ML17296B291

Forwards Supplemental Info to 810303 Response to NRC 810213 Request Re Mitigation Measures to Preserve Riparian Habitats in Salt & Gila Rivers

ML17296B291
Person / Time
Site:	Palo Verde
Issue date:	03/09/1981
From:	Van Brunt E ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. (FORMERLY ARIZONA NUCLEAR
To:	Miraglia F Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
ANPP-17433-JMA, NUDOCS 8103170642
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'HOENIX'RIZONA85036 March 9, 1981 ANPP-17433 '- JMA/WFg Mr. Frank J. Miraglia Licensing Branch 3

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (PVNGS)

Units 1, 2,and 3

'ocket Nos. STN-50-528/529/530 Q/ jT

Dear Sir:

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Letter dated February 13, 1981 from Robert L.'edesco, Assistant Director for Licensing, Division of Licensing, USNRC to E.

E.

Van Brunt, Jr.,

Vice President, Nuclear Projects, Arizona Public Service Company (2)

Letter dated March 3, 1981, ANPP-17384 from E.

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Van Brunt, Jr., Vice President, Nuclear

Projects, Arizona Public Service Company to Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, USNRC In connection with the portion of the ER-OL guestion 290.7 (Reference 1) relating to mitigation measures to preserve riparian habitats in the Salt and Gila Rivers, additional information has become available since responses to those questions were submitted per Reference 2.

The attached additional information was based on a discussion with the Chief of the Construction and Operations Division"of Maricopa County Flood -Control Di strict-.

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Please do not hesitate to callif w'e can provide any assistance in the expeditious processing of our application.,

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APS Vice President, Nuclear Projects ANPP Project Director

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Attachment to ANPP-17433' JMA/WFg In January 1981, the District completed clearing a 1000 foot strip from 91st Avenue to 123rd Avenue.

The clearing was done in conjunction with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maricopa Audubon Society.

This cooperative effort resulted in the clearing of most of the salt cedars from'he'strip while preserving local comaunities of cottonwoods and willows.

During 1980, the District had cleared about six miles of salt cedars from Gillespie Dam upstream in a strip 300'ide.

In December of 1980, an additional 30 acres of vegetation was cleared from immediately above Gillespie.

The intervening strip of approximately 25 miles is presently undergoing an environmental assessment by both federal and state wildlife agencies.

This portion of the Gila River is within the jurisdiction of the BLM and, therefore, the studies wi 11 result in an Environmental Impact Statement, the first draft of which is due to be released'in March.

The EIS will address the various mitigation methods that may be required to proceed with channel clearing in that reach of the riverbed.

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