Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 (Nuclear Regulatory Commission): Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 6, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 100 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
access to information accident at Three adjudication adjudicatory Advisory Committee agency agency's AHEARNE amended plan amended Reorganization Plan appointment and removal approval ARLAN STANGELAND Atomic Safety authority believe BROOKS clear collegial Commission COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT Committee on Reactor concern Congress delegate direction Director for Operations Director of Nuclear effective emergency employees Energy Reorganization Act ERLENBORN Executive Director Executive Legal FRANK HORTON full Commission fully and currently FUQUA GILINSKY GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UNITED Hendrie HORTON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES improve individual Commissioners initiate the appointment Jack Brooks John Kemeny Kemeny Commission LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL line offices March 27 matter mission NRC's nuclear power nuclear regulation Nuclear Regulatory Commission nuclear safety policy personnel actions President principal executive officer problems proposed Reactor Safeguards responsible Rogovin role rulemaking Safety and Licensing Section single administrator staff officers statement structure testimony Three Mile Island U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY United States Code WELLFORD
Popular passages
Page 17 - In carrying out any of his functions under the provisions of this section the Chairman shall be governed by general policies of the Commission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and determinations as the Commission may by law be authorized to make.
Page 17 - Plan, there are hereby transferred to the Chairman all the functions vested in the Commission pertaining to an emergency concerning a particular facility or materials licensed or regulated by the Commission, including the functions of declaring, responding, issuing orders, determining specific policies, advising the civil authorities and the public, directing, and coordinating actions relative to such emergency incident. (b) The Chairman may delegate the authority to perform such emergency functions,...
Page 22 - Recommendation No. 1 We recommend that all administrative responsibility be vested in the chairman of the commission. It would be his responsibility to deploy the work force most effectively in order to carry out the program developed by the commission as a whole.
Page 17 - Such authority :aay also be delegated or redelegated, in whole or in part, to the staff of the Commission. (c) In acting under this section, the Chairman, or other member of the Commission delegated authority under subsection (b), shall conform to the policy guidelines of the Commission. To the maximum extent possible under the emergency conditions, the Chairman or other member of the Commission delegated authority under subsection (b), shall inform the Commission of actions taken relative to the...
Page 9 - Director of Inspection and Enforcement, "(v) Director of Standards Development. "(3) The Chairman or a member of the Commission shall initiate the appointment of the Members of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, subject to the approval of the Commission. The provisions for appointment of the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards and the term of the members shall not be affected by the provisions of this Reorganization Plan. "(4) The Commission shall delegate the function...
Page 10 - ... of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended (43 USC 5841 (a) (1)) solely in the direct performance of functions of the Commission, described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, and only when such functions have not been delegated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Page 10 - The Chairman of the Commission shall be the principal executive officer of the Commission, and he shall exercise all of the executive and administrative functions of the Commission, including functions of the Commission with respect to (A) the appointment and supervision of personnel employed under the Commission (other than personnel employed regularly and full time in the immediate offices of commissioners other than the Chairman...
Page 14 - Operations, shall initiate the appointment, subject to the approval of the Commission, and the Chairman, or a member of the Commission may initiate an action for removal, subject to the approval of the Commission: (i...
Page 17 - In acting under this section, the Chairman, or other member of the Commission delegated authority under subsection (b), shall conform to the policy guidelines of the Commission. To the maximum extent possible under the emergency conditions, the Chairman or other member of the Commission delegated authority under subsection (b), shall inform the Commission of actions taken relative to the emergency. (d) Following the conclusion of the emergency, the Chairman, or the member of the Commission delegated...
Page 16 - (1) administrative functions of the Commission; "(2) distribution of business among such personnel and among administrative units and offices of the Commission; "(3) preparation of "(i) proposals for the reorganization of the major offices within the Commission; "(ii) the budget estimate for the Commission; and "(iii) the proposed distribution of appropriated funds according to major programs and purposes.