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==Dear Ms. Colligan:==
==Dear Ms. Colligan:==
 
As described in our {{letter dated|date=December 8, 2006|text=letter dated December 8, 2006}}, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) for an amendment to the current operating license of Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) for an extended power uprate. HCGS is a single-unit nuclear plant, located on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, NRC is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA). NRC requested that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provide information regarding Federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NMFS that may be in the vicinity of HCGS and its associated transmission lines, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
As described in our letter dated December 8, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) for an amendment to the current operating license of Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) for an extended power uprate. HCGS is a single-unit nuclear plant, located on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, NRC is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA). NRC requested that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provide information regarding Federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NMFS that may be in the vicinity of HCGS and its associated transmission lines, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.
In response, NMFS issued a {{letter dated|date=January 26, 2007|text=letter dated January 26, 2007}}, providing information on the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and five species of endangered or threatened sea turtles: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
In response, NMFS issued a letter dated January 26, 2007, providing information on the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and five species of endangered or threatened sea turtles: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a candidate species for listing.
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a candidate species for listing.
NMFS also requested that NRC provide additional information regarding the HCGS extended power uprate to better assess the need for consultation. The primary concern for these endangered and threatened species is the risk of impingement or entrainment due to cooling water intake by the plant. The intake flow would not be changed, and therefore, there would be no increase in the risk of impingement and entrainment. To dissipate the additional heat created by the power uprate, the temperature of the plants cooling water discharge would be slightly elevated, but still within the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits 24-hour average temperature limit of 97.1°F. Therefore, there are no anticipated effects related to discharge.
NMFS also requested that NRC provide additional information regarding the HCGS extended power uprate to better assess the need for consultation. The primary concern for these endangered and threatened species is the risk of impingement or entrainment due to cooling water intake by the plant. The intake flow would not be changed, and therefore, there would be no increase in the risk of impingement and entrainment. To dissipate the additional heat created by the power uprate, the temperature of the plants cooling water discharge would be slightly elevated, but still within the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits 24-hour average temperature limit of 97.1°F. Therefore, there are no anticipated effects related to discharge.
The HCGS has had no takes of any of these endangered or threatened species. The neighboring nuclear power plant, Salem Nuclear Generating Station (SNGS), has had a total of 96 sea turtles (plus 3 recaptures) collected at the circulating water system (CWS) intake
The HCGS has had no takes of any of these endangered or threatened species. The neighboring nuclear power plant, Salem Nuclear Generating Station (SNGS), has had a total of 96 sea turtles (plus 3 recaptures) collected at the circulating water system (CWS) intake  


M. Colligan                                 since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
                                                    /RA/
/RA/
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page


M. Colligan                                     since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
                                                    /RA/
/RA/
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:
D. Logan E. Wexler H. Nash A. Luu E. Benner J. Shea Adam Accession No. ML071010449 OFFICE     DLR:REBA:AB       DLR:REBA:ES     DLR:LA         DLR:REBA:PM         DLR:REBA:BC NAME       D. Logan         H. Nash         S. Figueroa     A. Luu             E. Benner DATE       05/1/07           05/1/07         04/24/07       05/2/07             05/3/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
D. Logan E. Wexler H. Nash A. Luu E. Benner J. Shea Adam Accession No. ML071010449 OFFICE DLR:REBA:AB DLR:REBA:ES DLR:LA DLR:REBA:PM DLR:REBA:BC NAME D. Logan H. Nash S. Figueroa A. Luu E. Benner DATE 05/1/07 05/1/07 04/24/07 05/2/07 05/3/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY


Hope Creek Generating Station cc:
Hope Creek Generating Station cc:
Mr. Dennis Winchester               Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Vice President - Nuclear Assessments Radiation Protection Programs PSEG Nuclear                         NJ Department of Environmental P.O. Box 236                         Protection and Energy Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038           CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek     Mr. Brian Beam PSEG Nuclear                         Board of Public Utilities P.O. Box 236                         2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038           Newark, NJ 07102 Mr. George H. Gellrich               Regional Administrator, Region I Plant Support Manager               U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear                         475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 236                         King of Prussia, PA 19406 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Senior Resident Inspector Mr. Michael J. Massaro               Hope Creek Generating Station Plant Manager - Hope Creek           U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PSEG Nuclear                         Drawer 0509 P.O. Box 236                         Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Julie Crocker Mr. James Mallon                     National Marine Fisheries Service Manager - Licensing                 Northeast Regional Office 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E             Once Blackburn Drive Kennett Square, PA 19348             Gloucester, MA 09130-2298 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038}}
Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessments PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager - Licensing 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Julie Crocker National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office Once Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298}}

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Explanation of Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station Extended Power Uprate and Conclusion of Informal Consultation
ML071010449
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Site: Hope Creek PSEG icon.png
Issue date: 05/03/2007
From: Eric Benner
NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBA
To: Colligan M
US Dept of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service
Logan, Dennis NRR/DLR/REBA - 415-0490
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May 3, 2007 Mary A. Colligan, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298

SUBJECT:

EXPLANATION OF HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION EXTENDED POWER UPRATE AND CONCLUSION OF INFORMAL CONSULTATION (TAC NO. MD3002)

Dear Ms. Colligan:

As described in our letter dated December 8, 2006, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is reviewing an application submitted by PSEG Nuclear, LLC (PSEG) for an amendment to the current operating license of Hope Creek Generating Station (HCGS) for an extended power uprate. HCGS is a single-unit nuclear plant, located on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, NRC is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA). NRC requested that National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) provide information regarding Federally listed, proposed, and candidate species and critical habitat under the jurisdiction of NMFS that may be in the vicinity of HCGS and its associated transmission lines, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended.

In response, NMFS issued a letter dated January 26, 2007, providing information on the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and five species of endangered or threatened sea turtles: loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),

leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtles. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) is a candidate species for listing.

NMFS also requested that NRC provide additional information regarding the HCGS extended power uprate to better assess the need for consultation. The primary concern for these endangered and threatened species is the risk of impingement or entrainment due to cooling water intake by the plant. The intake flow would not be changed, and therefore, there would be no increase in the risk of impingement and entrainment. To dissipate the additional heat created by the power uprate, the temperature of the plants cooling water discharge would be slightly elevated, but still within the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits 24-hour average temperature limit of 97.1°F. Therefore, there are no anticipated effects related to discharge.

The HCGS has had no takes of any of these endangered or threatened species. The neighboring nuclear power plant, Salem Nuclear Generating Station (SNGS), has had a total of 96 sea turtles (plus 3 recaptures) collected at the circulating water system (CWS) intake

M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.

Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.

If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page

M. Colligan since 1979, and 17 shortnose sturgeon at the CWS intake since 1978. Since 2000, three loggerhead sea turtles (two dead) and three shortnose sturgeons (all dead) have been collected at the CWS intake. Two trawl surveys conducted by PSEG in the vicinity of HCGS and SNGS in 2004 picked up a loggerhead sea turtle in July and a shortnose sturgeon in September.

Because the intake flow of HCGS would remain the same after the extended power uprate, and the cooling water intake structure would not change, NRC staff does not anticipate an increased risk of impingement and entrainment of marine life, including endangered or threatened species. In a phone call with Julie Crocker of the Protected Resources Division of NMFSs Northeast Regional Office, on March 30, 2007, she agreed that NRC could conclude an informal consultation by letter. Therefore, NRC will not initiate a formal Section 7 consultation with NMFS, and the informal consultation is concluded.

If you have any additional questions or concerns regarding the NRC staff review of this license amendment application, please contact Mr. Dennis Logan, Aquatic Biologist, at 301-415-0490 or DTL1@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Benner, Branch Chief Environmental Branch A Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-354 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

D. Logan E. Wexler H. Nash A. Luu E. Benner J. Shea Adam Accession No. ML071010449 OFFICE DLR:REBA:AB DLR:REBA:ES DLR:LA DLR:REBA:PM DLR:REBA:BC NAME D. Logan H. Nash S. Figueroa A. Luu E. Benner DATE 05/1/07 05/1/07 04/24/07 05/2/07 05/3/07 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Hope Creek Generating Station cc:

Mr. Dennis Winchester Vice President - Nuclear Assessments PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George P. Barnes Site Vice President - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. George H. Gellrich Plant Support Manager PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael J. Massaro Plant Manager - Hope Creek PSEG Nuclear P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. James Mallon Manager - Licensing 200 Exelon Way - KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348 Jeffrie J. Keenan, Esquire PSEG Nuclear - N21 P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Michael Jesse Manager - Regulatory Assurance P.O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Township Clerk Lower Alloways Creek Township Municipal Building, P.O. Box 157 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Mr. Paul Bauldauf, P.E., Asst. Director Radiation Protection Programs NJ Department of Environmental Protection and Energy CN 415 Trenton, NJ 08625-0415 Mr. Brian Beam Board of Public Utilities 2 Gateway Center, Tenth Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Resident Inspector Hope Creek Generating Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Drawer 0509 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038 Julie Crocker National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Office Once Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 09130-2298

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