ML15343A420
| ML15343A420 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Fermi  (NPF-043) |
| Issue date: | 12/02/2015 |
| From: | Gruelle M Wildlife Habitat Council |
| To: | Cindy Bladey Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch |
| References | |
| 80FR68881 00003, NRC-2014-0109 | |
| Download: ML15343A420 (3) | |
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Page 1 of 1 As of: 12/4/15 9:22 AM Received: December 02, 2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION
- tts 'eagrs Comments Due: December 28, 2C Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2014-0109 License Renewal Application; Fermi 2 Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033 DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Document: NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0032 Comment on FR Doc # 20 15-28265 15 Submitter Information
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Email: mgruelle@wildlifehc.org General Comment please see letter uploaded 12-2-2015 Attachments WHC comments - docket #NRC-2014-0109 SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM - 013 E-RIDS= ADM -03 file :l//C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-2 8/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT- 003 2.html 120/05 12/04/2015
WI LDLIFE HABITAT COUNCILV December 2, 2015 Cindy Bladey Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Submitted via web: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NRC-2014-0109-0033 Re: Docket ID NRC-2014-0109
Dear Ms. Bladey:
I am submitting these comments for the record concerning Docket No. NRC-2014-0109, the DTE Electric Company's application for a 20-year extension of the operating license for Enrico Fermi Unit 2.
I am familiar with DTE Electric's management of the landscape at the Fermi 2 plant through my work for Wildlife Habitat Council as Senior Manager, Conservation Planning. Wildlife Habitat Council promotes and certifies habitat conservation and management on corporate lands through partnerships and education. DTE Electric employees at Fermi 2 maintain a wildlife habitat program that has been certified by Wildlife Habitat Council since 2000; in November, 2014, Wildlife Habitat Council again renewed this certification for a two-year term.
Voluntary activities supporting wildlife at the Fermi 2 site include the following: In 2001, DTE Electric employees, with assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, evaluated problems on site with the invasive wetland plant purple Ioosestrife, and in response, released Galerucella beetles, a natural predator, to combat the plant's spread. The employees also implemented a coastal prairie management project in two different locations on site, one starting in 2005 and covering about twelve acres, and the other starting in 2008 and consisting of six acres; as you may know, coastal prairie is a rare and shrinking habitat type in the Great Lakes region. Also, raptor platforms were erected at the site to increase nesting area for eagles and ospreys. A breeding eagle pair makes its home on the site, with two chicks fledged in 2011. Wildlife biologists from the USFWS have banded eaglets on site to keep track of bald eagle populations; the last ones were banded in 2012. Additionally, DTE Electric employees at Fermi 2 have participated in the National Audubon Society's Annual Christmas Bird Count since 1990, contributing to the knowledge and appreciation of North American bird species.
Loss of habitat is considered to be one of the top factors threatening wildlife species worldwide. Voluntary actions by corporate land owners to provide wildlife habitat on their own 8737 Colesvil~e Road, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.588.8994 I wildlifehc.org
@wildlffehc
WHC re Docket No: NRC-2014-0109, p 2 of 2 properties is a significant part of reversing this loss and maintaining biodiversity. Wildlife Habitat Council commends DTE Electric employees for their work at Fermi 2 Power Plant to create, maintain and improve habitat there.
Thank you for your time in considering these comments.
Sincerely, Senior Manager, Conservation Planning 8737 Colesville Road, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.588.8994 I wildlifehc.org
@wildlifehc
Page 1 of 1 As of: 12/4/15 9:22 AM Received: December 02, 2015 PUBLIC SUBMISSION
- tts 'eagrs Comments Due: December 28, 2C Submission Type: Web Docket: NRC-2014-0109 License Renewal Application; Fermi 2 Comment On: NRC-2014-0109-0033 DTE Electric Company; Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant; Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Document: NRC-2014-01 09-DRAFT-0032 Comment on FR Doc # 20 15-28265 15 Submitter Information
....,1*,,
I':*..
Name: Martha Gruelle ii
=:
Address:
I0'
- :r
- . =
8737 Colesville Rd Ste 800 71Z:/_
{*:**
Silver Spring, 20910""
Email: mgruelle@wildlifehc.org General Comment please see letter uploaded 12-2-2015 Attachments WHC comments - docket #NRC-2014-0109 SUNSI Review Complete Template = ADM - 013 E-RIDS= ADM -03 file :l//C :/Users/CAG/Documents/XPMigratedFolders/PRM-20-2 8/NRC-20 14-01 09-DRAFT- 003 2.html 120/05 12/04/2015
WI LDLIFE HABITAT COUNCILV December 2, 2015 Cindy Bladey Office of Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Submitted via web: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NRC-2014-0109-0033 Re: Docket ID NRC-2014-0109
Dear Ms. Bladey:
I am submitting these comments for the record concerning Docket No. NRC-2014-0109, the DTE Electric Company's application for a 20-year extension of the operating license for Enrico Fermi Unit 2.
I am familiar with DTE Electric's management of the landscape at the Fermi 2 plant through my work for Wildlife Habitat Council as Senior Manager, Conservation Planning. Wildlife Habitat Council promotes and certifies habitat conservation and management on corporate lands through partnerships and education. DTE Electric employees at Fermi 2 maintain a wildlife habitat program that has been certified by Wildlife Habitat Council since 2000; in November, 2014, Wildlife Habitat Council again renewed this certification for a two-year term.
Voluntary activities supporting wildlife at the Fermi 2 site include the following: In 2001, DTE Electric employees, with assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, evaluated problems on site with the invasive wetland plant purple Ioosestrife, and in response, released Galerucella beetles, a natural predator, to combat the plant's spread. The employees also implemented a coastal prairie management project in two different locations on site, one starting in 2005 and covering about twelve acres, and the other starting in 2008 and consisting of six acres; as you may know, coastal prairie is a rare and shrinking habitat type in the Great Lakes region. Also, raptor platforms were erected at the site to increase nesting area for eagles and ospreys. A breeding eagle pair makes its home on the site, with two chicks fledged in 2011. Wildlife biologists from the USFWS have banded eaglets on site to keep track of bald eagle populations; the last ones were banded in 2012. Additionally, DTE Electric employees at Fermi 2 have participated in the National Audubon Society's Annual Christmas Bird Count since 1990, contributing to the knowledge and appreciation of North American bird species.
Loss of habitat is considered to be one of the top factors threatening wildlife species worldwide. Voluntary actions by corporate land owners to provide wildlife habitat on their own 8737 Colesvil~e Road, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.588.8994 I wildlifehc.org
@wildlffehc
WHC re Docket No: NRC-2014-0109, p 2 of 2 properties is a significant part of reversing this loss and maintaining biodiversity. Wildlife Habitat Council commends DTE Electric employees for their work at Fermi 2 Power Plant to create, maintain and improve habitat there.
Thank you for your time in considering these comments.
Sincerely, Senior Manager, Conservation Planning 8737 Colesville Road, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.588.8994 I wildlifehc.org
@wildlifehc