Current through October 16, 2024
Section 22a-174-10 - Public availability of information(a) Any records, reports or other information obtained by the Commissioner or on file with the department shall, pursuant to the provisions of sections 1-7 through 20 of the General Statutes, as amended, be made available to the public. Upon a showing satisfactory to the Commissioner by any person that such records, reports or other information, or particular parts thereof (other than emission data), if made public, would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of such person, the Commissioner shall consider such record, report or information, or particular part thereof, confidential, except that such record, report or information may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the state concerned with carrying out these regulations or when relevant in any hearing conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection or in any judicial proceeding, subject to such safeguards as the hearing officer or presiding judge may impose.(b) Emission data shall not be entitled to protection as a trade secret.(c) Any emission data made public by the Commissioner shall be presented in such a manner as to show the relationship between measured amounts under applicable emission limitations and compliance schedules or other measures.(d) The Commissioner, when he deems it appropriate, may require a nominal charge to defray the costs of reproducing any requested information.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-174-10