Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: eb3f5778-b26b-4ba0-9962-f7101bddfff7
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: (Rev. 3005)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003739900.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.8
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s, and reportimi specifications. 5.1 Responsibility Describe the assignment of ,naltg,•. , .' bility at both the plant and corpoi:r •",'cI for implementing environmental technical specib.ons f1i,, ensuring that plant operations are conducted t., pfovidk continued protection to the environment, and for coordination of environmental technical specifications with safety technical specifications. Define the administrative measures for ensuring that the individual or group assigned the responsibility for auditing or otherwise verifying that an activity has been correctly performed is independent of the individual or group directly responsible for performing the specific activity. The applicant may delegate to other organizations the work of, but not the responsibility for, proposing and executing portions of the environmental technical speci fications. 5.2 Organization Provide organization charts at the plant and corporate levels relative to environmental matters and describe the functioning of the organization with respect to environ mental matters. 5.3 Review and Audit Describe the method for providing independent review and audit of environmental matters and define the review and audit responsibilities and authorities. As a minimum, the following should require review and audit: a. Preparation of the proposed environmental tech nical specifications. b. Coordination of environmental techtical specifi cations with the safety technical specifications to avoid conflicts and maintain consistency. c. Proposed changes to the environmental technical specifications and the evaluation of impact resulting from the change. d. Proposed written procedures (see Section 5.5) and proposed changes thereto which affect the environ mental impact of the plant. e. Proposed changes or modifications to 'plant systems or equipment to determine the environmental impact of the changes. f. Results of the environmental monitoring programs prior to their submittal in each Environmental