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9. Confidential Information. The information requested herein must be provided even though you may contend that it includes confidential information or trade secrets. You may assert a confidentiality claim covering part or all the information requested,pursuant to Section 3007(b) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. § 6927(b), and 40 CFR § 2.203(b). If you make a claim of confidentiality for any of the information you submit to EPA, you must prove that claim. For each document or response, you claim confidential, you must separately address the following points: i. clearly identify the portions of the information alleged to be entitled to confidential treatment; ii. the period of time for which confidential treatment is desired(e.g.,until a certain date,until the occurrence of a specific event, or permanently); iii. measures taken by you to guard against the undesired disclosure of the information to others; iv. the extent to which the information has been disclosed to others, and the precautions taken in connection therewith; V. pertinent confidentiality determinations, if any, by EPA or other federal agencies, and a copy of any such determinations or reference to them, if available; and vi. whether you assert that disclosure of the information would likely result in substantial harmful effects on your business' competitive position, and if so, what those harmful effects would be, why they should be viewed as substantial, and an explanation of the causal relationship between disclosure and such harmful effects.Note: You are not required to respond to this question in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481 (U.S. Supreme Court, June 24, 2019). As a result of that decision, EPA will not consider whether there is substantial competitive harm in evaluating your CBI claim. To make a confidentiality claim,please stamp, or type, confidential on all confidential responses and any related confidential documents. Confidential portions of otherwise nonconfidential documents should be clearly identified. You should indicate the date, if any, after which the information does not need to be any longer be treated as confidential. Please submit your response so that all nonconfidential information, including any redacted versions of documents are in one envelope and all materials for which you desire confidential treatment are in another envelope that is clearly marked confidential. All confidentiality claims are subject to EPA verification. It is important that you satisfactorily show that you have taken reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of the information and that you intend to continue to do so, and that it is not and has not been obtainable by legitimate means without your consent. If no such claim accompanies the information when it is received by EPA, then it may be made available to the public by EPA without further notice to you. II-2