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1 SEC. 14. CONCESSIONER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. 



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



3 days after the date of enactment of this Act, tlie Secretary 



4 shall publish, after an appropriate period for public com- 



5 nient, regulations establishing standards and criteria for 



6 evaluating the performance of concessions operating with- 



7 in parks. 



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



9 periodically conduct an evaluation of each concessioner op- 



10 crating under a concession contract pursuant to this Act, 



11 as appropriate, to determine whether such concessioner 



12 has performed satisfactorily. In evaluating a conces- 



13 sioner's performance, the Secretaiy shall seek and con- 



14 sider applicable reports and comments from appropriate 



15 Federal, State, and local reg-ulatoiy agencies, and shall 



1 6 seek and consider the applicable views of park visitors and 



17 concession customers. If the Secretary's performance eval- 



18 nation results in an unsatisfactory rating of the conces- 



19 sioner's overall operation, the Secretaiy shall pro\ide the 



20 concessioner with a list of the minimum requirements nec- 



21 essaiy for the operation to be rated satisfactory, and shall 



22 so notify the concessioner in writing. 



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 Secretars^ within the 



26 time limitations established by the Secretaiy at the time 



