[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1610.15]

[Page 239]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1610--AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart A--Production or Disclosure Under 5 U.S.C. 552
 
Sec. 1610.15  Schedule of fees and method of payment for services rendered.

    (a) Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the fee schedule set 
forth in paragraph (c) of this section as follows:
    (1) When records are requested for commercial use, the Commission 
shall charge the full amount of its direct costs for document search, 
review and duplication. The Commission shall not charge for review at 
the administrative appeal level of an exemption already applied.
    (2) When records are not sought for commercial use and the request 
is made by an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, or a 
representative of the news media, the Commission shall charge the direct 
costs of document duplication after the first 100 pages. The first 100 
pages of duplication under paragraph (a)(2) shall be provided without 
charge.
    (3) For all other record requests not falling under paragraph (a) 
(1) or (2) of this section, the Commission shall charge the direct costs 
for document search time after the first two hours and the direct costs 
for document duplication after the first 100 pages. The first two hours 
of search time and the first 100 pages of duplication under paragraph 
(a)(3) shall be provided without charge.
    (b) When the Commission reasonably believes that a requester or 
group of requesters is attempting to break a request down into a series 
of requests for the purpose of evading the assessment of fees, the 
Commission shall aggregate any such requests and charge accordingly.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided, the following specific fees for 
direct costs shall be applicable with respect to services rendered to 
members of the public under this subpart:
    (1) For actual search and review time by clerical personnel--at the 
rate of $7.00 per hour.
    (2) For actual search and review time by professional personnel--at 
the rate of $17.00 per hour.
    (3) For copies made by photocopying machine--$.15 per page (maximum 
of 10 copies).
    (4) For attestation of such record as a true copy--$.75 per 
document.
    (5) For certification of each record as a true copy, under the seal 
of the agency--$1.00.
    (6) For each signed statement of negative result of search for 
record--$1.00.
    (7) All other direct costs of search, review, duplication or 
delivery (other than normal mail), including computer search time, runs 
and operator salary shall be charged to the requester as appropriate in 
the same amount as incurred by the agency.
    (d) The Commission shall not charge a fee if the costs of routine 
collection and processing of the fee are likely to equal or exceed the 
amount of the fee.
    (e) The Commission shall charge interest at the rate prescribed in 
31 U.S.C. 3717, accruing from the date of billing, to those requesters 
who fail to pay fees charged beginning on the 31st day following the day 
on which the billing was sent.
    (f) While the fees charged for search and copying will in no event 
exceed those specified in paragraph (c) of this section, the Commission 
reserves the right to limit the number of copies that will be provided 
of any document or to require that special arrangements for copying be 
made in the case of records or requests presenting unusual problems of 
reproduction or handling.

[52 FR 13830, Apr. 27, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 1342, Jan. 9, 1998]