[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR400.52]

[Page 78]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER IV--FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 400--REGULATIONS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart F--Notice, Hearings, Record and Information
 
Sec. 400.52  Official record; public access.

    (a) Content. The Executive Secretary will maintain at the location 
stated in Sec. 400.53(d) an official record of each proceeding within 
the Board's jurisdiction. The Executive Secretary will include in the 
official record all factual information, written argument, and other 
material developed by, presented to, or obtained by the Board in 
connection with the proceeding. The official record will contain 
material that is public, business proprietary, privileged, and 
classified. While there is no requirement that a verbatim record shall 
be kept of public hearings, the proceedings of such hearings shall 
ordinarily be recorded and transcribed when significant opposition is 
involved.
    (b) Opening and closing of official record. The official record 
opens on the date the Executive Secretary files an application or 
receives a request that satisfies the applicable requirements of this 
part and closes on the date of the final determination in the proceeding 
or review, as applicable.
    (c) Protection of the official record. Unless otherwise ordered in a 
particular case by the Executive Secretary, the official record will not 
be removed from the Department of Commerce. A certified copy of the 
record will be made available to any court before which any aspect of a 
proceeding is under review, with appropriate safeguards to prevent 
disclosure of proprietary or privileged information.