Sec. 17. ACCESS TO INFORMATION

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## SEC. 17 ACCESS TO INFORMATION ###

(a)In General The Secretary shall— ####

(1)provide the State, the National Academy of Sciences, and the EEG with free and timely access to data relating to health, safety, or environmental issues at WIPP; ####

(2)provide the State and the EEG with preliminary reports relating to health, safety, or environmental issues at WIPP; and ####

(3)to the extent practicable, permit the State and the EEG to attend meetings relating to health, safety, or environmental issues at WIPP with expert panels and peer review groups. ###

(b)Evaluation and Publication The State, the National Academy of Sciences, and the EEG may evaluate and publish analyses of the Secretary's plans for test phase activities, monitoring, transportation, operations, decontamination, retrieval, performance assessment, compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations, decommissioning, safety analyses, and other activities relating to WIPP. ###

(c)Consultation and Cooperation The Secretary shall consult and cooperate with the EEG under the terms of Contract No. DE–AC04–89AL58309 in the performance of its responsibility to conduct an independent technical review and evaluation of WIPP under section 1433 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (102 Stat. 2073).

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