Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: b4db5f60-e16c-422a-8800-a8e73e9dc81f
Document Type: esrp
Title: WATER-USE IMPACTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 4
Section ID: 4.2.2
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ime periods when the impact will be experienced, and the number of water users or extent of water-use areas affected. (When necessary, consult with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies for assistance in evaluating the identified impacts.) (c) Review consultation with appropriate agencies regarding compliance with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal water-quality standards. The reviewer’s analysis of construction impacts on water use should be coordinated with the hydrologic alteration descriptions provided by the environmental review for ESRP 4.2.1. This coordination should ensure that the environmental factors most likely to be impacted by hydrologic alterations are described in sufficient detail to permit assessment of the predicted impacts. The reviewer should independently identify and analyze those construction activities expected to affect the quality of receiving water bodies. The reviewer should consult with the reviewers for ESRPs 2.3.2, 4.1, 4.3, and 4.4 to establish the location and nature of those water users potentially impacted by hydrologic alterations and water-quality changes. The reviewer should take the following steps: (1) Analyze reduced water availability: (a) Initiate this analysis if the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 determines that construction activities will result in decreased water availability. (b) When this is predicted to occur, identify the location of those water users likely to be affected and consult with the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 to determine the hydrologic effects at these locations. (c) Consider these effects (e.g., lowered groundwater table, reduced well yields, lowered surface- water levels at intake structures) and determine their impacts on individual water users or water- use areas. (d) Consider seasonal requirements for water and temporal variations in water availability. (e) Consider the potential for impacts when the reviewer for ESRP 4.2.1 predicts