[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 33CFR148.207]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 148--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Application Proceeding
 
Sec. 148.207  Availability of documents in the record.

    (a) The procedure for inspecting and copying documents in the record 
of a proceeding is contained in 49 CFR part 7 and section 14 of the Act. 
Copies of documents in the record of a proceeding are mailed to each 
adjacent coastal State unless their release is prohibited by 49 CFR part 
7 and section 14 of the Act.
    (b) Comments submitted by Federal agencies and departments for each 
proceeding in accordance with sections 5(e)(2) and 7(b) of the Act are 
docketed when they are received. Copies of the draft and final 
environmental impact statements prepared in accordance with section 5(f) 
of the Act are docketed when they are transmitted to the Council on 
Environmental Quality.
    (c) The applicant must designate any portions of the material 
submitted in an application that contain either trade secrets or 
commercial or financial information that is claimed to be privileged or 
confidential. Section 148.219 prescribes procedures for objecting to 
claims and resolving of disputed issues.
    (d) A copy of the application, except trade secrets and confidential 
information, is available for inspection and copying at: Commandant (G-
M), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.
    (e) The application staff will designate a custodian of all 
documents filed in a proceeding for which protection is claimed under 
section 14(b) of the Act. The custodian shall not make public for 
inspection documents for which protection is claimed nor otherwise 
disclose such information, unless the General Counsel is of the opinion 
that the disclosure is not inconsistent with the requirements of section 
14(b) of the Act. The custodian shall keep a record of all officers and 
employees of the Department having custody of any copy or copies of 
undisclosed documents.

[CGD 75-002, 40 FR 52553, Nov. 10, 1975, as amended by CGD 92-069, 58 FR 
11193, Feb. 24, 1993]