§2.25. What if the requested records contain both exempt and nonexempt material?
43 C.F.R. § 2.25
If responsive records contain both exempt and nonexempt material, the bureau will consult with the Office of the Solicitor, as discussed in § 2.23(c). After consultation, the bureau will partially grant and partially deny the request by:
Segregating and releasing the nonexempt information, unless the nonexempt material is so intertwined with the exempt material that disclosure of it would leave only meaningless words and phrases;
Indicating on the released portion of the record the amount of information deleted and the FOIA exemption under which the deletion was made, unless doing so would harm an interest protected by the FOIA exemption used to withhold the information; and
If technically feasible, indicating the amount of information deleted and the FOIA exemption under which the deletion was made at the place in the record where the deletion was made.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11129, Mar. 3, 2016]
Source
Source: 77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a, 553, 31 U.S.C. 3717, 43 U.S.C. 1460, 1461, the Social Security Number Fraud Prevention Act of 2017, Pub. L. 115-59, September 15, 2017.
Source
Source: 40 FR 7305, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11129, Mar. 3, 2016]