Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 5dfd9baa-1db9-4ea5-b908-aecd5e0be326
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: 5
Section ID: 5.2.2
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ulations (from the ER and ESRP 2.3.2) ` Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal standards and regulations applicable to water quality and water use (from consultation with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies) ` descriptions of proposed means to ensure operational compliance with water-quality and water-use standards and regulations (from the ER). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the water-use impacts at the proposed plant sites are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 33 CFR 322 with respect to definition of activities requiring permits October 1999 5.2.2-5 NUREG-1555 ` 40 CFR 6, Appendix A, with respect to procedures on floodplain and wetlands protection ` 40 CFR 122 with respect to permit conditions for discharges, including stormwater discharges ` 40 CFR 149 with respect to possible supplemental restrictions on waste disposal and water use in or above a sole source aquifer ` Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal water laws and water rights. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` Compliance with environmental quality standards and requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act, is not a substitute for and does not negate the requirement for NRC to weigh the environmental impacts of the proposed action, including any degradation of water quality, and to consider alternatives to the proposed action that are available for reducing the adverse impacts. If an environmental assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC will consider the assessment in its determination of the magnitude of the environmental impacts in striking an overall benefit-cost balance. When no such assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC (possibly in