Mandatory Environmental Disclosure with Options to Withhold Trade Secrets

Internalizing Externalities through Public Pressure: Transparency Regulation for Fracking, Drilling Activity and Water Quality

“…All states allow operators to obtain trade secrets exemptions for chemicals that are considered confidential business information under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The prerequisites and procedures to obtain such exemptions vary across states (McFeeley, 2012, Jiang, 2022. 8 If granted, the form still discloses the chemical concentration, but the name and chemical abstract service number are omitted.…”