ApplicationofBEFORETHEU.S.DEPARTMENTOFTRANSPORTATIONWASHINGTON,D.C.PLANETSERVICE,INC.))))DocketNo.OST-98-3557AdministrativeServiceProviderfortheApplicable)TrustandParticipatingTeamsforanexemption)49U.S.C.§41101)MOTIONFORCONFIDENTIALTREATMENTREQUESTEDUNDER14C.F.R.§302.12Communicationswithrespecttothisdocumentshouldbeaddressedto:April30,2015LEGAL_US_E#J14524281.3ScottM.FlickerLatoyaPorterfieldPaulHastingsLLP87515thStreet,N.W.Washington,DC20005Phone:(202)551-1700Fax:(202)551-1705Email:scottflicker@paulhastings.comlatoyaporterfield@paulhastings.comCounselforPlanetService,Inc.BEFORETHEU.S.DEPARTMENTOFTRANSPORTATIONWASIDNGTON,D.C.Applicationof))PLANETSERVICE,INC.)DocketNo.OST-98-3557)AdministrativeServiceProviderfortheApplicable)TrustandParticipatingTeamsforanexemption)49U.S.C.§41101)MOTIONFORCONFIDENTIALTREATMENTREQUESTEDUNDER14C.F.R.§302.12Pursuantto14C.F.R.§302.12oftheDepartment'sRulesofPractice,PlanetService,Inc.("PlanetService"),asanadministrativeserviceproviderforagrantortrustandcertainteamsoftheNationalBasketballAssociation("NBA"),herebyrespectfullymovestowithholdfrompublicdisclosureExhibit2whichPlanetServiceissubmittinginsupportofitsWrittenNotificationConfirminganExistingExemption,filedwiththeDepartmentonApril30,2015.Exhibit2,whichisadraftproposedAgreementtofurnishaircraftOperationsServices("Agreement"),includescertaincommercialoperations,commercially-sensitive,andconfidentialbusinessinformation.PlanetServicenotesthattheAgreementisindraftformandissubjecttochangebeforebeingfinalized.TheinformationcontainedinthisExhibitisbeingsubmittedintheformofaConfidentialExhibittoPlanetService'sapplication,whichisattachedheretoinasealedenvelopeandmarkedinaccordancewith14C.F.R.§302.12.Insupportthereof,PlanetServicestatesasfollows:#114524281.31.Rule121oftheDepartment'sRulesofPracticeinstructstheDepartmenttoevaluaterequestsforconfidentialtreatmentbythestandardsofdisclosurefoundintheFreedomofInformationAct,5U.S.C.§552("FOIA").Informationmaybewithheldfromdisclosureunder5U.S.C.§552(b)(4)ifitis(1)commercialorfinancial,(2)obtainedfromapersonoutsideofgovernment,and(3)privilegedorconfidential.GulfandWesternIndus.,Inc.v.UnitedStates,615F.2d527,529(D.C.Cir.1979).Astothethirdprongofthistest,theDepartmentmustconsiderwhether"disclosureoftheinformationislikelytohaveeitherofthefollowingeffects:(1)toimpairthegovernment'sabilitytoobtainnecessaryinformationinthefuture;or(2)tocausesubstantialharmtothecompetitivepositionofthepersonfromwhomtheinformationwasobtained."Nat'!ParksandConservationAssoc.v.Morton,498F.2d765,770(D.C.Cir.1974).Finally,tobeprivilegedorconfidential,theinformationmustnotbeofthetypethatisusuallyreleasedtothepublic.GulfandWesternIndus.,Inc.,615F.2dat530.PlanetService'sExhibitmeetsthesestandardsforprotection.2.PlanetService'sExhibitincludessensitivebusinessandfinancialdatarelevanttotheDepartment'sreviewofitsWrittenNotificationConfirmingtheExistingExemption.PublicdisclosureofthisinformationwouldcausesubstantialharmtoPlanetService'scompetitivepositionbydisclosingdetailsofitsotherwiseconfidentialbusinessandfinancialactivities.ThirdpartiescouldobtainthisinformationanduseittounderminePlanetService'soperations,thuscausingeconomicharmtoPlanetService.3.Theconfidentialinformationmustbeobtainedfromapersonoutsideofgovernmenttobegrantedconfidentialtreatment.PlanetServiceisaDelawarecorporationandsubsidiaryofNBAProperties,Inc.,acorporationwholly-ownedbyall30NBAteams,whichmeetsthedefinitionof"personoutsideofgovernment."I14C.F.R.§302.12.LEGAL_US_E#114524281.34.IntermsofthenatureoftheinformationincludedintheExhibit,PlanetServicedoesnotreleasefuturefinancialplanstothepublic.Assuch,theinformationintheExhibitisprivilegedandshouldbegivenconfidentialtreatment.5.TheinformationthatissoughttobewithheldfrompublicdisclosuremeetsthestandardsfornondisclosurefoundinFOIA,5U.S.C.§552(b)(4),inthatitis(1)commercialorfmancial,(2)obtainedfromapersonoutsidethegovernment,and(3)privilegedorconfidential.SeeGulf&WesternIndus.,Inc.,615F.2dat529(D.C.Cir.1979);Nat'/ParksandConservationAssoc.,498F.2dat770.Finally,releaseofthisfinancialinformationwouldimpairthegovernment'sabilitytocollectsuchinformationinthefuture.PlanetService'ssensitivebusinessinformationshouldbegrantedconfidentialtreatment.6.Insum,theDepartmentregularlyhasgrantedrequestsbyotherstosubmitsimilaragreementsandrelateddocumentstotheDepartmentonaconfidentialbasis.See,e.g.,Order98-1-27,FloridaWestInt'lAirways,1998DOTAv.LEXIS11,at*28-31(Jan.26,1998).Accordingly,agrantofconfidentialtreatmentinthjscasewouldbeentirelyappropriate.LEGAL_US_E11114524281.3WHEREFORE,PlanetServicerespectfullyrequeststhatthedesignatedExhibitwhichisattachedheretoinasealedenvelopebeaccordedconfidentialtreatmentunder14C.F.R.§302.12.April30,2015LEGAL_US_E#114524281.3Respectfullysubmitted,LatoyaPorterfieldPaulHastingsLLP87515thStreetNWWashington,DC20005Phone:(202)551-1700Fax:(202)551-1705scottflicker@paulhastings.comlatoyaporterfield@paulhastings.comCounselforPlanetService,Inc.CERTIFICATEOFSERVICEIherebycertifythatacopyoftheforegoingMotionforConfidentialTreatmentpursuantto14C.F.R.§302.12hasbeenservedthisthe30thdayofApri12015,uponeachofthepartiesbelowbyelectronicmail.DavidDenenbergRobertCriquiNationalBasketballAssociationddenenberg@nba.comrcriqui@nba.comJohnP.Howitt,Esq.EmilyDiStefano,Esq.CliffordChancejohn.howitt@cliffordchance.comemily.distefano@cliffordchance.comDanGreenHRGWorldwidedan.green@hrgworldwide.comPaulGretchLisaSwafford-BrooksReatherFlemmingsBrettKrugerU.S.DepartmentofTransportationpaul.gretch@dot.govlisa.swaffordbrooks@dot.govreather.flernmings@dot.govBrett.Kruger@dot.govHowardKassandBobWirickCounselforAmericanAirlines,Inc.&USAirways,Inc.howard.kass@aa.comrobert.wirick@aa.comAlexanderVanDerBellenManagingDirector-GovernmentAffairsandAssociateGeneralCounselDeltaAirLines,Inc.sascha.vanderbellen@delta.comLEGAL_US_E#114524281.3DanWeiss&SteveMorrisseyRepresentativesforUnitedAirLines,Inc.dan.weiss@united.comsteve.morrissey@united.comMalcolmL.BengeNorthAmerican,WorldAirwaysmlbenge@zsrlaw.comRussellE.PommerAtlasAirInc.rpommer@atlasair.comNancySparksBaileyLeopardFedExnsparks@fedex.comgbleopard@fedex.comAnitaMosnerJe1miferNowakUPSanita.mosner@hklaw.comjennifer.nowak@hklaw.comRobertP.SilverbergJeffJohnsonForABXAirrsilverberg@sgbdc.comjjohnson@sgbdc.comKevinMontgomeryPolarAirCargokevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.comMarkW.AtwoodFrontierandKalittamatwood@cozen.comJohnL.RichardsonJoanCannyAmerijetjrichardson@johlrichardson.comjCanny@amerijet.comLEGAL_US_E#114524281.3Jonathan

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