§ 597. Confidentiality. Information submitted by producers to the
commissioner and to assessors pursuant to this title shall not be
subject to the provisions of article six of the public officers law (the
freedom of information law), and no person shall make known any such
information submitted, except in an administrative or judicial
proceeding to review a unit of production value or the assessment of an
oil or gas economic unit, after providing twenty days written notice to
the producer who submitted the information affording such producer with
an opportunity to submit written grounds for any objection to such
disclosure.