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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 193.7 

whether or not the agency is within or 
subject to review by another agency, 
but does not include— 

(1) The Congress; 
(2) The courts of the United States; 
(3) The governments of the terri-

tories or possessions of the United 
States; 

(4) The government of the District of 

Columbia; 

(5) Court martial and military com-

missions. 

De-identified 

means that the identity 

of the source of the information, and 
the names of persons have been re-
moved from the information. 

Disclose 

means to release information 

to a person other than another agency. 
Examples are disclosures under the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
552), in rulemaking proceedings, in a 
press release, or to a party to a legal 
action. 

Information 

includes data, reports, 

source, and other information. ‘‘Infor-
mation’’ may be used to describe the 
whole or a portion of a submission of 
information. 

Summarized 

means that individual in-

cidents are not specifically described, 
but are presented in statistical or 
other general form. 

Voluntary 

means that the informa-

tion was not required to be submitted 
as part of a mandatory program, and 
was not submitted as a condition of 
doing business with the government. 
‘‘Voluntarily-provided information’’ 
does not include information submitted 
as part of complying with statutory, 
regulatory, or contractual require-
ments, except that information sub-
mitted as part of complying with a vol-
untary program under this part is con-
sidered to be voluntarily provided. 

§ 193.5 How may I submit safety or se-

curity information and have it pro-

tected from disclosure? 

(a) You may do so under a program 

under this part. The program may be 
developed based on your proposal, a 
proposal from another person, or a pro-
posal developed by the FAA. 

(b) You may be any person, including 

an individual, a company, or an organi-
zation. 

(c) You may propose to develop a pro-

gram under this part using either the 

notice procedure in § 193.11 or the no- 
notice procedure in § 193.13. 

(d) If the FAA decides to protect the 

information that you propose to sub-
mit it issues an order designating the 
information as protected under this 
part. 

(e) The FAA only issues an order des-

ignating information as protected if 
the FAA makes the findings in § 193.7. 

(f) The designation may be for a pro-

gram in which all similar persons may 
participate, or for a program in which 
only you submit information. 

(g) Even if you receive protection 

from disclosure under this part, this 
part does not establish the extent to 
which the FAA may or may not use the 
information to take enforcement ac-
tion. Limits on enforcement action ap-
plicable to a program under this part 
will be in another policy or rule. 

§ 193.7 What does it mean for the FAA 

to designate information as pro-

tected? 

(a) 

General. 

When the FAA issues an 

order designating information as pro-
tected under this part, the FAA does 
not disclose the information except as 
provided in this part. 

(b) 

What findings does the FAA make 

before designating information as pro-
tected? 

The FAA designates informa-

tion as protected under this part when 
the FAA finds that— 

(1) The information is provided vol-

untarily; 

(2) The information is safety or secu-

rity related; 

(3) The disclosure of the information 

would inhibit the voluntary provision 
of that type of information; 

(4) The receipt of that type of infor-

mation aids in fulfilling the FAA’s 
safety and security responsibilities; 
and 

(5) Withholding such information 

from disclosure, under the cir-
cumstances provided in this part, will 
be consistent with the FAA’s safety 
and security responsibilities. 

(c) 

How will the FAA handle requests 

for information under the Freedom of In-
formation Act (FOIA)? 

The FAA does 

not disclose information that is des-
ignated as protected under this part in 
response to a FOIA request.