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by shawn-butler 3345 days ago
How exactly is the amount of a public resource consumed by a private company a "trade secret"?

What utter nonsense. Someone in SC should file a FOIA request on principle.

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t30c004.php

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see section 30-4-40(A)1

"Trade secrets, which are defined as unpatented, secret, commercially valuable plans, appliances, formulas, or processes, which are used for the making, preparing, compounding, treating, or processing of articles or materials which are trade commodities obtained from a person and which are generally recognized as confidential and work products, in whole or in part collected or produced for sale or resale, and paid subscriber information. Trade secrets also include, for those public bodies who market services or products in competition with others, feasibility, planning, and marketing studies, marine terminal service and nontariff agreements, and evaluations and other materials which contain references to potential customers, competitive information, or evaluation."