[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR9.19]

[Page 215]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 9--PUBLIC RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Freedom of Information Act Regulations
 
Sec. 9.19  Segregation of exempt information and deletion of identifying 
details.

    (a) For records required to be made available under 5 U.S.C. 
552(a)(2), the NRC shall delete information that is exempt under one or 
more of the exemptions cited in Sec. 9.17. The amount of information 
deleted will be indicated on the released portion of the record, unless 
providing this indication would harm an interest protected by the 
exemption(s) under which the matter has been withheld.
    (b) In responding to a request for information submitted under Sec. 
9.23, in which it has been determined to withhold exempt information, 
the NRC shall segregate--
    (1) Information that is exempt from public disclosure under Sec. 
9.17(a) from nonexempt information; and
    (2) Factual information from advice, opinions, and recommendations 
in predecisional records unless the information is inextricably 
intertwined, or is contained in drafts, legal work products, and records 
covered by the lawyer-client privilege, or is otherwise exempt from 
disclosure.
    (c) In denying a request for records, in whole or in part, NRC will 
make a reasonable effort to estimate the volume of any information 
requested that is denied and provide the estimate to the person making 
the request, unless providing the estimate would harm an interest 
protected by the exemption(s) under which the information has been 
denied.
    (d) When entire records or portions thereof are denied and deletions 
are made from parts of the record by computer, the amount of information 
deleted will be indicated on the released portion of the record, unless 
providing this indication would harm an interest protected by the 
exemption(s) under which the matter has been denied.