ML15128A619
| ML15128A619 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Turkey Point  |
| Issue date: | 07/22/2014 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| References | |
| 15-935-02-LA-BD01 | |
| Download: ML15128A619 (4) | |
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1 TurkeyPointLANPEm Resource From:
Grange, Briana Sent:
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 8:56 PM To:
Gless, Jodie; Foster, Stacey
Subject:
Turkey Point consultation documents Attachments:
Turkey Point ESA consultation documents as of 7-22-14.pdf Hi Jodie and Stacey, Thanks for meeting today. It was great to finally meet you both face to face.
I have attached the NRCs records of consultation documents related Units 3 and 4 as you requested during the meeting.
For NRCs consultation reinitiation, I expect that I could structure a biological assessment (or supplement) similar to the 2011 EPU biological assessment, and incorporate either the 2011 biological assessment or the license renewal SEIS by reference for anything that hasnt changed. For example, rather that re-describing the Turkey Point site, I will probably say something like The NRC has previously described the Turkey Point site in Section 3.0 of its 2011 biological assessment. The description contained therein continues to accurately describe the site with the following exceptions So, I would primarily be focusing on changes to the operating conditions and changes to the effects to crocodiles.
After looking through all the effects to crocodiles described or anticipated during past consultations, I jotted down what I think will be the most appropriate potential impacts to consider for the current UHS temperature increase and algal bloom issue. Heres what I came up with.
Effects to consider for LAR to increase of UHS to 104 degrees F:
Will the increased temperature or salinities resulting from the LAR reduce hatchling survival through increased stress or other means?
Will the LAR affect the spatial distribution of crocodiles on the Turkey Point site?
Will the LAR reduce habitat availability by decreasing the available suitable habitat in the CCS during the hottest times of the year? (related to question above)
Will the LAR increase competition and result in individuals lower in social hierarchy to lose access to CCS waters?
Will the LAR affect crocodile abundance/decrease the crocodile population carrying capacity of the Turkey Point site? (related to question above)
Will the increased temperature affect crocodile growth rates?
Will the crocodiles be affected by chemical treatment of the algae?
Will the crocodiles be affected by the addition of aquifer water to the CCS?
I think that if I am able to answer each of these questions with a justification and any applicable monitoring data, this should cover the effects that FWS would need to consider during consultation. Note that the last question (and maybe others) is an opportunity to highlight a beneficial impactif the salinity of the CCS is reduced in the future as a result of aquifer pumping, this should create more ideal conditions for the crocodiles.
I also have a few questions from the meeting todaymostly it would just be helpful to get a summary of a few items so that I understand and describe them accurately. Would it be best to submit these as RAIs in the LAR process or just have you include this information when you submit the package for the section 7 consultation?
Heres the list:
Electronic copies of the meeting handouts Tables of temperature data depicted in handout graphs (if available).
2 Names of people that you mentioned that do the croc monitoring. You mentioned Mario and Joe. Can you provide last names and associations? I assume Frank is Frank Mazzotti?
Rainfall numbers that Stacey mentioned at the beginning of the meeting (2011-present) and source of that info.
Summary/description of the current and planned aquifer pumping from the Biscayne and Floridian aquifers, including current and pending authorizations, current and future pumping rates, and description of purpose (i.e., to reduce the salinity of the CCS to ~34 ppt within 2 years and halt/reverse the line of salt water intrusion into the Biscayne Aquifer, if I understand correctly). A description of the Water Management Districts Administrative Order to create 6 new wells would be helpful as part of this.
Copies of all pre-and post-uprate crocodile monitoring reports. The only ones that I have a copy of are the two 2013 reports (Dec 30, 2013, report to FWS and July 3, 2014, report to SFWMD) and the May 14, 2014, progress report from Mazzotti.
Sorry if this email is overkill. I hope that it helps you rather than adds to your burden to get all the information FWS needs together quickly. Stacey, I am sure we will be in touch soon. Jodie, I will see you tomorrow at St.
Lucie.
Briana Briana A. Grange Biologist U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRR/DLR/RERB (301) 415-1042 briana.grange@nrc.gov
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7/22/14 Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultation Documents between the NRC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4 Informal consultation for EPU amendment (2011)
Date Document ADAMS No.
09/09/11 NRC letter requesting initiation of informal consultation ML112280292 09/09/11 NRCs biological assessment for the EPU (same as above) 10/25/11 FWSs concurrence letter ML11306A160 03/27/12 NRCs final environmental assessment for the EPU (Note: the EA was part of the NEPA review for the EPU LAR, but it discusses the consultation.)
ML12074A248 Formal consultation following vehicle strike (2006)
Date Document ADAMS No.
3/24/06 NRCs letter requesting initiation of formal consultation ML060860052 05/05/06 FWSs biological opinion ML061430174 06/16/06 NRC letter transmitting biological opinion to FPL ML061590256 06/29/06 NRC letter requesting modification to biological opinion ML061800100 08/01/06 FWS letter modifying biological opinion ML062420111 08/31/06 NRC letter transmitting modification to FPL ML062420002 Informal consultation for license renewal (2001)
Date Document ADAMS No.
07/16/01 NRCs biological assessment for license renewal ML012420092 08/28/01 NRC letter transmitting biological assessment to FWS ML012420058 12/07/01 FWS concurrence letter ML013540417