§ 5937. — Confidentiality of information.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC5937]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 79--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM RESOURCE INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 5937. Confidentiality of information
Information concerning the nature and specific location of a
National Park System resource which is endangered, threatened, rare, or
commercially valuable, of mineral or paleontological objects within
units of the National Park System, or of objects of cultural patrimony
within units of the National Park System, may be withheld from the
public in response to a request under section 552 of title 5, unless the
Secretary determines that--
(1) disclosure of the information would further the purposes of
the unit of the National Park System in which the resource or object
is located and would not create an unreasonable risk of harm, theft,
or destruction of the resource or object, including individual
organic or inorganic specimens; and
(2) disclosure is consistent with other applicable laws
protecting the resource or object.
(Pub. L. 105-391, title II, Sec. 207, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3501.)
