ML19322A195
| ML19322A195 | |
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| Site: | Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant  |
| Issue date: | 12/26/1978 |
| From: | Moore V Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Dickerson W ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7901040242 | |
| Download: ML19322A195 (5) | |
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.j.f DEC 2 ; mg Docket No. STN 50-427 Mr. William B. Dickerson Acting Director Office of Federal Activities U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S. W.
Washington, D. C.
20460
Dear Mr. Dickerson:
We have reviewed your letter of August 28, 1978 regarding the NRC conclusions in the Addendum to the Final Environmental 5tatement, Part II (June 1978) relative to the generic siting of floating nuclear power plants, in context of recent information provided to the staff.
Specifically, we refer to the November 3,1978 letter from the Administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. D. M. Costle, to the President of Offshore Power Systems, Mr. A. P. Zechella. As we understand from Mr. Costle's letter, the EPA position as related to the siting of floating nuclear plants (FNP) in estuarine areas, including locations near barrier islands, has been crystallized.
Furthermore, as a result of our respective staff's efforts during our meeting of November 16, 1978, we believe both the NRC and the EPA have clarified their respective positions with respect to the technical and policy issues of siting FNPs in these areas, such that the positions of both agencies are now in hannony.
I believe it fair to state that our agencies have agreed that it would be extremely difficult to find environmentally acceptable sites for FNP emplacement in estuarine or barrier island locations but we cannot conclude that there are n_o acceptable sites in these areas when appropriate mitigative actions are taken.
With respect to your request for a compilation of environmental impact information related to the FNP technology, we refer you to the Enclosure to this letter. This Enclosure provides a brief discussion of advances made in the area of revegetation of aquatic and dune grasses and serves as an example of a rapidly developing state-of-the-art in ecological mitigation research. We trust this information will prove useful to your staff.
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William B. Dickerson May I express our appreciation for the technical reviews and cooperation provided to the NRC by members of the EPA staff, both at the Office of Federal Activities and from the Regional Offices, in assisting in the development of the Final Environmental Statement, Part III, related to floating nuclear plants. We look forward to future joint EPA /NRC efforts in implementing the Second Memorandum of Understanding between our agencies.
Sincerely,
' hd & h YW Voss A. Moore, Assistant Director for Environmental Projects Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis
Enclosure:
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Enclosure Recent Advances in Ecological Mitigation Research Related to FNP Siting at Estuarine / Barrier Island Areas Salt Marshes A dominant east coast salt marsh grass, Spartina alternaflora, has been successfully transplanted on dredge spoil at a variety of sites. These techniques have been known for several years and are discussed by Broome
' (1972), Woodhouse et al. (1972 and 1973) and Seneca et al. (1973).
Seagrasses Seagrasses are necessary for the integrity and productivity of shallow water areas. Eleuterius (1973) successfully transplanted two species of Gulf of Mexico seagrasses from natural habitats to submerged spoil areas.
Kelly (1971) transplanted Thalassia in Boca Ciega Bay, Florida and Zostera marina in Puget Sound has been successfully transplanted by Phillups (1967).
In addition to transplanting, natural establishment of one seagrass, Diplanthera, on submerged spoil areas from Texas has been reported by Breuer (1961) and Stevens (1960).
Dune Grasses Revegetation of primary and secondary dunes on barrier islands are well established. This work began in 1948 by Brown and Hafenrichter.
Recently the Corps of Engineers has done extensive work in planting grasses for dune stabilization especially along the coasts of North Carolina and Texas (Woodward et al., 1969,1970).
Planting practices of the most common dune grasses are reviewed by Ronwell (1973).
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1972.
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1973.
An investigation of propagation and the mineral nutrition of Soartina alterniflora.
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with initial emphasis on the Texas Coast.
Year-end report
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