(a) Information and data on a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits, monitoring programs and inspections shall be available to the public or other governmental agencies, without restriction, unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production, entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user.
(b) When requested by the person furnishing the report, the portions of the report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available upon written request to a governmental agency for uses related to this chapter. However, such portions of a report shall be available for use by the State, or any State agency, in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics will not be recognized as confidential information.
(c) Information accepted by the City as confidential shall not be transmitted to any other governmental agency or to the general public by the City until and unless ten-day notification is given to the user.
(Ord. 92-19. Passed 9-21-92.)