Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: b0a0b132-269c-48c5-ac4c-6f67298c2f61
Document Type: esrp
Title: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.4.3
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ative maintenance practices, particularly with respect to corridor maintenance, when the proposed methods can be predicted to have adverse impacts NUREG-1555 9.4.3-10 October 1999 associated with, for example, herbicide drift or habitat loss due to clear cutting. The reviewer should consult with the reviewers for ESRPs 5.6.1 through 5.6.3 to determine the nature and scope of alternatives to be considered. (c) The reviewer should consider alternative locations of auxiliary transmission system facilities only when the reviewers for ESRPs 4.1.2 or 5.1.2 advise relocating of such facilities. Using the guidance below, the reviewer should evaluate the applicant’s process for identifying and selecting alternative transmission system routes to ensure that reasonable alternatives to the proposed routes have been considered. The reviewer should also ensure that due consideration has been given to the use of existing transmission line corridors as an alternative to the development of new corridors. The reviewer should ensure that each transmission system alternative has been described in sufficient detail to enable the reviewer to make an effective analysis and comparison of environmental impacts leading to a staff conclusion that the alternative system is environmentally preferable, equivalent, or inferior to the proposed system. For those alternatives determined to be environmentally preferable, the reviewer should ensure that economic-cost data are available in sufficient detail to enable the reviewer to conduct benefit-cost balance and comparisons with the proposed system, leading to a final staff recommendation for transmission system consideration. The reviewer should also ensure that all comparisons are made on the basis of the proposed system, as supplemented with those measures and controls to limit adverse impacts proposed by the applicant and concurred with by the staff. For those alternatives eliminated from consideration on the basis of land use, water use, or