[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR5.5]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 5--PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 5.5  Exemptions.

    Requests for FEMA records may be denied if disclosure is exempted 
under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, as outlined in subpart E. Usually, 
except when a record is classified, or when disclosure would violate any 
other Federal statute, the authority to withhold a record from 
disclosure is permissive rather than mandatory. The authority for 
nondisclosure will not be invoked unless there is compelling reason to 
do so.