ML18094B418
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| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1989 |
| From: | Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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Public Service Electric and Gas Company Steven E. Miltenberger Public Service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236, Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 609-339-1100 Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer APR 1 7 1990 NLR-N90070 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
1989 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT SALEM GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NOS. DPR-70 AND DPR-75 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 The attached Annual Environmental Operating Report is hereby submitted pursuant to Subsection 5.4.1 of the Environmental Protection Plan (Nonradiological) for Salem Generating Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2.
The Environmental Protection Plan is Appendix B to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75, (Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311).
If any questions arise concerning this report, please contact Mr. Bruce A. Preston, Manager - Licensing and Regulation at (609) 339-1229.
Sincerely, Attachment
Document Control Desk NLR-N90070 c
Mr. J. c. Stone Licensing Project Manager Mr. T. Johnson Senior Resident Inspector 2
Mr. w. T. Russell, Administrator Region I Mr. Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 APR 1 7 1990
1989 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NON-RADIOLOGICAL)
January 1 through December 31, 1989 SALEM GENERATING STATION UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 Docket Nos. 50-272 and 50-311 Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 APRIL 1990
Section 1.0 2.0 2.1 1989 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NONRADIOLOGICAL)
SALEM GENERATING STATION TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page INTRODUCTION..*.....*. _............ *...........
1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES...........
2 AQUATIC ISSUES.................................
2
- 2. 2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES.............................
3 2.2.1 DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN NESTING STUDY.............
3 2
- 2. 1. 1 Study Area...................................
3 2.2.1.2 Materials and Methods........................
4 2.2.1.3 Data Reduction...............................
5 2.2.1.4 Results and Discussion.......................
5 2. 2. 1. 5 Summary......................................
6 2.2.2 2.2.2.1 2.2.2.2 2.2.2.3 2.2.2.4 2.3 3.0 4.0 5.0 OSPREY AND BALD EAGLE SURVEY.*...*....*........
7 study Area...................................
8 Materials and Methods..........*.............
8 Results and Discussion.........*.............
9 Summary...................................... 10 LITERATURE CITED............................... 11 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS......... *.. *............. 12 CHANGE IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION.......... 12 NONROUTINE REPORTS..... *....................... 13
Figure 2.2-1 1989 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NON-RADIOI.DGICAL)
SALEM GENERATING STATION LIST OF FIGURES Title Locations of diamondback terrapin study beaches and osprey nests in 1989 *..
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Table 2.2.1-1 2.2.1-2 2.2.1-3 2.2.1-4 2.2.2-1 1989 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING REPORT (NONRADIOLOGICAL)
SALEM GENERATING STATION LIST OF TABLES Title Page Summary of nesting, depredation, and hatching data for diamondback terrapin on Sunken Ship Cove Beach, New Jersey in 1989........................
15 Annual summary data on observed nesting, nest depredation, and hatchlings of diamondback terrapin observed at Sunken Ship Cove Beach, NJ 1975-1989..............
16 Summary of nesting, depredation, and hatching data for diamondback terrapin on Liston Point.Beach, Delaware in 1989...
17 Annual summary data on observed nesting, nest depredation,.and.hatchlings of diamondback terrapin observed at Liston Point Beach DE 1975-1989.................
18 Summary of osprey nesting activity near Artificial Island in 1989................
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
On August 21, 1989, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued Amendment Nos. 100 and 77 to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR-75 for the Salem Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.
These amendments consist of changes to the Technical Specifications in response to the Public Service Electric and Gas Company application dated December 27, 1988.
These amendments replace the Environmental Technical Specifications (ETS) (Appendix B) with an Environmental Protection Plan (EPP).
This report is submitted in accordance with Section 5.4.1 of the Salem.Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, Environmental Protection Plan, Nonradiological (Appendix B to Unit Nos.1 and 2, Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-70 and DPR 75, Docket Nos.50~272 and 50-311, respectively).
Included are the results of nonradiological environmental monitoring programs required by Section 3.1 of the Salem Generating Station, Unit No. 2., Environmental Technical Specifications which were in effect until August 21, 1989.
Although separate reporting requirements for each unit existed under the former Environmental Technical Specifications, the EPP's for both units are now identical.
This is the first Annual Operating report submitted under the now effective EPP and covers Salem Unit No. 1 and Salem Unit No. 2 for the period from January 1 through December 31, 1989.
During 1989, Salem Unit No. 1 generated 6,205,306 megawatt-hours of net electrical energy, while Salem Unit No.2 generated 8,012,803 megawatt-hours.
As required by section 5.4.1 of the EPP, we have included summaries and analyses of the results of all required environmental protection activities.
This information is described in Section 2.0.
Section 3.0 addresses the issue of EPP compliance.
Changes to station design or operation and the involvement of potentially significant unreviewed environmental questions are addressed in Section 4.0.
Unusual and/or important environmental events are discussed in Section 5.0.
2.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACTIVITIES 2.1 AQUATIC MONITORING ISSUES Subsection 4.2.1 of the EPP references the Clean Water Act as a mechanism for protecting aquatic biota through water quality monitoring.
The NRC relies upon the State of New Jersey, acting under the authority of the Clean Water Act, to insure applicable requirements for aquatic monitoring are implemented.
The State of New Jersey requires as part of their New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program that effluent monitoring be performed, with the results summarized and submitted monthly on Discharge Monitoring Report forms (DMR's).
Copies of monthly NJPDES DMR's were submitted to the NRC for the year 1989 in accordance with Section 4.2.1 of the Salem Unit Nos. 1 and 2 former Environmental Technical Specifications.
Submittal of these monthly DMR's to the NRC is no longer required under the EPP.
The monitoring is intended to determine compliance with permit (NJPDES No. NJ0005622) effluent limitations.
We have reviewed the DMR's corresponding to the 1989 AEOR reporting period and have determined that no significant deviations have occurred.
We have observed no evidence of trends toward irreversible damage to the environment.
Additional copies of DMR's are available on request.
on December 1, 1985, The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a revised final NJPDES/Discharge Surface Water (DSW) Permit Number NJ0005622 for Salem Generating Station.
This final revised permit imposed several additional monitoring requirements and contained items that Public Service Electric and Gas Company believed were excessively restrictive.
PSE&G, through extensive correspondence and meetings with NJDEP, resolved all items and requirements of concern regarding Permit No. NJ0005622.
On February 28, 1989, PSE&G received written notice of final major modification to NJPDES/DSW Permit No. NJ0005622.
The effective date of this major modification was April 1, 1989.
A copy of the April 1, 1989 (effective date) modification to NJPDES Permit No.
NJ0005622 was mailed by PSE&G to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on May 31, 1989.
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2.2 TERRESTRIAL ISSUES Section 4.2.2 of the EPP no longer requires terrestrial monitoring.
However, the formerly effective ETS did require monitoring of diamondback terrapin nesting and osprey nesting and occurrence in the region surrounding Artificial Island.
Although the EPP became effective on August 21, 1989, PSE&G continued these monitoring programs through the duration of diamondback terrapin and osprey nesting seasons.
A summary of both monitoring programs follows and is submitted in satisfaction of the former ETS requirements.
2.2.1 DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN NESTING STUDY (Form.er ETS Section 3.1.2.1)
The objectives of this study are to monitor nesting activity and success of the northern diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin terrapin in the vicinity of Salem Generating Station.
Northern diamondback terrapin inhabit brackish water along the Atlantic Coast from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras.
They nest above the high tide level in flat areas on sand dunes or beaches that are partially vegetated.
Females are reported to take less than an hour to select a site, dig a flask shaped hole, lay and cover her eggs, and return to the water.
Locally, nesting usually begins in mid-June and hatching typically commences from mid to late August and may continue into November.
Cold weather may cause the young to hibernate in or near the nest and emerge the following spring.
2.2.1.1 Study Area Observations were made at suitable nesting beaches at each of two locations:
Sunken Ship Cove, New Jersey and Liston Point, Delaware (Fig. 2.2-1).
Sunken Ship Cove is at the southeastern end of Artificial Island.
The beach is partially bound by a breakwater.
Half lies within the cove and half is to the east of the cove.
The area monitored is about 210 m long and 15-30 m wide.
Primary vegetation consists of a dense stand of saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens) with reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea), sea rocket (Cakile edentula), and wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) occurring in clumps.
The Liston Point site is about 400 m long and 20-30 m wide.
Primary vegetation is saltmeadow cordgrass and American beachgrass, Ammophila breviligulata, in sparse to dense stands; with marsh elder, Iva frustescens, and sedge, Cyperus sp., occurring in clumps.
The vegetation is located behind a 7-12 m wide shoreline strip of sand.
An intertidal stand from 3-5 m wide of predominantly saltmarsh cordgrass occurs on the southern half of the site.
2.2.1.2 Materials & Methods The two sites were surveyed during daylight hours weekly from late May through August, bi-weekly in September and October, and once in November.
Both beaches were visited nineteen times.
Each visit consisted of walking the beach and counting turtles, tracks, nests, and eggs.
Data sheets for visits at both sites on June 17, 23, and July 1 were misplaced.
Although some information was lost, critical data regarding turtle or track sightings were recovered.
Efforts were made to minimize disturbance of nesting terrapins.
Whenever possible, they were not disturbed until after nesting.
Females typically leave nest areas when they sense observers.
It is probable that boat landing and subsequent activities may have disturbed nesting turtles.
Nests containing unbroken eggs were marked with a stake and egg numbers recorded.
These nests were located by following tracks, finding females on the nest, and random searches.
Depredated nests were counted and number of eggs destroyed at each nest estimated by.
counting egg shells in and near the nest.
Scattered individual egg shells were not counted.
All egg shell fragments were buried or removed from the study area after counting.
Hatchlings were found by following crawl tracks or by digging them out of nests.
General location of the nest, time, date, tidal stage, weather, number of turtles observed, and number of terrapin tracks observed on the beaches were recorded.
2.2.1.3 Data Reduction The following formula was developed to provide a relative estimate of the number of nesting females (N) utilizing a site:
R-S N =
(8+2) D 3V where S is the number of turtles sighted; R is the number of pairs of tracks counted; D is the estimated number of days of nesting activity, 3 is the estimated mean number of nests laid per female during the nesting season; and V is the number of times the beach was visited over the nesting period.
2.2.1.4 Results and Discussion Numbers of observed adults and/or tracks were very low during this years' study due to high levels of rainfall during the nesting months of June and July.
Total monthly rainfall was 1.92 and 8.73 inches above normal for June and July 1989, respectively (NOAA, 1989).
Only one adult female was observed nesting during 1989.
This observation occurred at Sunken Ship Cove on July 7 (Table 2.2.1-1).
No additional turtles or tracks were observed at Sunken Ship Cove beach during the study period.
No turtles or adult tracks were observed at Liston Point beach during the study period (Table 2.2.1-3).
Nevertheless, nesting at Liston Point beach probably began sometime around late May to early June.
This was inf erred from observed depredated nests and eggs assumed to be the first of the season rather than nests from which overwintering hatchlings emerged.
This assumption was based on an incubation period of approximately two months.
An indication of egg production at each site can be inferred from egg shell counts at depredated nests.
At Liston Point a total of 290 nests were observed; these contained a total of 1,807 eggs.
No viable or depredated nests or eggs/egg remnants were observed at the Sunken Ship Cove site.
Raccoon (Procyon lotor); red fox (Vulpes fulva), and/or gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargentus) tracks were observed at Liston Point beach.
Tracks observed at Sunken Ship Cove beach were those of gulls, Larus sp., and raccoons.
Fishermen and dogs were often encountered at Sunken Ship Cove.
A total of 26 sets of hatchling tracks were found at Liston Point beach; these were observed from mid-September to late October.
No hatchling tracks were observed at Sunken Ship Cove beach.
The presence of hatchling tracks at Liston Point beach indicates some successful nesting at that beach in 1989.
The number of depredated nests at Liston Point beach for 1989 are within previous yearly ranges (Table 2.2.1-4).
Total counts for 1989 may have been closer to average had they included misplaced data on nests and egg remains discovered and removed from the study area during surveys conducted June 17, 23, and July 1.
2.2.1.5 Summary Since 1975 approximately 400 visits were made to Sunken Ship Cove and Liston Point beaches to monitor nesting activity and success of the northern diamondback terrapin.
The data suggests that the Liston Point beach annually has greater activity and higher productivity than sunken Ship Cove (Tables 2.2.1-2 and 2.2.1-4).
These findings are not unexpected since Liston Point beach is a larger, more isolated area, possibly more conducive to nesting activity.
All observations on local diamondback terrapin suggest behavior, and response to environmental conditions, typical of the species and of a healthy biological population.
Since 1975, when this study began, construction of Salem Generation Station (SGS) Units 1 and 2 was completed and both units underwent power-level staging and reached 100 percent (commercial) operation (Unit 1 in June 1977 and Unit 2 in October 1981).
There is no evidence that operational levels or characteristics of SGS have affected, in any way, the activities of local diamondback terrapin.
It is probable that the Artificial Island,access road has indirectly had a negative affect on the degree of utilization of the Sunken Ship Cove beach as a nesting site.
The road provides ready, and literally the only land access to Sunken Ship Cove and the Delaware River.
The presence of this road has enabled increased utilization of this area by fishermen, boaters and picnickers.
This human recreational activity during the nesting period probably discourages or disrupts nesting behavior.
It is unlikely that this very localized action has any substantive effect on the regional diamondback terrapin population.
Currently, little is known about the factors limiting terrapin reproduction and success.
2.2.2 OSPREY AND BALD EAGLE SURVEY As required by the Salem Generating station's Environmental Technical Specifications, PSE&G continued the osprey and bald eagle surveys during 1989.
The study objectives were to record the occurrence of osprey and bald eagle and to monitor nesting of osprey in the vicinity of Artificial Island.
The North American osprey, Pandion haliaetus, had been
- federally classified as "status undetermined" (USDI, 1973),
but has since been deleted from the list. It was historically listed as endangered by the State of New Jersey but was down-listed to threatened in 1985 (NJAC 7:25-4.17 as amended May 6, 1985).
The State of Delaware does not include osprey on its Endangered and Threatened species list (DE DNREC 1981).
The southern bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus, is federally classified as "endangered" (USDI, 1979).
Osprey surveys were conducted in the study area from April 4 through August 10, 1989.
Thirteen nests were considered active, twelve of which fledged a total of 21 young.
Due to the absence of bald eagle nesting in the study area, no special study program was established.
However, three immature and two adult bald eagles were observed in the study area in early April 1989.
2.2.2.1 study Area Observations were made at and in the vicinity of actual and potential osprey nesting sites in the general area shown in Figure 2. 2-1.
The region extends roughly 16 km north, 13 km south, and 8 km east and west from Salem Generating Station.
The area features bay, riverine, marsh, upland field and wooded habitats.
Duck blinds, pilings, navigation range markers and powerline towers are common features.
2.2.2.2 Materials and Methods After an initial helicopter survey in April 1989 to locate areas with nesting activity, active nests were visited once or twice in May, depending on accessibility, and observed once by helicopter again in August.
Except for nests in which the young were near fledgling and may have been frightened off prematurely, nest contents during the ground surveys were determined by climbing the nesting structure and recording the nest contents.
For those nests on transmission towers, nest contents could usually be determined by climbing the tower to a point above the nest and observing the contents with binoculars.
The number of adults at or in the vicinity of each nest was recorded as was the number of eggs or young in each nest.
During all flights, the area was surveyed for new osprey nesting activity, the status of existing nests assessed, and an attempt was made to count the number of adults, eggs, or young at each location.
It is difficult to count eggs in the nest from a moving platform such as a helicopter, and frequently the female osprey would refuse to leave the nest when approached by the helicopter.
To avoid undue stress on the birds, the helicopter approached to a discrete distance
(>50 yds) from the nest and paused only briefly to allow the nest to be viewed with binoculars.
Due to mechanical problems with the helicopter which affected availability, the frequency of surveys during 1989 was reduced from that of previous years.
The bald eagle survey was conducted in conjunction with the osprey nest monitoring.
All bald eagle sightings were recorded as to time, location, and stage of maturity.
All field crews conducting Artificial Island ecological studies were also instructed to note incidental sightings of bald eagles during the course of other work.
2.2.2.3 Results and Discussion During 1989, osprey abundance in the area was surveyed from April 10 through August 10.
The greatest number of adults sighted occurred during the aerial survey in April at the start of the egg laying period when twenty-five (25) osprey were counted within the study area.
These adult birds were typically seen on or near the nesting structures.
During 1989, twenty nests were located and surveyed during the nesting period.
Thirteen nests were occupied by osprey and appeared active (Table 2.2.2-1).
Of the total number of nests, 17 were in electrical transmission line towers, one was in a navigational rangelight tower, one was on a nesting platform, and one was in a dead cedar tree (Fig. 2.2-1).
Of the 13 active nests, it is estimated that twelve (12) were successful and fledged a total of 21 young.
This compares with 17 fledged in 1988, 15 fledged in 1987, nine in 1986, and is well within the range (4 to 23) and substantially above the mean (10.6) for the previous 15 years of study (1974 through 1988).
Three osprey nests were constructed on the relatively new Salem-Deans Transmission line (1984) during 1989.
Although only two of these nests were considered active, the third nest plus four additional nests on the adjacent Hope Creek-New Freedom line demonstrate greater nesting activity than has occurred in previous years.
Construction of this transmission line increased the number of available nesting sites for osprey and should facilitate an increase in the number of osprey nests in the study area.
Three immature and two adult bald eagles were observed in the study area in early April 1989.
One adult bald eagle was observed perched in several locations. along the Artificial Island access road on April 6, 1989 and three immature and one adult eagle were observed in the region of Raccoon Ditch during the aerial survey on April 10, 1989.
This bald eagle activity greatly.exceeds the level of activity seen in historical years of Artificial Island monitoring and may be the result of efforts by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Fish, Game, and Wildlife to reestablish a viable southern New Jersey population.
Also, the NJDEP reported a newly established bald eagle nest during 1989 in the Dix Wildlife Management Area located approximately 20 kilometers south of Artificial Island.
2.2.2.4 Summary As the 1989 data show, osprey populations in the area continue to increase.
Osprey are not disturbed by the presence of any of the facilities on Artificial Island and do not appear to be limited by the available food supply.
Not all of the existing transmission towers are currently being used by nesting ospreys, but their presence provides a wide selection of available nest sites.
Construction of transmission towers in this vicinity has not hampered, but augmented nesting opportunities.
2.3 LITERATURE CITED USDI (U.S. Department of Interior).
1973.
Threatened wildlife of the U.S. Bureau Sport Fish and Wildlife Resource Publ. 114.
289 p.
1979.
List of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants.
Federal Register 44(12).
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
1989.
Local Climatological Data, Monthly Summaries, June and July.
NJAC.
1984.
New Jersey Administrative Code 7:25-4.17 as amended May 6, 1985.
3.0 EPP COMPLIANCE STATUS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires a list of EPP non-compliances and the corrective actions taken to remedy them.
No significant environmental impacts attributable to the operation of Salem Generating Station Unit Nos. 1 and 2 were observed during 1989.
PSE&G continued to operate Salem Units No. 1 and 2 in compliance with the EPP during 1989 and had no instances of noncompliance that required corrective actions.
Changes in station design or operation and nonroutine reports are addressed in the following two sections of this report.
The required biotic monitoring (for diamondback terrapin and osprey/eagle) was conducted in accordance with the Salem Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2.ETS (effective until replaced by EPP on 8/21/89).
No apparent changes in terrestrial ecology in the vicinity of the Salem Generating Station were observed and no further terrestrial monitoring is required.
Section 2.2 of this report contains the details of the now concluded terrestrial ecology studies.
4.0 CHANGES IN STATION DESIGN OR OPERATION Pursuant to the requirements of Section 3.1 of the Salem Unit Nos. 1 and 2 EPP, station design operational changes for the AEOR-covered time period were reviewed for potential environmental impact.
None of the recommended changes posed a potential to significantly affect the environment, and therefore, none involved an unreviewed environmental question or a change in the EPP.
Most of the changes involved only minor modifications to facility components and none involved a significant change in effluents.
.1 5.0 NON ROUTINE REPORTS Subsection 5.4.1 of the EPP requires that a list of all nonroutine reports (submitted in accordance with Subsection 5.4.2) be included as part of the AEOR.
Five (5) environmentally related Non-Routine Reports were submitted to the NRC in 1989.
All of these reports involved the stranding of sea turtles on the circulating water intake trash bars.
Six Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempi) were recovered from the trash bars on, August 5,6,8 and 30, and September 5 and 23, 1989.
Four of the turtles were in good condition when recovered and were transported to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine, New Jersey for observation and release.
Of the two other Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, one was dead upon recovery and the other died shortly after recovery.
Two Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) were recovered from the intake trash bars at Salem station on July 1 and 25, 1989.
These specimens were transported to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) in Brigantine, New Jersey.
At the MMSC they were fed, observed and released offshore of Brigantine. Both specimens appeared healthy upon release.
The proper authorities were notified by telephone of each sea turtle stranding event, and written reports followed.
Salem Generating Station experienced no other unusual or important events that indicated or could have resulted in "significant environmental impact" during the 1989 reporting period...
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e Osprey.Nest Locations
- >Diamondback Terrapin Beach Locations Locations of diamondback terrapin study PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY beaches and osprey nests, 1989.
FIGURE 2.2-1
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TABLE 2.2.1-1 Summary of nesting, depredation, and hatching data for dianvn:iback terrapin in Sunken Ship cove Beach, New Jersey in 1989.
Period of No.
NFSI'S EX;G.S
'furtles
'l\\rrtle Tracks Non-Depredated Depredated (Hatchlims}
in Observed Observation Visits Partial 'Ibtal Non-Depredated Depredated Area Adult Hatchliig May 20-Jun. 2 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
- Jun. 3-Jun. 16 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Jun. 17-Jun. 30 2
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
Jul. 1-Jul. 14 3
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Jul. 15-Jul. 22 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Jul.
I 29-Aug. 11 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Ul I
Aug. 12-Aug. 25 3
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Aug. 26-Sep. 8 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Sep. 9-Sep. 22 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Sep. 23-oct. 6 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Oct. 7-oct. 20 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Oct. 21-Nov. 3 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Nov. 4-Nov. 20 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
'Ibtal 19 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TABLE 2.2.1-2 Annual summary data on absei:ved nesting, nest depredation, an:1 hatchlings of diam::>ndback terrapin observed at a beach north of SUnken Ship Cove, NJ, 1975-1989.
I II III Hatdllings (Actual or Tracks)
Nests fgg§
'lbtal Observed iocluded in
(# visits)
Non-Dep.
Dep.
Partial Non-Dep.
Dep.
'furtles Tracks Column III (19) 1 44 0
3 191 6
53 25 (32) 8 0
0 57 0
7 112 79 (39) 3 0
0 25 0
15 195 195 (15)*
(42) 2 3
0 20 16 12 71 33 (27) 10 4
0 97 28 0
92 16 (32) 6 3
0 52 13 3
129 84 (40) 3 1
0 17 4
0 39 8
(42) 6 0
0 62 0
0 38 6
(18) 2 0
0 14 0
0 4
0 (17) 2 1
0 19 90 0
40 34 (17) 3 0
0 22 0
0 22 7
(16) 1 0
0 10 0
0 153 28 (19) 2 (1) 1 0
19 (8) 0 (3) 0 88 34 (21) 5 2
0 64 6
2 230 25 (19) 0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
) Number in parenthesis denote nests or eggs partially or totally depredated from previous recorded nests and. as a result are not added to the Cumulative totals
- Hatchlings observed in nests upon observation e
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TABLE 2.2.1-3 SUnnnary of nesting, depredation, and hatching data for diaioorrlback terrapin in Liston Point Beach, Delaware in 1989.
Period of No.
NFSTS EX;GS
- TUrtles
'l\\Jrtle Tracks Non-Depredated Depredated (HatchlinCJs l
. in Chsel:ved Observation Visits Partial Total Non-Depredated De predated Area Adult Hatchl:im May 20-Jun. 2 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Jun. 3-Jun. 16 1
0 0
1 0
8 0
0 0 e Jun. 17-Jun. 30 2
0 No Data 0
No rata 0
0 0
Jul. 1-Jul. 14 3
0 0
146 0
926 0
0 0
Jul. 15-Jul. 28 2
0 0
67 0
523 0
0 0
I Jul. 29-Aug. 11 1
0 0
30 0
145 0
0 0
-.J I
Aug. 12-Aug. 25 3
0 0
35 0
163 0
0 0
Aug. 26-Sep. 8 1
0 0
4 0
15 0
0 0
Sep. 9-Sep. 22 1
0 0
7 0
27 0
0 14 Sep. 23-oct. 6 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 7
Oct. 7-oct. 20 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
Oct. 21-Nov. 3 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 4
Nov. 4-Nov. 20 1
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Total 19 0
0 290 0
1,807 0
0 26
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Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980.
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TABLE 2.2.1-4 Annual surranary data on absel:ved nesting, nest depredation, and hatchlings of diaioo:rrlback terrapin observed at a beach north of Liston R::>int, DE, 1975-1989.
I II III Hatdllings (Actual or Tracks)
Nests Egg§
'lbtal Observed
. inclu:led in
(# visits)
Non-Dep.
[)ep.
Partial Non-Dep.
Pep.
TUrtles Tracks Column III (21) 6 498 0
52 2,443 34 189 146 (32) 15 393 0
170 3,425 30 470 215 (42) 25 259 0
237 4,192 44 1,544 212 (32)*
(46) 61 444 0
616 3,455 111 1,093 54 (40) 45 267 0
483 2,276 43 618 12 (33) 19 429 0
122 3,405 45 712 49 (40) 18 337 0
132 2,656 29 514 15 (41) 28 344 0
220 2,830 20 514 57 (18) 18 238 0
111 1,776 10 132 72 (17) 12 285 0
99 2,193 47 156 0
(17) 5 411 2
71 (10) 3,229 (9) 1 400 1
(16) 6 465 (4) 3 (1) 89 (1) 3,577 (45) 2 454 13 (19) 3 328 0
36 2,782 0
164 24 (21) 1 400 2
21 5,351 3
466 26 (19) 0 290 0
0 1,807 0
26 26
( ) Nlilnber in parenthesis denote nests or eggs partially or totally depredated from previous recorded nests and as a result are not added to the CLUllulative totals
- Hatchlings observed in nests upon observation f
I 00 I
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SUmmary of osprey nesting activity near Artificial Islan:i in 1989.
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Numbers i.rxlicate young fledged; N=Nest present, may have been active or constructed as housekeeping nests; A=Active nest, eggs observed or adults appeared to be incubating eggs an:i deferxtin; nest.
NEST LOCAT!ON:
SUMMARY
Transmission-Line Towers Salem Keeney:
Tower #12/1 9/3 4/3 4/2 4/1 3/2 Hope Creek-New Freedan1 :
Tower #6/1 4/1 3/4 3/3 Salem-'C'eans2 :
Tower #4/l 3/4 2/3 Salem-New Freedom3:
Tower #5/3 5/2 5/1 2/3 Raccoon Ditch/Stow Creek:
Dead cedar Tree Platfonn #2 Texaco-Rangelight Tower Total Nests4 Active Nests successful (i.e., young fledged) nests Fledglings Fledglings/active nest successful/active nest Activitv5 2
2 N
2 2
N 1
N 2
1 2
N 2
N A
N 2
N 1
2 20.
13 12 21 1.62 0.92 1Fonnerly referred to as New Freedam:North.
2New transmission line, completed in 1984.
3Fonnerly referred to as New Freedam:South.
4Towers with :multiple nests counted only once.
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counted on 5/19/89 assumed to fledge, except for Salem-Dean Tower 2/3 an:i stow Creek platfonn which had nestlin3s on 8/10/89