ML17223A492

Marine Turtle Removals St Lucie Plant Intake Canal,Oct-Dec 1989. W/900123 Ltr

ML17223A492
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	12/31/1989
From:	Sager D FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO.
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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L-90-30, NUDOCS 9002020192
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ACCESSION NBR:9002020192 DOC.DATE: 89/12/31 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET FACIL:50-335 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 1, Florida Power 6 Light Co. 05000335 50-389 St. Lucie Plant, Unit 2, Florida Power 6 Light Co. 05000389 AUTH. NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION SAGER,D.A. Florida Power 6 Light Co.

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P.O. Box14000, Juno Beach, FL 33408.0420 JANUARY. 2 3 1990 L-90-30 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen:

Re: St. Lucie Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Docket Nos. 50-335 and 50-389 uarterl Turtle Activities Re ort Attached for your information is a copy of the subject report for the fourth quarter 1989, which was submitted to the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Florida Marine Research Institute on January 3, 1990.

Very truly yours, 448 D. A. ager Vice P esident St. Lucie Plant DAS/MSD/gp Attachment cc: Stewart USNRC D. Ebneter, Regional Administrator, Region II, Senior Resident Inspector, USNRC, St. Lucie Plant 9002020192 891231 PDR 4DOCK 05000335 PDC MEQF an FPL Group company

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January 3, 1990 H E A L T H SPECIALISTS Mr. J. Alan Huff Florida Department of Natural Resources Florida Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue, SE St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095

Dear Alan:

Ten loggerhead turtles and three green turtles were removed, from the St. Lucie Plant intake canal during the October December quarter of 1989. One of the loggerheads was dead when removed. All live turtles were released into the ocean from Hutchinson Island. Measurements for all animals are attached.

As always, feel free to contact me questions concerning the enclosed information.

if you have any Sincerely, R. Erik Martin Senior Scientist REM/mnm enclosure cc: J.R. Wilcox (FPL)

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL OCTOBER DECEMBER 1989 DATE SMCL SSCL CSCL CMCW SMCW SMPL WEIGHT CAPTURED SPECIES TAG NUMBERS (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (cm) (lbs) .

Live Removals 101089 C. caretta AAJ772/PPW429 81.9 83.8 88.9 78.0 60.0 62.3 162 101189 C. caretta AAJ773/PPW430 66.4 67.8 72.0 66.4 56.0 51.5 92 101689 C. m~das PPW431/PPW432 32.2 32.5 34.1 28.1 26.5 26.7 9.7 102789 C. caretta AAJ774/PPW433 56.9 58.9 63.0 60.6 50.4 45.1 63 110689 C. caretta AAJ775/PPW434 64.3 65.9 70.8 65.5 53.8 48.5 89 111489 C. caretta AAJ776/PPW435 58.3 60.0 64.4 60.4 49.1 45.1 -

62 112089 C. caretta'AJ777/PPW436 90.6 92.0 97.5 92.3 72.1 72.4 230 112289 C. caretta~ BP514/X275 50.0 52.6 56.0 53.2 43.3 41.2 44 120589 C. caretta~ BP514/X275 49.6 52.4 56.0 53.6 43.3 40.9 44 120689 C. caretta AAJ778/PPW438 51.2 52.2 55.5 55.3 45.6 42.1 54 122689 C. m~das PP'W439/PPW440 26.5 26.8 27.8 23.4 21.2 21.7 4.9 122789 C. ~mdas PPW441/PPW442 24.6 25.1 26.2 22.9 20.1 21.0 4.5 Dead Removals 112089 C. caretta4 Not Tagged 86.0 86.9 90.9 85.6 62.4 NM NM

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~Recapture. This turtle was initially captured in the Indian River Lagoon, two miles south of the Sebastian Inlet, by University of Central Florida researchers on 29JUN88. On that date it was tagged X274/X275. It was recaptured at the same location on 31JAN89 and tag BP514 was applied to the right front flipper. When was removed from the St. Lucie Plant intake canal on 22NOV89 only tags BP514 and it X275.were s

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MARINE TURTLE REMOVALS Page 2 ST. LUCIE PLANT INTAKE CANAL OCTOBER DECEMBER 1989 3Recapture. This turtle was removed from the St. Lucie Plant intake canal and released 10 km south of the intake on 22NOV89. Both tags were still in good shape and left in place. No other tags were applied.

~Male NOTE: Tag PPW437 malfunctioned and was not applied to a turtle.

SMCL = straight minimum carapace length SSCL = straight standard carapace length CSCL = curved standard carapace length CMCW = curved maximum carapace width SMCW = straight maximum carapace width SMPL = straight midline plastron length NM = Not measured

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