ML19221A831
| ML19221A831 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 02/28/1979 |
| From: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| References | |
| NUREG-0555, NUREG-0555-10.3, NUREG-555, NUREG-555-10.3, SRP-10.03, NUDOCS 7907090209 | |
| Download: ML19221A831 (4) | |
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Section 10.3 February 1979 ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARD REVIEW PLAN FOR ES SECTION 10.3 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHORT-TERM USES AND LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY OF MAN' S ENVIRONMENT REVIEW INPUTS Environmental Report Sections None Environmental Reviews 10.1 Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts 10.2 Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources Standards and Guides None Other Consultation with local, State, and Federal agencies w
REVIEW OUTPUTS Environmental Statement Sections 10.3 Relationship Between Short-Term Uses and Long-Term Productivity of Man's Environment Other Environmental Reviews None I.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this environmental standard review plan (ESRP) is to direct the staff's review and summarization of the proposed project's local short-term uses of the environment and the effects of these uses on long-term environmental productivity.
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February 1979 The scope of the review directed by this plan will include an analysis of the predicted sho-t-term unavoidaole adverse environmental impacts (or environ-mental benefits) of plant construction and cperation and the predicted long-term environmental impacts (or benefits) resulting from plant construction and operation. For the purposes of this FSRP, short-term will represent the period from start of constructicn to end of plant life, including prompt decommission-ing, and long-term wi'il represent the period extending beyond end of plant life, including the pe iod up to and beyond that required for delayed plant decommis-sioning. The review will also include an evaluation of the extent to which the proposed project's use of the environment will foreclose any options for other future use of the environment.
II. REQUIRED DATA AND INFORMATION The kinds of data and information required will be those unavoidable adverse environmental impacts of plant construction and operation and those irreversible and irretrieva'ile commitments of resources that represent short-term and long-term use of n :.n's environment.
Inputs from the following ES Sec-tion reviewers will be requ red.
A.
Adverse impacts of construction nd operation (from the reviever for ES Section 10.1).
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Irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources (from the reviewer for ES Section 10.2).
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ANALYSIS PROCEDURE The reviewer's analysis of the relationship between short-term uses and longterm productivity will be based on the tabulation of unavoidable adverse environmental impacts and irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources prepared by the reviewers for ES Sections 10.1 and 10.2.
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February 1979 other long-term preemptions have beer. identified by these reviewers, the reviewer will consider that an occupation of land by plant structures for an indefinite period represents the maximum impact on long-term productivity.
The reviewer will identify through consultation with the appropriate ES Section 4 and 5 reviewers those other uses of the environment that will be foreclosed by plant construction and operation (e.g., loss of productive farm-land) and will classify these as either short-term or long-term preemptions.
The reviewer will also determine how any short-term or long-term benefits of the proposed pro. ject, as identified by appropriate ES Section 4 or 5 reviewers, affect any such preemptions.
As necessary, the reviewer will consul t with appropriate local, State, and Federal agencies to make these determinations.
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EVALUATION The reviewer will evaluate tne oject's impact on short-term use and long-term productivity capabilities of the environment and will determine if the input statement provided in Section V of this ESRP is accurate and appli-cable.
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INPUT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT Unless the reviewer has identified other long-term environmental impacts, the following input to the ES will be used:
The local use of man's environment by the proposed project can be summarized in terms of the unavoidable adverse environ-mental impacts of construction and operation given in ES Sec-tion 10.1 and the irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources given in ES Section 10.2.
With the exception of the consumption of depletable resources as a result of plant con-struction and operation, these uses may be classed as short-term.
The principle short-term benefit of the plant is repcesented by the production of electrical energy, and the economic productivity of the tite when used for this purpose will be extremely large compared with the productivity from agriculture or from other probable uses for the site.
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February 1979 The maximum long-term impact to productivity will result when the plant is not dismantled at the end of plant life, and consequently the land occupied by the plant structures will not be available for any other use.
However, the enhancement of regional productivity resulting from the electrical energy produced by the plant is expected to result in a correspond-ingly large increase in regional long-term productivity that would not be equalled by any other long-term use of the site.
In addition, most long-term impacts resulting from land-use preemption by plant structures can be eliminated by removal of these structures or by their conversion to other productive uses.
The staff concludes that the negative aspects of plant construction and operation as they affect man's environment are outweighed by the positive long-term enhancement of regional productivity through the generation of electrical energy.
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