Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0002-0069
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-11-23T05:00Z

Memo:
316(
b)
Phase
III
Record
Re:
Potential
I&
E
Impacts
for
proposed
Lake
Michigan
intake
Date:
5/
19/
2004
From:
Paul
Shriner
Margaret
Dochoda
(
Great
Lakes
Fishery
Commission)
provided
a
newspaper
article
on
a
power
plant
being
discussed
for
Lake
Michigan.
Concern
was
raised
about
the
potential
to
entrain
small
fish
and
invertebrates
with
2.2
billion
gallons
water
daily
taken
at
depth
of
43
feet
more
than
a
mile
off
shore.

Wisconsin
Energy's
Power­
Plant
Plan
Raises
Fears
for
Lake
Michigan
By
Lee
Bergquist,
Milwaukee
Journal
Sentinel
­­
May
16
The
next
battleground
over
Wisconsin
Energy
Corp.'
s
plan
for
a
new
power
plant
is
beneath
Lake
Michigan.

http://
www.
energycentral.
com/
global/
nsar.
cfm?
li=
p&
id=
3773684
Per
Larry
Wilson
(
NY
DEC):
Dependent
upon
the
location
and
design
of
the
intake
there
could
be
significant
impingement
and/
or
entrainment
of
fish.
In
New
York
on
Lake
Ontario
we
have
some
plants
with
off
shore
intakes
which
have
low
entrainment.
We
have
also
had
success
with
a
sonic
deterrent
at
one
plant
for
reduction
of
impingement
of
Alwife.
On
the
north
shore
of
Ontario,
Darlington,
a
Canadian
plant
has
an
off
shore
intake
which
entrains
over
3.7
billion
fish
eggs
and
larvae
annually.

Based
upon
the
news
article
the
proposed
plant
should
be
subject
to
the
EPA
Phase
I
rule
for
new
facilities
as
it
will
increase
the
cooling
water
use
for
the
site.
This
would
require
that
the
cooling
water
system
be
closed
cycle,
or
an
alternative
design
which
provides
equivalent
fish
protection.