[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 47, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 47CFR0.451]



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                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

 

              CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

 

PART 0_COMMISSION ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_General Information

 

Sec. 0.451  Inspection of records: Generally.



    (a) Records which are routinely available for public inspection. 

Sections 0.453 and 0.455 list those Commission records which are 

routinely available for public inspection and the places at which those 

records may be inspected. Procedures governing requests for inspection 

of such records are set out in Sec. 0.460.

    (b) Records which are not routinely available for public inspection. 

Records which are not listed in Sec. 0.453 or Sec. 0.455 are not 

routinely available for public inspection. Such records fall into two 

categories.

    (1) The first category consists of those records or kinds of records 

listed in Sec. 0.457 and of particular records withheld from public 

inspection under Sec. 0.459. The Commission has determined that there 

is a statutory basis for withholding these records from public 

inspection. In some cases, the Commission is prohibited from permitting 

the inspection of records. In other cases, the records are the property 

of another agency, and the Commission has no authority to permit their 

inspection. In still other cases, the Commission is authorized, for 

reason of policy, to withhold records from inspection, but is not 

required to do so.

    (2) The second category consists of records which are not listed in 

Sec. 0.453, Sec. 0.455, or Sec. 0.457 and have not been withheld from 

inspection under Sec. 0.459. In some cases, these records have not



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been identified for listing. In other cases (e.g., the general 

correspondence files), the Commission is unable to determine either that 

all records in a class should be routinely available for inspection or 

that all records in that class should not be routinely available for 

inspection, and individual determination is required.

    (3) Procedures governing requests for inspection of these records 

are set out in Sec. 0.461.

    (4) Procedures governing demands by competent authority for 

inspection of these records are set out in Sec. 0.463.

    (5) Except as provided in Sec. Sec. 0.461 and 0.463, no officer or 

employee of the Commission shall permit the inspection of records which 

are not routinely available for public inspection under Sec. 0.453 or 

Sec. 0.455, or disclose information contained therein.

    (c) Copies. Section 0.465 applies to requests for copies of 

Commission records which are routinely available for public inspection 

under Sec. Sec. 0.453 and 0.455 and those which are made available for 

inspection under Sec. 0.461. Section 0.467 applies to requests for 

certified copies of Commission records.

    (d) Search fees. Section 0.466 prescribes fees to cover the expense 

of searching for records made available for inspection under Sec. 0.460 

or Sec. 0.461.



[40 FR 7313, Feb. 19, 1975]