Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 9a5edac5-1081-4f44-bb3f-62397e5f2033
Document Type: esrp
Title: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 5
Section ID: 5.8.3
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rminations are described in Attachment 4 to Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) Office Letter No. 906, Revision 1: “Procedural Guidance for Preparing Environmental Assessments and Considering Environmental Issues” (NRC 1996). NRR Office Letter No. 906 is revised periodically. Obtain the latest revision for current guidance. Information submitted by the applicant is adequate and meets the 10 CFR 51.45 requirements and NRR guidelines if it permits the identification of minority and low-income populations as required in that guidance. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s potential environmental justice impacts is discussed in the following paragraphs: NUREG-1555 5.8.3-4 October 1999 10 CFR 51.45 requires applicants to provide the information that the commission needs in its development of independent analysis. The memorandum accompanying Executive Order 12898 directs Federal agencies to consider environmental justice as part of the NEPA process. Although NRC is an independent agency, it has agreed to comply with the Executive Order. The purpose of the environmental justice assessment is to identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority and low- income populations. These populations may be present in scattered small groups or may have unusual customs, practices, or dependencies on specific resources that would be overlooked in a broader analysis that focuses on the majority population. As a result, it is necessary to evaluate impacts for each such population and more carefully examine unusual environmental pathways (including socioeconomic pathways) that could result in disproportionately high impacts on them. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The kinds of data and information required will be affected by site- and station-specific factors, and the degree of detail should be modified according to the anticipated magnitude of the potential impact. The