Fees.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) (b) (2) The term (3) The term (4) The term (5) The term (6) The term (7) The term (8) The term (c) (d) The Board will not charge a requester if the fee for any request is less that $100 (the cost to the Board of processing and collecting the fee). (1) When the Board receives a request: (i) From a commercial use requester, it will charge fees that recover the full direct costs for searching for the information requested, reviewing it for release at the initial request stage, reviewing it after an appeal to determine whether other exemptions not considered before the appeal apply to it, and copying it. (ii) From an educational and noncommercial scientific institution or, to the extent copying exceeds 100 pages, from a representative of the news media, it will charge fees only for the cost of copying the requested information. (iii) From all other requesters, to the extent copying exceeds 100 pages and search time exceeds 2 hours, it will charge fees for the full direct cost of searching for and copying requested records. (2) When the Board reasonably believes that a requester or group of requesters is attempting to divide a request into more than one request to avoid payment of fees, the Board will combine the requests and charge fees accordingly. The Board will not combine multiple requests on unrelated subjects from one requester. (3) When the Board decides that charges for a request are likely to exceed $250, the Board will require the requester to pay the entire fee in

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 1204.12