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 94 STAT. 790

"State."

Contract authorization.

Report.

42 USC 2016 note. 42 USC 2016.

National Contingency Plan, publication. 42 USC 2133, 2134. 42 USC 5842 note.

Study, transmittal to Congress.

Investigation and study.

PUBLIC LAW 96-295—JUNE 30, 1980 of nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel, to, through, or across the boundaries of such State. Such notification requirement shall not apply to nuclear waste in such quantities and of such types as the Commission specifically determines do not pose a potentially significant hazard to the health and safety of the public. (b) As used in this section, the term "State" includes the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. SEC. 302. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized and directed to enter into a contract for an independent review of the Commission's management structure, processes, procedures, and operations. The review shall include an assessment of the effectiveness of all levels of agency management in carrying out the Commission's statutory responsibilities, in developing and implementing policies and programs, and in using the personnel and funding available to it. The contract shall provide for submission of a report of the findings and recommendations of the review to the Commission not later than one year from the date of enactment of this Act, and the Commission shall promptly transmit such report to the Congress. SEC. 303. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall include in its annual report to Congress under section 251 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 a statement of— (1) the direct and indirect costs to the Commission for the issuance of any license or permit and for the inspection of any facility; and (2) the fees paid to the Commission for the issuance of any license or permit and for the inspection of any facility. SEC. 304. On or before September 30, 1980, the President shall prepare and publish a National Contingency Plan to provide for expeditious, efficient, and coordinated action by appropriate Federal agencies to protect the public heedth and safety in the case of accidents at any utilization facility licensed under section 103 or 104 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. SEC. 305. (a) As expeditiously as practicable, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall establish a mechanism for instantaneous and uninterrupted verbal communication between each utilization facility licensed to operate under section 103 or section 104 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 on the date of enactment of this Act, or thereafter, and (1) Commission headquarters, and (2) the appropriate Commission regional office. (b) Within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a study of alternate plans for instantaneous and otherwise timely transmission to the Commission of data indicating the status of principal system parameters at utilization facilities licensed to operate under section 103 or section 104 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. For each alternative, the study shall present procedures for transmitting and analyzing such data and a Commission statement regarding the advantages, disadvantages and desirability. SEC. 306. (a) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized and directed to undertake a comprehensive investigation and study of the impediments to expeditious and reliable communication among Commission headquarters, the Commission regional office. Commission representatives at the facility site, senior management officials and

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