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 PUBLIC LAW 101-615—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3275 (3) to determine methods for financing the cost of establishing, operating, and maintaining such a system and center; (4) to determine projected safety benefits of establishing and operating such a system and center; (5) to determine whether or not shippers, carriers, and handlers of hazardous materials, in addition to law enforcement officials and persons responsible for responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials, should have access to such system for obtaining information concerning shipments of hazardous materials and technical and other information and advice with respect to such emergencies; (6) to determine methods for ensuring the security of the information and data stored in such a system; (7) to determine types of hazardous materials and types of shipments for which information and data should be stored in such a system; (8) to determine the degree of liability of the operator of such a system and center for providing incorrect, false, or misleading information; (9) to determine deadlines by which shippers, carriers, and handlers of hazardous materials should be required to submit information to the operator of such a system and center and minimum standards relating to the form and contents of such information; (10) to determine measures (including the imposition of civil and criminal penalties) for ensuring compliance with the deadlines and standards referred to in paragraph (9); and (11) to determine methods for accessing such a system through mobile satellite service or other technologies having the capability to provide 2-way voice, data, or facsimile services. (d) REVIEW AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 25 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall review the report of the National Academy of Sciences submitted under subsection (b) and the results of rulemaking proceeding initiated under subsection (a) with respect to a central reporting system and computerized telecommunications data center and shall prepare and submit to Congress a report summarizing the report of the National Academy of Sciences and the results of such rulemaking proceeding, together with the Secretary's recommendations concerning the establishment and operation of such a system and center and the Secretary's recommendations concerning implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the National Academy of Sciences. (2) WEIGHT TO BE GIVEN TO RECOMMENDATIONS OF NAS.— In conducting the review and preparing the report under this subsection, the Secretary shall give substantial weight to the recommendations contained in the report of the National Academy of Sciences submitted under subsection (b). (3) INCLUSION OF REASONS FOR NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDA- TIONS.— I f the Secretary does not include in the report prepared for submission to Congress under this subsection a recommendation for implementation of a recommendation contained in the report of the National Academy of Sciences submitted under subsection (b), the Secretary shall include in the report to Congress under this subsection the Secretary's

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