Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0667-3655
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2014-08-15T04:00Z

MEMORANDUM

Tetra Tech, Inc.
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Fairfax, VA 22030
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TO:			Lisa Biddle and Paul Shriner, EPA
FROM:		Kelly Meadows and Henry Latimer
DATE: 		September 3, 2013

SUBJECT:		Review of AFS Journal Contents

As requested, Tetra Tech reviewed the contents of the North American Journal of Fisheries Management published by the American Fisheries Society (AFS) for material potentially relevant to the 316(b) rulemaking process. Thirty-five articles were identified in the recent published literature; a summary of each article is below.

Many of these articles focused on downstream passage at hydroelectric facilities and entrainment in irrigation canals. In general, only a small handful of the documents are relevant to 316(b) and even these are not likely to contribute to the rulemaking process. Some studies, however, may prove useful to facilities or permitting authorities in designing screens or developing analytical methods.

Author(s)
Title
Notes
Useful for 316(b)?
Benny J. Gallaway, William J. Gazey, John G. Cole and Robert G. Fechhelm
Estimation of Potential Impacts from Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals on Red Snapper and Red Drum Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico: An Alternative Approach
Modeled entrainment losses at offshore LNG facilities
Yes, but at Phase III facilities only
John R. Post, Brett T. van Poorten, Trevor Rhodes, Paul Askey and Andrew Paul
Fish Entrainment into Irrigation Canals: An Analytical Approach and Application to the Bow River, Alberta, Canada
Studied entrainment in irrigation canals
Maybe; no performance data, but may provide insight to entrainment rates, methodologies, etc.
Christina Swanson, Paciencia S. Young, and Joseph J. Cech, Jr.
Close Encounters with a Fish Screen: Integrating Physiological and Behavioral Results to Protect Endangered Species in Exploited Ecosystems
Studied diversion screen effectiveness
Maybe; not a BTA technology, but may be useful at some facilities
David K. White, Christina Swanson, Paciencia S. Young, Joseph J. Cech Jr., ZhiQiang Chen and M. Levent Kavvas
Close Encounters with a Fish Screen II: Delta Smelt Behavior Before and During Screen Contact
Studied diversion screen effectiveness
Maybe; not a BTA technology, but may be useful at some facilities
Glenn Cada, John Smith, and  Jessica Busey
Use of Pressure-Sensitive Film to Quantify Sources of Injury to Fish
Studied downstream hydro turbine passage
No, but could help improve fish handling and return systems
Andrew J. Carlson and Frank J. Rahel
A Basinwide Perspective on Entrainment of Fish in Irrigation Canals
Studied entrainment at irrigation canals, compared to basinwide population
No; not in scope
Michael Dedual
Survival of Juvenile Rainbow Trout Passing through a Francis Turbine
Studied downstream hydro turbine passage
No; not in scope
John W. Ferguson, Randall F. Absolon, Thomas J. Carlson and Benjamin P. Sandford
Evidence of Delayed Mortality on Juvenile Pacific Salmon Passing through Turbines at Columbia River Dams
Studied downstream hydro turbine passage
No; not in scope
Peter B. Moyle and Joshua A. Israel
Untested assumptions: effectiveness of screening diversions for conservation of fish populations
Literature survey of fish diversion screening
No; focused on management criteria for diversions
Emily Y. Floyd, Roger Churchwell, and Joseph J. Cech, Jr.
Effects of Water Velocity and Trash Rack Architecture on Juvenile Fish Passage and Interactions: A Simulation
Studied fish behavior near trash racks
No, but may be useful to some facilities
Martin J. Hamel, Michael L. Brown, and Steven R. Chipps
Behavioral Responses of Rainbow Smelt to in situ Strobe Lights
Tested behavioral technology effectiveness
No; not a BTA technology, but may be useful to some facilities
Douglas G. Heimbuch, Ernesto Lorda, Douglas Vaughan, Lawrence W. Barnthouse, Jim Uphoff, Webster Van Winkle, Andy Kahnle,  Byron Young, John Young, Lisa Kline
Assessing Coastwide Effects of Power Plant Entrainment and Impingement on Fish Populations: Atlantic Menhaden Example
Attempted to model large-scale population effects for a single species
No; adverse environmental impact (AEI) is not defined at the population level
Douglas G. Heimbuch, Dennis J. Dunning, Quentin E. Ross, and Alan F. Blumberg
Assessing Potential Effects of Entrainment and Impingement on Fish Stocks of the New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary and Long Island Sound
Modeled population effects
No; AEI is not defined at the population level
Gary E. Johnson, Steven M. Angeal, Noah S. Adams, Timothy O. Wik
Evaluation of a Prototype Surface Flow Bypass for Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead at the Powerhouse of Lower Granite Dam, Snake River, Washington, 1996 - 2000
Studied downstream hydro passage
No; not in scope
Paul S. Kemp, Mike H. Gessel, and John G. Williams
Fine-Scale Behavioral Responses of Pacific Salmonid Smolts as They Encounter Divergence and Acceleration of Flow
Studied flow characteristics and effects on migration behavior
No, but could help improve fish handling and return systems
Mary L. Moser, Howard T. Pennington, and Jeremy M. Roos
Grating Size Needed to Protect Adult Pacific Lampreys in the Columbia River Basin
Tested screen mesh sizes for exclusion of downstream passage at hydro
No; not in scope
James J. Roberts and Frank J. Rahel
Irrigation Canals as Sink Habitat for Trout and Other Fishes in a Wyoming Drainage
Studied entrainment at irrigation canals
No; not in scope
Robert H. Wertheimer and Allen F. Evans
Downstream Passage of Steelhead Kelts through Hydroelectric Dams on the Lower Snake and Columbia Rivers
Studied downstream hydro passage
No; not in scope
Robert H. Wertheimer
Evaluation of a Surface Flow Bypass System for Steelhead Kelt Passage at Bonneville Dam, Washington
Studied downstream hydro passage
No; not in scope
John R. Young
Comparison of Failure Time Analysis and Abbott's Formula for Estimating Survival of Organisms Entrained at Power Stations
Entrainment survival study
No; not in scope, as 100% mortality is assumed
Ronald G. King, Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Elgin S. Perry, Douglas A. Dixon
Factors Influencing Impingement at 15 Ohio River Power Plants
Evaluated the importance of environmental and plant operational factors on impingement. EPRI published this report
Yes 
John R. Young, William P. Dey, Steven M. Jinks, David T. Mosier
Survival of Striped Bass Entrained into the Cooling Systems of Two Hudson River Power Stations
Entrainment survival study based on data from the 1970s and 1980s
No; not in scope
Brien P. Rose and Matthew G. Mesa
Effectiveness of Common Fish Screen Materials to Protect Lamprey Ammocoetes
Studied the rate of entrainment and impingement of Pacific lamprey ammocoetes on five different screen types.
No, but may be useful to some facilities
Dennis J. Dunning and Christopher W.D. Gurshin
Downriver Passage of Juvenile Blueback Herring near an Ultrasonic Field in the Mohawk River
Tested behavioral technology effectiveness
No; not in scope
Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Elgin Perry, Doug Dixon
Longitudinal Variation in the Ohio River Fish Community
Studied fish community in the Ohio River near 17 power plants.
No, but may be useful to Ohio River facilities
Steven B. Gale, Alexander V. Zale, Christopher G. Clancy
Effectiveness of Fish Screens to Prevent Entrainment of Westslope Cutthroat Trout into Irrigation Canals
Studied diversion screen effectiveness
Maybe; not a BTA technology, but may be useful at some facilities
Lenny F. Grimaldo, Ted Sommer, Nick Van Ark, Gardner Jones, Erika Holland, Peter B. Moyle, Bruce Herbold, Pete Smith
Factors Affecting Fish Entrainment into Massive Water Diversions in a Tidal Freshwater Estuary: Can Fish Losses be Managed?
Studied entrainment into water diversion structures
No, but may be useful to some facilities
Tracy R. Leavy and Timothy H. Bonner
Relationships among Swimming Ability, Current Velocity Association, and Morphology for Freshwater Lotic Fishes
Studied absolute and relative swimming speeds of various fish species in a swim tunnel
No. Conclusions are not predictive of fish responses to velocity changes. Also, the study did not consider different life stages.
Daniel L. Bigbee, Ronald G. King, Kent M. Dixon, Douglas A. Dixon, and Elgin S. Perry
Survival of Fish Impinged on a Rotary Disk Screen
Studied 48-hour latent mortality of fish removed from a rotary disk screen at North Omaha Station, NE. EPRI published this report.
Maybe; not a BTA technology, but may be useful at some facilities. 
John H. Minan
The Clean Water Act and Power Plant Cooling Water Intake Structures
Policy document reviewing environmental costs and benefits of various cooling water technologies
Yes, but policy/economics issues, not biology
William J. Miller, Bryan F. J. Manly, Dennis D. Murphy, David Fullerton, Rob Roy Ramey
An Investigation of Factors Affecting the Decline of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary
Includes entrainment of delta smelt into diversion water intakes as a factor in population decline
No, not in scope
Daniel G. MacDonald
Enhanced Surface Cooling as an Alternative for Thermal Discharges
Presents a preliminary study of enhanced surface cooling as an alternative to cooling towers
No. Relevant to 316(a) not 316(b).
J.J. Hoover, K.A. Boysen, J.A. Beard, H. Smith
Assessing the Risk of Entrainment by Cutterhead Dredges to Juvenile Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) and Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphyrhyncus albus)
Calculates an index of entrainment risk based on rheotaxis, swimming endurance, and behavioral data.
No, but may be useful to some facilities.
J. Wilson White, Kerry J. Nickols, Linden Clarke, and John L. Largier
Larval Entrainment in Cooling Water Intakes: Spatially Explicit Models Reveal Effects on Benthic Metapopulations and Shortcomings of Traditional Assessments
Explores models for estimating the population-level  impacts of larval entrainment for marine ecosystems
No, focuses on population-level effects.
Jinho Chae, Hyun Woo Choi, Woo Jin Lee, Dongsung Kim, and Jae Hac Lee
Distribution of a Pelagic Tunicate, Salpa fusiformis, in Warm Surface Current of the Eastern Korean Waters and its Impingement on Cooling Water Intakes of Uljin Nuclear Power Plant
Explores environmental factors contributing the impingement of S. fusiformis.
No, not in scope.