[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1015.20]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1015--PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OR PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Disclosure of Commission Accident or Investigation Reports 
                         Under 15 U.S.C. 2074(c)
 
Sec. 1015.20  Public availability of accident or investigation reports.


    (a) Accident or investigation reports made by an officer, employee, 
or agent of the Commission are available to the public under the 
procedures set forth in subpart A of this part 1015. No portion of such 
report are subject to the investigatory file exemption contained in the 
Freedom of Information Act (as restated in Sec. 1015.16) except that 
portions identifying any injured person or any person treating such 
injured person will be deleted in accordance with section 25(c)(1) of 
the CPSA. Where disclosure of an accident or investigation report is 
requested by supplying the name of the person injured or other details 
of a specific accident (other than cases where the report is requested 
by the injured person or the injured person's legal representative), the 
Commission will offer to obtain the written consent of the injured party 
or the injured party's representative to the disclosure of the report 
without deleting the party's identity. No deletion of identifying 
portions of such reports or refusal to disclose without the Commission 
having first obtained written consent shall be considered as a denial by 
the Commission of disclosure of Commission records.
    (b) Research reports, demonstration reports, and reports of other 
related activities of the Commission are available to the public under 
the procedures set forth in subpart A of this part 1015.