Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 2d4a35b7-c091-4532-b503-bf35a5bdc380
Document Type: esrp
Title: THE SITE AND VICINITY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 4
Section ID: 4.1.1
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ollows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), with respect to land-use considerations rendering a proposed site unsuitable for a nuclear power station. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s description of potential land-use impacts to the site and vicinity is discussed in the following paragraphs: The NRC’s regulations implementing NEPA provide that NRC EISs are to include a section discuss- ing the environmental consequences of alternatives (10 CFR 51, Appendix A[7]). The section is to include a discussion of “possible conflicts between the alternatives and the objectives of Federal, State, regional, and local (and in the case of a reservation, Native American tribal) land-use plans, policies and controls for the area concerned.” In addition, the regulations provide that due consid- eration is to be given in an EIS to compliance with applicable zoning and land-use regulations [10 CFR 51.71(d)]. October 1999 4.1.1-5 NUREG-1555 Guidance on (1) what constitutes a land-use plan or policy, and (2) how an agency should handle potential conflicts between a proposal and the objectives of land-use plans is provided by the CEQ in Question 23 of “Forty Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act Regulations” (CEQ 1981). With regard to what constitutes a land-use plan or policy, CEQ states on page 18033 that the term “land-use plans” includes all types of formally adopted documents for land-use planning, zoning, and related regulatory requirements. Local general plans are included, even though they are subject to future change. Proposed plans should also be addressed if they have been formally proposed by the appropriate government body in a written form, and are being actively pursued by officials of the jurisdiction. Staged plans, which must go through phases of development ... should also be included even though they are incomplete.