Dead fish by the hundreds were found Wednesday in the Susquehanna River near Brunner Island, a steam electric power plant in York Haven, in what the state's Fish and Boat Commission is investigating as a fish kill incident.
Common river species such as channel catfish, small and large mouth bass and suckers were seen dead in the water and along the shoreline, according to Mike Parker, communications director for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
Two units at Brunner Island were taken offline as part of a normal process on Tuesday evening, according to Taryne Williams, director of corporate communications for plant owner Talen Energy, which keeps corporate offices in Allentown and Texas.
"The team followed required steps and the units were taken offline without any issues and within all regulatory limits," Williams' statement read. "Talen has worked closely and proactively with (the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) and the PA Fish and Boat Commission and continues to monitor the situation."
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Taking units offline, one local environmental group suspects, could have caused warm water flowing from the plant into the Susquehanna River to stop or be heavily reduced, making the water temperature of a river channel plummet, which can kill fish by the masses.
"This happens all the time with them, and it needs to stop," said Ted Evgeniadis, principal of the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association, referring to fish kills in the area.
While an exact cause of the dead fish remains under investigation, Evgeniadis said the power plant has a requirement, based on a 2019 settlement, to report to the DEP and the Riverkeeper Association whenever there is a temperature change within a water discharge that goes 6 degrees in any direction.
"The process we use for coming offline was followed to minimize temperature changes and is in line with all regulatory requirements," Williams said. "In addition, we worked proactively with DEP and PA Fish & Boat Commission on the situation."
The company will conduct additional investigations and submit a report on the incident to the DEP within 10 business days, according to a DEP spokesperson.
The commission received word of the fish kill from a citizen report, Parker said. Fish kills in Pennsylvania's lakes and waterways are common, he said.
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