Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 25/10/2002

Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; Request for Comment on Change of Contractor Handling Trade Secret Claims

This notice announces an upcoming change in location and contractor designated to manage the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data processing for all TRI submissions including TRI Trade Secret and confidential information submitted pursuant to 40 CFR part 350. In compliance with 40 CFR part 350 ("Trade Secrecy Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Information") facilities submitting TRI reports may be eligible to claim Trade Secret for the specific chemical identity of a toxic chemical being reported. Pursuant to 40 CFR 350.23 ("Disclosure to authorized representatives"), information entitled to trade secret or confidential treatment may not be disclosed by the Agency to the Agency's authorized representative until each affected submitter has been furnished notice of the contemplated disclosure by the EPA program office and has been afforded a period found reasonable by that office (not less than five working days) to submit its comments. Pursuant to this Federal Register notice, comments are limited to the change of contractor handling trade secret and confidential information submitted under 40 CFR part 350. Once the transition to the new location has been compl