(A) All information and data submitted by a discharger to the Control Authority may be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the regulations promulgated by the EPA governing the POTW. Such information shall be considered subject to public disclosure, provided, however, that the discharger may request that information not be subject to public disclosure, in accordance with 40 CFR Part 2, as follows:
(1) A discharger may assert a business confidentiality claim covering part of all of the information, in a manner described below, and that information covered by such a claim will be disclosed only by means of the procedure set forth below.
(2) If no claim of business confidentiality is asserted, all information will be subject to public disclosure without further notice to the discharger.
(B) Method and time of asserting business confidentiality claim. A discharger which is submitting information to the Control Authority may assert a business confidentiality claim covering the information by placing on (or attaching to) the information, at the time it is submitted to the Control Authority, a cover sheet, stamped or typed legend, or other suitable form of notice employing language such as "trade secret," "proprietary," or "company confidential." Allegedly confidential portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified by the discharger, and may be submitted separately to facilitate identification and handling by the Control Authority. If the discharger desires confidential treatment only until a certain date or until the occurrence of a certain event, the notice should so state.
(C) Nothing in this section shall prevent the disclosure of information and data regarding the nature and content of a limitation to be met by discharger, and this information shall be available to the public with no restrictions.
(Ord. 338A, passed 5-5-92)