ML20062B122

Comments on Review of Environ Rept Per Doi Request.Requests All Repts of Various Monitoring Studies to Monitor Aquatic Biota

ML20062B122
Person / Time
Site:	South Texas
Issue date:	10/06/1978
From:	Dobel D TRANSPORTATION, DEPT. OF
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7810230170
Download: ML20062B122 (2)

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October 6,1978 s

, Division of Site Safety and I Environmental Analysis

, , Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

- RE: Review of environmental report (o1>erating license

.( cte.ge) for South Texas Project, Units 1 and 2 (Vol. 1

. and 2), Mata9erdi' County, Texas, (ER-78/717)

Dear Sirs:

i - .n r- 4 By memorandum dated July 31, 1978, the United States DepartmeriE bf the , ,

Interior's Office of Environmental Project Review requested that U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service personnel at the Galveston, Texas, Fie164. ,

Office review the environmental report for the South Texas Projectdand

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r We have reviewed the report and find that it is adequate for the pdr' pose G

[ for which it is intended. However, we offer the following commentsSfor

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1. We would like to receive copies of the reports for the various monitoring studies required on the fish and wildlife resources of the project area. After all, as the government agency charged

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l . i 2. A study should be designed to monitor the aquatic biota especially

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, - [l;,- the fisheries as it develops in the cooling pond. This study should f-j9 . test the applicant's hypothesis that a viable fisheries will not f[.c'if? I develop. The study should include representative forage, non-i

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to answer such questions as: a) will this, the largest freshwater pond in the Texas coast, short-stop migration patterns, b) act as j ,;. . . a sanctuary during hunting seasons, c) provide a gathering area

.to initiate or aid in spreading waterfowl diseases.

fi We appreciated the opportunity to comment on this report.

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