Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: c61f475c-a012-47c5-85b5-1c908a94f92b
Document Type: esrp
Title: WATER QUALITY
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.3.3
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n or operation. (a) If site-specific data are unavailable, the following sources are recommended: ` comprehensive framework studies of water and related lands by river-basin planning organizations and regional interagency committees ` Storage and Retrieval System for Water and Biological Data (STORET) water-quality data, time period, and water-quality constituents from the EPA ` reports and data from State agencies, including ecology, conservation, public health, fish and game, forestry, agriculture, water resources, State lands, State engineer, and highway departments and special natural resources commissions (names and functions vary from State to State), and from Native American tribes. October 1999 2.3.3-5 NUREG-1555 ` Adjust the data for present day conditions. ` If historical observations are incomplete or unavailable for the locations of concern, obtain these data through consultation with the applicant or with appropriate resource agencies. (2) Determine the presence of environmental stresses related to existing water quality. ` Determine stresses on the bases of the quality criteria requirements of other water users, as indicated by the approved water-use classification (such as 303(d) lists) or water-resource planning documents for the water body in question. ` As part of the determination, consult the historical literature addressing water-quality issues for the water body in question. (3) When applicable, discuss the water-quality conditions, water rights, and agreements as they affect water-quality and water-resource plans for the site and vicinity with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal water resource and pollution control and monitoring agencies. (4) Obtain the information primarily from the applicant’s ` ER ` responses to questions to the applicant ` consultation with Federal, State, regional, local, and affected Native American tribal agencies. Use sources of data, such as river basin planning organizations, and