Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: eb459717-f66d-4f9a-894b-c0715ad66f1f
Document Type: esrp
Title: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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: 2.5.4
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s identification and description of low- income and minority populations that could be impacted by construction, maintenance, or operation of the proposed project to the extent that such information can serve as the basis of an environmental impact statement (EIS) section on environmental justic. This review should provide input to other reviews dealing with evaluation of construction and operational impacts to these populations. The scope of the review directed by this plan should include consideration of the methods that are used to identify and locate minority and low-income populations, the location and significance of any popula- tions that are particularly sensitive, and any additional information pertaining to minority and low- income populations that could be impacted by construction, maintenance, or operation of the proposed project. The descriptions to be provided by this review should be of sufficient detail to permit subse- quent staff assessment and evaluation of specific impacts as provided in ESRPs 4.4.3 and 5.8.3. Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from and provide input to the reviewers for the following ESRPs, as indicated: ` ESRPs 2.5.1 and 2.5.2. Obtain input on demography and community characteristics for comparison with data on minority and low-income populations. NUREG-1555 2.5.4-2 October 1999 ` ESRPs 4.1.1 through 4.6, 5.1.1 through 5.6.3, 7.1, and 7.3. Obtain input from these plans to establish environmental pathways of importance for identifying minority and low-income populations of concern. ` ESRP 4.4.3. Provide descriptions of those minority and low-income populations that could be disproportionately impacted by proposed project construction activities and the mechanisms by which disproportionate harm could occur. ` ESRP 5.8.3. Provide descriptions of