---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4901.21"
title: "29"
number: "4901.21"
heading: "Restrictions in general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4901.21"
---

# §4901.21. Restrictions in general.

- (a) **Records not disclosable.** PBGC will not disclose records to the extent prohibited by section [552(b)(1)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-1) or [(3)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-3) of FOIA, sections [4010](/cfr/29/4010.md) and [4043](/cfr/29/4043.md) of ERISA, or other statutes.
- (b) **Records disclosure of which may be refused.** Unless prohibited from disclosure by [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, PBGC need not but may, as provided in [§ 4901.5(b)](/cfr/29/4901.5.md?p=b), disclose records exempted from FOIA, which include as of August 24, 2022 records under:
  - (1) [Section 552(b)(2)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-2) of FOIA, dealing in general with internal agency personnel rules and practices;
  - (2) [Section 552(b)(4)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-4) of FOIA, dealing in general with trade secrets and commercial and financial information;
  - (3) [Section 552(b)(5)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-5) of FOIA, dealing in general with inter-agency and intra-agency memoranda and letters;
  - (4) [Section 552(b)(6)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-6) of FOIA, dealing in general with personnel, medical, and similar files;
  - (5) [Section 552(b)(7)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-7) of FOIA, dealing in general with records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes;
  - (6) [Section 552(b)(8)](/cfr/29/552.md?p=b-8) of FOIA, dealing in general with reports on financial institutions; or
  - (7) **Section 552(b)(9) of FOIA, dealing in general with information about wells.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 43997, July 25, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34123, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 43997, July 25, 2022]