[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1206.701]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1206_AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY RECORDS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC--Table of 
 
             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.