[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR202.9]

[Page 365-366]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 202_RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARDS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Operating Requirements
 
Sec. 202.9  Conducting RAB meetings.

    (a) Public participation. RAB meetings shall be open to the public.

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    (1) The installation co-chair shall prepare and publish a timely 
public notice in a local newspaper of general circulation announcing 
each RAB meeting. If applicable, it is recommended that the meeting also 
be announced on the installation's Web site.
    (2) Each RAB meeting shall be held at a reasonable time and in a 
manner or place reasonably accessible to and usable by all participants, 
including persons with disabilities.
    (3) Presentation materials and readable maps should be provided to 
all meeting participants as appropriate.
    (4) Interested persons shall be permitted to attend, appear before, 
or file statements with any RAB, subject to such reasonable rules or 
regulations as may be prescribed. Open solicitation of public comments 
shall be permitted and members of the public will have a designated time 
on the agenda to speak to the RAB committee as a whole.
    (b) Nature of discussions. The installation shall give careful 
consideration to all comments provided by individual RAB members. Group 
consensus is not a prerequisite for RAB input. Each member of the RAB 
may provide advice as an individual; however, when a RAB decides to vote 
or poll for consensus, only community members should participate.
    (c) Meeting minutes. The installation co-chair, in coordination with 
the community co-chair, shall prepare the minutes of each RAB meeting.
    (1) The RAB meeting minutes shall contain a record of the persons 
present; a complete and accurate description of matters discussed and 
comments received; and copies of all reports received, issued, or 
approved by the RAB. The accuracy of all minutes shall be certified by 
the RAB co-chairs. RAB minutes should be kept in the information 
repository; however, if the RAB minutes reflect decision-making, copies 
should also be documented in the Administrative Record.
    (2) The records, reports, minutes, appendixes, working papers, 
drafts, studies, agenda, or other documents that were made available to 
or prepared for or by each RAB shall be available for public inspection 
and copying at a publicly accessible location, such as the information 
repositories established under the installation's Community Relations 
Plan, a public library, or in the offices of the installation to which 
the RAB reports, until the RAB ceases to exist.

[71 FR 27617, May 12, 2006; 71 FR 30719, May 30, 2006]