ML20134G524
| ML20134G524 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 10/29/1996 |
| From: | Scace S NORTHEAST NUCLEAR ENERGY CO., NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE CO. |
| To: | Holbrook S CONNECTICUT, STATE OF |
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| ML20134G528 | List: |
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| D10431, NUDOCS 9611130250 | |
| Download: ML20134G524 (2) | |
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October 29,1996 D10431 l
Mr. Sidney J. Holbrook, Commissioner i
Department of Environmental Protection i
79 Elm Street P.O. Box 5066 Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Reference:
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NPDES Permit No. CT0003263, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company, Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Units 1,2, and 3.
- 2. to letter (D10084), D. B. Miller, Jr. to S. J. Holbrook, dated July l
15,1996. Ecological Studies Proposed for 1997 at Millstone Nuclear Power 4
i Station.
Dear Commissioner Holbrook:
4 Addendum to the 1997 l
Millstone Nuclear Power Station Ecolonical Monitorina Program Paragraph 7 of NPDES Permit No. CT0003263, Reference 1, requires that on or before July 31,1994, and annually thereafter, Northeast Nuclear Energy Company (NNECO) submit to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) a study proposal covering biological studies, entrainment studies, and impingement monitoring at Millstone Nuclear Power Station (MNPS) as j
directed by Paragraph 5 of the NPDES permit As part of the ecological studies proposed for 1997 at MNPS, Reference 2, NNECO agreed to submit an addendum to the study plan to address proposed l
1997 studies on tautog to the DEP on or before October 31,1996. Following is the proposed tautog l
study for 1997. The basis for this proposal is provided in Enclosure 1.
'Ihe objective of the proposed 1997 tautog study is to identify preferred tautog spawning locations within an approxunate 5 nautical mile radius of Niantic Bay. 'Ihis will be determined on the basis of l
egg densities. All samphng will be conducted dunng the evening, when peak spawning occurs.
Samples will be taken with a 60-cm bongo sampler fitted with 333-m mesh nets. At each sampling least 50 m' pler will be towed just below the water surface and tow distance wil site the sam ofwater. Samphng sites will be the same as those sampled during the 1996 farfield spatial i
study (see Enclosure 1, Fig. 9) and at 10 additional sites (5 west and 5 cast of Na' ntic Bay). These additional sites will be located near the shorehne at approximately 1 nautical mile intervals. Exact station locations will be determmed based on bottom topography. Sampling will be conducted twice (different days) at each site during the estimated peak spawning season, which will be determined from 120042 f m.,
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. D10431/Page 2 October 29,1996 May 1997 water temperature (see Enclosure 1, Fig. 4). Results of the proposed studies will be provided in the 1997 Annual Report.
1 Should you have any questions aRer reviewmg this material, please call Dr. Mdan Keser, Aquatic Services Branch, Northeast Utilities Environmental Laboratory, at 444-4238.
Very tmly yours, NORTHEAST NUCLEARENERGY COMPANY skN f n
Stephen E. Scacd Acting Director Nuclear Engineenng Programs Enclosure cc:
Mr. Ernest Pizzuto Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 i
Mr. Emest Beckwith l
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT M106-5127 Mr. Eric Smith Connecticut Department ofEnvironmental Protection Marine Fisheries Office P.O. Box 714 Old Lyme, CT 06371 Mr. Stanley J. Modzelesky Executive Assistant Connecticut Siting Council 136 Main Street, Suite 401 New Britain, CT 06051 4
Ms. M. DiNoia Connecticut Department ofEnvironmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 NRC Document Desk
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