§ 1184.7 How will fees be charged?
(a) In general. IMLS will use the most efficient and least costly methods to comply with FOIA requests. IMLS will charge fees to recover all allowable direct costs incurred, and may charge fees for searching for and reviewing requested records even if the records are determined to be exempt from disclosure or cannot be located. IMLS will charge fees in accordance with the category of the FOIA requester.
(1) Commercial use requests. IMLS will assess charges to recover the full direct cost of searching for, reviewing and duplicating the requested records. IMLS may recover the cost of searching for and reviewing records even if there is ultimately no disclosure.
(2) Requests from educational and non-commercial scientific institutions. IMLS will charge for duplication costs.
(3) Requests by representatives of the news media. IMLS will charge for duplication costs.
(4) All other requests. IMLS will assess charges to recover the full direct cost for searching for and duplicating the requested records.
(5) Status of Requester. IMLS' decision regarding the categorization of a requester will be made on a case-by-case basis based upon the requester's intended use of the requested records.