[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: 10CFR7.16]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 7_ADVISORY COMMITTEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.16  Annual comprehensive review.

    (a) The Chairman of the Commission shall conduct an annual 
comprehensive review of the activities and responsibilities of each NRC 
advisory committee to determine whether the committee--
    (1) Is carrying out its purposes or, consistent with the provisions 
of applicable statutes, its responsibilities should be revised.
    (2) Should be merged with another advisory committee.
    (3) Should be terminated.
    (b) The comprehensive review required by paragraph (a) of this 
section shall include consideration of such information regarding the 
committee as is required for the Commission's annual report to the GSA 
Secretariat pursuant to Sec. 7.17(a) and such other information as may 
be requested from the Committee by the NRC Advisory Committee Management 
Officer. The results of such review shall be included in the annual 
report to the GSA Secretariat.
    (c) If, as a result of the review required by this section, the 
Commission determines that an advisory committee is no longer needed, 
the committee shall be terminated; except that in the case of an 
advisory committee established by an Act of Congress or the President, 
the committee's termination shall be recommended to the President or the 
Congress, as the case may be.

[54 FR 26948, June 27, 1989, as amended at 67 FR 79842, Dec. 31, 2002]

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