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*ion shall have the right, upon a written request to mmission, to obtain an antitrust review under this of the application for an operating license. Such quest shall be made within 25 days after the 'tial Commission publication in the Federal notice of the filing of an application for an se for the facility or the date of enactment subsection, whichever is later.

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request of the Attorney General, the furnish or cause to be furnished such Attorney General determines to be advice called for in paragraph (1)

romptly upon receipt of the Attorney General's vice, the Commission shall publish the advice in the Federal Register. Where the Attorney General advises that there may be adverse antitrust aspects and recommends that there be a hearing, the Attorney General or his designee may participate as a party in the proceedings thereafter held by the Commission on such licensing matter in connection with the subject matter of his advice. The Commission shall give due consideration to the advice received from the Attorney General and to such evidence as may be provided during the proceedings in connection with such subject matter, and shall make a finding as to whether the activities under the license would create or maintain a situation inconsistent with the antitrust laws as specified in subsection 105a.

"(6) In the event the commission's finding under paragraph (5) is in the affirmative, the Commission shall also consider, in determining whether the license should be issued or continued, such other factors, including the need for power in the affected area, as the Commission in its judgment deems necessary to protect the public interest. On the basis of its findings, the Commission shall have the authority to issue or continue a license as applied for, to refuse to issue a license, to rescind a license or amend it, and to issue a license with such conditions as it deems appropriate.

"(7) The Commission, with the approval of the Attorney General, may except from any of the requirements of this subsection such classes or types of licenses as the Commission may determine would not significantly affect the applicant's activities under the antitrust laws as specified in subsection 105a.

"(8) With respect to any application for a construction permit on file at the time of enactment into law of this subsection, which permit would be for issuance under section 103, and with respect to any application for an operating license in connection with which a written request for an antitrust review is made as provided for

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