Pollution prevention assistance plan

(a) Not later than October 1, 1994, the division shall complete a pollution prevention assistance plan to achieve voluntary participation by businesses and industries within the state in programs and activities designed to prevent the pollution of the environment by the products and by-products of such businesses and industries. The plan shall establish the objectives of the division and address such matters as the division deems appropriate. (b) The division shall publish the plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section for public comment and shall send a copy of the plan to the board, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate for comment. The division shall seek and encourage public comment on the plan and shall document and consider such comments. (c) The division shall present a final plan to the commissioner within 60 days after publication for public comment. If the commissioner 1014 12-8-186 approves, the division shall implement the plan. The plan may be amended from time to time as required or appropriate, after public notice and comment. History. — Code 1981, § 12-8-183, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1429, § 1. 12-8-184. Confidentiality of information provided by business or industry; ownership of reports and plans. The division shall not disclose to the public any information designated by law as confidential or proprietary provided by any business or industry in the course of developing and implementing pollution prevention and environmental waste reduction assessments and activities. Pollution prevention and environmental waste reduction reports and plans developed by or for any business or industry shall be the property of such business or industry, except as otherwise agreed to and except for such reports as otherwise required by law to be the property of the division. History. — Code 1981, § 12-8-184, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1429, § 1. 12-8-185. Duty of division to advise on rules and regulations governing toxic substances. The division shall advise the director of the Environmental Protection Division on rules and regulations of the Environmental Protection Division governing toxic substance production, use, transport, distribution, and release into the workplace or the environment. History. — Code 1981, § 12-8-185, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1429, § 1. 12-8-186. Biennial report of division.