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<br />Minnesota Statutes 2005, Chapter 18B. <br /> <br />Page 41 of 42 <br /> <br />nonessential information such <br />specific amount of pesticides <br />applicator or property owner. <br /> <br />as total acres treated, the <br />applied, and the identity of the <br /> <br />HIST: 1987 c 358 s 79; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 47-50; 1993 c 367 s <br />10; 2003 c 128 art 3 s 27 <br /> <br />~~18B.38 <br />18B.38 Protection of trade secrets. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Requirements. In submitting data <br />required by this chapter, the applicant may: <br /> <br />(1) clearly mark any portions that in the applicant's <br />opinion are trade secrets, commercial, or financial information; <br />and <br /> <br />(2) submit the marked material separately from other <br />material. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Information revealed. After consideration <br />of the applicant's request submitted under subdivision 11 the <br />commissioner shall not make any information public that in the <br />commissioner's judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or <br />to commercial or financial information obtained from an <br />applicant. When necessary, information relating to formulas of <br />products may be revealed to any state or federal agency <br />consulted with similar protection of trade secret authority and <br />may be revealed at a public hearing or in findings of facts <br />issued by the commissioner. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Notification. If the commissioner proposes <br />to release information that the applicant or registrant believes <br />to be protected from disclosure under subdivision 2, the <br />commissioner shall notify the applicant or registrant by <br />certified mail. The commissioner shall not make the information <br />available for inspection until 30 days after receipt of the <br />notice by the applicant or registrant. During this period the <br />applicant or registrant may institute an action in an <br />appropriate court for a declaratory judgment as to whether the <br />information is subject to protection under this section. <br /> <br />HIST: 1987 c 358 s 80 <br /> <br />~~18B.39 <br />18B.39 Existing rules. <br /> <br />Rules of the commissioner of agriculture in effect on July <br />1, 1987, relating to the distribution, use, storage, handling, <br />and disposal of pesticides, rinsates, and pesticide containers <br />remain in effect until they are superseded by new rules. <br /> <br />HIST: 1987 c 358 s 81; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 2 <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg.state.rnn.us/binlgetpub. php?pubtype=ST A T _CHAP &year=current... <br /> <br />4/21/2006 <br />