[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR1517.3]



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                   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.  1517.3  Open meeting requirement.



    (a) Every portion of every meeting of the Council is open to public 

observation subject to the exemptions provided in Sec.  1517.4. Members 

of the Council may not jointly conduct or dispose of the business of the 

Council other than in accordance with this part.

    (b) The Council will conduct open to public observation periodic 

meetings involving Council discussions of Council business including 

where appropriate matters outside the scope of this part. Such meetings 

will be noticed pursuant to Sec.  1517.6.

    (c) Members of the public may attend open meetings of the Council 

for the sole purpose of observation and may not participate in or 

photograph any meeting without prior permission of the Council. Members 

of the public who desire to participate in or photograph an open meeting 

of the Council may request permission to do so from the General Counsel 

of the Council before such meeting. Members of the public may record 

open meetings of the Council by means of any mechanical or electronic 

device unless the Council determines such recording would disrupt the 

orderly conduct of such meeting.



[44 FR 34946, June 18, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 6277, Feb. 11, 1982]