ML19340A180

Submits Comments on Des Re Temp of River Discharges & Managed Forestry Program.No Conflicts W/Corps Projects in Upper Savannah River Basin

ML19340A180
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	01/14/1972
From:	Strohecker H ARMY, DEPT. OF, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
To:	Rogers L US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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NUDOCS 8001140773
Download: ML19340A180 (3)

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' DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SAVANNAH DISTRIC1. CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. O. SOX 889 SAVANNAH. GEORGIA 314o2 50-269 IN REPLY SAS O

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Dear Mr. Rogers:

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Reference is made to your letter of 13 December 1971 with inclosed Draf t Detailed Statement on the Environmental Considerations for Oconee Nuclear Station, Unit 1 (Docket No. 50-269), Duke Power Company, Oconee County, South Carvlina.

Our review of the referenced material indicates no conflict with planned Corps of Engineers projects in the upper Savannah River Basin. We have no Flood Plain Information studies in this area, and none are planned in the near future.

Application has been received from Dulce Power Company for three discharges into Hartwell Lake and Lake Keovee under Section 13 of the Rivers and Har-bors Act of 1899.

Attention is directed to page 49, first paragraph. It is not clear whether the expected 3*F increase in the Keowee Dam tailrace water temperature is a seasonal or year-round change, nor is it clear how the predicted 3*F change was calculated.

It is of vital concern to the Corps of Engineers that the temperature of water released from Keowee Lake into Hartwell Lake be carefully and con-tinuously monitored in order to maintain the existing temperature balance and minimi::e adverse effects on existing ecosystems. The possibility of future nuclear stations within the Keowee-Taxaway Project area would also be important in this connection.

Page 117, third paragraph, indicates a managed forestry program to be instituted in the project area. Some mention should be made of the rela-tive value to wildlife of the managed forestry areas as compared with the habitat value. of these areas as they existed before the project was begun.

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SASGN 14 January 1972' i Mr. Lester Rogers i We would like to' receive results of. the licensee's current studies cf the

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An early response -to the questions concerning the quality of releases into i

j Hartwell Lake would be appreciated.

Sinc e yours,

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. Colonel, Corps of Engineers District Engineer Copy. furnished:

Mr. Timothy. Atheson, General Counsel Council on Environmental Quality Executive Office of the President

'722 Jackson Place, N.W.

i Washington, D.C.. 20506 i

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