---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 503.39"
title: "46"
number: "503.39"
heading: "Factors to be considered in response to demands or requests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/503.39"
---

# §503.39. Factors to be considered in response to demands or requests.

- (a) The Commission will determine whether testimony or the production of documents will be authorized according to the following criteria:
  - (1) Statutory restrictions, as well as any legal objection, exemption, or privilege that may apply;
  - (2) Relevant legal standards for disclosure of nonpublic information and documents;
  - (3) Commission rules and regulations;
  - (4) The public interest;
  - (5) **Minimizing or preventing expenditures of Commission time and resources solely for private purposes.**
  - (6) Minimizing the appearance of improperly favoring one litigant over another;
  - (7) Minimizing the possibility that the public will misconstrue variances between personal opinions of Commission employees and Commission policy; and
  - (8) **Preserving the integrity of the administrative process.**
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 24351, Apr. 30, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 331, 552, 552a, 552b, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 303; E.O. 13526 of January 5, 2010 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 298, sections 5.1(a) and (b).

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44401, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.