(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the regulations in this subpart shall apply to the fullest extent practicable to NRC's ongoing environmental work.
(b) No environmental report or any supplement to an environmental report filed with the NRC and no environmental assessment, environmental impact statement or finding of no significant impact or any supplement to any of the foregoing issued by the NRC before June 7, 1984, need be redone and no notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement or notice of availability of these environmental documents need be republished solely by reason of the promulgation on March 12, 1984, of this revision of part 51.
[49 FR 9381, Mar. 12, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 24513, June 14, 1984]
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 51.12