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PUBLIC LAW 87-615-AUG. 29, 1962

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Public Law 87-615 AN ACT To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by adding thereto the following new section: "SEC. 191. ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD.—

"a. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7(a) and 8(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Commission is authorized to establish one or more atomic safety and licensing boards, each composed of three members, two of whom shall be technically qualified and one of whom shall be qualified in the conduct of administrative proceedings, to conduct such hearings as the Commission m a j direct and make such intermediate or final decisions as the Commission may authorize with respect to the granting, suspending, revoking or amending of any license or authorization under the provisions of this Act, any other provision of law, or any regulation of the Commission issued thereunder. The Commission may delegate to a board such other regulatory functions as the Commission deems appropriate. The Commission may appoint a panel of qualified persons from which board members may be selected. "b. Board members may be appointed by the Commission from private life, or designated from the staff of the Commission or other Federal agency. Board members appointed from private life shall receive a per diem compensation for each day spent in meetings or conferences, and all members shall receive their necessary traveling or other expenses while engaged in the work of a board. The provisions of section 163 shall be applicable to board members appointed from private life." SEC. 2. The second sentence of subsection 189a. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is deleted and the following is inserted in lieu thereof: "The Commission shall hold a hearing after thirty days' notice and publication once in the Federal Register, on each application under section 103 or 104b. for a construction permit for a facility, and on any application under section 104c. for a construction permit for a testing facility. In cases where such a construction permit has been issued following the holding of such a hearing, the Commission may, in/the absence of a request therefor by any person whose interest may be affected, issue an operating license or an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license without a hearing, but upon thirty days' notice and publication once in the Federal Register of its intent to do so. The Commission may dispense with such thirty days' notice and publication with respect to any application for an amendment to a construction permit or an amendment to an operating license upon a determination by the Commission that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration." SEC. 3. Subsection 182b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended to read as follows: "b. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards shall review each application under section 103 or section 104b. for a construction permit or an operating license for a facility, any application under section 104c. for a construction permit or an operating license for a testing facility, any application under section 104 a. or c. specifically referred to it by the Commission, and any application for an amendment to a construction permit or an aniendment to an operating license under section 103 or 104 a., b., or c. specifically referred to it

August 29, 1962 [S. 3491]

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, atnendrnent. 68 Stat. 919. 42 USC 2011 note. 60 Stat. 241. 5 USC 1006, 1007.

68 Stat. 951. 42 USC 2203.

68 Stat. 955. 42 USC 2239. Publication in F. R. 68 Stat. 936, 937. 42 USC 2133, 2134.

71 Stat. 579. 42 USC 2232.

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