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CFR /  Title 7  /  Part 400  /  Sec. 400.702 Confidentiality of submission and duration of confidentiality.

(a) Prior to approval by the Board, any submission made to the Board under section 508(h) of the Act, including any information generated from the submission, will be considered confidential commercial or financial information for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4) and will not be released by FCIC to the public, unless the applicant authorizes such release in writing.

(b) Once the Board approves a submission, all information provided with the submission, or generated in the approval process, may be released to the public, including any mathematical modeling and data, unless it remains confidential business information under 5 U.S.C. 552(b).

(c) Any submission disapproved by the Board will remain confidential commercial or financial information in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and no information related to such submission will be released by FCIC unless authorized in writing by the applicant.

(d) In the submission, the applicant must state if the name of the submission may be used in Board documents including but not limited to the agenda, minutes, and Board memoranda. The applicant cannot use false names to mislead the public regarding the nature of the submission. If permission is not given to use the name of the submission, the submission will simply be referred to as a ``Section 508(h) submission.'' [66 FR 47951, Sept. 17, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 44236, Aug. 2, 2005]