10 C.F.R. § 51.26 Requirement to publish notice of intent and conduct scoping process.
Title 10 - Energy
(a) Whenever the appropriate NRC staff director determines that an environmental impact statement will be prepared by NRC in connection with a proposed action, a notice of intent will be prepared as provided in §51.27, and will be published in the (b) The scoping process may include a public scoping meeting. (c) Upon receipt of an application and accompanying environmental impact statement under §60.22 or §63.22 of this chapter (pertaining to geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste), the appropriate NRC staff director will include in the notice of docketing required to be published by §2.101(f)(8) of this chapter a statement of Commission intention to adopt the environmental impact statement to the extent practicable. However, if the appropriate NRC staff director determines, at the time of such publication or at any time thereafter, that NRC should prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement in connection with the Commission's action on the license application, the NRC shall follow the procedures set out in paragraph (a) of this section. [49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 27870, July 3, 1989; 66 FR 55791, Nov. 2, 2001]
Title 10: Energy
PART 51—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING AND RELATED REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
Subpart A—National Environmental Policy Act—Regulations Implementing Section 102(2)
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.
