Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: eb459717-f66d-4f9a-894b-c0715ad66f1f
Document Type: esrp
Title: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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: 2.5.4
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ed in the EIS: ` a general description of the location of minority and low-income populations within the region surrounding the site. This description should ordinarily be accompanied by two maps that highlight October 1999 2.5.4-5 NUREG-1555 the location of minority and low-income populations, respectively. These maps would ordinarily be based on the most recent Census of Population, supplemented by other information if available. ` a description of minority and low-income populations of particular interest or unusual circumstances, such as minority communities exceptionally dependent on subsistence resources or identifiable in compact locations, such as a Native American settlement ` a brief description of any additional important cultural or economic facts that may result in unusually high environmental (including socioeconomic) impacts ` a brief description of the overall results and adequacy of any surveys (archival or field) that were conducted by the applicant. The reviewer should identify and provide the locations of minority and low-income populations for each environmental impact site. The reviewer should verify that the applicant’s data are adequate and consider them adequate if the following statements are true: ` Data in the ER adequately describe the locations and distances of minority and low-income commu- nities and population concentrations in the vicinity of the facility to determine the percentages of minority and low-income populations within the environmental impact site and larger geographic area, and are in agreement with data obtained from other sources, when available. ` When applicable, data in the ER adequately describe the unique lifestyle and practices of minority and low-income communities (for example, subsistence activities or dependence on specific water supplies) that could result in disproportionate impacts from plant construction and site operations. ` Descriptions of the nature and extent of activities conducted at the site and