Document: 10 CFR Part 50
Document ID: 6af665ce-c8ec-4812-b1b8-d0d9bc61b9ee
Document Type: cfr
Title: Hearings and report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
Source: 10 CFR Part 50
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-50/section-50.58
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Chapter: 
Section ID: 50.58
CFR Part: 50
CFR Title: 10

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§ 50.58 Hearings and report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. ( a ) Each application for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility which is of a type described in § 50.21(b) or § 50.22 , or for a testing facility, shall be referred to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards for a review and report. An application for an amendment to such a construction permit or operating license may be referred to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards for review and report. Any report shall be made part of the record of the application and available to the public, except to the extent that security classification prevents disclosure. ( b ) ( 1 ) The Commission will hold a hearing after at least 30-days' notice and publication once in the Federal Register on each application for a construction permit for a production or utilization facility which is of a type described in § 50.21(b) or § 50.22 , or for a testing facility. ( 2 ) When a construction permit has been issued for such a facility following the holding of a public hearing, and an application is made for an operating license or for an amendment to a construction permit or operating license, the Commission may hold a hearing after at least 30-days' notice and publication once in the Federal Register, or, in the absence of a request therefor by any person whose interest may be affected, may issue an operating license or an amendment to a construction permit or operating license without a hearing, upon 30-days' notice and publication once in the Federal Register of its intent to do so. ( 3 ) If the Commission finds, in an emergency situation, as defined in § 50.91 , that no significant hazards consideration is presented by an application for an amendment to an operating license, it may dispense with public notice and comment and may issue the amendment. If the Commission finds that exigent circumstances exist, as described in § 50.91 , it may reduce the period provided for