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203 FW 1 . Exhibit 1 ------PA9-e- 1 of 13 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary 43 CFR Part 2 -", PART 2-RECORDS AND TESTIMONY; FREEDOM OF INfORMATION ACT SuOpart I-I.equests for Record. So~ 52 Fa USIa. Hoy. 30. 1111. UDleu othennae DOced. . 1.11 Parpoee and 8COt'L (a) Th1a subpart contams the proce- dures for submt~on -to and constder. at10n by the Depanment of the Interi. or of requests .for records under the Freedom of Information Act. (b) Before Invokfnc the fonnal pro- cedures set out below, persons aeet.tnc records from the DeP&l'tment may find It useful to consult with the ape propl1ate bureau POIA officer. Bureau offices are 1Jsted In Appendix B to tbJs Part. (c) The Procedures In th1s subpart do not apply to: (1) Records pubUshed In the PDa.u. Ra:ISD:L OP1n10DS In the adJud1caUon of cues. statements of POl1c)" and In. terpretat1ons. and ~mtnt!ltraUvestatf manuals that have been publJshed or made ava1lable under subpart A of this pan. (2) Records or Information compUed for law enforcemenc PUI'P08eS and cov. ered by the dlsclOllUl'e ezemptlon de- scr1bed In 12.13(cX'" If- (l) The lnvesttaUon or Proceedlnc Involves a OOI81ble vtolatton of crtm1. nallaw: and (U) There .. I'eUOn to believe that- (A) The subject of the InvestSp.Uon or Proc:eed1Dc 1li not aware of Ita pend. ency, and (B) OlsclOlUl'e of the ma.ence of the records could l"8_h~ be ez. pected to lnter1ere with enton:ement Proceedlna. (3) InfOnn&Dt records m.'fttAtPled by a crfm1nal law enforcement c0mpo- nent of the [)epan;znent UDder aD In. fOnn&Dt's name or penonalldmtlfter, If requested by a thlrd pany accordlDc to the 1Dtormant.'. -name or penonaJ. ldentWer. UDle. t.he lDformaut.'s atatua U &D lDformaDt. baa been om. c:tal1y conf1rmecL . %.1% DeftaWoa. (a' Act &Dd FOLt meaD the Preedom of Informatton Act. a u.s.c. 92. (b) BllmllI reten to aU COIIIttt.uent. bureaua of the DeoartmeDt. of the In. tenor. the Off1ce of the Sec:retar7, &Dd the other ~ oalee&. A l1It of bureaus .. contaJned In Appendix B to thJs Part. (C) WOrking "1# meaua a recu1ar Federal workdaF. It does DOt lnclude Sat1U"d.an. Sundan or publ1c lecal holidaJ'l. .1.13 Recorda aYaIIaJM. (a' ~rtmeftt polictf. It Is the polley oft.he DeP&rtmeDC of the Inte- rior to mate the recorda of the De- partment avallable to the pUblic to the createst extent PGIItble. In keep~ with the sptrtt. at the Freedom of In. tormaUon Act. . (b) St4tuto", dUelaaure requiremenL The Act requires that. the Depart. ment. on a request. from a member of the publ1c subm1tt.ecl In accordance with the procedures In this subPart. make request.ecl records ava1lable for lDapect10n and copnnc. (c) St4tuto", ezemp~ Exempted from the Act's statutory dlsclosure re- quirement are matten that are: (lXU 8pecWcalJ,y author1zed under cnterta establlahed by an ExecuUve order to be kept aecret In the Interest. of nat1cma1 defense or toreicn POlley and (W Are In fact properly ~1""Wed punuant to such Executive order: (2) Related sole1)o to the Internal penQDDel rules and pn.ct1ces of an qency; (3) Spedf.,..Uy ezempt.ed from dia. clomre by atatute (other than the Prl. ftCJ' Act). provtcled that such statute- (l) Requjres that. the III&t.ten be .bbelcl from thepubl1c In such a lllallDer U. to leave DO d1Icretlon on the lsaue. or (B) EIIt.blf.~ea partfcular cnterta for wtthholdlq or reten to P&I'tlcul&r t.rPa of mat.t.en to be Wlthhelct (4) Trade secreta and commerctal or "ft.net..l lDfol'"'-Uon obtamed from a penon and PI'1vIleced or coufftt-ttjal: (I) IDter.qency or tDf.ra.aaency IIIeIDOI1IDdUDII or letten which would DOt be avUlable b~ law. to a PartY other th.an. an acency tD llt1pUon wtth the aceDCJ': (I) Penonnel and med1cal fUes and slmilar fUes the dt~ ot wh1ch would COII8Utute a c:leaIU unwarr&nt- ecllnvutOD of penanal Prtvacr. )