[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2.20]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 2--RECORDS AND TESTIMONY; FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Requests for Records under the FOIA
 
Sec. 2.20  When will bureaus grant discretionary fee waivers?

    (a) A bureau may waive fees at its discretion if a request involves:
    (1) Furnishing a copy of a document that the bureau has reproduced 
for free distribution;
    (2) Furnishing one copy of a personal document (e.g., a birth 
certificate) to a person who has been required to furnish it for 
retention by the Department;
    (3) Furnishing one copy of the transcript of a hearing before a 
hearing officer in a grievance or similar proceeding to the employee for 
whom the hearing was held;
    (4) Furnishing records to donors with respect to their gifts;
    (5) Furnishing records to individuals or private nonprofit 
organizations having an official, voluntary or cooperative relationship 
with the Department to assist the individual or organization in working 
with the Department;
    (6) Furnishing a reasonable number records to members of the U.S. 
Congress, state, local, and foreign governments, public international 
organizations, and Indian tribes, when to do so without charge is an 
appropriate courtesy, or when the recipient is carrying on a function 
related to that of the Department and to do so will help to accomplish 
the work of the Department;
    (7) Furnishing records when to do so is in conformance with 
generally established business custom (e.g., furnishing personal 
reference data to prospective employers of former Department employees); 
or
    (8) Furnishing one copy of a single record in order to assist the 
requester in obtaining financial benefits to which he or she may be 
entitled (e.g., veterans or their dependents, employees with Government 
employee compensation claims).
    (b) You cannot appeal the denial of a discretionary fee waiver.