Subtitle A-Office of th Secretary of Agriculture Part Administrative regulations Law enforcement authorities National Environmental Policy Act Protection of human subjects Delegations of authority by the Secretary of Ag culture and general officers of the Department Debt management Selection and functions of Agricultural Stabili tion and Conservation State, county and comm nity committees 4-H Club name and emblem [Reserved] National Appeals Division ... Highly erodible land and wetland conservation [Reserved] Determining the primary purpose of certain pa ments for Federal tax purposes Nondiscrimination ..... Education programs or activities receiving or be efitting from Federal financial assistance Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in p grams and activities receiving Federal financ assistance Nondiscrimination in programs or activities co ducted by the United States Department of Ag culture ..... Enforcement of nondiscrimination on the basis handicap in programs or activities conducted the United States Department of Agriculture 3 Page 406 Adjudications under section 741 Sales of agricultural commodities made available [Reserved] Export sales reporting requirements 415 ...... Uniform relocation assistance and real property 442 Rural development coordination 442 State and regional annual plans of work .... 448 24 Board of Contract Appeals, Department of Agri- 452 25 Rural empowerment zones and enterprise commu nities 463 ... pertaining to the disclosure of records pursuant to compulsory process. This subpart also serves as the implementing regulations for the Office of the Secretary (the immediate offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries) and for the Office of Communications. The Office of Communications has the primary responsibility for the FOIA in the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The term "agency" or "agencies" is used throughout this subpart to include both USDA program agencies and staff offices. [62 FR 33978, June 24, 1997] §1.2 Policy. (a) Agencies of USDA shall comply with the time limits set forth in the FOIA for responding to and processing requests and appeals for agency records, unless there are unusual circumstances within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B). An agency shall notify a requester in writing whenever it is unable to respond to or process a request or appeal within the time limits established by the FOIA. (b) All agencies of the Department shall comply with the fee schedule provided as appendix A of this subpart, with regard to the charging of fees for providing copies of records and related services to requesters. [52 FR 49386, Dec. 31, 1987, as amended at 62 FR 33978, June 24, 1997] (a) Each agency of the Department shall promulgate regulations setting forth the following: (1) The location and hours of operation of the agency office or offices where members of the public may gain access to those materials required by §1.5 to be made available for public inspection and copying; (2) Information regarding the publication and distribution (by sale or otherwise) of indexes and supplements to indexes which are maintained in accordance with the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2) and §1.5(b); (3) The title(s) and mailing address(es) of the official(s) of the agency |