[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1204.13]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
               CHAPTER II--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
 
PART 1204--AVAILABILITY OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Procedures for Obtaining Records Under the Freedom of 
                             Information Act
 
Sec. 1204.13  Denials

    (a) The Board may deny: A request for reduced fees or waiver of 
fees; a request for a record, either in whole or in part; a request for 
expeditious processing based on the requester's compelling need; or a 
request that records be released in a specific electronic format. The 
denial will be in writing, will state the reasons, and will notify the 
requester of the right to appeal.
    (b) If the Board applies one or more of the exemptions provided 
under the FOIA to deny access to some or all of the information 
requested, it will respond in writing, identifying for the requester the 
specific exemption(s), providing an explanation as to why the 
exemption(s) to withhold the requested information must be applied, and 
providing an estimate of the amount of material that has been denied to 
the

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requester, unless providing such an estimate would harm an interest 
protected by the exemptions.
    (c) The amount of information deleted will be indicated on the 
released portion of the record at the place in the record where the 
deletion is made, if technically feasible and unless the indication 
would harm an interest protected by the exemption under which the 
deletion is made.