Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES
Part XV - Office of Conservation-Surface Mining
Subpart 1 - General Information
Chapter 4 - Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals
Section XV-409 - Public Availability of Information
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Except as provided in §409 B, all information submitted to the office under this Chapter shall be made immediately available for public inspection and copying at the local office of the regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the mining operations claiming exemption until at least three years after expiration of the period during which the subject mining area is active.
B. Information submitted to the office under this Chapter may be kept confidential if the person submitting it requests in writing, at the time of submission, that it be kept confidential and the information concerns trade secrets or is privileged commercial or financial information of the persons intending to conduct operations under this Chapter.
C. Information requested to be held as confidential under §409. B shall not be made publicly available until after notice and opportunity to be heard is afforded persons both seeking and opposing disclosure of the information.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:901-932.
