[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: 29CFR1610.16]

[Page 239-240]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1610--AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Production or Disclosure Under 5 U.S.C. 552
 
Sec. 1610.16  Payment of fees.

    (a) Unless a person making a request under the Freedom of 
Information Act states that he or she will bear all assessed fees levied 
by the Commission in searching for and, where applicable, reproducing 
requested data, said person will be held liable for assessed fees not to 
exceed $25.00. A request which the Commission expects to exceed $25.00 
and which does not state acceptance of responsibility for all assessed 
fees will not be deemed to have been received until the person making 
the request is promptly advised of the anticipated fees and agrees to 
bear them.
    (b) A search fee will be assessable notwithstanding that no records 
responsive to the request or that no records not exempt from disclosure 
are found.

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    (c) The Commission shall require payment in full prior to the 
commencement or continuation of work on a request if:
    (1) It estimates or determines that the allowable charges will 
exceed $250, unless the requester has a history of prompt payment of 
FOIA fees, in which case the Commission may obtain satisfactory 
assurance of prompt payment; or
    (2) The requester has previously failed to pay fees within 30 days 
of the date of billing.

[40 FR 8171, Feb. 26, 1975, as amended at 52 FR 13830, Apr. 27, 1987]