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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he lands or waters near the site. For example, American Indian Tribes may have specific rights or a cultural or spiritual attachment to natural resources at a site (e.g., wild rice, sweet grasses, and other traditional medicines). However, unique EJ community characteristics can also be physical, such as local community access routes that facilitate a community’s ability to function normally.4 Low-income communities with unique characteristics may be found in areas of low-income housing (private or federally subsidized). The nature of the unique characteristic of a low- income community may need to be determined by interviews and community visits. The applicant should remain sensitive to how project-related activities at the proposed plant could create pathways for a disproportionately high and adverse impact on such communities. Description in the ER The ER should contain the following: 4 For instance, in the case of Louisiana Energy Services (CLI-98-3, 47 NRC 77 (1998)) (Ref. 37), the planned closure of a small rural road would have prevented the north-south movement of a local African-American community to and from their local church. And in the case of the V.C. Summer new reactor combined license (Ref. 38), traffic during commute times was found to impede local low-income foot traffic that served the local community’s most used route to market. DG-4026, Page 45 • Discussion highlighting the methods used to identify EJ-related practices or resources described above. • Description of any potential pathways that could result in disproportionately high and adverse impacts to minority or low-income populations that would require further analysis in Chapters 4 and 5. 2.6 Historic and Cultural Resources Historic and cultural resources are the remains of past human activities and include prehistoric and historic era archaeological sites, historic districts, and buildings, as well as any site structure or object that may be considered eligible for listing on the