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Letter from Mary Ann Poole, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to David Wrona, Response to Request for a List of Protected Species within the Area of Crystal River Unit 3, License Renewal Application Review, Citrus County
ML092170380
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Site: Crystal River Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 07/22/2009
From: Poole M
State of FL, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commision
To: David Wrona
License Renewal Projects Branch 2
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Download: ML092170380 (8)
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July 22, 2009 David J. Wrona, Chief Projects Branch 2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Fish MS 01IEl and Wildlife Division of License Renewal Conservation Commission Office of Nuclear Reaction Regulation Washington, DC 20555-0001 Commissioners Rodney Barreto Re: Request for a list of protected species within the area under evaluation Chair for the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant License Renewal Miami Application Review, Citrus County Kathy Barco Vice-Chair Jacksonville

Dear Mr. Wrona:

Ronald M. Bergeron Fort Lauderdale, Richard A. Corbett The Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, Habitat Conservation Scientific Tampa Services Section, of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has Dwight Stephenson coordinated our agency's review ofthe referenced License Renewal Application (LRA),

Defray Beach and provides the -following.information. This response is being provided under the Kenneth W. Wright Winter Park provisions of Title .10 of the Code of FederalRegulations Part 51, the Nuclear Regulatory Brian S. Yablonski Commission's (NRC) regulation that implements the National Environmental Policy Act Tallahassee of .1969.

Executive Staff Project Description Kenneth D. Haddad Executive Director The NRC is reviewing an application submitted by Florida Power Corporation for the Nick Wiley Assistanmt Executive renewal of the operating license for Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant (CR-Director 3). As part of the LRA review, the NRC is preparing a Supplemental Environmental Karen Ventimiglia Impact Statement (SEIS). The SEIS includes an analysis of pertinent environmental Deputy Chief of Staff issues, including wildlife listed by the State as Endangered, Threatened, or Species of Special Concern:. - . - . . ,.

Office of Planning and Policy Coordination CR-3 is located in Citrus County about 35 miles southwest of Ocala, Florida (Attachment Nancy Linehan Director 0). The CR-3 site is on the Crystal Bay, a sliallow embayment of the Gulf of Mexico.

(850) 487-3794 The CR-3 site covers approximately 4,738 acres, of which approximately 1 062' acres are (850) 410-5265 FAX (850) 410-5272 occupied by industrial facilities. The remaining acreage consists§-of salt marsh, hardwood (850) 922-5679 FAX hammock forest, pineland, and freshwater swamp.

The Atomic Energy Commission identifies two 500-kilovolt transmission lines that were Managiogfish and wildlife built to connect CR-3 to the electric grid (Attachment 2). .These two transmission resources for their long-term well-being and the corridors occupy approximately 2,440 acres., :The.Central Florida line is. approximately benefit of people. 53 miles long, terminates at the Central.Florida Substation; and crosses Citrus.. Marion, and Sumter counties.- The Lake Tarpon line, is approximately 81 mJiles long, termina.tes at 620 South Meridian Street the Lake TarponSubstation; and crosses- Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, and Pinellas counties.

Tallahassee. Florida 32399-1600 Both lines are owned and operated by Florida'Power Corporation and.are included in, the Voice: (850) 488-4676 LRA review process.

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David J. Wrona Page 2 July 22, 2009, Potentially Affected Resources The NRC has requested information on species listed as Endangered, Threatened, or Species of Special Concern that may be in the vicinity of CR-3 and its.associated transmission line rights-of-way.

CrystalRiver Unit 3 Nuclear GeneratingPlant According to our Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis, the Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant study area contains or falls within:

  • Bear Range - Chassahowitzka Subpopulation-Secondary Zones; 0 Priority wetlands for the American alligator, American oystercatcher, Homosassa shrew, Florida black bear, little blue heron, tricolored heron, Marian's marsh wren, Scott's seaside sparrow, brown pelican, gopher frog, and bald eagle;
  • Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas for the bald eagle and Scott's seaside sparrow; 9 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Consultation Area for the Florida scrub-jay and red-cockaded woodpecker;
  • Florida Natuial Areas Inventory (FNAI) -Manatee Aggregation Site;
  • FNAI Conservation Lands - Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park, Crystal River Archeological State-Park, Crystal River Preserve State Park, Felburn Park; Yankeetown Conservation Area, and Marjorie Harris Carr Conservation Area; and

. FNAI Conservation Needs Under-Represented Natural.Communities: Pine

.flatwoods and sandhill. 4 These habitats support a diverse array of wildlife species including 31 that are protected, by state or federallaw. . . . -" -

Potentially'Occurring Listed Fish and Wildlife Species 1-Mile 5-Mile Common Name Scientific Nane . Status* . Radius". Radius:-

Smalltooth sawfish Pristispectinata . FE' . IX "'t American alligator Alligatormississippiensis SSC; FT X Gopher frog Rana capito SSC; X Gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ST X X Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricate , SE FE X Eastern indigo snake Drymarchon coraiscouperi ST; FT X X Florida pine snake Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus SSC X Short-tailed snake Stilosoma extenuaiim ST 'X "':t -

Suwannee cooter Pseudemysconcinna suwanniensis SSC X Piping plover Charadriusmelodus ST; FT X X Least tern Sterna antillarum ST X Bald eagle Haliaeetusleucocephalus Not Listed** X X Osprey Pandionhaliaetus SSC X X

David J. Wrona Page 3 July 22, 2009" Peregrine falcon Falcoperegrinus SE X Southeastern American kestrel Falco sparveriuspaulus ST X X American oystercatcher Haematopuspalliates SSC X Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis SSC X X Black skimmer Rynchops niger SSC X Little blue heron Egrettacaerulea SSC X X Snowy egret Egretta thula SSC X Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor SSC X White ibis Eudocimus albus SSC X Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens ST; FT X Marian's marsh wren Cistothoruspalustris marianae SSC X X Scott's seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimuspeninsulae SSC X X Wood stork Mycteria americana SE; FE X Florida black bear Ursus americanusfloridanus ST X X Florida manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris SE;FE X X Florida mouse Podomysfloridanus SSC X X Homosassa shrew Sorex longirostriseionis SSC X X Sherman's fox squirrel I Sciurus niger shermani SSC XX

  • SSC - Species of Special Concern; ST - State Threatened; SE - State Endangered; FT - Federally Threatened;, FE - Federally Endangered
    • Covered by the federal Bald Eagle. and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the State's Bald Eagle Rule (see  %

http://myfwc.com/docs/Wildl ifeHabitats/EagIe_PlanApril2008. pdf#page= 35).'

CentralFlorida Transmission Line, Our Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis incorporated 'ahalf-mile buffer study area around the Central Florida line,'and we found that this area contains or falls within:

  • 6 Bear Range - Chassahowitzka and Ocala subpopulations-Secondary Zones;
  • Priority wetlands for the American alligator,.iimpkin, Homosassashrw, Florida black bear, little blue heron, tr~icolored heron, snowy egret, gopher fr6g, and bald

.eagle;

  • Strategic Habitat Conservation -Areas for the bald eagle,.limpkin, sandhill.

communities, and rare plant species; . . '.

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  • FNAI Conservation Lands - Ventura Ranch, Gum Slough Springs, Ross Prairie State Forest, Halpata Tastanaki Preserve, Withlacoochee State Forest, Potts Preserve, Lake Panasoffkee, and Crystal River Preserve State Park; and
  • FNAI Conservation Needs - Under-Represented Natural Communities: Pine flatwoods, sandhill, and upland hardwood forest.

These habitat's support a diverse array of wildlife species including 204that are' protected by state or federal law. . .-. , - . .

David J. Wrona Page 4 July 22, 2009 Potentiallv Occurring Listed Wildlife Species Common Name Scientific Name Status*

American alligator Alligator mississippiensis SSC; FT Gopher frog Rana capito SSC Gopher tortoise Gopheruspolyphemus ST Eastern indigo snake Drymarchoncorais couperi ST; FT Florida pine snake Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus SSC Short-tailed snake Stilosoma extenuatum ST Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Not Listed**

Osprey Pandion haliaetus " SSC Southeastern American kestrel Falco sparveriuspaulus ST Red-cockaded woodpecker Picoides borealis SSC, FE Limpkin Aramus guarauna SSC Florida sandhill crane. Grus ca nadensispratensis. ST Little blue heron. Egretta caerulea ... .... .. SSC Snowy egret Egretta thula SSC Tricolored heron Egretta tri6olor- -

Flor'ida:scrub-jay Aphelocoma 6oerulescens . ST; FT.

Florida black bear Ursus americanusfioridanus ST Florida mouse Podo'ysflboidanfiU`S` SSC Homosassa~hrew Sorex longirostris eionis: . SSC Shermr'an's' foi squirrel Sciurus g hrnani SS"C

  • SSC - Spedies of Special Concern:; ST- State'Threafened; SE - State Endangered;,,FT - Federally Threatened; FE - Federally Endangered

.** Covered by the federal Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the State's Bald Eagle Rule (see httpu://Myfwc'.om/docs/WildlifeHabitats/Eagle_Plan April_2008.'df'#p* e=35)

Lake Tarpon Transmission Line

Our Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis incorporated a half-mile buffer study.

aread around the Lake Tarpon linei and' we found that this area contains or falls 'within:

.Bear Range Chassahowitzka SUbpopulati'h-Sedcondary Zones;,

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  • Priority wetlands for the American' a'iligatorz limppkin; Homosassa shrew' Florida.

black bear, little blue her~on; tricolored heron, wood stork, Florida sandhill crane, white

......... .......ibis, gopher frog' and reddish` egret;

red-cockaded woodpecker; FNAI ConservatiofiLands Starkey Wilderness Park, B rookerCreek-Preserve, Withlacoochee State Forest, Annutteliga Hammock, Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, and Lake Dan Preserve; and

  • FNAI Conservation Needs - Under-Represented Natural Communities: Pine flatwoods, sandhifl, and scrub.

David J. Wrona Page 5 July 22, 2009 These habitats support a diverse array of wildlife species including 24 that are protected by state or federal law.

Potentially Occurring Listed Wildlife Species Common Name Scientific Name Status*

American alligator Alligator mississippiensis SSC; FT Gopher frog Rana capito SSC Gopher tortoise Gopheruspolyphemus ST Red rat snake Elaphe guttata 'SSC Eastern indigo snake Drymarchon corais couperi ST; FT Florida pine snake Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus SSC Short-tailed snake Stilosoma extenuatum ST Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Not Listed**

Osprey Pandion haliaetus. ...... , "I ,1SSC

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Southeastern American kestrel Falco sparveriuspaulus ST Red-cockaded woodpecker Picoides borealis SSC, FE Limpkin Aramus guarauna SSC Florida sandhill crane Grus canadensispratensis ST Little blue heron Egretta caerulea SSC Snowy egret Egretta thula SSC Tricolored heron Egretta'tricolor SSC White ibis' Eudocimus albus SSC Florida scrub-jay Aphe'locoma coerulescens ST; FT Florida burrowing owl Athene cuniculariafloridana SSC Wood stork Mycteria americanIa" SE; FE Florida black bear Urss 'americanusfloridanus ST" Florida mouse I Podomysfloridanus SSC Homosassa shrew Sorex longirostriseionis SSC Sherman's fox squirrel Sciurus niger shermani SSC

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Thank you for the opportuniiy to assist in the review of this LRA renewal"process. Ifyou or your staff would like to' coordinate further on the information provided in this letter, please contact me at 850-410-5272 or by email at Ma ryAnn.Poole@m)fwc.com and I-will be glad to make the necessary arrangements. If you have any specific questions 1'

David J. Wrona Page 6 July 22, 2009 regarding our analysis, please contact Luis F. Gonzalez by phone at 863-581-6914 or by email at Luis.Gonzalez@myfwc.com.

Sincerely, Mary Ann Poole Commenting Program Coordinator map/Ig Crystal River Nuclear Plant Unit 3_2251_07-20-09 ENV 1-3-2 cc: Elaine Keegan, NRC (Elaine.Keegan@nrc.gov)

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David J. Wrona Page 7 July 22, 2009 Attachment 1.

Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Generating Plant Citrus County, Florida S.

-J Legend C Eagle Nests Crystal River Plant Boundary I Mile Buffer

-5Mile Buffer Wdhltacoochee River Chassahowitzka Bear Range Conservation Lands Miles Aquatic Preserves 0 4 8 Habitat ('onsei-Aatioui Scientific Sen-ices

David J. Wrona Page 8 July 22, 2009 Attachment 2.

Crystal River Transmission Lines 4v Florida rI Legend 500-Kilovolt Transrassion Lines 4 Scrub Jay Locations

  • Eagle Nests

- MaiomRivers

- Conservation Lands I mRCW Habitat Gopher Tortoise Habitat

-Crystal River Plant Boundary

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Ctsassahrrltztra BearRenMiles Ocala BeatRange 0 10 20 Scientifik Set-vices

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