[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2702.8]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
     CHAPTER XXVII--FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2702--REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2702.8  Advance payment of fees; interest; debt collection procedures.

    (a) Advance payment of fees generally will not be required. However, 
an advance payment (before work is commenced or continued on a request) 
may be required if the charges are likely to exceed $250.
    (b) Requesters who have previously failed to pay a fee charged in 
timely

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fashion (i.e., within 30 days of the date of billing) may be required 
first to pay that amount plus any applicable interest (or demonstrate 
that the fee has been paid) and then make an advance payment of the full 
amount of the estimated fee before the new or pending request is 
processed.
    (c) Interest charges may be assessed on any unpaid bill starting on 
the 31st day following the day on which the billing was sent at the rate 
presecribed in 31 U.S.C. 3717 and will accrue from the date of billing.
    (d) The Debt Collection Act of 1982, Pub. L. 97-365, including 
disclosure to consumer credit reporting agencies and the use of 
collection agencies will be utilized to encourage payment where 
appropriate.

[54 FR 3023, Jan. 23, 1989]