ML17242A305

NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) Sea Turtle Incidental Take Report 082917 PSEG Nuclear

ML17242A305
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Site:	Salem
Issue date:	08/30/2017
From:	Pego M Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NRR-PMDAPEm Resource From: Pego, Michael A <Michael.Pego@pseg.com>

Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 12:59 PM To: Incidental.Take@noaa.gov; EndangeredSpecies Resource; Jeanette Bowers; mmsc@verizon.net

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[External_Sender] Sea Turtle Incidental Take Report 082917 PSEG Nuclear Attachments: Sea turtle Incidental Take Report 8-29-17.pdf Good Afternoon, Attached is the Incidental Take Report documenting the deceased Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle collected during routine trash rack cleaning at Salem Generating Station.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you Michael Pego Senior Environmental Specialist PSEG Nuclear 908-577-2161 PSEGSC The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachment(s), is intended solely for use by the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, or a person designated as responsible for delivering such messages to the intended recipient, you are not authorized to disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message, in whole or in part, without written authorization from PSEG. This e-mail may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. This notice is included in all e-mail messages leaving PSEG. Thank you for your cooperation.

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1 APPENDIX B - Part 1 (Sea Turtle)

Incident Report Sea Turtle Take - PSEG Salem Generating Station Photographs should be taken and the following information should be collected from all turtles and sturgeon (alive and dead) found in association with Salem. Please submit all turtle necropsy results (including sex and stomach contents) to NMFS upon receipt.

Observer's full name: Douglas Potts (ECSI)

Reporters full name: Douglas Potts (ECSI)

Species Identification (Key attached): Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempi)

Site of Impingement (Unit 1 or 2, CWS or DWS, Bay #, etc.): CWIS, Unit 1, I13B intake bay Date animal observed: 8-29-17 Time animal observed: 10:10a.m.

Date animal collected: 8-29-17 Time animal collected: 08:30 a.m.

Date rehab facility contacted: 08-29-17 Time rehab facility contacted: 10:37a.m.

Date animal picked up/ delivered to facility: Time animal picked up/delivered to facility:

Environmental conditions at time of observation (i.e., tidal stage, weather):

Salinity: 5.0ppt Sky condition: light rain Tide: Ebb 2 (89.5ft.) Air temp. 19.0°C Wave height: calm Wind - NE Date and time of last inspection of screen: 8/29/17 @ 08:00am Water temperature (°C) at site and time of observation: 24.5°C Number of pumps operating at time of observation: 12 Circulators in operation Average percent of power generating capacity achieved per unit at time of observation: Unit 1-100 % / Unit 2-100%

Average percent of power generating capacity achieved per unit over the 48 hours5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> previous to observation: Unit 1-100 %

/ Unit 2-100%

Sea Turtle Information: (please designate cm/m or inches)

Fate of animal (circle one): dead alive Condition of animal (include comments on injuries, whether the turtle is healthy or emaciated, general behavior while at Salem. At approximately 08:30 a.m., during routine trash rack cleaning, Salem Yard Crew personnel collected a deceased and partially decomposed Kemps ridley sea turtle from Salem 13B circulator intake bay. However, the specimen was not physically observed until 10:10am, after completion of trash rack cleaning and emptying of the north trash basket for disposal. Salem Unit Control and PSEG Nuclear Environmental Affairs personnel were immediately notified. At 10:30am PSEG NEA contacted Environmental Consulting Services Inc. (ECSI), to request assistance with ID verification and to perform specimen processing.

At 10:37am, an additional phone call was made to the NJ Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) to determine if they would like to take possession of the specimen. Personnel from ECSI arrived on-site at Salem at 12:00pm to complete the required data collection (length and weight measurements, and ID tag checks). PSEG NEA also contacted the NMFS at 10:51am, as well as New Jersey DEP at 10:52am, to inform the agencies of the incidental take. Based on the specimens poor condition, MMSC declined to take possession, and the NMFS therefore directed that the specimen be disposed of after completion of the required processing.

Carapace length - Curved: 25.5cm Straight: 22.9cm Carapace width - Curved: 26.5cm Straight: 20.6cm Existing tags?: YES / NO Please record all tag numbers. Tag # _____________________

Photograph attached: YES / NO

2 APPENDIX B, continued (Incident Report of Sea Turtle Take)

Draw wounds, abnormalities, tag locations on diagram and briefly describe below.

Description of animal:

At the time of observation at 10:10am, the specimen was determined to be deceased, confirmed by evidence of moderate decomposition. Except for a minor skin abrasion to the left hind fin and some missing carapace scutes (refer to illustration), there was no evidence of external injury to indicate a cause of death. Based on the poor condition of the specimen, it appears that death occurred at a much earlier date. No external tags were observed and no internal PIT tags or wire coded tags were identified.

All information should be sent to the following address:

National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region Protected Resources Division Attention: Section 7 Coordinator 55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 Phone: (978) 281-9328 FAX: (978) 281-9394

3 Incidental Report Sea Turtle Take -Salem Attachment 1 Dorsal view of the deceased Kemps ridley sea turtle as it appeared after retrieval from Salem CWIS intake bay I13B by Salem Yard crew personnel, during routine trash rack cleaning on the morning of 8-29-17.

Another dorsal view of the turtle showing the condition of the carapace and the head. Damage to specimen was minor, with some missing layers to the anterior costal scutes on the carapace and a slight skin abrasion on the left hind limb. The carapace includes five costal scutes per side, a distinct characteristic of the species (08/29/2017).

4 Incidental Report Sea Turtle Take -Salem Attachment 1 Ventral view of the specimen, showing the condition of the plastron. The inframarginal scutes were observed to have pores, identified to be another characteristic of the species (08/29/17).

Distinct pores p at base of scutes A close-up view of the plastron, showing the location (red circles) of small pores on the inframarginal scutes [08/29/2017].

5 Incidental Report Sea Turtle Take -Salem Attachment 1 A dorsolateral view of the right side of the head (08/29/17).

Anterior view of the turtle showing the dorsal surface of the head and front limbs Distinct claws were observed on each flipper (08/29/17).