---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 62.24"
title: "10"
number: "62.24"
heading: "Extension of emergency access."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/62.24"
---

# §62.24. Extension of emergency access.

- (a) After the receipt of a request from any generator of low-level waste, or any Governor on behalf of any generator or generators in his or her State, for an extension of emergency access that was initially granted under [§ 62.21](/cfr/10/62.21.md), the Commission shall make an initial determination of whether—
  - (1) Emergency access continues to be necessary because of an immediate and serious threat to the public health and safety or the common defense and security;
  - (2) The threat cannot be mitigated by any alternative that is consistent with public health and safety; and
  - (3) The generator of low-level waste and the State have diligently though unsuccessfully acted during the period of the initial grant to eliminate the need for emergency access.
- (b) After making a determination pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the requirements specified in §§ [62.21(c)](/cfr/10/62.21.md?p=c) and [62.22](/cfr/10/62.22.md) of this part, must be followed.

## 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.