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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 11/23/2010 |
| From: | NextEra Energy Seabrook |
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New Hampshire Fish andGame Department HEADQUARTERS: 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301-6500 wWw.WIldNH.com (603) 271-3421 e-mail: info@wildlife.nh.gov FAX (603) 271-1438 TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 RECEIVED 08/10/2010 Michael O'Keefe Licensing Manager Next Era Energy Seabrook P.O. Box 300, Lafayette Road Seabrook, NH 03874 AUG 16 2010 M.D. O'Keefe
Dear Mr. O'Keefe,
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Marine Fisheries Division has reviewed the recently transmitted Seabrook Station, 2010 Environmental Monitoring Program Mid-Year Repot. We are pleased to hear of the program's continued progress as required by NPDES Permit. It is also commendable that the program has been expanded to investigate the decline of Laminaria sp. Certainly this kelp loss has been one of only a few occurrences that may have resulted from Seabrook Station operation. We would like to have more information on two of.
the events covered in the report -
The estimate of over 20,000 fish impinged for the first six months of 2010 shows an alarming rise over similar impingment numbers of the previous year. We would like to have more specifics as to what fish species were involved and over what days the high numbers were caught.
Our other request for more information involves the twenty day temperature monitoring system outage: 5/24 to 6/15. We would like to see time-line detail as to when the problem was recognized and what steps were taken to correct the problem. It would also be helpful if there was information on station operation during the systems outage, pump flow rates, condensor temperatures, etc. By comparison of these data with historical records, what reasonable estimates of offshore mixing zone temperations can be made?
That concludes our comments. If there are questions on these matters, please feel free to contact me or Bruce Smith.
cc Jeff Andrews NHDES Damien Houlihan USEPA Mike Johnson NMFS Sincerely, Douglas Grout Chief of Marine Fisheries REGION 1 629B Main Street Lancaster, NH 03584-3612 (603) 788-3164 FAX (603) 788-4823 email: regl @wildlife.nh.gov REGION 2 PO Box 417 New Hampton, NH 03256 (603) 744-5470 FAX (603) 744-6302 email: reg2@wildlife.nh.gov REGION 3 225 Main Street Durham, NH 03824-4732 (603) 868-1095 FAX (603) 868-3305 email: reg3@wildlifenh.gov
- REGION 4 15 Ash Brook Court Keene, NH 03431 (603) 352-9669 FAX (603) 352-8798 email: reg4@wildlife.nh.gov
NEXTera EN ERGiYAQ SEABROOK October 15, 2010 SBK-L-101751 New Hampshire Fish & Game Department 225 Main Street Durham, NH 03824-4732 Attention:
Mr. Douglas E. Grout Chief of Marine Fisheries Seabrook Station Response to Comments on 2010 Environmental Monitoring Program Mid-Year Report NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC has enclosed responses to NH Fish & Game Department comments provided in your letter of August 10, 2010.
Should you have any further questions please contact me at 603 773-7745.
Sincerely, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Michael O'Keefe Licensing Manager NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC, P.O. Box 300, Lafayette Road, Seabrook, NH 03874
Enclosure to SBK-L-10175
Response to Comments on 2010 Environmental Monitoring Program Mid-Year Report NHFG reviewed the Seabrook Station 2010 Environmental Monitoring Program Mid-Year Report and has requested additional information regarding the relatively high impingement estimate for the first six months of 2010 and the missing data from the thermal plume monitoring program.
High Impingement Estimate Table I presents the updated impingement estimates for 2010 through July. These data are based on raw field data that have not undergone quality control procedures and should be considered preliminary.
The high impingement estimate for March appears to be isolated and did not continue into the following months.. Through July, approximately 20,474 fish have been impinged with American sand lance (3,185), grubby (3,050), and hake sp. (3,037) the most numerous fish impinged. Approximately 77% of the total impingement estimate to date (20,474) occurred in March (15,801). The American sand lance (2,294), hake sp: (2,645), and grubby (2,537) were the most numerous fish impinged in March. Within March, 58% (9,196) of the monthly total, and 46% of the January through July total, occurred in the week of 14-20 March (Table 2).
During this week, impingement samples were collected on March 15 (1,551 fish collected) and March 18 (785 fish collected).
High impingement at Seabrook Station and other power stations can be associated with high wave action. Wave height data collected at the GoMoos meteorological buoy, the closet oceanographic buoy to Seabrook Station, was used as, a proxy for wave conditions at the intake. The greatest number of fish (1,551) v-ere collected on March 14-15 when wave heights were highest (5.9 m)
(Table 3). Similarly when wave heights were lowest on March 10-11, only 45 fish were collected in the-sample. Based on these data and our experience in impingement collections at Seabrook Station over the years, we believe wave height is positively related to impingement counts, and the high impingement estimate in March was due to high wave action.
Thermal Plume Monitoring Data Outage There was an outage in the collection of thermal plume monitoring data from May 24 through June 15 (Sample Periods 22-24).
Attached is the Normandeau Associates internal EE/NC (Extraordinary Event/ Non Conformity) report that presents the details of the problem. When data were collected during this period, the time stamp reflected the correct date, and thus did not indicate any problem with data collection. However, when the data from this period were being processed, it was discovered that the data were duplicates of data from the previous Sample Period 21 (May 17-23). It appears that the internal clocks on the data loggers were active, but no new data were being collected.
All four data loggers and the shuttle were returned to the manufacturer to determine if the data could be retrieved, but:recovery of the data was not possible. New loggers and a shuttle were deployed and the previous equipment was taken out of service. Normandeau procedures have been changed to include verification by field staff that new data are being collected.
During the period of May 24 through June 15 Seabrook Station operated at 100% power with the ocean Circulating Water System and Service Water System operating normally. The maximum and average delta-T values for May and June as reported in the monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports were compliant with the effluent limits of the NPDES Permit: May maximum 40°F, F
May average 36'F, June maximum 35'F, June average 35°F. It can reasonably be inferred that that the ocean temperature rise effluent limit-of 5°F was complied with during the months of May and June due to the absence of any abnormal operating circumstances, compliance with the in-plant delta-T effluent limits and the relatively low delta-T values during the period of data availability; 1.19°F in May and -2.13'F in June.
SBK-L-1O175 Table 1. Estimated impingement at Seabrook Station January through July 2010 based on preliminary field data Species-..__
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June' July TOTAL Acadian redfish -
0 0
4 0
0 0
0 4
Alewife 4
10 189 7
0 0
0 210 Alosa sp.
0 "0
0 0
0 0*
0 0
American eel 0
0 0
0 0
-0 0
0 American lobster-0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
American plaice 0
0 0"
0 0
'0 0
0
[American sand lance 24 832
.2293 23 8
0
.4 3185 American shad 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Atlantic cod 4
0 0
0 4
28 0
35 Atlantic hagfish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Atlantic herring 12 17 674 25 37 97 52 915 Atlantic mackerel 0
0 0
0 0
0 4
4 Atlantic menhaden 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Atlantic moonfish 0
0 0
0 0
.0 0
0 Atlantic seasnail 0
0 0
3 0
3 0
6 Atlantic silverside 46 162 400
.. 0 0
0 0
608 Atlantic wolffish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 W
I 4
4
+
+
+
4
'V Bigeye soldierfish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Black sea bass 0
0 0
0 7
0 1
8 Blackspotted stickleback 0
0 68 0
0 0
0 68 Blueback herring 0
3 42 0
0 3
11 59 Bluefish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Butterfish 0
0 0
0 0
0 4'
4 Cunner 3
10 76 61 83 179 106 519 Flying gumard 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Four-bearded rockling -
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Four-spine stickleback 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Fourspot flounder 0
0 0
7 4
0 0
10 Gray triggerfish 0
0 0
'0 0
0 0
0 Goosefish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Gulf snailfish 0
0 7
0 0
0 0
7 Grubby 86 174 2537 56 183 13 1
3050 Haddock 0
0 0
'0 0
0 0
0 Hake sp.
21 93 2645 161 72 3
41 3037 Inquiline snailfish 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Largemouth bass 0
3 0
0 0
0 0
3 Longhorn sculpin 0
0 4
0 0
0 3
7 Lookdown 0
0
.0 0
0 0
0
.0 Lumpfish 5
111
- 420, 0
0 3
0 539 Mummichog 0
0 0
0 0
0
,0 0
Northern vivefish 0
34 700 112 0
01 0
847
SBK-L-10175 Species Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July TOTAL Northern puffer 0
0 0
0
-0 0
.0 0
Northern searobin 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Ocean pout 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Pearlside 0
0
.0 0
0 0
0 0
Pollock 0
0 4
7 11 13 27 62 Planehead filefish 0
0 0
0 0
0
.0 0
Radiated shanny 0
3 119 0
0 0
0 123 Rainbow smelt 4
7 325 0
0 0
0 337 Red hake 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Rock gunnel 0
10 714 268
.11.
36 104 1142 Scup 0
.0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Sea lamprey.
0 0
4
'0 0
0 0
4 Searaven 7
3 18 19 0
11
,11 70 Searobin 0
0 0
.0 0
0 0
0 Seasnail sp.
0 51 438 0
0 3
0 493 Sheepshead minnow 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Short bigeye 0
- 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Shorthorn sculpin 0
39 127 34 15 10 6
232 Silver hake 0
0 4
3 0
3 4
14 Skate sp.
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
4 4
4 4
4
-f
+
4 Smooth flounder 0
0 0
01 0
0 0
0 W
Snakeblenny 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Spiny dogfish 0
0 0
0 "0
0
" 0 0
Spotted hake 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Striped bass 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Striped mullet 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Summer flounder 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Tautog 0
0 0
4 0
0 4
Threespine stickleback 14 439 2152 0
0 0
0 2605 Whiptail conger 0
0 0
0 0
0
.0 0
White hake 0
0 0
0 0
- 0.
0 0
White perch
.0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Windowpane 2
51 364 49 29 7
13 515 Winter flounder 31, 165 1401 44-11 0
4 1655 Wolffish 0
- 0 0
0 0
0 0
0 Wrymouth 0
24 70 0
0 0
0 94 Yellowtail flounder 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
ýTOTAL 263 2244 15801 880 477 414 395 20474
SBK-L-10175 Table 2. Estimated weekly impingement at Seabrook Station for March 2010 Mar Species Mar 7-Mar Mar 28-Apr 13 14-20 21-27 3
Total Acadian redfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 Alewife 0.0 47.7 60.9 80.0 188.7 Alosa sp.
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 American eel 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 American lobster 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 American plaice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 American sand lance 88.3 1895.7 120.0 189.6 2293.5 American shad 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic cod 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic hagfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic herring 44.0 481.2 73.4 75.8 674.3 Atlantic mackerel 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic menhaden 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic moonfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic seasnail 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Atlantic silverside 14.7 342.0 43.1 0.0 399.9 Atlantic wolffish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Bigeye soldierfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Black sea bass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
- 0.0 Blackspotted stickleback 0.0 0.0 0.0 68.4 68.4 Blueback herring 7.6 3.7 0.0 30.5 41.7 Bluefish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Butterfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Cunner 3.6 22.4 35.1 15.0 76.2 Flying gumard 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0.
0.0 Four-bearded rockling 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Four-spine stickleback 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fourspot flounder 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gray triggerfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Goosefish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Gulf snailfish 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 Grubby 311.8 182.5 1891.5 151.3 2537.1 Haddock 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hake sp.
43.7 1942.0 308.3 350.9 2644.9 Inquiline snailfish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Largemouth bass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Longhorn sculpin 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 Lookdown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lumpfish 7.3 270.5 104.5 37.9 420.2 Mummichog 0.0 0.0 0.0
.0.0 0.0 Northem pipefish 18.3 194.4 137.7 350.0 700.5
SBK-L-10175 Mar Species Mar 7-Mar Mar 28-Apr 13 14-20 21-27 3
Total Northern puffer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Northern searobin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ocean pout 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pearlside 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pollock 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 Planehead filefish 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Radiated shanny 3.6
'18.8 81.9 14.8 119.1 Rainbow smelt 0.0 314.3 0.0 11.0 325.3 Red hake 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0.
0.0 Rock gunnel 18.3 11.4 524.0 159.8 713.6 Scup 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Sea lamprey 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 Sea raven 0.0 7.7 3.2 7.4-18.4 Searobin 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Seasnail sp.
84.6 49.3 293.7 10.8 438.4 Sheepshead minnow 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Short bigeye 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Shorthorn sculpin
- 55.4 3.7 64.6 3.8 127.4 Silver hake 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 Skate sp.
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Smooth flounder 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Snakeblenny 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
- Spiny dogfish 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Spotted hake 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Striped bass 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.0 0.0 Striped mullet 0.0 0.0 0.0
.0.0 0.0 Summer flounder 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tautog 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Threespine stickleback
.80.4 1961.3 42.7 67.5 2151.9 Whiptail conger 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 White hake 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 White perch 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Windowpane 29.3 271.0 21.6 41.9 363.7 Winter flounder 47.5 1120.3 98.2 135.2 1401.2 Wolffish 0.0 0.0.
0.0 0.0 0.0 Wrymouth 3.8 47.7 0.0 18.8 70.3 Yellowtail flounder 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Unidentifiable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TOTAL 873.0 9195.8 3904.4 1827.9 15801.1
Table 3. Wave Height at the GoMoos buoy and Number of Fish Collected in Impingement Samples in March at Seabrook Station Collection Wave height Predominant No. of Fish Weekly Period (m)
Surface Collected in Impingement Current Sample Estimate March 7-8 0.72 SW 193 March 10-11 0.36 SE-SW 45 873 (Week 1)
March 14-15 5.45 SW 1,551 March 17-18 1.93 SE-SW 785 9,196 (Week 2)
March 21-22 0.68 SW-SSW 189 March 24-25 1.42 S-SSW 987 3,904 (Week 3)
March 28-29 1.65 S-SSW
._129 March 31-Apr 1 2.26 S-SSW 358,1 1,828 (Week 4)
Total
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4,237 15,801
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT/NONCONFORMITY REPORT
- EE/NC Report Number: 09-,TEM06l510 Project Name:
Seabrook - Off shore continuous temperature monitoring Code:21900.004 Date:06-23-10 Originator: Name:
Chris Baker
- A faulty shuttle shorted out all four continuous monitoring loggers at stations DS and T7 for the dates 05/24/10 through 06/15/10 (sample periods 22,23, and 24). Attempts to
- retrieve data were unsuccessful. In the field, the loggers appeared to download properly and when viewed in Hoboware showed the correct recorded dates, but the data was a copy Problem: of the temperatures from the previous week, no new data was recorded.
Mark data as void. The shuttle and loggers are being sent back to the manufacturer for analysis and repair.' Four new loggers have been deployed in the field and a new shuttle is in service. Loggers 863 & 864 were deployed at station DS and loggers 862 & 867*were deployed at station T7 on 6-15-10.
Recommendation:
In the future, when viewing downloaded temperature data, the previous sample period should also be opened-to make sure the shuttle has correctly downloaded the loggers for the week.
Signature:
Date: 6-23-10 Project Manager: Nanie:
Paul Geoghegan Loggers and shuttle were sent to the manufacturer and they were not able to recover data. New equipment has been deployed. From now on, verify that data are not copies of the previous download.
Signature:
J_,__,___...
Date: 6/25/2010 Quality Assurance: Name: Robert Hasevlat Proceed-with PM's instructions regarding data verification. Edit Field SOP to reflect new Response: verification process. Document instructions to.field crew.
.Signature:
.Date:
06-25-10 TEM061510 (3).Docx 8/26/2010
- Project Manager: Name: Paul Geoghegan EENC closed and placed in PX:Bedford.Projects\\Projects\\21900 2010 Report Filed: Seabrook\\EENC\\Closed EENCs. Hasevlat and Baker notified 6/25/10 Signature:
Date: 6/25/10 Distribution List of Copies:
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A nNorth(3erNorth Atlantic Energy Service Corporation7 NorthP.O.
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Atlantic Seabrook, NHi 03874 (603) 474-9521 The Northeast Utilities System March 20, 1996 NPDES Permit No. NH0020338 NYE-970 1 0 Mr. Carl DeLoi New Hampshire State Program Unit Environmental Protection Agency John F. Kennedy Building Boston, MA 02203 Temporary Suspension of Seabrook Station Gill Net Monitoring Program This letter documents the fact that North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation (North Atlantic) temporarily suspended the Seabrook Station Gill Net Monitoring Program on March 19, 1997, as directed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'. This action was necessitated by the fact that a dead harbor porpoise was discovered on February 18, 1997 in the farfield gill net (Station G 1) which was deployed as part of Seabrook Station's Environmental Studies Program.
The harbor p6 rpoise was approximately three feet long and-appeared to be in good condition. North Atlantic was informed of this occurrence by the firm conducting the program on March 11, 1997, and notified the National Marine.
Fisheries Service (NMFS) on that same day-.
The Gill Net Monitoring Program shall be considered temporarily suspended3 pending final approval of the Seabrook Station Long-Term Environmental Studies Program Proposals, previously submitted, in which North Atlantic requested that the Gill Net Program be terminated.
If you have additional questions, please contact Mr. Terry L. Harpster, Director of Licensing Services, at (603) 773-7765.
Very truly yours, NORTH AT NTIC ENERGY.SERVICE CORP.
ed C. Feigo aum-/
Executive Vice President
/
and Chief Nuclear O*'e.___.*
Discussion Regarding the Temporary Suspension of the Seabrook Station Gill Net Monitoring Program, Telephone Conversation Between F. Gay (EPA), J. Hart (North Atlantic), and R. Sher (North Atlantic) on March 18, 1997 2
Notification of a Harbor Porpoise Taken by a Seabrook Station Monitbring Program Gill Net, Telephone Conversation Between R. Sher (North Atlantic) and D. Morris (NMFS) 3 North Atlantic Letter NYE-96021, dated August 29, 1996, "Seabrook Station Long-Term Environmental Studies Program Proposals," B. Drawbridge (North Atlantic) to C. DeLoi (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency NYE-970 1 O/Page 2 cc (with Enclosure)
'5 TECHNICAL ADVISORV COMMITTEE, Dr. Edward Schmidt NH Dept. Of Environmental Services Water Supply& Pollution Control Div.
6 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03302 Mrt Jeffrey Andrews NH Dept. Of Environmental Services Water Supply & Pollution Control Division 6 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03302 Mr. Robert Estabrook NH Dept. Of Environmental Services Water Supply & Pollution Control Division 6 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03302 Mr. John Nelson NH Fish and Game Department 37 Concord Road Durham, NH 03824 Mr. Bruce Smith NH Fish and Game Department 37 Concord Road Durham, NH 03824 Mr. Frederick Gay New Hampshire NPDES Permit Coordinator New Hampshire State Program Unit Environmental Protection Agency John F, Kennedy Building Boston, MA 02203 Mr. Jack Paar Environmental Protection Agency 60 Westview Street-Lexington, MA 02173 Mr. Eric Hutchins National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Region One Blackburn Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 SEABROOK ECOLOGICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Dr. John Tietjen, Chairman 134 Palisade Avenue Leonia, NJ 07605 Dr. W. Huntting Howell 12 James Farm Lee, NH 03824 Dr. Saul Saila 317 Switch Road Hope Valley, RI 02832 Dr. Bernard J. McAlice Darling Marine Center University of Maine Clarks Cove Road Walpole, ME 04573, Dr. Robert Wilce Department of Biology 221 Morrill Science Center University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 NORMANDEAU ASSOCIATES Ms. Marcia Bowen Normandeau Associates, Inc.
82 Main Street Yarmouth, ME 04096 Mr. John Shipman Normandeau Associates, Inc.
25 Nashua Road Bedford,NH 03110