ML17219A706

Quarterly Sea Turtle Activities Rept for Second Quarter 1987.W/870724 Ltr

ML17219A706
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	06/30/1987
From:	Woody C FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	Huff A FLORIDA, STATE OF, NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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L-87-310, NUDOCS 8707270280
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ACCESSION NBR: 8707270280 DOC. DATE: 87/07/24 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET N FACIL: 50-335 St. Lucie Planti Unit ii Florida Power 8c Light Co. 05000335 50389 St. Lucie Pianti Unit 21 Florida Poujer 8c Light Co. 05000389 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION WOODYs C. O. Florida Poujer Light Co.

Rc RECIP. NAME RECIPIENT AFFILIATION Document Control Branch <Document Control Desk)

SUBJECT:

Foreards quarterly sea turtle activities rept for second quarter 1987.

DIBTRIBUTION CODE: COOID COP IEB RECEIVED: LTR TITLE: Licensing Submittal: Environmental Rept Amdt 5 J ENCL I BIZE:

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Correspondence RECIPIENT COPIES RECIPIENT COPIES ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL ID CODE/NAME LTTR ENCL PD2-2 LA 1 1 PD2-2 PD 1 TOURIGNYI E 1 1 INTERNAL: AEOD/DOA 1 AEOD/DSP/TPAB 1 1 ARM/DAF/LFMB 1 0 NRR/DEST/ADE 1 1 NRR/DEBT/ESGB 1 1 NR PB 1 1 OGC/HDS2 1 0 G ILE 01 1 1 EXTERNAL: LPDR 1 1 NRC PDR 1 1 NSIC 1 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED: LTTR 14 ENCL 12

MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS APRIL 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(1 be i

ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL-Live Removals 4/1 C. caretta AAJ-404 55.3 61.9 59.4 44.7 56 PPD-747 4/2 C; caretta AAJ-405 75.2 81.1 73.1 57.5 158 PPD-750

.1 4/2 L. kempi, PPD-748 31.7 34.6. 34.9 25.1 60 PPD-749 4/3 L. kempi PPD-752 31.7 35.0 36.4 25.7 10 PPD-753 4/3 C. caretta PPD-751 54.2 61.0 59.1 43.4 . 105 56 AAJ-407 4/3 C. caretta AAJ-424 51.5 59.8 58,3 40.1 105 55 PPD-754 4/3 C. caretta AAJ-406 56.0 64.0 60.9 44 ..1 126 62 NNC-614 4/6 C. caretta AAJ-408 56.7 63.6 61.1 45.6 107 68 PPD-755 4/7 C. caretta .

AAJ-409 59.0 65.0 62.5 47.6 135 75 PPD-756 4/8 C. caretta AAJ-410 49.4 54.8 52.6 40.7 108 45 PPD-757 4/8 C. caretta AAJ-411 61.5 69.0 63.0 46.3 133 .70 PPD-758 4/9 C. caretta AAJ-412 50.0 57.0 57.1 41.3 85 52 PPD-759 4/9 C. caretta AAJ-413 47.4 53.4 50.4 37.9 90 43 PPD-760 4/9 C. car etta AAJ-414 57.4 63.1 58.8 43.7 120 61 PPD-761 4/14 C. caretta AAJ-415 76.4 83.8 79.9 61.3 167 147 PPD-762 4/16 C. caretta 2 AAJ-416 PPD-763 78.0 87.8 '7.3 57,5 170 143 8707270280 87088)

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Page 2 of 3 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS APRIL 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE . PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(l bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Live Removals 4/16 C. caretta AAJ-417 69.0 75.0 69.8 54.1 158 110 PPO-764 4/18 C. caretta NNC-613 40. 4 46.0 45.1 33.1 75 26 PPD-765 4/19 C. caretta AAJ-418 55.8 62.8 59.0 45.2 124 59 PPD-766 4/21 C. caretta AAJ-419 55.9 63.8 62.5 44.9 130 64 PPD-767 4/24 C. caretta AAJ-420 55.8 61.5. 58.5 45.6 112 64 AAJ-421 4/28 C. caretta AAJ-422 62.9 71.1 66.0 49.2 139 PPD-771 4/28 C. mydas NNC-615 35.1 39.4 37.0 '29.5 65 16 PPO-772 4/28 'C. mydas NNC-616 36.3 38.7 35.9 30.3 59 14 PPO-773 4/29 C. mydas NNC-617 26.9 28.8 25.4 21.8 45 PPD-774 4/30 C. caretta AAJ-426 46.7 53,3 51.4 36.8 104 38 PPD-775

.3 4/30 L. kempi PPD-776 31.0 33.3 33.7 24. 3 54 PPD-777 Dead Removals I

4 4/3 L. kempi not 27.9 30.9 31.5 22.1 60 7 tagged 4/8 C. caretta not 75.0 72.0 85(E) tagged 5

4/17 C. caretta not 63.0 50(E) tagged 4/17 C. caretta not 60.0 67.0 64.0 46.9 110 70 tagged

t MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS APRIL 1987 Page 3 of 3 Additional straight-line measurements: standard carapace length=32.4 cm, maximum carapa e length=32.-7 cm, maximum carapace width=29.3 cm, maximum head width=70.5 mm.

Female?

3 Additional straight-line measurements: standard carapace length=31.3 cm, maximum carapace length=31.6 cm, maximum carapace width=28.9 cm, maximum head width=72 mm.

Necropsy report attached.

Posterior portion of carapace missing.

NOTE: PPD768, PPD769 and PPD770 malfunctioned and were not applied to turtles.

NM = not measured E = estimated

NECROPSY REPORT I

Kemp's Ridley removed from the St. Lucie Plant 4/3/87 (27e9 cm SLCL)

Necropsy performed by Dr. Thomas C. Finch, V.M.D.

Noted superficial wounds at base of beak on ventrum and at base of left front flipper. 'ounds not protruding into body. cavity.

Hemorrhagial fluid dripping from nostrils and mouth.

Tissues saved (one set in 10% formalin, another frozen) - entire carcus frozen.

1) Large amount of flui/d in internal cavity - probably post-mortem.

2) Liver looks good but a little friable (probably post-mortem change)

3) Lungs appear collapsed but otherwise healthy.

4) No parasites found in any portion of digestive tract.

5) No obstructions in digestive tract.

6) Thick white mucous along wall of stomach. Origin unknown.

7) A few small hemorrhages in lining of duodenum.

8) Considerable shell fragments in large bowel.

General findings: No obstructions in digestive tract, no inflamation of tissues or other internal abnormalities which could be explaned as being caused by anything other than autolysis. Cause of death undetermined.

I'age I OT MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS MAY 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER cm cm cm cm mm ~(1 bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Live Removals 5/5 C. caretta AAJ-423 64.6 71.7 68.9 51.2 130 92 PPD-778 5/5 C. caretta AAJ-427 55.8 62.2 61.5 44.6 105 66 PPD-779 5/6 C. ~mdas NNC-618 29.5 31.4 26.6 24.8 65 PPD-780 5/7 C. caretta AAJ-428 58.9 64.8 61. 0 47.5 119 68 PPD-781 5/9 C. caretta 'AJ-429 44.7 49.5 47.5 37.1 102 34 PPD-782 5/9 C. caretta AAJ-430 59. 9 66.2 61.8 46.5 132 82 PPD-783 5/ll C. mydas NNC-619 24.3 26.7 21.9 20.2 44 4.3 PPD-784 5/13 C. caretta AAJ-431 62.2 68.0 64.2 47.5 150 82 PPD-785 5/14 C. caretta AAJ-432 54.3 62.0 57.8 43.2 121, 62 PPD-786 5/14 C. caretta AAJ-433 PPD-787 70.4 '9. 0 75.2 55.3 145 115 5/15 C. caretta AAJ-434 57.2 63.1 62.7 46.6 115 68 PPD-788 1

5/1 9 C. caretta PPD-789 90.6 99.6 92.3 68.3 211 242 I

5/19 C. caretta AAJ-299 51.2 55.5 54.2 41.0 98 NNY-893 3 '223 5/20 C. caretta AAJ-435 95.1 103.0 95.0 .74.2 288 PPD-790 3

5/20 C. caretta AAJ-436 89.5 98.5 91.5 70.0 180 258 PPD-791 5/21 C. caretta AAJ-437 97.6 107.8 93.2 74.5 235 323 PPD-792

adage 8 ot 2 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS MAY 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH ',LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(1bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Live Renavals 5/22 C. caretta AAJ-438 72.9 79.6 78.8 56.7 156 122 PPD-794 5/22 C. caretta AAJ-439 62.2 67.8 64.2 48.3 165 82 PPD-793 5/26 C. caretta AAJ-440 49.3 52.8 52.7 39.3 82 PPD-795 5/27 C. caretta AAJ-441 54,6 60.1 58.3 42.2 141 '59 PPD-796 5/28 C. caretta AAJ-442 62.2 67.3 66.1 48.6 159 83 PPD-797 5/29 C. caretta AAJ-443 44.3 49.2 46.5 35.5 72 31 PPD-798 5/30 C. caretta AAJ-444 60,5 65.2 63.0 46.7 , 130 76 PPD-799 5/31 C. caretta AAJ-445 57.6 62.8 60.2 44.9 145 64 PPD-800 Dead Removals 5/6 C. caretta not 64.5 71.8 68.0 50.3 tagged Female . Due to injury to right front flipper, tag applied to left front flipper only.

2 ABI tag return. This turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged and released 3.0 miles south of the intake on 15JUL86.

Female.

NM=not measured.

Page 1 of 3 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS JUNE 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(1 bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Live Removals 6/2 C. mydas NNC-620 30.5 32.5 28.3 25.5 45 NNC-621 6/3 C. caretta AAJ-448 54.8 60.6 58.2 43.6 123 62 AAJ-449 6/3 C. mydas AAJ-450 51.3 54.8 47.1 41. 3 35 AAJ-451 83'41 6/3 C. caretta . AAJ-452 59.8 64.6 63. 9 46.0 AAJ-453 6/4 C. caretta AAJ-454 63.8 70.0 67.1 51.2 131 88 AAJ-455 6/4 C. caretta AAJ-456 AAJ-457 92.0 101.2 91.7 72.3 '15 249 6/5 C. caretta NNC-622 59.3 65.0 61.6 45.7 147 73 NNC-623 1

6/5 C. caretta AAJ-458 84.7 91.7 83.0 62.3 173 180 NNC-624 1

6/8 C. caretta AAJ-459 88.6 96.7 93.0 70.0 220 282 AAJ-460 1

6/8 C. caretta AAJ-461 87.3 94.6 93.6 72.3 195 231 AAJ-462 1

6/9 C. caretta AAJ-463 89. 9 96.5 87.3 67.9 236 231 AAJ-464 1

6/10 C. caretta AAJ-465 85.3 92.2 83.8 63.5 196 181 AAJ-466 2

6/10 C. caretta AAJ-168 56. 0 59. 3 57.3. 42.5 107 52 AAJ-467 AAJ-468 6/10 C. caretta AAJ-469 88.3 95.4 83.1 66.1 439 195 AAJ-470 6/12 C. caretta AAJ-471 88.2 98.6 89.6 68.2 . 182 239 AAJ-472

Page 2 of 3 MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS JUNE 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH HEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(1 bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Live Removals 6/13 6/16 C.

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caretta caretta AAJ-473 AAJ-474 AAJ-475 AAJ-476 I'5.0 61.7 58.2 68.6 63.3 63.0 46.4 46.5 118 136 78 68 6/16 C. caretta AAJ-477 52.3 56.7 54.4 40.3 106 48 AAJ-478 6/16 C. caretta AAJ-479 68.2 74.6 71.2 53.2 146 101 AAJ-480 6/17 C. caretta AAJ-'481 96.1 104.1 98.6 74.5 277 316 AAJ-482 6/19 C. caretta AAJ-483 58.0 62.5 60.0 46.0 123 57 AAJ-484 6/23 C. caretta AAJ-485 60.9 65.7 66.2 47.0 128 75 AAJ-486 6/23 C. mydas NNC-625 37.6 39.5 34.9 28.8 56 16 NNC-628 6/23 E. imbricata NNC-629 41.4 45.5 40. 6 33.4 92 22 NNC-630 6/23 C. caretta AAJ-487 59.2 64.0 64.6 48.5 136 70 AAJ-488 6/24 C. caretta AAJ-489 57.5 62.6 60.4 44.9 148 65 AAJ-490 1

6/25 C. caretta AAJ-491 92.2 99.5 91.2 71.2 226 223 AAJ-492 4

6/25 C. caretta AAJ-493 60.9 67.2 61.0 47.7 143 69 AAJ-494 1

6/28 C. caretta AAJ-495 84.7 93.1 85.2 65.2 211 210 AAJ-496 6/10 '.

Dead Removals kempi not tagged 28.0 30.3 31.4 22.8 53

ky Page 3 of 3, MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS JUNE 1987 CARAPACE LENGTH CARAPACE PLASTRON TOTAL TAIL DATE TAG (mid-line)(curved) WIDTH LENGTH LENGTH WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES NUMBER ~cm ~cm ~cm ~cm mm ~(l bs ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL Dead Removal s 6/23 C. caretta not 47.5 51.6 51.4 35. 7

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tagged Female.

2 ABI tag return. This turtle was removed from the intake canal, tagged (AAJ167/AAJ168) and released 3.0 miles south of the intake on,12NOV85. Upon recapture on 10JUN87, AAJ167 had fallen off and AAJ168 was removed and replaced with AAJ467 and AAJ468.

Male.

4 Anterior portion of mandible missing apparently due to injury. Examined by Thomas C. Finch, V.M.D.Transferred to tank at House of Refuge for treatment. Released on 3JUL87.

NOTE: AAJ446 and AAJ447 malfunctioned and were not applied to turtles.

NM = not measured

P OX 14000, JUNO 8EACH, FL 33408 gal% I/i FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY JULY 84 f987 L-87-3 I 0 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gent I em en:

Re: St. Lucie Units I and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335, 50-389 Environmental Protection Plan Re ort Attached for your information is the quarterly sea turtle activities report for the second quarter I 987.

Very truly yours, C.O. W Group V e President Nuclear Energy COW/GRM/gp Attachment cc: Dr. J. Nelson Grace, Regional Administrator, Region ll, USNRC Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St. Lucie Plant GRM5/03 I /I PEOPLE... SERVING PEOPLE

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RECEtVED Jl I ) g 1087 Env'l. Affairs R. Erik Martin Applied Biology, Inc.

P.O. Box 974 NV I R 0 N ME NTA L E

H E A I. T H Jensen Beach, FL 34958 S P E C I A L I S TS July 8, 1987 Mr. J. Alan Huff.

Florida Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Marine Research 100 Eighth Avenue, SE St. Petersburg', FL 33701-. 5095

Dear Al'an:

Seventy-three Caretta caretta, eight'Chelonia mydas, five Lepidochelys ~kern i, anon one'Eretmochel S'imp 1>ricata.were removed from

~pi1- 1 1 g 1987. Fi.ve C.'caretta and two L. ~kern i were dead when recovered.

Measurements for all animals are attached. All live turtles were released into the ocean off Hutchinson Island. No turtles were reported from other plants.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions con-cerning the enclosed data.

Sincerely, R. Erik Martin Senior Scientist Attachment.

cc: J.R. Wilcox (FPL)

C.A. Oravetz (NMFS)

B.A. Schroeder (NMFS)

R.G. Ernest (ABI)

A P P L I E 0 B I 0 L 0 G Y, I N C.

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