---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1206.501"
title: "14"
number: "1206.501"
heading: "Review."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1206.501"
---

# §1206.501. Review.

- (a) Review means the process of examining a document(s) located in response to a request to determine whether the document(s) or any portion thereof is disclosable. Review does not include time spent resolving general legal or policy issues regarding the application of exemptions.
- (b) Review fees will be assessed in connection with the initial review of the record, i.e., the review conducted by Agency staff to determine whether an exemption applies to a particular record or portion of a record.
- (c) Review fees will be charged to commercial use requesters.
- (d) No charge will be made for review at the administrative appeal stage of exemptions applied at the initial review stage. However, when the appellate authority determines that a particular exemption no longer applies, any costs associated with an additional review of the records in order to consider the use of other exemptions may be assessed as review fees.
- (e) Review fees will be charged at the same rates as those charged for a search under [§ 1206.500](/cfr/14/1206.500.md).
- (f) **Review fees can be charged even if the record(s) reviewed ultimately is not disclosed.**
- (g) Review fees will not include costs incurred in resolving issues of law or policy that may be raised in the course of processing a request under this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a; 51 U.S.C. 20113(a)

### Source

Source: 79 FR 46678, Aug. 11, 2014, unless otherwise noted.