---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 402.150"
title: "20"
number: "402.150"
heading: "The FOIA Exemptions 8 and 9: Records on financial institutions; records on wells."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/402.150"
---

# §402.150. The FOIA Exemptions 8 and 9: Records on financial institutions; records on wells.


Exemption 8 permits us to withhold records about regulation or supervision of financial institutions. Exemption 9 permits the withholding of geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), and 1306); 5 U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 102711, Dec. 18, 2024, unless otherwise noted.