Production of Confidential Business Information in Civil Litigation; Transfer of Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information to the United States Department of Justice and Parties to Certain Litigation

Resumen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of disclosure of information which has been submitted to the EPA by owners/operators of oil and natural gas facilities that is claimed to be, or has been determined to be, confidential business information (CBI), in civil litigation styled State of New York. et al. v. EPA, No. 18-cv-773, pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Litigation). Disclosure is in response to discovery requests from Plaintiffs in this Litigation. The court has entered a Protective Order applicable to all parties that governs the treatment of CBI during and after this Litigation.