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25173. The department shall establish procedures to <br />i sure that trade secrets used by a person regarding <br />ethods of hazardous waste handling and disposal are <br />u ilized by the director, the department, or any authorized <br />r presentative of the department only in connection with <br />e responsibilities of the department pursuant to this <br />c apter and that such trade secrets are not otherwise <br />d sseminated by the director, the department, or any <br />a thorized representative of the department without the <br />c nsent of the person. However, any information shall be <br />ade available to governmental agencies for use in <br />making studies and for use in judicial review or <br />enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing <br />the information. <br />"Trade secrets", as used in this section, may include, <br />b t are not limited to, any formula, plan, pattern, process, <br />to 1, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, <br />o compilation of information which is not patented, <br />w ich is known only to certain individuals within a <br />cc mmercial concern who are using it to fabricate, <br />pr duce, or compound an article or trade or a service <br />h ing commercial value, and which gives its user an <br />o portunity to obtain a business advantage over <br />co petitors who do not know or use it. <br />(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1187.) <br />