49 CFR § 1122.7 - Request for confidential treatment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1122.7"
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title: "49 CFR § 1122.7 - Request for confidential treatment."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1122.7"
section_name: "Request for confidential treatment."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE"
part_number: "1122"
part_name: "BOARD-INITIATED INVESTIGATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 1321, 11144, 11701."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 90239, Dec. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1122"
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# 1122.7 Request for confidential treatment.

Any person that produces documents to the Board pursuant to § 1122.3 or § 1122.4 may claim that some or all of the information contained in a particular document or documents is exempt from the mandatory public disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, is information referred to in 18 U.S.C. 1905, or is otherwise exempt by law from public disclosure. In such case, the person making such a claim shall, at the time the person produces the document to the Board, indicate on the document that a request for confidential treatment is being made for some or all of the information in the document. In such case, the person making such a claim also shall file a brief statement specifying the specific statutory justification for non-disclosure of the information in the document for which confidential treatment is claimed. If the person states that the information comes within the exception in 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) for trade secrets and commercial or financial information, and the information is responsive to a subsequent FOIA request to the Board, 49 CFR 1001.4 shall apply.