[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR16.1]

[Page 203]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 16_IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 16.1  Purpose and scope.




Sec.
16.1 Purpose and scope.
16.2 Definitions.
16.3 Procedures for requests pertaining to individual records in a 
          record system.
16.4 Times, places, and requirements for identification of individuals 
          making requests.
16.5 Disclosure of requested information to individuals.
16.6 Special procedures: Medical records.
16.7 Request for correction or amendment of record.
16.8 Initial determination on request for correction or amendment of 
          record.
16.9 Appeal of initial adverse agency determination on request for 
          correction or amendment.
16.10 Disclosure of record to person other than the individual to whom 
          it pertains.
16.11 Fees.
16.12 Penalties.
16.13 General exemptions.
16.14 Specific exemptions.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a.

    Source: 40 FR 53582, Nov. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This part sets forth the Environmental Protection Agency 
procedures under the Privacy Act of 1974 as required by 5 U.S.C. 
552a(f).
    (b) These procedures describe how an individual may request 
notification of whether EPA maintains a record pertaining to him or her 
in any of its systems of records, request access to the record or to an 
accounting of its disclosure, request that the record be amended or 
corrected, and appeal an initial adverse determination concerning any 
such request.
    (c) These procedures apply only to requests by individuals and only 
to rec ords maintained by EPA, excluding those systems specifically 
exempt under Sec. Sec. 16.13 and 16.14 and those determined as 
government-wide and published by the Civil Service Commission in 5 CFR 
parts 293 and 297.