---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 2.800"
title: "10"
number: "2.800"
heading: "Scope and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/2.800"
---

# §2.800. Scope and applicability.

- (a) This subpart governs the issuance, amendment, and repeal of regulations in which participation by interested persons is prescribed under [Section 553](/usc/5/553.md) of title 5 of the U.S. Code.
- (b) The procedures in [§§ 2.804 through 2.810](/cfr/10/2.804..2.810.md) apply to all rulemakings.
- (c) The procedures in [§§ 2.802 through 2.803](/cfr/10/2.802..2.803.md) apply to all petitions for rulemaking except for initial applications for standard design certification rulemaking under [subpart B of part 52](/cfr/10/part52-subpartB.md) or [subpart H of part 53](/cfr/10/part53-subpartH.md) of this chapter, and subsequent petitions for amendment of an existing design certification rule filed by the original applicant for the design certification rule.
- (d) The procedures in [§§ 2.811 through 2.819](/cfr/10/2.811..2.819.md), as supplemented by the provisions of [subpart B of part 52](/cfr/10/part52-subpartB.md) or [subpart H of part 53](/cfr/10/part53-subpartH.md) of this chapter, apply to standard design certification rulemaking.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 49481, Aug. 28, 2007, as amended at 91 FR 15771, Mar. 30, 2026]

### 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.

### Amendments

[72 FR 49481, Aug. 28, 2007, as amended at 91 FR 15771, Mar. 30, 2026]