N.M. Stat. § 74-2-11
Confidential information.
A. Any records, reports or information obtained under the Air Quality Control Act by
the department, the environmental improvement board, the local board or the local
agency shall be available to the public, except that upon a satisfactory showing to the
secretary, the director, the environmental improvement board, the local board or the
local agency, as applicable, by any person that records, reports or information, or
particular parts thereof, except emission data, to which the department, the local
agency, the environmental improvement board or the local board has access under the
Air Quality Control Act, if made public, would divulge confidential business records or
methods or processes entitled to protection as trade secrets of that person, the
secretary, the director, the environmental improvement board or the local board, as
applicable, shall consider such record, report or information, or particular portion
thereof, confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-2-1 NMSA 1978
and 18 U.S.C. Section 1905, except that such record, report or other information may
be disclosed:
(1)
to other officers, employees or authorized representatives of the
department, the local agency, the environmental improvement board or the local board
concerned with carrying out the Air Quality Control Act;
(2)
to officers, employees or authorized representatives of the United States
environmental protection agency concerned with carrying out the federal act; or
(3)
when relevant, in any proceeding under the Air Quality Control Act or the
federal act.
B. The environmental improvement board or the local board shall adopt regulations
to implement this section, including regulations specifying those business records
entitled to treatment as confidential records.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 18:1905