10 CFR § 12.109 - Decisionmaking authority.

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title: "10 CFR § 12.109 - Decisionmaking authority."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "12.109"
section_name: "Decisionmaking authority."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "12"
part_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT IN AGENCY PROCEEDINGS"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 23121, May 5, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 12.109 Decisionmaking authority.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Commission in a particular proceeding, each application under this part shall be assigned for decision to the official or decisionmaking body that entered the decision in the adversary adjudication. That official or decisionmaking body is referred to in this part as the “adjudicative officer.”