[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: 44CFR6.33]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 6--IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Individual Access to Records
 
Sec. 6.33  Denials of access.

    (a) A system manager may deny an individual access to that 
individual's record only upon the grounds that FEMA has published the 
rules in the Federal Register exempting the pertinent system of records 
from the access requirement. These exempt systems of records are 
described in subpart G of this part.
    (b) Upon receipt of a request for access to a record which the 
system manager believes is contained within an exempt system of records 
he or she shall forward the request to the appropriate official listed 
below or to his or her delegate through normal supervisory channels.
    (1) Deputy Director
    (2) [Reserved]
    (3) Federal Insurance Administrator
    (4) Associate Directors

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    (5) United States Fire Administrator
    (6) Chief of Staff
    (7) Office Directors
    (8) General Counsel
    (9) Inspector General
    (10) Comptroller
    (11) Regional Directors

The system manager shall append to the request an explanation of the 
determination that the requested record is contained within an exempt 
system of records and a recommendation that the request be denied or 
granted.
    (c) In the event that the system manager serves in one of the 
positions listed in paragraph (b) of this section, he or she shall 
retain the responsibility for denying or granting the request.
    (d) The appropriate official listed in paragraph (b) of this section 
shall, in consultation with the Office of General Counsel and such other 
officials as deemed appropriate, determine if the request record is 
contained within an exempt system of records and:
    (1) If the record is not contained within an exempt system of 
records, the above official shall notify the system manager to grant the 
request in accordance with Sec. 6.32, or
    (2) If the record is contained within an exempt system said official 
shall;
    (i) Notify the requestor that the request is denied, including a 
statement justifying the denial and advising the requestor of a right to 
judicial review of that decision as provided in Sec. 6.57, or
    (ii) Notify the system manager to make record available to the 
requestor in accordance with Sec. 6.31, notwithstanding the record's 
inclusion within an exempt system.
    (e) The appropriate official listed in paragraph (b) of this section 
shall provide the Privacy Appeals Office with a copy of any denial of a 
requested access.

[44 FR 50293, Aug. 27, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 44543, Sept. 29, 1983; 
50 FR 40006, Oct. 1, 1985; 51 FR 34604, Sept. 30, 1986]