New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14A - NEW JERSEY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
Subchapter 18 - PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DETERMINATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Section 7:14A-18.10 - Disclosure of confidential information to authorized agents

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14A-18.10

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

(a) The Department shall disclose information which has been determined to be entitled to confidential treatment to an authorized agent, under contract with the Department, if:

1. The Department determines that such disclosure is necessary in order for the agent to carry out the work required by the contract;

2. The Department notifies the affected person; and

3. The agent contracts with the affected person to protect the confidentiality of the information.

(b) No information shall be disclosed under (a) above unless the contract in question provides that the agent and the agent's employees shall use the information only for the purpose of carrying out the work required by the contract, shall refrain from disclosing the information to anyone other than the Department, and shall return to the Department all copies of the information, and any abstracts or extracts therefrom, upon request by the Department or whenever the information is no longer required by the agent for the performance of the work required by the contract.

(c) Violation of the contractual provisions of (b) above by the agent or the agent's employee in question shall constitute grounds for debarment or suspension as provided under the rules regarding debarment, suspension and disqualification from department contracting, at N.J.A.C. 7:1D-2.

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