(a) Within 20 working days after receipt of a request for access to agency records for which the NRC agrees to waive fees under §9.39 (a) through (d) or §9.41(c), the NRC will respond to the request as provided in §9.25.

(b) In making a request for a waiver or reduction of fees, a requester shall provide the information required by §9.41(b).

(c) After receipt of a request for the waiver or reduction of fees made in accordance with §9.41, the NRC will either waive or reduce the fees and notify the requester of the NRC's intent to provide the agency records promptly or deny the request and provide a statement to the requester explaining why the request does not meet the requirements of §9.41(b).

(d) As provided in §9.29, a requester may appeal a denial of a request to waive or reduce fees to the Executive Director for Operations. The appeal must be submitted within 90 calendar days from the date of the notice.

[63 FR 2876, Jan. 20, 1998, as amended at 70 FR 34308, June 14, 2005; 81 FR 96347, Dec. 30, 2016]