ML18096B113
| ML18096B113 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem, Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/20/1992 |
| From: | Miltenberger S Public Service Enterprise Group |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NLR-E92334, NUDOCS 9211250133 | |
| Download: ML18096B113 (2) | |
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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 609-339-4199 Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ARTICLE NUMBER: P 378 354 654
- NOV 2 0 1992 NLR-E92334 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Gentlemen:
COMMENTS ON REVISED SECTION 7 CONSULTATION, BIOLOGICAL OPINION SALEM GENERATING STATION UNITS NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NOS. 50-354 Public Service Electric and Gas Company {PSE&G), has reviewed the revised Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion, prepared by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and issued to PSE&G by the NRC on August 25, 1992.
PSE&G submits the following comments within 90 days, as requested.
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0 240038 The Section 7 Consultation transmittal letter from W. W.
Fox, Jr. (NMFS) to S. A. Varga, (NRC), dated August 4, 1992, allows 2 green and 1 Kemp's ridley mortality.
The Incidental Take Statement within the Section 7 Consultation itself, however, allows a take limit of 5 Kemp's ridley and 5 green turtles with up to two mortalities.
PSE&G considers the Incidental Take Statement to have precedence over the transmittal letter.
PSE&G interprets the number of endangered mortalities in the Incidental Take Statement to be 2 green and 2 Kemp's ridley and requests concurrence from the NRC on this interpretation.
PSE&G's understanding of this revised Section 7 is that it relieves Hope Creek Generating Station of the requirements involved with monitoring for sea turtles outlined in section 4.2.1 of Appendix B to the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP).
PSE&G intends to revise section 4.2.1 of the EPP, with concurrence from NRC, and remove those portions that require monitoring actions for sea turtles.
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In Table 3, "Lepidochelys kempi Incidental Captures", of the Biological Opinion section, PSE&G believes the first entry, August 11, 1980, is in error.
PSE&G requests that this record of ~ kempi be removed from the NMFS data base.
Our records of August 11 only show the supposed green turtle caught by trawl and listed as such in Table 1.
Should you have any questions on the subject transmittal, please do not hesitate to contact us.
C Mr. J. c. Stone Licensing Project Manager Mr. T. Johnson Senior Resident Inspector Sincerely, Mr. T. Martin, Administrator Region I Ms. Colleen Coogan National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Branch One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 Ms. Jo Ann Frier-Murza, Chief NJ Department of Environmental Protection & Energy Endangered and Nongame Species Program CN 400 Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 Mr. Kent Tosch, Chief New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625