Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: c61f475c-a012-47c5-85b5-1c908a94f92b
Document Type: esrp
Title: WATER QUALITY
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: 2.3.3
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to restrictions on waste disposal options ` 40 CFR 149 with respect to possible supplemental restrictions on waste disposal and water use in or above a sole source aquifer ` 40 CFR 165 with respect to the disposal and storage of pesticides and pesticide containers ` 40 CFR 227 with respect to criteria for evaluating environmental impacts ` 40 CFR 403 with respect to waste effluents ` 40 CFR 423 with respect to effluent limitations on existing and new point sources ` 40 CFR 700-716 with respect to practices and procedures for managing toxic chemicals ` State and Native American tribal water laws and water rights. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations as identified above are as follows: NUREG-1555 2.3.3-4 October 1999 ` Compliance with environmental quality standards and requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act, is not a substitute for and does not negate the requirement for NRC to weigh the environmental impacts of the proposed action, including any degradation of water quality, and to consider alternatives to the proposed action that are available for reducing the adverse impacts. If an environmental assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC should consider the assessment in its determination of the magnitude of the environmental impacts in striking an overall benefit-cost balance. When no such assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC (to the degree possible in conjunction with the permitting authority and other agencies having relevant expertise) should establish its own impact determination. ` Because water quality and water supply are interdependent, changes in water quality must be considered simultaneously with changes in water supply. In Jefferson County PUD #1 vs. Department of Ecology (U.S. Supreme Court Case), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the States additional authority