[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR1515.1]



[Page 897-898]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

               CHAPTER V--COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

 

PART 1515_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROCEDURES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1515.1  What are these procedures?









                                 Purpose



Sec.

1515.1 What are these procedures?



                           Organization of CEQ



1515.2 What is the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)?

1515.3 How is CEQ organized?



                    Procedures for Requesting Records



1515.5 How to make a Freedom of Information Act request.



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                       Availability of Information



1515.10 What information is available, and how can it be obtained?



                                  Costs



1515.15 What fees may be charged, and how should they be paid?



    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended by Pub. L. 93-502.



    Source: 42 FR 65158, Dec. 30, 1977, unless otherwise noted.



                                 Purpose





    The Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, commonly known as 

FOIA) is a law which creates a procedure for any person to request 

official documents and other records from United States Government 

agencies. The law requires every Federal agency to make available to the 

public the material requested, unless the material falls under one of 

the limited exceptions stated in section 552(b)(5) of the Act, and the 

agency has good reason to refuse the request. These procedures explain 

how the Council on Environmental Quality--one of several offices in the 

Executive Office of the President--will carry out the Freedom of 

Information Act. They are written from the standpoint of a member of the 

public requesting material from the Council.



                           Organization of CEQ