[§206R-6] Review of applications; confidential treatment; approval. (a) Within five business days following the last day of the time period for submission of applications to the program, the department shall make all of the applications available for review in a publicly available electronic file posted on the department's website.
(b) To the extent the information in an application or challenge falls under one or more of the exceptions to public disclosure in section 92F-13 or comprises commercially sensitive information, including information regarding the location of critical infrastructure, addresses of locations capable of receiving service under an existing provider's standard installation intervals, number of actual subscribers, subscriber addresses, non-public internal financial or network cost information, or vendor agreements, the department shall keep the information confidential upon request by:
(c) A broadband service provider that provides service within or directly adjacent to a proposed project area may submit a written challenge to any application within forty-five days of the department making the applications available for review pursuant to subsection (a). The challenge may:
(d) In reviewing applications and any accompanying challenge, the department shall review the proposed project areas to ensure that all awarded funds are used to deploy broadband infrastructure to unserved or underserved areas.
(e) The department shall award program grants based on a scoring system that shall be released to the public at least thirty days prior to the first day of the time period for the submission of applications. The scoring system shall give the highest weight or priority to the following: