Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: c5012ace-4e02-4365-8e19-adad51f2d654
Document Type: esrp
Title: TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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: 4.3.1
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ter Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act (CWA). ` Memorandum of Understanding between the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, and the NRC for the Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants, 40 FR 60115, provides guidance with respect to the NRC exercising the primary responsibility in conducting environmental reviews and in preparing EISs for nuclear power stations. However, the Corps of Engineers will participate with the NRC in the preparation of EISs by helping to draft material for sections covering (1) coastal erosion and other shoreline modifications, (2) siltation and sedimentation processes, (3) dredging activities and disposal of dredged materials, and (4) location of structures affecting navigable waters. ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (1998), contains guidance that the ecological systems and biota at potential sites and their environs should be sufficiently well known to allow reasonably certain predictions of impacts that there would be no unacceptable or unnecessary deleterious impacts on populations of important species or on ecological systems from the construction of a nuclear power station. ` Regulatory Guide 4.11, Rev. 1, Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations (1977), contains technical information for the design and execution of terrestrial environmental studies, the results of which may be appropriate for inclusion in the applicant’s ER. The reviewer should ensure that the appropriate results are included in the ER. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s potential construction or refurbishment impacts on terrestrial ecosystems is discussed in the following paragraph: Construction of a nuclear power facility will directly impact the terrestrial environment. This section of the ESRP reviews and evaluates the impacts that are anticipated from the construction process. This information can then be used in other