ML19257B505
| ML19257B505 | |
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| 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 8001160438 | |
| Download: ML19257B505 (1) | |
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SUBJECT:
U.S. FISH AflD UILDLIFE SERVICE CONSULTATIO:1, PEBBLE SPRIf!GS
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On September 14, 1979, the NRC staff sent a letter to the U. S. Departnent of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, requesting
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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 7
project area. The letter v!cnt on to suggest that the staff consider infomal T
consultation to discuss specific candidate species (identified by the Portland
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Fish and Mildlife Service office) that might be proposed as threatened or endangered at some future date. A copy of this letter is attached.
y-r On December 20,1979, f1r. R. U. Froelich, NRC environmental project manager
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for the Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant, met with Mr. Jay Gore, Team Leader,
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ifr. Gore reported that his office had detemined that there were no threatened or endangered species within the ct;f Pebble Springs project area, and that the status of the candidate species
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On this basis, !!r Gore concluded that the requirements of Section 7(c)
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of the amended Endangered Species Act (Public Lau 95-631, November 10, 1978, STAT 3751-3767) had been met. and that further fomal Section 7 consultation is not required. This decision completes the requirements for staff consulta-tion with respect to threatened or endangered species.
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tir. Gore suggested that the staff continue to nonitor the status of the candi-date species listed in the enclosure to this memo, and provided a list of
..C Oregon / Washington ecologists that could be contacted for such infomation.
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also suggested that staff contacts with the plant ecologists include further 00 efforts 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.
j 11r. Gore considered that the analyses of salmon, steelhead and curlews viere adequate. The staff will continue to nonitor the status of these species as.
well as the plant species, and will take appronriate action if any are oroposed Tor consid >r 101 as tnreatent. ] or enoangered species.
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October 12, 1979 In reply refer to:
ofig AFA-SE Mr. Ponald L. Ballard, Chief
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Dear Mr. Ballard:
This responds to your letter, dated Septanber 14, 1979, requesting a list of endangercd and threatened species and those proposed for list-ing in either category that ray be present within the area of the pro-posed 2-unit Pebble Springs Nuclear Plant near Arlington, Oregon.
'Ib the best of our kncr.s* ledge, there are no listed or proposed threat-ened or endangered species within the area of the project.
Hcr.s'ever, we are attaching a list of candidates which : night within the fore-seeable future be proposed and then undergo a final rula aPdng. We urge that you consider inform 1 consultation to avoid any conflicts q~:
at a later date should the species becxr.e listed and be present with-
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.in the area of the proposal.
Infor al consultation should be requested of our Area Office at the following address:
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Ofij L. A. Mehrhoff 4620 Overland Poad, Room 238
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This fulfills the requircraents of the Fish and Wildlife Service to pro-
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vide infor~aticn on listed species pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
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