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[CITE: 42USC7265]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 84--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                Part C--General Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 7265. Regional Energy Advisory Boards


(a) Establishment; membership

    The Governors of the various States may establish Regional Energy 
Advisory Boards for their regions with such membership as they may 
determine.

(b) Observers

    Representatives of the Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall be entitled to participate as 
observers in the deliberations of any Board established pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section. The Federal Cochairman of the 
Appalachian Regional Commission or any regional commission under title V 
of the Public Works and Economic Development Act [42 U.S.C. 3181 et 
seq.] shall be entitled to participate as an observer in the 
deliberations of any such Board which contains one or more States which 
are members of such Commission.

(c) Recommendations of Board

    Each Board established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
may make such recommendations as it determines to be appropriate to 
programs of the Department having a direct effect on the region.

(d) Notice of reasons not to adopt recommendations

    If any Regional Advisory Board makes specific recommendations 
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary shall, if such 
recommendations are not adopted in the implementation of the program, 
notify the Board in writing of his reasons for not adopting such 
recommendations.

(Pub. L. 95-91, title VI, Sec. 655, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 602.)

                       References in Text

    The Public Works and Economic Development Act, referred to in 
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 89-136, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 552, as amended. 
Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act was classified 
generally to subchapter V (Sec. 3181 et seq.) of chapter 38 of this 
title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-35, title XVIII, Sec. 1821(a)(8), 
Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 766. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3121 of this title 
and Tables.
