How does your requester category affect the fees you are charged?

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§ 2.39 How does your requester category affect the fees you are charged?

You will be charged as shown in the following table:

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Requester Category Search fees Review fees Duplication fees
Commercial use requester Yes Yes Yes.
Educational and noncommercial scientific institutions No No Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume, free).
Representative of news media requester No No Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume, free).
All other requesters Yes (first 2 hours free) No Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume, free).

[77 FR 76906, Dec. 31, 2012, as amended at 81 FR 11130, Mar. 3, 2016; 81 FR 92694, Dec. 20, 2016]


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