43 CFR 2.36 - Can a bureau release information protected by Exemption 4?

Regulations last checked for updates: May 17, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: May 13, 2024

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§ 2.36 - Can a bureau release information protected by Exemption 4?

If a bureau determines that the requested information is protected from release by Exemption 4 of the FOIA, the bureau has no discretion to release the information. Release of information protected from release by Exemption 4 is prohibited by the Trade Secrets Act, a criminal provision found at 18 U.S.C. 1905.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 301,552,552a,553,31.S.C. 3717, 43 U.S.C. 1460,1461,the,Pub. L. 115-59, September 15, 2017

source: 40 FR 7305, Feb. 19, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 2.36