EPA seeks renewal of trade secret claim reporting requirements under community right-to-know rules
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This notice keeps in place EPA paperwork requirements for companies that claim trade secret protection under emergency planning and community right-to-know rules. It does not create a new environmental standard, but it continues the process for collecting information needed to review those claims. Companies that handle covered chemicals and submit trade secret claims may be affected. EPA is giving the public 30 more days to comment before the Office of Management and Budget decides whether to approve the renewed information collection.
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Key Changes
- Extends EPA’s existing information collection for EPCRA trade secret claims
- Opens an additional 30-day public comment period ending July 22, 2026
- Requires comments to reference docket EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361
Obligations
What this law requires
Companies that submit EPCRA trade secret claims for covered chemical information must provide the information required under EPA ICR No. 1428.13 / OMB Control No. 2050-0078 so EPA can review those claims.