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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ability of spurs to the proposed site. – Waterways: Waterway infrastructure refers to freshwater and ocean barge facilities. Describe all barge facilities (e.g., size, size limitations, and depth of channel). • Potentially affected visual resources within the expected viewshed of the station (e.g., light pollution). Describe any existing standards or applicable regulations affecting the viewshed of the site. Highlight any viewshed management plans or other documents that discuss the current and expected impacts of normal development of the viewshed. • Recreation venues in the vicinity of the site. Describe the type of venue, capacity, occupation rate and seasonal characteristics. • Characteristics of distinctive communities (e.g., historic districts, tourist attractions, cultural resources, American Indian lands and resources, and other popular resources). Discuss any expected trends affecting these resources. DG-4026, Page 41 2.5 Environmental Justice Environmental justice (EJ) refers to a Federal policy established by Executive Order 12898, “Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations” (59 Federal Register [FR] 7629) (Ref. 35), under which each Federal agency identifies and addresses, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority or low-income populations.3 Although it is not subject to the Executive Order, the Commission has voluntarily committed to undertake environmental justice reviews and issued its policy statement on the treatment of environmental justice matters in licensing actions (ML033380930). LIC-203, Revision 2, “Procedural Guidance for Preparing Environmental Justice Assessments and Considering Environmental Issues” provides the staff’s methodology for performing EJ analyses (Ref. 36). The environmental justice review involves identifying minority and low-income populations in the