Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 62bf53b4-c75d-48ce-825c-84c032fa32be
Document Type: esrp
Title: AQUATIC 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: 4.3.2
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ct to restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of water resources ` Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958 with respect to consideration of fish and wildlife resources in planning development projects that affect water resources ` Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 with respect to the protection of marine mammals ` Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 with respect to the dumping of dredged material into the ocean ` Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 with respect to construction of any bridge, causeway, dam, or dike over or in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or any other navigable water of the United States. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations and other statutory requirements identified above are as follows: ` Regulatory Guide 4.7, Rev. 2, General Site Suitability for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1998), contains guidance that the ecological systems and biota at potential sites and their environs should be sufficiently well known to allow reasonably certain predictions of impacts and that there would be no unacceptable or unnecessary deleterious impacts on populations of important species or on ecological systems from the construction of a nuclear power station. ` Memorandum of Understanding between the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, and the NRC for the Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants, 1975, provides guidance with respect to the NRC exercising the primary responsibility in conducting environmental reviews and in preparing environmental impact statements (EISs) for nuclear power stations. However, the Corps of Engineers will participate with the NRC in the preparation of EISs by helping to draft material for sections covering (1) coastal erosion and other shoreline modifications, (2) siltation and sedimentation processes, (3) dredging activities and disposal of dredged materials, and (4) location of structures affecting