Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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erest. The ER should also address potential mitigation actions or other mitigating factors that could reduce negative impacts. 5.5.2 Human-Health Effects The applicant should include a qualitative (or quantitative, if more appropriate) discussion in the ER of the human-health pathways by which any environmental impact during operation could result in disproportionate impacts on any minority or low-income population (including radiological, cultural and economic factors). The discussion should conclude with a determination of whether or not human health impacts of operation could result in disproportionately high and adverse human-health effects during operations. The ER should address potential mitigation actions or other mitigating factors that would reduce negative impacts. DG-4026, Page 91 5.5.3 Subsistence, Special Conditions, and Unique Characteristics The applicant should describe the effects of operational activities on any established resource dependencies, cultural practices, or subsistence behaviors at or in the vicinity of the site, or at offsite areas. The discussion should conclude with a determination of whether or not disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects could occur as a result of operations. The ER should address potential mitigation actions or other mitigating factors that would reduce negative impacts. Such information may include, but is not limited to: • subsistence behavior (i.e., hunting, fishing, or other natural resource exploitation as an income supplement) • unique cultural practices (e.g., American Indian Tribal religious and ceremonial reliance on natural resources such as sweet grasses, fish, and wild rice) • special circumstances or unique characteristics, (e.g., minority communities identifiable in compact (smaller than a census block) locations, such as American Indian communities) • any disproportionately high socioeconomic characteristic (e.g., a high dependence on pedestrian