"32 CFR (EXCERPT) VOL. 62, NO. 115, RULES AND REGULATIONS"

Created: 6/16/1997

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mean* Avar direct onatxbeequcaaerestablished by the FOIA;submit information to aiuu rhcdctcraaauagroper fee caSraory artmay draw reauoble iiUetencesidenrtiy and achviticx of Ae requesterauch oetennuiaHons. Ar fee

(I) Commercialhich rhe AicJowirc .ought ii primarily in tht eoawaeroal naKreti of Ac reqMer anJanVacb funhen *uch commercial, trade, income, or pin HI intercau;

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icvredited United SaM educuikmal latanyacadMiic Irvdori

buttogtcal. or physical Krtnces or an instructor or reaearcher ot member of such MMMaUas. It also meat* that she mfccmaoo"heacholarly or walytxal work, will conmbutc to theof! be duaem-wato to the general pataat.

inMeofrte mediaequeal ftom an individiasl actively gathering nm foryeja-uee and operated toh and broadcastto Ac Amencan public and puroianr to rheirdomination lunctkw and nc4 then

inteemanon which concern, current eveita. would be of current Interest to thec -aN aafeaan mm aafeffg unJerstandins of Ae ooeranons or activirics. Govensmcru.face drtioasiaa.edcaw dement of Acare included in this definition if they canolld baiti for expecting publicafOTih ai organi/jooe, even aMaarii re aeaaaByublicatian aintrecl or prior publicntwneirvant to Mch .latus;

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r**dam ofbubmaiio* Aei or "rOM* menns rhc sratuteii as codified;

uerrtivdparty means any official tn the ctfCbfcve. tnhtar).judicial bronchia of government. Leered Slate, ot foreign, or II.S. Goverrnnent CMIraaor who. in Ar aolr diKreiaw of Ac CI A,vCyrcf naaer or phywiiac documents or mfomunon at issue;

(a) Oipnaiorn rjs Go>emmem official -ho origmaatxl Ihe dreumant al isne or weemor ta office, e* sucho aaa been dclcxated rdeaar or Ceclani Rcaboa authority purttantaw;

fltrV-WnvawB^.penw iianizanon. or other enery who aulnrati in

expnasioooi interest;

(aa) KeoMmatJ, aeunMptonofadcxuiwrtireco.d) bynumber or desenpnwwhich permit an Agency employeeealt

e-iumg indices and finding a*

(nlAecwrfs or agencyretoni, mennt allinocatrvv of pbyscal or

ill pursuance of federal law or in connection -iih the rraiKa.ti.-nof pjbhc buuncw aid apawopnaac forby A* CIA aa evidence of the orpniMboci, functions.operations or oAer afaMlffJ of Aa CU or beewe of MBvaaue of Aa datacui: it docs not inclwJc:

r* wendBTmwpaof lUcironKr nmtar public sectorSc.or xftraie purposerhe extent that such maseriala are imxirporated mio any form of analysis or Mhowlie dixirbuicd or publiabad by the Aaj-acy. Aay are fhflyB AeprowstonaoflheFOIA;

ndfr filing-

ot acogercd aadely for

reference, indexing filing, or eihibiuoni-l

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and lili/tg or OrMrvcno* do nut bIm include infomiatsun. comment, e< BMaaaeancd aubstance:

vivronfr rneaiM those docunternshich the Agency hx. determinrd to be wi Ain mt acopc of a

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Feci for Rreiwd Servlcca

Stxarxh. review, andfees win bedxarjWeA Ae provisions below rdatmg lo seheduk, IMialwnt, and category of reciueatrr Appl.cable Ira b*i

our search kxMea aopjaajaJi of.for all of Ae rerpomiveini he deiurd undor oneore of Ae ciroipuoni*atcerMrioo An

Records will be rlimiRhed wltlHval charge oreduced rale

hat,narter or administrative discretion, the mtcreal ofoiled States liu.niiociii -uJd be Mfvcd. or

hat iih, ovb,Krs likely io conhibute ni^nifkninly tota^uodmg of thear*

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not primarily In the ccrtitrnetcial interest of Ibe requester, tbc Agency shall consider the following factors when making ihis delermlnattMi:

(i) Whether (he subject of tbe request concerns the operations oc Ktlvitles of the United Statu Government; and. ifso,

(it) Whether (he disclosure of the requeued document* i* likely to contribute to an understanding ofUralcd States Government operations or activities; and, if so,

(ill) Whether the disclosure of the requested documents will contribute to public understanding of United States Goverraiieni operations or activities: mxl,

(tv) Whether the disclosure of the requeued documents is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of United States Government operations and activities; and

tbe requester hasinterest that would be furtheredrequested disctosiirt; and, if so,

thediaclosure it primarilycommercial interest of the requester.

(c) Fee waiver appeaii Denials of requests for fee waivers or reductions may be appealed to the Chair of the Agency Release Panel via the Coordinator. Arequcslcris encouraged to provide any explanation or argument as to how his or her request satisfies the statutory requirement set lorth above.

(d> flawA" ftfequests andt is suggested that such request! and appeals be made and resolved prior to the initiation of processing and Ibe incurring ofowever, fee waiver requests will be accepted at any time prior to (lie release of documents or the completion oia case, aad fee waiter appeals within) days of our initial decision subject to the following condition; If processing has been initialed, then the requester must agree to be responsible for costs in the event of an adverse administrative or judicial decision.

M Agreement to pay feet. In order to protect requesters from large and/or unanticipated charges, the Agency will request specific commitmentstimates that feci will eiceed SIOS.GO. The Agency will hold in abeyance for) days requests requiring such agreement and will thereafter deem the request closed Ihii action, of course, would nor prevent an Individual from refiling his or her FOIA requestee coimrainter*ubsequent date.

(f) Depositi. The Agency may require an advance deposit of upercent of the estimated fees when lees mayrd the requester has no history of payment, or when, for tees of any amount, there Is evidence

thar the requester may not pay the fees which -'n 'J be accrued by prncnwig the request. Tht Ageacy willbeyance fat forty five US) day* *ojc rcaams where iaaadajrequested

rM^rc/trvs The acbecnte of feet for awvnwdtag id leawatBistablished as follow*.

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hour

Search aad Production

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(offline)

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activity

(mam frame cassette)

(maintrame eartridtt)

(PC Omm)

(bulk recorded)

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(recordable)

minute

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(PC bfw laser pnnter)

Page

PC color printer

page

Production.

(standard or legal)

page

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(if available)

item

Application of ichedxle. Personnel search time includes time expended in either manual paper records searches, indices searches, review of computer search results ii

and various reproduction services. In any event where Ihe actual cost to tlie Agencyarticular item is less than the above schedulearge production or runocuineni resultedost of lesser hundredhen the actual lesser cost will be charged Items published and available at the National Technical Information Service (MTIS) are also available from CIA pursuant

lo this part at therice as authorised by

(J) OiAerer all other types of output, production, or ic|trt>duction, pl^tc-gisphs. maps, or publishedctual coat or aainwwti awthonrcd by ttatjie Doermrubor* ol actual cow shall mdadc the cecwnercial cow of the mceha. the pmorrvd time eipendedak>c< the item ta be released, and aa alk-rated cost of the equicnaentatin* the item. or. if theffectedon mental Service, then thai charga shall be decried the actual cost for purposes ofart

(hi Umiwkxu oi rollnaim uffret-o fees will be charged if the cosl of collecting the lee Is equal to or greater than me fee itself Thai cost includes rhc administrative cosis to the Agency of billing, receiving, recording, and processing the fee for deposit to tlie Treasury Uepartmeni and, as of (he dale of these rrgulanons. ia deemed to bt

mmml informaam No fees will be charged fur requovtnv sroking records aboui rheswcite* under the FOIA: Stxh reqwenr an pnxmed in iccordaaCT wstn beeb ale FOIA aad the Pmacy Act in order to easuie the rauman dttclosun without charge

ii: Fee caargwiei There ire four carefiories of FOIA requesters for foe purposes. XtMMievclrj/aat'*educational and mm cvmmercial icienafk

media* requesters, and "at! other' requesters, tbc categories are definednd applicable lees, which arc thewo of Ihe categories,e assessed as follows;

"Commercialequesters CharRCS which recover the full direct costs of searching for, reviewing, ard duplicating responsive records (if any);

"Educational ant! non-commercial scientific inttttutloa" requesters as well as "tptsentatives of the news media" requesters; Only charges for reproduction beyond theages:

"All oilier" requesters: Charges which recover (he (till ruled cost of searching for and reproducing responsive records (if any) beyond iheages of reproduction and trie flrsiours of search lime, which will be furnished without charge.

tj) Associatedequester ot associated requesters may noteries of multiple requests, wluch are merely discrete subdivisions of the information actually sought for the purpose of avoiding or reducing applicable fees. In such instances, the Agency may aggregate Ihe requests and charge ilic applicable fees.

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