[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: 10CFR2.320]

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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 C_Rules of General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions to 
 
Sec. 2.320  Default.

    If a party fails to file an answer or pleading within the time 
prescribed in this part or as specified in the notice of hearing or 
pleading, to appear at a hearing or prehearing conference, to comply 
with any prehearing order entered by the presiding officer, or to comply 
with any discovery order entered by the presiding officer, the 
Commission or the presiding officer may make any orders in regard to the 
failure that are just, including, among others, the following:
    (a) Without further notice, find the facts as to the matters 
regarding which the order was made in accordance with the claim of the 
party obtaining the order, and enter the order as appropriate; or
    (b) Proceed without further notice to take proof on the issues 
specified.