ML15049A040

Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report

ML15049A040
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	02/12/2015
From:	Brabec R Southern California Edison Co
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Download: ML15049A040 (4)

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Richard C. Brabec AnEDISON Principal Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Emergency Planning An EDISON INTERNATIONAL@ Company February 12, 2015 10 CFR 50.4 ATTN: Document Control Desk U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

Subject:

Docket Nos. 50-206, 50-361 and 50-362 2014 Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), Units 1, 2 and 3

Reference:

Letter from Brian Metz (Southern California Edison), to Sarah Wilkin (National Marine Fisheries Service), dated January 26, 2015

Dear Sir or Madam:

In accordance with a request by Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Site and Environmental Review, Southern California Edison is providing a copy of the referenced letter with attached 2014 Annual Turtle Incidental Take Reports. This annual report, submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service, states that there were no incidental takes of sea turtles during 2014.

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Andrea Sterdis at (949) 368-9985.

P.O. Box 128 San Clemente, CA 92672 F 7~

(949) 368-7418 PAX 87418 Fax: (949) 368-7575 John.Brabec@sce.com

Document Control Desk 2014 Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report February 12, 2015 Attachment as Stated cc: M. L. Dapas, Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV T. J. Wengert, NRC Project Manager, SONGS Units 2 and 3 M. G. Vaaler, NRC Project Manager, SONGS Unit 1 R. L. Kellar, NRC Region IV, Branch Chief, Repository Spent Fuel Safety J. E. Whitten, NRC Region IV, Nuclear Material Safety Branch Chief D. T. Logan, NRC Aquatic Biologist, Division of License Renewal

Attachment Letter from Southern California Edison to the National Marine Fisheries Service Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report

I EDISON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA An EDISO V I[\TERNATIO'.;AL' Compan-January 26, 2015 Sarah Wilkin National Marine Fisheries Service 501 West Ocean Blvd. Suite 4200 Long Beach, CA 90802-4213

Subject:

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station 2014 Annual Turtle Incidental Take Report

Reference:

1) NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Biological Opinion for Sea Turtles:

September 18, 2006

2) Correspondence from NOAA's NMFS Rodney R. Mclinnis to Robert Heckler at San Onofre re: NFMS-SONGS Sea Turtle Protocol, and NMFS Sea Turtle Protocol; March 28, 2012.

Dear Ms. Wilkin:

In accordance with the references above, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) is submitting this annual report to document that there were no incidental takes of sea turtles during 2014.

All shifty inspections of the Cooling Water System (CWS) are logged within our electronic Shift Operations Management System (eSOMS) and a review of the logs showed no sea turtles. Routine monthly offshore surveys conducted in the vicinity of the Units 2 and 3 intakes did not note any sea turtles. Both plants currently have velocity caps which significantly minimize the potential for the entrainment of sea turtles into the Units 2 and 3 circulating water intakes.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (949) 368-7311 nvironmental Ma ager San Onofre Nuclear Generating Statiol n CC: Kelli Gallion Brian Metz CDM IDB-NMFS P.O. Bo\ 126 Syn -Clemm-nte, CA 1-)2674-01 2S