[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: 10CFR7.5]

[Page 192-193]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.5  Review of establishment of advisory committees by GSA Secretariat; Advisory committee charters.

    (a) Whenever the NRC proposes to establish or utilize an advisory 
committee, a letter requesting review of the proposal and transmitting a 
proposed charter for the committee shall be submitted to the GSA 
Secretariat by the Commission. The letter shall contain the following 
information:
    (1) An explanation of why the committee is essential to the conduct 
of NRC business and is in the public interest;
    (2) An explanation of why the committee's functions cannot be 
performed by NRC, another existing NRC advisory committee, or other 
means (such as a public hearing); and
    (3) A description of NRC's plan to attain balanced membership on the 
committee.

For purposes of attaining balance in an NRC advisory committee's 
membership, the Commission shall consider for membership interested 
persons and groups with professional, technical, or personal 
qualifications or experience to contribute to the functions and tasks to 
be performed.
    (b) Each proposed committee charter submitted for review pursuant to 
paragraph (a) of this section shall contain the following information:
    (1) The committee's official designation;
    (2) The committee's objectives and the scope of its activity;

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    (3) The period of time necessary for the committee to carry out its 
purposes;
    (4) The NRC official to whom the committee will report;
    (5) The NRC office responsible for providing support for the 
committee;
    (6) A description of the duties for which the committee will be 
responsible, and if such duties are not solely advisory, a specification 
of the authority for the functions that are not advisory;
    (7) The estimated annual operating costs, in dollars and man-years, 
for the committee;
    (8) The estimated number and frequency of committee meetings; and
    (9) The committee's termination date, if less than two years from 
the date of the committee's establishment.

The date the charter is filed pursuant to Sec. 7.8 shall be added to the 
charter when such filing takes place.
    (c)(1) A subcommittee that does not function independently of its 
parent advisory committee shall be subject to the requirements of this 
part, except that it shall not be subject to the requirements of 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. Such a subcommittee shall not, 
however, be subject to the requirements of this part with respect to any 
meeting of its members devoted solely to a function described in 
Sec. 7.2(c)(3)(viii).
    (2) The requirements of this part, including the requirements of 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, shall apply to any subcommittee 
that functions independently of the parent advisory committee (such as 
by making recommendations directly to the agency rather than to the 
parent advisory committee), regardless of whether the subcommittee's 
members are drawn in whole or in part from the parent advisory 
committee.
    (d) After the GSA Secretariat has notified the Commission of the 
results of its review of a proposal to establish or utilize an NRC 
advisory committee, submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, 
the Commission shall notify the GSA Secretariat in writing whether the 
advisory committee is actually being established. Filing of the advisory 
committee charter pursuant to Sec. 7.8 shall be deemed to fulfill this 
notification requirement. If the advisory committee is not being 
established, the Commission shall so advise the GSA Secretariat in 
writing, stating whether NRC intends to take any further action with 
respect to the proposed advisory committee.
    (e) The date of filing of an advisory committee charter pursuant to 
Sec. 7.8 shall appear on the face of the charter and shall constitute 
the date of establishment, renewal, or reestablishment of the committee.