[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR200.6]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 200_ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS, AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_Functions and Procedures
 
Sec.  200.6  Information available; inspection, copying, and charges.

    (a) In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 7 CFR 1.2, the Forest 
Service shall make available for public inspection and copying all 
published or unpublished directives, forms, records, and final opinions, 
including concurring or dissenting opinions and orders made in the 
adjudication of cases. Charges for information requested from the Forest 
Service are set out in paragraph (d) of this section and vary according 
to the type of information requested.
    (b) Information made available pursuant to paragraph (a) of this 
section may be obtained at the Office of the Chief, or the office of any 
Regional Forester, Research Station Director, Area Director, Institute 
Director, Forest Supervisor, or District Ranger. The addresses of these 
offices are set forth in Sec.   Sec.  200.1 and 200.2. Forest Service 
personnel at these offices will assist members of the public seeking 
Forest Service records. However, Research Station and Institute 
Directors and District Rangers may not have all volumes of the Forest 
Service Manual and Handbooks. When the information requested is not 
available at a given location, the personnel where the request is 
received will direct the requester to another office where the 
information may be obtained.
    (c) Inspection and copying availability is as follows:
    (1) Facilities for inspection and copying are available at the 
offices listed in Sec.   Sec.  200.1 and 200.2, during established office 
hours for the particular location, usually 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday. Copying facilities may not be available at all Forest 
Service offices.
    (2) Requesters for information may make copies of available 
information without charge if they elect to bring their own copy 
equipment to the appropriate offices listed in Sec.   Sec.  200.1 and 
200.2.
    (3) Requesters should make prior arrangements for using agency 
copying facilities or for bringing in copying equipment and, in the 
later case, should get advance approval from the office.
    (d) Any request for information pursuant to the provisions of the 
Freedom of Information Act must be submitted in accordance with 
Sec.   Sec.  200.7 and 200.8. The Forest Service charges a fee for copies 
of records not generally made available to the public but released 
pursuant to a FOIA request in accordance with a schedule of fees 
established by the Department of Agriculture at 7 CFR Part 1, Subpart A, 
Appendix A.

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These fees do not apply to information that is generally and routinely 
made available to the public upon request, such as recreational 
brochures, pamphlets, maps, and technical guides as well as agency 
directive issuances. Separate charges for such general information are 
established in the agency's Directive System (Sec.  200.4). For example, 
some pamphlets and small segments of the Forest Service Manual and 
Handbook may be provided at no cost, but maps of the National Forest 
System and larger sections of the Manual and Handbook are available for 
a charge. Current charges are explained at the time the request is made.

[62 FR 13540, Mar. 21, 1997]