California § 7924.305. 7924.305. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.)

California Statutes

§ 7924.305. — 7924.305. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.)

California § 7924.305.

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Div.10.

Title 1.DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS

Part 5.PART 5. SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC RECORDS

Ch. 3.CHAPTER 3. Environmental Protection, Building Standards, and Safety Requirements

Art. 1.ARTICLE 1. Pesticide Safety and Efficacy Information Disclosable Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

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Cal. Government Code - GOV Code § 7924.305. (2026).

Text

(a)The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a request pursuant to this division for the release of data submitted and designated as a trade secret by a registrant or applicant, shall determine whether any or all of the data so submitted is a properly designated trade secret. In order to assure that the interested public has an opportunity to obtain and review pesticide safety and efficacy data and to comment before the expiration of the public comment period on a proposed pesticide registration, the director shall provide notice to interested persons when an application for registration enters the registration evaluation process.

(b)If the director determines that the data is not a trade secret, the director shall notify the registr

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(a)
The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a request pursuant to this division for the release of data submitted and designated as a trade secret by a registrant or applicant, shall determine whether any or all of the data so submitted is a properly designated trade secret. In order to assure that the interested public has an opportunity to obtain and review pesticide safety and efficacy data and to comment before the expiration of the public comment period on a proposed pesticide registration, the director shall provide notice to interested persons when an application for registration enters the registration evaluation process.
(b)
If the director determines that the data is not a
trade secret, the director shall notify the registrant or applicant by certified mail.
(c)
The registrant or applicant shall have 30 days after receipt of this notification to provide the director with a complete justification and statement of the grounds on which the trade secret privilege is claimed. This justification and statement shall be submitted by certified mail.
(d)
The director shall determine whether the data is protected as a trade secret within 15 days after receipt of the justification and statement or, if no justification and statement is filed, within 45 days of the original notice. The director shall notify the registrant or applicant and any party who has requested the data pursuant to this division of that determination by certified mail. If the director determines that the data is not protected as a trade secret, the final notice shall also specify a date, not
sooner than 15 days after the date of mailing of the final notice, when the data shall be available to any person requesting information pursuant to Section 7924.300.
(e)
This article does not prohibit any person from maintaining a civil action for wrongful disclosure of a trade secret.
(f)
“Trade secret” means data that is nondisclosable under Section 10(d)(1) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136h(d)(1)).

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 7931.000. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed in Section 7924.335.