ML13196A219

Email from B. Balsam, NRR to J. Susco, NRR Et Al., Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter

ML13196A219
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	05/29/2012
From:	Balsam B Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Matthew Smith, Susco J, Uttal S Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC/OGC
References
FOIA/PA-2013-0135
Download: ML13196A219 (3)

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Craver, Patti From: Balsam, Briana Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2012 8:25 AM To: Susco, Jeremy; Uttal, Susan; Smith, Maxwell Cc: Logan, Dennis

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RE: Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter I already let Julie Crocker at NMFS know that she could provide a copy of the Pilgrim letter to the House Natural Resources Committee. NRC released the letter as publically available on Friday (the 2 5th), so the House Committee would have only received a copy a day or two ahead of the general public.

From: Susco, Jeremy Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:38 PM To: Uttal, Susan; Smith, Maxwell Cc: Logan, Dennis; Balsam, Briana

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Fw: Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter I can think of no reason why we'd withhold the NMFS' Pilgrim letter from anyone, let alone the House, can either of you? A letter like that should, in my opinion, be a matter of public record.

Jeremy Sent from my NRC BlackBerry From: Imboden, Andy To: Galloway, Melanie Cc: Susco, Jeremy; Smith, Maxwell Sent: Thu May 24 17:04:12 2012

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FW: Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter Hi Melanie -

Given my current position, I don't feel it's appropriate for me to make any kind of Pilgrim-related decision, even one as administrative as this. Jeremy and the pertinent staff are in Callaway at the audit. Could you assign someone on staff (Dave Wrona?) who could respond to NMFS's request? Max Smith in OGC could be of assistance.

Thanks!

Andy Andy Imboden Policy Advisor for Materials Office of the Chairman 301-415-1852 From: Julie Crocker [1] *r\A '\

Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:42 AM 1 ,i To: Imboden, Andy Cc: Logan, Dennis; Balsam, Briana

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Re: Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter

Hi Andy -

We have received a request from the House Natural Resources Committee staff for a copy of the Pilgrim consultation letter. I've been asked to inform you of the request - we will wait to release it until we hear that you have no objections to our release. If you want to talk to someone here before it is released let me know and I'll find out who you should call!

Thanks, Julie Crocker

-Forwarded message ----------

From: Julie Crocker <iulie.crockeranoaa.gov>

Date: Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:42 PM

Subject:

Pilgrim Informal Consultation Letter To: "Balsam, Briana" <Briana.Balsam@nrc.gov>, "Logan, Dennis" <Dennis.Logan(anrc.gov>, "Smith, Maxwell" <maxwell.smith@nrc.gov>

Cc: Julie Williams <iulie.williams@noaa.gov>, Mark Murray-Brown <Mark.Murray-Brownmnoaa. gov>

Hi all -

Attached is our signed informal consultation letter, We have concluded that the continued operation of Pilgrim is not likely to adversely affect any listed species and will have no effect to right whale critical habitat. It is my understanding that NMFS Headquarters has alerted Rep. Markey's office that the consultation has been completed and that they will provide a copy of the letter to his office if requested. Please let me know if you would prefer to transmit the letter to Entergy or would like us to. We will send a copy to EPA Region I for their files as well.

Thanks for all your help during the consultation process!

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