---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 202.2"
title: "32"
number: "202.2"
heading: "Criteria for establishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/202.2"
---

# §202.2. Criteria for establishment.

- (a) **Determining if sufficient interest warrants establishing a RAB.** A RAB should be established when there is sufficient and sustained community interest, and any of the following criteria are met:
  - (1) The closure of an installation involves the transfer of property to the community,
  - (2) At least 50 local citizens petition the installation for creation of a RAB,
  - (3) Federal, state, tribal, or local government representatives request the formation of a RAB, or
  - (4) **The installation determines the need for a RAB.** To determine the need for establishing a RAB, an installation should:
    - (i) Review correspondence files,
    - (ii) Review media coverage,
    - (iii) Consult local community members,
    - (iv) Consult relevant government officials, and
    - (v) Evaluate responses to communication efforts, such as notices placed in local newspapers and, if applicable, announced on the installation's Web site.
- (b) **Responsibility for forming or operating a RAB.** The installation shall have lead responsibility for forming and operating a RAB.
- (c) **Converting existing Technical Review Committees (TRCs) to RABs.** In accordance with [10 U.S.C. 2705(d)(1)](/usc/10/2705.md?p=d-1), a RAB may fulfill the requirements of [10 U.S.C. 2705(c)](/usc/10/2705.md?p=c), which directs DoD to establish TRCs. DoD recommends that, where TRCs or similar advisory groups already exist, the TRC or similar advisory group be considered for conversion to a RAB, provided there is sufficient and sustained interest within the community.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq. and 10 U.S.C. 2705.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 27618, May 12, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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