[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR790.7]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 790_PROCEDURES GOVERNING TESTING CONSENT AGREEMENTS
AND TEST RULES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  790.7  Confidentiality.

    (a) Any person subject to the requirements of a consent agreement or 
a test rule under section 4 of the Act may assert a claim of 
confidentiality for certain information submitted to EPA in response to 
the consent agreement or the test rule. Any information claimed as 
confidential will be treated in accordance with the procedures in part 2 
of this title and section 14 of the Act. Failure to assert a claim of 
confidentiality at the time the information is submitted will result in 
the information being made available to the public without further 
notice to the submitter.
    (b) A claim of confidentiality must be asserted by circling or 
otherwise marking the specific information claimed as confidential and 
designating it with the words ``confidential business information,'' 
``trade secret,'' or another appropriate phrase indicating its 
confidential character.
    (c) If a person asserts a claim of confidentiality for study plan 
information described in Sec.  Sec.  790.50(c)(1)(iii)(D), (iv), (v), and 
(vi) and 790.62(b)(6), (7), (8), (9), and (10), the person must provide 
a detailed written substantiation of the claim by answering the 
questions in this paragraph. Failure to provide written substantiation 
at the time the study plan information is submitted will be considered a 
waiver of the claim of confidentiality, and the study plan information 
will be disclosed to the public without further notice.
    (1) Would disclosure of the study plan information disclose 
processes used in the manufacture or processing of a chemical substance 
or mixture? Describe how this would occur.
    (2) Would disclosure of the study plan information disclose the 
portion of a mixture comprised by any of the substances in the mixture? 
Describe how this would occur.
    (3) What harmful effects to your competitive position, if any, do 
you think would result from disclosure of this information? How would a 
competitor use such information? How substantial would the harmful 
effects be? What is the causal relationship between disclosure and the 
harmful effects?
    (4) For what period of time should confidential treatment be given? 
Until a specific date, the occurrence of a specific event, or 
permanently? Why?
    (5) What measures have you taken to guard against disclosure of this 
information to others?
    (6) To what extent has this information been disclosed to others? 
What precautions have been taken in connection with such disclosures?
    (7) Has this information been disclosed to the public in any forms? 
Describe the circumstances.
    (8) Has the information been disclosed in a patent?
    (9) Has EPA, another Federal agency, or any Federal court made any 
pertinent confidentiality determination regarding this information? If 
so, copies of such determinations must be included in the 
substantiation.
    (d) If the substantiation provided under paragraph (c) of this 
section contains information which the submitter considers confidential, 
the submitter must assert a separate claim of confidentiality for that 
information at the time of submission in accordance with paragraph (b) 
of this section.

[49 FR 39782, Oct. 10, 1984, as amended at 51 FR 23713, June 30, 1986]