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r 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.1 2 Docket OST-96-157 5

MOTIO N O F HORIZO

N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC . FO R CONFIDENTIA

L TREATMEN

T O F PAR T 24 1 SUBMISSIONS UNDE R RUL E 1 2 Pleas e forwar

d al l communication s concernin g thi s motio n to : Brya n J . Colby Managing Director , Financ e HORIZO N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC . 1951 2 Internationa

l Boulevar d Seattle , Washingto n 9818 8 (206 ) 392-027 9 Kyle B . Levine Deput y Genera l Counsel ALASK A AIRLINES , INC . 1930 0 Internationa

l Boulevar d Seattle , Washingto n 9818 8 (206 ) 392-529 2 Counsel fo

r HORIZO N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC .

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N OFFIC E O F TH E SECRETAR

Y WASHINGTON , D.C .

Motio n of HORIZO N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC . For confidentia

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o f Par t 24 1 Submission s unde

r 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.1 2 Docke t OST-96-157 5

MOTIO N O F HORIZO

N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC . FO R CONFIDENTIA

L TREATMEN

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th e Department' s Rule s of

Practice , Horizo n Ai

r Industries , Inc . ("Horizon" ) hereb y move s t o withhol d frompubli c disclosur e fo r aperio d ofte n year s certai n commercially-sensitiv e information containe d i n Schedul e B- 7 ("Airfram e an d Aircraf t Engin e Acquisition s and Retirements" ) an d Schedule B-4 3 ("Inventor y o f Airframe s and Aircraf

t Engines" ) of

it s Par t 24 1 filings fo

r th e quarte r endin g Decembe

r 31,2011 . Unredacte d version s of Schedule s B- 7 and B-4 3 ar e filed simultaneousl

y wit h thi s Motio n marke d "Confidentia l Treatmen t Requeste d Unde

r § 302.12. " I n suppor t of it s Motion , Horizo n offer

s th e following point s and authorities : 1 . The dat afo

r whic h confidentia

l treatmen t i s sough t i s bein g disclose d to th e Departmen

t pursuan t t o Par t 24 1 of th e Department' s economi c regulations . The majorit y o f information containe d i n Horizon' s Par t 24 1 filings wil l ente

r th e publi c domain , wher

e i t wil l b e availabl e fo

r inspectio n an

d copying b

y member s o f

th e public , includin g foreign and domesti c competitor s of

Horizo n and competitor s of Horizon' s aircraf

t an d engin e suppliers . Pag e 2 of 4 - MOTIO

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S UNDE R RUL E 1 22 . Certai n pric e an d cos t datacontaine d i n Schedule s B- 7 an d B-4 3 ar e highly sensitiv e an

d confidential . Mor

e specifically , (a) Schedul e B- 7 reflect s th e cos t o f commercia

l aircraf t an d engine s Horizo n purchase d or

lease d fromBombardier ; an d (b ) Schedul e B-4 3 disclose s th e acquisitio n cost , depreciatio n o r amortizatio n value s and estimate d residua l value s of numerou s commercia

l aircraf t and engine s Horizo n ha s purchase d o r lease d fromBombardie

r sinc e 1997 . 3 . Th e commercially-sensitiv e information foun d i n Schedule s B- 7 an

d B-4 3 shoul d b e withhel d frompubli c disclosur e pursuan t to Exemption s 3 and 4 o f

th e Freedo mo f Informatio n Ac t

( 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(3 ) and (4) ) (the "FOL\" ) an d lega l authorit y interpretin g th e FOIA . 4 . Unde

r Exemptio n 3 , information i n agency record s shoul d b e withhel d fromth e publi c i f i t i s specificall

y exempte d fromdisclosur

e by astatute , provide d tha

t th e statut e "(A ) require s that

th e matter s b e withhel d fromth e publi c i n suc h amanne r a s t o leav e n o discretio n on th e issue , o

r (B ) establishe s particula

r criteri afo r withholding , or

refer s t o particula

r type s of matter s t o b e withheld. " Sectio n 110 4 of th e Federa

l Aviatio n Ac t

(4 9 U.S.C . § 1504 ) specificall y require s th e Departmen

t to withhol d informatio n fromproductio n unde r th e FOI A i f it s releas e woul d "adversely effec t th e competitiv e positio n o f an y carrie r i n foreign air fransportation." Publi c releas e of th e aircraf t an d engine cos t

dat ato Horizon' s competitor s woul d hav e exactly thi s advers e effect . 5 . Exemptio n 4 extend s confidentia l treatmen t t o record s tha

t ar e "commercia

l or financial informatio n obtaine d fromaperso n an d privilege d or

confidential. " 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(4) ; see als o Gulf

and Wester

n Industries , foe, v . Unite d States , 61 5 F.2 d 527,52 9 (D.C . Cir . 1979) . Thes e pric e and cos t datacontaine d i n Schedule s B- 7 an d B-4 3 ar e of thi s natur e and , additionally , "woul d customarily no t b e release d to th e publi c b y [Horizon]. " Se e Nationa l Park s and Conservatio n Associatio n v . Morton . 49 8 F . 2d 765,76 6 (D.C . Cir . 1974) (citin g S . Rep . No . 813 , 89tii Cong. , 1st

Sess . 9 (1965)) . Finally , i f release d unde

r th e FOL^ , pric e an

d cos t dat a Pag e 3 o f A-MOTIO N O F HORIZO N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC . FOR CONFIDENTIA L TREATMEN

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S UNDE R RUL E 1 2concernin g Horizon' s aircraf t fransactions hav e th e potentia l "to caus e substantia

l har mto th e competitiv e positio n of

th e perso n fromwhomth e informatio n wa s obtained. " Id . a t 770 . WHEREFORE , Horizo n respectftill y request s th e Departmen

t of Transportatio n t o withhol d th e redacte d portion s of th e attache d document s frompubli c disclosur e fo r aperio d o f te n (10 ) years . Respectfiill y submitted .

March 2. , 201 2 Kyle B . Levine Deput y Genera l Counsel ALASK A AIRLINES , INC . 1930 0 fotemational Boulevar

d Seattle , Washingto n 9818 8 (206 ) 392-529 2 Counsel fo r HORIZO N AI R INDUSTRIES , INC .

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