ML19211C594
| ML19211C594 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 05000514, 05000515 |
| Issue date: | 12/31/1979 |
| From: | Froelich R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8001140028 | |
| Download: ML19211C594 (1) | |
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U.S. FISH AtlD WILDLIFE SERVICE CONSULTATI0:1, PEBBLE SPRINGS " ~ NUCLEAR PLAtlT UNITS 1 AllD 2 T On September 14, 1979, the NRC staff sent a letter to the U. S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, requesting f consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service as required by the 1978 amendments to the Endangered Species Act. A response to this letter, dated October 12, 1979, informed the staff that the Fish and Wildlife Service knew of no listed threatened or endangered species within the Pebble Springs q project area. The letter went on to suggest that the staff consider informal Ji consultation to discuss specific candidate species (identified by the Portland Fish and Wildlife Service office) that might be proposed as threatened or 3%_ endangered at some future date. A copy of this letter is attached. ":p =6 On December 20, 1979, f!r. R. U. Froelich, NRC environmental project manager -ae; for the Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant, met with Mr. Jay Gore, Team Leader, 3 Endangered Species Program, at the Boise, Idaho, office of the Fish and Hildlife Service for this informal ~ consultation. f1r. Gore reported that his office M2 had determined that there were no threatened or endangered species within the
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Pebble Springs project area, and that the status of the candidate species .$9 listed in the Portland Fish and Hildlife Service office letter remained un-P changed. On this basis, Mr Gore concluded that the requirements of Section 7(c) S of the amended Endangered Species Act (Public Law 95-631, November 10, 1978, STAT 3751-3767) had been met, and that further formal Section 7 consultation is not required. This decision completes the requirements for staff consulta-Q,. tion with respect to threatened or endangered species. O !!r. Gore suggested that the staff continue to monitor the status of the candi-N date species listed in the enclosure to this memo, and provided a list of i.S Oregon / Washington ecologists that could be contacted for such information. He efforts' gested that staff contacts with the plant ecologists include further 'is3 also sug Sh to determine if any of the listed plants could be expected to occur in the Pebble Springs project area. The staff will comply with these suggestions. Mr. Gore considered that the analyses of saloon, steelhead and curlews were 7.1 adequate. The staff will continue to monitor the status of these species as. 'T well as the plant species, and will take appropriate action if any are oronosed W tor consi 2r 10 1 as tnreatentd or endangerr d species, y ...... g.g.p. p a. .. s.m..,..ncv7g---- .su ym g ..n.r.w.n eei.i&..pret..mnene,... Ep Ix tal erale ts Branch 1}}