---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 7.11"
title: "10"
number: "7.11"
heading: "The Designated Federal Officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/7.11"
---

# §7.11. The Designated Federal Officer.

- (a) The Chairman of the Commission or designee shall appoint a Designated Federal Officer or alternate Designated Federal Officer for each NRC advisory committee. The individual holding either position must be employed by the Federal Government on either a full-time or a permanent part-time basis.
- (b) All meetings of an NRC advisory committee must be convened or approved by the committee's Designated Federal Officer or alternate, and the agenda for each committee meeting (except a meeting of a Presidential advisory committee) must be approved by that individual.
- (c) An NRC advisory committee may not hold a meeting in the absence of its Designated Federal Officer or alternate.
- (d) It shall also be the responsibility of the Designated Federal Officer or alternate to:
  - (1) Attend all meetings of the committee for which he or she has been appointed;
  - (2) Adjourn the meetings of the committee when such adjournment is in the public interest;
  - (3) Chair the meetings of the committee when so directed by the Commission;
  - (4) Ensure compliance with the requirements of [§ 7.13](/cfr/10/7.13.md) regarding minutes of meetings of the committee; and
  - (5) Make copies of committee documents required to be maintained for public inspection and copying pursuant to [§ 7.14(b)](/cfr/10/7.14.md?p=b) and ensure their availability at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov, at the NRC Public Document Room, or both.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 79841, Dec. 31, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Federal Advisory Committee Act).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 26948, June 27, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 79841, Dec. 31, 2002]