NC0024392_Correspondence_20230414

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
April 11th, 2023
Edward Pigott
McGuire Nuclear Station
12700 Hagers Ferry Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Subject: Review of Duke Energy's McGuire Nuclear Station: 316(b) Fish
Impingement and Entrainment Study (NC0024392).
Dear Mr. Pigott:
Thank you for your submission of the aforementioned document. Based on a review of
the data provided to us, we find no new issues related to impingement and entrainment
mortalities for the facility and concur that current intake designs and operations at .
McGuire result in minimal fish mortalities (of mostly introduced species) and that
alternative options would not be beneficial for reducing fish mortality.
If you have any questions regarding these comments, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Sincerely,
Chr'' ohnson
Chief, Water Sciences Section
Cc: Andrew Pitner, Acting Environmental Regional Supervisor (Mooresville Regional Office)
Sergei Chernikov, Complex Permitting Unit
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
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