The disposition of an appeal will be issued by the Solicitor of
Labor or designee in writing. A decision affirming, in whole or in
part, the decision below will include a brief statement of the reason
or reasons for the affirmance, including the FOIA exemption or
exemptions relied upon, and its relation to each record withheld, and a
statement that judicial review of the denial is available in the United
States District Court for the judicial district in which the requester
resides or maintains his or her principal place of business, the
judicial district in which the requested records are located, or the
District of Columbia. If it is determined on appeal that a record
should be disclosed, the record should be provided in accordance with
the decision on appeal. If it is determined that records should be
denied in whole or in part, the appeal determination will include an
estimate of the volume of records or information withheld, in number of
pages or in some other reasonable form of estimation. This estimate
does not need to be provided if the volume is otherwise indicated
through deletions on records disclosed in part, or if providing an
estimate would harm an interest protected by an applicable exemption.
