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SMR X - Other Federal Permits

Other federal permits:

EPA Clean Water Act section 402 – water discharge

EPA Clean Water Act section 307 – thermal variation for discharge

NRC Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 10 CFR 51 – Environmental report

NRC 10 CFR 51 – Impact of construction and operations

NRC IO CFR Part 50 – construction permit

NRC 10 CFR 52. Subpart A – early site permit

NRC 10 CFR 30 – by product materials license

NRC 10 CFR 70 – Special nuclear materials license

FAA 49 USC 150 – Construction notice

USCG - Siting navigation markers

USACE – Dredge and fill discharge permits

USACE – Section 404 permits for alteration of land permit

USACE – Section 10 – Impacts to navigable waters

USACE – Section 103 – permit for dredged material transport

US Fish and Wildlife – Endangered species act section 7 permit

US Fish and Wildlife – section 10 – incidental take permit

NOAA – Marine Protection, research and sanctuary act

NOAA – Marine Mammal Protection Act – exemption for any project related take

US Fish and Wildlife service – Migratory Bird Treaty Act USC 703 – Consultation concerning potential impacts to migratory birds

State Authority for permits under federal law:

Waste Management – Resource Conservation and Recover act – permits for storage and transport of hazardous materials

Air Quality – Clean Air Act Title V – permit for operation of emissions sources

Air Quality – Clean air act – Construction and operation of minor air emission sources

Water Resources – Clean Water Act section 307 Discharges of non-domestic waste to treatment plants

Water Resources – Clean Water Act – state water quality certification

Water Resources – Clean Water Act – Section 402 – Water discharge permits

Other

There are more than 500 additional permits that can be required on a state by state or city by city basis.

Few of these permits have timelines to issue or deny, and many of them on other projects have taken years to obtain.

IF you have not figured it out there are a massive number of permits and requirements in the process of building an SMR. 😎

SMR I - Announcement of Small Modular Reactor Series

SMR II - Major types of reactors

SMR III - Why is 300 megawatts the dividing line for SMR?

SMR IV - Foundation independent designs & Power Conversion

SMR V - Water

SMR VI - Nuclear Fuel

SMR VII - Throttling, Black Start & Inertia

SMR VIII - Process Part 1

SMR IX - Process Part 2

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