Nebr. Rev. Stat. § 81-1527 and § 84-712.05 provide that certain records or information may be entitled to protection as trade secrets with confidential treatment by the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE).
This form, or its equivalent, must be completed and submitted to the NDEE to make a confidentiality request. The completed form provides information needed to enable NDEE to determine the eligibility of application materials for confidentiality. NDEE may request additional information or clarification.
The confidentiality request process must be followed EACH TIME confidential material is submitted.
This form, or its equivalent, is a public record when received by NDEE. |
By law, the following information is never eligible for confidential treatment:
- Emission data, draft and issued permits under the Clean Air Act
- Effluent data, permit applications, draft and issued permits under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) pursuant to the Clean Water Act
NDEE has determined that the following information is not entitled to confidential treatment:
- Potential to Emit, Quantity of Emissions
- Names of contaminants and regulated air pollutants
- Applicant name and contact information
- Items that can be viewed from off the property (examples: stack heights, external tanks)
- Items identified in previous permits, a facility file, or otherwise readily available to the public
Provide a response and detailed explanation to the following:
(Reference: Nebraska Administrative Code Title 115, Chapter 2 – Confidentiality for Trade Secrets).
Please Note: In order to be eligible for confidentiality consideration you must have answered “Yes” to questions 1, 2, and 3; and answered “No” to questions 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 14. Otherwise, your request has not met minimum requirements for consideration of confidentiality.