Section R746-1-601 - Identification of Information Claimed to Be Confidential or Highly Confidential in Commission Proceedings(1) A party to a docket may request that information provided to another party or included in the record be treated as confidential by: (a) placing the information on a document with yellow background;(b) highlighting the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and(c) including the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing confidential information: (i) "CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or(ii) "CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".(2)(a) A person that files or is requested to provide information that the person considers to be highly confidential shall promptly:(i) negotiate with the other parties mutually agreeable protections; or(ii) petition the Commission for an order granting additional protective measures.(b) The petitioning party shall set forth: (i) the particular basis for the claim;(ii) the specific, additional protective measures requested, which may include restricting or prohibiting specific individuals from accessing information; and(iii) the reasonableness of the requested, additional protection.(c) Any other party may oppose the petition or propose alternative protective measures.(d) If the Commission grants a petition for additional protective measures, the party providing the highly confidential information shall:(i) place the information on a document with a pink background;(ii) highlight the information with shading, text boxes, borders, asterisks, or other conspicuous formatting; and(iii) include the following designation, as applicable, on each page containing highly confidential information: (A) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RULES R746-1-602 and 603"; or(B) "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER".(3) A person that files with the Commission a document containing confidential or highly confidential information shall: (a) file a redacted version for public access; and(b) ensure that the line numbering and formatting in the redacted version match, as closely as practicable, that appearing in the unredacted version.Utah Admin. Code R746-1-601
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2017-7, effective 3/6/2017