Ohio Code § 3704.08

§ 3704.08.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any records, reports, or information

obtained under this chapter shall be available for public inspection, except that

upon a showing satisfactory to the director of environmental protection by any person

that such records, reports, or information, or any particular part thereof, other

than emission data, to which the director has access under this chapter, if made public,

would divulge methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that

person, the director shall consider the record, report, or information or particular

portion thereof confidential, except that the record, report, or information may be

disclosed when necessary to sustain an action brought pursuant to section 3704.06 of the Revised Code or during an adjudication hearing conducted by the director on the denial, modification,

or revocation of a variance or permit. (B) To the extent consistent with the federal Clean Air Act, any records, reports, or

information, other than emissions data, obtained by those public officials acting

under section 3704.18 , 3704.19 , or 3706.19 of the Revised Code pursuant to the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance

assistance program created under section 3704.18 of the Revised Code shall be held confidential by those public officials.  Any records, reports, or information obtained by the director or his agents who

are not acting under section 3704.18 , 3704.19 , or 3706.19 of the Revised Code shall not be held confidential unless they have been granted confidentiality under

division (A) of this section. (C) Nothing in division (A) or (B) of this section shall be construed to prevent the

director from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general

condition of the atmosphere, provided that the reports do not reveal any information

otherwise confidential under this section.