I am aware that I am entitled to make this request under the Freedom of Information Act, and if your agency response is not satisfactory, I am prepared to make an administrative appeal. Please indicate to me the name of the official to whom such an appeal should be addressed.

I am aware that if my request is denied I am entitled to know the grounds for this denial.

I am aware that while the law allows your agency to withhold specified categories of exempted information, you are required by law to release any segregable portions left after the exempted material has been deleted from the data I am seeking.³

I am willing to pay fees for this request up to a maximum of $25. If you estimate that the fees will exceed this limit, please inform me first.⁴

Please provide expedited review of this request which concerns a matter of urgency.

As a veterinarian, I am engaged in disseminating information. The public urgently needs information about this because delayed disclosure could threaten physical safety because of a potentially deadly bovine virus.