If a party fails to file an answer or pleading within the time prescribed in this part or as specified in the notice of hearing or pleading, to appear at a hearing or prehearing conference, to comply with any prehearing order entered by the presiding officer, or to comply with any discovery order entered by the presiding officer, the Commission or the presiding officer may make any orders in regard to the failure that are just, including, among others, the following:
(a) Without further notice, find the facts as to the matters regarding which the order was made in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order, and enter the order as appropriate; or
(b) Proceed without further notice to take proof on the issues specified.
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: 27 FR 377, Jan. 13, 1962, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 2.320