§20131 Public Access to Information

Summary

The Administrator must make information they get or create while doing their duties available for the public to see. It does not have to be shared if a federal law says it must be kept secret, if it is classified to protect national security, or if it falls into the special confidential category described below. For up to 5 years after the information is developed, the Administrator may protect material that comes from activities under agreements made under subsections (e) and (f) of section 20113 and that would be a trade secret or commercial or financial record that is privileged or confidential under section 552(b)(4) of title 5 if it had come from a non‑Federal party. These protections can include exemption from subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5. Nothing in the chapter lets the Administrator withhold information from properly authorized committees of Congress.