A. Process and product information collected during inspection of premises may be kept confidential at the request of the business owner or his or her representative, insofar as such confidentiality is allowed pursuant to applicable law. All records compiled pursuant to the pretreatment program shall be accessible at time of inspection. Information and data on a user obtained from reports, surveys, wastewater discharge permit applications, individual wastewater discharge permits, and monitoring programs, and from the director’s inspection and sampling activities, shall be available to the public without restriction, unless the user specifically requests, and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that the release of such information would divulge information, processes, or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets under applicable state law. Any such request must be asserted at the time of submission of the information or data. When requested and demonstrated by the user furnishing a report that such information should be held confidential, the portions of a report which might disclose trade secrets or secret processes shall not be made available for inspection by the public, but shall be made available immediately upon request to governmental agencies for uses related to the NPDES program or pretreatment program, and in enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing the report. Wastewater constituents and characteristics and other effluent data, as defined at 40 CFR 2.302, shall not be recognized as confidential information and shall be available to the public without restriction.

B. Notification of significant violators and significant noncompliance shall be published at least once every twelve months in the major local newspaper. (Ord. 1598 § 1 (part), 2014)