Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: f24d8f7b-0da3-4131-b35a-91895b335918
Document Type: esrp
Title: TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY
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: 2.4.1
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ted by the issuance of a construction permit ` 10 CFR 52, Subpart A, with respect to descriptions of the environment affected by the issuance of an early site permit ` 10 CFR 51.95 with respect to the preparation of supplemental environmental impact statements (EISs) in support of the issuance of an operating license October 1999 2.4.1-5 NUREG-1555 ` Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act with respect to the prohibition of taking, possessing, selling, transporting, importing, or exporting the bald or golden eagle, dead or alive, without a permit ` Endangered Species Act of 1973 with respect to identifying threatened and endangered species, critical habitats, formal or informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or National Marine Fisheries Service ` Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 with respect to consideration of fish and wildlife resources in the planning of development projects that affect water resources ` Migratory Bird Treaty Act with respect to declaring that it is unlawful to take, import, export, possess, buy, sell, purchase, or barter any migratory bird. Feathers or other parts of nests and eggs, and products made from migratory birds are also covered by the Act. “Take” is defined as pursuing, hunting, shooting, poisoning, wounding, killing, capturing, trapping, or collecting. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations as identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), contains guidance concerning the ecological systems and biota at potential sites and their environs should be sufficiently well-known to allow reasonably certain predictions that there would be no unacceptable or unnecessary deleterious impacts on populations of important species or on ecological systems with which they are associated from the construction or operation of a nuclear power station at the site. The reviewer should ensure that the