CHARTER

[Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards
Committee]{.underline}

[Purpose]{.underline}

The Commissioner of Food and Drugs is charged with the administration of
the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This Act
creates the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards
Committee (TEPRSSC) and requires the Commissioner to consult with the
Committee before prescribing standards for radiation emissions from
electronic products.

[Authority]{.underline}

The Committee is established pursuant to the provisions of the Radiation
Control for Health and Safety Act (21 USC 360kk) and is also governed by
the provisions of Pub.L. 92-463, as amended (5 USC App. 2), which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.

# Function

This Committee provides advice and consultation to the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs on the technical feasibility, reasonableness, and
practicability of performance standards for electronic products to
control the emission of radiation from such products, and may recommend
electronic product radiation safety standards to the Commissioner for
consideration.

[Structure]{.underline}

The Committee consists of 15 members including the chair selected by the
Commissioner for overlapping terms of 4 years. Five members are selected
from governmental agencies, including State and Federal Governments,
five members from the affected industries, and five members from the
general public, of which at least one shall be a representative of
organized labor. Members are technically qualified by training and
experience in one or more fields of science or engineering applicable to
electronic product radiation safety.

Management staff services are provided by the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration.

[Meetings]{.underline}

Meetings are held approximately once a year at the call of the Chair
with the advance approval of a Government official who shall also
approve the agenda. A Government official shall be present at all
meetings.

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Meetings shall be conducted and records of the proceedings kept as
required by Pub.L. 92-463, Pub.L. 90-602, and applicable Departmental
regulations.

[Quorum]{.underline}

A quorum shall consist of 10 members, of which at least 3 shall be from
the general public, 3 from the government agencies, and 3 from the
affected industries.

[Compensation]{.underline}

Members who are not full-time Federal employees shall be paid at a rate
equivalent to the General Schedule grade 15, step 10, per day for time
spent at meetings plus per diem and travel expenses in accordance with
Standard Government Travel Regulations.

[Annual Cost Estimate]{.underline}

The estimated annual cost for operating the Committee, assuming one
meeting per year, including compensation and travel expenses for members
but excluding staff support, will be \$27,950.

Estimated annual years of staff support required, assuming one meeting
per year, is .30 at an estimated annual cost of \$­­­­29,790.

[Reports]{.underline}

In the event that a portion of a meeting is closed to the public, a
report is prepared not later than November 1 of each year which contains
as a minimum the function of the committee, a list of members and their
business addresses, the dates and places of meetings, and a summary of
the Committee\'s activities and recommendations during the preceding
year. The report is made available to the public in accordance with the
provisions of Pub.L. 92-463 and applicable Departmental regulations.

[Duration]{.underline}

The Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee is
a permanent statutory committee established by 21 USC 360kk.

A new charter will be filed no later than December 24, 2006, in
accordance with sec. 14(b)(2) of Pub.L. 92-463.

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Sheila Dearybury Walcoff, Esq.

> Associate Commissioner for External Relations