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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cted Native American tribal agencies). Demographic data would be available from Geographical, Environmental, & Siting Information System (GEn&SIS) or from the Bureau of the Census block data and TIGER files. ` a more specific description of any unique minority or low-income communities within each environmental-impact area that are likely to be disproportionately affected by the proposed project construction or operation (from the ER, public comments, and consultation with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies). October 1999 2.5.4-3 NUREG-1555 II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA The acceptance criteria for the review of environmental justice information are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 10 CFR 51.71(d) with respect to complying with environmental quality standards and requirements that have been imposed by Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies ` 10 CFR 52.18 with respect to reviewing applications for early site permits ` 10 CFR 52.81 with respect to reviewing applications for combined licenses ` Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629) with respect to impacts on minority and low-income populations ` 10 CFR 100.10 with respect to requirements that the site acceptance be based on the consideration of factors relating to the proposed reactor design and the characteristics peculiar to the site. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), notes that environmental justice is one of the considerations on which site acceptance is based and provides specific information for making the determinations required. ` The Council on Environmental Quality provides guidance for addressing environmental justice, “Environmental Justice: Guidance Under the National Environmental Policy Act,” CEQ Guidance, December 10, 1997 (CEQ 1997). `