writing or communication, it shall be identified as such, together with directions on how the full text of the information may be obtained by the public. (3) Trade secrets and other confidential or proprietary information pertaining to the commercial interests of any person, which are submitted in connection with a communication by any person to the Commission, may be entitled to treatment as confidential business information. (4) A person seeking to have information or materials treated as confidential business information may submit the information or materials to be considered separately from the other communications to the Commission, together with a written request that the Commission treat such information as confidential business information. (5) The Commission may on its own motion determine that the information or materials should not be routinely available for public inspection. (6) In the absence of a request referred to in paragraph (4), materials or information that are submitted may be made available for inspection upon request, even though such information or materials may contain trade secrets or confidential information. (7) The presence of confidential business information within the body of a communication to the Commission shall not entitle the entirety of those communications to confidential treatment, but that portion of the communications which is entitled to confidential treatment as confidential business information may be extracted from the main body of the communication made available for public inspection. (8) The disclosure of confidential business information may be compelled pursuant to a parliamentary, judicial or other lawful process. 15

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