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FCC 0.465
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 0.465 Request for copies of materials which are available, or made
available, for public inspection.
(a) The Commission awards a contract to a commercial duplication firm to
make copies of Commission records and offer them for sale to the public. In
addition to the charge for copying, the contractor may charge a search fee
for locating and retrieving the requested documents from the Commission's
files.
Note to paragraph (a): The name, address, telephone number, and schedule of
fees for the current copy contractor are published at the time of contract
award of renewal in a public notice and periodically thereafter. Current
information is available at http://www.fcc.gov/foia and
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb. Questions regarding this information should be
directed to the Reference Information Center of the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0270.
(b)(1) Records routinely available for public inspection under § § 0.453 and
0.455 are available to the public through the Commission's current copy
contractor. Section 0.461 does not apply to such records.
(2) Audio or video recordings or transcripts of Commission proceedings are
available to the public through the Commission's current copy contractor. In
some cases, only some of these formats may be available.
(c)(1) Contractual arrangements which have been entered into with commercial
firms, as described in this section, do not in any way limit the right of
the public to inspect Commission records or to retrieve whatever information
may be desired. Coin-operated and debit card copy machines are available for
use by the public.
(2) The Commission has reserved the right to make copies of its records for
its own use or for the use of other agencies of the U.S. Government. When it
serves the regulatory or financial interests of the U.S. Government, the
Commission will make and furnish copies of its records free of charge. In
other circumstances, however, if it should be necessary for the Commission
to make and furnish copies of its records for the use of others, the fee for
this service shall be ten cents ($0.10) per page or $5 per computer disk in
addition to charges for staff time as provided in § 0.467. For copies
prepared with other media, such as computer tapes, microfiche, videotape,
the charge will be the actual direct cost including operator time. Requests
for copying should be accompanied by a statement specifying the maximum
copying fee the person making the request is prepared to pay. If the
Commission estimates that copying charges are likely to exceed the greater
of $25 or the amount which the requester has indicated that he/she is
prepared to pay, then it shall notify the requester of the estimated amount
of fees. Such a notice shall offer the requester the opportunity to confer
with Commission personnel with the object of revising or clarifying the
request.
Note to paragraph (c)(2): The criterion considered in acting on a waiver
request is whether “waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest
because furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting
the general public.” 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A). A request for a waiver or
reduction of fees will be decided by the General Counsel as set forth in
§ 0.470(e).
(3) Certified Documents. Copies of documents which are available or made
available, for inspection under § § 0.451 through 0.465, will be prepared and
certified, under seal, by the Secretary or his or her designee. Requests
shall be in writing, specifying the exact documents, the number of copies
desired, and the date on which they will be required. The request shall
allow a reasonable time for the preparation and certification of copies. The
fee for preparing copies shall be the same as that charged by the Commission
as described in § 0.465(c)(2). The fee for certification shall be $10 for
each document.
(d)(1) Computer maintained databases produced by the Commission and
available to the public may be obtained from the FCC's Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov or if unavailable on the Commission's Web site, from the
copy contractor.
Note to paragraph (d)(1): The Commission awards a contract to provide the
public with access to FCC databases from the copy contractor. See note to
paragraph (a) of this section.
(2) Copies of computer generated data stored as paper printouts or
electronic media and available to the public may also be obtained from the
Commission's copy contractor (see paragraph (a) of this section).
(3) Copies of computer source programs and associated documentation produced
by the Commission and available to the public may be obtained from the
Office of the Managing Director.
(e) This section does not apply to records available on the Commission's Web
site, http://www.fcc.gov, or printed publications which may be purchased
from the Superintendent of Documents or private firms (see § § 0.411 through
0.420), nor does it apply to application forms or information bulletins,
which are prepared for the use and information of the public and are
available upon request (see § § 0.421 and 0.423) or on the Commission's Web
site, http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html.
(f) Anyone requesting copies of documents pursuant to this section may
either come in person to the Commission (see § 0.460(a)) or request that the
copy contractor fulfill the request. If a request goes directly to the
contractor, the requester will be charged by the contractor pursuant to the
price list set forth in the latest contract.
[ 74 FR 14078 , Mar. 30, 2009, as amended at 76 FR 24389 , May 2, 2011]
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Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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