The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued an Incidental Take Permit to Virginia Electric and Power Company, also known as Dominion Virginia Power. This permit allows Dominion to accidentally impact a specific number of Atlantic sturgeon larvae during their lawful operations at the Chesterfield Power Station over five years. The permit includes safety standards and monitoring plans to minimize harm to the sturgeon. Although this includes impacting up to an estimated total of 54,745 larvae, measures are in place to ensure that adult sturgeon are not harmed, and NMFS will oversee monitoring and reporting of any sturgeon impacts.
Simple Explanation
Dominion, a power company, got permission to do some work at their station that might accidentally harm a few tiny baby fish called Atlantic sturgeon, but they've promised to keep the adult fish safe and have people watching to make sure they follow the rules.