ML20206A956

NPDES Noncompliance Notification:On 990407 & 08,two Seals Entrapped at Seabrook Station.Seals Were Observed in Plant Svc Water Pumphouse Forebay by Diver Involved in Cleaning of Forebay During Plant RFO

ML20206A956
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	04/22/1999
From:	Hart J NORTH ATLANTIC ENERGY SERVICE CORP. (NAESCO)
To:	Sandorf S MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF
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AR#99005432, LIC-99177, NUDOCS 9904290105
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The Northeast Utilities System i April 22,1999 LIC-99177 AR #99005432 Mr. Scott Sandorf National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Region One Blackburn Drive Gloucester,MA 02173 Seabrook Station Seal Entrapments- April 7 and 8,1999  !

North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North Atlantic) hereby reports the discovery of two seals entrapped at Seabrook Station. The seals were observed in Seabrook Station's Service Water Pumphouse forebay on April 7 and 8 by a diver involved in the cleaning of the forebay during the plant's refueling outage. North Atlantic notified the National Marine Fisheries Service of these t

discoveries by telephone .2 The seals will be provided to the New England Aquarium where necropsies will be performed.

This report is made in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service letter dated 3

January 5,1995 , recommending that North Atlantic report seal entrapment incidents. The attached seal entrapment incident repon is enclosed as requested.

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 4

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1 Notification of Seal Entrapment, Telephone Notification by J. Hart (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf

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(NMFS) on April 7,1999.

2 Notification of Seal Entrapment, Telephone Notification by R. Sher (North Atlantic) to S. Sandorf (NMFS) on April 9,1999.

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

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

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l SEABROOK STATION SEAL ENTRAPMENT INCIDENT REPORT APRIL 7 AND 8,1999 Site of Entrapments and Date ofInitial Service Water System Forebay on April 7,1999 (April 7, Observations (Recovery Dates): 1999) and April 8,1999 (April 10,1999).

Species Identification: Both seals appear to be immature harbor seals.

Description / Condition ofSeal: Intact and heavily decayed.

Reporter: Ron Sher, Senior Scientist Last Seal Observation: A juvenile male gray seal was observed on March 10, 1999 and recovered the same day. An incident report was submitted to the NMFS5, Recent Fis.4 Impingement: Eight fish were impinged during the week prior to the seal entrapment. Due to their heavy state of decay, it is i unlikely that the seals were entrapped during this period.

l About 1260 fish were impinged during the prior week (March 23-30). Of these fish, there were about 660 rock f gunnel,210 gubby sculpin, i10 winter flounder and 40 ,

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Cooling WaterIntake Temperature at Approximate Time of Entrapment: 36*F Plant Power Level at Time of Seabrook Station was shutdown for its sixth refueling Entrapment Discovery: outage which began on March 27,1999. About one-third of the Circulating Water System (CWS) flow occurred during th period March 27 to April 8, when one of three CWS pumps was in operation.

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5 North Atlantic letter '.IC-99140, dated March 24,1999, " Seal Entrapment- March 10,1999,"

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

NH Dept. of Environmental Services Water Division Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman 134 Palisade Avenue 6 Hazen Drive Concord,NH 03302 Le nia,NJ 07605 Mr. Robert Estabrook Dr. W. Huntting Howell 12 James Farm NH Dept. of Environmental Services Lee,NH 03824 1 Water Division 6 Hazen Drive Dr. Saul Saila Concord,NH 03302 317 Switch Road Mr. John Nelson Hope Valley, RI 02832 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 8 "" *# #E"^*#" ep ment of Biology 93 221 M ill Science Center Durham,NH 03824 9 Um,versity of Massachusetts 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 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 AQUARIUM ,

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Mr. Greg Early l Ms. Joy Palmer New England Aquarium Resource and NPDES Permit Compliance Section Rehabilitation EnvironmentalProtection Agency Central Wharf Boston, MA 02910 John F. Kennedy Building Boston,MA 02203

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