[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 28] [Revised as of July 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR1517.2] [Page 500] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PART 1517--PUBLIC MEETING PROCEDURES OF THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents Sec. 1517.2 Definitions. For the purpose of this part: (a) The term Council shall mean the Council on Environmental Quality established under title II of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 through 4347). (b) The term meeting means the deliberations of at least two Council members where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official collegial Council business, but does not include deliberations to take actions to open or close a meeting under Secs. 1517.4 and 1517.5 or to release or withhold information under Secs. 1517.4 and 1517.7. ``Meeting'' shall not be construed to prevent Council members from considering individually Council business that is circulated to them sequentially in writing. (c) Director means the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality acting as the head of the Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-224, 42 U.S.C. 4371 through 4374. [44 FR 34946, June 18, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 6277, Feb. 11, 1982]