[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR1b.9]

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           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 1b_RULES RELATING TO INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1b.9  Confidentiality of investigations.

    All information and documents obtained during the course of an 
investigation, whether or not obained pursuant to subpoena, and all 
investigative proceedings shall be treated as nonpublic by the 
Commission and its staff except to the extent that (a) the Commission 
directs or authorizes the public disclosure of the investigation; (b) 
the information or documents are made a matter of public record during 
the course of an adjudicatory proceeding; or (c) disclosure is required 
by the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. Procedures by which 
persons submitting information to the Commission during the course of an 
investigation may specifically seek confidential treatment of 
information for purposes of Freedom of Information Act disclosure are 
set forth in 18 CFR part 3b and Sec. 1b.20. A request for confidential 
treatment of information for purposes of Freedom of Information Act 
disclosure shall not, however, prevent disclosure for law enforcement 
purposes or when

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disclosure is otherwise found appropriate in the public interest and 
permitted by law.