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Letter from Pennsylvania Game Commission Regarding State Protected Species Review for Three Mile Island License Renewal
ML081500671
Person / Time
Site: Three Mile Island  Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 05/14/2008
From: Leigey J R
State of PA, Game Commission
To: Lund L A
NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION 2001 ELMERTON AVENUE, HARRISBURG.

PA 17110-9797 May 14, 2008 Ms. Louise Lund U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Projects Branch 1 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 In re: State-Protected Bird and Mammal Species Review Three Mile Island Nuclear Station License Renewal) Application Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, PA

Dear Ms. Lund:

This is in response to your request of April 15, 2008 regarding information on state-listed, proposed" and candidate:

sleciesý of birdsorf mammals, fecbgnized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), which may'be in the vicinity of the %Three. Mile Island Nuclear Station (TMI).i Our office review has determined that Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea), Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Yellow-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax violacea), and Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) have been documented nesting and foraging in proximity to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Station. Peregrine Falcons (Falcoperegrinus) have been documented nesting on the Unit 1 Reactor Building, and Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) have been documented nesting atop the weather station at the TMI.The renewal of the TMI Operating License in not anticipated to cause any adverse impacts to special concern species of birds and mammals that may be in the vicinity of the transmission line corridors associated the electric generating station. No adverse impacts to ospreys and peregrine falcons are anticipated due to the license renewal since there has been ongoing coordination by the AmerGen Energy Company, LLC with the PGC regarding Best Management Practices for the endangered and threatened species nesting at TMI. This determination may be reconsidered if project plans change or extend beyond the present study area, or if additional information becomes'available on state-listed species...

If you have any questions, please contact me at,(717)'787-4250:

Pleasebe advised that this determination is only valid for one year from the date of this letter...-

, ADMINISTRATIVE BUREAUS:'PERSONNEL:

717-787-7836 ADMINISTRATION:

717-787-5670 AUTOMOTIVE AND PROCURMENT:

717-787-6594 LICENSE DIVISION:

717-787-2084 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT:

717-787-5529 INFORMATION

& EDUCATION:

717787-6286 WILDLIFE PROTECTION:

717-787-5740 WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT:

717-787-6818 REAL ESTATE: 717-787-6568 AUTOMATEDTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS: 717-787-4076 WWW.PGC.STATE.PA.US Ms. Louise Lund 2 May 14, 2008 Very truly yours, James R. Leigey Wildlife Impact Review Coordinator Division of Environmental Planning and Habitat Protection Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management Cc: File