---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 7.15"
title: "10"
number: "7.15"
heading: "Procedures for closing an NRC advisory committee meeting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/7.15"
---

# §7.15. Procedures for closing an NRC advisory committee meeting.

- (a) To close all or part of a meeting of an NRC advisory committee, the committee shall submit a written request for closure to the General Counsel, citing specific exemptions listed in the Government in the Sunshine Act ([5 U.S.C. 552b](/usc/5/552b.md)), as implemented by [10 CFR 9.104](/cfr/10/9.104.md), that justify the closure. The request shall provide the General Counsel sufficient time for review in order to make a determination prior to publication of the meeting notice pursuant to [§ 7.12](/cfr/10/7.12.md).
- (b) If the General Counsel finds that the request for closure is consistent with the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act and this part, a determination shall be issued in writing that all or part of the meeting will be closed. The determination shall include a statement of the reasons for the closing, citing the applicable exemptions in the Government in the Sunshine Act (as implemented by [10 CFR 9.104](/cfr/10/9.104.md)).
- (c) Except when the President or designee determines in writing that no notice should be published for reasons of national security, the Secretary of the Commission shall make a copy of the determination to close all or part of an NRC advisory committee meeting available to the public upon request. If such a determination has been issued, the meeting notice published in the Federal Register should comply with the provisions of [§ 7.12](/cfr/10/7.12.md) applicable to closed meetings.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 79842, 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 79842, Dec. 31, 2002]