7 CFR § 2710.4 - Initial request for records.

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title: "7 CFR § 2710.4 - Initial request for records."
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title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "2710.4"
section_name: "Initial request for records."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "2710"
part_name: "AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
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# 2710.4 Initial request for records.

(a) *Background.* The Information Access and Disclosure Officer is authorized to:

(1) Grant or deny requests for OIRM records.

(2) Make discretionary releases of OIRM records when it is determined that the public interests in disclosure outweigh the public and/or private ones in withholding.

(3) Reduce or waive fees to be charged where determined to be appropriate.

(b) *Procedure.* Persons wishing to request records from the Office of Information Resources Management may do so as follows:

(1) *How.* Submit each initial request for OIRM records as prescribed in 7 CFR 1.3(a).

(2) *Where.* Submit each initial request to the Information Access and Disclosure Officer, Office of Information Resources Management, USDA, 14th and Independence Ave., SW., Room 407-W, Washington, DC 20250.