[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR2.204]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 2_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCEEDINGS AND 
ISSUANCE OF ORDERS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B_Procedure for Imposing Requirements by Order, or for 
 
Sec. 2.204  Demand for information.

    (a) The Commission may issue to a licensee or other person subject 
to the jurisdiction of the Commission a demand for information for the 
purpose of determining whether an order under Sec. 2.202 should be 
issued, or whether other action should be taken, which demand will:
    (1) Allege the violations with which the licensee or other person is 
charged, or the potentially hazardous conditions or other facts deemed 
to be sufficient ground for issuing the demand; and
    (2) Provide that the licensee must, or the other person may, file a 
written answer to the demand for information under oath or affirmation 
within twenty (20) days of its date, or such other time as may be 
specified in the demand for information.
    (b) A licensee to whom the Commission has issued a demand for 
information under this section must respond to the demand by filing a 
written answer under oath or affirmation; any other person to whom the 
Commission has issued a demand for information may, in its discretion, 
respond to the demand by filing a written answer under oath or 
affirmation. The licensee's answer shall specifically admit or deny each 
allegation or charge made in the demand for information, and shall set 
forth the matters of fact and law on which the licensee relies. A person 
other than a licensee may answer as described above, or by setting forth 
its reasons why the demand should not have been issued and, if the 
requested information is not provided, the reasons why it is not 
provided.
    (c) Upon review of the answer filed pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section, or if no answer is filed, the Commission may institute a 
proceeding pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202 to take such action as may be 
proper.
    (d) An answer may consent to the entry of an order pursuant to Sec. 
2.202 in substantially the form proposed in the demand for information. 
Such consent shall constitute a waiver as provided in Sec. 2.202(d).

[56 FR 40685, Aug. 15, 1991]