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through contracts and grants. 
**(3) The Administrator or the Secretary of Commerce, as 
the case may be, shall respond to the Commission with 
cespect to any recommendation made by the Commissicn under 
paragraph (1)(C). Such cesponse shall be made within 129 
days after the date on Which the recommendation was made 
and, if the recommendation is not, or will not be, adopted 
oc implemented by the Administrator or the Secretary, the 
cesponse shall specify the reasons therefor. 
*“*(4) The cesearch and monitoring information and data 
acquired, and the recommendaticns made, By the Commission 
under paragraph (1) are matters of public record and shall 
be made available for public inspecticn. 
**(5) For purposes of carrying out its functions under 
Paragraph (1), the Commission shall have access to all 
studies and data compiled by Federal acencies regarding 
ocean waste management and the Commission, to the extent 
feasible, inay utilize the facilities end services cf any 
Feaeral agency on a cost reimpurseable basis. 
*“*(£) The Commissicn, in carrying CUitseses 
cesponsipilities under this title, may-- * . 
**(1) employ and fix the compensation cf necessary 
Sstafi personnel, not to exceed the equivalent cf nine 
BULLIES Seles ae positions, without regard to the 
provisions of title 5, United States cde, acverring 
