[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR1007.6]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                        CHAPTER X--PRESIDIO TRUST
 
PART 1007--REQUESTS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1007.6  Time limits for processing initial requests.

    (a) Basic limit. Requests for records shall be processed promptly. A 
determination whether to grant or deny a request shall be made within 20 
working days after receipt of a request. This determination shall be 
communicated immediately to the requester.
    (b) Running of basic time limit. (1) The 20 working day time limit 
begins to run when a request meeting the requirements of Sec. 1007.3(b) 
is received at the Presidio Trust.
    (2) The running of the basic time limit may be delayed or tolled as 
explained in Sec. 1007.9 (f), (g) and (h) if a requester:
    (i) Has not stated a willingness to pay fees as high as are 
anticipated and has not sought and been granted a full fee waiver, or
    (ii) Has not made a required advance payment.
    (c) Extensions of time. In the following unusual circumstances, the 
time limit for acting on an initial request may be extended to the 
extent reasonably necessary to the proper processing of the request, but 
in no case may the time

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limit be extended by more than 20 working days:
    (1) The need to search for and collect the requested records from 
facilities or other establishments that are separate from the main 
office of the Presidio Trust;
    (2) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a 
voluminous amount of separate and distinct records demanded in a single 
request; or
    (3) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all 
practicable speed, with another agency having a substantial interest in 
the determination of the request.
    (d) Notice of extension. A requester shall be notified in writing of 
an extension under paragraph (c) of this section. The notice shall state 
the reason for the extension and the date on which a determination on 
the request is expected to be made.
    (e) Treatment of delay as denial. If no determination has been 
reached at the end of the 20 working day period for deciding an initial 
request, or an extension thereof under Sec. 1007.6(c), the requester may 
deem the request denied and may exercise a right of appeal in accordance 
with Sec. 1007.7.
    (f) Notice of delay. When a determination cannot be reached within 
the time limit, or extension thereof, the requester shall be notified of 
the reason for the delay, of the date on which a determination may be 
expected, and of the right to treat the delay as a denial for purposes 
of appeal, including a reference to the procedures for filing an appeal 
in Sec. 1007.7.