Administrative Files and Opinions

(a)A document is filed when it is received by the Administrator.

(b)The Administrator shall keep a register of all applications for registration and registration statements which are or have ever been effective under this Act and all denial, suspension, or revocation orders which have been entered under this Act. The register shall be open for public inspection.

(c)The information contained in or filed with any registration statement, application, or report may be made available to the public under such rules as the Administrator prescribes.

(d)Upon request and at such reasonable charges as he prescribes, the Administrator shall furnish to any person photostatic or other copies (certified if requested) of any entry in the register or any document which is a matter of public record. In any proceeding or prosecution under this Act, any copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the entry or document certified.

(e)The Administrator in his discretion may honor requests from interested persons for interpretative opinions.