California Code of Regulations
Title 19 - Public Safety
Division 1 - State Fire Marshal
Chapter 14 - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety
Article 7 - Requirements for New or Replacement Pipeline near Environmentally and Ecologically Sensitive Areas in the Coastal Zone; Plan to Retrofit Existing Pipelines; Notification to State Fire Marshal of New Construction or Retrofit of Pipeline; Consultation with Office of Spill Prevention and Response
Section 2119 - Confidential Treatment of Information

(a) An operator may request confidential treatment of information submitted in the risk analysis and plan(s) or contained in any documents associated with the plan and/or risk analysis described in this Article, including, but not limited to, information regarding the proposed location of automatic shutoff valves or remote controlled sectionalized block valves.

(b) Submission of confidential information

(c) Appropriate portions of the plan, risk analysis, or in any documents associated with the plan or risk analysis described in this Article shall be kept confidential until the review and acceptance of the risk analysis and plan by the State Fire Marshal has concluded, at which time the documents shall become a public record.

(d) Upon receipt of a request that the State Fire Marshal disclose information claimed to be confidential, or if the State Fire Marshal itself seeks to disclose such information on its own, the State Fire Marshal may inform the individual designated pursuant to subsection (c) by email, telephone, or mail at least ten (10) business days before the release of such information to allow the operator an opportunity to seek an appropriate remedy in Court, if applicable.

(e) The State Fire Marshal shall decide whether all or portions of the redacted information should be disclosed pursuant to the California Public Records Act, or other applicable law, unless directed otherwise by a Court order.