---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 7.4"
title: "10"
number: "7.4"
heading: "Establishment of advisory committees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/7.4"
---

# §7.4. Establishment of advisory committees.

- (a) An NRC advisory committee may be established under this part only if its establishment—
  - (1) Is specifically directed or authorized by statute or by Executive Order of the President; or
  - (2) Has been determined by the Commission to be in the public interest and essential to the performance of the duties imposed on the Commission by law.

## Notes

### 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.