[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR10.77]

[Page 92-93]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 10_MAINTENANCE OF AND ACCESS TO RECORDS PERTAINING TO INDIVIDUALS
--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart H_Fees
 
Sec.  10.77  Services performed without charge.

    (a) No fee is charged for time spent in searching for records or 
reviewing or preparing correspondence related to records subject to this 
part.
    (b) No fee is charged for documents furnished in response to:
    (1) A request from an employee or former employee of the Department 
for copies of personnel records of the employee;
    (2) A request from a Member of Congress for official use;
    (3) A request from a State, territory, U.S. possession, county or 
municipal government, or an agency thereof;
    (4) A request from a court that will serve as a substitute for the 
personal court appearance of an officer or employee of the Department;
    (5) A request from a foreign government or an agency thereof, or an 
international organization.
    (c) Documents are furnished without charge or at a reduced charge, 
if the Assistant Secretary of Administration or the Administrator 
concerned, as the case may be, determines that waiver or reduction of 
the fee is in the public interest, because furnishing the information 
can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public.
    (d) When records are maintained in computer-readable form rather 
than human-readable form, one printed copy is made available which has 
been translated to human-readable form without

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a charge for translation but in accordance with Sec.  10.75(g), 
regarding computer line-printed charges.