Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 274c9153-7a73-42bb-846f-1ee87cbc87bf
Document Type: esrp
Title: TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY AND LAND USE
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: 6.5.1
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ntify- ing and assessing the environmental impacts to terrestrial biota resulting from plant operation. Preoperational monitoring programs should be evaluated for applications for an operating license or a combined license. The applicant’s preoperational monitoring plan should build on the preapplication monitoring program and the site preparation and construction monitoring. The program should be complementary, and if possible, integrated with environmental monitoring conducted in the vicinity of the power station by other agencies not supported by the applicant. The program should be statistically sound and designed to provide an adequate baseline so that the operational monitoring program can detect expected impacts with a degree of confidence commensurate with the risks and costs involved. Where consistent with construction planning, two or more consecutive years of data collection should be planned, and the program should demonstrate a logical extension of both the preapplication and site-preparation monitoring programs and should be integrated with any required construction monitoring programs. (1) Analyze the program to determine if adequate baseline data will be provided to allow assessment of the following parameters: ` for closed-cycle cooling facilities, drift and vapor plume impacts regarding vegetation growth and habitat modification as it affects animals ` bird collisions with plant structures or transmission lines and towers ` any impacts on “important” species and habitats. October 1999 6.5.1-7 NUREG-1555 Operational Monitoring A program of terrestrial ecological monitoring may be necessary to establish a baseline for use and evaluation of the environmental impacts of continued plant operation. It continues the studies conducted during preoperational monitoring. An operational monitoring program should be included with an application for an operating license, for a combined license, and for license renewal applications. Operational monitoring