40 C.F.R. PART 2--PUBLIC INFORMATION
TITLE 40--Protection of Environment
CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SUBCHAPTER A--GENERAL
PART 2--PUBLIC INFORMATION
Subpart A--PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
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| Where requests for records are to be filed.
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| Procedures for making requests.
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| Responsibility for responding to requests.
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| Responses to requests and appeals.
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| Other rights and services.
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Subpart B--CONFIDENTIALITY OF BUSINESS INFORMATION
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| Applicability of subpart; priority where provisions conflict; records containing more than one kind of information.
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| Notice to be included in EPA requests, demands, and forms; method of asserting business confidentiality claim; effect of failure to assert claim at time of submission.
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| Initial action by EPA office.
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| Final confidentiality determination by EPA legal office.
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| Advance confidentiality determinations.
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| Substantive criteria for use in confidentiality determinations.
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| Disclosure in special circumstances.
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| Nondisclosure for reasons other than business confidentiality or where disclosure is prohibited by other statute.
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| Safeguarding of business information; penalty for wrongful disclosure.
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| Establishment of control offices for categories of business information.
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| Designation by business of addressee for notices and inquiries.
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| Defense of Freedom of Information Act suits; participation by affected business.
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| Confidentiality agreements.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Clean Air Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Clean Water Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Noise Control Act of 1972.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
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| Special rules governing certain information obtained under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act.
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Subpart C--TESTIMONY BY EMPLOYEES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS IN CIVIL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS WHERE THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A PARTY
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| Policy on presentation of testimony and production of documents.
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| Procedures when voluntary testimony is requested.
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| Procedures when an employee is subpoenaed.
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| Requests for authenticated copies of EPA documents.
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