ML20149K175

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 970720,discovered Seal Entrapped in Circulating Water Sys Screen Wash Debris. Seal Removed.Also,Several Dozen Pollock & 10 Cod Were Impinged During Wk Prior to 970720 Entrapment Incident

ML20149K175
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/24/1997
From:	Feigenbaum T NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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LIC-97144, NA-970270, NUDOCS 9707300030
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North North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation P.O. Box 300 Atlaritic Seahroet Nii O3874 d

(603) 474-9521 The Northeast Utilities System i

July 24,1997 LIC-97144 NA-970270 Mr. Scott Sandorf National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Region One Blackburn Drive Gloucester,MA 02173 Seabrook Station Seal Entraoment-July 20.1997 North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (Nonh Atlantic) hereby reports the entrapment of a seal at Seabrook Station. The seal was removed from Seabrook Station's Circulating Water System screen wash debris on July 20,1997. North Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of this entrapment incident by telephone'. The New England Aquarium picked up the seal on Tuesday, July 22,1997 in order to perform a necropsy in the near future.

2 This report is made in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated January 5,1995, recommending that North Atlantic repon seal entrapment incidents. The attached seal entrapment incident report is enclosed as requested.

3 North Atlantic submitted an application for a Small Take Exemption Permit on June 13, 1997 for the j incidental taking of seals pursuant to Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in  :

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/(U Notification of Seal Entrapment Incident, Telephone Conference Between J. Hart (North Atlantic),

R. Sher (North Atlantic) and S. Sandorf(NMFS) on July 21,1997.  !

2 National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated January 5,1995, Mr. Chris Mantzaris (NMFS) to R.

Jeb DeLoach (North Atlantic).

3 North Atlantic Letter, LIC-97102,"Small Take Exemption Permit," from T. Feigenbaum (North Atlantic) to R. Schmitten (NMFS).

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1 If you have additional questions, please contact Mr. Terry L. Harpster, Director of Licensing Services, at (603) 773-7765.

Very truly yours, 1

NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP.

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Executive Vice President and ChiefNuclear Officer l

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4 SEABROOK STATION SEAL ENTRAPMENT INCIDENT REPORT ONE SEAL-JULY 20.1997 i

j Site of Entrapment: Seabrook Station Circulating Water System screen wash j debris Date ofIdentification and Recovery: July 20,1997 l

Species Identification: Appears to be a harbor seal

Description / Condition of Seals

Appears to be a young-of-the-year harbor seal in good condition with some abrasion to the head. Weight is about 30 pounds.

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l Reporter: Ronald A. Sher, Senior Scientist Recent Seal Observations: One intact seal was recovered on June 17,1997. An incident 4

report was submitted to the NMFS . Necropsy results by the

New England Aquarium showed that this seal was a young-of-( the-year male gray seal.

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Recent Fish Entrapment: Several dozen pollock and ten cod were impinged during the week prior to the July 20,1997 entrapment incident. l i

i Cooling Water Intake Temperature at Approximate Time of Entrapment: 50 F i Plant Power Level at Time of Entrapment: Seabrook Station was operating at 100 percent.

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North Atlantic letter LIC-97101, dated June 24,1997, " Seal Entrapment - June 1997," Mr. T.

Feigenbaum (North Atlantic) to Mr. D Morris (NMFS) d

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LIC-97144,NA-970270/Page 3 cc (with Enclosure)

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Dr. Edward Schmidt Mr. Eric Hutchins NH Dept. of Environmental Services National Marine Fisheries Service Water Supply & Pollution Control Div. Northeast Region 4

6 Hazen Drive One Blackburn Drive Concord,NH 03302 Gloucester,MA 01930

. Mr. Jeffrey Andrews Supervisor, Industrial Permits Section NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES Dept. of Environmental Services SERVICE -

Water Supply & Pollution Control Division 6 Hazen Drive Mr. Scott Sandorf Concord,NH 03302 National Marine Fisheries Service i Northeast Region i Mr. Robert Estabrook One Blackburn Drive NH Dept. of Environmental Services Gloucester, MA 01930 Water Supply & Pollution Control Division 6 Hazen Drive l Concord,NH 03302 SEABROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY 3

COMMITTEE:

Mr. John Nelson NH Fish and Game Department Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman 225 Main Street 134 Palisade Avenue i Durham,NH 03824 Leonia,NJ 07605 i

4 Mr. Bruce Smith Dr. W. Huntting Howell NH Fish and Game Department 12 James Farm

! 225 Main Street Lee,NH 03824 Durham,NH 03824 Dr. Saul Saila Mr. Frederick Gay 317 Switch Road NPDES Permit Coordinator Hope Valley, RI 02832 New Hampshire State Program Unit Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Bernard J. McAlice John F. Kennedy Building HC61 Box 109

. Boston, MA 02203 Round Pond, ME 04564 i Mr. Jack Paar Dr. Robert Wilce Environmental Protection Agency Department of Biology 60 Westview Street 221 Morrill Science Center Lexington, MA 02173 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

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LIC-97144, NA-970270/Page 4 NORMhNDEAU ASSOCIATES Ms. Marcia Bowen Normandeau Associates,Inc.

82 Main Street Yarmouth, ME 04096 Paul Geoghegan Normandeau Associates,Inc.

25 Nashua Road Bedford, NH 03110-5500

$ NEW ENGLAND AOUARIUM Mr. Greg Early l New England Aquarium Resource and t

Rehabilitation Central Wharf

, Boston, MA 02910 1 U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY

, COMMISSION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission j Document Control Desk 1

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

, Mr. A. W. De Agazio Senior Project Manager Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

'; Washington, DC 20555-0001 i

l. Mr. H, J. Miller

- Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4

475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 NRC Senior Resident Inspector NAESCO PO Box 300 Seabrook,NH 03874

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