[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR207.4]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 207_COLLECTION OF INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A_Collection of Information Under the Energy Supply and 
                 Environmental Coordination Act of 1974
 
Sec. 207.4  Confidentiality of energy information.

    (a) Information obtained by the DOE under authority of ESECA shall 
be available to the public in accordance with the provisions of part 202 
of this chapter. Upon a showing satisfactory to the Administrator by any 
person that any energy information obtained under this subpart from such 
person would, if made public, divulge methods or processes entitled to 
protection as trade secrets or other proprietary information of such 
person, such information, or portion thereof, shall be deemed 
confidential in accordance with the provisions of section 1905 of title 
18, United States Code; except that such information, or part thereof, 
shall not be deemed confidential pursuant to that section for purposes 
of disclosure, upon request, to (1) any delegate of the DOE for the 
purpose of carrying out ESECA or the EPAA, (2) the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal 
Power Commission, or the General Accounting Office, when necessary to 
carry out those agencies' duties and responsibilities under ESECA and 
other statutes, and (3) the Congress, or any Committee of Congress upon 
request of the Chairman.
    (b) Whenever the Administrator requests reports of energy 
information under this subpart, he may specify (in the rule, order or 
questionnaire or other means by which he has requested such reports) the 
nature of the showing required to be made in order to satisfy DOE that 
certain energy information contained in such reports warrants 
confidential treatment in accordance with this section. He shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, either before or after requesting reports, 
by ruling or otherwise, inform respondents providing energy information 
pursuant to this subpart of whether such information will be made 
available to the public pursuant to requests under the Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).