40 CFR § 350.27 - Substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy, instructions to substantiation form.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s350.27"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 350.27 - Substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy, instructions to substantiation form."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "350.27"
section_name: "Substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy, instructions to substantiation form."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS"
part_number: "350"
part_name: "TRADE SECRECY CLAIMS FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW INFORMATION: AND TRADE SECRET DISCLOSURES TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 11042, 11043 and 11048 Pub. L. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1747."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 28801, July 29, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "350"
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# 350.27 Substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy, instructions to substantiation form.
(a) The substantiation form to accompany claims of trade secrecy must be completed and submitted as required in § 350.7(a). The form and instructions are posted on the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) website, *http://www.epa.gov/epcra* and the Toxics Release Inventory Program Division website, *http://www.epa.gov/tri/rfi.* Submitters may also contact the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at (800) 490-9198 or *https://www.epa.gov/nscep* to obtain the form. The address to send all trade secrecy claims is posted on the following EPA Program websites, *http://www.epa.gov/epcra* and *http://www.epa.gov/tri/rfi.* This information can also be obtained by contacting the EPCRA, RMP & Oil Information Center at (800) 424-9346 or (703) 348-5070, or *https://www.epa.gov/epcra/forms/contact-us-about-emergency-planning-and-community-right-know-act-epcra.*
(b) [Reserved]
[53 FR 28801, July 29, 1988, as amended at 68 FR 64724, Nov. 14, 2003; 85 FR 44772, July 24, 2020]