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Electronic Records Filing System Control#: 61923
5-CE-146
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2084 (07-22-03)
Confidentiality Request
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 7854
Madison, WI 53707-7854
Wis. Admin. Code § PSC 2.12; Wis. Stats §§ 196.14.196.72 and 196.795
** All fields are required except note **
SECTION 1: PSC CONTACT
PSC Contact Person:  Burt Chee Number of Pages / Excel worksheets (Confidential Pages Only):  19

SECTION 2: REQUIRED INFORMATION
1. I am filing this request on behalf of:
  Name / Company:  ITC Midwest LLC   Phone(Optional):
  Address Line 1:  123 Fifth Street SE
  Address Line 2(Optional):  
  City: Cedar Rapids       State: IA       Zip:  52401
2. Name and Position of the requester is
  Mark Rothfrok, Senior Permitting Specialist
3. The following is an accurate and complete summary of the content of the record(s) being filed:
  Endangered Resource Review
4. There is a reasonable basis to conclude that the record, or portion of a record, is one of the following:
 
The record contains trade secrets as defined in Wis. Stat. §134.90.
The record contains information which would aid a competitor of a public utility in competition with the public utility making the request under Wis. Stat. §196.14.
The record is an accident report under Wis. Stat. §196.72.
The record is protected business information under Wis. Stat. §196.795(9).
The record may otherwise be exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31 to 19.39.
5. How the record satisfies number 4
  The records that are the subject of the present submittal contain data from the NHI maintained by the WDNR, which describes the site locations of threatened and endangered species. Data from the NHI is explicitly held as confidential and not to be released to the public by Wis. Stat. §23.27(3)(b) and Wis. Stat. Ch. 19, subch. II.

SECTION 3: AFFIANT AND NOTARY OFFICER
Name of Affiant:  Mark Rothfork
State of  Minnesota
County of  Hennepin
Subscribed and sworn to before me on  12/20/2022
Name of Notary Officer:  Breann Lee Jurek
Expiration Date:  01/31/2025

SECTION 4: UPLOADED FILE
Docket ID:  5-CE-146
Document Name:  ERR20-083_CONFIDENTIAL_ITC_CHC_ER_Review_15Dec2022_1_of_2.pdf
Document Type:  Report
Description:  Endangered Resource Review Confidential Part 1 of 2
Received Date:  12/20/2022 3:14:00 PM

SECTION 5: PSC USE ONLY
***Confidentiality Determination:   Granted
If Request is Granted or Partial: There is a reasonable basis to conclude that the records, or portion of a record, is one of the following
  The record contains trade secrets as defined in Wis. Stat. §134.90.
  The record contains information which would aid a competitor of a public utility in competition with the public utility making the request under Wis. Stat. §196.14.
  The record is an accident report under Wis. Stat. §196.72.
  The record is protected business information under Wis. Stat. §196.795(9).
  The record may otherwise be exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§19.31 to 19.39.
Name as Signature: Jeff Kitsembel
Date: 12/21/2022 8:02:00 AM