ML20058G517

Safety Evaluation Supporting Amend 60 to License NPF-57

ML20058G517
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	11/29/1993
From:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION i RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO. 60 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. NPF-57 PUBLIC 5ERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY  ;

ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION DOCKET NO. 50-354  :

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated July 7,1993, the Public Service Electric & Gas Company (the  !

licensee) submitted a request for a change in Appendix B of the Facility Operating License for the Hope Creek Generating Station. .The requested change- -

would remove Pages 4-la and 4-lb from Section 4.2.1, " Aquatic Monitoring " in ,

the Environmental Protection Plan. l 2.0 EVALUATION By letter dated July 7,1993 (NLR-N93095), PSE&G requested a license amendment to reflect changes to Appendix B of the Facility Operating License NFP-57. ,

The request concerned removal of Pages 4-la and 4-lb from Section 4.2.1,-  !

" Aquatic Monitoring," in the Environmental Protection Plan (EPP)'.

Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a Section 7 consultation was reopened to evaluate the occurrence of impinged sea turtles at the Salem i Nuclear Generating Station main circulating water intake structure. On  ;

January 2,1991, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a biological opinion which included an incidental take statement (ITS) that  ;

specified measures that PSE&G should take to facilitate observance and rescue j of impinged sea turtles at the intake structures of both Salem and Hope Creek.  ;

PSE&G incorporated these measures into the EPP as requested by the NRC staff.  !

Because of a large number of sea turtles impinged at the Salem intake i structure during the summer of 1991, a revised biological opinion was issued

. by NMFS on August 4, 1992. During the summer of 1992, the fatal take limit of one Kemp's ridley was exceeded at the Salem intake structure. NMFS reinitiated the Section 7 consultation and on May 14, 1993, the biological .

opinion was again revised and issued. Because there has been no documented takes of sea turtles at the Hope Creek intake structure, the revised ITS in '

the May 14, 1993 biological opinion, granted relief to Hope Creek from the monitoring requirement contained in the previous biological opinions that had been incorporated into the EPP.

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The proposed changes are consistent with the recommendations of NMFS in the l May 14, 1993 revised biological opinion. Therefore, the staff concludes the proposed changes are acceptable. ,

3.0 STATE CONSULTATION

In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the New Jersey State official i was notified of the proposed issuance of the amendment. The State official '

had no comments.

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4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION

Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.21, 51.32, and 51.35, an environmental assessment and j finding of no significant impact have been prepared and published (58 FR j 62686) in the Federal Reaister on November 29, 1993. Accordingly, based upon i the environmental assessment, the staff has determined that issuance of this  :

amendment will not have a significant effect on the quality of the human  ;

environment. l

5.0 CONCLUSION

f The Commission has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above,  :

that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the  ;

public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner, (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the Commission's regulations, i and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common. .

defense and security or to the health and safety of the public. l Principal Contributor: J. Zimmerman f Date: November 29. 1993 l

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