45 CFR 5.41
§ 5.41 How does a submitter identify records containing confidential commercial information?
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 5.41, § 5.41 How does a submitter identify records containing confidential commercial information?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/216075
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A person who submits records to the government may designate part or all of the information in such records that they may consider to be exempt from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the FOIA. The person may make this designation either at the time the records are submitted to the government or within a reasonable time thereafter. The designation must be in writing. Any such designation will expire 10 years after the records were submitted to the government.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.