[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: 10CFR9.45]

[Page 225]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 9--PUBLIC RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Freedom of Information Act Regulations
 
Sec. 9.45  Annual report to the Attorney General of the United States.

    (a) On or before February 1 of each year, the NRC will submit a 
report covering the preceding fiscal year to the Attorney General of the 
United States which shall include--
    (1) The number of determinations made by the NRC to deny requests 
for records made to the NRC under this part and the reasons for each 
determination;
    (2) The number of appeals made by persons under Sec. 9.29, the 
results of the appeals, and the reason for the action taken on each 
appeal that results in a denial of information;
    (3) A complete list of all statutes that the NRC relied upon to 
withhold information under subsection (b)(3) of 5 U.S.C. 552, a 
description of whether a court has upheld the decision of the NRC to 
withhold information under each such statute, and a concise description 
of the scope of any information withheld;
    (4) The number of requests for records pending before the NRC as of 
September 30 of the preceding year, and the median number of days that 
such requests had been pending before the agency as of that date;
    (5) The number of requests for records received by the NRC and the 
number of requests that the NRC processed;
    (6) The median number of days taken to process different types of 
requests;
    (7) The total amount of fees collected by the NRC for processing 
requests;
    (8) The number of full-time staff of the NRC devoted to processing 
requests under the FOIA and the total amount expended for processing 
these requests.
    (b) The NRC will make a copy of the most recent report available to 
the public at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov.

[63 FR 2876, Jan. 20, 1998; 63 FR 12988, Mar. 17, 1998, as amended at 64 
FR 48951, Sept. 9, 1999]