[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2006.15]

[Page 445]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
 
PART 2006--PROCEDURES FOR FILING PETITIONS FOR ACTION UNDER SECTION 301 
OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2006.15  Information exempt from public inspection.

    (a) The Chairman of the Section 301 Committee shall exempt from 
public inspection business information submitted in confidence if he 
determines that such information involves trade secrets or commercial 
and financial information the disclosure of which is not authorized by 
the person furnishing such information nor required by law.
    (b) An interested person requesting that the Chairman exempt from 
public inspection confidential business information submitted in writing 
must certify in writing that such information is business confidential, 
the disclosure of such information would endanger trade secrets or 
profitability, and such information is not generally available. The 
information submitted must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL'' 
in a contrasting color ink at the top of each page on each copy, and 
shall be accompanied by a nonconfidential summary of the confidential 
information.
    (c) The Section 301 Chairman may use such information, or make such 
information available (in his own discretion) to any employee of the 
Federal Government for use in any investigation under section 302, or 
make such information available to any other person in a form which 
cannot be associated with, or otherwise identify, the person providing 
the information.
    (d) The Section 301 Chairman may deny a request that he exempt from 
public inspection any particular business information if he determines 
that such information is not entitled to exemption under law. In the 
event of a denial, the interested person submitting the particular 
business information will be notified of the reasons for the denial and 
will be permitted to withdraw the submission.