GroundRules
43 CFR 2.16: What is the basic time limit for responding to a request?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43—Public Lands: Interior
- Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior
- PART 2—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT; RECORDS AND TESTIMONY
- Subpart D—Timing of Responses to Requests
(a) Ordinarily, the bureau has 20 workdays (including the date of receipt) to determine whether to comply with a request, but unusual circumstances may allow the bureau to take longer than 20 workdays (see § 2.19 of this subpart).
(b) A consultation or referral under § 2.13 of this part does not restart the statutory time limit for responding to a request.
Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:15Z. Source file · JSON