Sec. 0.451  Inspection of records: Generally.

    (a) Records which are routinely available for public inspection. 
Sections 0.453 and 0.455 list those Commission records which are 
routinely available for public inspection and the places at which those 
records may be inspected. Procedures governing requests for inspection 
of such records are set out in Sec. 0.460.
    (b) Records which are not routinely available for public inspection. 
Records which are not listed in Sec. 0.453 or Sec. 0.455 are not 
routinely available for public inspection. Such records fall into two 
categories.
    (1) The first category consists of those records or kinds of records 
listed in Sec. 0.457 and of particular records withheld from public 
inspection under Sec. 0.459. The Commission has determined that there is 
a statutory basis for withholding these records from public inspection. 
In some cases, the Commission is prohibited from permitting the 
inspection of records. In other cases, the records are the property of 
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agency, and the Commission has no authority to permit their inspection. 
In still other cases, the Commission is authorized, for reason of 
policy, to withhold records from inspection, but is not required to do 
so.
    (2) The second category consists of records which are not listed in 
Sec. 0.453, Sec. 0.455, or Sec. 0.457 and have not been withheld from 
inspection under Sec. 0.459. In some cases, these records have not been 
identified for listing. In other cases (e.g., the general correspondence 
files), the Commission is unable to determine either that all records in 
a class should be routinely available for inspection or that all records 
in that class should not be routinely available for inspection, and 
individual determination is required.
    (3) Procedures governing requests for inspection of these records 
are set out in Sec. 0.461.
    (4) Procedures governing demands by competent authority for 
inspection of these records are set out in Sec. 0.463.
    (5) Except as provided in Secs. 0.461 and 0.463, no officer or 
employee of the Commission shall permit the inspection of records which 
are not routinely available for public inspection under Sec. 0.453 or 
Sec. 0.455, or disclose information contained therein.
    (c) Copies. Section 0.465 applies to requests for copies of 
Commission records which are routinely available for public inspection 
under Secs. 0.453 and 0.455 and those which are made available for 
inspection under Sec. 0.461. Section 0.467 applies to requests for 
certified copies of Commission records.
    (d) Search fees. Section 0.466 prescribes fees to cover the expense 
of searching for records made available for inspection under Sec. 0.460 
or Sec. 0.461.
[40 1997 FR 7313 , Feb. 19, 1975]