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B-200585: May 11, 1981

PROPOSAL IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF COMMISSION AND EXPEDITE HANDLING OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS. APPROPRIATION ACT PROHIBITION ON USING APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO PAY EXPENSES OF INTERVENORS WAS NOT INTENDED TO PROHIBIT EXPENDITURE. THE GENERAL COUNSEL ASSERTS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW COMMISSION PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE THE HEARING PROCESS AS EFFICIENT AND TIMELY AS POSSIBLE AND THUS ELIMINATE UN...

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B-200585: May 11, 1981

GAO was asked for a decision on the legality of a proposed Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plan to provide free transcripts of hearings to all parties to NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including intervenors. The General Counsel of NRC asserted that the purpose of the new proposal is to make the hearing process as efficient and timely as possible and to eliminate unnecessary delays in NRC licens...

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B-200585: Published: Dec 3, 1980. Publicly Released: Jun 4, 1985.

An opinion was requested concerning the legality of the use of appropriated funds for a procedural cost reduction program for intervenors by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). It was concluded that, with the exception of the reduction of copies of transcripts, NRC could not lawfully use its fiscal year (FY) 1981 appropriation to implement the program. Funds for carrying out NRC functions for...