Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 4cad4a2f-276d-4be5-9fba-e856faa358a0
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: 5
Section ID: 5.6.1
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of 1958 with respect to consideration of fish and wildlife resources in the planning and development of projects that affect water resources ` Migratory Bird Treaty Act with respect to declaring that it is unlawful to take, import, export, possess, buy, sell, purchase, or barter any migratory bird. Feathers and other parts, such as nests or eggs, and products made from migratory birds are also covered by the Act. “Take” is defined as pursuing, hunting, shooting, poisoning, wounding, killing, capturing, trapping, or collecting. Regulatory guidance and specific criteria to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: NUREG-1555 5.6.1-4 October 1999 ` Regulatory Guide 4.2, Rev. 2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1976), contains guidance for the preparation of ERs. With respect to the transmission system, it specifies the provisions of descriptions of effects on plants and wildlife habitat from maintenance of transmission line rights-of-way and access roads. It also states that potential impacts of electric or magnetic fields be discussed. The reviewer should ensure that the appropriate data and analyses are provided in the ER and included in the EIS. ` Regulatory Guide 4.11, Rev. 1, Terrestrial Environmental Studies for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1977), contains technical information for the design and execution of terrestrial environmental studies, the results of which may be appropriate for inclusion in the EIS. The reviewer should ensure that the appropriate information regarding effects on terrestrial biota from operation and maintenance of the transmission systems is provided in the ER and included in the EIS. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s potential impacts to the terrestrial ecosystem from the transmission systems is discussed in the following paragraph: The EIS needs to include an analysis that considers and balances the environmental effects of the transmission