§ 701.1 General provisions.

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Title 49 CFR: Transportation › Chapter VII: NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) › Part 701: AMTRAK FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROGRAM › § 701.1: § 701.1 General provisions.

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This part contains the rules that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) follows in processing requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5 of the United States Code, section 552. Information routinely provided to the public (

i.e.,

train timetables, press releases) may be obtained at Amtrak's Web site

www.amtrak.com

without following Amtrak's FOIA procedures.

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