ML20212D022
| ML20212D022 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07000784 |
| Issue date: | 09/10/1999 |
| From: | Barclay L INTERIOR, DEPT. OF, FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE |
| To: | Buckley J NRC |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9909220241 | |
| Download: ML20212D022 (2) | |
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35Y United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 446 Neal Street Cookeville, TN 38501 September 10,1999 Mr. John Buckley Nuclear Regulatory Commission Division of Waste Management Mailstop T7F27 Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Buckley:
Thank you for your facsimiles of August 4 and September 9,1999, regarding the proposed remedial activities associated with the decommissioning plan for the Union Carbide Corporation facility located near Lawrenceburg, Lawrence County, Tennessee. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) personnel have reviewed the information submitted and offer the following comments.
Information available to the Service does not indicate that wetlands exist in the vicinity of the proposed project. However, our wetland determination has been made in the absence of a field
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inspection and does not constitute a wetland delineation for the purposes of Section 404 of the Clean
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Water Act. The Corps of Engineers should be contacted ifother evidence, particularly that obtained during an on-site inspection, indicates the potential presence of wetlands.
Endangered species collection records available to the Service do not indicate that federally listed or proposed endangered or threatened spe( ies occur within the impact area of the project. We note, I
however, that collection records reayaW to the Service may not be all-inclusive. Our data base is a compilation of collection records made available by various individuals and resource agencies.
This information is seldom based on comprehensive surveys of all potential habitat and thus does not necessarily provide conclusive evidence that protected species are present or absent at a specific locality. However, based on the best information available at this time, we believe that the requirements of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, are fulfilled.
'O Obligations under Section 7 of the Act must be reconsidered if(l) new evidence reveals impacts of
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the proposed action that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner not previously D
considered, (2) the proposed action is subsequently modified to include activities which were not V'
considered during this consultation, or (3) new species are listed or critical habitat designated that might be affected by the proposed action.
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m-S s-Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this action. If you have any questions, please contact Steve Alexander of my staff at 931/528-6481 (ext. 210) or steven _ alexander @fws. gov.
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. Lee A. Barclay, Ph.D.
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