(a) Records which are routinely available for public inspection. 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. Procedures governing requests for inspection of such records are set out in Sec. 0.460.
(b) Records which are not routinely available for public inspection. Records which are not listed in Sec. 0.453 or Sec. 0.455 are not routinely available for public inspection. Such records fall into two categories.
(1) The first category consists of those records or kinds of records listed in Sec. 0.457 and of particular records withheld from public inspection under Sec. 0.459. The Commission has determined that there is a statutory basis for withholding these records from public inspection. In some cases, the Commission is prohibited from permitting the inspection of records. In other cases, the records are the property of another agency, and the Commission has no authority to permit their inspection. In still other cases, the Commission is authorized, for reason of policy, to withhold records from inspection, but is not required to do so.
(2) The second category consists of records that are not listed in Sec. 0.453, Sec. 0.455, or Sec. 0.457 and have not been withheld from inspection under Sec. 0.459. In some cases, these records have not been identified for listing. In other cases (e.g., the general correspondence files), the Commission is unable to determine either that all records in a class should be routinely available for inspection or that all records in that class should not be routinely available for inspection, and individualized determination is required.
(3) Procedures governing requests for inspection of these records are set forth in Sec. 0.461.
(4) Procedures governing demands by competent authority for inspection of these records are set forth in Sec. 0.463.
(5) Except as provided in Sec. 0.461 and Sec. 0.463, or pursuant to Sec. 19.735-203 of this chapter, no officer or employee of the Commission shall permit the inspection of records which are not routinely available for public inspection under Sec. 0.453 or Sec. 0.455, or disclose information contained therein.
(c) Copies. Section 0.465 applies to requests for copies of Commission records which are routinely available for public inspection under Sec. 0.453 and Sec. 0.455 and those which are made available for inspection under Sec. 0.461. Sections 0.467 and 0.465(c)(3) apply to requests for certified copies of Commission records.
(d) Search and copying fees. Section 0.465(c)(2) prescribes the per page fee for copying records made available for inspection under Sec. 0.460 or Sec. 0.461. Section 0.466 prescribes fees to cover the expense of searching for and reviewing records made available for inspection under Sec. 0.460 or Sec. 0.461. Review of initial fee determinations under Sec. 0.467 through Sec. 0.470 and initial fee reduction or waiver determinations under Sec. 0.470(e) may be sought under Sec. 0.461(j).
Note to paragraph (d):
The Commission may require advance payment pursuant to Sec. 0.469 before releasing documents.