subpart_subject: "Procedures for Disclosure of Records Under the Freedom of Information Act"
section_number: "2.106"
section_subject: "Preservation of records."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 2.106"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 49"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The Agency shall preserve all correspondence pertaining to the FOIA requests that it receives until disposition or destruction is authorized by title 44 of the United States Code or the National Archives and Records Administration's General Records Schedule 14. Copies of all responsive records should be maintained by the appropriate program office. Records shall not be disposed of while they are the subject of a pending request, appeal, or lawsuit under the FOIA.