40 CFR §68.151
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- (a)Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, an owner or operator of a stationary source required to report or otherwise provide information under this part may make a claim of confidential business information for any such information that meets the criteria set forth in 40 CFR 2.301.
- (b)Notwithstanding the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, an owner or operator of a stationary source subject to this part may not claim as confidential business information the following information:
- (1)Registration data required by § 68.160(b)(1) through (6), (8), (10) through (13), and (21), and NAICS code and Program level of the process set forth in § 68.160(b)(7);
- (2)Offsite consequence analysis data required by § 68.165(b)(4), (b)(9), (b)(10), (b)(11), and (b)(12).
- (3)Accident history data required by § 68.168;
- (4)Prevention program data required by § 68.170(b), (d), (e)(1), (f) through (k);
- (5)Prevention program data required by § 68.175(b), (d), (e)(1), (f) through (p); and
- (6)Emergency response program data required by § 68.180.
- (c)Notwithstanding the procedures specified in 40 CFR part 2, an owner or operator asserting a claim of CBI with respect to information contained in its RMP, shall submit to EPA at the time it submits the RMP the following:
- (1)The information claimed confidential, provided in a format to be specified by EPA;
- (2)A sanitized (redacted) copy of the RMP, with the notation “CBI” substituted for the information claimed confidential, except that a generic category or class name shall be substituted for any chemical name or identity claimed confidential; and
- (3)The document or documents substantiating each claim of confidential business information, as described in § 68.152.