ML20155F896

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 981027 Seal Skull Was Discovered.Skull Was Removed from Wash Debris & Sent to New England Aquarium in Order to Determine Species & Approx Age

ML20155F896
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/03/1998
From:	Hart J NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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AR-#98019312, LIC-98513, NUDOCS 9811060146
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l AR #98019312 I Mr. Scott Sandorf l NationalMarine Fisheries Service NortheastRegion One Blackburn Drive Gloucester,MA 02173 Seabrook Station Seal Skull Discovered-October 27.1998 i North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North Atlantic) hereby reports the discovery of a seal skull at Seabrook Station. The skull was removed from Seabrook Station's wash debris on October 27,1998. North Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of this discovery by telephone'. The seal skull was sent to the New England Aquarium in order to determine the species and approximateage of the seal. This report is made in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated 2 January 5,1995 , recommending that North Atlantic report 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 incidentaltaking of seals pursuant to Section 101(a)(5)(A)of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in accordance with 50 CFR 216.104.

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3 Notification of Seal Skull Discovery, Telephone Notification by R. Sher (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf(NMFS) on October 27,1998. i L 2 National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated January 5,1995, Mr. Chris Mantzaris (NMFS) to R. Th l Jeb DeLoach (North Atlantic). ! ' North Atlantic Letter, LIC-97102,"Small Take Exemption Permit," from T. Feigenbaum (North Atlantic) to R. Schmitten (NMFS). l-9811060146 981103 T" PDR ADOCK 05000443 h S PDR y

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If you hav.ea dditionalquestions,please contact me at (603) 773-7762. Very truly yours, !- NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. 1 A ~ n B. Hart , [JEn tironmental Compliance Manager b l i r i t. l-l l 2 4 s

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s National Marine Fisheries Services LIC-98513 / Page 3 cc (with En61osure)' TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: SEABROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY Mr.Jeffrey Andrews COMMITTEE: NH Dept. of Environmental Services Water Division Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman 6 Hazen Drive 134 Palisade Avenue Concord,NH 03302 Leonia,NJ 07605 Mr. Robert Estabrook Dr. W. Huntting Howell 12 James Farm NH Dept. of Environmental Services Lee,NH 03824 Water Division 6 Hazen Drive Dr. Saul Saila Concord, NH 03302 317 Switch Road l Mr. John Nelson Hope Valley, R1 02832 NH Fish and Game Department Dr. Bernard J. McAlice 225 Main Street HC61 Box 109 i Durham,NH 03824 Round Pond, ME 04564 l Mr. Bruce Smith Dr. Robert Wilce NH Fish and Game Department 225 Main Street Department of Biology urham,NH 038N 221 Morrill Science Center University of Massachusetts I Mr. Frederick Gay Amherst, MA 01003 New Hampshire State Program Unit Environmental Protection Agency John F. Kennedy Building NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES Boston, MA 02203 Mr. Jack Paar Ms. Marcia Bowen  ; EnvironmentalProtection Agency Normandeau Associates,Inc. 60 Westview Street 82 Main Street Lexington, MA 02173 Yarmouth, ME 04096 Mr. Eric Hutchins Mr. Paul Geoghegan National Marine Fisheries Service Normandeau Associates,Inc. Northeast Region 25 Nashua Road "vf rd, NH 03110 One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NEW ENGLAND AOUARIUM AGENCY: Mr. Greg Early Ms. Joy Palmer New England Aquarium Resource and NPDES Permit Compliance Section Rehabilitation Environmental Protection Agency Central Wharf John F. Kennedy Building Boston, MA 02910 Boston,MA 02203 1

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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l l

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

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            ' Senior Project Manager Division of Reactor Projects                    !

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission -l Washington, DC 20555-0001 i Mr. H. J. Miller l Regional Administrator, Region 1 l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 NRC Senior Resident Inspector NAESCO

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i 4 ,. SEABROOK STATION l SEAL SKULL DISCOVERY REPORT l OCTOBER 27,1998 L Site of Entrapmentsand Screen wash debris following wash of Circulating Water and Date ofInitialObservation Service Water System (October 27,1998). (Recovery Date): Species Identification: To be determined by the New England Aquarium. Description / Condition of Seal: Upper portion of skull. Reporter: Ron Sher, Senior Scientist Last SealObservation: Three harbor seals were recovered on October 8 (2) and 10,1998. 4 An incident report was submitted to the NMFS .

1. Seal (10/8 #1)- 75 lbs, juvenile male,100 cm. long

2. Seal (10/8 #2)- 45 lbs, young-of-yearfemale,86 cm. long

3. Seal (10/10/98- 50 lbs, young-of-yearfemale,85 cm. long Recent Fish Impingement: Date of entrapment not could not be estimated, therefore, fish impingementat time of entrapment could not be determined.

Cooling WaterIntake Temperature at Date of entrapment not could not be estimated, therefore, intake ApproximateTime of Entrapments: water temperature at time of entrapment could not be determined.

             . Plant Power Levelat Time of                     Seabrook Station had been operating at 100 percent for the Entrapment:                                     previous 109 days.

• North Atlantic letter LIC-98493, dated October 19,1998," Seal Entrapments-October 5,8 and 10,1998,"

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