[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: 44CFR6.53]

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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 D--Requests To Amend Records
 
Sec. 6.53  Denial of requests to amend rec ords.

    (a) If the system manager determines that an amendment of a record 
is improper or that the record should be amended in a manner other than 
that requested by an individual, he shall refer the request to amend and 
his determinations and recommendations to the appropriate official 
listed in Sec. 6.33(b) through normal supervisory channels.
    (b) If the official listed in Sec. 6.33, after reviewing the request 
to amend a record, determines to amend the record in accordance with the 
request, said official promptly shall return the request to the system 
manager with instructions to make the requested amendments in accordance 
with Sec. 6.52.
    (c) If the appropriate official listed in Sec. 6.33, after reviewing 
the request to amend a record, determines not to amend the record in 
accordance with the request, the requestor shall be promptly advised in 
writing of the determination. The refusal letter (1) shall state the 
reasons for the denial of the request to amend; (2) shall include 
proposed alternative amendments, if appropriate; (3) shall state the 
requestor's right to appeal the denial of the request to amend; and (4) 
shall state the procedures for appealing and the name and title of the 
official to whom the appeal is to be addressed.
    (d) The appropriate official listed in Sec. 6.33 shall furnish the 
Privacy Appeals Officer a copy of each initial denial of a request to 
amend a record.

[44 FR 50293, Aug. 27, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 17152, Mar. 18, 1980]