Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: b1b52ced-943e-41ab-9791-c848fdc6909c
Document Type: esrp
Title: TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS AND OFFSITE AREAS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.2.2
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American or military reservations, wild and scenic rivers, State and national parks, national forests, designated coastal-zone areas, floodplains, wildlife refuges, and wilderness areas) (from the ER, consultation with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies, and USGS [1997]). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the review of land use in transmission line corridors, access corridors, and other offsite areas that will be modified for the sole purpose of supporting construction or operation of the proposed project are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 10 CFR 51.71(d) with respect to analysis requirements to be included in environmental impact statements (EISs) prepared by NRC ` 10 CFR 51, Appendix A(7), with respect to discussion in EISs prepared by NRC of possible conflicts between alternatives and the objectives of applicable land-use plans. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations as identified above are as follows: ` Chapter 2.1 of NRC Regulatory Guide 4.2, Rev. 2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1976), which sets out the land-use information requirements for inclusion in an applicant’s ER ` Rev. 2 to NRC Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), which sets forth the land-use and aesthetic considerations related to site suitability. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s description of planned land use of transmission corridors and offsite areas is discussed in the following paragraph: NRC’s regulations implementing NEPA provide that NRC EISs are to include a section discussing the environmental consequences of alternatives (10 CFR 51, Appendix A[7]). The section is to include a discussion of “possible conflicts between the alternatives and the objectives of Federal, State, regional, and local (and in the case of a reservation,