The Buy American Act Amendments of 1977: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open Government of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2318 ... March 17, 1978, Pittsburgh, Pa., March 23, April 5, 1978, Washington, D.C.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 483 pages |
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Page 431 - ... he shall make public his findings, including therein the name of the contractor obligated under such contract, and no other contract for the construction, alteration, or repair...
Page 93 - Interpretations. Except as specifically authorized by the Commission in writing, no interpretation of the meaning of the regulations in this part by any officer or employee of the Commission other than a written interpretation by the General Counsel will be recognized to be binding upon the Commission.
Page 94 - Exemptions. The Commission may, upon application of any interested person or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions from the requirements of the regulations in this Part as it determines are authorized by law and will not er danger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest.
Page 120 - States substantially all from articles, materials or supplies mined, produced or manufactured in the United States...
Page 93 - These structures, systems and components are those necessary to assure: (1) The integrity of the reactor coolant pressure boundary; (2) The capability to shut down the reactor and maintain it in a safe shutdown condition; or (3) The capability to prevent or mitigate the consequences of accidents that could result in potential off-site exposures comparable to the guideline procedures (DOE-91/04).
Page 88 - Act, who obtains information reasonably Indicating that such facility or activity or basic components supplied to such facility or activity — (1) Fails to comply with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or any applicable rule, regulation, order, or license of the Commission relating to substantial safety hazards, or (2) Contains a defect which could create a substantial safety hazard, as defined by regulations which the Commission shall promulgate...
Page 226 - ... of this Act, if the Administrator determines it is in the public interest and if in the cost effectiveness study made of the construction...
Page 94 - ... Interpretations. Except as specifically authorized by the Commission in writing, no interpretation of the meaning of the regulations in this part by...
Page 408 - Title 15]; or (c) To reject a bid or offer to furnish materials of foreign origin in any situation in which the domestic supplier offering the lowest price for furnishing the desired materials undertakes to produce substantially all of such materials in areas of substantial unemployment...
Page 88 - Commission shall submit to the Congress each quarter a report listing for that period any abnormal occurrences at or associated with any facility which is licensed or otherwise regulated pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended, or pursuant to this Act. For the purposes of this section an abnormal occurrence is an unscheduled incident or event which the Commission determines is significant from the standpoint of public health or safety.