[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR7.15]

[Page 199]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7_ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.15  Procedures for closing an NRC advisory committee meeting.

    (a) To close all or part of a meeting of an NRC advisory committee, 
the committee shall submit a written request for closure to the General 
Counsel, citing specific exemptions listed in the Government in the 
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), as implemented by 10 CFR 9.104, that 
justify the closure. The request shall provide the General Counsel 
sufficient time for review in order to make a determination prior to 
publication of the meeting notice pursuant to Sec. 7.12.
    (b) If the General Counsel finds that the request for closure is 
consistent with the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act and 
this part, a determination shall be issued in writing that all or part 
of the meeting will be closed. The determination shall include a 
statement of the reasons for the closing, citing the applicable 
exemptions in the Government in the Sunshine Act (as implemented by 10 
CFR 9.104).
    (c) Except when the President or designee determines in writing that 
no notice should be published for reasons of national security, the 
Secretary of the Commission shall make a copy of the determination to 
close all or part of an NRC advisory committee meeting available to the 
public upon request. If such a determination has been issued, the 
meeting notice published in the Federal Register should comply with the 
provisions of Sec. 7.12 applicable to closed meetings.

[67 FR 79842, Dec. 31, 2002]