[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR350.15]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 350--TRADE SECRECY CLAIMS FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW INFORMATION: AND TRADE SECRET DISCLOSURES TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--Trade Secrecy Claims
 
Sec. 350.15  Public petitions requesting disclosure of chemical identity claimed as trade secret.

    (a) The public may request the disclosure of chemical identity 
claimed as trade secret by submitting a written petition to the address 
specified in Sec. 350.16.
    (b) The petition shall include:
    (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner;
    (2) The name and address of the company claiming the chemical 
identity as trade secret; and
    (3) A copy of the submission in which the submitter claimed chemical 
identity as trade secret, with a specific indication as to which 
chemical identity the petitioner seeks disclosed.
    (c) EPA shall acknowledge, by letter to the petitioner, the receipt 
of the petition.
    (d) Incomplete petitions. If the information contained in the 
petition is not sufficient to allow EPA to identify which chemical 
identity the petitioner is seeking to have released, EPA shall notify 
the petitioner that the petition cannot be further processed until 
additional information is furnished. EPA will make every reasonable 
effort to assist a petitioner in providing sufficient information for 
EPA to identify the chemical identity the petitioner is seeking to have 
released.
    (e) EPA shall make a determination on a petition requesting 
disclosure, in accordance with Sec. 350.11 and Sec. 350.17, within nine 
months of receipt of such petition.

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