ML20195B977

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 990517,seal Was Noted in Seabrook Station SW Pumphouse Forebay.Seal Will Be Provided to New England Aquarium Where Necropsy Will Be Performed

ML20195B977
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	05/24/1999
From:	Hart J NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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AR#-99008099, LIC-99213, NUDOCS 9906030325
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Atlaintic Seabrook, Nil 03874 (603>4:49321 The Northeast Utilities System May 24,1999 LIC-99213 AR # 99008099 Mr. Scott Sandorf National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Region One Blackbum Drive Gloucester,MA 02173 Seabrook Station Seal Entrapment-May 17,1999 North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North Atlantic) hereby reports the entrapment of a seal at Seabrook Station. The seal was observed in Seabrook Station's Service Water Pumphouse forebay on May 17 and recovered the same day. North Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of this entrapment by telephone . The seal will be provided to the New England Aquarium where a necropsy will be performed.

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 se'al entrapment incident report is enclosed as requested.

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. North Atlantic submitted an application for a Small Take Exemption Permit on June 13,1997 for the incidental taking of seals pursuant to Section '01(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and in accordance with 50 CFR 216.104.

1 Notification of Seal Entrapment, Telephone Notification by R. Sher (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf h

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

' gb 3 North Atlantic Letter, LIC-97102,"Small Take Exemption Permit," from T. Feigenbaum (North Atlantic) to R. Schmitten (NMFS).

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TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: SEABROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY Mr. Jeffrey Andrews COMMITTEE:

NH Dept. of Environmental Services

" Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman

""**" T ""*" 134 Palisade Avenue Leonia, NJ 07605 Concord,NH 03302 Mr. Robert Estabrook Dr. W. Huntting Howell NH Dept. of Environmental Services 12 James Fann j Lee,NH 03824 Water Division l 6 Hazen Drive Dr. Saul Saila Concord,NH 03302 317 Switch Road Mr. John Nelson Hope Valley, R1 02832 I NH Fish and Game Department Dr. Bernard J. McAlice 225 Main Street 270 Foster Road Durham,NH 03824 Round Pond, ME 04564 Ms. Clare McBane, Ph.D.

NH Fish and Game Department Dr. Robert Wilce 225 Main Street Department of Biology Durham,NH 03824 221 Morrill Science Center Um,versity of Massachusetts Mr. Frederick Gay Amherst,MA 01003 New Hampshire State Program Unit i Environmental Protection Agency John F. Kennedy Building NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES  !

Boston, MA 02203 l 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 One Blackburn Drive Bedford, NH 03110

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Gloucester,MA 01930 U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM 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 .

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

Mr. J. T. Harrison  :

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Division of Reactor PrG -ts

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mr. H. J. Miller Regional Administrator, Region 1

. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 A!!endale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 NRC Senior Resident Inspector  :

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SEABROOK STATION l SEAL ENTRAPMENT INCIDENT REPORT I MAY 17,1999 Site of Entrapment and Date ofInitial Service Water System Forebay on May 17,1999 Observation (Recovery Date): (May 17,1999).

i Species Identification: Seal appears to be young harbor seal.

Description / Condition ofSeal: Intact and heavily decayed.

Reporter: Ron Sher, Senior Scientist Last Seal Observation: Two young seals were observed on April 7 and 8. An 4

incident report was submitted to the NMFS .

Recent FishImpingement: About fifteen fish were impinged during the two weeks  !

prior to the seal entrapment. They included eight sculpin,  ;

two herring and a winter flounder. Due to its heavy state  !

of decay, it is unlikely that the seal was entrapped during this period.  ;

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l s Cooling WaterIntake Temperature at Approximate Time ofEntrapment: 45*F Plant Power Level at Time of Seabrook Station was operating at about 92 percent power Entrapment Discovery: in the process of retuming to full power operation following a shutdown for its sixth refueling outage which ended on May 13,1999. _

4 North Atlantic letter LIC-99177, dated April 22,1999," Seal Entrapments- April 7 and 8,1,999,"

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