Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: fb246029-902a-4486-a571-9eb2f19a6eff
Document Type: esrp
Title: THE REGION
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: 2.2.3
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l types of formally adopted documents for land-use planning, zoning and related regulatory requirements. Local general plans are included, even though they are subject to future change. Proposed plans should also be addressed if they have been formally proposed by the appropriate government body in a written form, and are being actively pursued by officials of the jurisdiction. Staged plans, which must go through phases of development ... should also be included even though they are incomplete. With respect to how an agency should handle potential conflicts between a proposal and the objectives of land-use plans, CEQ states on page 18033 (CEQ 1981) that the agency should first inquire of other agencies whether there are any potential conflicts. If there would be immediate conflicts, or if conflicts could arise in the future when the plans are finished ... the EIS must acknowledge and describe the extent of those conflicts. If there are any possibilities of resolving the conflicts, these should be explained as well. The EIS should also evaluate the serious- ness of the impact of the proposal on the land-use plans and policies, and whether, or how much, the proposal will impair the effectiveness of land-use control mechanisms for the area. Comments from officials of the affected area should be solicited early and should be carefully acknowledged and answered in the EIS. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The reviewer’s analysis of land-use characteristics should be closely linked with the impact assessment review described in ESRPs Chapters 4.0 and 5.0 to establish the land-use characteristics most likely to be affected by the proposed project. With this in mind, the reviewer should take the following steps: (1) Identify present land use within the region according to the categories defined by the USGS (1997): ` Determine the level of detail used in selecting land-use categories in consultation with the reviewers for construction and operational impacts on land use and