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interested Federal, State, and local agen- 

 cies and to the public for comment within 

 forty-five days, and 



(C) insure that notice of a public hear- 

 ing on the design and location of such 

 project is issued; 



(2) insure that a public liearing is held 

 within forty-five days after issuance of the 

 notice pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) of this 

 subsection; and 



(3) not later than December 31, 1973, com- 

 plete consideration of the information received 

 at the hearing, review any comments on the 



statement received within the forty-five-day 

 notice period referred to in paragraph (1) (B) 

 of this subsection and any other information 

 received by the end of such forty-five-day 

 period and file the final version of such state- 

 ment on the basis of such comments and infor- 

 mation, together with any other final deter- 

 mination which he is required by law to make 

 in order to permit the construction of such 

 project to proceed. The determination of the 

 Secretary shall be conclusive with respect to 

 all issues of fact. 



13. Environmental Information; Office of Technology Assessment 



2 U.S.C. 471-481 



Sec. 



471. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose. 



472. Office of Technology Assessment. 



(a) Creation. 



(b) Composition. 



(c) Functions and duties. 



(d) Initiation of assessment activities. 



(e) Availability of information. 



473. Technology Assessment Board. 



(a) Membership. 



(b) Execution of functions during vacancies; Ail- 



ing of vacancies. 



(c) Chairman and vice chairman; selection proce- 



dure. 



(d) Meetings; powers of Board. 



474. Director of Office of Technology Assessment. 



(a) Appointment; term; compensation. 



(b) Powers and duties. 



(c) Deputy Director; appointment; functions; 



compensation. 



(d) Restrictions on outside employment activities 



of Director and Deputy Director. 



475. Powers of Office of Technology Assessment. 



(a) Use of public and private personnel and orga- 



nizations; formation of special ad hoc task 

 forces; contracts with governmental, etc., 

 agencies and Instrumentalities; advance, 

 progress, and other payments; utilization of 

 services of voluntary and uncompensated 

 personnel; acquisition, holding, and disposal 

 of real and personal property; promulgation 

 of rules and regulations. 



(b) Recordkeeping by contractors and other par- 



ties entering Into contracts and other ar- 

 rangements with Office; availability of books 

 and records to Office and Comptroller Gen- 

 eral for audit and examination. 



(c) Operation of laboratories, pilot plants, or test 



facilities. 



(d) Requests to executive departments or agencies 



for information, suggestions, estimates, sta- 

 tistics, and technical assistance; duty of 

 executive departments and agencies to fur- 

 nish Information, etc. 



(e) Requests to heads of executive departments or 



agencies for detail of personnel; reimburse- 

 ment. 



(f) Appointment and compensation of personnel. 



476. Technology Assessment Advisory Council. 



(a) Establishment; composition. 



(b) Duties. 



(c) Chairman and Vice Chalrnaan; election by 



Council from members appointed from pub- 

 lic; terms and conditions of service. 



(d) Terms of office of members appointed from 



public; reappointment. 



(e) Payment to Comptroller General and Director 

 of Congressional Research Service of travel 

 and other necessary expenses; payment to 

 members appointed from public of compen- 

 sation and reimbursement for travel, sub- 

 sistence, and other necessary expenses. 



477. Utilization of services of Library of Congress. 



(a) Authority of Librarian to make available serv- 



ices and assistance of Congressional Re- 

 search Service. 



(b) Scope of services and assistance. 



(c) Services or responsibilities performed by Con- 



gressional Research Service for Congress not 

 altered or modified; authority of Librarian 

 to establish within Congressional Research 

 Service additional divisions, etc. 



(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance. 



478. Utilization of services of General Accounting Offices. 



(a) Authority of General Accounting Office to fur- 



nish financial and administrative services. 



(b) Scope of services and assistance. 



(c) Services or responsibilities performed by Gen- 



eral Accounting Office for Congress not 

 altered or modified. 



(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance. 



479. Coordination of activities with National Science 



Foundation. 



480. Annual report to Congress. 



481. Authorization of appropriations; availability of 



appropriations. 



§471. ConKressional findings and declaration of pur- 

 pose. 



The Congress hereby finds and declares that". 



(a) As technology continues to change and ex- 

 pand rapidly, its applications are — 



(1) large and growing in scale: and 



(2) increasingly extensive, pervasive, and 

 critical in their impact, beneficial and adverse, 

 on the natural and social environment. 



(b) Therefore, it is essential that, to the fullest 

 extent possible, the consequences of technological 

 applications be anticipated, understood, and consid- 

 ered in determination of public policy on existing and 

 emerging national problems. 



(c) The Congress further finds that: 



(1) the Federal agencies presently responsible 

 directly to the Congress are not designed to pro- 

 vide the legislative branch with adequate and 

 timely information, independently developed, 

 relating to the potential impact of technological 



