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CFR /  Title 29  /  Part 2400  /  Sec. 2400.8 Procedures for requesting amendment.

(a) Submission of requests for amendment. Upon review of an individual's personal record, that individual may submit a request to amend such record. This request shall be submitted in writing to the Privacy Officer and shall include a statement of the amendment requested and the reasons for such amendment, e.g., relevance, accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the record.

(b) Action to be taken by the Privacy Officer. Upon receiving an amendment request, the Privacy Officer shall promptly:

(1) Acknowledge in writing within ten (10) working days the receipt of the request;

(2) Make such inquiry as is necessary to determine whether the amendment is appropriate; and

(3) Correct or eliminate any information that is found to be incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant to a statutory purpose of OSHRC, or untimely and notify the requester when this action is complete; or

(4) Notify the requester of a determination not to amend the record, of the reasons for the refusal, and of the requester's right to appeal in accordance with Sec. 2400.9.