ML20196E587

Repts Discovery of Seal Remains at Seabrook Station.Remains Were Removed from Station Screen Wash Debris on 981124 & Consisted of About Ten Pounds of Hide,Flesh & Bones.Encl Contains Seal Entrapment Rept as Requested

ML20196E587
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/25/1998
From:	Hart J NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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LIC-98537, NUDOCS 9812040056
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l Mr. Scott Sandorf L NationalMarine Fisheries Service Northeast Region i

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Seabrook Station Seal Remains Recovered-November 24.1998 l

l North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North Atlantic) hereby reports the discovery of seal j l

remains at Seabrook Station. The remains were removed from Seabrook Station's screen wash

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! debris on November 24,1998, and consisted of about ten pounds of hide, flesh and bones. North

! Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of this discovery by telephone'. The remains will be provided to the New England Aquarium. It may be difficult to determine the species and approximate age of the seal from these limited remains.

l This report is 2made in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated L January 5,1995 , recommendingthat North Atlantic report seal entrapment incidents. The attached

! seal entrapment incident report is enclosed as requested.  !

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

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! I Notification of Seal Remains, Telephone Notification by R. Sher (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf

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

North Atlantic Letter, LIC-97102, "Small Take Exemption Permit," from T. Feigenbaum (North Atlantic) to R. Schmitten (NMFS). _ _1 f?

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National Marine Fisheries Services "LIC-98537 / Page 2 If you have additional questions, please contact me at (603) 773-7762.

Very truly yours, NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP.

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M B. Hart " " ' l Er vironmental Compliance Manager l

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National Marine Fisheries Services LIC-98537 / Page 3 cc (with Enclosure) l l

TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Boston, MA 02203 t Mr. Jeffrey Andrews SEABROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY I NH Dept. of Environmental Services COMMITTEE: l Water Division l 6 Hazen Drive Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman Concord,NH 03302 134 Palisade Avenue Leoma,NJ 07605  ;

Mr. Robert Estabrook NH Dept. of Environmental Services Dr. W. Huntting Ilowell Water Division 12 James Farm 6 Hazen Drive Lee,NH 03824 Concord,NH 03302 Dr. Saul Saila Mr. John Nelson 317 Switch Road 4 NH Fish and Game Department Hope Valley, RI 02832 225 Main Street Dr. Bernard J. McAlice Durham,NH 03824 HC61 Box 109 l Ms. Clare McBane Rourd Pond, ME 04564 l

NH Fish and Game Department 2?5 Main Street Dr. Robert Wilce  !

Durham,NH 03824 Department of Biology 221 Morrill Science Center ,

n ers assachusens Mr. Frederick Gay Amherst,MA 01003 New Hampshire State Program Unit Environmental Protection Agency John F. Kennedy Building Boston, MA 02203 NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES Mr. Jack Paar Ms. Marcia Bowen Environmental Protection 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 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

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'LIC-98537 / Page 4 l U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY l , COMMISSION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

! Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Mr. J. T. Ilanison Senior Project Manager Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Mr. II. J. Miller Regional Administrator, Region i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 NRC Senior Resident Inspector NAESCO PO Box 300 Seabrook,NH 03874 1

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.SEABROOK STATION .  !

SEAL REMAINS DISCOVERY REPORT  !

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Site ofEntrapmentsand Date of Screen wash debris following wash of Circulating Water and

InitialObservation Service Water System (November 24,1998).

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- SpeciesIdentification: To be determinedby the New England Aquarium.

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l Description / Condition ofSeal: About ten pounds of hide, flesh and bones. '

Reporter: Ron Sher, Senior Scientist ,

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i Last Seal Observation: A harbor seal was recovered on November 3,1998. An j incident report was submitted to the NMFSd.  !

RecentFishImpingement: Date of entrapment not could not be estimated, therefore, fish impingement at time of entrapment could not be determined.

Cooling WaterIntakeTemperature Date of entrapment not could not be estimated, therefore, atApproximateTime of intake water temperature at time of entrapment could not be  !

Entrapments: determined. I Plant Power Levelat Time of Seabrook Station was shutdown during the twelve days prior Entrapment: to the discovery of the seal remains. The plant had been operating at 100 percent for 124 days prior to November 12,1998.

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North Atlantic letter LIC-98517, dated November 10,1998," Seal Entrapment-November 3,1998,"

J. Hart (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf(NMFS)

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