Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: c5012ace-4e02-4365-8e19-adad51f2d654
Document Type: esrp
Title: TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
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: 4.3.1
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s description, quantification, and assessment of the impacts of construction on the terrestrial ecosystem. The scope of the review directed by this plan includes an assessment of both onsite and offsite construction, including transmission line and access corridor construction. The assessment should be in sufficient detail to (1) predict and evaluate the significance of potential impacts to “important” species and their habitats and (2) evaluate how these impacts should be considered in the licensing decision. If necessary, the reviewer should suggest consideration of alternative designs or construction practices, or licensee commitments to mitigate the intensity of environmental impacts. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from or provide input to reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRP 2.4.1. Obtain descriptive material on the terrestrial ecology of the site and vicinity needed to support the analyses made in ESRP 4.3.1. The reviewer for ESRP 4.3.1 should also provide input on significant impacts of construction to the terrestrial environment. ` ESRP 3.1. Obtain information about the power plant’s external appearance and layout in enough detail to support the analyses made in ESRP 4.3.1. NUREG-1555 4.3.1-2 October 1999 ` ESRP 3.4.2. Obtain information on cooling system in enough detail to support analysis of bird impacts with cooling towers. ` ESRP 3.7. Obtain information about the power transmission system in enough detail to support the analyses made in ESRP 4.3.1. ` ESRP 4.1.1. Obtain information regarding impacts of construction on land use onsite and in the vicinity of the plant to complete the description of construction impacts on the terrestrial ecosystem. ` ESRP 4.1.2. Obtain information regarding impacts to land use in transmission corridors and offsite