PART 51—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING AND RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
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General Provisions
Sec.
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.
51.16 Proprietary information.
51.17 Information collection requirements; OMB approval.
Preliminary Procedures
Classification of Licensing and Regulatory Actions
Determinations to Prepare Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments or Findings of No Significant Impact, and Related Procedures
51.26 Requirement to publish notice of intent and conduct scoping process.
Scoping
51.29 Scoping-environmental impact statement and supplement to 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
Environmental Reports—Production and Utilization Facilities
51.49 Environmental report—limited work authorization.
51.50 Environmental report-construction permit, early site permit, or combined license 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-standard design certification.
51.58 Environmental report-number of copies; distribution.
Environmental Reports—Materials Licenses
51.60 Environmental report—materials licenses.
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.
Draft Environmental Impact Statements—Production and Utilization Facilities
51.76 Draft environmental impact statement—limited work authorization.
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 the final environmental impact statement.
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
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
51.105a Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of manufacturing licenses.
51.106 Public hearings in proceedings for issuance of operating licenses.
Materials Licenses
Rulemaking
Public Notice of and Access to Environmental Documents
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.
Commenting
51.124 Commission duty to comment.
Responsible Official
Appendix A to Subpart A—Format for Presentation of Material in Environmental Impact Statements
Authority: Atomic Energy Act sec. 161, 1701 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2297f); Energy Reorganization Act secs. 201, 202, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5851); Government Paperwork Elimination Act sec. 1704 (44 U.S.C. 3504 note). Subpart A also issued under National Environmental Policy Act secs. 102, 104, 105 (42 U.S.C. 4332, 4334, 4335); Pub. L. 95–604, Title II, 92 Stat. 3033–3041; Atomic Energy Act sec. 193 (42 U.S.C. 2243). Sections 51.20, 51.30, 51.60, 51.80. and 51.97 also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act secs. 135, 141, 148 (42 U.S.C. 10155, 10161, 10168). Section 51.22 also issued under Atomic Energy Act sec. 274 (42 U.S.C. 2021) and under Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec. 121 (42 U.S.C. 10141). Sections 51.43, 51.67, and 51.109 also issued under Nuclear Waste Policy Act sec. 114(f) (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)).
Source: 49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
[ 72 FR 57444, Oct. 9, 2007; 77 FR 39907, Jul. 6, 2012]