[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: 36CFR404.9]

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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. 404.9  Waiver of fees.

    The Freedom of Information Representative shall waive all fees 
assessed under 404, if the following two conditions are satisfied: 
Disclosure of the information is in the public interest as it is likely 
to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or 
activities of the government; and disclosure is not primarily in the 
commercial interest of the requester. The Freedom of Information

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Representative shall afford the requester the opportunity to show that 
he satisfies these two conditions. Under the above standards should ABMC 
refuse to waive a request for information and the requester petition for 
a waiver, the senior Freedom of Information Representative will make the 
determination.