ML20198P276

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 971018 & 20,discovered Entrapment of Two Seals at Seabrook Station.One Seal Was Observed in Seabrook Station & Second Seal Observed in Screen Wash Debris.Seals Picked Up to Perform Necropsy

ML20198P276
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/03/1997
From:	Hart J NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
References
LIC-97294, NUDOCS 9711070045
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Atitiritic se treet Nii o3874 (603) 474-9 fat The Northeast Utilitios System November 3,1907 LIC-97294 Mr. Scott Sandorf National Marine Fisheries Senice Northeast Region One Blackburn Drive i Gloucester,MA 02173 I ,

Seabrook Station

Seal Entrapments-October 18 and 20.1997 North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (Nonh Atlantic) hereby reports the entrapment of two seals at Seabrook Station. One seal was observed in Seabrook Station's Circulating Water System Pumphouse forebay on October 18,1997 and a second seal was obsen ed in screen wash debris on October 20, 1997. North Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of these i entrapment incidents by telephone'. The New England Aquarium has picked up the seals in order to perfonn a necropsy in the near future.

This report is made in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated January 5, 2

1995, recommending that North Atlantic repon seal entrapment incidents. The attached seal entrapment incident repon is enclosed as requested.

North Atlantic submitted an application for a Small Take Exemption Pennit on June 13,19973 for the incidental taking of seals pursuant to Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection

Act and in accordance with 50 CFR 216.104.

l ' Notification of Seal Entrapment incidents, Telephone Notifications by J, llart (North Atlantic) i to S. Sandorf(NMFS) on October :!0,1997, 2

National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated January 5,1995, Mr. Chris Mantzaris (NMFS) Q 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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N tional Marine Fisheries Services LIC 97294/P:ge 2 If you have additional questions, please contact me at (603) 773 7762.

Very truly yours, NORTil ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP, 1

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N 1 nvironmental Compliance Manager

National Marine Fisheries Services ,

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cc (with Enclosure) j TECIINICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Mr. Eric liutchins i National Marine Fisheries Service 1

Dr. Edward Schmidt Northeast Region i Nil Dept. of Environmental Services One Blackburn Drive Water Supply & Pollution Control Div. Gloucester,MA 01930  !

6 liazen Drive

! Concord, Nil 03302

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SEAHROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY Mr. Jeffrey Andrews COMMITTEE-l Supervisor, Industrial Permits Section

Dept. of Environmental Services Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman '

4 Water Supply & Pollution Control Division 134 Palisade Avenue 4

6 Ilazen Drive Leonia,NJ 07605  !

Concord, Nil 03302

Dr. W. Iluntting liowell j Mr. Robert Estabrook 12 James Farm Nil Dept. of Environmental Services cee, Nil 03824

Water Supply & Pollution Control Division

, 6 Ilazen Drive Dr. Saul Salla Concord, Nil 03302 317 Switch Road

. Ilope Valley, RI 02832 Mr. John Nelson i Nil Fish and Game Department Dr. Bernard J. McAlice 225 Main Street ilC61 Box 109 Durham, Nil 03824 Round Pond,ME 04564 Mr. Bruce Smith Dr. Robert Wilce l N11 Fish and Game Department - Department of Biology i

225 Main Stmet 221 Morrill Science Center Durham Nil 03824 University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 -

Mr. Frederick Gay NPDES Permit Coordinator '

New11ampshire State Program Unit NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES j Environmental Protection Agency

- John F. Kennedy Building Ms. Marcia Bowen

! Boston,MA 02203 Normandeau Associates,Inc.

l -- 82 Main Street Mr, Jack Paar Yarmouth,ME 04096

! Environmental Protection Agency

, 60 Westview Street Paul Geoghegan l Lexington,MA 02173 Normandeau Associates,Inc.

25 Nashua Road Bedford, Nil 03110 5500 i

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NEW ENGLAND AOlfMM-Mr. Greg Early ,.

- New England Aquarium Resource and Rehabilitation Central Wharf Boston,MA 02910 U.S. NUCIT AR REGULATORY COMMISSION U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 0001 Mr; A. W. De Agazlo

- Senior Project Manager Division of Reactor Projects U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission -

Washington, DC 20555 0001 Mr. H. J. Miller Regional Administrator, Region 1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406

- NRC Senior Resident inspector NAESCO PO Box 300 Seabrook, Nil 03874 r

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SEAllROOK STATION SEAL ENTRAPMENT INCIDENT REPORT TWO SEALS-OCTOllER 18 AND 20.1997 Site of Entrapment and I. Circulating Water System Pumphouse Forebay Date ofidentification: (October 18,1997).

2. Screen wash debris (October 20,1997).

Date of Recovery: Iloth seals recovered on October 20,1997.

Species identifnation: Appears to be two harbor seals Description / Condition of Seal: Appears to be two young-of the-year harbor seal.

Reporters: Ronald A. Sher, Senior Scientist Recent Seal Obsen ations: Two seals were discovered on October 8 and 9,1997. An incident report was submitted to the NMFS'. Necropsy results are expected from the New England Aquarium in the near future.

Recent Fish Entrapment: About 80 fish were entrapped during the week previous to the seal entrapments, including about 30 herring, pollock and cod.

Cooling Water Intake Temperature at Approximate Time of Entrapment: 54'F Plant Power Level at Time of

. Entrapment: Seabrook Station was operating at 100 percent.

North Atlantic letter LIC 97270, dated October 16,1997," Seal Entrapments--October 8 and 9, 1997," Mr. J. Hart (North Atlantic) to Mr. S. Sandorf(NMFS)