(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.
authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 193 (
42 U.S.C. 2201,
2243; Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202 (
42 U.S.C. 5841,
5842; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (
42 U.S.C. 4332,
4334,
4335; Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 144(f), 121, 135, 141, 148 (
42 U.S.C. 10134(f), 10141, 10155, 10161, 10168);
44 U.S.C. 3504 note
source: 49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 51.72