Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 169830bd-b12e-4ac1-9b45-2232e861f204
Document Type: esrp
Title: SANITARY SYSTEM EFFLUENTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.6.2
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nent) to be provided (from the environmental report [ER]) ` anticipated quantity and characteristics of treated effluents ` the ultimate disposal of treated effluents (from the ER) ` standards for the proposed sanitary system effluents ` the NPDES permit (if available). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for review of sanitary system effluents are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 40 CFR 6, Appendix A, with respect to procedures on floodplain and wetlands protection ` 40 CFR 122 with respect to NPDES permit conditions for discharges, including storm-water discharges ` 40 CFR 133 with respect to sanitary effluents ` 40 CFR 403 with respect to sanitary wastes ` 40 CFR 423 with respect to effluent limitations on existing and new point sources ` Federal, State, local, regional, and Native American tribal water laws and water rights. October 1999 3.6.2-3 NUREG-1555 Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations as identified above are as follows: ` Compliance with environmental quality standards and requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act, is not a substitute for and does not negate the requirement for NRC to weigh the environmental impacts of the proposed action, including any degradation of water quality, and to consider alternatives to the proposed action that are available for reducing the adverse impacts. If an environmental assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC will consider the assessment in its determination of the magnitude of the environmental impacts in striking an overall benefit-cost balance. When no such assessment of aquatic impacts is available from the permitting authority, the NRC (possibly in conjunction with the permitting authority and other agencies having relevant expertise) will establish its own impact determination. ` Because water quality and water supply are interdependent,