§9.37. Fees for processing NRC FOIA requests. — Inbound Citations

(5) A requester must indicate in the request whether the requester is a commercial user, an educational institution, a non-commercial scientific institution, a representative of the news media, or “other” requester as those terms are defined in § 9.13, and the basis for claiming that fee category as described in § 9.37.

(a) The NRC, to the extent practical, will communicate electronically with requesters having access to the internet, through online platforms such as email or web portal.

(b) The approved information collection requirements contained in this part appear in §§ 9.23, 9.25, 9.26, 9.28, 9.29, 9.37, 9.53, 9.54, 9.55, 9.65, 9.66, and 9.67.

(4) Other requesters who do not fit any of the categories described in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section will be charged the full direct cost of searching for and duplicating records that are responsive to the request, except that the NRC will provide the first 100 pages of duplication and the first two hours of search time free of charge.

(i) For copies of records produced on tapes, disks, or other media, the NRC will charge the direct costs of producing the copy, including operator time. The NRC may recover the cost of searching for records even if there is ultimately no disclosure of records, or no records are located.

(ii) Requests from persons for records about themselves filed in the NRC's systems of records will be assessed fees as provided under the fee provisions in § 9.85.

(4) Other requesters who do not fit any of the categories described in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section will be charged the full direct cost of searching for and duplicating records that are responsive to the request, except that the NRC will provide the first 100 pages of duplication and the first two hours of search time free of charge.

(i) For copies of records produced on tapes, disks, or other media, the NRC will charge the direct costs of producing the copy, including operator time. The NRC may recover the cost of searching for records even if there is ultimately no disclosure of records, or no records are located.

(ii) Requests from persons for records about themselves filed in the NRC's systems of records will be assessed fees as provided under the fee provisions in § 9.85.

(4) Other requesters who do not fit any of the categories described in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section will be charged the full direct cost of searching for and duplicating records that are responsive to the request, except that the NRC will provide the first 100 pages of duplication and the first two hours of search time free of charge.

(i) For copies of records produced on tapes, disks, or other media, the NRC will charge the direct costs of producing the copy, including operator time. The NRC may recover the cost of searching for records even if there is ultimately no disclosure of records, or no records are located.

(ii) Requests from persons for records about themselves filed in the NRC's systems of records will be assessed fees as provided under the fee provisions in § 9.85.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (f)(2) through (4) of this section, for requests other than those described in § 9.26(d) and (f), the NRC will not require the requester to make an advance payment before work is commenced or continued on a request. However, payment owed for work already completed (i.e., payment before a response is issued to a requester) is not an advance payment.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (f)(2) through (4) of this section, for requests other than those described in § 9.26(d) and (f), the NRC will not require the requester to make an advance payment before work is commenced or continued on a request. However, payment owed for work already completed (i.e., payment before a response is issued to a requester) is not an advance payment.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (f)(2) through (4) of this section, for requests other than those described in § 9.26(d) and (f), the NRC will not require the requester to make an advance payment before work is commenced or continued on a request. However, payment owed for work already completed (i.e., payment before a response is issued to a requester) is not an advance payment.