Affected Business

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000675",
  "term": "Affected Business",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "With reference to an item of business information, a business which has asserted (and not waived or withdrawn) a business confidentiality claim covering the information, or a business which could be expected to make such a claim if it were aware that disclosure of the information to the public was proposed. Reasons of business confidentiality include the concept of trade secrecy and other related legal concepts which give (or may give) a business the right to preserve the confidentiality of business information and to limit its use or disclosure by others in order that the business may obtain or retain business advantages it derives from its rights in the information. The definition is meant to encompass any concept which authorizes a Federal agency to withhold business information under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), as well as any concept which requires EPA to withhold information from the public for the benefit of a business under 18 U.S.C. 1905 or any of the various statutes cited in §§2.301 through 2.309. Information which is available to the public is information in EPA’s possession which EPA will furnish to any member of the public upon request and which EPA may make public, release or otherwise make available to any person whether or not its disclosure has been requested.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 2.201 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/affected-business/"
}