10 CFR 51.72
§ 51.72 Supplement to draft environmental impact statement.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 51.72, § 51.72 Supplement to draft environmental impact statement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/37393
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(a) The NRC staff will prepare a supplement to a draft environmental impact statement for which a notice of availability has been published in the Federal Register as provided in § 51.117, if:
(1) There are substantial changes in the proposed action that are relevant to environmental concerns; or
(2) There are significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns and bearing on the proposed action or its impacts.
(b) The NRC staff may prepare a supplement to a draft environmental impact statement when, in its opinion, preparation of a supplement will further the purposes of NEPA.
(c) The supplement to a draft environmental impact statement will be prepared and noticed in the same manner as the draft environmental impact statement except that a scoping process need not be used.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.