---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 2.1509"
title: "10"
number: "2.1509"
heading: "Ex parte communications and separation of functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/2.1509"
---

# §2.1509. Ex parte communications and separation of functions.


[Section 2.347](/cfr/10/2.347.md) applies in a legislative hearing. [Section 2.348](/cfr/10/2.348.md) applies in a legislative hearing only where the hearing addresses an issue certified to the Commission under [§ 2.335(d)](/cfr/10/2.335.md?p=d), and then only with respect to the underlying contested matter.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 69 FR 2273, Jan. 14, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 29, 53, 62, 63, 81, 102, 103, 104, 105, 161, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 189, 191, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2073, 2092, 2093, 2111, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2234, 2236, 2239, 2241, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114(f), 134, 135, 141 (42 U.S.C. 10134(f), 10154, 10155, 10161); Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552, 553, 554, 557, 558); National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note. Section 2.205(j) also issued under Sec. 31001(s), Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321-373 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note).

### Source

Source: 27 FR 377, Jan. 13, 1962, unless otherwise noted.