[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 14CFR1206.701]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1206_AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY RECORDS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC--Table 

of Contents

 

             Subpart 7_Search, Review, and Duplication Fees

 

Sec. 1206.701  Categories of requesters.



    There are four categories of FOIA requesters: Commercial use 

requesters; educational and noncommercial scientific institutions; 

representatives of the news media; and all other requesters. The Act 

prescribes specific levels of fees for each of these categories:

    (a) Commercial use requesters. When NASA receives a request for 

documents appearing to be for commercial use, it will assess charges 

which recover the full direct costs of searching for, reviewing for 

release, and duplicating the records sought. Requesters must reasonably 

describe the records sought. Moreover, in the case of such a request, 

NASA will not consider a request for waiver or reduction of fees based 

upon an assertion that disclosure would be in the public interest. 

Commercial use requesters are not entitled to 2 hours of free search 

time or to 100 free pages of reproduction of documents.

    (b) Education and noncommercial scientific institution requesters. 

NASA shall provide documents to requesters in this category for the cost 

of reproduction alone, excluding charges for the first 100 pages. To be 

eligible for inclusion in this category, requesters must show that the 

request being made is authorized by and under the auspices of a 

qualifying institution and that the records are not being sought for a 

commercial use, but are being sought in furtherance of scholarly (if the 

request is from an educational institution) or scientific (if the 

request is from a noncommercial scientific institution) research. 

Requesters must reasonably describe the records sought.

    (c) Requesters who are representatives of the news media. NASA shall 

provide documents to requesters in this category for the cost of 

reproduction alone, excluding charges for the first 100 pages. To be 

eligible for inclusion in this category, a requester must demonstrate 

that he/she meets the criteria in Sec. 1206.101(o) of this part, and 

his/her request must not be made for a commercial use. Requesters must 

reasonably describe the records sought.

    (d) All other requesters. NASA shall charge requesters who do not 

fit into any of the categories mentioned in this section, fees which 

recover the full direct reasonable cost of searching for and reproducing 

records that are responsive to the request, except that the first 100 

pages of reproduction and the first 2 hours of search time shall be 

furnished without charge. Moreover, requests from individuals for 

records about themselves located in NASA's systems of records will 

continue to be processed under the fee provisions of the Privacy Act of 

1974, which permits fees only for reproduction. Requesters must 

reasonably describe the records sought.