(1) Documents, communications, data, reports, or other information that must be collected, developed, maintained, reported, or otherwise made available to a regulatory agency under:

(A) this title;

(B) a rule or standard adopted under this title;

(C) a determination, a permit, or an order made or issued by the commissioner under this title; or

(D) any other federal, state, or local law, permit, or order.

(2) Information obtained by observation, sampling, or monitoring by any regulatory agency.

(3) Information obtained from a source independent of the environmental audit.

     (b) This section does not allow the regulatory agency to adopt a rule or a permit condition for the purpose of circumventing the privilege established in this chapter by requiring disclosure of a report of a voluntarily conducted audit.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-10-3-11.]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.18.