[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1610.15]

[Page 250-251]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
          CHAPTER XIV--EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
 
PART 1610_AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart A_Production or Disclosure Under 5 U.S.C. 552
 
Sec.  1610.15  Schedule of fees and method of payment for services 
rendered.

    (a) Fees shall be assessed in accordance with the fee schedule set 
forth in paragraph (c) of this section as follows:
    (1) When records are requested for commercial use, the Commission 
shall charge the full amount of its direct costs for document search, 
review and duplication. The Commission shall not charge for review at 
the administrative appeal level of an exemption already applied.
    (2) When records are not sought for commercial use and the request 
is made by an educational or noncommercial scientific institution, or a 
representative of the news media, the Commission shall charge the direct 
costs of document duplication after the first 100 pages. The first 100 
pages of duplication under paragraph (a)(2) shall be provided without 
charge.
    (3) For all other record requests not falling under paragraph (a) 
(1) or (2) of this section, the Commission shall charge the direct costs 
for document search time after the first two hours and the direct costs 
for document duplication after the first 100 pages. The first two hours 
of search time and the first 100 pages of duplication under paragraph 
(a)(3) shall be provided without charge.
    (b) When the Commission reasonably believes that a requester or 
group of requesters is attempting to break a request down into a series 
of requests for the purpose of evading the assessment of fees, the 
Commission shall aggregate any such requests and charge accordingly.
    (c) Except as otherwise provided, the following specific fees for 
direct costs shall be applicable with respect to services rendered to 
members of the public under this subpart:
    (1) For manual search and review time:
    (i) By clerical personnel--at the rate of $5.00 per quarter hour.
    (ii) By paralegals--at the rate of $9.00 per quarter hour.
    (iii) By professional personnel--at the rate of $10.00 per quarter 
hour.
    (iv) By managers--at the rate of $17.50 per quarter hour.
    (v) By SES employees--at the rate of $20.00 per quarter hour.
    (2) For computer searches of records, requesters will be charged at 
the actual direct cost of providing the service. This includes the 
operator/programmer salary apportionable to the search based on the 
rates listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (3) For copies made by photocopy--$0.15 per page (maximum of 10 
copies). For copies prepared by computer, such as tapes or printouts, 
EEOC will charge the direct cost incurred by the agency, including 
operator time. For other forms of duplication, EEOC will charge the 
actual costs of that duplication.
    (4) For attestation of documents--$25.00 per authenticating 
affidavit or declaration. Additionally, there may be search and review 
charges assessed in accordance with the rates listed in paragraph (c)(1) 
of this section.
    (5) For certification of document--$50.00 per authenticating 
affidavit or declaration. Additionally, there may be search and review 
charges assessed in accordance with the rates listed in paragraph (c)(1) 
of this section.
    (6) For each signed statement of negative result of search for 
record--$10.00. Additionally, there may be search charges assessed in 
accordance with the rates listed in paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
    (7) For retrieval of records from a Federal Records Center--the 
amount charged to EEOC for retrieval of such records.
    (8) All other direct costs of search, review, duplication or 
delivery (other than normal mail), shall be charged to the requester as 
appropriate in the same amount as incurred by the agency.
    (d) The Commission shall not charge a fee if the costs of routine 
collection and processing of the fee are likely to equal or exceed the 
amount of the fee.
    (e) The Commission shall charge interest at the rate prescribed in 
31 U.S.C. 3717, accruing from the date of billing, to those requesters 
who fail to pay fees charged beginning on the 31st day following the day 
on which the billing was sent.
    (f) While the fees charged for search and copying will in no event 
exceed those specified in paragraph (c) of this section, the Commission 
reserves the right to limit the number of copies

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that will be provided of any document or to require that special 
arrangements for copying be made in the case of records or requests 
presenting unusual problems of reproduction or handling.

[52 FR 13830, Apr. 27, 1987, as amended at 63 FR 1342, Jan. 9, 1998; 70 
FR 57511, Oct. 3, 2005]