 500 kV Transmission Line Route

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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Division of Environmental Services Natural Diversity Section 450 Robinson Lane Bellefonte, P A J6823 -962 0 established 1866 (8/4) 359-5237 Fax: (814) 359-5/75 February I I, 20 I I IN REPLY REFER TO SIR # 35712 NANCY RANEK EXELON NUCLEAR 200 EXELON WAY KSA/2-E KENNETT SQUARE, PA 19348 RE: Species Impact Review (SIR) - Rare, Candidate, Threatened and Endangered Species RENEWAL OF OPERATING LICENSES FOR LIMERICK GENERATING STATION UNITS'1 & 2 MONTGOMERY AND CHESTER Counties, Pennsylvania

Dear Ms. RANEK:

The staff of the Natural Diversity Section has examined the map accompanying your recent correspondence which shows the location of the above referenced project. Based on records maintained in the Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) database and Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission files, the eastern redbelly turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris, PA threatened) and globally rare amphipod and/or isopod species are known from the vicinity of the project sites.

The eastern redbelly turtle is one of Pennsylvania's largest native aquatic turtles. This turtle species is known to inhabit relatively large, deep streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and marshes with permanent water and ample basking sites. Redbelly turtles are restricted to the southcentral and southeastern regions of the Commonwealth. The existence of this turtle species is threatened by habitat destructioll, poor water quality and competition with aggressive nOll-native turtle species that share its range and habitat (e.g., red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans).

Isopods and amphipods are small invertebrate species (crustaceans) that inhabit coldwater springs, seeps, on hillsides and in caves. Although these species are not listed as candidate, threatened, or endangered, they may be listed in the not so distant future. These rare invertebrate species are threatened by habitat destruction and poor water quality.

Given that the proposed license renewal will involve no new construction, earth disturbance, or changes to existing land uses, I do not anticipate the proposed activity to have any significant adverse impacts to the species of concern under PFBC jurisdiction.

Note that this office performed no field inspection of the project area. Consequently, comments in this letter are not meant to address other issues or concerns that might arise concerning matters under Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission jurisdiction or that of other authorities. If you have any questions regarding this response, please contact Kathy Gipe of my staff (814-359-5186) and refer to the SIR number at the top of this letter. Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter OUf Mission: www.fishandboat.com To protect, conserve and enhance the Commonwealth saquatic resources and provide fishing and boating opportunities.

SIR#35712 Ranek Page 2 of endangered species conservation and habitat protection.

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M. Roberts -4 The NRC staff plans to hold two public license renewal overview and environmental scoping meetings on September 22, 2011, in the area of Limerick. The first session will be held in the afternoon and an identical session will be held later that evening. Both sessions will be held at the Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Road, Pottstown, PA 19464. The afternoon session will be from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and the evening session will be from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. In addition, the NRC plans to hold a one hour Open House prior to each meeting to answer public questions. You and your staff are invited to attend the public meetings and Open House. 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 2012.

The Limerick license renewal application is available on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/limerick.html. If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Mrs. Lisa Regner, License Renewal Project Manager, by phone at 301-415-1906 or by email at Lisa.Regner@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, IRA!

David J. Wrona, Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-352 and 50-353

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Letter to: M. Roberts from D. Wrona, dated September 8, 2011

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REQUEST FOR LIST OF FEDERAL PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN THE AREA UNDER EVALUATION FOR THE LIMERICK GENERATING STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW HARD COpy L Regner E-MAIL:

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