Public Data

TITLE 47 MINES AND MINING CHAPTER 3 OIL AND GAS WELLS — GEOLOGIC INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION OF WASTE 47-326. public data. (1) Subject only to any applicable provisions of section 47-327 , Idaho Code, the following data is public information that shall not be considered trade secret information under chapter 8, title 48 , Idaho Code, nor be exempt from public records disclosure under chapter 1, title 74 , Idaho Code. Except as provided in section 47-327 , Idaho Code, the department shall, upon receipt of the information, make publicly available all data under this section on its website without requiring any person to submit a public records request: (a)  All reports required under section 47-324 (1) through (5), Idaho Code; (b)  All well survey location plats; and (c)  All state-required permits, except seismic data. (2)  The department shall provide complete internet access to all documents in subsection (1) of this section, not granted confidential status, on its website. (3)  A claim to exempt data from disclosure shall be supported and accompanied by a specific citation to the law authorizing an exemption from disclosure and an explanation of how the data meets the standards for being withheld from disclosure. When a portion of a record or a portion of a page in that record is subject to disclosure and the other portion is subject to a claim that it is exempt from disclosure under this chapter or chapter 1, title 74 , Idaho Code, the person making the claim must clearly identify the portion claimed as exempt and the portion not claimed as exempt from disclosure at the time of submittal.