2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 29 - Deepwater Ports (Sections 1501 - 1524)
Sec. 1513 - Public access to information
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 29 - DEEPWATER PORTS Sec. 1513 - Public access to information |
Contains | section 1513 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-627, §14, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2139. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 88 Stat. 2139 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 93-627 |
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Copies of any communication, document, report, or information transmitted between any official of the Federal Government and any person concerning a deepwater port (other than contracts referred to in section 1504(c)(2)(B) of this title) shall be made available to the public for inspection, and shall be available for the purpose of reproduction at a reasonable cost, to the public upon identifiable request, unless such information may not be publicly released under the terms of subsection (b) of this section. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the release of any information of the kind described in subsection (b) of section 552 of title 5 or which is otherwise protected by law from disclosure to the public.
(b) Information disclosure prohibition; confidentiality of certain disclosuresThe Secretary shall not disclose information obtained by him under this chapter that concerns or relates to a trade secret, referred to in section 1905 of title 18, or to a contract referred to in section 1504(c)(2)(B) of this title, except that such information may be disclosed, in a manner which is designed to maintain confidentiality—
(1) to other Federal and adjacent coastal State government departments and agencies for official use, upon request;
(2) to any committee of Congress having jurisdiction over the subject matter to which the information relates, upon request;
(3) to any person in any judicial proceeding, under a court order formulated to preserve such confidentiality without impairing the proceedings; and
(4) to the public in order to protect health and safety, after notice and opportunity for comment in writing or for discussion in closed session within fifteen days by the party to which the information pertains (if the delay resulting from such notice and opportunity for comment would not be detrimental to the public health and safety).
(Pub. L. 93–627, §14, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2139.)
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