---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1.28"
title: "10"
number: "1.28"
heading: "Office of Public Affairs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1.28"
---

# §1.28. Office of Public Affairs.


The Office of Public Affairs—

- (a) Develops policies, programs, and procedures for the Chairman's approval for informing the public of NRC activities;
- (b) Prepares, clears, and disseminates information to the public and the news media concerning NRC policies, programs, and activities;
- (c) Keeps NRC management informed on media coverage of activities of interest to the agency;
- (d) Plans, directs, and coordinates the activities of public information staffs located at Regional Offices;
- (e) Conducts a cooperative program with schools; and
- (f) **Carries out assigned activities in the area of consumer affairs.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 1639, Jan. 15, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 23, 25, 29, 161, 191 (42 U.S.C. 2033, 2035, 2039, 2201, 2241); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 203, 204, 205, 209 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5843, 5844, 5845, 5849); Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 552, 553); Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Reorganization Plans).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 31602, Aug. 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 1639, Jan. 15, 1992]