---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 148.221"
title: "33"
number: "148.221"
heading: "How do I claim, or object to a claim, that required information is privileged?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/148.221"
---

# §148.221. How do I claim, or object to a claim, that required information is privileged?

- (a) Any person may claim that specific information required pursuant to this part should be withheld because it is privileged, and any person can object to that claim.
- (b) Requests or objections must be submitted to the Commandant (CG-5P) in writing, with sufficient specificity to identify the information at issue, and to show why it should or should not be considered privileged.
- (c) **The Commandant (CG-5P) determines whether to grant or deny a claim of privilege.**
- (d) Submission of a claim stays any deadline for providing the information at issue, unless the claim is made pursuant to the protection for confidential information that is provided by [33 U.S.C. 1513(b)](/usc/33/1513.md?p=b), in which case deadlines are not stayed. The Commandant (CG-5P) may also determine that the information at issue is so material that processing of the application must be suspended pending the determination of the claim.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39176, July 1, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1 (75).

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39176, July 1, 2013]