Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 7624f829-e560-45db-bb97-cc869890a892
Document Type: esrp
Title: HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 6
Section ID: 6.3
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oring The operational monitoring program is designed to establish the impacts of operation of the plant and to detect any unexpected impacts arising from plant operation. Operational monitoring may be required by permitting agencies. IV. EVALUATION FINDINGS Input from the ESRP 6.3 review to the environmental impact statement (EIS) should describe results of the preapplication monitoring program review and should present the objectives of the site preparation, construction, and preoperational hydrological monitoring programs without detail. The reviewer should briefly outline monitoring station locations and the methods, frequency, and duration of monitoring used in each case. Tables and maps may be used if appropriate. The reviewer’s evaluation of these monitoring programs should establish whether sufficient and adequate data will be provided to accomplish the goals of the programs as outlined above. If the program is judged to be inadequate or to contain unnecessary elements, the reviewer should identify and evaluate additions and deletions as needed. The reviewer should ensure that all such additions and deletions are consistent with NRC policy and requirements established by the EPA or other Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies responsible for the determinations specified in the CWA. The following features should be evaluated when applicable: (1) the intensity of sampling needed for each anticipated impact. It should be commensurate with the degree of impact expected. (2) validity of data (3) compliance with requirements of Federal, State, regional, local, and Native American tribal agencies (4) adequacy of measurement techniques. Where data from an earlier monitoring program or project demonstrate no significant impacts, provisions to study such effects in successive monitoring programs may be reduced or deleted. NUREG-1555 6.3-8 October 1999 V. IMPLEMENTATION The method described herein will be used by the staff in