The Authority may promulgate any rules and regulations pursuant to Section 807 of the Harford County Charter which are necessary for the implementation of this Article, compliance with the Act as defined herein and the safe and proper operation of a POTW.
A. 
Laboratory and sample analysis and reports. Any laboratory or sample analysis or reports of wastewater, discharges or effluent shall be made available to the public without restriction.
B. 
Other information and data. Information and data, except that specified in Subsection A above, about a user obtained from reports, questionnaires, permit applications, permits and monitoring programs and from inspections shall be made available to the public unless the user specifically requests and is able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Harford County Department of Law that the release of such information would divulge information, processes or methods of production entitled to protection as trade secrets of the user. Any request for confidentiality must be asserted by the user at the time of the submission of information or data to the Authority.
C. 
User burden. When a user satisfies the Department of Law that portions of a submission might disclose trade secrets or secret processes, that portion of the submission shall not be made available for public inspection except upon written request by the state or EPA for uses related to this Article or the Act as defined herein. Confidential portions of the submission shall be available for use by the state or EPA in judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the user who furnished the report.
If any provision, paragraph, word, section or subsection of this Article is invalidated by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, sections and chapters shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect.
All other ordinances or parts of other ordinances or local laws inconsistent or conflicting with any part of this Article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.