20 CFR 200.4(g)

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) may charge the person or persons making a request for records under paragraph (f) of this section a fee in an amount not to exceed the costs actually incurred in complying with the request and not to exceed the cost of processing a check for payment.� Depending on the category into which the request falls, a fee may be assessed for the cost of searching for documents, reviewing documents to determine whether any portion of any located documents is permitted to be withheld, and duplicating documents.

• Fee schedule:� To the extent that the following are chargeable, they are chargeable according to the following schedule:
   
  • The charge for making a manual search for records shall be the salary rate, including benefits, for a GS-7, step 5 Federal employee;
     
  • The charge for reviewing documents to determine whether any portion of any located document is permitted to be withheld shall be the salary rate, including benefits, for a GS-13, step 5 Federal employee;
     
  • The charge for making photocopies of any size document shall be $.10 per copy per page;
     
  • The charge for computer-generated listings or labels shall include the direct cost to the RRB of analysis and programming, where required, plus the cost of computer operations to produce the listing or labels.� The maximum computer search charge shall be $2,250.00 per hour ($37.50 per minute).� Search time shall not include the time expended in analysis or programming where these operations are required.
     
  • There shall be no charge for transmitting documents by regular post.� The charge for all other methods of transmitting documents shall be the actual cost of transmittal.