§ 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.