40 CFR § 1601.30 - Protection of records.

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title: "40 CFR § 1601.30 - Protection of records."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "1601.30"
section_name: "Protection of records."
chapter_name: "CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD"
part_number: "1601"
part_name: "PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 45502, Sept. 29, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1601.30 Protection of records.

(a) *In general.* (1) Except as authorized by this part or as otherwise necessary in performing official duties, CSB employees must not disclose or permit disclosure of any document or information in the possession of the CSB that is confidential or otherwise of a nonpublic nature, including that regarding the CSB, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(2) No person may, without permission, remove from the place where it is made available any record made available to him for inspection or copying. Stealing, altering, mutilating, obliterating, or destroying a Federal record, in whole or in part, is a violation of Federal law.

(b) [Reserved]