Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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ies, blowdown or other discharge lines, and related infrastructure. The applicant should identify and describe the land-use characteristics of the site, vicinity, and region. These descriptions should provide reasonably foreseeable land-use changes near the site, including commercial, residential, and industrial developments and the anticipated effects of land-use or related regional-development plans. 2.1.1 Site, Vicinity, and Region The ER should include the following land-use information relating to the proposed site, vicinity, and region: • A site area map prepared according to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.206. • Zoning information for the proposed site including any existing or proposed land-use plans and any regional economic-development plans that include the proposed site or vicinity within their scope. DG-4026, Page 28 • Maps and summary tabulation of areas occupied by the principal land uses for the site, vicinity, and region. • Map showing existing topography of the site and vicinity. • Maps showing highways, railroad lines, waterways, and utility corridors located on, or that cross, the site, vicinity, and region. • Special land uses (e.g., recreation areas, parks, Tribal lands, designated wild and scenic rivers, or areas of other special designation) that could be affected by building the proposed project. • Raw material resources (e.g., timber, sand and gravel, coal, oil, natural gas, ores, groundwater, and geothermal resources) and the owners thereof on or adjacent to the site that are presently being extracted or are of known commercial value. • Principal agricultural and forest products of the vicinity and region, if agriculture or forestry is a predominant land use. • Maps showing major public and trust land areas in the region. • Discussion of whether any land at the proposed site or any affected offsite lands would be subject to requirements in the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.). • Discussion of whether any