ML19221A747
| ML19221A747 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 02/28/1979 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NUREG-0555, NUREG-0555-02.2.2, NUREG-555, NUREG-555-2.2.2, SRP-02.02.02, SRP-2.02.02, NUDOCS 7907090027 | |
| Download: ML19221A747 (6) | |
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Section 2.2.2 February 1979 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD REVIEW PLAN FOR ES SECTION 2.2.2 LAND:
TRANSMISSION CORRIDORS AND OFFSITE AREAS REVIEW INPUTS Environmental Report Sections 3.9 Transmission Facilities 4.1 Site Preparation and Station Construction 4.2 Transmission Facilities Corstruction Environmental Reviews None Standards and Guides None Other The sitt visit Responses to requests for additional information Consultation with local, State, and Federal agencies REVIEW DUTPUTS Environmental Statement Sections 2.2.2 Land: Transmission Corridors and Offsite Areas Other Environmental Revien 2.4.1 Terrestrial Ecology 2.5.2 Community Characteristics 3.7 Power Transmission Systems 4.1.2 Environmental Impacts of Construction:'
4.1.3.2 Historic / Archeological Sites:
4.2.2 Water-Use Impacts:
Transmission Corridors I
4.3.1.2 Terrestrial Ecosystems:
and Of fsite Areas 4.3.2.2 Aquatic Ecosystems:
4.4.1 Socioeconomic Impacts: Physical 5.1.2 Land-Use Impacts: Transmission Ctrridors and Of fsite Areas 5.8.1 Socioeconomic Economics: Physical 107 153 7 9 07 0 900F7 2.2.2-
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I.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this environmental standard review plan (ESRP) is to direct the staff's review of land use of ;ransmission line corridors,* access corridors, and other offsite areas that will be modified for the sole purpose of supporting construction and operation of the proposed project. The scope of the review directed by this plan will include consideration of these areas in sufficient detail to form a basis for assessing the land-use impacts from the construction and maintenance of offsite facilities.
II.
REQUIRED DATA AND INFORMATION The kinds of data and information required will be affected by site-and station-specific factors, and the degree of detail will be modified according to the anticipated magnitude of the potential impact. The following data or information will usually be required:
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Proposed routes for corridors that will be used for construction of transmission lines from th station site to an interconnecting point or points on the existing high-voltage transmission systems (from the ER).
B.
Proposed routes of access corridors to serve the proposed station (f rom the ER).
C.
Land-use restrictions, if any, contained in any easements (f rom the ER and consultation with land resource agencies).
ASee the ESRP for ES Section 3.7 for a definition of transmission line
" corridors."
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Land use within the corridors using the categories defined in Refer-ence 1.
Land-use information should be subdivided into corridor segments having predominantly similar land-use types (from the ER and consultation with local, State, and Federal agencies).
E.
Identification of of fsite areas by land use, size, and location (f rom ER, site visit, and consultations with local, State, and Federal agencies).
F.
Local and regional land-use plans of State and regional agencies (from consultations with local, State, and Federal agencies).
G.
Special land-use classifications (e.g., Indian reservations, scenic and wild rivers, National park and wilderness areas, military reservations)
(from the ER and consultation with Federal resource agencies).
III.
ANALYSIS PROCEDURE The reviewer's analysis of land-use characteristics will be closely linked with the impact assessment review descr ibed by the ESRPs for ES Sec-tions 4 and 5 (e.g., 4.1. 2 and 5.1 ?) in order to establish the land-use characteristics that are most likely to be af fected.
The reviewer will identify the present land use within the transmission corridors, access corridors, and offsite areas according to categories defined in Reference 1.
The level of detail in selecting land-use categories will be based on the needs of subsequent assessments.
The reviewer will identify total area by land-use categories.
The land use of the corridors that would be changed will be compared in ES Sections 4 and 5 to land use within the region as described in ES Section 2.2.3.
The reviewer will identify the following charac teristics of the transmis-sion corridors, access corridors, and offsite areas 2.2.2-3
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A.
Waterways, highways, roads, railroads, airports.
B.
Natural gas, electrical transmission lines, and other utilities.
C.
Golf courses, picnic, swimming, fist.ing, boating, and other recrea-tional areas.
D.
Residential areas and industrial or commercial facilities.
E.
Local and regional land-use plans.
F.
Special land-use clar sifications.
IV.
EVALUATION The reviewer will ensure that the land-use information is adequate as a basis for assessment of the effects of construction and operation of transmis-sion lines, access corridors, and offsite araas.
The reviewer will use the site visit and consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies to assess the accuracy of the land-use designations.
V.
INPUT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT The depth and extent of the input to the environmental statement will be governed by the land-use characteristics of the transmission corridors and offsite areas in which the plant is to be located and the potential land-use impacts of plant construction and operation.
The information should be presented in a concise form.
Data should be given in tables showing land use in the transmission corridors, access cor-ridors, and offsite areas.
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February 1979 The following information should be included:
1.
A brief description of the characteristics of the transmission corridors, access corridors, and of fsite areas.
2.
A tabulation of the areas dedicated to each land-use category in the transmission corridors, access corridors, and offsite areas.
Information on transmission corridors should be subdivided into corridor segments having pre-dominantly similar land uses. The tabulations may be supplemented by land-use maps as necessary for clarity.
The tabulations required for ES Sections 2.2.1, 2.2.2, and 2.2.3 should be combined into a single table.
The reviewer will provide inputs or ensure that inputs will be made to the following ES Sections:
A.
Sections 2.4.1 and 2.5.2.
The reviewer will provide the reviewer for ES Section 2.4.1.1 with land-use data as needed to describe terrestrial ecology and community characteristics.
B.
Section 3.7.
The reviewer will provide the reviewer for ES section 3.7 with land-use data as needed to support descriptions of transmission corridors and offsite areas.
C.
Sections 4.1. 2 and 4.4.
The reviewer will ensure that the land-use descriptions are adequate to support the construction impact assessments for land use and socioeconomics.
D.
Sections 5.1.2 and 5.8.1 The reviewer will ensure that the land-use descriptions are adequate to support the operational impact assessments for land use and socioeconomics.
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REFERENCES 1.
J. R. Anderson, E. E. Hardy, J. T. Roach, and R. E. Witmer, A Land-Use and Land-Cover Classification System for Use with Remot-Sensor Data, Geological Survey Professional Paper 964, 1976.
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