Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 2. CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION AND SURFACE-WATER USE

12-5-26. Entry on premises to investigate and inspect conditions and operating records; protection of trade secrets and confidential information.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Any duly appointed agent of the division may enter private or public property at reasonable times to inspect or investigate conditions relating to pollution and to inspect the operating records of any sewage system, waste treatment work, or sewage disposal plant, provided that no person shall be required to disclose any secret formula, process, or methods used in any manufacturing operations carried on by him or under his direction or any confidential information concerning business activities carried on by him or under his supervision.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 16.

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