ML20148B557

Responds to 721222 Request Re Thermal Discharges at Proposed Facility at Rome Point.Epa Studies Indicate That Siting Plant W/Once Through Cooling at Rome Point Unacceptable

ML20148B557
Person / Time
Site:	New England Power
Issue date:	03/12/1973
From:	Bedrosian P, Corkin C ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
To:	Plumley E NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
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March 12, 1973 Mr. Edvard A. Plumley,, Vice-T esident New England Power Service 20 Turnpike Road Westboro, MA 01581

Dear Mr. Plumley:

On December 22, 1972 you asked about the Agency's position re-garding the thermal discharge of a pronosed power nenerating facility of a' minimum canacity of 000 meravatts at Rome Point, Rhode Island.

• Our studies indicate that Rome Point is unacceatable for sitina a thermoelectric vover plant that employs once-threcah cooling. Con-

) secuent.tv ve vinn to snrnrm you that a narmit on e en a a t h e ntia h annlina vill not be issued by this Agency.

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