ML19340C250

Forwards Comments from DA Rayer State of Sc Wildlife & Marine Resources Dept,Re Draft Environ Statement for Facility,Per 790817 Ltr

ML19340C250
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Site:	Summer
Issue date:	11/12/1980
From:	Nichols T SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY (SANTEE COOPE
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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'"*y 3 November 12, 1980 Mr. Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

, Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Docket No. 50/395

Dear Mr. Denton:

South Carolina Electric and Gas Company, acting for itself and as agent for South Carolina Public Service Authority, provides forty-five (45) copies of comments related to the Draft Environmental Statement for the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station.

These comments are being furnished by Dr. Li. A. Rayner to further support comments made in our letter of August 17, 1979, to Mr. Don E. .; ell s.

If you have any questions, please let us kncw.

Very truly yours, T, C. Nichols, Jr.

o TCN:gm cc: V. C. Summer G. H. Fischer T. C. Nichols, Jr.

E . . H . C rews , J r.

O. S. Bradham O. W. Dixon, Jr.

R. B. Clary W. A. Williams, Jr.

B. A. Bursey J. B. Knotts B. Kane D. A. Nauman NPCF/Whitaker File 9

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• %udi Cair>li#a James A. Timmerman, Jr., Ph.D.

v l{l' ] 0l'lll{' Jett rs F e Jr W f) n Director of I\('W##TT'f u(/)(#'/#/('//[ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries October 21, 1980 Mark B. Whitaker, Jr.

1 Group Manager Nuclear Engineering and Licensing S.C.E. 6 G. Company P. O. Box 764 Columbia, SC 29218 Re: NUREG-0534, Draft Environmental Statement by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation related to operation of Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station proposed by S.C.E.

and G. Company Docket No. 50-395 I have the following comments concerning section 2.5.1.1 Plants.

I have examined the S.C. Heritage Program's site records for endan-gered and threatened plants, and none are found in-close proximity to the transmission corridors associated with this project. The S.C.E.

6 G. Company has map overlays indicating the locations of all of our species of concern and has utilized them in this project. However, our records only represent where botanists' have sampled and do not reflect all the occurrences'of endangered, threatened, or otherwise rare plants within the proj ect area.

Only two plants presently-are listed as Federally endangered in

=4 South Carolina,' Trillium persistens and Sagittaria fasciculata. Nei-ther of these plants is likely to occur in the proj ect area.

Many of the species listed in Tabic 2.8 also are not likely to occur in the project area. I recently completed a survey of granite outcrops in South Carolina; none were found within the transmission corridors of this proj ect. Thus, Draba.aprica, Amphi'anthus pusillus, Arenari.a uniflora, Sedum ,usillum, Quercus georgiana, Isoetes melano-spora, and Panicum lithoptilum need no longer be considered as possi-

.bly occurring in the project area.

~ Hymenocallis

coronaria is found only in rocky shoals in the pied- -

mont, usually ne.ar.the fall line.

Sarracenia jonesii is found only in the mountains of South Caro-lina.

i Ribes echinellum is known from a single site in McCormick County.

I Its habitat is quite specialized (steep north bluffs) and is not like-ly within the proj ect area.

- Panax quinquefolius and Platanthera flava are net considered i

R O. Box 167 O Dutch Plaza F) Building D O Columbia. South Cuolina 29202 O Telephone: 803-758-6524  ;

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1 Mark B. Whitaker, Jr. -

Page 2 October 21, 1989 species of national concern by the S.C. Heritage Program.

! The following species may be within the proj ect area: Rhus michauxii, Ptilimnium nodosum, Echinacea laevigata, Helianthus sch 'cinitziI, Quercus oglethorpensis , Myriophyllum l'axum, Sporobolus i' teretifolius, Lysimachia asperulaefolia, Waldsteinia lobata, and Nestronia umbellula. Since the transmission corridori were cleared

] several years ago, any potential negative impact from those opera-tions has already occurred. The only activities that could nega- -

1 tively affect any endangered species that occur in the transmission corridor are maintenance related. And, of the routine maintenance trocedures used by the S.C.E. 6 G. Company, application of herbicides is the only procedure likely to impact any endangered species. If the transmission corridors were to be maint-ained without using her-bicides, I would see no real need for a survey to . determine if any

, endangered or threatened species are present. S.C.E. 6 G. Company officials might argue that it is not economically feasible to mair.-

tain transmission corridors using mowing procedures only, but Duk:-

Power Company maintains that it is actually cheaper to mow rather than apply herbicides.

It is noted on page 2-17 that there is no Federal mandate re-quiring that species proposed for listing be treated as if they were listed. However, most, if not all, Fedearl agencies do consider pro-posed species :in.their planning activities as if they were listed.

1 This is done- to ' avoid any future conflicts with a proposed species

that is later listed.

The S.C.E. 6 G. Company has the following options: (1) do a complete floristic survey of transmission corridors in question; (2) change maintainance procedures from mowing and @erbicide application to mowing only or; (3) do nothing--don't treat proposed species as if they were listed. ,

j Since the transmission corridors have already been cleared, I ,

would recommend option (2). I trust that,.as a public sprited or-ganization,. the'S.C.E. 6 G. Company will give this option serious

- consideration.

I j S' cerely, l,

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{l Douglas . Rayner, Ph.D.

Botanist S.C. Heritage Program DAR/mld cc: Malcolm Leaphart i Frank Hill Labruce Alexander

Dr. Richard Porcher

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