[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 24CFR16.12]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 16_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  16.12  Fees.



    (a) The only fees to be charged to or collected from an individual 

under the provisions of this part are for copying records at the request 

of the individual.

    (1) No fees shall be charged or collected for the following: Search 

for and retrieval of the records; review of the records; copying at the 

initiative of the Department without a request from the individual; 

transportation of records and personnel; and first class postage.

    (2) It is the policy of the Department to provide an individual with 

one copy of each record corrected or amended pursuant to his or her 

request without charge as evidence of the correction or amendment.

    (3) As requested by the United States Civil Service Commission in 

its published regulations implementing the Act, the Department will 

charge no fee to an individual who requests copies of a personnel record 

covered by that Commission's Government-wide published notice of systems 

of records. However, when such records are voluminous and the cost of 

copying would be in excess of five dollars ($5) the Department may, in 

its discretion, charge a fee.

    (b) The copying fees prescribed by paragraph (a) of this section 

are:



$0.10 Each copy of each page, up to 8\1/2\x14 made 

by photocopy or similar process.

$0.20 Each page of computer printout without regard to the number of 

carbon copies concurrently printed.



    (c) Payment of fees under this section shall be made in cash, or 

preferably by check or money order payable to the ``Treasurer of the 

United States.'' Payment shall be delivered or sent to the office stated 

in the billing



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notice or, if none is stated, to the Privacy Act Officer processing the 

request. Payment may be required in the form of a certified check in 

appropriate circumstances. Postage stamps will not be accepted.

    (d) A copying fee totaling $1 or less shall be waived, but the 

copying fees for contemporaneous requests by the same individual shall 

be aggregated to determine the total fee. A copying fee shall not be 

charged or collected, or alternatively, it may be reduced when such 

action is determined by the Privacy Act Officer to be in the public 

interest.

    (e) Special and additional services provided at the request of the 

individual, such as certification or authentication, postal insurance 

and special mailing arrangement costs, will be charged to the individual 

in accordance with other published regulations of the Department 

pursuant to statute (for example, 31 U.S.C. 433a).

    (f) This section applies only to individuals making requests under 

this part. All other persons shall remain subject to fees and charges 

prescribed by other and appropriate authorities.



[40 FR 39729, Aug. 28, 1975, as amended at 42 FR 29479, June 9, 1977]