[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-8.8]

[Page 69]
 
           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51-8_PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-8.8  Business information.

    (a) When, in responding to an FOIA request, the Committee cannot 
readily determine whether the information obtained from a person is 
privileged or confidential business information or when a submitter has 
labeled information as proprietary at the time of submission, it shall:
    (1) Obtain and consider the views of the submitter of the 
information and provide the submitter at least 10 working days to object 
to any decision to disclose the information and to provide reasons for 
the objection;
    (2) Provide business information submitters with notice of any 
determination to disclose such records, to which the submitter has 
objected to disclosure, 10 working days prior to the disclosure date, 
and the reasons for which its disclosure objection is not sustained;
    (3) Notify business information submitters promptly of all instances 
in which FOIA requesters are bringing suit seeking to compel disclosure 
of submitted information.
    (b) The submitter, in responding to a request under paragraph (a)(1) 
of this section, must explain fully all grounds upon which disclosure is 
opposed. For example, if the submitter maintains that disclosure is 
likely to cause substantial harm to its competitive position, the 
submitter must explain how disclosure would cause such harm.
    (c) When a central nonprofit agency has submitted business 
information on behalf of a workshop, the workshop shall be considered to 
be the ``business information submitter'' for the purposes of this 
section.