[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1515.1]

[Page 494]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
 
PART 1515--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1515.1  What are these procedures?

    The Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, commonly known as 
FOIA) is a law which creates a procedure for any person to request 
official documents and other records from United States Government 
agencies. The law requires every Federal agency to make available to the 
public the material requested, unless the material falls under one of 
the limited exceptions stated in section 552(b)(5) of the Act, and the 
agency has good reason to refuse the request. These procedures explain 
how the Council on Environmental Quality--one of several offices in the 
Executive Office of the President--will carry out the Freedom of 
Information Act. They are written from the standpoint of a member of the 
public requesting material from the Council.

                           Organization of CEQ