[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: 10CFR7.8]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.8  Charter filing requirements.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an NRC 
advisory committee may not operate, meet, or take any action unless a 
copy of the committee's charter has been filed with (1) the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate, and the 
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives; (2) the 
Library of Congress, Exchange and Gift Division, Federal Documents 
Section, Federal Advisory Committee Desk, Washington, DC 20540; and (3) 
the GSA Secretariat. The copy filed with the GSA Secretariat shall 
indicate the Congressional filing date.
    (b) When either the President or the Congress establishes an 
advisory committee that advises the President and for which NRC is 
responsible, the Commission shall--
    (1) File the committee's charter with the GSA Secretariat;
    (2) File a copy of the committee's charter with the Library of 
Congress at the address listed in paragraph (a) of this section; and
    (3) If specifically directed by law, file with the Congressional 
Committees listed in paragraph (a) of this section a copy of the charter 
that shows its date of filing with the GSA Secretariat.
    (c) For purposes of the filing requirements established by this 
section, the filing date of an advisory committee charter shall be the 
date on which the charter, or a copy of the charter where appropriate, 
is offered for filing at the office in which it is required to be filed 
(in the case of hand delivery), or on which it is deposited in the mail 
(in the case of delivery by mail).
    (d) The charter filing requirements established by this section are 
subject to the public notice requirements of Sec. 7.9.

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