Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 370a4104-eb75-459b-b1b5-2e9df9c6f819
Document Type: esrp
Title: AQUATIC ECOLOGY
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: 6.5.2
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ies for Nuclear Power Stations (NRC 1977), contains technical information for the design and execution of environmental monitoring studies, the results of which may be appropriate for inclusion in the applicant’s ER. The reviewer should ensure that the appropriate results are included in the ER. Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluating the applicant’s aquatic ecology program is discussed in the following paragraph: Monitoring programs written for individual power plant sites, designs, and ecological communities facilitate the identification of specific adverse impacts to aquatic biota. Using a generic monitoring program could allow some species or their essential habitat to go undetected. Thus, it is important that the adequacy and accuracy of the data collection and analytical methods be examined for each specific site and that evaluations be given of supplemental programs needed to correct any foreseen inadequacies. III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The program analysis involves the review of the following separate but related aspects of the applicant’s aquatic-ecology monitoring program: Preapplication Monitoring The program of aquatic field monitoring is used to support the applicant’s descriptions of the aquatic ecological environment. Preapplication monitoring is needed to support applications for early site permits, construction permits, operating licenses, and combined licenses. The applicant’s preapplication monitoring program is used to aid in the assessment of site suitability and to support the staff’s database as needed to identify and evaluate potential impacts to the aquatic environment that would result from construction and operation of the proposed project. Generally, data are needed on a seasonal basis and should be sufficient to characterize seasonal variations throughout at least one annual cycle. Additional data (e.g., spawning periods for “important” species) may be needed on a site-specific basis. ` Evaluate the