[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-8.14]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51	8_PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-8.14  Fee waivers and reductions.

    The Committee will waive or reduce fees on requests for information 
if disclosure of the information is deemed to be in the public interest 
because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding 
of the operations or activities of the Government, and is not primarily 
in the commercial interest of the requester.
    (a) In determining when fees shall be waived or reduced, the 
Committee will consider the following six factors:
    (1) The subject of the request, i.e., whether the subject of the 
requested records concerns ``the operations or activities of the 
Government;''
    (2) The informative value of the information to be disclosed, i.e., 
whether the disclosure is ``likely to contribute'' to an understanding 
of Government operations or activities;
    (3) The contribution to an understanding of the subject by the 
general public likely to result from disclosure, i.e., whether 
disclosure of the requested information will contribute to ``public 
understanding'';
    (4) The significance of the contribution to public understanding, 
i.e., whether the disclosure is likely to contribute ``significantly'' 
to public understanding of Government operations or activities;
    (5) The existence and magnitude of a commercial interest, i.e., 
whether the requester has a commercial interest that would be furthered 
by the requested disclosure; and, if so,
    (6) The primary interest in disclosure, i.e., whether the magnitude 
of the identified commercial interest of the requester is sufficiently 
large, in comparison with the public interest in disclosure, that 
disclosure is ``primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.''
    (b) The Committee may waive or reduce fees associated with a request 
for disclosure regardless of whether a waiver or reduction has been 
requested if the Committee determines that disclosure will primarily 
benefit the general public.
    (c) Fees shall be waived in all circumstances where the amount of 
the fee is $10 or less as the cost of collection would be greater than 
the fee. This minimum shall be applied separately to each Committee 
response when it is necessary for the Committee to make more than one 
response to a request for records.

[54 FR 15189, Apr. 17, 1989. Redesignated at 56 FR 48983, Sept. 26, 
1991, and amended at 59 FR 59345, Nov. 16, 1994]