[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 44CFR6.53]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 6_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart D_Requests To Amend Records

 

Sec. 6.53  Denial of requests to amend rec ords.



    (a) If the system manager determines that an amendment of a record 

is improper or that the record should be amended in a manner other than 

that requested by an individual, he shall refer the request to amend and 

his determinations and recommendations to the appropriate official 

listed in Sec. 6.33(b) through normal supervisory channels.

    (b) If the official listed in Sec. 6.33, after reviewing the 

request to amend a record, determines to amend the record in accordance 

with the request, said official promptly shall return the request to the 

system manager with instructions to make the requested amendments in 

accordance with Sec. 6.52.

    (c) If the appropriate official listed in Sec. 6.33, after 

reviewing the request to amend a record, determines not to amend the 

record in accordance with the request, the requestor shall be promptly 

advised in writing of the determination. The refusal letter (1) shall 

state the reasons for the denial of the request to amend; (2) shall 

include proposed alternative amendments, if appropriate; (3) shall state 

the requestor's right to appeal the denial of the request to amend; and 

(4) shall state the procedures for appealing and the name and title of 

the official to whom the appeal is to be addressed.

    (d) The appropriate official listed in Sec. 6.33 shall furnish the 

Privacy Appeals Officer a copy of each initial denial of a request to 

amend a record.



[44 FR 50293, Aug. 27, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 17152, Mar. 18, 1980]