The maximum temperature of seawater at the discharge point will be about 38oC. The modeling results show that the increase in temperature of seawater in excess of 3oC will be confined within less than 300 m around the discharge point. It is highly likely that this magnitude of temperature increase and size of the affected area will have insignificant impacts on the abundance and species composition of pelagic marine organisms such as phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish larvae. These organisms in general are adapted to environments with stable temperatures and small changes in temperature can affect survival. In addition, juvenile and adult fishes have the ability to swim away from the temperature affected areas. Therefore, the impacts of thermal discharge on aquatic resources would also be insignificant.