[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR7.11]

[Page 199]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.11  The Designated Federal Officer.

    (a) The Chairman of the Commission or designee shall appoint a 
Designated Federal Officer or alternate Designated Federal Officer for 
each NRC advisory committee. The individual holding either position must 
be employed by the Federal Government on either a full-time or a 
permanent part-time basis.
    (b) All meetings of an NRC advisory committee must be convened or 
approved by the committee's Designated Federal Officer or alternate, and 
the agenda for each committee meeting (except a meeting of a 
Presidential advisory committee) must be approved by that individual.
    (c) An NRC advisory committee may not hold a meeting in the absence 
of its Designated Federal Officer or alternate.
    (d) It shall also be the responsibility of the Designated Federal 
Officer or alternate to:
    (1) Attend all meetings of the committee for which he or she has 
been appointed;
    (2) Adjourn the meetings of the committee when such adjournment is 
in the public interest;
    (3) Chair the meetings of the committee when so directed by the 
Commission;
    (4) Ensure compliance with the requirements of Sec. 7.13 regarding 
minutes of meetings of the committee; and
    (5) Make copies of committee documents required to be maintained for 
public inspection and copying pursuant to Sec. 7.14(b) and ensure their 
availability at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov, at the NRC Public 
Document Room, or both.

[67 FR 79841, Dec. 31, 2002]