---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 47.81"
title: "30"
number: "47.81"
heading: "Provisions for withholding trade secrets."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/47.81"
---

# §47.81. Provisions for withholding trade secrets.

- (a) Operators may withhold the identity of a trade secret chemical, including the name and other specific identification, from the written list of hazardous chemicals, the label, and the MSDS, provided that the operator—
  - (1) Can support the claim that the chemical's identity is a trade secret,
  - (2) Identifies the chemical in a way that it can be referred to without disclosing the secret,
  - (3) Indicates in the MSDS that the chemical's identity is withheld as a trade secret, and
  - (4) **Discloses in the MSDS information on the properties and effects of the hazardous chemical.**
- (b) The operator must make the chemical's identity available to miners, designated representatives, and health professionals in accordance with the provisions of this subpart.
- (c) This subpart does not require the operator to disclose process or percentage of mixture information, which is a trade secret, under any circumstances.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811, 825.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 42383, June 21, 2002, unless otherwise noted.