[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR390.8]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 390_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 390.8  Agency response to requests.

    (a) The response to Freedom of Information requests and appeals by 
officials named in Sec. Sec. 390.5 and 390.7 of this part shall be 
governed by and made in accordance with 7 CFR 1.7 and the regulations in 
this part.
    (b) If requests for records and information are received by field 
offices, the field office will immediately notify the FOIA Coordinator 
or designee by telephone and transmit the request to the FOIA office. In 
rare instances, the FOIA Coordinator or designee will authorize a 
release of the requested

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records to the field office receiving the request. The request will be 
considered as having been received on the date of arrival in the office 
of the Coordinator or designee. Any person whose request for records has 
been granted may inspect and copy the records (or copies) at the office 
listed in Sec. 390.4 of this part in accordance with the provisions of 
that section and with Sec. 390.6. Copies also may be obtained by mail.