§ 7.10 The Committee Management Officer.
(a) The Chairman of the Commission or designee shall designate a Committee Management Officer (CMO) to carry out the functions specified in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) The CMO shall—
(1) Carry out all responsibilities delegated to such officer by the Commission and manage the NRC's FACA program;
(2) Ensure that administrative guidelines and management controls are issued that apply to all NRC advisory committees and issue guidelines specifying the content of committee bylaws;
(3) Exercise control and supervision over the establishment, procedures, and accomplishments of NRC advisory committees;
(4) Assemble and maintain the reports, records, and other papers of any such committee during the committee's existence;
(5) Carry out, on behalf of the NRC, the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing NRC regulations (10 CFR part 9, subpart A) with respect to such reports, records, and other papers;
(6) Ensure that, subject to the Freedom of Information Act and implementing NRC regulations at 10 CFR part 9, subpart A, copies of the records, reports, transcript minutes, appendices, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, or other documents that were made available to or prepared for or by each NRC advisory committee are available for public inspection and copying at the NRC website, www.nrc.gov, at the NRC Public Document Room, or both, until the advisory committee ceases to exist;
www.nrc.gov(7) Ensure that, subject to the Freedom of Information Act and implementing NRC regulations, at least eight copies of each report made by each NRC advisory committee and, where appropriate, background papers prepared by consultants, shall be filed with the Library of Congress;
(8) Ensure that NRC keeps such records as will fully disclose the disposition of any funds that may be at the disposal of NRC advisory committees and the nature and extent of their activities;
(9) Ensure that NRC keeps such other records and provides such support services as are required by § 7.22; and
(10) Ensure that sections 10(b), 12(a), and 13 of the Act (codified at 5 U.S.C 1009(b), 1011(a), and 1012, respectively) are implemented by the NRC to provide for appropriate recordkeeping. Records to be kept by the CMO include, but are not limited to:
(i) A set of filed charters for each advisory committee and membership lists for each advisory committee and subcommittee;
(ii) Copies of the information provided as the NRC's portion of the annual comprehensive review of Federal advisory committees, prepared according to § 7.16;
(iii) NRC administrative guidelines maintained and updated on committee management operations and procedures; and
(iv) NRC determinations to close or partially close advisory committee meetings required by § 7.15.