---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 62.23"
title: "10"
number: "62.23"
heading: "Determination for granting temporary emergency access."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/62.23"
---

# §62.23. Determination for granting temporary emergency access.

- (a) The Commission may grant temporary emergency access to an appropriate non-Federal or regional disposal facility or facilities provided that the determination required under [§ 62.21(a)(1)](/cfr/10/62.21.md?p=a-1) of this part is made;
- (b) The notification procedures under [§ 62.22](/cfr/10/62.22.md) of this part are complied with; and
- (c) The temporary emergency access duration will not exceed forty-five (45) days.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, secs. 2, 6 (42 U.S.C. 2021b, 2021f); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 5420, Feb. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.