§342L-15  Public records; confidential
information.  Reports and records submitted to the department by any person
on the ownership, installation, or operation of underground storage tanks or
tank systems shall be made available for inspection by the public during
established office hours except as provided in this section.  Upon a showing
satisfactory to the department that public disclosure of records, reports, or
information, or a particular part thereof, to which the department’s
representative has access to under this section would divulge information
entitled to protection under chapter 92F, the department shall consider the
information or a particular portion thereof to be confidential.  No
confidential information secured pursuant to this section by any official or
employee of the department within the scope of and cause of the official’s or
employee’s employment in the prevention, control, or abatement of releases from
underground storage tanks or tank systems, shall be disclosed by the official or
employee with the following exception:  the document or information may be
disclosed to officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the State or
of the United States, including county government entities, who have been
charged with carrying out this chapter or Subtitle I of the federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, or when relevant in any proceeding under this
chapter. [L 1989, c 212, pt of §6; am L 1992, c 259, §17]