Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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project. Use the criteria specified in 36 CFR 800.5 to assess adverse effects on historic properties. Provide a basis and documentation for how a conclusion is reached. • Description of historic and cultural resources that are not determined to be historic properties, but may be considered important in the context of National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (e.g., sacred sites, cemeteries, local gathering areas). • Discuss the direct and indirect effects (e.g., ground disturbance, physical, visual, auditory, atmospheric such as fugitive dust, light, and traffic), if any, from the proposed project, and any 10 The NRC is required to comply with the NHPA including the anticipatory demolition clause, Section 110(k) of the NHPA (54 USC 306113). DG-4026, Page 73 associated transmission lines on nearby historic properties or important historic and cultural resources. • For indirect effects, the assessment should include drawings or modified photographs indicating the station facilities and their surroundings, if visible from these nearby important vantage points. The assessment should lead to one of three conclusions (see 36 CFR 800.4): – No historic properties present. – Historic properties present, but the undertaking will have no effect upon them. – Adverse effect: The undertaking will harm one or more historic properties (see 36 CFR 800.5). If a qualified professional has recommended a “no historic properties present” determination, then the applicant should provide supporting documentation in the ER. If a qualified professional has recommended a finding of no adverse effect to historic properties based on the implementation of protective measures to minimize or avoid these effects, the applicant should formalize these protective measures in a protection plan in consultation with SHPO and other consulting parties and document this within the ER. If a qualified professional determines that adverse effects to historic properties occur, the