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

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Title 43 CFR: Public Lands: Interior › Part 2: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; RECORDS AND TESTIMONY › Subpart F: Handling Confidential Information › § 2.27: § 2.27 When will the bureau notify a submitter of a request for their possibly confidential information?

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(a) Except as outlined in § 2.29 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) of this subpart; or

(2) The requested information has not been designated as confidential information by the submitter under § 2.26(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.

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

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