[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 15CFR2008.11]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2008_REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT E.O. 12065; OFFICE OF THE UNITED 

STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart D_Declassification and Downgrading

 

Sec. 2008.11  Mandatory review for declassification.



    (a) Requests for mandatory review. (1) Requests for mandatory review 

for declassification under section 3-501 of Executive Order 12065 must 

be in writing and should be addressed to:



Attn.: General Counsel (Mandatory Review Request), Office of the Special 

Representative for Trade Negotiations, 1800 G Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20506.



    (2) The requestor shall be informed of the date of receipt of the 

request. This date will be the basis for the time limits specified in 

paragraph (b) of this section.

    (3) If the request does not reasonably describe the information 

sought, the requestor shall be notified that, unless additional 

information is provided or the request is made more specific, no further 

action will be taken.

    (b) Review. (1) The requestor shall be informed of the Special Trade 

Representative's determination within sixty days of receipt of the 

initial request.

    (2) If the determination is to withhold some or all of the material 

requested, the requestor may appeal the determination. The requestor 

shall be informed that such an appeal must be made in writing within 

sixty days of receipt of the denial and should be addressed to the 

chairperson of the Office of the Special Representative for Trade 

Negotiations Classification Review Committee.

    (3) The requestor shall be informed of the appellate determination 

within thirty days of receipt of the appeal.

    (c) Fees. (1) Fees for the location and reproduction of information 

that is the subject of a mandatory review request shall be assessed 

according to the following schedule:

    (i) Search for records: $5.00 per hour when the search is conducted 

by a clerical employee; $8.00 per hour when the search is conducted by a 

professional employee. No fee shall be assessed for searches of less 

than one hour.

    (ii) Reproduction of documents: Documents will be reproduced at a 

rate of $.25 per page for all copying of four pages or more. No fee 

shall be assessed for reproducing documents that are three pages or 

less, or for the first three pages of longer documents.

    (2) When fees chargeable under this section will amount to more than 

$25, and the requestor has not indicated in advance a willingness to pay 

fees higher than that amount, the requestor shall be promptly notified 

of the amount of the anticipated fee or such portion thereof as can 

readily be estimated. In instances where the estimated fees will greatly 

exceed $25, an advance deposit may be required. Dispatch of such a 

notice or request shall suspend the running of the period for response 

by the Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations until 

a reply is received from the requestor.

    (3) Remittances shall be in the form either of a personal check or 

bank draft drawn on a bank in the United



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States, or a postal money order. Remittances shall be made payable to 

U.S. Treasurer and mailed to the Office of the Special Representative 

for Trade Negotiations, 1800 G St., NW., Washington, DC.

    (4) A receipt for fees paid will be given only upon request. No 

refund of fees paid for services actually rendered will be made.

    (5) The Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations 

may waive all or part of any fee provided for in this section when it is 

deemed to be in the interest of either the Agency or the general public.