[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: 36CFR404.8]

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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. 404.8  Categories of requesters.

    There are four categories of FOIA requesters: Commercial; 
educational and noncommerical scientific institutions; representatives 
of the news media; and all others. The fees to be charges each of these 
categories of requesters are as follows:
    (a) Commerical. When ABMC receives a request for documents for 
commerical use, it shall assess charges that recover the full direct 
costs of searching for, reviewing for release, and duplicating the 
records sought. Commercial requesters are not entitled to two hours of 
free search time or 100 free pages of reproduction. ABMC shall recover 
the cost of searching for the records even if ultimately there is no 
disclosure of records. Requesters must provide a reasonable description 
of the records sought.
    (b) Educational and non-commerical scientific institutions. ABMC 
shall provide documents to educational and non-commercial scientific 
institutions for the cost of reproduction alone, except there will be no 
charge for the first 100 pages of duplication. To be eligible for 
inclusion in this category, requesters must show that the request is 
authorized by and under the auspices of a qualifying institution and 
that the records are not being sought for a commercial use, but are 
sought in furtherance of scholarly (if the request is from an 
educational institution) or scientific (if the request is from a non-
commercial scientific institution) research. Requesters must provide a 
reasonable description of the records being sought;
    (c) Representatives of the news media. ABMC shall provide documents 
to requesters who are representatives of the news media for the cost of 
reproduction alone, except there will be no charge for the first 100 
pages. A request for records supporting the news-dissemination function 
of the requester shall not be considered commerical use. Requesters must 
provide a reasonable description of the records sought;
    (d) All other requesters. ABMC shall charge requesters who do not 
fit into any of the above categories fees that recover the full 
reasonable costs of direct search and reproduction records responsive to 
the request, except that the first 100 pages of reproduction and the 
first two hours of search time shall be furnished without charge. 
Requesters must provide reasonable description of the records sought.