Sec. 8. Report identifying best practices for establishment and operation of local community advisory boards
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Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available, a report identifying best practices with respect to the establishment and operation of a local community advisory board to foster communication and information exchange between a licensee planning for and involved in decommissioning activities and members of the community that decommissioning activities may affect, including lessons learned from any such board in existence before the date of enactment of this Act. The report described in subsection
(a)shall include— a description of— the topics that could be brought before a local community advisory board; how such a board’s input could be used to inform the decision-making processes of stakeholders for various decommissioning activities; what interaction such a board could have with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other Federal regulatory bodies to support the board members’ overall understanding of the decommissioning process and promote dialogue between the affected stakeholders and the licensee involved in decommissioning activities; and how such a board could offer opportunities for public engagement throughout all phases of the decommissioning process; a discussion of the composition of a local community advisory board; and best practices relating to the establishment and operation of a local community advisory board, including— the time of establishment of such a board; the frequency of meetings of such a board; the selection of board members; the term of board members; the responsibility for logistics required to support such a board’s meetings and other routine activities; and any other best practices relating to such a local community advisory board that are identified by the Commission. In developing the report described in subsection (a), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall consult with any host State, any community within the emergency planning zone of an applicable nuclear facility, and any existing local community advisory board.