Denials of Requests for Records

Section 1326.430  Denials of Requests for Records a)         The Department will deny FOIA requests for records when: 1)         Compliance with the request would unduly burden the Department and the requester is unable or unwilling to reduce the scope of the request to manageable proportions; 2)         The records are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Section 7 or 7.5 of FOIA or any other applicable law or regulation; 3)         Compliance with the request would require the Department to create or prepare a record that it does not maintain; 4)         The request fails to reasonably identify a public record; 5)         The request seeks answers to questions posed by the requester; or 6)         Compliance with the request would require the Department to compile data the Department does not ordinarily keep. b)         The denial of a request for records will be in writing.