Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 274c9153-7a73-42bb-846f-1ee87cbc87bf
Document Type: esrp
Title: TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY AND LAND USE
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 6
Section ID: 6.5.1
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onal monitoring. An operational monitoring program should be included with an application for an operating license, for a combined license, and for license renewal applications. Operational monitoring programs may not be fully developed at the time of applying for a construction permit. General When evaluating the above four types of monitoring programs, the following features should be considered: (1) Ensure that the applicant has, to the extent feasible, described the general scope and objectives of its intended programs and has provided a tentative listing of parameters that it believes should be monitored. The application should include ` the duration over which the parameters will be monitored ` provisions for updating the program (included in the applicant’s ER). (2) Establish whether adequate data will be provided as outlined above. If the monitoring programs are judged to be inadequate or to include unnecessary elements, the reviewer should evaluate potential additions and deletions. (3) Consider the following features for each of the four types of monitoring programs: ` The continuity of design, i.e., each monitoring program should build upon the methodology and informational outputs of the previous program. ` The relationship to environmental monitoring conducted by other agencies in the vicinity of the power station should be described. ` The bases and objective of each element of the monitoring program should be clearly stated, as well as its relationship to the overall environmental monitoring program. ` If outputs of a preceding monitoring program or project demonstrate no significant impacts, then provisions to study such effects in successive monitoring programs should be reduced or deleted. ` The program should allow for periodic modification based on the results of previous monitoring to ensure that the current monitoring effort is sufficient and justified when compared to a current assessment of the effects that plant construction and/or