36 CFR § 1120.26 - Deficient descriptions.

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title: "36 CFR § 1120.26 - Deficient descriptions."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1120.26"
section_name: "Deficient descriptions."
chapter_name: "ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD"
part_number: "1120"
part_name: "PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552, the Freedom of Information Act, as amended."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 80976, Dec. 8, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1120"
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# 1120.26 Deficient descriptions.

(a) If the description of the records sought in the request is not sufficient to allow the A&TBCB to identify and locate the requested records, the office taking action under § 1120.32 must notify the requestor (by telephone when practicable) that the request cannot be further processed until additional information is furnished.

(b) The A&TBCB must make every reasonable effort to assist the requestor in formulating his or her request. If a request is described in general terms (e.g., all records having to do with a certain area), the A&TBCB office taking action under § 1120.32 may communicate with the requestor (by telephone when practicable) with a view toward reducing the administrative burden of processing a broad request and minimizing the fee payable by the requestor. Such attempts must not be used as a means to discourage requests, but rather as a means to help identify with more specificity the records actually sought.