ML20058G517
| ML20058G517 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 11/29/1993 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 9312090249 | |
| Download: ML20058G517 (2) | |
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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 i
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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a l 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.
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5.0 CONCLUSION
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.
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Principal Contributor:
J. Zimmerman Date:
November 29. 1993
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