[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: 36CFR404.4]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
                       CHAPTER IV--AMERICAN BATTLE
                          MONUMENTS COMMISSION
 
PART 404--PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 404.4  Denial of access.

    (a) Letters denying confidential information will be dispatched 
within ten working days of receipt of the request and will be signed by 
one of the below listed personnel:
    (1) Officer-in-Charge, ABMC European Office.
    (2) Officer-in-Charge, ABMC Mediterranean Office.
    (3) Directors, ABMC Washington Office.
    (4) Secretary, ABMC.
    (b) Letters denying access to information will:
    (1) Provide the requester with the reason for denial,
    (2) Inform the requester of his or her right to appeal the denial 
within 30 days,
    (3) Give the name of the official to whom the appeal may be sent.
    (c) If an unusual circumstance delays a decision concerning access 
to information, the requester will be informed of the delay within ten 
working days of the request's initial receipt. In no case will the 
decision be delayed more than 20 working days from initial receipt of 
the request.
    (d) A copy of each denial of information will be furnished to the 
Secretary, ABMC at the time of its dispatch.