New Jersey Statutes 13:1K-29. Internal management of confidential information
b. The owner of a facility who alleges that certain information required to be disclosed pursuant to this act contains or relates to a trade secret or constitutes security information which, notwithstanding the management procedures for such information adopted by the department pursuant to subsection a. of this section, must be kept privileged so as not to competitively disadvantage the facility, or compromise the security of the facility or its operations, shall petition the commissioner for the right to withhold the information. Upon receipt of the petition, the commissioner shall review the matter. If the commissioner, in his discretion, denies the petition, he shall, at the request of the facility owner, transmit all relevant information to the Office of Administrative Law, which shall conduct a hearing on the claim pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1978, c. 67 (C. 52:14F-1 et seq.). At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the burden to show that the trade secret or security risk claim is valid. This hearing shall be an adjudicatory proceeding, and shall be conducted as a contested case pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.).
L. 1985, c. 403, s. 11, eff. Jan. 8, 1986.