40 CFR 1515.36
§ 1515.36 Do I have to pay fees if CEQ misses the deadline for responding to my request?
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 1515.36, § 1515.36 Do I have to pay fees if CEQ misses the deadline for responding to my request?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/196286
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CEQ will not charge search fees or duplication fees if we have failed to grant or deny your request within the period described in § 1515.13, unless:
(a) CEQ determines that unusual circumstances are present, as described in § 1515.13; and
(1) CEQ finishes processing your request within 10 working days of the original deadline; or
(2) Your request seeks more than 5,000 pages of records; CEQ has provided you timely written notice of the unusual circumstances; and we have discussed with you how you could effectively limit the scope of your request (or we made at least three attempts in good faith to do so); or
(b) A court grants CEQ additional time to process your request due to exceptional circumstances, and we finish processing your request within the period set forth in a court order.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.