[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR512.7]

[Page 64-65]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 512--CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 512.7  Petitions for reconsideration upon denial of a request for confidential treatment.

    (a) A submitter of information whose request for confidential 
treatment is denied may petition for reconsideration of that denial. 
Petitions for reconsideration must be addressed to and received by the 
Office of Chief Counsel prior to the date on which the information would 
otherwise be made available to the public. The determination by the 
Chief Counsel upon such petition for reconsideration shall be 
administratively final.
    (b) If the submission of a petition for reconsideration is not 
feasible by the date on which the information would otherwise be made 
available to the public, a request for an extension of time in which to 
submit a petition, accompanied by an explanation describing the reason 
for the request and the length of time needed, must be received by the 
Office of Chief Counsel by

[[Page 65]]

that date. The Chief Counsel determines whether to grant or deny the 
extension and the length of the extension.
    (c) Upon receipt of a petition or request for an extension, the 
Chief Counsel shall postpone making the information available to the 
public in order to consider the petition, unless the Chief Counsel 
determines in writing that disclosure would be in the public interest.
    (d) If a petition for reconsideration is granted, the petitioner is 
notified in writing of that determination and of any appropriate 
limitations.
    (e) If a petition for reconsideration is denied in whole or in part 
or a request for an extension for additional time to submit a petition 
for reconsideration is denied, the petitioner is notified in writing of 
that denial, and is informed that the information will be made available 
to the public not less than ten working days after the petitioner has 
received notice of the denial of the petition, if practicable, or some 
earlier date if the Chief Counsel determines in writing that the public 
interest requires that the information be made available to the public 
on such earlier date. The written notification of a denial specifies the 
reasons for denying the petition.