WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal regulators must hear from the public before they grant safety exemptions to nuclear power plants, unless public hearings would be “inappropriate or impracticable,” an appeals court says.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday vacated part of a district court ruling involving an exemption to fire safety rules at the Indian Point 3 plant in the New York City suburbs.

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