[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR701.4]

[Page 106-107]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
      CHAPTER VII--NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
 
PART 701_AMTRAK FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  701.4  Amtrak public information.

    (a) Public reading room. Amtrak maintains a public reading room at 
its headquarters at 60 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. in Washington, D.C. 
The public reading room contains records required under the FOIA to be 
regularly available for public inspection and copying. A current 
subject-matter index shall be

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maintained of records in the public reading room that are available for 
inspection and copying. The index shall be updated at least quarterly 
with respect to newly included records. A copy of the index shall be 
provided upon request at a cost not to exceed the direct cost of 
duplication.
    (b) Electronic reading room. Amtrak will make available 
electronically reading room records created by the Corporation on or 
after November 1, 1996 on its World Wide Web site which can be accessed 
at http://www.Amtrak.com. An index of the Corporation's reading room 
records will also be made available at the web site. The index will 
indicate reading room records that are available electronically.
    (c) Frequently requested information. The FOIA requires that copies 
of records, regardless of form or format, released pursuant to a FOIA 
request under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(3) that have become or are likely to 
become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same 
records be made publicly available. Such records created by the 
Corporation after November 1, 1996 will be made available electronically 
while records created prior to this date will be made available for 
inspection and copying in Amtrak's public reading room.
    (1) Amtrak shall decide on a case-by-case basis whether records fall 
into the category of ``frequently requested FOIA records'' based on the 
following factors:
    (i) Previous experience with similar records;
    (ii) The nature and type of information contained in the records;
    (iii) The identity and number of requesters and whether there is 
widespread media or commercial interest in the records.
    (2) The provision in this paragraph is intended for situations where 
public access in a timely manner is important. It is not intended to 
apply where there may be a limited number of requests over a short 
period of time from a few requesters. Amtrak may remove the records from 
this category when it is determined that access is no longer necessary.
    (d) Guide for making requests. A guide on how to use the FOIA for 
requesting records from Amtrak shall be made available to the public 
upon request. Amtrak's major information systems will be described in 
the guide.