Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 01fb3132-b05a-41a0-ab81-466a6fb6f4d3
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0916/ML091620409.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2S1
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as issuing permits and licenses) to determine whether they may jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or their habitats. If such review reveals the potential to adversely affect listed or candidate species, the Federal agency must consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), as appropriate. The Services implement the interagency cooperation provisions of Section 7 at 50 CFR Part 402, “Interagency Cooperation— Endangered Species Act of 1973, As Amended.”6 The applicant should determine if federally listed threatened, endangered, or candidate species, critical habitat, and/or State-listed species and habitat have the potential to occur on the site or in the vicinity of the site, including the area within the applicant’s in-scope transmission line ROWs. For such species, the ER should provide sufficient information on historical occurrences, population size and trends, critical habitat, and potential habitat to aid the NRC in its biological assessment. The ER should discuss any license renewal activities and modifications to plant operation that may affect such species and habitats. • Essential Fish Habitat. The 1996 amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) set forth, among other things, a new mandate for Federal action agencies to identify and protect important marine and anadromous fish habitat. Under the Act, the Fishery Councils, assisted by NMFS, must delineate EFH in fishery management plans (FMPs) or FMP amendments for all managed species. The Act defines EFH as “those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity,” and the Act’s EFH provisions seek to maintain sustainable fisheries by protecting habitat required by the fish. The regulations also direct the Councils to consider a second, more limited habitat designation within EFH for each