29 C.F.R. § 2201.9 Waiver of fees.
Title 29 - Labor
(a) General. The Freedom of Information Act Officer shall waive part or all of the fees assessed under §2201.8(b) if two conditions are satisfied: Disclosure of the information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government; and disclosure is not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester. The Freedom of Information Act Officer shall afford the requester the opportunity to show that he comes within these two conditions. The following factors may be considered in determining whether the two conditions are satisfied: (1) Whether the subject of the requested records concerns the operations or activities of the government; (2) Whether the disclosure is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of government operations or activities; (3) Whether the requester has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requested disclosure; and, if so, whether the magnitude of the identified commercial interest of the requester is sufficiently large, in comparison with the public interest in disclosure, that disclosure is primarily in the commercial interest of the requester. (b) Partial waiver of fees. If the two conditions stated in paragraph (a) of this section are met, the Freedom of Information Act Officer will ordinarily waive all fees. In exceptional cases, however, only a partial waiver may be granted if the request for records would impose an exceptional burden or require an exceptional expenditure of Commission resources, and the request for a waiver minimally satisfies the “public interest” requirement in paragraph (a) of this section.
Title 29: Labor
PART 2201—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
§ 2201.9 Waiver of fees.
