10 C.F.R. § 7.16

(a) The Commission shall conduct an annual review of the activities and responsibilities of each NRC advisory committee to determine whether the committee—

(1) Is carrying out its purposes or, consistent with the public interest and, as applicable, provisions of applicable statutes, its responsibilities should be revised or renewed;

(2) Should be merged with another advisory committee; or

(3) Should be terminated.

(b) The review required by paragraph (a) of this section shall include consideration of such information regarding the committee as is required for the Commission's annual report to the Secretariat pursuant to § 7.17(a), including consideration of the criteria listed in § 7.5(a), and such other information as may be requested from the Committee by the CMO. The results of such review shall be included in the annual report to the Secretariat.

(c) If, as a result of the review required by this section, the Commission determines that an advisory committee is no longer needed, the committee shall be terminated; except that in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress or the President, the committee's termination shall be recommended to the President or the Congress, as the case may be.