[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR2604.502]

[Page 462-463]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER XVI--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
 
PART 2604_FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RULES AND SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE 
 
                       Subpart E_Schedule of Fees
 
Sec.  2604.502  Fees to be charged--categories of requesters.

    (a) Fees for various requester categories. The paragraphs below 
state, for each category of requester, the type of fees generally 
charged by the Office. However, for each of these categories, the fees 
may be limited, waived or reduced in accordance with the provisions set 
forth in Sec.  2604.503. In determining whether a requester belongs in 
any of the following categories, the Office will determine the use to 
which the requester will put the documents requested. If the Office has 
reasonable cause to doubt the use to which the requester will put the 
records sought, or where the use is not clear from the request itself, 
the Office will seek clarification before assigning the request to a 
specific category.
    (b) Commercial use requester. The Office will charge the full costs 
of search, review, and duplication. Commercial use requesters are not 
entitled to two hours of free search time or 100 free pages of 
reproduction as described in Sec.  2604.503(a); however, the de minimis 
fees provision of Sec.  2604.503(b) does apply to such requesters.
    (c) Educational and noncommercial scientific institutions and news 
media. If the request is from an educational institution or a 
noncommercial scientific institution, operated for scholarly or 
scientific research, or a representative of

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the news media, and the request is not for a commercial use, the Office 
will charge only for duplication of documents, excluding charges for the 
first 100 pages.
    (d) All other requesters. If the request is not one described in 
paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, the Office will charge the full 
and direct costs of searching for and reproducing records that are 
responsive to the request, excluding the first 100 pages of duplication 
and the first two hours of search time.