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FCC 0.460
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 0.460 Requests for inspection of records which are routinely available for
public inspection.
(a) 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. Subject to the limitations set out in this
section, a person who wants to inspect such records need only appear at the
specified location and ask to see the records. Many such records also are
available through the Commission's Web site, located at http://www.fcc.gov
and the Commission's electronic reading room, located on its Web site at
http://www.fcc.gov/foia/e-room.html. Commission documents listed in § 0.416
and § 0.445 are published in the FCC Record, and many such documents or
summaries thereof are also published in the Federal Register.
(b) A person who wishes to inspect the records must appear at the specified
location during the office hours of the Commission and must inspect the
records at that location. (Procedures governing requests for copies are set
out in § 0.465.) However, arrangements may be made in advance, by telephone
or by correspondence, to make the records available for inspection on a
particular date, and there are many circumstances in which such advance
arrangements will save inconvenience. If the request is for a large number
of documents, for example, a delay in collecting them is predictable.
Current records may be in use by the staff when the request is made. Older
records may have been forwarded to another location for storage.
(c) The records in question must be reasonably described by the person
requesting them so as to permit their location by staff personnel. The
information needed to locate the records will vary, depending on the records
requested. Advice concerning the kind of information needed to locate
particular records will be furnished in advance upon request. Members of the
public will not be given access to the area in which records are kept and
will not be permitted to search the files.
(d) If it appears that there will be an appreciable delay in locating or
producing the records (as where a large number of documents is the subject
of a single request or where an extended search for a document appears to be
necessary), the requester may be directed to submit or confirm the request
in writing in appropriate circumstances.
(e)(1) Written requests for records routinely available for public
inspection under § § 0.453 and 0.455 shall be directed to the Commission's
copy contractor pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 0.465. Requests
shall be captioned “Request For Inspection Of Records,” shall be dated,
shall list the mailing address, telephone number (if any) of the person
making the request, and the e-mail address (if any) and for each document
requested, shall set out all information known to the person making the
request which would be helpful in identifying and locating the document.
Written requests shall, in addition, specify the maximum search fee the
person making the request is prepared to pay (see § 0.467).
(2) Written requests shall be delivered or mailed directly to the
Commission's copy contractor (see § 0.465(a)).
(f) When a written request is received by the copy contractor, it will be
date-stamped.
(g) All requests limited to records listed in § 0.453 and § 0.455 will be
granted, subject to paragraph (k) of this section. Requests for records
listed in those sections shall not be combined with requests for other
records.
(h) The records will be produced for inspection at the earliest possible
time.
(i) Records shall be inspected within 7 days after notice is given that they
have been located and are available for inspection. After that period, they
will be returned to storage and additional charges may be imposed for again
producing them.
(j) In addition to the other requirements of this section, the following
provisions apply to the reports filed with the Commission pursuant to 5 CFR
parts 2634 and 3902.
(1) Such reports shall not be obtained or used:
(i) For any unlawful purpose;
(ii) For any commercial purpose, other than by news and communications media
for dissemination to the general public;
(iii) For determining or establishing the credit rating of any individual;
or
(iv) For use, directly or indirectly, in the solicitation of money for any
political, charitable, or other purpose.
(2) Such reports may not be made available to any person nor may any copy
thereof be provided to any person except upon a written application by such
person stating:
(i) That person's name, occupation and address;
(ii) The name and address of any other person or organization on whose
behalf the inspection or copying is requested; and
(iii) That such person is aware of the prohibitions on the obtaining or use
of the report. Further, any such application for inspection shall be made
available to the public throughout the period during which the report itself
is made available to the public.
(Secs. 4, 303, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; 47 U.S.C. 154,
303, 397; 18 U.S.C. 207(j))
[ 74 FR 14078 , Mar. 30, 2009, as amended at 76 FR 24389 , May 2, 2011]
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Goto Year: 2014 |
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