[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: 40CFR1517.6]



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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.  1517.6  Notice of meetings.



    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Council shall 

make a public announcement at least one week before a meeting, to 

include the following:

    (1) Time, place, and subject matter of the meeting;

    (2) Whether the meeting is to be open or closed; and

    (3) Name and telephone number of the official who will respond to 

requests for information about the meeting.

    (b) A majority of the members of the Council may determine by 

recorded vote that the business of the Council requires a meeting to be 

called with less than one week's notice. At the earliest practicable 

time, the Council shall publicly announce the time, place and subject 

matter of the meeting, and whether or not it is to be open or closed to 

the public.

    (c) If announcement of the subject matter of a closed meeting would 

reveal the information that the meeting itself was closed to protect, 

the subject matter shall not be announced.

    (d) Following the public announcement required by paragraph (a) or 

(b) of this section:

    (1) A majority of the members of the Council may change the time or 

place of a meeting. At the earliest practicable time, the Council shall 

publicly announce the change.

    (2) A majority of the entire membership of the Council may change 

the subject matter of a meeting, or the determination to open or close a 

meeting to the public, if it determines by a recorded vote that the 

change is required by the business of the Council and that no earlier 

announcement of the change was possible. At the earliest practicable 

time, the Council shall publicly announce the change, and the vote of 

each member upon the change.

    (e) Individuals or organizations having a special interest in 

activities of the Council may request the Council to place them on a 

mailing list for receipt of information available under this section.

    (f) Following public announcement of a meeting, the time or place of 

a meeting may be changed only if the change is announced publicly at the 

earliest practicable time. The subject matter of a meeting or the 

determination to open or close a meeting may be changed following public 

announcement of a meeting only if both of the following conditions are 

met:

    (1) There must be a recorded vote of a majority of the Council that 

the business of the Council requires the change and that no earlier 

announcement of such change was possible; and

    (2) There must be a public announcement of the change and of the 

individual Council members' votes at the earliest practicable time.

    (g) Immediately following each public announcement required by this 

section, the following information, as applicable, shall be submitted 

for publication in the Federal Register.

    (1) Notice of the time, place, and subject matter of a meeting;



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    (2) Whether the meeting is open or closed;

    (3) Any change in one of the preceding; and

    (4) The name and telephone number of the official who will respond 

to requests for information about the meeting.