Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/19/01-28835/availability-of-information
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A Rule by the Agricultural Research Service on 11/19/2001
This rule will become effective on December 19, 2001.
66 FR 57841
57841-57842 (2 pages)
01-28835
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 510
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This rule amends regulations of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) regarding the availability of information to the public in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). It informs the public of the change in location and telephone number of the FOIA Coordinator for ARS, provides a TTY number for access for hearing impaired individuals, and addresses multitrack processing of requests and the availability of “reading room” material by electronic telecommunication, pursuant to the Electronic FOIA Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-231.
Stasia A.M. Hutchison, FOIA Coordinator, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail Stop 5128, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5128; Telephone (301) 504-1655; TTY-VOICE (301) 504-1743; Facsimile (301) 504-1648; E-mail: shutchison@ars.usda.gov.
The FOIA requires Federal agencies to publish in the Federal Register regulations describing how the public may obtain information from the agency (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1)). Part 510 of Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, is issued in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture at 7 CFR part 1, subpart A, implementing FOIA.
Pursuant to the Electronic FOIA Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-231, § 510.2 is updated to address the availability of “reading room” material by electronic telecommunication means. Also § 510.4 is revised to address multitrack processing of requests. As a result, former §§ 510.4 and 510.5 are renumbered and § 510.6 added.
This rule also amends part 510 to inform the public of the change in the location and telephone number of the FOIA Coordinator for ARS and to provide a TTY number for access for hearing impaired individuals.
§ 510.1
5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) requires that certain materials be made available for public inspection and copying and that a current index of these materials be published quarterly or otherwise be made available. Members of the public may request access to such materials maintained by ARS at the following Start Printed Page 57842office: Information Staff, ARS, REE, USDA, Room 1-2248, Mail Stop 5128, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-5128; Telephone (301) 504-1640 or (301) 504-1655; TTY-VOICE (301) 504-1743. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Information maintained in our electronic reading room can be accessed at http://www.ars.usda.gov/​is/​foia/​#Electronic.
§ 510.3
§ 510.4
(d) ARS shall process requests in each track on a “first-in, first-out” basis, unless there are unusual circumstances as set forth in § 1.16 of this title, or the requester is entitled to expedited processing as set forth in § 1.9 of this title.
§ 510.6
Any person whose request is denied shall have the right to appeal such denial. Appeals shall be made in accordance with § 1.14 of this title and should be addressed as follows: Administrator, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Done at Washington, DC, this October 29, 2001.
[FR Doc. 01-28835 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]