Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 9f32c7ca-b34a-47f8-84a9-03a458df516c
Document Type: esrp
Title: IMPACTS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
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: 5.6.3
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er transmission system are sufficient to predict the overall impact of operation and maintenance activities on the transmission lines and corridors to the public. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES This procedure applies to the review of applications for construction permits, operating licenses, and combined licenses. NUREG-1555 5.6.3-4 October 1999 The reviewer’s analysis of the proposed power-transmission system should be closely linked with the environmental review for ESRP 3.7 in order to establish the general transmission characteristics that are most likely to result in environmental impacts. The analysis should be governed by the magnitude of potential impacts on members of the public. The reviewer should coordinate this review with the reviewer for ESRP 5.6.1 to avoid duplication of effort. With the preceding guidelines in mind, the reviewer should take the following steps: (1) Become familiar with the provisions of standards and guides pertinent to the operation and maintenance of transmission lines and corridors, including applicable State standards. Compare predicted noise levels with applicable State noise limits for residential areas and for other types of land use. The authority for environmental noise control was given to the States in the 1972 Noise Control Act. (2) Identify the operational and maintenance activities associated with transmission facilities having impacts on man and determine whether the proposed operational parameters and maintenance procedures are those generally recognized as environmentally acceptable. Potential adverse impacts resulting from operation and maintenance activities include electric shock hazard and electromagnetic field effects, corona discharges (including resultant noise), and potential visual impacts (e.g., design parameters and maintenance activities affecting visual impacts at major road crossings, areas of significant ridges, and concentrated human settlement). For transmission lines energized at 765 kV or less,