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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1978). U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit Decision, August 22, 1978. 101. CFR “Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines for Specification of Disposal Sites for Dredged or Fill Material,” Part 230, Title 40, “Protection of Environment.” 102. NRC, “Management Directive (MD) 8.4, “Management of Facility-Specific Backfitting and Information Collection,” Washington, DC. 103. NRC. NUREG-1409, “Backfitting Guidelines,” July 1990, Washington, DC. DG-4026, Appendix A, Page A-1 APPENDIX A – Part 50 and Part 52 Licenses and Authorizations The information provided in Part C of this regulatory guide (RG) is for environmental reports (ERs) for combined license (COL) applications that do not reference an early site permit (ESP). This appendix provides information for the development of ERs for other authorizations and licenses that can be granted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 (Ref. A1), and Part 52 (Ref. A2). A.1 Early Site Permits Before the ESP process was promulgated in 1989, the licensing process required large expenditures of time and money by applicants well before key site-specific environmental safety and emergency planning issues could be resolved. The ESP process is meant to resolve these issues well in advance of when a decision is made to build a nuclear power plant. The requirements for the information to be included in ERs for an ESP application are set forth in 10 CFR 51.45 and 51.50(b) (Ref. A3). An ESP is a determination by the NRC as to the suitability of a site for the construction and operation of one or more nuclear reactors. It is not an authorization to construct and operate the nuclear reactor referenced in the ESP application or, in the case of a plant parameter envelope (PPE) design, a reactor that fits inside the bounding characteristics of the PPE. A PPE is a set of plant-design parameter values that an ESP applicant expects will bound the design