[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: 10CFR7.6]

[Page 197]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7--ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.6  Amendment to advisory committee charters.

    (a) Final authority for amending the charter of an NRC advisory 
committee established or utilized by the NRC is vested in the 
Commission.
    (b) Any proposed changes made to a current charter for an NRC 
advisory committee shall be coordinated with the General Counsel to 
ensure that they are consistent with applicable legal requirements. When 
a statute or Executive Order that directed or authorized the 
establishment of an advisory committee is amended, those sections of the 
advisory committee's charter affected by the amendments shall also be 
amended.
    (c)(1) The charter of an NRC advisory committee established under 
general agency authority may be amended when the Commission determines 
that the existing charter no longer reflects the objectives or functions 
of the committee. Such changes may be minor (such as revising the name 
of the advisory committee or modifying the estimated number or frequency 
of meetings), or they may be major (such as revising the objectives or 
composition of the committee).
    (2) The procedures in paragraph (b) of this section shall be used in 
the case of charter amendments involving minor changes. A proposed major 
amendment to the charter of an advisory committee established under 
general agency authority shall be submitted to the Committee Management 
Secretariat for review with an explanation of the purpose of the changes 
and why they are necessary.
    (3) A committee charter that has been amended pursuant to this 
paragraph is subject to the filing requirements set forth in Sec. 7.8.
    (4) Amendment of an existing advisory committee charter pursuant to 
this paragraph does not constitute renewal of the committee for purposes 
of Sec. 7.7.

[67 FR 79840, Dec. 31, 2002]