---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2.54"
title: "43"
number: "2.54"
heading: "When will the bureau combine or aggregate requests?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2.54"
---

# §2.54. When will the bureau combine or aggregate requests?

- (a) The bureau may aggregate requests and charge accordingly when it reasonably believes that you, or a group of requesters acting in concert with you, are attempting to avoid fees by dividing a single request into a series of requests on a single subject or related subjects.
  - (1) The bureau may presume that multiple requests of this type made within a 30-day period have been made to avoid fees.
  - (2) The bureau may aggregate requests separated by a longer period only where there is a reasonable basis for determining that aggregation is warranted in view of all the circumstances involved.
- (b) The bureau will not aggregate multiple requests involving unrelated matters.
- (c) The bureau may administratively aggregate requests without charging fees accordingly when it reasonably believes you, or a group of requesters acting in concert with you, are dividing a single request into a series of requests on a single subject or related subjects.
  - (1) The bureau may presume that multiple requests on a single subject or related subjects made within a 30-day period are dividing a single request into a series of requests.
  - (2) The bureau may administratively aggregate requests separated by a longer period only where there is a reasonable basis for determining that aggregation is warranted in view of all the circumstances involved.

## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 76906, Dec. 31, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 61829, 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 76906, Dec. 31, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 61829, Nov. 14, 2019]