Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: d196063a-7dbb-4b68-86d9-5aeb781a0655
Document Type: esrp
Title: HYDROLOGY
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: 2.3.1
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iver-basin commissions, State agencies, and Federal agencies, such as the Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), as possible sources for site-specific data, including the following: ` comprehensive framework studies of water and related lands by river basin planning organizations and regional interagency committees ` reports and data from Federal agencies, including the USGS, Bureau of Reclamation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Service, Agricultural Research Service, Weather Service, Coast and Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Coast Guard, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Federal Highway Administration ` reports and data by regional power administrations such as the Bonneville Power Administration and Tennessee Valley Authority ` STOrage and RETrieval System for Water and Biological Data (STORET) water-quality data for specified geographic area, time period, and water-quality constituents from the EPA ` State 303(d) list ` well logs from water well drillers ` reports and data from State agencies, including ecology, conservation, public health, fish and game, forestry, agriculture, water resources, State lands, State engineer, and highway depart- ments and special natural resources commissions (names and functions vary from State to State), and from Native American tribes ` standard handbooks (Maidment 1992; Linsley, Kohler, and Paulhus 1982; Mays 1996). The depth and extent of the input to the environmental impact statement (EIS) will be governed by the hydrological resources that could affect or be affected by plant construction or operation and by the nature and magnitude of the expected impacts. With this in mind, the reviewer should take the following steps: (1) Ensure that ` data are sufficient to provide quantitative information on the hydrological resources potentially affecting or affected by plant construction and operation ` Federal, State,