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49 CFR § 1104.14 - Protective orders to maintain confidentiality.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1104.14"
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title: "49 CFR § 1104.14 - Protective orders to maintain confidentiality."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1104.14"
section_name: "Protective orders to maintain confidentiality."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "1104"
part_name: "FILING WITH THE BOARD-COPIES-VERIFICATION-SERVICE-PLEADINGS, GENERALLY"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5.U.S.C. 553 and 559; 18 U.S.C. 1621; and 49 U.S.C. 1321."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 49554, Nov. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1104"
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# 1104.14 Protective orders to maintain confidentiality.

(a) *Segregation of confidential material.* A party submitting materials which it believes are entitled to be kept confidential and not made part of the public docket should submit these materials as a separate package, clearly marked on the outside “Confidential materials subject to a request for a protective order.” When confidential documents are filed, redacted versions must also be filed.

(b) *Requests for protective orders.* A request that materials submitted to the Board be kept confidential should be submitted as a separate pleading and clearly headed “Motion for protective order.”

(c) *Requests for protective orders in stand-alone cost and simplified standards cases.* A motion for protective order in stand-alone cost and simplified standards cases shall specify that evidentiary submissions will designate confidential material within single braces (*i.e.,* {X}), highly confidential material within double braces (*i.e.,* {{Y}}), and sensitive security information within triple braces (*i.e.,* {{{Z}}}). In stand-alone cost cases, the motion for protective order shall be filed together with the notice pursuant to 49 CFR 1111.1.

[48 FR 44827, Sept. 30, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 52711, Oct. 8, 1996; 81 FR 8853, Feb. 23, 2016; 82 FR 57378, Dec. 5, 2017]