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NRR E-mail Capture - (External_Sender) November 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report
ML18024B368
Person / Time
Site: Saint Lucie  
Issue date: 12/19/2017
From: Weege S
- No Known Affiliation
To: Briana Grange
Division of Materials and License Renewal
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1 NRR-DMPSPEm Resource From:

Steve Weege <steveweege@gmail.com>

Sent:

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 11:08 AM To:

EndangeredSpecies Resource; Grange, Briana

Subject:

[External_Sender] Re: November 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Attachments:

November Sea Turtle Monthly Report.pdf

Dear Briana,

I just received your message. Here is the entire monthly report as a single pdf file. Please let me know if you need anything else.

Sincerely, Steve Steve Weege Sr. Envir. Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Drive Jensen Beach, FL 34957 (772) 349-7252 On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 8:08 AM, EndangeredSpecies Resource <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>

wrote:

Hi Steve, Would you be able to resend this report to me? The NRC mail system removed all of the attachments. This isnt usually a problem, so I am hoping its an anomaly. Thanks!

Briana Briana A. Grange Aquatic Biologist Division of Materials and License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

2 301-415-1042 briana.grange@nrc.gov From: Steve Weege [1]

Sent: Friday, December 01, 2017 10:37 AM To: Meghan Koperski <Meghan.Koperski@myfwc.com>

Cc: Ed Hollowell <Ed.Hollowell@fpl.com>; Jodie Gless <Jodie_Gless@fpl.com>; Ken Frehafer

<Ken_Frehafer@fpl.com>; Marine Turtle Permit <MTP@myfwc.com>; Michael Bresette

<mbresette@inwater.org>; EndangeredSpecies Resource <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>;

SCO@dep.state.fl.us; Vince Munne <Vince.Munne@fpl.com>; Cody Mott <cmott@inwater.org>; Jeff Guertin <jguertin@gmail.com>; Ryan Welsh <rwelsh@inwater.org>; debbie.spring@noaa.gov; Eaton, Kristin

<Kristin.Eaton@fpl.com>; Jonathan Gorham <jgorham@inwater.org>; William.Nurnberger@fpl.com; Audra Livergood - NOAA Federal <audra.livergood@noaa.gov>

Subject:

[External_Sender] November 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Mrs. Meghan Koperski Tequesta Field Laboratory 19100 SE Federal Highway Tequesta, FL 33469

Subject:

Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Summary November 2017

Dear Meghan,

Attached, please find the monthly summary of marine turtle removals for November 2017. This month, we captured 12 Caretta caretta and 22 Chelonia mydas in the intake canal of the St. Lucie power plant on Hutchinson Island. There were no mortalities or sea turtles sent for rehabilitation in November. However, one smalltooth sawfish was entrained into the intake canal this month which resulted in the power plant exceeding the take limit established by the most recent Biological Opinion as set forth by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

On November 2nd, a smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) became entangled in the turtle capture nets at the St. Lucie Power Plant intake canal. Additional resources from IRG, FPL, and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) were called in to assist with the removal. Removal was completed according to the Smalltooth Sawfish Handling, Transportation, and Release Protocols (FPL 2007) and recent smalltooth sawfish on-site training (2016). The smalltooth sawfish was an adult female with a total length of 372 cm and an estimated weight of 200 kg. The animal was in good condition with only minor fresh scrapes. Tissue samples were collected and tags applied by HBOI biologists under NMFS permit 21043. It was successfully released into the ocean adjacent to the intake canal beach access. Thereafter, IRG biologists monitored the three-mile stretch of beach near the release site for any possible delayed impacts on the captured smalltooth sawfish for seven days. The incidental take limit established by the 2016 Biological Opinion set forth by NMFS is one non-lethal capture (take) of U.S. Distinct Population Segment smalltooth sawfish every five years. Therefore, as this is the second smalltooth sawfish encountered in the intake canal this year, FPL has exceeded its take limit and must reinitiate a section 7 consultation with NMFS.

3 The permanent 5-inch barrier net encountered light loads of algae during the month of November. Underwater Engineering Services continued to inspect the A-1-A barrier net weekly and removed accumulated algae and debris as needed. Furthermore, IRG inspected the entire length of the intake canal (up to the security barrier) at least twice daily for turtles that may have made it past the primary or secondary barrier nets. The area between the 5-inch and 8-inch barrier nets was also monitored periodically with a small john boat. No turtles were encountered west of the primary barrier net in November.

The tag numbers and morphometric data for all turtles captured during the month have been included with this report (see attachments/addendums). Also included is a spreadsheet for all captures, mortalities, injuries, and causal events delineated by species and by month for 2017. In addition, this spreadsheet tracks fresh scrapes incurred on captured turtles for the current month, as well as the entire year. An additional Excel spreadsheet tracks all causal injuries and mortalities incurred by sea turtles at the St. Lucie Plant since 2004.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely, Steve Steve Weege Sr. Environmental Specialist Inwater Research Group, Inc.

4160 NE Hyline Dr.

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 sweege@inwater.org (772) 349-7252

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[External_Sender] Re: November 2017 FPL Marine Turtle Removal Monthly Report Sent Date:

12/19/2017 11:07:53 AM Received Date:

12/19/2017 11:09:10 AM From:

Steve Weege Created By:

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"EndangeredSpecies Resource" <EndangeredSpecies.Resource@nrc.gov>

Tracking Status: None "Grange, Briana" <Briana.Grange@nrc.gov>

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