Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: 9ab08e70-e1ac-41a3-8821-668996f24ec5
Document Type: cfr
Title: Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of materials license with respect to a geologic repository.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.109
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Chapter: 
Section ID: 51.109
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

Content:
onsideration under NEPA or this subpart shall be required. ( e ) To the extent that it is not practicable, in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section, to adopt the environmental impact statement prepared by the Secretary of Energy, the presiding officer will: ( 1 ) Determine whether the requirements of section 102(2) (A), (C), and (E) of NEPA and the regulations in this subpart have been met; ( 2 ) Independently consider the final balance among conflicting factors contained in the record of the proceeding with a view to determining the appropriate action to be taken; ( 3 ) Determine, after weighing the environmental, economic, technical and other benefits against environmental and other costs, whether the construction authorization or license should be issued, denied, or appropriately conditioned to protect environmental values; ( 4 ) Determine, in an uncontested proceeding, whether the NEPA review conducted by the NRC staff has been adequate; and ( 5 ) Determine, in a contested proceeding, whether in accordance with the regulations in this subpart, the construction authorization or license should be issued as proposed. ( f ) In making the determinations described in paragraph (e) of this section, the environmental impact statement will be deemed modified to the extent that findings and conclusions differ from those in the final statement prepared by the Secretary of Energy, as it may have been supplemented. The initial decision will be distributed to any persons not otherwise entitled to receive it who responded to the request in the notice of docketing, as described in § 51.26(c) . If the Commission reaches conclusions different from those of the presiding officer with respect to such matters, the final environmental impact statement will be deemed modified to that extent and the decision will be similarly distributed. ( g ) The provisions of this section shall be followed, in place of those set out in § 51.104 , in any proceedings for the issuance of a