Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 16e4170c-5e48-458a-8460-e22ce0296238
Document Type: srp
Title: EXCLUSION AREA AUTHORITY AND CONTROL
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0705/ML070550024.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 2
Section ID: 2.1.2
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mmencing activities allowed by 10 CFR 52.25. Absolute ownership of all lands within the exclusion area, including mineral rights, is considered to carry with it the required authority to determine all activities on this land and is acceptable. Where the required authority is contingent upon future procurement of ownership (e.g., by eminent domain proceedings) or by lease, easement, contract, or other means, the exclusion area may be acceptable if legal staff can determine that the information submitted by the applicant provides reasonable assurance that it will obtain the required authority before the start of construction. In cases where the applicant will acquire or complete the acquisition of ownership and control during a construction period, legal 2.1.2-4 Revision 3 - March 2007 staff will conduct a special review. In addition, in cases of proposed public road abandonment or relocation, legal staff should determine that there is sufficient authority or that sufficient arrangements have been made to accomplish the proposed relocation or abandonment. In the event an ESP applicant does not have the required authority and control but provides reasonable assurance that it will acquire such authority and control, the ESP may include a condition requiring the applicant to notify the staff when the applicant has indeed acquired such authority and control and the basis for that conclusion. At the OL or COL stage of review, the applicant must have completed arrangements to obtain exclusion area authority and control. The NRC will not permit the licensee to load fuel until it has completed all efforts to establish exclusion area authority and control, including all transfers of title, easements, lease arrangements, public road abandonments or relocations, as applicable. Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board decisions (e.g., Refs. 1, 2, and 3) provide further guidance regarding the sufficiency of the applicant’s proposed control