[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1610.10]

[Page 237]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1610--AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Production or Disclosure Under 5 U.S.C. 552
 
Sec. 1610.10  Responses: form and content.

    (a) Once a requested record is identified and available, the 
requester will be notified of when and where the record will be made 
available and the cost assessed for processing the request. Records 
shall be made available in the form or format indicated by the 
requester, if the record is readily reproducible in that form or format. 
Fees for processing requests will be determined in accordance with the 
schedule set forth in Sec. 1610.15. Checks shall be made payable to the 
Treasurer of the United States.
    (b) A reply denying a written request for a record shall be in 
writing, signed by the Legal Counsel's designee, the regional attorney, 
or the regional attorney's designee, and shall include:
    (1) His or her name and title;
    (2) A reference to the specific exemption under the Freedom of 
Information Act authorizing the withholding of the record and a brief 
explanation of how the exemption applies to the record withheld, or a 
statement that, after diligent effort, the requested records have not 
been found or have not been adequately examined during the time allowed 
under Sec. 1610.9(a), and that the denial will be reconsidered as soon 
as the search or examination is complete; and
    (3) A statement that the denial may be appealed to the Legal Counsel 
within 30 days of receipt of the denial or partial denial.
    (c) When denying a request for records, the estimated volume of 
denied material shall be indicated, unless providing such estimate would 
harm an interest protected by the exemptions in 5 U.S.C. 522(b). When 
providing a reasonably segregable portion of a record, the amount of 
information deleted from the released portion, and to the extent 
technically feasible, the place in the record where such deletion was 
made shall be indicated.
    (d) If a requested record cannot be located from the information 
supplied, or is known to have been destroyed or otherwise disposed of, 
the person making the request shall be so notified.

[40 FR 8171, Feb. 26, 1975, as amended at 52 FR 4902, Feb. 18, 1987; 56 
FR 29579, June 28, 1991; 63 FR 1342, Jan. 9, 1998]