Section 6 AAC 93.070 - Confidential records(a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, records submitted under this chapter by an applicant or a CDQ group that are in the possession of the governor or the CDQ team are subject to AS 40.25.110-40.25.120 and are open to inspection by the public during regular office hours.(b) A participating community, applicant, CDQ group, or managing organization wishing to protect a record that was provided to the state under this chapter may file with the governor or CDQ team a written petition identifying the record to be protected and showing good cause to classify the record as confidential. If, at the time of submission, a participating community, applicant, CDQ group, or managing organization wishes to protect a record being submitted under this chapter, the community, applicant, group, or organization shall mark the record as "confidential" and show good cause to classify the record as confidential.(c) Good cause to classify a record as confidential under this section includes a showing that (1) disclosure of the record to the public might competitively or financially disadvantage or harm the participating community, applicant, CDQ group, or managing organization with the confidentiality interest, or might reveal a trade secret or proprietary business interest; and(2) the need for confidentiality outweighs the public interest in disclosure.(d) If the governor or CDQ team determines that good cause exists under (c) of this section, the governor or CDQ team will, in writing, classify the records as "confidential" and restrict access to them.(e) Except as provided in Alaska Rules of Court, a record classified as confidential under this section will not be made public or furnished to any person other than the United States Secretary of Commerce, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Alaska Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service, the governor, the CDQ team and staff, or other authorized representatives of the governor.Eff. 11/18/92, Register 124; am 4/10/93, Register 126; am 1/1/98, Register 144; am 8/19/99, Register 151The mailing address for the CDQ team is set out in the editor's note at 6 AAC 93.015.
As of Register 158 (July 2001), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to reflect the 2000 renumbering of former AS 09.25.100-09.25.220 by the revisor of statutes. The provisions of former AS 09.25.100-09.25.220 were relocated to AS 40.25.100-40.25.220.
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