ML12055A312
| ML12055A312 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Grand Gulf  |
| Issue date: | 02/13/2012 |
| From: | Sanderson A State of MS, Dept of Wildlife Fisheries & Parks |
| To: | David Wrona Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| Download: ML12055A312 (3) | |
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MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, AND PARKS Sam Polles, Ph.D.
Executive Director February 13, 2012 David Wrona US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Re:
License Renewal - Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Docket No. 50-416 Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi R# 8805 To Whom It May Concern, In response to your request for information dated January 20, 2012, we have searched our database for occurrences of state or federally listed species and species of special concern that occur within 2 miles of the site of the proposed project. Please find our concerns and recommendations below.
The following species of concern may occur within 2 miles of the roposed project area:
STATE SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME FED STATE RANK Crystallaria asprella Crystal Darter LE S1 Scaphirhynchus albus Pallid Sturgeon LE LE S1 Ursus americanus luteolus Louisiana Black Bear LT, SAT LE S1 Macrhybopsis meeki Sicklefin Chub S1 Ursus americanus Black Bear PS LE S1 Eudocimus albus White Ibis S2B,S3N Mycteria americana Wood Stork PS:LE LE S2N Ichthyomyzon castaneus Chestnut Lamprey
$S3 Ictiobus niger Black Buffalo S_3_.....-'S Polyodon spathula Paddlefish S3 Cycleptus elongatus Blue Sucker S3 Mississippi Museum of Natural Science 2148 Riverside Drive 0
Jackson, Mississippi 39202-1353 0
(601) 354-7303
Plethodon websteri Webster's Salamander S3 State Rank S I -
Critically imperiled in Mississippi because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences or very few remaining individuals or acres) or because of some factor(s) making it vulnerable to extirpation.
S2 -
Imperiled in Mississippi because of rarity (6 to 20 occurrences or few remaining individuals or acres) or because of some factor(s) making it vulnerable to extirpation.
S3 -
Rare or uncommon in Mississippi (on the order of 21 to 100 occurrences).
State and Federal Status LE Endangered -
A species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
LT Threatened -
A species likely to become endangered in foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Based on information provided, we conclude that if best management practices are properly implemented, monitored, and maintained (particularly measures to prevent, or at least, minimize negative impacts to water quality), the proposed project likely poses no threat to listed species or their habitats.
Please feel free to contact us if we can provide any additional information, resources, or assistance that will help minimize negative impacts to the species and/or ecological communities identified in this review. We are happy to work with you to ensure that our state's precious natural heritage is conserved and preserved for future Mississippians.
Sincerely, A dy'S 'n rson,Ecologist Mississippi Natural Heritage Program (601) 576-6064 The Mississippi Natural Heritage Program (MNHP) has compiled a database that is the most complete source of information about Mississippi's rare, threatened, and endangered plants, animals, and ecological communities. The quantity and quality of data collected by MNHP are dependent on the research and observations of many individuals and organizations. In many cases, this information is not the result of comprehensive or site-specific field surveys; most natural areas in Mississippi have not been thoroughly surveyed and new occurrences of plant and animal species are often discovered. Heritage reports summarize the existing information known to the MNHP at the time of the request and cannot always be considered a definitive statement on the presence, absence or condition of biological elements on a particular site.
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, AND PARKS Mississippi Museum of Natural Science 2148 Riverside Drive Jackson, Mississippi 39202-1353 David Wrona US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 neopostg FIRST-CLASS MAIL 02/14/2012 Rn m $00.450 S.
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