§1515.36. Do I have to pay fees if CEQ misses the deadline for responding to my request?
40 C.F.R. § 1515.36
CEQ will not charge search fees or duplication fees if we have failed to grant or deny your request within the period described in § 1515.13, unless:
CEQ determines that unusual circumstances are present, as described in § 1515.13; and
CEQ finishes processing your request within 10 working days of the original deadline; or
Your request seeks more than 5,000 pages of records; CEQ has provided you timely written notice of the unusual circumstances; and we have discussed with you how you could effectively limit the scope of your request (or we made at least three attempts in good faith to do so); or
A court grants CEQ additional time to process your request due to exceptional circumstances, and we finish processing your request within the period set forth in a court order.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13392, 70 FR 75373, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 216; Pres. Mem., 74 FR 4685, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 338. Section 1515.41 also issued under E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235.
Source
Source: 75 FR 48590, Aug. 11, 2010, as amended at 90 FR 6832, Jan. 21, 2025, unless otherwise noted.