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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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. With regard to how an agency should handle potential conflicts between a proposal and the objectives of land-use plans, CEQ states on page 18033 that the agency should first inquire of other agencies whether there are any potential conflicts. If there would be immediate conflicts, or if conflicts could arise in the future when the plans are finished ... the EIS must acknowledge and describe the extent of those conflicts. If there are any possibilities of resolving the conflicts, these should be explained as well. The EIS should also evaluate the seriousness of the impact of the proposal on the land-use plans and policies, and whether, or how much, the proposal will impair the effectiveness of land-use control mechanisms for the area. Comments from officials of the affected area should be solicited early and should be carefully acknowledged and answered in the EIS. Guidance in NRC’s Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2 (1998) provides procedures for evaluating land-use impacts where ` there are either no conflicts between the applicant’s proposed facility and the objectives of Federal, regional, State, and local (and in the case of proposed location on a reservation, Native American tribal) land-use plans and the Federal sources shown in Table 4.1.1-1 (plus comparable State sources), or ` if there are or are likely to be conflicts, the extent of the conflicts, the possibilities of resolving the conflicts, and the seriousness of the impact of the applicant’s proposal on land- use plans and policies and the effectiveness of land-use control mechanisms for the area can be adequately evaluated and discussed in the EIS or other environmental document. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES Because limited portions of land-use impacts are covered in ESRP 4.1.3, “Historic/Archaeological