Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: cf3d485c-5f57-4af9-976e-e6ddc52ab569
Document Type: cfr
Title: Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of combined licenses; limited work authorizations.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.107
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Section ID: 51.107
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

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the combined license application; ( iv ) In an uncontested proceeding, determine whether the NEPA review conducted by the NRC staff for the limited work authorization has been adequate; and ( v ) In a contested proceeding, determine whether, in accordance with the regulations in this subpart, the limited work authorization should be issued as proposed by the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. ( 2 ) If the limited work authorization is for activities to be conducted at a site for which the Commission has previously prepared an environmental impact statement for the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant, and a construction permit was issued but construction of the plant was never completed, then in making the determinations in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the presiding officer shall be limited to a consideration whether there is, with respect to construction activities encompassed by the environmental impact statement which are analogous to the activities to be conducted under the limited work authorization, new and significant information on the environmental impacts of those activities, so that the limited work authorization should not be issued as proposed by the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. ( 3 ) In making the determination required by this section, the presiding officer may not address or consider the sunk costs associated with the limited work authorization. ( 4 ) The presiding officer's determination in this paragraph shall be made in a partial initial decision to be issued separately from, and in advance of, the presiding officer's decision in paragraph (a) of this section on the combined license. [ 72 FR 49517 , Aug. 28, 2007, as amended at 72 FR 57446 , Oct. 9, 2007; 73 FR 5724 , Jan. 31, 2008; 84 FR 65645 , Nov. 29, 2019]