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1 SEC. 512. CONCESSIONER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. 



2 (a) Regulations. — ^Within one hundred and eighty 



3 days after the date of enactment of this title, the See- 



4 retary, after an appropriate period for pubUc comment, 



5 shall publish regulations establishing standards and cri- 



6 teria for evaluating the performance of concessioners oper- 



7 ating within parks. 



8 (b) Periodic Evaluation. — (1) The Secretary shall 



9 periodically conduct an evaluation of each concessioner op- 



10 crating under a concession contract pursuant to this title 



11 to determine whether such concessioner has performed 



12 satisfactorily. In evaluating a concessioner's performance, 



13 the Secretary shall seek and consider applicable reports 



14 and comments from appropriate Federal, State, and local 



15 regulatory agencies, and shall seek and consider the views 



16 of park visitors and concession customers. If the Sec- 



17 retary' s performance evaluation results in an unsatisfac- 



18 tory rating of the concessioner's overall operation, the Sec- 



19 retary shall so notify the concessioner in writing, and shall 



20 provide the concessioner with a list of the minimum re- 



21 quirements necessary for the operation to be rated satis- 



22 factory. 



23 (2) The Secretary may terminate a concession con- 



24 tract if the concessioner fails to meet the minimum oper- 



25 ational requirements identified by the Secretary within the 



26 time limitations established by the Secretary at the time 



