---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.27"
title: "43"
number: "2.27"
heading: "When will the bureau notify a submitter of a request for their possibly confidential information?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.27"
---

# §2.27. When will the bureau notify a submitter of a request for their possibly confidential information?

- (a) Except as outlined in [§ 2.29](/cfr/43/2.29.md) of this subpart, a bureau must exercise due diligence to promptly notify a submitter in writing when it receives a FOIA request if:
  - (1) The requested information has been designated by the submitter as confidential information under [§ 2.26(a)](/cfr/43/2.26.md?p=a) of this subpart; or
  - (2) The requested information has not been designated as confidential information by the submitter under [§ 2.26(a)](/cfr/43/2.26.md?p=a) of this subpart, but the bureau identifies it as possibly confidential information.
- (b) If a voluminous number of submitters are involved, the bureau may publish a notice in a manner reasonably calculated to reach the attention of the submitters (for example, in newspapers or newsletters, the bureau's Web site, or the Federal Register) instead of providing a written notice to each submitter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 76902, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11129, Mar. 3, 2016; 84 FR 61828, Nov. 14, 2019]

### Source

Source: 77 FR 76906, 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; 84 FR 61828, Nov. 14, 2019]