---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 801.1"
title: "49"
number: "801.1"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/801.1"
---

# §801.1. Applicability.

- (a) This part contains the rules that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, as amended (FOIA), [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md). These rules should be read together with the FOIA, which provides additional information about public access to records maintained by the NTSB.
- (b) This part also provides for document services and the fees for such services, pursuant to [31 U.S.C. 9701](/usc/31/9701.md).
- (c) This part applies only to records existing when the request for the information is made. The NTSB is not required to create records for the sole purpose of responding to a FOIA request.
- (d) **Subpart F of this part describes records that are exempt from public disclosure.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1113(f); 5 U.S.C. 552; 18 U.S.C. 641, 2071; 31 U.S.C. 3717, 9701; 44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 58356, Dec. 12, 2017, unless otherwise noted.