[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR7.15]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.15  Procedures for closing an NRC advisory committee meeting.

    (a) To close all or part of a meeting of an NRC advisory committee, 
the committee shall submit a written request for closure to the Chairman 
of the Commission, citing specific matter listed in the Government in 
the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), as implemented by 10 CFR 9.104, to 
justify the closure. The request shall provide the Chairman sufficient 
time for review in order to make a determination prior to publication of 
the meeting notice pursuant to Sec. 7.12.
    (b) The General Counsel shall review all requests to close meetings 
of NRC advisory committees.
    (c) If the Chairman of the Commission agrees that the request is 
consistent with the policies of this part, a determination shall be 
issued in writing that all or part of the meeting will be closed. The 
determination shall include a statement of the reasons for the closing.
    (d) Except when the President or his designee determines in writing 
that no notice should be published for reasons of national security, the 
Chairman of the Commission shall make a copy of the determination to 
close all or part of an NRC advisory committee meeting available to the 
public upon request, and shall state the reasons why all or part of the 
meeting is closed, citing the specific matter listed in the Government 
in the Sunshine Act (as implemented by 10 CFR 9.104) in the meeting 
notice published in the Federal Register pursuant to Sec. 7.12.
    (e) The Chairman of the Commission may delegate the Chairman's 
functions under paragraphs (c) and (d) of this section to such officer 
of the Commission as the Chairman considers appropriate. The General 
Counsel shall review any determination to close a meeting made by a 
delegate.

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