[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: 49CFR9.13]

[Page 82]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 9_TESTIMONY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS 
IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9.13  Legal proceedings between private litigants: Procedures to 
request records.

    (a) In a legal proceeding between private litigants, a party who 
wishes to obtain records from the Department shall submit to agency 
counsel a request for the records. The request will ordinarily be 
handled in accordance with the Department's procedures concerning 
requests for records found at 49 CFR part 7. If the party does not 
follow the procedures specified in that part, the request must be 
accompanied by a statement setting forth the relevance of the records to 
the proceeding. The request should be resolved before any request for 
testimony under Sec.  9.15 is submitted. Where a request for testimony 
includes a request for additional records, it shall indicate precisely 
how this new request differs in scope from any previous request in order 
to avoid agency duplication of effort. Agency counsel shall notify the 
requester of the approval or denial of the request.
    (b) [Reserved]