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-18.2 - Confidentiality
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The Department shall protect from disclosure any information, other than effluent data, upon a satisfactory showing by any person that the information, if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of such persons. The Department's decision on the claim of confidentiality shall be made in accordance with the substantive criteria listed in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-18.6. The access to any information deemed to be confidential by the Department shall be limited to authorized officers or employees of the Department and the Federal government. For purposes of this subchapter the term "information" shall include records, reports, and any other documents, writings, photographs, sound or magnetic recordings, drawings, or other similar formats by which information has been retrieved or copied.
(b) Included among those items for which claims of confidentiality will be denied are the following: