ML19289F933

Responds to Encl .Doi Is Willing to Cooperate W/Nrc to Evaluate Impact of Proposed Discharge of Treated Radwaste Water from TMI on Chesageake Bay Wildlife

ML19289F933
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Site:	Crane
Issue date:	06/15/1979
From:	Andrus C INTERIOR, DEPT. OF
To:	Mathias C SENATE
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NUDOCS 7906210175
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20240 Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.

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Dear Senator Mathias:

I received your letter of May 25, 1979 requesting the cooperation of the Fish and Wildlite Service in evaluating the potential impacts of a proposed discharge c f treated radioactive wastewater from the Three Mile Island Nuclear l'ower Plant on Chesapeake Bay fish and wildlife.

I have requested that the Fish and Wildlife Service contact the Nuclear Regulatory Co==ission to develop a strategy for fulfilling your request.

As soon as I hear from them T will respond to you in greater detail.

We share a co==on desira to protect the fish and wildlife resources of Chesapeake Bay.

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Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am writing to ask the cooperation of the Fish and Wildlife Service in evaluating the potential environmental impact on the Chesapeake Bay of a proposed discharge of treated radioactive waste-water from the Three Mile Island site on the Susquehanna River.

I have asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to share with you their baseline dat1 about the wastewater now in a containment building at Three Mile Island and the proposed treatment and dis-pesal contemplated.

I am pacticularly concemed about the health K the fish and wildlife i -h inhabit the Bay region and the eff' cts on them as a species of the proposed disposal.

A full report of the impact on Chesaper.

Bay fish and wildlife would be most helpful to me, other members of Congress and the pub-lic at large in understanding this situation.

I look forward to hearing from you.

With best wishes, Sincerely, q'/,

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