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Commission, which was established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).

The Commission's major program components are the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, which were created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974. Headquarters offices are located in suburban Maryland, and there are four regional offices.

The Commission ensures that the civilian uses of nuclear materials and facilities are conducted in a manner consistent with the public health and safety, environmental quality, national security, and the antitrust laws. The major share of the Commission's effort is focused on regulating the use of nuclear energy to generate electric power.

Activities

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission fulfills its responsibilities through a system of licensing and regulatory activities that include:

-licensing the construction and operation of nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities, such as nuclear fuel cycle facilities and nonpower test and research reactors, and overseeing their decommissioning;

-licensing the possession, use, processing, handling, and export of nuclear material;

-licensing the siting, design, construction, operation, and closure of low-level radioactive waste disposal sites under NRC jurisdiction and the

construction, operation, and closure of the geologic repository for high-level radioactive waste;

-licensing the operators of nuclear power and nonpower test and research reactors;

-inspecting licensed facilities and activities;

-conducting the principal U.S. Government research program on lightwater reactor safety;

-conducting research to provide independent expertise and information

for making timely regulatory judgments and for anticipating problems of potential safety significance;

-developing and implementing rules and regulations that govern licensed nuclear activities;

-investigating nuclear incidents and allegations concerning any matter regulated by the NRC;

-enforcing NRC regulations and the conditions of NRC licenses;

-conducting public hearings on matters of nuclear and radiological safety, environmental concern, common defense and security, and antitrust matters;

-maintaining the NRC Incident Response Program, including the NRC Operations Center;

-collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information about the operational safety of commercial nuclear power reactors and certain nonreactor activities; and

-developing effective working relationships with the States regarding reactor operations and the regulation of nuclear material, including assurance that adequate regulatory programs are maintained by those States that exercise, by agreement with the Commission, regulatory control over certain nuclear materials in the State.

Sources of Information

Contracts and Procurement Detailed information on how to do business with the Commission may be obtained by calling the Director, Division of Contracts, at 301-415-7305. Information on programs to assist small business is available from the Director, Office of Small Business and Civil Rights, Mail Stop T2F18, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 205550001. Phone, 301-415-7380. Employment The Commission's employment activities are exempt from civil service requirements and are conducted under an independent merit system. However, employees receive Federal employee benefits (retirement, group life insurance, and health benefits) on the same basis as other Federal employees. Applicants with veterans

preference are accorded the preference
granted to them by the Veterans'
Preference Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 387).
Recruitment is continual, and
applications from individuals qualified
for Commission needs are accepted
whenever they are received. In addition
to receiving applications from candidates
at all grade levels throughout the year,
the agency recruits annually from
colleges as appropriate to fill needs for
interns and entry-level professionals.

Employment inquiries, applications, and requests from schools for participation in the recruitment program may be directed to the Director, Office of Personnel, Mail Stop T3A2, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-4157516.

Freedom of Information Act Requests
Requests for copies of records should be
directed to the Chief, FOIA/LPDR
Branch, Mail Stop T6D8, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-
7169.

Publications The NRC Annual Report, NUREG-1145, provides a summary of major agency activities for the year. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances, NUREG-0750 (monthlyfour indexes and 2 hard-bound editions), a compilation of adjudications and other issuances for the Commission, including Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards, is available for sale from the Government Printing Office, either by subscription or on a single-issue basis. Other - subscription items available from the Government Printing Office include: Licensed Operating Reactors-Status Summary Report (annual), NUREG0020; Licensee, Contractor and Vendor Inspection Status Report (quarterly), NUREG-0040; Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences (quarterly), NUREG-0090; Regulatory and Technical Reports (quarterly), NUREG-0304; Title List of Documents Made Publicly Available (monthly), NUREG-0540; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rules and Regulations; U.S. NRC Telephone Directory, NUREG/BR-0046; and the Weekly Information Report. Pricing and

ordering information may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. Phone, 202-512-1800.

The Commission produces a variety of scientific, technical, and administrative information publications dealing with licensing and regulating civilian nuclear power. Information on agency publications can be obtained from Title List of Documents Made Publicly Available, NUREG-0540. This document, published monthly, includes docketed material associated with civilian nuclear power plants and other uses of radioactive materials, and nondocketed material received and generated by the Commission pertinent to its role as a regulatory agency. Single copies of monthly issues of NUREG0540 are available for purchase from the Government Printing Office and from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. Phone, 703-4874099. Subscription service for the Standard Review Plan, NUREG-0800, is handled exclusively by the National Technical Information Service.

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Active Regulatory Guides may purchased from the Government Printing Office or, as they are issued, on standing orders from the National Technical Information Service. These Regulatory Guides are published in 10 subject areas: Power Reactors, Research and Test Reactors, Fuels and Materials Facilities, Environmental and Siting, Materials and Plant Protection, Products, Transportation, Occupational Health, Antitrust and Financial Review, and General.

Single copies of some draft publications, such as Draft Environmental Statements and Draft Regulatory Guides, are available without charge, based on supply, from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Distribution and Mail Services Section, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Interested persons may be placed on a Commission mailing list for Draft Regulatory Guides by writing to the Distribution and Mail Services Section, NRC, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Agenda (NUREG-0936), published in the Federal Register each April and October, is updated semiannually.

Documents in the NUREG series may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20013-7082. Copies are also available from the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. Persons may obtain information regarding the status of any regulation or petition for rulemaking before the Commission by calling 301415-7158.

Reading Rooms The Headquarters Public Document Room maintains an extensive collection of documents related to NRC licensing proceedings and other significant decisions and actions, and documents from the regulatory activities of the former Atomic Energy Commission. Persons interested in detailed, technical information about nuclear facilities and other licensees find this specialized research center to be a major resource. (Books, journals, trade publications, or documents on industry standards are not stocked in the Reading Room.) Located at 2120 L Street NW., Washington, DC, the Public Document Room is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., except on Federal holidays.

Documents from the collection may be reproduced, with some exceptions, on paper, microfiche, or diskette for a nominal fee. The Public Document Room also offers an order subscription service for selected serially published documents and reports. Certain items of immediate interest, such as press releases and meeting notices, are posted in the Reading Room and on an electronic bulletin board via FedWorld, a Governmentwide computer bulletin board system. Contact FedWorld at 703487-4608 for access to the Public Document Room bulletin board.

Reference librarians are available to assist users with information requests. The computerized online Bibliographic Retrieval System includes extensive indices to the collection and an online ordering module for the placement of orders for the reproduction and delivery of specific documents. Off-site access to the Bibliographic Retrieval System (at 1200, 2400, and 9600 baud) is available for searches 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. Access to the system may be arranged by calling the number listed below.

For additional information regarding the Public Document Room, contact the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Public Document Room, Washington, DC 20555. Phone, 202-634-3273 (Washington, DC, area), or 800-3974209 (toll-free). E-mail, pdr@nrc.gov. Fax, 202-634-3343.

In addition, the Commission maintains approximately 87 local public document rooms around the country. The document rooms are located in libraries in cities and towns near commercially operated nuclear power reactors and certain nonpower reactor facilities. They contain detailed information specific to the nearby facilities, which are either licensed or under regulatory review. Power reactor and high-level radioactive waste local public document rooms also contain a microfiche file of all publicly available NRC documents issued since January 1981. A list of local public document rooms is available from the Director, Division of Freedom of Information and Publications Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. To obtain specific information about the availability of documents at the local public document rooms, contact the NRC Local Public Document Room Program staff. Phone, 800-638-8081 (toll-free).

For further information, contact the Office of Public Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Phone, 301-415-8200.

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION

1120 Twentieth Street NW., Washington, DC 20036-3419

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The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission works to ensure the timely and fair resolution of cases involving the alleged exposure of American workers to unsafe or unhealthy working conditions.

The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is an independent, quasi-judicial agency established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651-678).

The Commission is charged with ruling on cases forwarded to it by the Department of Labor when disagreements arise over the results of safety and health inspections performed by the Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Employers have the right to dispute any alleged job safety or health violation found during the inspection by the Administration, the penalties it proposed, and the time given by the agency to correct any hazardous situation. Employees and representatives of employees may initiate a case by challenging the propriety of the time the Administration has allowed for correction of any violative condition.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act covers virtually every employer in the country. Enforced by the Secretary of Labor, the act is an effort to reduce the incidence of personal injuries, illness, and deaths among working men and women in the United States that result from their employment. It requires employers to furnish to each of their employees a working environment free from recognized hazards that are causing

or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to the employees and to comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under the

act.

Activities

The Commission was created to adjudicate enforcement actions initiated under the act when they are contested by employers, employees, or representatives of employees. A case arises when a citation is issued against an employer as the result of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection and it is contested within 15 working days.

The Commission is more of a court system than a simple tribunal, for within the Commission there are two levels of adjudication. All cases that require a hearing are assigned to an administrative law judge, who decides the case. Ordinarily the hearing is held in the community where the alleged violation occurred or as close as possible. At the hearing, the Secretary of Labor will generally have the burden of proving the case. After the hearing, the judge must issue a decision, based on findings of fact and conclusions of law.

A substantial number of the decisions of the judges become final orders of the

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