EPA Accepting Confidentiality Requests From Waste Importers and Exporters

The Environmental Protection Agency is giving importers and exporters of waste the opportunity to request confidentiality in several ongoing Freedom of Information Act proceedings where import and export documentation have been requested, it said (here). The FOIA requests relate to the import and export of hazardous waste and universal waste, and exports of cathode ray tubes and spent lead acid batteries, said EPA. Transporters and consignees, among others, that claimed confidential business information in their original submissions to EPA, may submit requests for confidential treatment by March 17.