South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 56 - South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act
Section 44-56-80. Requirements of department; disclosure of information obtained by department.

A. The department shall require:
1. the establishment and maintenance of such records;
2. the making of such reports;
3. the taking of such samples, and the performing of such tests or analyses;
4. the installing, calibrating, using, and maintaining of such monitoring equipment or methods;
5. the providing of such other information; as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
B. Information obtained by the department under this chapter shall be available to the public, unless the department certifies such information as being proprietary. The department may make such certification where any person shows, to the satisfaction of the department, that the information, or parts thereof, if made public, would divulge methods, production rates, processes, or other confidential information entitled to protection. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the disclosure of information by the department to any officer, employee, or authorized representative of the State concerned with effecting this chapter, providing such person respects the proprietary nature of the information.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 436 Section 6.

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