Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 370a4104-eb75-459b-b1b5-2e9df9c6f819
Document Type: esrp
Title: AQUATIC ECOLOGY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 6
Section ID: 6.5.2
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g of development projects that affect water resources ` Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 with respect to the protection of marine mammals ` Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 with respect to dumping of dredged material into the ocean and monitoring marine resources during construction Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.2, Rev. 2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1976), details the means by which the applicant collected the baseline data presented in other sections and should describe the applicant’s plans and programs for monitoring the environmental impacts of site preparation, station construction, and station operation. The reviewer should ensure that the applicant’s plans for measurement of conditions prior to site preparation include all environ- mental parameters that must subsequently be monitored during station operation, as well as during site preparation and station construction. ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), contains guidance that ecological systems and biota at potential sites and their environs be sufficiently well known to allow reasonably certain predictions that there would be no significant impacts to the aquatic ecology associated with the construction or operation of a nuclear power station at the site. The reviewer should ensure that the applicant’s monitoring program is capable of identifying October 1999 6.5.2-5 NUREG-1555 important species or ecological systems and detecting whether station construction and operation have any deleterious impacts on these resources. ` Regulatory Guide 4.11, Rev. 1, Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1977), contains technical information for the design and execution of environmental monitoring studies, the results of which may be appropriate for inclusion in the