455B.137 - PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. - Iowa Statutes

455B.137 PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. Information received by the department or any employees of the department through filed reports, inspections, or as otherwise authorized in this division II or chapter 459, subchapter II, concerning trade secrets, secret industrial processes, or other privileged communications, except emission data, shall not be disclosed or opened to public inspection, except as may be necessary in a proceeding concerning a violation of said division or of any rules promulgated thereunder, or as otherwise authorized or ordered by appropriate court action or proceedings. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the director from compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the atmosphere; provided that such analyses or summaries do not reveal any information otherwise confidential under this section.          Section History: Early Form [C71, § 136B.8; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455B.16]          Section History: Recent Form C83, § 455B.137 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1899B Referred to in § 455B.134, 455B.138