Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 5b958c82-d1ba-4883-a0b4-f0091773827a
Document Type: esrp
Title: AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.6.2
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hat are anticipated to adversely affect aquatic biota (from the environmental report [ER] and the general literature) ` licensee commitments on maintenance practices. October 1999 5.6.2-3 NUREG-1555 ` a summary of consultations with appropriate Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies regarding potential impacts to aquatic biota resulting from transmission system operation (from ER). Additional background information about the aquatic ecology around the transmission system, necessary for this review of impacts on aquatic resources from operation and maintenance of the transmission system, is requested in ESRP 2.4.2 and can be found in the ER, general literature, and from consultation with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies. II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the review of impacts to aquatic ecology as a result of transmission system operation and maintenance are the relevant requirements of the following: • 10 CFR 51.45 with respect to ERs and the analysis of potential impacts contained therein • 10 CFR 51.75 with respect to analysis of impacts to the aquatic environment affected by the issuance of a construction permit • 10 CFR 52, Subpart A, with respect to analysis of impacts to the aquatic environment affected by the issuance of an early site permit • 10 CFR 51.95 with respect to the preparation of supplemental environmental impact statements (EISs) in support of the issuance of an operating license • Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 with respect to natural resources and land or water uses of the coastal zone • Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to identifying threatened and endangered species and critical habitats and initiating formal or informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or National Marine Fisheries Service • The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act, with