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PART 51--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING AND
RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
PART 51--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR
DOMESTIC LICENSING AND RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
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General Provisions
Sec.
51.1 Scope.
51.2 Subparts.
51.3 Resolution of conflict.
51.4 Definitions.
51.5 Interpretations.
51.6 Specific exemptions.
Subpart A--National Environmental Policy Act--Regulations Implementing
Section 102(2)
51.10 Purpose and scope of subpart; application of regulations of Council on Environmental Quality.
51.11 Relationship to other subparts. [Reserved]
51.12 Application of subpart to ongoing environmental work.
51.13 Emergencies.
51.14 Definitions.
51.15 Time schedules.
51.16 Proprietary information.
51.17 Information collection requirements; OMB approval.
Preliminary Procedures
Classification of Licensing and Regulatory Actions
51.20 Criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions requiring environmental impact statements.
51.21 Criteria for and identification of licensing and regulatory actions requiring environmental assessments.
51.22 Criterion for categorical exclusion; identification of licensing and regulatory actions eligible for categorical exclusion
or otherwise not requiring environmental review.
51.23 Temporary storage of spent fuel after
cessation of reactor operation--generic determination of no significant
environmental impact.
Determinations to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental
Assessments or Findings of No Significant Impact, and Related Procedures
51.25 Determination to prepare environmental impact statement or environmental assessment; eligibility for categorical
exclusion.
51.26 Requirement to publish notice of intent and conduct scoping process.
51.27 Notice of intent.
Scoping
51.28 Scoping--participants.
51.29 Scoping--environmental impact statement.
Environmental Assessment
51.30 Environmental assessment.
51.31 Determinations based on environmental assessment.
Finding of No Significant Impact
51.32 Finding of no significant impact.
51.33 Draft finding of no significant impact; distribution.
51.34 Preparation of finding of no significant impact.
51.35 Requirement to publish finding of no significant impact; limitation on Commission action.
Environmental Reports and Information--Requirements Applicable to Applicants
and Petitioners for Rulemaking
General
51.40 Consultation with NRC staff.
51.41 Requirement to submit environmental information.
Environmental Reports--General Requirements
51.45 Environmental report.
Environmental Reports--Production and Utilization Facilities
51.50 Environmental report--construction
permit stage.
51.51 Uranium fuel cycle environmental data--Table
S-3.
51.52 Environmental effects of transportation
of fuel and waste--Table S-4.
51.53 Postconstruction environmental reports.
51.54 Environmental report--manufacturing
license.
51.55 Environmental report--number of copies;
distribution.
Environmental Reports--Materials Licenses
51.60 Environmental report--materials licenses.
51.61 Environmental report--independent spent
fuel storage installation (ISFSI) or monitored retrievable storage installation
(MRS) license.
51.62 Environmental report--land disposal
of radioactive waste licensed under 10 CFR part 61.
51.66 Environmental report--number of copies;
distribution.
51.67 Environmental information concerning geologic repositories.
Environmental Reports--Rulemaking
51.68 Environmental report--rulemaking.
Environmental Impact Statements
Draft Environmental Impact Statements--General Requirements
51.70 Draft environmental impact statement--general.
51.71 Draft environmental impact statement--contents.
51.72 Supplement to draft environmental impact statement.
51.73 Request for comments on draft environmental impact statement.
51.74 Distribution of draft environmental impact statement and supplement to draft environmental impact statement; news
releases.
Draft Environmental Impact Statements--Production and Utilization Facilities
51.75 Draft environmental impact statement--construction
permit.
51.76 Draft environmental impact statement--manufacturing
license.
51.77 Distribution of draft environmental impact statement.
Draft Environmental Impact Statements--Materials Licenses
51.80 Draft environmental impact statement--materials
license.
51.81 Distribution of draft environmental impact statement.
Draft Environmental Impact Statements--Rulemaking
51.85 Draft environmental impact statement--rulemaking.
51.86 Distribution of draft environmental impact statement.
Legislative Environmental Impact Statements--Proposals for Legislation
51.88 Proposals for legislation.
Final Environmental Impact Statements--General Requirements
51.90 Final environmental impact statement--general.
51.91 Final environmental impact statement--contents.
51.92 Supplement to final environmental impact statement.
51.93 Distribution of final environmental impact statement and supplement to final environmental impact statement; news
releases.
51.94 Requirement to consider final environmental impact statement.
Final Environmental Impact Statements--Production and Utilization Facilities
51.95 Postconstruction environmental impact statements.
Final Environmental Impact Statements--Materials Licenses
51.97 Final environmental impact statement--materials
license.
Final Environmental Impact Statements--Rulemaking
51.99 [Reserved]
NEPA Procedure and Administrative Action
General
51.100 Timing of Commission action.
51.101 Limitations on actions.
51.102 Requirement to provide a record of decision; preparation.
51.103 Record of decision--general.
51.104 NRC proceeding using public hearings; consideration of environmental impact statement.
Production and Utilization Facilities
51.105 Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of construction permits or licenses to manufacture.
51.106 Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of operating licenses.
Materials Licenses
51.108 [Reserved]
51.109 Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of materials license with respect to a geologic repository.
Rulemaking
51.110 [Reserved]
Public Notice of and Access to Environmental Documents
51.116 Notice of intent.
51.117 Draft environmental impact statement--notice
of availability.
51.118 Final environmental impact statement--notice
of availability.
51.119 Publication of finding of no significant impact; distribution.
51.120 Availability of environmental documents for public inspection.
51.121 Status of NEPA actions.
51.122 List of interested organizations and groups.
51.123 Charges for environmental documents; distribution to public; distribution to governmental agencies.
Commenting
51.124 Commission duty to comment.
Responsible Official
51.125 Responsible official.
Appendix A to Subpart A--Format for Presentation
of Material in Environmental Impact Statements
Appendix B to Subpart A--Environmental Effect
of Renewing the Operating License of a Nuclear Power Plant
Authority: Sec. 161, 68 Stat. 948, as amended, sec.
1701, 106 Stat. 2951, 2952, 2953, (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2297f); secs. 201,
as amended, 202, 88 Stat. 1242, as amended, 1244 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842);
sec. 1704, 112 Stat. 2750 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note). Subpart A also issued
under National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, secs. 102, 104, 105,
83 Stat. 853-854, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4332, 4334, 4335); and Pub. L.
95-604, Title II, 92 Stat. 3033-3041; and sec. 193, Pub. L. 101-575, 104
Stat. 2835 (42 U.S.C. 2243). Sections 51.20, 51.30, 51.60, 51.80. and
51.97 also issued under secs. 135, 141, Pub. L. 97-425, 96 Stat. 2232,
2241, and sec. 148, Pub. L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330-223 (42 U.S.C. 10155,
10161, 10168). Section 51.22 also issued under sec. 274, 73 Stat. 688,
as amended by 92 Stat. 3036-3038 (42 U.S.C. 2021) and under Nuclear Waste
Policy Act of 1982, sec 121, 96 Stat. 2228 (42 U.S.C. 10141). Sections
51.43, 51.67, and 51.109 also under Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982,
sec 114(f), 96 Stat. 2216, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)).
Source: 49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
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