You may request the Department to keep confidential part or all of any documentary material or data submitted to the Department if such material or data, if made public, would divulge a trade secret. If no such request accompanies the material or data at the time they are submitted to the Department, they shall be public records and shall be available for inspection and copying by the public without further notice to you. Information covered by such a request shall be disclosed by the Department to the extent authorized by applicable statutes and 310 CMR 3.00. You are advised to read 310 CMR 3.00 carefully before making such a request because only certain material or data may properly be the subject of such a request.
310 CMR, § 3.27