Contents of report; confidentiality for trade secrets

Sec. 4. (a) The following information may be included with the report under section 3 of this chapter for the period covered by the report: (1) A description of the industrial operation that generated the hazardous waste, including information on the following: (A) The steps taken in the operation. (B) The machinery and materials used in the operation. (C) The inputs and outputs of the operation. (2) Proposals that would implement waste reduction in the type of industrial operation that generated the hazardous waste. (3) A statement that the information is accurate to the best of the generator's knowledge. (4) Any other information the generator desires to provide to the department to obtain voluntary technical assistance from the department. (b) A person who: (1) submits information to the department under subsection (a); and (2) believes that the information or a part of the information is a trade secret or otherwise warrants confidential treatment; may submit the information under a claim of confidentiality in accordance with IC 13-14-11 and IC 5-14-3-4. (c) A person who submits information under subsection (a) that is determined to be confidential may not unreasonably withhold permission from the department to disclose to the public general or generic information on waste reduction techniques derived from the submitted information if the disclosure will not divulge: (1) the trade secret; or (2) other specific, substantive basis of confidentiality.