<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:01:41"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000000">20:10:01:41</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001">.  Requests for confidential treatment of information</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001"> by a submitting party</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001">.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> A request</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> by a submitting party</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> for confidential treatment of information shall be made by submitting the material to the commission along with the following information:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    (1)  An identification of the document and the general subject matter of the materials or the portions of the document for which confidentiality is being requested;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    (2)  The length of time for which confidentiality is being requested and a request for handling at the end of that time. This does not preclude a later request to extend the period of confidential treatment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    (3)  The name, address, and phone number of a person to be contacted regarding the confidentiality request;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    (4)  The statutory or common law grounds and any administrative rules under which confidentiality is requested. Failure to include all possible grounds for confidential treatment does not preclude the party from raising additional grounds in the future; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    (5)  The factual basis that qualifies the information for confidentiality under the authority cited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    Information shall be sent to the commission's executive director, unless another person is designated. Each page must clearly be marked "confidential" in large, bold letters. Information submitted by mail or hand delivery must be in a separate, sealed envelope and clearly state in large, bold letters on the envelope that confidential treatment is requested. If filed electronically, the information must be filed as a separate document.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> 16 SDR 148, effective March 22, 1990; 33 SDR 107, effective December 26, 2006</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">; 47 SDR 125, effective May 30, 2021</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000003">49-1-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-9"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000003">49-1-9</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0-000003">49-1-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749C0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s7f6d0b7f-9ce0-471d-824c-a49c54abf749000002"> </span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:10:01:41.01"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">20</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">10</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">01</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000000">41.01</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">.  Requests for confidential treatment of information by a non-submi</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">t</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">ting party.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0"> A request by a non-submitting party for confidential treatment of information shall be made by submitting the request to the commission along with the following information:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(1)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">An identification of the document and the general subject matter of the materials or the portions of the document for which confidentiality is being requested;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(2)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">The length of time for which confidentiality is being requested and a request for handling at the end of that time. This does not preclude a later request to extend the period of confidential treatment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(3)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">The name, address, and phone number of a person to be contacted regarding the confidentiality request;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(4)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">The statutory or common law grounds and any administrative rules under which confidentiality is requested. Failure to include all possible grounds for confidential treatment does not preclude the party from raising additional grounds in the future; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(5)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">The factual basis that qualifies the information for confidentiality under the authority cited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">47 SDR 125, effective May 30, 2021</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000003">49-1-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-9"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000003">49-1-9</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=49-1-11"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0-000003">49-1-11</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">(6)</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="scb4a1c49-fa64-4484-b843-8caf2d732bc3000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>