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§ 3119. Confidential information

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 27 Pa.C.S.A. Environmental ResourcesEffective: March 17, 2003

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 27 Pa.C.S.A. Environmental Resources (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Conservation and Natural Resources
Chapter 31. Water Resources Planning
Subchapter B. Water Resources Planning
Effective: March 17, 2003
27 Pa.C.S.A. § 3119
§ 3119. Confidential information
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), information required to be submitted to the department under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L. 390, No. 212),1 referred to as the Right-to-Know Law.
(b) Exception.--The department, the Statewide committee and any regional committee shall not disclose confidential information required to be submitted to the department under this chapter unless:
(1) the confidential information is contained in a report in which the identity of the submitting person has been removed and the confidential information is aggregated by hydrologic unit or region; or
(2) the confidential information is disclosed to employees, contractors, agents or authorized representatives of the department, including the State and regional planning committees for the purposes of this chapter.
(c) Confidential information submitted.--If a person submits confidential information under this chapter, the person must identify the information that is confidential information and provide a justification for its confidential nature. The department, Statewide committee or regional committees shall hold the confidential information in a file separate from the general records relating to the person.

Credits

2002, Dec. 16, P.L. 1776, No. 220, § 2, effective in 90 days.

Footnotes

1
65 P.S. § 66.1 et seq. (repealed); see now, 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
27 Pa.C.S.A. § 3119, PA ST 27 Pa.C.S.A. § 3119
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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