Guam § 76219 - Confidentiality of Records.

§ 76219. Confidentiality of Records.

(a) Reports and records submitted to the Agency by any person on the

ownership, installation, or operation of aboveground storage tanks or tank

systems shall be made available for inspection by the public during

established office hours, except as provided in this Section.

(b) Upon a showing satisfactory to the Agency that public disclosure of

records, reports, or information, or a particular part thereof, to which the

Agency’s representative has access to under this Section would divulge

information entitled to protection under Guam’s Sunshine Reform Act of

1999, the Agency shall consider the information or particular portion thereof

to be confidential.

(c) No confidential information secured pursuant to this Section by any

official or employee of the Agency within the scope of the official’s or

employee’s employment in the prevention, control, or abatement of releases

from aboveground storage tanks or tank systems, shall be disclosed by the

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official or employee with following exceptions: the document or information

may be disclosed to officers, employees, or authorized representatives of

Guam or of the United States, including county government entities, who

have been charged with carrying out this Chapter, or when relevant in any

proceeding under this Chapter.

(d) Where such information constitutes confidential business

information under federal or local law, it shall be submitted as such to

federal or local entities.

2019 NOTE: Subsection designations added by the Compiler pursuant to the

authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.