Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 2d4a35b7-c091-4532-b503-bf35a5bdc380
Document Type: esrp
Title: THE SITE AND VICINITY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 4
Section ID: 4.1.1
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omery 1961). The eight classifica- tions are listed in Table 4.1.1-2. Land in capability Classes I and II is usually the most productive and, therefore, should be subject to the most detailed analysis when it is to be committed. Commitment of land in Classes III through VIII is less important. Table 4.1.1-2. Land Capability Classes Land Capability Class Description I. Soils have few limitations that restrict their use. II. Soils have some limitations that reduce the choice of plants or require moderate conservation practices. III. Soils have severe limitations that reduce the choice of plants, require special conservation practices, or both. IV. Soils have very severe limitations that reduce the choice of plants, require very careful management, or both. V. Soils have little or no erosion hazards but have other limitations, impractical to remove, that limit their use largely to intensive pasture or range, woodland, or wildlife food or cover. Limitations can include wet soil, stones, or shallow bedrock. VI. Soils have severe limitations that make them generally unsuited to cultivation and limit their use largely to pasture or range, woodland, or wildlife food or cover. VII. Soils have very severe limitations that make them unsuitable for cultivation and limit their use largely to grazing, woodland, or wildlife. VIII. Soils and landforms have limitations that preclude their use for commercial plant production and restrict their use to recreation, wildlife, water supply, or to aesthetic purposes. (d) If the land at the proposed site (1) meets the statutory definition of prime or unique, (2) has a relative value rating placing it within the top half in terms of agricultural production in the local government jurisdiction, or (3) has a land capability classification of I or II, assess the productivity of the land to provide input to the benefit-cost balance in ESRP 10.4. October 1999 4.1.1-9 NUREG-1555 ` Consider a State’s published documents on agricultural