Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 01fb3132-b05a-41a0-ab81-466a6fb6f4d3
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Plant License Renewal Applications (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0916/ML091620409.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2S1
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ng the information and analyses in the ER, the NRC staff prepares a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). NUREG-1555, Supplement 1, Revision 1, “Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants: Operating License Renewal,” issued July 2009, guides the NRC staff’s environmental review and preparation of the SEIS. In the SEIS, the NRC analyzes the environmental impacts of the proposed action (the renewal of the operating license of a nuclear power plant) and the alternatives to renewing the operating license. The SEIS presents the staff’s recommendations regarding the renewal of the operating license of a nuclear power plant. The NRC’s record of decision (ROD) considers these recommendations, along with the findings from the safety review (10 CFR Part 54). The NRC’s NEPA review process consists of the following actions required by 10 CFR Part 51: ● Publish a notice of intent to prepare an SEIS in the Federal Register (see 10 CFR 51.27, “Notice of Intent,” and 10 CFR 51.95(c)) and send copies of the notice to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies; affected American Indian tribes; State, regional, and metropolitan clearinghouses; and any interested persons upon request. The notice should explain the scoping process, state the locations of copies of the ER available for public inspection, and invite public participation in the scoping process. ● Conduct scoping (see 10 CFR 51.28, “Scoping—Participants,” and 10 CFR 51.29, “Scoping—Environmental Impact Statement and Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement”). The scoping process includes identifying and inviting appropriate agencies, groups, and persons to participate in the process. With respect to license renewal, scoping focuses on allowing other parties to raise environmental issues that they believe are significant and yet are not addressed or not adequately addressed in the ER. Parties may raise issues at the public scoping meeting,