ML18100A828

Summarizes Occurrences of Federally Listed Threatened & Endangered Species at Salem CWS Intake During 1993

ML18100A828
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	01/13/1994
From:	Thomson F Public Service Enterprise Group
To:	Coogan C INTERIOR, DEPT. OF, FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
References
NLR-E94002, NUDOCS 9401260218
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• Public' service Electric and Gas Company P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey 08038 Nuclear Department CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED ARTICLE NUMBER: P 884 152 222 JAN 13 1994 NLR-E94002 Ms. Colleen Coogan National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Branch One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 Ms. Coogan:

1993

SUMMARY

OF IMPINGEMENTS SALEM GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-272 AND 50-311 This submittal is in accordance with Section 7 Consultation, Incidental Take Statement measure number (9), which requires Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) to submit an annual review* of incident reports to the National Marine Fisheries Service.

This document summarizes the occurrences of federally listed threatened and endangered species at the Salem circulating water structure (CWS) intake during 1993.

At least three endangered and one threatened species are known to utilize the Delaware Bay in the vicinity of Artificial Island.

The endangered species include one fish, the shortnose sturgeon and two sea turtles, Kemp's ridley and green. The single threatened species is the loggerhead sea turtle.

In accordance with our Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion, PSE&G notifies the NMFS within 24-hours in the event a threatened or endangered species is incidentally caught due to operation of the Salem or Hope Creek Generating Stations.

Similarly, a detailed report of each event has been submitted to the NMFS and the US ~uclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 30 days after the occurrence.

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NMFS , NLR-E94002 SEA TURTLES The miqration of sea turtles along the us east coast is well documented, includinq their occurrence in bays and channels. Sea turtles typically enter the Delaware in late spring and begin their movement out to sea by late summer.

On July 17, 1993 a live Kemp's ridley sea turtle was recovered from the Salem cws trash bar area. The turtle weiqhed 2.05 kilograms, had a straight carapace length of 24.6 centimeters and a straight carapace width of 22.3-centimeters. On July 20, the turtle was released in the Delaware Bay after metal flipper taqs were attached to the front right and left flippers (numbers QQP956 and QQP957 respectively).

During three days of observation in an 800 gallon holding tank, the turtle ate six blue claw crabs.

There were no other sea turtles occurrences at the Generating stations during 1993.

SHORTNOSE STURGEON Shortnose sturgeon are known to spawn upstream of Artificial Island and migrate throughout the Bay during different life stages. Habitat usage patterns in the vicinity of Artificial Island, however, are unclear at this time. This is likely due to the limited number of shortnose sturgeon observed in the area and the sporadic time frames of the observations.

There were no shortnose sturgeon occurrences at the Generating stations during 1993.

If you have any questions regarding this material please do not hesitate to contact Jennifer Griffin of my staff at (609) 339-1034.

Sincerely, F. x. Thomson, Jr.

Manager -

Licensinq and Regulation

., JAN 13 1994

• NMFS NLR-E94002 c U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 Mr. T. T. Martin, Administrator - Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mr. J. c. Stone, Licensing Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Mr. c. Marschall (S09)

USNRC Senior Resident Inspector Mr. K*. Tosch, Manager, IV NJ Department of Environmental Protection Division of Environmental Quality Bureau of Nuclear Engineering CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625 Mr. L. Niles, Chief NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy Endangered and Nongame Species Program CN 400 -

Trenton, NJ 08625-0400