a. Rules for active investigations.

Active investigations are subject to the same statute governing access to intelligence and investigative information. Pursuant to 16 M.R.S.A. § 614(1), reports or records that contain intelligence and investigative information and that are prepared by, prepared at the direction of or kept in the custody of a local, county or district criminal justice agency; the Bureau of State Police; the Department of the Attorney General; the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency; the Office of State Fire Marshal; the Department of Corrections; the criminal law enforcement units of the Department of Marine Resources or the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; or the Department of Conservation, Division of Forest Protection when the reports or records pertain to arson are confidential and may not be disseminated if there is a reasonable possibility that public release or inspection of the reports or records would:

A. Interfere with law enforcement proceedings;

B. Result in public dissemination of prejudicial information concerning an accused person or concerning the prosecution's evidence that will interfere with the ability of a court to impanel an impartial jury;

C. Constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

D. Disclose the identity of a confidential source;

E. Disclose confidential information furnished only by the confidential source;

F. Disclose trade secrets or other confidential commercial or financial information designated as such by the owner or source of the information or by the Department of the Attorney General;

G. Disclose investigative techniques and procedures or security plans and procedures not generally known by the general public;

H. Endanger the life or physical safety of any individual, including law enforcement personnel;

I. Disclose conduct or statements made or documents submitted by any person in the course of any mediation or arbitration conducted under the auspices of the Department of the Attorney General;

J. Disclose information designated confidential by some other statute; or

K. Identify the source of complaints made to the Department of the Attorney General involving violations of consumer or antitrust laws.