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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mmission is committed to the general goals set forth in E.O. 12898, and strives to meet those goals as part of its NEPA review process.” This policy statement further states that the “NRC’s goal is to identify and adequately weigh or mitigate effects, on low-income and minority communities by assessing impacts peculiar to those communities…EJ is a tool, within the normal NEPA context, to identify communities that might otherwise be overlooked and identify impacts due to their uniqueness as part of the NRC’s NEPA review process.” The following guidance is consistent with this policy statement. The NRC’s Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) is guided in its consideration of environmental justice by Appendix C, “Environmental Justice in NRR NEPA Documents,” to NRR Office Instruction, LIC-203, Revision 2, “Procedural Guidance for Preparing Environmental Assessments and Considering Environmental Issues,” dated February 17, 2009. The environmental justice review involves identifying minority and low-income populations in the vicinity of the plant that may be affected by license renewal, any concerns and potential environmental impacts that may affect these populations, including their geographic locations, the significance of such concerns and effects and whether they would be disproportionately high and adverse when compared to the general population, and if so, the mitigation measures available to reduce and/or eliminate these impacts, and the mitigation measures that will be implemented. The NRC will perform the environmental justice review to determine whether there would be disproportionately high and adverse human heath and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations and report the results of this review in the SEIS. The review will be based on information provided in the ER and developed during the scoping process. Information and Analysis Content The ER should include the following information to assist the staff in its